Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... hand of God in his favour , as a reward for his innocent life , and his virtuous industry . April 4 , 1769 . B. FRANKLIN . ON THE PRICE OF CORN , AND MANAGEMENT OF THE POOR . To Messieurs the Public . I AM one of that class of people ...
... hand of God in his favour , as a reward for his innocent life , and his virtuous industry . April 4 , 1769 . B. FRANKLIN . ON THE PRICE OF CORN , AND MANAGEMENT OF THE POOR . To Messieurs the Public . I AM one of that class of people ...
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... hands of the impoverished , whose necessities oblige them to sell ; and thus this difference is equalled . I allow also that part of the expense of the rich is in foreign produce or manufactures , for producing which the labouring poor ...
... hands of the impoverished , whose necessities oblige them to sell ; and thus this difference is equalled . I allow also that part of the expense of the rich is in foreign produce or manufactures , for producing which the labouring poor ...
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... 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 linen , to pay for the importation of claret ...
... 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 linen , to pay for the importation of claret ...
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... hands and hearts were pure and unsullied ? The Americans offend us grievously , when , contrary to our laws , they smuggle goods in- to their own country : and yet they had no hand in making those laws . I do not however pretend from ...
... hands and hearts were pure and unsullied ? The Americans offend us grievously , when , contrary to our laws , they smuggle goods in- to their own country : and yet they had no hand in making those laws . I do not however pretend from ...
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... hand in promoting the war against the colonies , prizes and confiscations are believed to have been a con- siderable ... hands in , perhaps , innocent blood . But methinks it well behooves mer- chants ( men more enlightened by their ...
... hand in promoting the war against the colonies , prizes and confiscations are believed to have been a con- siderable ... hands in , perhaps , innocent blood . But methinks it well behooves mer- chants ( men more enlightened by their ...
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