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" For these reasons there are not more useful members in a commonwealth than merchants. They knit mankind together in a mutual intercourse of good offices, distribute the gifts of nature, find work for the poor, add wealth to the rich, and magnificence... "
The Causes of the War of Independence: Being the First Volume of a History ... - Page 66
by Claude Halstead Van Tyne - 1922 - 499 pages
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The Craftsman, Volume 10

Caleb D'Anvers - 1737 - 334 pages
...the Peer; adci We;kh to the Rich ; and to tha Great. Qyf Euglijh Merchant " converts CRAFTSMAN. 201 converts the Tin of his own Country into Gold, and exchanges his Wool for Rubies. The Mahometans are clo.uh'd in our Britijh Manufafture, and the Inhabiiants of the Frozen Zone warm'd with the Fleeces...
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The Craftsman, Volume 10

Great Britain - 1737 - 582 pages
...for the PW, add Weilth to the Rich; and " Migm.icencc to the Great. Our Er.glijh Merchant " converts converts the Tin of his own Country into Gold, and exchanges his Wool for Rubies. The Mnhometans are cloath'd in our Britijb Manufafture, and the Inhabitants of the Frozen Zone warm'd with...
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The Spectator: ...

Great Britain - 1778 - 378 pages
...of nature, find work for the poor, add wealth to the rich, and magnificence to the great. OurEnglifh merchant converts the tin of his own country into...exchanges his wool for rubies. The Mahometans are cloathed in our Britifh manufacture ; and the inhabitants of the frown zone warmed with the fleeces...
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The Town Talk: The Fish Pool, the Plebeian, the Old Whig, the Spinster, &c

Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1789 - 466 pages
...Nature, " find work for the poor, and wealth to the *' rich, and magnificence to the great. Our " Englifh merchant converts the tin of his Own " country into...exchanges his wool for " rubies. The Mahometans are cloathed in « 9,ur Britrfh. manufacture, and the inhabitants E e 4 " of « ' of the Frozen Zone warmed...
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The Spectator. ...

1789 - 508 pages
...nature, find work for the poor, add wealth to the rich, and magnificence to the great. Our Englifh merchant converts the tin of his own country into gold, and exchanges its wool for rubies. The Mahometans are clothed in our Britifh manufacture, and the inhabitants of...
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Arithmetical questions, on a new plan: a suppl. to Introduction to arithmetic

William Butler - 1795 - 242 pages
...poor, augment the wealth of a nation, and increafe the comforts and conveniencies of life. Our Englifh merchant converts the tin of his own country into...exchanges his wool for rubies. The Mahometans are clothed 1n our Britifh manufacture, and the inhabitants of the frozen zone warmed with the fleeces of our fneep....
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The Addisonian miscellany, a selection from the Spectator, Tatler, and ...

Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 pages
...nature, find work for t' ie p'oor, and wealth to the rich, and magnificence t« t he £reat. Our Englijh merchant converts the tin of his own country into gold, and exchanges his v #o\. for rubies. The Mahometans are clothed in our J Srit(fh manufa&ure, and the inhabitants of the...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 7

British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...the gifts of nature, find work for the poor, add wealth to the rich, and magnificence to the great. Our English merchant converts the tin of his own country into gold, and exchanges its wool for rubies. The Mahometans are clothed in our British manufacture, and the inhabitants of...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 366 pages
...the gifts of nature, find work for the poor, add wealth to the rich, and magnificence to the great. Our English merchant converts the tin of his own country into gold, and exchanges its wool for rubies. The Mahometans are clothed in our British manufacture, and the inhabitants of...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...the gifts of nature, find work for the poor, add wealth to the rich, and magnificence to the great. Our English merchant converts the tin of his own country...manufacture ; and the inhabitants of the frozen zone warmed with the fleeces of our sheep. When I have been upon the 'Change, I have often fancied one of...
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