Political Economy, and the Philosophy of Government: A Series of Essays Selected from the Works of M. de Sismondi : with an Historical Notice of His Life and Writings by M. Mignet |
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Page 109 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 156 - Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.
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Page 190 - ... below him, who regulates his production by his consumption, who eats his own corn, drinks his own wine, is clothed with his own flax and wool, cares little about knowing the price of the market ; for he has little to sell, and little to buy, and is never ruined by the revolutions of commerce.