Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... king a little , who is very able to bear it . This however is a mistake . The public treasure is the treasure of the ... king is a less offence against honesty than cheating the public The king and the public in this case are different D ...
... king a little , who is very able to bear it . This however is a mistake . The public treasure is the treasure of the ... king is a less offence against honesty than cheating the public The king and the public in this case are different D ...
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... king distinctly , it will not lessen the crime : it is no justification of a robbery , that the person robbed was rich and able to bear it . The king has as much right to justice as the meanest of his subjects ; and as he is truly the ...
... king distinctly , it will not lessen the crime : it is no justification of a robbery , that the person robbed was rich and able to bear it . The king has as much right to justice as the meanest of his subjects ; and as he is truly the ...
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... same . - Under the merchant he goes in an unarmed vessel , not obliged to fight , but to transport merchandise ; in the king's service he is obliged to fight , and to hazard all the dangers of battle COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 47.
... same . - Under the merchant he goes in an unarmed vessel , not obliged to fight , but to transport merchandise ; in the king's service he is obliged to fight , and to hazard all the dangers of battle COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 47.
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... king's ships is also more common and more mortal . The merchant's service too he can quit at the end of a voyage , not the king's . Al- so , the merchant's wages are much higher . Ib . " I am very sensible , & c . " - Here are two ...
... king's ships is also more common and more mortal . The merchant's service too he can quit at the end of a voyage , not the king's . Al- so , the merchant's wages are much higher . Ib . " I am very sensible , & c . " - Here are two ...
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... king's seamen mer- chant's wages would cost the nation too much , and call for more taxes . The question then will amount to this : whether it be just in a community , that the richer part should compel the poorer to fight in de- fence ...
... king's seamen mer- chant's wages would cost the nation too much , and call for more taxes . The question then will amount to this : whether it be just in a community , that the richer part should compel the poorer to fight in de- fence ...
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