 | Adam Smith - 1789 - 526 ページ
...no value in pfe. Nothing is more ufeful than water : but it will purchafe fcarce any thing; fcarce any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has fcarce any value in ufe ; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 522 ページ
...no value in ufe. Nothing is more ufeful than water : but it will purchafe fcarce any thing ; fcarce any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has fcarce any value in ufe ; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 582 ページ
...no value in ufe. Nothing is more ufeful than water : but it will purchafe fcarce any thing ; fcarce any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has fcarce any value in ufe ; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812
...no value in ufe. Nothing is more ufeful than water : but it will purchafe fcarce any thing ; fcarce any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the con. trary, has fcarce any value in ufe ; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be... | |
 | 1816 - 692 ページ
...have frequently little or no value in exchange; and, on the contrary, those •which have the greatest value in exchange, have frequently little or no value...more useful than water, but it will purchase scarce anything; scarce any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has scarce any... | |
 | Samuel Read - 1829 - 444 ページ
...have frequently little or no value in exchange ; and, on the contrary, those which have the greatest value in exchange have frequently little or no value...thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the con* Words of Dr Smith : Wealth of Nations, book i. chap. 7. trary , has scarce any value in use ;... | |
 | 1830 - 548 ページ
...contrary, those which have the greatest value in ex" Vol. 1, p. 70, 71, ttpatrim. t Vol. 1, p. 70. change, have frequently little or no value in use. Nothing...more useful than water; but it will purchase scarce anything; scarce any thing can he had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has scarce any... | |
 | 1830 - 540 ページ
...Nothing is more useful than water ; but it will purchase scarce any thing; scarce any thing can he had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has scarce any value in use; hut a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it."» This seems obvious... | |
 | 1840 - 552 ページ
...use, have frequently little or no value in exchange, and on the contrary, those that have the greatest value in exchange, have frequently little or no value in use." "Nothing," saith A. Smith, B. 1. ch. 4, "is more useful than water, but it will purchase scarcely any thing —... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1835 - 486 ページ
...have frequently little or no value in exchange; and on the contrary, those which have the greatest value in exchange have frequently little or no value...more useful than water: but it will purchase scarce anything; scarce anything can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has scarce any... | |
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The things which have the greatest value in use have frequently little or no value in exchange; and, on the contrary, those which have the greatest value in exchange have frequently little or no value in use. Nothing is more useful than water: but it... 
