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Excerpt from Thoughts on the Alarming State of the Circulation, and on the Means of Redressing the Pecuniary Grievances in Ireland The restriction imposed by order of Council, and afterwards confirmed by the legislature in the year 17 97, on payments in cash by the Bank of England, was a measure originating in the necessity of the times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more...

Excerpt from A Refutation of Some Doctrines Relating to the Sinking Fund, &C., &C, : Contained in a Work Lately Published by the Earl of Lauderdale, With Original Remarks on Different Subjects of Political Economy In page 121 it is asserted, that consumption, most undoubtedly, must always precede production. The term consumption must mean the consumption of some particular commodity or commodities, but how is it possible that in any age or st...

Excerpt from An Inquiry Into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth, Vol. 16: And Into the Means and Causes of Its Increase In all discussions, therefore, where accu racy is required, we cannot be too cautious in adopting terms of art, or technical forms of expression, without inquiring into the justness of that mode of reasoning from Which they have derived their origin. Words have been represented, and indeed are usually considered, as the...

Excerpt from Further Considerations on the State of the Currency: In Which the Means of Restoring Our Circulation to a Salutary State Are Fully Explained, and the Injuries Sustained by the Public Treasury, as Well as by the National Creditor, From Our Present Pecuniary System, Are Minutely Detailed Perhaps, too, considering the length of time which the proofs of the depreciation of our paper have remained before the public unanswered, it migh...

Excerpt from The Depreciation of the Paper Currency of Great Britain Proved For, in his Opinion, it would be a ridiculous waste of time and of labour, to explain the nature of the remedies most likely to be e¿icacious, - to a people who are at present so much misled by the 'folly, or deceived by the arts, of those to whom the government of the country is intrusted, as generally to regard the symptoms of their disorder as conclu sive evidence ...

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Excerpt from The American Slang Dictionary In the preparation of this Dictionary of American Slang it has been the aim of the compiler to include as many as practicable of those words and phrases which, though they find no place in standard dictionaries, enter so largely into the everyday speech of the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com ...

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The Best Available Introduction to English Legal History" In this work Professor Colby has gathered, annotated and arranged into a sequential history of English law numerous essays by Frederic William Maitland and Francis C. Montague. Each chapter includes a list of recommended readings. These articles supplied what long had been needed for general readers and for law students-a brief but comprehensive, accurate but untechnical account ...