The Works of Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh: The nature and causes of the wealth of nationsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 |
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... and arrows , for example , with more readiness and dexterity than any other . He frequently exchanges them for cattle or for venifon with his companions ; and II . and he finds at laft that he can 22 OF THE PRINCIPLE WHICH OCCASIONS.
... and arrows , for example , with more readiness and dexterity than any other . He frequently exchanges them for cattle or for venifon with his companions ; and II . and he finds at laft that he can 22 OF THE PRINCIPLE WHICH OCCASIONS.
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... cattle and venifon , than if he himself went to the field to catch them . From a regard to his own intereft , therefore , the making of bows and arrows grows to be his chief bufinefs , and he becomes a fort of armourer . Another excels ...
... cattle and venifon , than if he himself went to the field to catch them . From a regard to his own intereft , therefore , the making of bows and arrows grows to be his chief bufinefs , and he becomes a fort of armourer . Another excels ...
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... cattle are faid to have been the common inftru- ment of commerce ; and , though they must have been a moft inconvenient one , yet in old times we find things were frequently valued according to the number of cattle which had been given ...
... cattle are faid to have been the common inftru- ment of commerce ; and , though they must have been a moft inconvenient one , yet in old times we find things were frequently valued according to the number of cattle which had been given ...
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... cattle to give in exchange for it , must have been obliged to buy falt to the value of a whole ox , or a whole sheep , at a time . He could feldom buy less than this , because what he was to give for it could feldom be divided without ...
... cattle to give in exchange for it , must have been obliged to buy falt to the value of a whole ox , or a whole sheep , at a time . He could feldom buy less than this , because what he was to give for it could feldom be divided without ...
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... cattle employed in producing it , and the third pays the profit of the farmer . Thefe three parts feem either immediately or ultimately to make up the whole price of corn . A fourth part , it may perhaps be thought , is neceffary for ...
... cattle employed in producing it , and the third pays the profit of the farmer . Thefe three parts feem either immediately or ultimately to make up the whole price of corn . A fourth part , it may perhaps be thought , is neceffary for ...
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