The Works of John Locke, Volume 5Thomas Tegg, 1823 - Philosophy |
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Page 27
... body , for more money would be stirring , and less would do the business ) if rents were paid by shorter intervals than six months ; for , supposing I let a farm at fifty - two pounds per ann . if my rent be paid half - yearly , there ...
... body , for more money would be stirring , and less would do the business ) if rents were paid by shorter intervals than six months ; for , supposing I let a farm at fifty - two pounds per ann . if my rent be paid half - yearly , there ...
Page 35
... body in the valuing of all things . For calling that half an ounce of silver half a crown , they speak properly , and are readily understood , when they say , half a crown , or two shillings and six- pence , will now buy one - tenth of ...
... body in the valuing of all things . For calling that half an ounce of silver half a crown , they speak properly , and are readily understood , when they say , half a crown , or two shillings and six- pence , will now buy one - tenth of ...
Page 45
... body being ready to receive money without bounds , and keep it by him , because it answers all things : therefore the vent of money is always sufficient , or more than enough . This being so , its quantity alone is enough to regulate ...
... body being ready to receive money without bounds , and keep it by him , because it answers all things : therefore the vent of money is always sufficient , or more than enough . This being so , its quantity alone is enough to regulate ...
Page 48
... body might have some ) would serve to drive any proportion of trade , whether more or less ; there being counters enough to reckon by , and the va- lue of the pledges being still sufficient , as constantly increasing with the plenty of ...
... body might have some ) would serve to drive any proportion of trade , whether more or less ; there being counters enough to reckon by , and the va- lue of the pledges being still sufficient , as constantly increasing with the plenty of ...
Page 69
... body else , pay dearer now , if either their credit be less or money there scarcer . An infallible sign of your decay of wealth is the falling of rents , and the raising of them would be worth the nation's care ; for in that , and not ...
... body else , pay dearer now , if either their credit be less or money there scarcer . An infallible sign of your decay of wealth is the falling of rents , and the raising of them would be worth the nation's care ; for in that , and not ...
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