...alhigherthanthatofthelatter. Light come light go, says the proverb ; and the ordinary tone of expence seems every where to be regulated, not so much according to the real...for a nation of shopkeepers ; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. Such statesmen, and such statesmen only, are...

...that of the latter. Light come, light go, says the proverb ; and the ordinary tone of expense §eems everywhere to be regulated, not so much according...of raising up a people of customers, may at first appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for...

...not so much according to the real ability of spending, as to the supposed facility of getting mone^ to spend. It is thus that the single advantage which...for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. Such statesmen, and such statesmen only, are...

...manufactures which they will create in return. Mr. Maltlius speaks indeed of the impolicy of ' founding a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers;' but neither the means nor the end to which his remarks apply are the same as those now under consideration:...

...manufactures which they will create in return. Mr. Malthus speaks indeed of the impolicy of ' founding a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers ;' but neither the means nor the end to which his remarks apply are the same as those now under consideration...

...manufactures which they will create in return. Mr. Malthas speaks indeed of the impolicy of ' founding a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers ;' but neither the means nor the end to which his remarks apply are the same as those now under consideration...

...that the single advantage which the monopoly procures to a single order of men, is in many ditlerent ways hurtful to the general interest of the country....for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. Such statcMiien, and such statesmen only, are...

...than that of the former, and a good deal higher than that of the latter. Light come light go, says the proverb; and the ordinary tone of expense seems everywhere...for a nation of shopkeepers ; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. Such statesmen, and such statesmen only, are...

...describes the origin of this spirit of monopoly with regard to the trade with our colonies : — " To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...for a nation of shopkeepers ; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. Such statesmen, and such statesmen only, are...

...again, Adam Smith, in his ' Wealth of Nations' (1775, and in octavo edition, 1602, ii. 439), said, " To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers." In neither of these cases, however, was the term "shopkeeper" applied contemptuously. This was reserved...