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 | Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
...Moft of the Statutes or acts, edicts, arrets, and placarts of parliaments, princes, and ftates, for regulating, directing, or reftraining of trade; have,...and defired their advice and opinion how he could beft ferve and promote commerce; their anfwer, after confultation, fultation, was in three words only,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1780 - 726 pages
...Moft of the ftatut.es or acts, edicts, arrets, and p!acarts of parliaments, princes, and ftates, for regulating, directing, or reftraining of trade, have,...advantage under pretence of public good. When Colbert afiembled fome wife old merchants of France, and defired their advice and opinion how he could belt... | |
 | History - 1796 - 692 pages
...regelating, directing, or restraining of trade, have, we think, been either political blunders, or job! obtained by artful men for private advantage under pretence of public good. When Colbert aSTembled fom'e wife old merchants of France, and tiefired their advice and opinion hor/ he could belt... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Economics - 1820 - 368 pages
...arrets, and placa'rds, of parliaments, princes, and states, for regulating, directing, or restraining of trade, have we think, been either political blunders,...artful men, for private advantage, under pretence of pub, lie good. When Colbert assembled some wise old mer. chants of France, and desired their advice... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Economics - 1821 - 510 pages
...arrets, and "placards, of " parliaments, princes, and states, for regulating, " directing, or restraining of trade, have, we think, " been either political...obtained " by artful men, for private advantage, under pre" tence of public good. When Colbert assembled " some wise old merchants of France, and desired... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1825 - 324 pages
...arrests. and placarts of parliaments. princes, and states, for regulating, directing, or restraining of trade, have, we think, been either political blunders,...advantage under pretence of public good. When Colbert assem bled some of the wise old merchants of France, and desired their advice and opinion how he could... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Economics - 1825 - 204 pages
...Most of the . statutes of Parliaments, Princes, and States, for regulating, directing, or restraining of trade, have, we think, been either political blunders...private advantage, under pretence of public good." " It were therefore to be wished that commerce was as free between all the nations of the world, as... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - Economics - 1826 - 302 pages
...parliaments, princes, and states, for regulating, directing, or restraining of trade, have we think, been political blunders, or jobs obtained by artful men,...advantage, under pretence of public good. When Colbert assembled some wise old merchants of France, and desiied their advice and opinion how he could preserve... | |
 | Timothy Flint - Mississippi River Valley - 1830 - 696 pages
...edicts, arrêts and placards of parliament, princes and states for regulating, directing and restraining of trade, have, we think, been either political blunders^...advantage under pretence of public good. When Colbert assembled some wise old merchants of France, and desired their advice and opinion, how he could serve,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 310 pages
...placans of parliaments, princes, and states, for regulating, directing, or icBtrainingof trade, have, wu think, been either political blunders, or jobs obtained by artful men for private advantages under pretence of public good. When Colhert assembled some of the wise oid merchants of... | |
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