 | Adam Smith - 1786 - 538 pages
...encourage the making of claret and burgundy in Scotland ? But if there would be a manifeft abfurdity in turning towards any employment, thirty times more of the capital and induftry of the country, than would be necefTary to purchafe from foreign countries an equal quantity... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1789 - 550 pages
...encourage the making of claret and burgundy in Scotland ? But if there would be a' manifeft abfurdity in turning towards any employment, thirty times more of the capital and induftry of the country, than would be neceflary to purchafe from foreign countries an equal quantity... | |
 | 1807 - 518 pages
...sacrifice. ' If there would be a manifest absurdity ' (says Dr Smith) ' in turning towards any employmeat, thirty times more of the capital and industry of the...an absurdity, though not altogether so glaring, yet exactly of the earne kind, in turning towards any such employment a thirtieth, or even a three hundredth... | |
 | 1807 - 522 pages
...ascertain the extent of the sacrifice. ' If there would be a manifest absurdity ' (says Dr Smith) ' in turning towards any employment, thirty times more...an absurdity, though not altogether so glaring, yet exactly of the same kind, in turning towards any such employment a thirtieth, or even a three hundredth... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 532 pages
...importation of all foreign wines, merely to encourage the making of claret and Burgundy in Scotland ? But if there would be a manifest absurdity in turning...an absurdity, though not altogether so glaring, yet exactly of the same kind, in turning towards any such employment a thirtieth, or even a three hundredth... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 550 pages
...encourage the making of claret and burgundy in Scotland ? But if there would be a manifeft abfurdity in turning towards any employment, thirty times more of the capital and induftry of the country, than would be neceffary to purchafe from foreign countries an equal quantity... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1826 - 302 pages
...think of a law to encourage the manufacture of Burgundy and Claret in the highlands of Scotland? But if there would be a manifest absurdity in turning towards any employment, thirty times more of capital and industry than would be necessary to purchase from a foreign country the commodities wanted,... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1833 - 142 pages
...importation of all foreign wines, merely to encourage the making of claret and burgundy in Scotland ? But if there would be a manifest absurdity in turning...an absurdity, though not altogether so glaring, yet exactly of the same kind, in turning towards any such employment a thirtieth, or even a three-hundredth... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1836 - 538 pages
...importation of all foreign wines, merely to encourage the making of claret and burgundy in Scotland ? But if there would be a manifest absurdity in turning...an absurdity, though not altogether so glaring, yet exactly of the same kind, in turning towards any such employment a thirtieth, or even a three-hundredth... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 pages
...importation of all foreign wines, merely to encourage the making of claret and Burgundy in Scotland ? But if there would be a manifest absurdity in turning...the capital and industry of the country than would I» necessary to purchase from foreign countries an equal quantity of the commodities wanted, there... | |
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... from foreign countries. Would it be a reasonable law to prohibit the importation of all foreign wines merely to encourage the making of claret and burgundy in Scotland ? But if there would be a manifest absurdity in turning towards any employment,... 
