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Page 11
But , supposing the law reached the intention of the promoters of it ; and that this
act be so contrived , that it fixed the natural price of money , and hindered its
being , by any body , lent at a higher use than four per cent . , which is plain it
cannot ...
But , supposing the law reached the intention of the promoters of it ; and that this
act be so contrived , that it fixed the natural price of money , and hindered its
being , by any body , lent at a higher use than four per cent . , which is plain it
cannot ...
Page 18
... to the value of one hundred thousand pounds , and continue to do this ten
years together : it . is plain that we have had for our two millions value in woollen
manufacture , carried thither , one million returned in wine , oil , and fruit : but
what is ...
... to the value of one hundred thousand pounds , and continue to do this ten
years together : it . is plain that we have had for our two millions value in woollen
manufacture , carried thither , one million returned in wine , oil , and fruit : but
what is ...
Page 38
This is certain , and past doubt , that the legal interest can never regulate the
price of land , since it is plain , that the price of land has never changed with it , in
the several changes have been made in the rate of interest by law : nor now that
the ...
This is certain , and past doubt , that the legal interest can never regulate the
price of land , since it is plain , that the price of land has never changed with it , in
the several changes have been made in the rate of interest by law : nor now that
the ...
Page 45
For money , being looked upon as the standing measure of other commodities ,
men consider and speak of it still as if it were a standing measure , though , when
it has varied its quantity , it is plain it is not . 10. But the value or price of all ...
For money , being looked upon as the standing measure of other commodities ,
men consider and speak of it still as if it were a standing measure , though , when
it has varied its quantity , it is plain it is not . 10. But the value or price of all ...
Page 57
It is plain , the merchant and broker neither will , nor can ; for , if he pays a quarter
more for commodities than he did , he will sell them at a price proportionably
raised . The poor labourer and handicraftsman cannot : for he just lives from hand
...
It is plain , the merchant and broker neither will , nor can ; for , if he pays a quarter
more for commodities than he did , he will sell them at a price proportionably
raised . The poor labourer and handicraftsman cannot : for he just lives from hand
...
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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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