 | David Hume - 1804 - 592 σελίδες
...commerce, and for whose sake alone all men desire money? What pity LYCURGUS did not think of paper-credit, when he wanted to banish gold and silver from SPARTA...as being of so much less real and intrinsic value. It must, however, be confessed, that, as all these questions of trade and money are extremely complicated,... | |
 | David Hume - 1806 - 226 σελίδες
...commerce, and for whose sake alone all men desire money! What pity Lycurgus did not think of paper-credit when he wanted to banish gold and silver from Sparta...use of as money; and would also have prevented more effectual/v all commerce with strangers, as being of so much less real and intrinsic value. It must,... | |
 | David Hume - 1809 - 868 σελίδες
...commerce, and for whose sake alone all men desire money ? What pity Lycurgus did not think of paper-credit, when he wanted to banish gold and silver from Sparta...as being of so much less real and intrinsic value. It must, however, be confessed, that, as all these questions of trade and money are extremely complicated,... | |
 | David Hume - 1825 - 562 σελίδες
...men desire money ? What pity Lycurgus did not think of paper-credit, when he wanted to banish gokl and silver from Sparta ! It would have served his...as being of so much less real and intrinsic value. It must, however, be confessed, that, as all these questions of trade and money are extremely complicated,... | |
 | David Hume - 1842 - 570 σελίδες
...commerce, and for whose sake alone all men desire money ? What pity Lycurgus did not thim£of paper-credit, when he wanted to banish gold and silver from Sparta...have served his purpose better than the lumps of iron ho made use of as money ; and would also have prevented more effectually all commerce with strangers,... | |
 | Richard Page - 1826 - 340 σελίδες
...effects I have here mentioned, these are his words : " What pity Lycurgus did not think of paper-credit when he wanted to banish gold and silver from Sparta...as being of so much less real and intrinsic value." But if not true to the full extent, this at least is certain, that the effect of a redundant currency,... | |
 | David Hume - 1826 - 602 σελίδες
...commerce, and for whose sake alone all men desire money ? What pity Lycurgus did not think of paper-credit, when he wanted to banish gold and silver from Sparta!...effectually all commerce with strangers, as being of so much real and intrinsic value. It must, however, be confessed, that, as all these questions of trade and... | |
 | David Hume - 1854 - 590 σελίδες
...pity Lycurgus did not think of paper-credit, when he wanted to banish gold and silver from Sparta ! Tt would have served his purpose better than the lumps...effectually all commerce with strangers, as being of so much real and intrinsic value. It must, however, be confessed, that, as all these questions of trade and... | |
 | David Hume - 1854 - 586 σελίδες
...pity Lycurgus did not think of paper-credit, when he wanted to banish gold and silver from Sparta ! Tt would have served his purpose better than the lumps...effectually all commerce with strangers, as being of so much real and intrinsic value. It must, however, be confessed, that, as all these questions of trade and... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1857 - 718 σελίδες
...pity LYCUEGUS did not think of paper-credit, when he wanted to banish gold and silver from SPARTA 1 It would have served his purpose better than the lumps...as being of so much less real and intrinsic value. It must, however, be confessed, that, as all these questions of trade and money are extremely complicated,... | |
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What pity LYCURGUS did not think of paper-credit, when he wanted to banish gold and silver from SPARTA ! It would have served his purpose better than the lumps of iron he made use of as money ; and would also have prevented more effectually all commerce... 
