An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. With a comm. by the author of 'England and America' (E.G. Wakefield).1836 |
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... kind must have been carried on in those towns , before they could well think of employing themselves in foreign commerce . But though this natural order of things must have taken place in some degree in every such so- ciety , it has ...
... kind must have been carried on in those towns , before they could well think of employing themselves in foreign commerce . But though this natural order of things must have taken place in some degree in every such so- ciety , it has ...
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... kind than that known among the ancient Greeks and Romans , or even in our West Indian colonies . They were supposed to belong more directly to the land than to their master . They could , therefore , be sold with it , but not separately ...
... kind than that known among the ancient Greeks and Romans , or even in our West Indian colonies . They were supposed to belong more directly to the land than to their master . They could , therefore , be sold with it , but not separately ...
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... kind , To this species of tenancy succeeded , though by very slow degrees , farmers properly so called , who cultivated the land with their own stock , paying a rent certain to the landlord * . When such farmers have a lease for a term ...
... kind , To this species of tenancy succeeded , though by very slow degrees , farmers properly so called , who cultivated the land with their own stock , paying a rent certain to the landlord * . When such farmers have a lease for a term ...
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... kind is , so far as I know , pecu- liar to Great Britain . It was introduced into Scot- land so early as 1449 , by a law of James II . Its beneficial influence , however , has been much obstructed by entails ; the heirs of entail being ...
... kind is , so far as I know , pecu- liar to Great Britain . It was introduced into Scot- land so early as 1449 , by a law of James II . Its beneficial influence , however , has been much obstructed by entails ; the heirs of entail being ...
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... of oppression in different countries , was not the only one . When the king's troops , when his household or his officers of any kind D passed through any part of the country , the yeomanry CHAP . II . ] 25 AGRICULTURE .
... of oppression in different countries , was not the only one . When the king's troops , when his household or his officers of any kind D passed through any part of the country , the yeomanry CHAP . II . ] 25 AGRICULTURE .
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Сторінка 422 - Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production ; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
Сторінка 104 - ... would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.
Сторінка 348 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Сторінка 90 - By means of it, the narrowness of the home market does not hinder the division of labour in any particular branch of art or manufacture from being carried to the highest perfection. By opening a more extensive market for whatever part of the produce of their labour may exceed the home consumption, it encourages them to improve its productive powers, and to augment its annual produce to the utmost, and thereby to increase the real revenue and wealth of society
Сторінка 104 - The statesman, who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself...
Сторінка 100 - Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally or, rather, necessarily leads him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to the society.
Сторінка 92 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Сторінка 114 - The first is, when some particular sort of industry is necessary for the defence of the country.
Сторінка 125 - Were those high duties and prohibitions taken away all at once, cheaper foreign goods of the same kind might be poured so fast into the home market, as to deprive all at once many thousands of our people of their ordinary employment and means of subsistence.
Сторінка 117 - As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the act of Navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England.