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Page 35
... lead be nine - tenths worse than it was , as well as silver ; only by the tale of shillings we are better enabled to judge of it : because these are measures , whose ideas by constant use are settled in every Englishman's mind .
... lead be nine - tenths worse than it was , as well as silver ; only by the tale of shillings we are better enabled to judge of it : because these are measures , whose ideas by constant use are settled in every Englishman's mind .
Page 44
... its quantity and vent altering slower than in most other commodities ; it is commonly looked on as a standing measure , to judge of the value of all things , especially being adapted to it by its weight and denomination in coinage .
... its quantity and vent altering slower than in most other commodities ; it is commonly looked on as a standing measure , to judge of the value of all things , especially being adapted to it by its weight and denomination in coinage .
Page 47
Wheat , therefore , in this part of the world , ( and that grain , which is the constant general food of any other country ) is the fittest measure to judge of the altered value of things , in any long tract of time : and therefore ...
Wheat , therefore , in this part of the world , ( and that grain , which is the constant general food of any other country ) is the fittest measure to judge of the altered value of things , in any long tract of time : and therefore ...
Page 97
Here you see you have your money , without this new trick of coinage , raised five per cent ; but whether to any advantage of the kingdom , I leave every one to judge . Hitherto we have only considered the raising of silver coin ...
Here you see you have your money , without this new trick of coinage , raised five per cent ; but whether to any advantage of the kingdom , I leave every one to judge . Hitherto we have only considered the raising of silver coin ...
Page 138
I judge of him by myself . For I shall think myself obliged to any one who shall show me , or the public , any material mistake in any thing I have here said , whereon any part of the question turns . FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING ...
I judge of him by myself . For I shall think myself obliged to any one who shall show me , or the public , any material mistake in any thing I have here said , whereon any part of the question turns . FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING ...
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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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