Essays and Letters, Band 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 |
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... ruin themselves . Laws cannot pre- vent 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 ...
... ruin themselves . Laws cannot pre- vent 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 ...
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... ruin of America . One reflection more , and I will end this long ram- bling letter . Almost all the parts of our bodies re- quire some expense . The feet demand shoes ; the legs stockings ; the rest of the body clothing ; and the belly ...
... ruin of America . One reflection more , and I will end this long ram- bling letter . Almost all the parts of our bodies re- quire some expense . The feet demand shoes ; the legs stockings ; the rest of the body clothing ; and the belly ...
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... ruin them and their families , if they yield it ; or to wound , maim , or murder them , if they endeavour to defend it . Yet these things are done by Christian merchants , whether a war is just or unjust ; and it can hardly be just on ...
... ruin them and their families , if they yield it ; or to wound , maim , or murder them , if they endeavour to defend it . Yet these things are done by Christian merchants , whether a war is just or unjust ; and it can hardly be just on ...
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... ruin . They observe , that no revenue is suf- ficient without economy , and that the most plentiful income of a whole people from the natural produc- tions of their country may be dissipated in vain and needless expenses , and poverty ...
... ruin . They observe , that no revenue is suf- ficient without economy , and that the most plentiful income of a whole people from the natural produc- tions of their country may be dissipated in vain and needless expenses , and poverty ...
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... ruin such a country . If the importation of foreign luxuries could ruin a people , we should pro- bably have been ruined long ago ; for the British na- tion claimed a right , and practised it , of importing among us , not only the ...
... ruin such a country . If the importation of foreign luxuries could ruin a people , we should pro- bably have been ruined long ago ; for the British na- tion claimed a right , and practised it , of importing among us , not only the ...
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