Illustrations of Political Economy, Volume 24C. Fox, 1834 |
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Page 100 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as Little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.
Page 59 - ... to what was going on at the other end of the table, or prevent her interposing an occasional remark.