The Works of John Locke, Volume 5Thomas Tegg, 1823 - Philosophy |
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Page 104
... plain , true , honest sense , would prove very easy and intelligible , if expressed in ordinary and direct language . That this is so , I shall show , by examining a printed sheet on this subject , entitled , Remarks on a Paper given in ...
... plain , true , honest sense , would prove very easy and intelligible , if expressed in ordinary and direct language . That this is so , I shall show , by examining a printed sheet on this subject , entitled , Remarks on a Paper given in ...
Page 113
... plain of it who suffer this loss , because it is not so great as the other . The damage is already done to the pub- lic , by clipping . Where at last it will light , I cannot tell . But men who receive clipped money , not being forced ...
... plain of it who suffer this loss , because it is not so great as the other . The damage is already done to the pub- lic , by clipping . Where at last it will light , I cannot tell . But men who receive clipped money , not being forced ...
Page 117
... plain words at the bottom of the leaf , " that an ounce of silver uncoined is of 2d . more value than after it is coined it will be ; " which , I take the liberty to say , is so far from being true , that I affirm it is im- possible to ...
... plain words at the bottom of the leaf , " that an ounce of silver uncoined is of 2d . more value than after it is coined it will be ; " which , I take the liberty to say , is so far from being true , that I affirm it is im- possible to ...
Page 119
... what our author means when he says , " silver is now worth but 5s . 2d . the ounce at the mint , and is worth 5s . 4d . elsewhere . " ) The reason whereof is plain , viz . Because the mint and raising the Value of Money . 119.
... what our author means when he says , " silver is now worth but 5s . 2d . the ounce at the mint , and is worth 5s . 4d . elsewhere . " ) The reason whereof is plain , viz . Because the mint and raising the Value of Money . 119.
Page 120
John Locke. reason whereof is plain , viz . Because the mint , giving weighty money for bullion , can give so much and no more for silver than it is coined at , which is 5s . 2d . the ounce , the public paying all the odds that is be ...
John Locke. reason whereof is plain , viz . Because the mint , giving weighty money for bullion , can give so much and no more for silver than it is coined at , which is 5s . 2d . the ounce , the public paying all the odds that is be ...
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