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THE USURY LAWS . Defence of Usury ; showing the impolicy of the present legal
restraints on the terms of pecuniary bargains ; in letters to a friend . To which is
added a Letter to Adam Smith , Esq . , LL . D. , on the discouragements opposed
...
THE USURY LAWS . Defence of Usury ; showing the impolicy of the present legal
restraints on the terms of pecuniary bargains ; in letters to a friend . To which is
added a Letter to Adam Smith , Esq . , LL . D. , on the discouragements opposed
...
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The bodies incapable of decomposition , at present known , are forty - seven . Of
these , thirty - eight are metals , six are inflammable bodies , and three
substances which unite with metals and inflammable bodies , and , form , with
them , acids ...
The bodies incapable of decomposition , at present known , are forty - seven . Of
these , thirty - eight are metals , six are inflammable bodies , and three
substances which unite with metals and inflammable bodies , and , form , with
them , acids ...
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... and perhaps , in some measure , to the accumulation of marketable products
by speculators , that we may attribute the high price of produce at the present
time . Let the farmers return to their ploughs , and they will not subject themselves
to ...
... and perhaps , in some measure , to the accumulation of marketable products
by speculators , that we may attribute the high price of produce at the present
time . Let the farmers return to their ploughs , and they will not subject themselves
to ...
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For these they take not up the pen — they strive not to lessen the load which they
must bear through life , or to present a loftier aim for their struggles . They offer no
consolations that may impart to their state an unction of which it is fully capable ...
For these they take not up the pen — they strive not to lessen the load which they
must bear through life , or to present a loftier aim for their struggles . They offer no
consolations that may impart to their state an unction of which it is fully capable ...
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Each chapter presents an incident , or description , in contrast with another either
preceding or following it — intended to exemplify the worthlessness or value of
money according to the use or abuse made of it , and the blessings which even ...
Each chapter presents an incident , or description , in contrast with another either
preceding or following it — intended to exemplify the worthlessness or value of
money according to the use or abuse made of it , and the blessings which even ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 21 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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