France as it is, not lady Morgan's France, Volume 2C. Chapple, 1820 - France |
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... object , and some to another , the best way for general ease and wealth is , for each to apply to the objects that are most advantageous , that is , in which it can produce the most , and then make exchanges by barter , or by sale and ...
... object , and some to another , the best way for general ease and wealth is , for each to apply to the objects that are most advantageous , that is , in which it can produce the most , and then make exchanges by barter , or by sale and ...
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... objects , such as files , saws , and ironmongery , came from England or Germany . Bellows and smiths ' forges , were as described in the eighth book of Virgil ; and the tanning of leather as described by Homer . Colbert had attempted to ...
... objects , such as files , saws , and ironmongery , came from England or Germany . Bellows and smiths ' forges , were as described in the eighth book of Virgil ; and the tanning of leather as described by Homer . Colbert had attempted to ...
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... object then , that is , they considered it as a real value , not as a sign or measure . Perhaps Mr. Law's bank might have been the first cause of the preference given to metalic money over every sort of paper ; but be that as it may ...
... object then , that is , they considered it as a real value , not as a sign or measure . Perhaps Mr. Law's bank might have been the first cause of the preference given to metalic money over every sort of paper ; but be that as it may ...
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... object is to endeavour to discover whether the revolution will , in the end , prove a benefit , and whether it is a benefit now , it appears , from all that we could see , that there is not , on the whole , any ad- vantage ; but that in ...
... object is to endeavour to discover whether the revolution will , in the end , prove a benefit , and whether it is a benefit now , it appears , from all that we could see , that there is not , on the whole , any ad- vantage ; but that in ...
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... objects , and habits long tempered to other views . The heroes of Marengo and of Austerlitz again appear , following the plough in their native villages , and are of necessity become ' hewers of wood and drawers of water . ' But the ...
... objects , and habits long tempered to other views . The heroes of Marengo and of Austerlitz again appear , following the plough in their native villages , and are of necessity become ' hewers of wood and drawers of water . ' But the ...
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Page 253 - that he thinks he is warranted in saying, that if 20 millions, besides what remained in the Bank, was necessary for the scale of expenditure before the Restriction Act, it is taking it moderately to contend that as much would be necessary now.
Page 284 - They could not have been better planned than they are, and no river like the Thames, where there is much trade, can have its borders laid out in a manner that will please the eye so well. The islands in the...
Page 255 - ... which regulate the mint, conceiving it desirable to retain, as a check upon any undue contraction of the issues of the Bank, the power which individuals at present possess of receiving coin from the mint in exchange for bullion, without loss or deduction, at the rate oft!/.
Page 66 - Indeed, with those few exceptions, which must be every where found to arise out of the peculiar circumstances of individual misfortune, the French cottage always indicates the dwelling of a thriving and prosperous population. I have often heard it remarked by English travellers, who had visited France before the revolution, that the peasantry were at that period, as dishonest as they were necessitous, and yielded to temptations of theft the more readily, as the severity of the punishment universally...
Page 252 - ... accurate estimate of the amount of gold in circulation previously to the year 1797; and conjectures with respect to that which will hereafter be required, must necessarily be more vague and unsatisfactory. In the communication made to the committee by the court of directors of the bank, on the 25th...
Page 115 - ... countries where many of them are now never seen. All are arranged by the hands of Cuvier himself, who has placed them in that order in which they are described in his late work. All parts of the world have contributed to this collection. Among other wonders, are the fragments of an elephant's tusk, which when complete, must have been at least eight feet in length. Several cases are filled with the bones of the Siberian Mammoth, or Elephant, and the American Mammoth, or Mastodonton. There is a...
Page 254 - ... less than two, nor more than three years, from the 1st of May 1821; and that at the end of that period cash payments shall be resumed. " That on a day to be fixed by parliament, not later than the 1st of February 1820, the bank shall be required to deliver gold, of standard fineness, assayed and stamped as before mentioned, in exchange for their notes (an amount of not less than sixty ounces of gold being demanded) at £\ -. Is. per ounce, that being nearly the market price of standard gold in...
Page 255 - That by requiring the presentation of a large amountof notes in demand for gold, it gives to the possessor of notes to that amount, an accommodation which the holder of a smaller quantity will not possess. On the first of these objections, your Committee observe, that it is scarcely possible to calculate on a resumption of specie payments, accompanied with the total exclusion of the...
Page 116 - Peru, an enormous whale (the sgualus maximus), taken on the coast of France, Roman cattle, elks, dromedaries, &c. Many specimens were presented by the late Empress Josephine. There is a regular arrangement of the whole, which adds considerably to their interest and value. In different parts of the gallery appear busts of Tournefort, Linnaeus, Adanson, Daubenton, and Fourcroy.