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Hence labour is no cheaper now in Pennsylvania , than it was thirty years ago ,
though so many thousand labouring people have ... The danger therefore of
these colonies interfering with their mother country , in trades that depend on
labour ...
Hence labour is no cheaper now in Pennsylvania , than it was thirty years ago ,
though so many thousand labouring people have ... The danger therefore of
these colonies interfering with their mother country , in trades that depend on
labour ...
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It is an ill - grounded opinion , that , by the labour of slaves , America may
possibly vie in cheap : ness of manufactures with Britain . The labour of slaves
can never be so cheap here as the labour of working men is in Britain . Any one
may ...
It is an ill - grounded opinion , that , by the labour of slaves , America may
possibly vie in cheap : ness of manufactures with Britain . The labour of slaves
can never be so cheap here as the labour of working men is in Britain . Any one
may ...
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A small people , with a large territory , may subsist on the productions of nature ,
with no other labour than that of ... to subsist , must labour the earth , to make it
produce greater quantities of regetable food , suitable for the nourishment of men
...
A small people , with a large territory , may subsist on the productions of nature ,
with no other labour than that of ... to subsist , must labour the earth , to make it
produce greater quantities of regetable food , suitable for the nourishment of men
...
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labour employed in building our houses , cities , & c . which are therefore only
subsistence thus metamor . phosed . 6 . Manufactures are only another shape
into which so much provisions and subsistence are turned , as were equal in
value to ...
labour employed in building our houses , cities , & c . which are therefore only
subsistence thus metamor . phosed . 6 . Manufactures are only another shape
into which so much provisions and subsistence are turned , as were equal in
value to ...
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I allow farther , that there are middle men , who make a profit , and even get
estates , by purchasing the labour of the poor , and selling it at advanced prices
to the rich ; but then they cannot enjoy that profit , or the incomes of estates , but
by ...
I allow farther , that there are middle men , who make a profit , and even get
estates , by purchasing the labour of the poor , and selling it at advanced prices
to the rich ; but then they cannot enjoy that profit , or the incomes of estates , but
by ...
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Page 161 - I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better constitution ; for, when you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.
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| Title | The British Prose Writers, Volume 19 The British Prose Writers |
| Publisher | J. Sharpe, 1821 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 14 Nov 2006 |
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