The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 138
... trade is as much directed by the taste , and upheld by the ability , of its landed pro- prietors , as the home - trade is . * 17. That it is not desirable that the commerce of Britain should greatly overlap its agricultural basis ; and ...
... trade is as much directed by the taste , and upheld by the ability , of its landed pro- prietors , as the home - trade is . * 17. That it is not desirable that the commerce of Britain should greatly overlap its agricultural basis ; and ...
Page 237
... trade . Still , the principle for which we contend survives all these admissions that the wine trade yields nothing else to the nation than wine , and the orange trade than oranges , and the sugar trade than sugar , and lastly , the corn ...
... trade . Still , the principle for which we contend survives all these admissions that the wine trade yields nothing else to the nation than wine , and the orange trade than oranges , and the sugar trade than sugar , and lastly , the corn ...
Page 238
... trade or manufactures , can recall the agriculture from that limit , at which the land last entered on yields a produce , that will feed the agricultural labourers and their secondaries , beside some further excess over and above this ...
... trade or manufactures , can recall the agriculture from that limit , at which the land last entered on yields a produce , that will feed the agricultural labourers and their secondaries , beside some further excess over and above this ...
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