The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 75
... amount of enjoyment by means of higher prices or higher taxes . It is thus that the national debt has all been virtually paid once , and yet remains to be paid over again - paid , in the first instance , as it was contracted , by the ...
... amount of enjoyment by means of higher prices or higher taxes . It is thus that the national debt has all been virtually paid once , and yet remains to be paid over again - paid , in the first instance , as it was contracted , by the ...
Page 137
... amount of capital ; the latter , by the command which they have , through their later or earlier marriages , over the amount of population . That by raising or lowering , therefore , the standard of enjoyment among capitalists , profit ...
... amount of capital ; the latter , by the command which they have , through their later or earlier marriages , over the amount of population . That by raising or lowering , therefore , the standard of enjoyment among capitalists , profit ...
Page 331
... amount now ? —It amounts this year to about L.600 from various circumstances ; from the dearness of provisions , and the trouble of removing persons . — Appendix to the Report , p . 115 . A very great reduction also was effected by ...
... amount now ? —It amounts this year to about L.600 from various circumstances ; from the dearness of provisions , and the trouble of removing persons . — Appendix to the Report , p . 115 . A very great reduction also was effected by ...
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