The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty: Together with the Observations Upon the Bills of Mortality, More Probably by Captain John Graunt, 第 1 巻

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242 ページ - A Treatise Wherein is demonstrated, That the church and state Of England, are in equal danger With the trade Of it.
xxxvi ページ - Mortality: in whose election it was so far from being a prejudice that he was a shopkeeper of London, that his majesty gave this particular charge to his society, that if they found any more such tradesmen, they should be sure to admit them all without any more ado.
lxxxix ページ - When any one dies, then, either by tolling or ringing of a bell, or by bespeaking of a grave of the sexton, the same is known to the searchers corresponding with the said sexton. The searchers hereupon (who are ancient matrons sworn to their office...
xxii ページ - And because they had these frequent occasions of meeting with, one another, it was proposed that some course might be thought of, to improve this meeting to a more regular way of debating things...
43 ページ - Suppose a man could with his own hands plant a certain scope of Land with Corn, that is, could Digg, or Plough, Harrow, Weed, Reap, Carry home, Thresh, and Winnow so much as the Husbandry of this Land requires ; and had withal Seed wherewith to sowe the same.
249 ページ - small country and few people may be equivalent in wealth and strength to a far greater people and territory.
34 ページ - Fewness of people, is real poverty; and a Nation wherein are Eight Millions of people, are more than twice as rich as the same scope of Land wherein are but Four...
262 ページ - Sea-concernments by the other ; from whence it follows, that for the advancement of Trade, (if that be a sufficient reason) Indulgence must be granted in matters of Opinion ; though licentious a<5tings as even in Holland, be restrained by force.
244 ページ - I have long aimed at) to express myself in Terms of Number, Weight or Measure; to use only Arguments of Sense, and to consider only such Causes, as have visible Foundations in Nature...
51 ページ - If a man can bring to London an ounce of Silver out of the Earth in Peru, in the same time that he can produce a Bushel of Corn, then one is the natural price of the other; now if by reason of new and more...

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