The North American Review, Volume 73University of Northern Iowa, 1851 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... 1. Sibley's History of Union . 2. Dickson's System of Medicine 3. Trade with British America NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED INDEX • • 495 • 530 · 534 537 538 • 541 NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW . No. CLII . JULY , 1851 vi CONTENTS .
... 1. Sibley's History of Union . 2. Dickson's System of Medicine 3. Trade with British America NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED INDEX • • 495 • 530 · 534 537 538 • 541 NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW . No. CLII . JULY , 1851 vi CONTENTS .
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... trade which at present preponderates in literature . The formation of an English Etymological Diction- ary is one of those works ; others might be mentioned ; and in this way , literature might gain much by receiving national encour ...
... trade which at present preponderates in literature . The formation of an English Etymological Diction- ary is one of those works ; others might be mentioned ; and in this way , literature might gain much by receiving national encour ...
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... trade should study an elaborate confutation of their own doctrines . Yet there is good material in the book ; the writer has shown commenda- ble industry in collecting facts , and some skill in their dispo- sition and use . But he has ...
... trade should study an elaborate confutation of their own doctrines . Yet there is good material in the book ; the writer has shown commenda- ble industry in collecting facts , and some skill in their dispo- sition and use . But he has ...
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... trade . ' To this unwise argument the reasonable answer was , that a drain of specie to any injurious extent is impossible ; for an unnatural efflux of money must raise the value of what is left , and thereby lower the money price of ...
... trade . ' To this unwise argument the reasonable answer was , that a drain of specie to any injurious extent is impossible ; for an unnatural efflux of money must raise the value of what is left , and thereby lower the money price of ...
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... trade have been a direct barter of one kind of merchandise for another , just as if money , or a universal medium of ... trading to an undue expansion of paper currency , and to a consequent scarcity of specie . We see that over ...
... trade have been a direct barter of one kind of merchandise for another , just as if money , or a universal medium of ... trading to an undue expansion of paper currency , and to a consequent scarcity of specie . We see that over ...
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