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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: essays, moral, political and literary, Volume 1

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Bell & Bradfute, 1825 - 544 pages

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III	8

Of the Independence of Parliament	42

Of Parties in general	49

Of the Parties of Great Britain	58

32	67

Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature	73

Of Civil Liberty	81

Of Eloquence	91

ESSAY PAGE I OF Commerce	249

Of Refinement in the Arts	265

Of Money	279

Of Interest	293

Of the Balance of Trade	307

Of the Jealousy of Trade	326

Of the Balance of Power	331

Of Taxes	340

Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences	104

The Epicurean	131

The Stoic	141

The Platonist	150

Of Simplicity and Refinement in Writing	188

Of National Characters	194

Of Tragedy	211

Qf the Standard of Taste	221

PART II	247

Of Public Credit	346

Of some Remarkable Customs	363

Of the Populousness of Ancient Nations	373

Of the Original Contract	444

Of Passive Obedience	467

Of the Coalition of Parties	472

Of the Protestant Succession	481

Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth	492

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Title	Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: essays, moral, political and literary, Volume 1
Author	David Hume
Publisher	Bell & Bradfute, 1825
Original from	the Complutense University of Madrid
Digitized	3 Mar 2011
Length	544 pages

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