...that of the latter. Light come, light go, says the proverb ; and the ordinary tone of expense §eems everywhere to be regulated, not so much according...of raising up a people of customers, may at first appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for...

...manufactures which they will create in return. Mr. Maltlius speaks indeed of the impolicy of ' founding a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers;' but neither the means nor the end to which his remarks apply are the same as those now under consideration:...

...manufactures which they will create in return. Mr. Malthas speaks indeed of the impolicy of ' founding a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers ;' but neither the means nor the end to which his remarks apply are the same as those now under consideration...

...manufactures which they will create in return. Mr. Malthus speaks indeed of the impolicy of ' founding a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers ;' but neither the means nor the end to which his remarks apply are the same as those now under consideration...

...that of the former, and a good deal higher than that of the latter. Light come light go, says thit> proverb; and the ordinary tone of expense seems everywhere...for a nation of shopkeepers ; but extremely fit for aj}^? tion whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. Such statesmen, and such statesmen only,...

...again, Adam Smith, in his ' Wealth of Nations' (1775, and in octavo edition, 1602, ii. 439), said, " To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers." In neither of these cases, however, was the term "shopkeeper" applied contemptuously. This was reserved...

...again, Adam Smith, in his ' Wealth of Nations' (1775, and in octavo edition, 1802, ii. 439), said, " To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers." In neither of these cases, however, was the term " shopkeeper " applied contemptuously. This was reserved...

...trade with our colonies : — " To found a great empire for the sole puq>ose of raising up a pe"p' ' of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation ' : shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of slu'jkeepers ; but extremely...

...thus describes the origin of this spirit of monopoly with regard to trade with our colonies : — " To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a pe< of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only for a natie shopkeepers. It is, however,...

...the justice of prohibition of commerce among the colonists,! * Edinburgh Review, October, 1849. j " To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopf McCoLLOCn: Principles, p. 259. as he would now be to discover the propriety, or the advantage...