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Gold and silver , though they serve for few , yet they command all the conveniencies of life , and therefore in a plenty of them consist riches . Every one knows that mines alone furnish these : but withal it is observable , that most ...
Gold and silver , though they serve for few , yet they command all the conveniencies of life , and therefore in a plenty of them consist riches . Every one knows that mines alone furnish these : but withal it is observable , that most ...
Page 68
But it was not done by the command and limitation of a law , nor in consequence of our reducing it here by law to six per cent . For I deny that there is any law there yet to forbid lending of money for above three , or six , or . ten ...
But it was not done by the command and limitation of a law , nor in consequence of our reducing it here by law to six per cent . For I deny that there is any law there yet to forbid lending of money for above three , or six , or . ten ...
Page 109
This presently makes the exchange very high : upon which the bankers , & c . who have the command of great quantities of money and bullion , send that away to Holland in specie , and so take money here to pay it again there , upon their ...
This presently makes the exchange very high : upon which the bankers , & c . who have the command of great quantities of money and bullion , send that away to Holland in specie , and so take money here to pay it again there , upon their ...
Page 133
... in obedience to the commands I received , by your lordship , from their excellencies the lords justices ; and with another , which I writ in answer to some questions your lordship was pleased to propose to me , concerning our coin .
... in obedience to the commands I received , by your lordship , from their excellencies the lords justices ; and with another , which I writ in answer to some questions your lordship was pleased to propose to me , concerning our coin .
Page 148
They can command the markets , and thereby break our trade , and make us poor . 4. They can on any occasion engross aval and warlike stores , and thereby endanger us . In countries where domestic mines do not supply it , nothing can ...
They can command the markets , and thereby break our trade , and make us poor . 4. They can on any occasion engross aval and warlike stores , and thereby endanger us . In countries where domestic mines do not supply it , nothing can ...
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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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