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Page 134
... suppose any person to be put in possession of a large estate of fruitful land , with rich beds of gold in its gravel , countless herds of cattle in its pastures ; houses , and gardens , and store- houses full of useful stores ; but suppose ...
... suppose any person to be put in possession of a large estate of fruitful land , with rich beds of gold in its gravel , countless herds of cattle in its pastures ; houses , and gardens , and store- houses full of useful stores ; but suppose ...
Page 137
... Suppose two sailors cast away on an uninhabited coast , and obliged to maintain themselves there by their own labour for a series of years . If they both kept their health , and worked steadily , and in amity with each other , they ...
... Suppose two sailors cast away on an uninhabited coast , and obliged to maintain themselves there by their own labour for a series of years . If they both kept their health , and worked steadily , and in amity with each other , they ...
Page 139
... Suppose that three men , instead of two , formed the little isolated republic , and found themselves obliged to separate in order to farm different pieces of land at some distance from each other along the coast ; each estate furnishing ...
... Suppose that three men , instead of two , formed the little isolated republic , and found themselves obliged to separate in order to farm different pieces of land at some distance from each other along the coast ; each estate furnishing ...
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