 | Adam Smith - 1789 - 526 pages
...may be fomewhat augmented, cannot be altogether fo fecure, when they are thus, as it were, fufpended upon the Daedalian wings of paper money, as when they travel about upon the folid ground of gold and filver. Over and above the accidents to which they are expofed from the unfkilfulnefs... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 520 pages
...may be fomewhat augmented, cannot be altogether fo fecure, when they are thus, as it were, fufperided upon the Daedalian wings of paper money, as when they travel about upon the folid ground of gold and filver. Over and above the accidents to which they are expofed from the unfkilfulnefs... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 530 pages
...may be fomewhat augmented, cannot be altogether fo fecure, when they are thus, as it were, fufpended upon the Daedalian wings of paper money, as when they travel about upon the folid ground of gold and filver. Over and above the accidents to which they are expofed from the unfldlfulnefs... | |
 | 1824 - 1008 pages
...and corn-fields, and thereby to increase very considerably the annual produce of its land and labour. The commerce and industry of the country, however,...acknowledged, though they may be somewhat augmented, cannot he altogether so secure, when they are thus, as it were, suspended on the Daedalian wings of paper... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Say - 1827 - 522 pages
...and industry of the country, however,' he continues, 'though they may be somewhat augmented, can not be altogether so secure, when they are thus, as it were, suspended upon the Daedalian wings of paper-money, as when they travel about upon the solid ground of gold and silver. Over and above the... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Say - 1827 - 522 pages
...and industry of the country, however,' he continues, 'though they may be somewhat augmented, can not be altogether so secure, when they are thus, as it were, suspended upon the Daedalian wings of paper-money, as when they travel about upon the solid ground of gold and silver. Over and above the... | |
 | Nassau William Senior - 1828 - 112 pages
...cannot be altogether " so secure, while they are thus suspended " upon the Daedalian wings of paper, as when " they travel about upon the solid ground of " gold and silver." The intrinsic causes which give value to a sovereign are those which occasion gold to contribute to the... | |
 | Charles Putt - 1830 - 496 pages
...able a writer. After much reasoning, he concedes, " that the commerce and industry of the country, though they may be somewhat augmented, cannot be altogether...travel about upon the solid ground of gold and silver. Over and above the accidents to which they are exposed from the unskiIfuhiess of the conductors of... | |
 | Nassau William Senior - 1830 - 308 pages
...cannot be alto" gether so secure, while they are thus sus" pended upon the Daedalian wings of paper, as " when they travel about upon the solid ground " of gold and silver." The intrinsic causes which give value to a sovereign are those which occasion gold to contribute to the... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Say - 1832 - 530 pages
...might be devoted to cultivation. ' The commerce and industry of the country, however,' he continues, ' though they may be somewhat augmented, cannot be altogether...as it were, suspended upon the Daedalian wings of papermoney, as when they travel about upon the solid ground of gold and silver. Over and above the... | |
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The commerce and industry of the country, however, it must be acknowledged, though they may be somewhat augmented, cannot be altogether so secure when they are thus, as it were, suspended upon the Daedalian wings of paper money as when they travel about... 
