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Page 80
... profit and honour , ' as poor Richard says : but then the trade must be worked at , and the calling well followed , or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes . If we are in- dustrious , we shall never starve ...
... profit and honour , ' as poor Richard says : but then the trade must be worked at , and the calling well followed , or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes . If we are in- dustrious , we shall never starve ...
Page 138
... profit on imported shoes , they buy of the shoemaker ; and if he asks too high a price , they take them of the merchant : thus the two professions are checks on each other . The shoemaker , however , has , on the whole , a considerable ...
... profit on imported shoes , they buy of the shoemaker ; and if he asks too high a price , they take them of the merchant : thus the two professions are checks on each other . The shoemaker , however , has , on the whole , a considerable ...
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... profit on the whole , have not thought it worth while to continue in the office : and I think it impossi- ble to find sub - distributors fit to be trusted , who , for the trifling profit that must come to their share , would incur the ...
... profit on the whole , have not thought it worth while to continue in the office : and I think it impossi- ble to find sub - distributors fit to be trusted , who , for the trifling profit that must come to their share , would incur the ...
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On the criminal laws and the practice of privateering | 51 |
A dialogue between Great Britain France Spain | 107 |
The internal state of America being a true descrip | 121 |
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