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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... Gold and Silver 339 Grounds of the Sufpicion that the Value of Silver ftill continues to decrease 338 Different Effects of the Progress of Improvement upon the real Price of three different Sorts of rude Produce First Sort Second Sort ...
... Gold and Silver 339 Grounds of the Sufpicion that the Value of Silver ftill continues to decrease 338 Different Effects of the Progress of Improvement upon the real Price of three different Sorts of rude Produce First Sort Second Sort ...
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... gold and filver among all rich and commercial nations . Thofe metals feem originally to have been made ufe of for this purpose in rude bars , without any ftamp or coinage . Thus we are told by Pliny , upon the authority of Timæus , an ...
... gold and filver among all rich and commercial nations . Thofe metals feem originally to have been made ufe of for this purpose in rude bars , without any ftamp or coinage . Thus we are told by Pliny , upon the authority of Timæus , an ...
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... gold , and which being ftruck only upon one fide of the piece , and not covering the whole furface , afcertains the fineness , but not the weight of the metal . Abraham weighs to Ephron the four hundred fhekels of filver which he had ...
... gold , and which being ftruck only upon one fide of the piece , and not covering the whole furface , afcertains the fineness , but not the weight of the metal . Abraham weighs to Ephron the four hundred fhekels of filver which he had ...
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... Gold and filver , however , like every other commodity , vary in their value , are fometimes cheaper and fometimes dearer , fometimes of easier and sometimes of more difficult purchase . The quantity of labour which any particular ...
... Gold and filver , however , like every other commodity , vary in their value , are fometimes cheaper and fometimes dearer , fometimes of easier and sometimes of more difficult purchase . The quantity of labour which any particular ...
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... gold and filver , the fame nominal price is fometimes of very different values . When a landed eftate , therefore , is fold with a refervation of a perpe- tual rent , if it is intended that this rent fhould always be of the fame value ...
... gold and filver , the fame nominal price is fometimes of very different values . When a landed eftate , therefore , is fold with a refervation of a perpe- tual rent , if it is intended that this rent fhould always be of the fame value ...
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