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Oree and Captain Cook were profefled friends in all the forms cuflomary among them; and he feemed to think that this could not be broken by the a& of any other perfons.
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Whatever part erf it was paid below the natural rate, the perfons whofe interefl it affefited would immediately feel the lofs, and would immediately withdraw either fo much land, or fo much la - bour* or fo much ftock, from being employed about Digitized by VjOOQ IC
The Works of Adam Smith ...: With an Account of His Life and Writings 1812
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Thefe feathered dreffes feemed to be exceedingly fcarce, being appropriated to perfons of the higheft rank, and worn by the men only.
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There are two fifcals belonging to this council, one of which bears the title of advocate-fifcal, or attorney-general, but whofe office relates only to the perfons in the Company's fervice both by lea and by land.
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Some of them told us, that the power of the King is unlimited, and that the life and property of the fubjed are at his difpofal; and we faw inftances enough to prove that the lower order of people have no property, nor fafety for their perfons, but at the will of the chiefe to whom they refpeftively belong.
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The proes that are built for this purpofe,. are large enough to en - tertain fifty or fixty perfons or more.
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There is no avocation of life, no employment however hazardous, wkich fails to be purfued from a want of perfons ready to engage in it.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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It was not to fchools and uni - verfities that the perfons applied who fought to diftinguifli themfelves.
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We met with two inftances of perfons difordered in their minds; the one a man at Owhyhee, the other a woman at Oneeheow.
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In all towns corporate all perfons are free to fell butcher's meat upon any lawful day of the week.
The Works of Adam Smith ...: With an Account of His Life and Writings 1812
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