Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... encouraged there , and the births exceed the deaths . 5. Great part of Europe is fully settled with hus- bandmen , manufacturers , & c . and therefore cannot now much increase in people . America is chiefly occupied by Indians , who ...
... encouraged there , and the births exceed the deaths . 5. Great part of Europe is fully settled with hus- bandmen , manufacturers , & c . and therefore cannot now much increase in people . America is chiefly occupied by Indians , who ...
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... encouraged from the pros- pect of good subsistence . 20. If there be a sect , therefore , in our nation , that regard frugality and industry as religious duties and educate their children therein more than others commonly do , such sect ...
... encouraged from the pros- pect of good subsistence . 20. If there be a sect , therefore , in our nation , that regard frugality and industry as religious duties and educate their children therein more than others commonly do , such sect ...
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... encouraged , and the es- tate is now in better hands . In some cases , indeed , certain modes of luxury may be a public evil , in the same manner as it is a private one . If there be a na- tion , for instance , that exports its beef and ...
... encouraged , and the es- tate is now in better hands . In some cases , indeed , certain modes of luxury may be a public evil , in the same manner as it is a private one . If there be a na- tion , for instance , that exports its beef and ...
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... encouraging smugglers by buying their goods . I fell into these reflections the other day , on hear- ing two gentlemen of reputation discoursing about a small estate , which one of them was inclined to sell , and the other to buy ; when ...
... encouraging smugglers by buying their goods . I fell into these reflections the other day , on hear- ing two gentlemen of reputation discoursing about a small estate , which one of them was inclined to sell , and the other to buy ; when ...
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... encouraged them by buying their goods , we may say , that the encouragers of smug- gling are as bad as the smugglers ; and that , as smugglers are a kind of thieves , both equally deserve COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 48.
... encouraged them by buying their goods , we may say , that the encouragers of smug- gling are as bad as the smugglers ; and that , as smugglers are a kind of thieves , both equally deserve COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 48.
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