The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 78A. Constable, 1843 |
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... amounts ' to a prohibition . ' ' For more than two hundred years the Mercantile System reigned with almost undisputed authority . At length it was shaken by the French Economists - it was conclusively refuted by Adam Smith - it was ...
... amounts ' to a prohibition . ' ' For more than two hundred years the Mercantile System reigned with almost undisputed authority . At length it was shaken by the French Economists - it was conclusively refuted by Adam Smith - it was ...
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... amount of capital , and general efficiency of labour . That they have each a metallic currency amounting to L.30,000,000 , and trade only with one another - England hav- ing in commodity A , which he calls cloth , and Cuba in com ...
... amount of capital , and general efficiency of labour . That they have each a metallic currency amounting to L.30,000,000 , and trade only with one another - England hav- ing in commodity A , which he calls cloth , and Cuba in com ...
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... amount of the duty - the wealth of Cuba would be increased by its amount . The loss of wealth occasioned by her receiving a less quantity of fo- reign produce in exchange for the same quantity of exported goods , would be the least ...
... amount of the duty - the wealth of Cuba would be increased by its amount . The loss of wealth occasioned by her receiving a less quantity of fo- reign produce in exchange for the same quantity of exported goods , would be the least ...
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... amount , would bring back the metals which had been abstracted , restore the circulation to its former amount , raise the price of all domestic products , lighten all fixed charges upon land and industry , and mitigate the pressure of ...
... amount , would bring back the metals which had been abstracted , restore the circulation to its former amount , raise the price of all domestic products , lighten all fixed charges upon land and industry , and mitigate the pressure of ...
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... amount of the pre- cious metals , incapable of increase or diminution , and depending for its value on its quantity . Many of our readers may think that no answer need be made to the theory , that the local value of the precious metals ...
... amount of the pre- cious metals , incapable of increase or diminution , and depending for its value on its quantity . Many of our readers may think that no answer need be made to the theory , that the local value of the precious metals ...
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Сторінка 251 - Oh! if sometimes thy spotless form descend, To me, thy aid, thou guardian genius, lend! When rage misguides me, or when fear alarms, When pain distresses, or when pleasure charms, In silent whisperings purer thoughts impart, And turn from ill a frail and feeble heart, Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before, Till bliss shall join, nor death can part us more.
Сторінка 229 - The mere choice and arrangement of his words would have sufficed to make his essays classical. For never, not even by Dryden, not even by Temple, had the English language been written with such sweetness, grace, and facility.
Сторінка 455 - Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous Of which the very ruins are tremendous.
Сторінка 251 - Or dost thou warn poor mortals left behind, A task well suited to thy gentle mind ? Oh! if sometimes thy spotless form descend, To me thy aid, thou guardian genius, lend! When rage misguides me, or when fear alarms, When pain distresses, or when pleasure charms, In silent whisperings purer thoughts impart, And turn from ill a frail and feeble heart; Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before, Till bliss shall join, nor death can...
Сторінка 238 - ... and books on farriery included. In these circumstances, the sale of the Spectator must be considered as indicating a popularity quite as great as that of the most successful works of Sir Walter Scott and Mr. Dickens in our own time.
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Сторінка 194 - To Addison himself we are bound by a sentiment as much like affection as any sentiment can be which is inspired by one who has been sleeping a hundred and twenty years in Westminster Abbey.