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Page 384
... corn required for the entire community , is an instance of the same spirit that dictated the ancient law by which the inhabitants of every manor were compelled to take their corn to the lord's mill to be ground ( where of course a heavy ...
... corn required for the entire community , is an instance of the same spirit that dictated the ancient law by which the inhabitants of every manor were compelled to take their corn to the lord's mill to be ground ( where of course a heavy ...
Page 385
... corn is much more re- prehensible on the same ground , since this article of prime necessity enters as an ingredient into the wages of labour , and therefore affects not one or two only , but every branch of industry . Were the price of ...
... corn is much more re- prehensible on the same ground , since this article of prime necessity enters as an ingredient into the wages of labour , and therefore affects not one or two only , but every branch of industry . Were the price of ...
Page 391
... CORN - LAWS . 391 lower rate of duty would be listened to at present by the legislature . On this ground we are by no means confident that any great advantage is to be gained by hastily unsettling the present system , so far as relates ...
... CORN - LAWS . 391 lower rate of duty would be listened to at present by the legislature . On this ground we are by no means confident that any great advantage is to be gained by hastily unsettling the present system , so far as relates ...
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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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