 | David Hume - 1758 - 568 pàgines
...commodities, which can eafily be intercepted at the port, and fubjected to the import. We ought, however, always to remember the maxim of Dr. SWIFT, That, in the arithmetic of the cuftoms, two and two make not four, but often make only one. It can fcarcely be doubted, but if the... | |
 | David Hume - 1760 - 396 pàgines
...commodities, which can eafily be intercepted at the port, and fubjefted to the impoft. We ought, however, always to remember the maxim of Dr. SWIFT, That, in the arithmetic of the cuftoms, two and two make not four, but often make only one. It can fcarcely be doubted, but if the... | |
 | David Hume - 1804 - 592 pàgines
...commodities, which can easily be intercepted at the port, and subjected to the impost. We ought, however, always to remember the maxim of DR SWIFT, That, in...two and two make not four, but often make only one. It can scarcely be doubted, but if the duties on wine were lowered to a third, they would yield much... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 514 pàgines
...reduced the revenue of the customs below what more moderate duties would have afforded. The saying of Dr Swift, that in the arithmetic of the customs, two and two, instead of making four, make sometimes only one, holds perfecly true with regard to such heavy duties,... | |
 | David Hume - 1825 - 562 pàgines
...commodities, which can easily bo intercepted at the port, and subjected to the impost. We ought, however^ always to remember the maxim of Dr Swift, That, in...the arithmetic of the customs, two and two make not foar, but often make only one. It can scarcely be doubted, but if the duties on wine were lowered to... | |
 | David Hume - 1826 - 602 pàgines
...intercepted at the port, and subjected to the impost. We ought, however, always to remember the maxini of Dr Swift, that, in the arithmetic of the customs,...two and two make not four, but often make only one. It can scarcely be doubted, but if the duties on wine were lowered to a third, they would yield much... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1839 - 448 pàgines
...reduced the revenue of the customs below what more moderate duties would have afforded. The saying of Dr. Swift, that in the arithmetic of the customs two and two, instead of making four, make sometimes only one, holds perfectly true with regard to such heavy duties,... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch, John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1839 - 760 pàgines
...productive ; and recover that quality when they are reduced. There is much truth in the shrewd remark of Dr. Swift, that, in the arithmetic of the customs, two and two do not always make four, but, sometimes, only one. In 1808, the duty on coffee was Is. 7Jrf. per lb.,... | |
 | John Hill Burton, David Hume - 1846 - 512 pàgines
...commodities, which can easily be intercepted at the port, and subjected to the impost. We ought, however, always to remember the maxim of Dr. Swift, that, in...two and two make not four, but often make only one. It can scarcely be doubted, but if the duties on wine were lowered to a third, they would yield much... | |
 | David Hume - 1854 - 586 pàgines
...commodities, which can easily be intercepted at the port, and subjected to the impost. We ought however, always to remember the maxim of Dr. Swift, that, in...two and two make not four, but often make only one. It can scarcely be doubted, but if the duties on wine were lowered to a third, they would yield much... | |
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... intercepted at the port, and subjected to the impost. We ought, however, always to remember the maxim of Dr. Swift, that, in the arithmetic of the customs, two and two make not four, but often make only one. 
