 | Francis Amasa Walker - 1879 - 366 pages
...loaned, above the coin and bullion in his possession. " The gold and silver money," wrote Adam Smith, " which circulates in any country may very properly...I may be allowed so violent a metaphor, a sort of wagon-way through the air, enable the country to convert, as it were, a great part of its highways... | |
 | Francis Amasa Walker - 1879 - 356 pages
...loaned, above the coin and bullion in his possession. " The gold and silver money," wrote Adam Smith, " which circulates in any country may very properly...judicious operations of banking, by providing, if I maybe allowed so violent a metaphor, a sort of wagon-way through the air, enable the country to convert,... | |
 | Blanqui (M., Adolphe-Jérôme) - 1880 - 660 pages
..." The gold and silver money which circulates in any country," said Adam Smith * on this subject, " may very properly be compared to a highway, which,...may be allowed so violent a metaphor — a sort of wagonway through the air, enable the country to convert, as it were, a great part of its highways into... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 572 pages
...its power of flight. Popes imagery in this pnssage may recall the striking simile of Adam Smith. " The gold and silver money which circulates in any...carries to market all the grass and corn of the country, itself produces not a single pile of cither. The judicious operations of banking, by providing (if... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 570 pages
...which, while it circulates and carries to market all the grass and corn of the country, itself produces not a single pile of either. The judicious operations...I may be allowed so violent a metaphor) a sort of inaggon-way through the air, enable the country to convert, as it were, a great part of its highways... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 608 pages
...its power of flight. Popes imagery in this passage may recall the striking simile of .Adam Smith. " The gold and silver money which circulates in any country may very properlv be compared to a highway, which, while it circulates and carries to market all the grass and... | |
 | Francis Amasa Walker - 1883 - 506 pages
...very properly be compared to a highway, which, while it circulates and carries to market all the grain and corn of the country, produces itself not a single...I may be allowed so violent a metaphor, a sort of wagon-way through the air, enables the country to convert, as it were, a great part of its highways... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1884 - 604 pages
...this dead stock into active and productive stock ; into stock which produces something to the country. The gold and silver money which circulates in any...circulates and carries to market all the grass and corn of tli e country, produces itself not a single pile of either. The judicious operations of banking, by... | |
 | Circulating capital - 1885 - 472 pages
...great disasters had then been experienced as have frequently taken place in later times. He says : " The gold and silver money which circulates in any...operations of banking, by providing, if I may be allowed a metaphor, a sort of waggonway through the air, enable the country to convert, as it were, a great... | |
 | Francis Amasa Walker - 1887 - 566 pages
...this saving in the cost of the money used in effecting exchanges, is thus conceived by Adam Smith. " The gold and silver money which circulates in any country may very properly bo compared to a highway, which, while it circulates and carries to market all the grain and corn of... | |
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The gold and silver money which circulates in any country may very properly be compared to a highway, which, while it circulates and carries to market all the grass and corn of the country, produces itself not a single pile of either. 
