Essays and Letters, Band 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 |
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... tion of his own ; no man continues long a journey- man to a trade , but goes among those new settlers , and sets up for himself , & c . Hence labour is no cheaper now in Pennsylvania , than it was thirty years . ago , though so many ...
... tion of his own ; no man continues long a journey- man to a trade , but goes among those new settlers , and sets up for himself , & c . Hence labour is no cheaper now in Pennsylvania , than it was thirty years . ago , though so many ...
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... tion , abounding in all good things . Does not some duty hence arise from us towards other countries , still remaining in our former state ? " Britain is now the first maritime power in the world . Her ships are innumerable , capable by ...
... tion , abounding in all good things . Does not some duty hence arise from us towards other countries , still remaining in our former state ? " Britain is now the first maritime power in the world . Her ships are innumerable , capable by ...
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... tion - the head and tail of government , what am I to do ? Must I keep my corn in the barn , to feed and in- crease the breed of rats ? be it so ; they cannot be less thankful than those I have been used to feed . Are we farmers the ...
... tion - the head and tail of government , what am I to do ? Must I keep my corn in the barn , to feed and in- crease the breed of rats ? be it so ; they cannot be less thankful than those I have been used to feed . Are we farmers the ...
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... tion , for instance , that exports its beef and linen , to pay for the importation of claret and porter , while a great part of its people live upon potatoes , and wear no shirts ; wherein does it differ from the sot , who lets his ...
... tion , for instance , that exports its beef and linen , to pay for the importation of claret and porter , while a great part of its people live upon potatoes , and wear no shirts ; wherein does it differ from the sot , who lets his ...
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... tion , as if their own hands and hearts were pure and unsullied ? The Americans offend us grievously , when , contrary to our laws , they smuggle goods in- to their own country : and yet they had no hand in making those laws . I do not ...
... tion , as if their own hands and hearts were pure and unsullied ? The Americans offend us grievously , when , contrary to our laws , they smuggle goods in- to their own country : and yet they had no hand in making those laws . I do not ...
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