An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation. By the Rev. Richard Jones ..., Volume 1 |
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Page iii
... perhaps a great deal of speculation . Such speculations were pur- sued the more earnestly , when it was perceived , as it necessarily soon was , that the power of nations to support and render productive peculiar forms of taxation ...
... perhaps a great deal of speculation . Such speculations were pur- sued the more earnestly , when it was perceived , as it necessarily soon was , that the power of nations to support and render productive peculiar forms of taxation ...
Page v
... perhaps , that he was conscious of difficulties which he chose to avoid . Of him , however , it may be said with truth , that he had done as much as could be expected from one mind , when he had illustrated , applied , con- nected and ...
... perhaps , that he was conscious of difficulties which he chose to avoid . Of him , however , it may be said with truth , that he had done as much as could be expected from one mind , when he had illustrated , applied , con- nected and ...
Page xxxi
... perhaps be practicable to esti- mate how far the state may share in the joint wealth of its subjects , without causing production to retrograde : and where the limits are , beyond which all attempts to extract from a people a per ...
... perhaps be practicable to esti- mate how far the state may share in the joint wealth of its subjects , without causing production to retrograde : and where the limits are , beyond which all attempts to extract from a people a per ...
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... perhaps the least objectionable and the most convenient . Wealth , according to him , consists of those material objects which are necessary , useful , or agreeable to mankind.1 In this restricted sense the word will be used here ...
... perhaps the least objectionable and the most convenient . Wealth , according to him , consists of those material objects which are necessary , useful , or agreeable to mankind.1 In this restricted sense the word will be used here ...
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... perhaps some of the Islanders of the South Seas . The soil of the Society Islands is very imperfectly occupied ; the whole belongs to the sovereign ; he portions it among the nobles , and makes and resumes grants at his pleasure . The ...
... perhaps some of the Islanders of the South Seas . The soil of the Society Islands is very imperfectly occupied ; the whole belongs to the sovereign ; he portions it among the nobles , and makes and resumes grants at his pleasure . The ...
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