 | David Hume - 1804 - 592 pagina’s
...intercepted at the port, and subjected to the impost. We ought, however, always to remember the maxim of DR SWIFT, That, in the arithmetic of the customs, two and two make not four, but often make only one. It can scarcely be doubted, but if the duties on wine were... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 514 pagina’s
...cases have reduced the revenue of the customs below what more moderate duties would have afforded. The saying of Dr Swift, that in the arithmetic of...instead of making four, make sometimes only one, holds perfecly true with regard to such heavy duties, which never could have been imposed, had not the mercantile... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 520 pagina’s
...cases have reduced the revenue of the customs below what more moderate duties would have afforded. The saying of Dr Swift, that in the arithmetic of...one, holds perfectly true with regard to such heavy du ties, which never could have been imposed, had not the mercantile system taught us, in many cases,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1819 - 518 pagina’s
...cases, have reduced the revenues of the customs below what more moderate duties would have afforded. The saying of Dr. Swift, that in the arithmetic of...holds- perfectly true with regard to such heavy duties, which never could have been imposed, had not the mercantile system taught us, in many cases, to employ... | |
 | David Hume - 1826 - 602 pagina’s
...intercepted at the port, and subjected to the impost. We ought, however, always to remember the maxini of Dr Swift, that, in the arithmetic of the customs, two and two make not four, but often make only one. It can scarcely be doubted, but if the duties on wine were... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1839 - 448 pagina’s
...cases have reduced the revenue of the customs below what more moderate duties would have afforded. The saying of Dr. Swift, that in the arithmetic of...holds perfectly true with regard to such heavy duties, which never could have been imposed had not the mercantile system taught us, in many cases, to employ... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch, John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1839 - 760 pagina’s
...productive ; and recover that quality when they are reduced. There is much truth in the shrewd remark of Dr. Swift, that, in the arithmetic of the customs, two and two do not always make four, but, sometimes, only one. In 1808, the duty on coffee was Is. 7Jrf. per lb.,... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1846 - 510 pagina’s
...intercepted at the port, and subjected to the impost. We ought, however, always to remember the maxim of Dr. Swift, that, in the arithmetic of the customs, two and two make not four, but often make only one. It can scarcely be doubted, but if the duties on wine were... | |
 | 1847 - 796 pagina’s
...officer, that which is given to him is given with reluctance, and generates discontent. Swift said truly, that in the arithmetic of the customs, two and two, instead of making four, make sometimes only one ; if, then, it shall require a great number of officers to levy the education tax, whose salaries may... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1847 - 806 pagina’s
...officer, that which is given to him is given with reluctance, and generates discontent. Swift said truly, that in the arithmetic of the customs, two and two, instead of making four, make sometimes only one; if, then, it shall require a great number of officers to levy the education tax, whose salaries may... | |
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The saying of Dr. Swift, that in the arithmetic of the customs two and two, instead of making four, make sometimes only one, holds perfectly true with regard to such heavy duties... 
