Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... whole trade should be to her colonies . * * * * * * 12. It is an ill - grounded opinion , that , by the la- bour of slaves , America may possibly vie in cheap- ness of manufactures with Britain . The labour of slaves can never be so ...
... whole trade should be to her colonies . * * * * * * 12. It is an ill - grounded opinion , that , by the la- bour of slaves , America may possibly vie in cheap- ness of manufactures with Britain . The labour of slaves can never be so ...
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... whole British navy in queen Elizabeth's time . How important an affair then to Britain is the present treaty for settling the bounds between her colonies and the French ! and how careful should she be to secure room enough , since on ...
... whole British navy in queen Elizabeth's time . How important an affair then to Britain is the present treaty for settling the bounds between her colonies and the French ! and how careful should she be to secure room enough , since on ...
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... whole revenue of the nation ; I mean not only the public revenue , but also tke revenue or clear income of all private estates , or a sum equivalent to the whole . In support of this position , I reason thus : The rich do not work for ...
... whole revenue of the nation ; I mean not only the public revenue , but also tke revenue or clear income of all private estates , or a sum equivalent to the whole . In support of this position , I reason thus : The rich do not work for ...
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... whole of the clear revenues of the nation , and from us they can have same manner . no more . If it be said that their wages are too low , and that they ought to be better paid for their labour , I hear- tily wish that any means could ...
... whole of the clear revenues of the nation , and from us they can have same manner . no more . If it be said that their wages are too low , and that they ought to be better paid for their labour , I hear- tily wish that any means could ...
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... whole could not have cost less than a hun- dred pounds . " " True , " said the farmer ; " but you do not tell all the story . I think the cap was never- theless an advantage to us , for it was the first thing that put our girls upon ...
... whole could not have cost less than a hun- dred pounds . " " True , " said the farmer ; " but you do not tell all the story . I think the cap was never- theless an advantage to us , for it was the first thing that put our girls upon ...
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