The Works of John Locke, Volume 5Thomas Tegg, 1823 - Philosophy |
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Page 66
... king James I. and Charles the First's time , when money was at ten and eight per cent . I will not say high interest was the cause of it . For I rather think that our thriving trade was the cause of high interest , every one craving ...
... king James I. and Charles the First's time , when money was at ten and eight per cent . I will not say high interest was the cause of it . For I rather think that our thriving trade was the cause of high interest , every one craving ...
Page 79
... king James the First's reigns . Not that I impute it to high interest , but to other causes I have mentioned , wherein usury had nothing to do . But if this be thought an argument now in 1690 , when the legal interest is six per cent ...
... king James the First's reigns . Not that I impute it to high interest , but to other causes I have mentioned , wherein usury had nothing to do . But if this be thought an argument now in 1690 , when the legal interest is six per cent ...
Page 85
... king of France could not avoid it , with all his watchfulness . For though , by edict , he made his 4 sols pieces ( whereof 15 were to pass for a French crown , though 20 of them had not so much silver in them as was in a French crown ...
... king of France could not avoid it , with all his watchfulness . For though , by edict , he made his 4 sols pieces ( whereof 15 were to pass for a French crown , though 20 of them had not so much silver in them as was in a French crown ...
Page 88
... king's revenue , besides the confusion of all your affairs : and , if you please to go on in this beneficial way of raising your money , you may , by the same art , bring a penny - weight of silver to be a crown . Silver , i . e . the ...
... king's revenue , besides the confusion of all your affairs : and , if you please to go on in this beneficial way of raising your money , you may , by the same art , bring a penny - weight of silver to be a crown . Silver , i . e . the ...
Page 89
... king's revenue five per cent . For though the same number of pounds , shillings , and pence are paid into the exchequer as were wont , yet these names being given to coin that have each of them one - twentieth less of silver in them ...
... king's revenue five per cent . For though the same number of pounds , shillings , and pence are paid into the exchequer as were wont , yet these names being given to coin that have each of them one - twentieth less of silver in them ...
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