Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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Page 18
... officers , appointed to collect the accounts in each district have only to pass before the doors , and enter into their book what they find marked on the board , with- out giving the least trouble to the family . There is a penalty on ...
... officers , appointed to collect the accounts in each district have only to pass before the doors , and enter into their book what they find marked on the board , with- out giving the least trouble to the family . There is a penalty on ...
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... officers , civil and military , and of the private soldiers and sailors , requires the rest ; and they spend that also in paying for what is produced by the labouring poor . I allow that some estates may increase by the owners spending ...
... officers , civil and military , and of the private soldiers and sailors , requires the rest ; and they spend that also in paying for what is produced by the labouring poor . I allow that some estates may increase by the owners spending ...
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... 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 franked by any of them , it is a hurt to the revenue , an injury which they must now take the pains ...
... 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 franked by any of them , it is a hurt to the revenue , an injury which they must now take the pains ...
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... officer of our customs in that country , calling for vengeance against the whole people as REBELS and traitors , I cannot help thinking there are still those in the world who can see a mote in their brother's eye , while they do not ...
... officer of our customs in that country , calling for vengeance against the whole people as REBELS and traitors , I cannot help thinking there are still those in the world who can see a mote in their brother's eye , while they do not ...
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... officers . Why , but that the profits of their places , or the emoluments expected , are suf- ficient inducements ? The business then is , to find money , by impressing , sufficient to make the sailors all volunteers , as well as their ...
... officers . Why , but that the profits of their places , or the emoluments expected , are suf- ficient inducements ? The business then is , to find money , by impressing , sufficient to make the sailors all volunteers , as well as their ...
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