An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Band 3J. Maynard, 1811 |
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... ancient provincial laws of France upon the transportation of corn from one province to another , and to the arbitrary and degrading taxes which are levied upon the cultivators in almost all the provinces , discouraged and kept down the ...
... ancient provincial laws of France upon the transportation of corn from one province to another , and to the arbitrary and degrading taxes which are levied upon the cultivators in almost all the provinces , discouraged and kept down the ...
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... ancient provincial restraints upon the transportation of corn from one province of the kingdom to another , have been entirely taken away ; and the liberty of ex- porting it to all foreign countries , has been establish- ed as the ...
... ancient provincial restraints upon the transportation of corn from one province of the kingdom to another , have been entirely taken away ; and the liberty of ex- porting it to all foreign countries , has been establish- ed as the ...
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... ancient Egypt , too , and that of the Gentoo government of Indostan , seem to have favour- ed agriculture more than all other employments . Both in ancient Egypt and Indostan , the whole body of the people was divided into different ...
... ancient Egypt , too , and that of the Gentoo government of Indostan , seem to have favour- ed agriculture more than all other employments . Both in ancient Egypt and Indostan , the whole body of the people was divided into different ...
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... ancient sovereigns of Egypt , for the proper distribution of the waters of the Nile , were famous in antiquity , and the ruined remains of some of them are still the admiration of travellers . Those of the same kind which were ...
... ancient sovereigns of Egypt , for the proper distribution of the waters of the Nile , were famous in antiquity , and the ruined remains of some of them are still the admiration of travellers . Those of the same kind which were ...
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... ancient Egypt and Indostan , indeed , the confinement of the foreign market was in some measure compensated by the conveniency of many inland navigations , which open- ed , in the most advantageous manner , the whole ex- tent of the ...
... ancient Egypt and Indostan , indeed , the confinement of the foreign market was in some measure compensated by the conveniency of many inland navigations , which open- ed , in the most advantageous manner , the whole ex- tent of the ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 28 - 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.
Seite 67 - ... the duty of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies; secondly, the duty of protecting, as far as possible, every member of the society from the injustice or oppression of every other member of it...
Seite 329 - By necessaries I understand not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without.
Seite 67 - ... the duty of erecting and maintaining certain public works and certain public institutions, which it can never be for the interest of any individual, or small number of individuals, to erect and maintain; because the profit could never repay the expense to any individual or small number of individuals, though it may frequently do much more than repay it to a great society.
Seite 261 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.
Seite 67 - Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice, is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest his own way, and to bring both his industry and capital into competition with those of any other man, or order of men.
Seite 141 - The directors of such companies, however, being the managers rather of other people's money than of their own, it cannot well be expected, that they should watch over it with the same anxious vigilance with which the partners in a private copartnery frequently watch over their own. Like the stewards of a rich man, they are apt to consider attention to small matters as not for their master's honour, and very easily give themselves a dispensation from having it. Negligence and profusion, therefore,...
Seite 261 - Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it.
Seite 193 - In the progress of the division of labour, the employment of the far greater part of those who live by labour, that is, of the great body of the people, comes to be confined to a few very simple operations ; frequently to one or two.
Seite 102 - Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.