The Works of John Locke, Volume 5Thomas Tegg, 1823 - Philosophy |
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Page 143
... authority , and established by custom , known at home and abroad , and the rules and methods of assaying suited to it , and all the wrought plate , as well as coin of England , being made by that measure , it is of great concernment ...
... authority , and established by custom , known at home and abroad , and the rules and methods of assaying suited to it , and all the wrought plate , as well as coin of England , being made by that measure , it is of great concernment ...
Page 144
... authority , warranted to be in pieces of such denominations ; and it is by having a greater quantity of silver , that men thrive and grow richer , and not by having a greater number of denomi- nations ; which , when they come to have ...
... authority , warranted to be in pieces of such denominations ; and it is by having a greater quantity of silver , that men thrive and grow richer , and not by having a greater number of denomi- nations ; which , when they come to have ...
Page 151
... authority ; so the value set be under the market - price . For then such pieces coined will be a commodity as passable as silver money , very little varying in their price : as guineas , which were coined at the value of 20s . but ...
... authority ; so the value set be under the market - price . For then such pieces coined will be a commodity as passable as silver money , very little varying in their price : as guineas , which were coined at the value of 20s . but ...
Page 164
... authority was guarantee , that the same sum should have the same quantity of silver , under the same denomination . And the reason is plain , why in justice he ought to have the same quantity of silver again , notwithstanding any ...
... authority was guarantee , that the same sum should have the same quantity of silver , under the same denomination . And the reason is plain , why in justice he ought to have the same quantity of silver again , notwithstanding any ...
Page 171
... authority . " It remains therefore only to show , that the market - price of standard bullion is not one - fifth above our coin that is to be raised , and then we have Mr. Lowndes of our side too against its raising . I think it is ...
... authority . " It remains therefore only to show , that the market - price of standard bullion is not one - fifth above our coin that is to be raised , and then we have Mr. Lowndes of our side too against its raising . I think it is ...
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