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Page 12
Gold and silver , though they serve for few , yet they command all the
conveniencies of life , and therefore in a plenty of them consist riches . Every one
knows that mines alone furnish these : but withal it is observable , that most
countries ...
Gold and silver , though they serve for few , yet they command all the
conveniencies of life , and therefore in a plenty of them consist riches . Every one
knows that mines alone furnish these : but withal it is observable , that most
countries ...
Page 68
This is the state of interest in Holland : their plenty of money , and paying their
public debts , some time since lowered their interest . But it was not done by the
command and limitation of a law , nor in consequence of our reducing it here by
law ...
This is the state of interest in Holland : their plenty of money , and paying their
public debts , some time since lowered their interest . But it was not done by the
command and limitation of a law , nor in consequence of our reducing it here by
law ...
Page 109
This presently makes the exchange very high : upon which the bankers , & c .
who have the command of great quantities of money and bullion , send that away
to Holland in specie , and so take money here to pay it again there , upon their
bills ...
This presently makes the exchange very high : upon which the bankers , & c .
who have the command of great quantities of money and bullion , send that away
to Holland in specie , and so take money here to pay it again there , upon their
bills ...
Page 133
... AND ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY - COUNCIL , MY
LORD , The papers I here present your lordship are in substance the same with
one which I delivered to you in obedience to the commands I received , by your ...
... AND ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY - COUNCIL , MY
LORD , The papers I here present your lordship are in substance the same with
one which I delivered to you in obedience to the commands I received , by your ...
Page 148
They can command the markets , and thereby break our trade , and make us poor
. 4. They can on any occasion engross aval and warlike stores , and thereby
endanger us . In countries where domestic mines do not supply it , nothing can ...
They can command the markets , and thereby break our trade , and make us poor
. 4. They can on any occasion engross aval and warlike stores , and thereby
endanger us . In countries where domestic mines do not supply it , nothing can ...
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| Title | The Works of John Locke, Volume 5 The Works of John Locke, John Locke |
| Author | John Locke |
| Publisher | Thomas Tegg, 1823 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Apr 2006 |
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