Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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Page 40
... debt , and the heavy expense of maintaining our fleets and ar- mies to be ready for our defence on occasion , makes it necessary , not only to continue old taxes , but oft- en to look out for new ones , perhaps it may not be unuseful to ...
... debt , and the heavy expense of maintaining our fleets and ar- mies to be ready for our defence on occasion , makes it necessary , not only to continue old taxes , but oft- en to look out for new ones , perhaps it may not be unuseful to ...
Page 42
... debt , to defray the expenses of the state . None but members of parliament , and a few public officers , have now a right to avoid by a frank the payment of postage . When any letter not written by them , or on their business , is ...
... debt , to defray the expenses of the state . None but members of parliament , and a few public officers , have now a right to avoid by a frank the payment of postage . When any letter not written by them , or on their business , is ...
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... debt ; they will not suffer us to restrain the luxury of our inhabitants , as they do that of their own , by laws : they can make laws to discourage or prohibit the ... debts we already owe them ; 82 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... debt ; they will not suffer us to restrain the luxury of our inhabitants , as they do that of their own , by laws : they can make laws to discourage or prohibit the ... debts we already owe them ; 82 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
Page 83
Benjamin Franklin. honourably to discharge the debts we already owe them ; and after that , we may be able to keep some money in our country , not only for the uses of our internal commerce , but for the service of our gra- cious ...
Benjamin Franklin. honourably to discharge the debts we already owe them ; and after that , we may be able to keep some money in our country , not only for the uses of our internal commerce , but for the service of our gra- cious ...
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... debt on that account ; and as she is of late clamorous for the payment of all we owe her , and some of our debts are of a kind not so easily discharged , I am for doing , however , what is in our power it will show our good - will as to ...
... debt on that account ; and as she is of late clamorous for the payment of all we owe her , and some of our debts are of a kind not so easily discharged , I am for doing , however , what is in our power it will show our good - will as to ...
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