| Susannah Watts - 1804 - 164 Seiten
...gratify the ambition and avarice of »* i individuals. These laws, however rude and imperfect, tended to afford security to property and, encourage men to...Thus commerce, with every ornamental and useful art, begaa first in corporate bodies, to animate society. But in those d.irk ages, force was necessary to... | |
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| William Richards - 1812 - 676 Seiten
...gratify the ambition and avarice of individuals. " These laws, however rude and imperfect, tended to afford security to property, and encourage men to habits of industry. Thus commerce, with every prnamental and useful art, began first in corporate bodies to animate society. But in those dark ages... | |
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