Author(s): Smith, Adam
Reader(s): Wickham, Peter
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Non-Fiction
Period: Classical
Catalogue No: NA0407
Barcode: 9781781982587
Release Date: 01/2020

SMITH, A.: Wealth of Nations (The) (Unabridged)

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Smith, Adam - Author
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
1The Wealth of Nations07:26
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2Book 1. Chapter 112:33
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3Secondly, The advantage which is gained by saving…10:36
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4Chapter 210:23
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5Chapter 312:09
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6Chapter 408:16
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7The first public stamps of this kind that were affixed…09:34
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8Chapter 512:38
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9The discovery of the mines of America diminished…11:54
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10In the progress of industry, commercial nations…11:02
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11In the English mint, a pound weight of standard…12:56
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12Chapter 610:55
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13As any particular commodity comes to be more…09:23
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14Chapter 711:27
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15The occasional and temporary fluctuations…12:51
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16Chapter 811:50
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17There are certain circumstances, however…13:03
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18The liberal reward of labour, therefore, as it is the…12:09
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19The real recompense of labour, the real quantity of…10:35
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20The liberal reward of labour, as it encourages the…08:01
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21A French author of great knowledge and ingenuity…08:35
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22Chapter 909:35
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23The province of Holland, on the other hand…10:09
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24But, perhaps, no country has ever yet arrived…09:56
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25Chapter 10. Part 109:54
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26The profits of stock seem to be very little affected…07:24
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27The probability that any particular person shall ever…09:39
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28The contempt of risk, and the presumptuous hope…09:27
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29In a small sea-port town, a little grocer will make…08:36
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30The establishment of any new manufacture…10:21
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31Part 210:46
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32The institution of long apprenticeships…11:31
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33The inhabitants of the country, dispersed in distant …10:01
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34It is in this manner that the policy of Europe…12:52
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35This inequality is, upon the whole, perhaps rather…11:34
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36In order to restore, in some measure, that free…11:42
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37Chapter 1106:28
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38Part 109:40
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39Particular circumstances have sometimes rendered…11:10
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40That the vineyard, when properly planted…10:08
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41In Virginia and Maryland, the cultivation of tobacco…10:35
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42Part 211:53
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43Coals are a less agreeable fuel than wood…11:52
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44As the sovereign, however, derives a considerable…12:08
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45Part 312:33
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46Thus, in 1436, it was enacted, that wheat might be…11:13
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47Thirdly, they seem to have been misled too…12:31
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48The price of gold and silver, when the accidental…12:52
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49The second event was the bounty upon…12:23
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50The high price of corn during these ten or twelve…10:44
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51Secondly, America is itself a new market…12:36
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52The continual consumption of the precious metals…12:43
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53The quantity of silver commonly in the market…12:42
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54Different Effects of the Progress of Improvement…09:50
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55Till the price of cattle, indeed, has got to this height…13:42
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56The hog, that finds his food among ordure…14:18
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57In England, however, notwithstanding…11:02
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58The wool of Scotland fell very considerably…13:26
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59As the low value of gold and silver, therefore…10:27
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60Effects of the Progress of Improvement upon…12:07
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61Conclusion of the Chapter09:59
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62Book 205:29
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63Chapter 109:13
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64The second of the three portions into which…11:02
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65Chapter 212:37
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66When, by any particular sum of money, we mean…12:58
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67So far as it is employed in the first way, it promotes…13:08
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68By means of those cash accounts, every merchant can…14:04
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69When a bank discounts to a merchant a real bill…11:13
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70It is now more than five and twenty years since…13:08
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71In the midst of this clamour and distress, a new bank…10:40
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72That the industry of Scotland languished…11:31
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73An unsuccessful war, for example, in which…11:09
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74Some years ago the different banking companies…10:48
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75Chapter 313:32
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76The proportion between those different funds…12:49
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77The quantity of money, on the contrary…13:34
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78But though the profusion of government must…09:39
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79Chapter 410:38
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80Before the discovery of the Spanish West Indies…11:15
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81Chapter 509:31
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82No equal capital puts into motion a greater quantity…11:08
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83The course of human prosperity…09:37
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84That part of the capital of any country…11:42
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85Book 3. Chapter 113:26
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86Chapter 210:07
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87If little improvement was to be expected…09:02
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88To this species of tenantry succeeded…11:20
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89Chapter 308:21
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90In order to understand this, it must be remembered…07:51
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91The inhabitants of a city, it is true, must always…11:21
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92Chapter 411:06
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93The introduction of the feudal law, so far…10:27
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94A revolution of the greatest importance to the public…12:07
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95Book 4. Chapter 112:53
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96Such as they were, however, those arguments…14:15
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97Consumable commodities, it is said, are soon…11:30
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98Besides the three sorts of gold and silver above…10:50
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99It is not by the importation of gold and silver…11:16
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100Chapter 210:09
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101What is the species of domestic industry which his…10:32
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102Feeding and fattening countries, besides, must always…09:16
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103When the act of navigation was made…09:03
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104The case in which it may sometimes be a matter…11:03
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105To expect, indeed, that the freedom of trade…03:44
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106Chapter 310:04
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107When for a sum of money paid in England…08:56
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108Before 1609, the great quantity of clipt and worn…09:45
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109Upon deposits of the coin current in the country…12:32
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110Part 209:45
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111It is a losing trade, it is said, which a workman…07:27
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112The wealth of neighbouring nations, however…11:10
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113Chapter 414:22
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114Chapter 507:49
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115I answer, that whatever extension of the foreign…09:16
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116Spain by taxing, and Portugal by prohibiting…08:55
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117Our country gentlemen, when they imposed…10:02
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118The salt with which these herrings are cured…11:40
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119What is called a bounty, is sometimes no more than…10:33
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120In an extensive corn country, between all…10:48
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121The dealer who can employ his whole stock…12:02
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122The 15th of Charles II. c. 7, however, with all its…11:10
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123Were all nations to follow the liberal system…12:20
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124Chapter 609:50
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125Though Britain were entirely excluded…08:26
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126Were the private people who carry their gold…09:04
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127The directors of the bank, however, would probably…03:58
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128Chapter 712:07
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129The Cori, something between a rat and a rabbit…11:45
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130Part 210:37
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131After the settlements of the Spaniards…09:31
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132Secondly, In Pennsylvania there is no right of…12:50
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133In the exportation of their own surplus produce, too…12:54
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134While Great Britain encourages in America…10:09
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135The absolute governments of Spain, Portugal…11:20
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136Part 309:15
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137The advantages of such colonies to their respective…09:39
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138England, it must be observed, was a great…09:20
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139The most advantageous employment of any capital…11:19
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140The monopoly of the colony trade, besides…12:07
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141The natural good effects of the colony trade…10:06
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142It is solely by raising the ordinary rate of profit…13:05
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143In order to render any province advantageous…11:29
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144Should the parliament of Great Britain…12:51
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145In the mean time, one of the principal effects…12:04
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146In the trade to America, every nation endeavours…10:37
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147Though the Europeans possess many considerable…09:08
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148But a company of merchants, are, it seems…09:49
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149Chapter 810:34
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150The fourth bounty of this kind was that granted…11:06
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151But in the particular counties of Kent and Sussex…09:59
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152The violence of these regulations, therefore…09:21
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153By the above-mentioned statute, gum senega…08:25
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154If any artificer has gone beyond the seas…06:33
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155Chapter 908:55
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156The ground expenses, as they are called…09:36
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157The unproductive class, however, is not only useful…08:43
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158When a landed nation on the contrary, oppresses…09:43
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159Thirdly, it seems, upon every supposition…07:45
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160This system, however, with all its imperfections…09:55
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161The ancient Egyptians had a superstitious aversion…10:22
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162The greatest and most important branch…06:27
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163Book 5. Chapter 1. Part 112:35
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164The number of those who can go to war…12:34
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165The soldiers who are exercised only once a week…10:14
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166Many different causes contributed to relax…12:12
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167Part 209:10
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168The fourth of those causes or circumstances…10:39
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169Among nations of shepherds, where the sovereign…08:26
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170The fees of court seem originally to have been the…07:36
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171Part 310:10
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172The money levied at the different turnpikes…11:18
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173Even those public works, which are of such a nature…10:03
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174The regulated companies for foreign commerce…10:02
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175Long after the time of Sir Josiah Child, however…08:09
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176Joint-stock companies, established either by royal…07:06
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177The Hudson’s Bay company, before their misfortunes…08:30
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178The old English East India company was established…10:14
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179What the gross revenue of those territorial…10:18
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180When a company of merchants undertake…11:12
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181Article 2. Of the Expense of the Institution for…09:59
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182If in each college, the tutor or teacher…10:51
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183Originally, the first rudiments, both of the Greek…11:31
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184The improvements which, in modern times…11:35
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185At Rome, the study of the civil law made a part…11:22
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186It is otherwise in the barbarous societies…10:13
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187That in the progress of improvement, the practice…09:37
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188In the church of Rome the industry and zeal of the…10:00
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189The teachers of each sect, seeing themselves…08:57
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190The first of those remedies is the study of science…11:16
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191In the ancient constitution of the Christian church…10:05
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192The gradual improvements of arts, manufactures…10:28
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193In some countries, as in Scotland, where…09:38
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194Where the church benefices are all nearly equal…11:55
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195Part 4. Conclusion05:25
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196Chapter 2. Part 110:21
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197Land is a fund of more stable and permanent…11:16
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198Part 211:34
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199As the tax is made payable in money…12:51
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200If, by such a system of administration, a tax…12:11
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201In Asia, this sort of land tax is said to interest…11:35
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202The inequality with which a tax of this kind might…13:31
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203The natural tendency of the window tax…11:34
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204The canton of Underwald, in Switzerland…10:47
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205In France, the personal taille at present (1775)…10:46
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206Appendix to Articles 1 and 207:52
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207In Holland there are both stamp duties and duties…09:15
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208Article 3. Taxes upon the Wages of Labour08:54
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209Article 4. Taxes which it is intended should fall…06:51
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210Taxes upon Consumable Commodities08:19
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211Taxes upon luxuries have no tendency to…09:54
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212A coach may, with good management, last ten…12:52
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213That the mercantile system has not been…11:04
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214If, by such a system of administration, smuggling…12:10
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215In the porter brewery of London, a quarter of malt…11:45
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216Besides such duties as those of custom and excise…12:00
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217Thirdly, the hope of evading such taxes by smuggling…12:37
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218Taxes upon consumable commodities may either…14:33
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219Chapter 309:31
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220A country abounding with merchants…10:11
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221In 1701, those duties, with some others, were still…09:29
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222During the reigns of king William and queen Anne…09:52
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223The ordinary expense of the greater part of…06:38
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224In the war which began in 1702, and which was…08:42
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225The public funds of the different indebted nations…10:07
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226To transfer from the owners of those two great…12:53
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227Nations have sometimes, for the same purpose…09:30
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228The excise is the only part of the British system…12:58
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229The Americans, it has been said, indeed…09:12
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230It is not, therefore, the poverty of the colonies…12:37
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