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As for example : let us suppose half an ounce of silver , or half a crown now in England , is worth a bushel of wheat ... five ounces of silver would , perhaps , in exchange purchase but one bushel of wheat : so that money would be then ...
As for example : let us suppose half an ounce of silver , or half a crown now in England , is worth a bushel of wheat ... five ounces of silver would , perhaps , in exchange purchase but one bushel of wheat : so that money would be then ...
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It may then so happen at the same time , that half an ounce of silver , that the year before would buy one bushel of wheat , will this year buy but one tenth of a bushel ; half an ounce of silver , that the year before would have bought ...
It may then so happen at the same time , that half an ounce of silver , that the year before would buy one bushel of wheat , will this year buy but one tenth of a bushel ; half an ounce of silver , that the year before would have bought ...
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For supposing , as before , that half an ounce of silver would last year exchange for one bushel of wheat , or for 15lb . weight of lead ; if this year wheat be ten times scarcer , and lead in the same a a a quantity to its vent as it ...
For supposing , as before , that half an ounce of silver would last year exchange for one bushel of wheat , or for 15lb . weight of lead ; if this year wheat be ten times scarcer , and lead in the same a a a quantity to its vent as it ...
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a a a quantity to its vent as it was , is it not evident , that half an ounce of silver will still exchange for 15lb . of lead , though it will exchange but for one - tenth of a bushel of wheat ? and he that has use of lead will as soon ...
a a a quantity to its vent as it was , is it not evident , that half an ounce of silver will still exchange for 15lb . of lead , though it will exchange but for one - tenth of a bushel of wheat ? and he that has use of lead will as soon ...
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For example , half an ounce of silver in England will exchange sometimes for a whole bushel of wheat , sometimes for half , sometimes but a quarter , and this it does equally , whether by use it be apt to bring in to the owner six in ...
For example , half an ounce of silver in England will exchange sometimes for a whole bushel of wheat , sometimes for half , sometimes but a quarter , and this it does equally , whether by use it be apt to bring in to the owner six in ...
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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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