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Essays and treatises on several subjects ... A new edition, Volume 1

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T. Cadell, 1772

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ESSAYS MORAL POLITICAL and LITERARY PART	1

II	9

F the Delicacy of Taſte and Paffion Of the Liberty of the Prefs	12

That Politics may be reduced to a Science IV Of the First Principles of Government V Of the Independency of Parliament Page 3 9	13

Whether the British Government inclines more to abfolute Monarchy or to a Republic	41

Of Parties in general	49

Of the Parties of Great Britain IX Of Superftition and Enthuſiaſm 49	59

Of Civil Liberty	74

Of national Characters	207

PART II	261

Of Refinement in the Arts	279

Of Money	287

Of the Balance of Trade	321

Of the Jealouſy of Trade	341

Of the Balance of Power	347

Of Taxes	357

Of Eloquence	77

Effay	86

Of the Rife and Progrefs of the Arts and Sci ences	121

The Epicurean XV The Stoic XVI The Platonist 109	137

The Sceptic	165

Of Polygamy and Divorces	189

Of Simplicity and Refinement in Writing	201

Of Public Credit	363

Of fome remarkable Cuftoms	381

Of Paffive Obedience	486

Of the Coalition of Parties	493

Of the Proteftant Succeffion	503

Idea of a perfect Commonwealth	515

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Title	Essays and treatises on several subjects ... A new edition, Volume 1 Essays and treatises on several subjects ... A new edition, David Hume
Author	David Hume
Publisher	T. Cadell, 1772
Original from	The British Library
Digitized	14 Mar 2018

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