Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... shillings , is that , besides the flax , it has cost nineteen shillings and sixpence in subsistence to the manufacturer . But the advantage of manufactures is , that under their shape provisions may be more easily carried to a foreign ...
... shillings , is that , besides the flax , it has cost nineteen shillings and sixpence in subsistence to the manufacturer . But the advantage of manufactures is , that under their shape provisions may be more easily carried to a foreign ...
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... shillings for that which cost him but twenty . 12. Finally , there seem to be but three ways for a nation to a quire wealth . The first is by war , as the Romans did , in plundering their conquered neigh- bours this is robbery . The ...
... shillings for that which cost him but twenty . 12. Finally , there seem to be but three ways for a nation to a quire wealth . The first is by war , as the Romans did , in plundering their conquered neigh- bours this is robbery . The ...
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... shillings in the pound , of their annual income , they have , by dona- tions and subscriptions , erected numerous schools in various parts of the kingdom , for educating , gratis , the children of the poor in reading and writing ; and ...
... shillings in the pound , of their annual income , they have , by dona- tions and subscriptions , erected numerous schools in various parts of the kingdom , for educating , gratis , the children of the poor in reading and writing ; and ...
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... this ; and perhaps it is not always an evil to the public . A shilling , spent idly by a fool , may be pick- up by a wiser person , who knows better what to old fa oned the please rcapt daugh uch a ch 34 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... this ; and perhaps it is not always an evil to the public . A shilling , spent idly by a fool , may be pick- up by a wiser person , who knows better what to old fa oned the please rcapt daugh uch a ch 34 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
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... shillings a month , could get three pounds fifteen shillings in the merchant's service , you take from him fifty shillings a month ; and if you have a 100,000 in your service , you rob this honest industrious part of society and their ...
... shillings a month , could get three pounds fifteen shillings in the merchant's service , you take from him fifty shillings a month ; and if you have a 100,000 in your service , you rob this honest industrious part of society and their ...
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