Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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Page 94
... present century , when owing to a succession of bad harvests , the money - price of necessaries reached an exorbitant elevation ; and though the money - wages of nearly every class of labourers rose likewise , their pur- chasing power ...
... present century , when owing to a succession of bad harvests , the money - price of necessaries reached an exorbitant elevation ; and though the money - wages of nearly every class of labourers rose likewise , their pur- chasing power ...
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... present day as we know them to have been , from authentic records , twenty centuries at least before Christ . Not so those of the nations of Europe . The latter , whether from an inherent difference in their organization , or from ...
... present day as we know them to have been , from authentic records , twenty centuries at least before Christ . Not so those of the nations of Europe . The latter , whether from an inherent difference in their organization , or from ...
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... present , be borne by some party . If by the manufacturers them- selves , they can lose nothing by being required to make the same payment under a new name ; -if not by them , then it is clear that they are now shifting most unjustly ...
... present , be borne by some party . If by the manufacturers them- selves , they can lose nothing by being required to make the same payment under a new name ; -if not by them , then it is clear that they are now shifting most unjustly ...
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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON the Coincidence of | 1 |
Primary Natural Rights1 To Personal | 13 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
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