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Okewood of the Secret Service
Okewood of the Secret Service
by Valentine Williams (pseud. Douglas Valentine)
CONTENTS
I. THE DEPUTY TURN
II. CAPTAIN STRANGWISE ENTERTAINS A GUEST
III. MR ...
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Of the Jealousy of Trade
Of the Jealousy of Trade
by David Hume
Having endeavoured to remove one species of ill-founded jealousy, which is so prevalent among commercial nations, it may not be amiss to ment ...
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Of The Nature of Things
Of The Nature of Things
by Lucretius [Titus Lucretius Carus]
Translated by William Ellery Leonard
BOOK I
PROEM
Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men,
Dear Venus that ...
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Of Taxes
Of Taxes
by David Hume
There is a prevailing maxim, among some reasoners, that every new tax creates a new ability in the subject to bear it, and that each encrease of public b ...