The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 73
... expenses by borrowing , it does so by a me- thod which is doubly more burdensome to the country , than when it defrays the expense by taxes raised within the year . Should government borrow twenty millions for the exigencies of the ...
... expenses by borrowing , it does so by a me- thod which is doubly more burdensome to the country , than when it defrays the expense by taxes raised within the year . Should government borrow twenty millions for the exigencies of the ...
Page 86
... expenses of the husbandry , and thirty pounds more the taxes ; leaving a profit of ten pounds to the farmer . Then let the money price rise from a hundred to a hundred and fifty pounds , and even though the natural expenses should rise ...
... expenses of the husbandry , and thirty pounds more the taxes ; leaving a profit of ten pounds to the farmer . Then let the money price rise from a hundred to a hundred and fifty pounds , and even though the natural expenses should rise ...
Page 251
... expense to the parish - yet in virtue of that peculiar economy by which it stood distinguished from the other parishes in Glasgow . But if the expense of runaways formed a small item of the £ 702 , this leaves all the greater sum for ...
... expense to the parish - yet in virtue of that peculiar economy by which it stood distinguished from the other parishes in Glasgow . But if the expense of runaways formed a small item of the £ 702 , this leaves all the greater sum for ...
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