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governmental financiers ; and modern governments in France , except in periods
of revolution , have always followed rather than governed . The fact that France
for many centuries was a monarchical and absolutist country has left deep traces
...
governmental financiers ; and modern governments in France , except in periods
of revolution , have always followed rather than governed . The fact that France
for many centuries was a monarchical and absolutist country has left deep traces
...
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for instance , quite commonly held that France is insufficiently taxed , and that her
people cannot be induced to make the sacrifices necessary to enable their
Government to balance the budgets . Mr Peel's book , and the facts supplied by
even ...
for instance , quite commonly held that France is insufficiently taxed , and that her
people cannot be induced to make the sacrifices necessary to enable their
Government to balance the budgets . Mr Peel's book , and the facts supplied by
even ...
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For France is a rich country . Except for a relatively short interval , as Mr Moulton
observes , she has had no unemployment , and ' has witnessed a period of
business expansion of almost unparalleled proportions ' ; and although the '
greatest ...
For France is a rich country . Except for a relatively short interval , as Mr Moulton
observes , she has had no unemployment , and ' has witnessed a period of
business expansion of almost unparalleled proportions ' ; and although the '
greatest ...
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Contents
CONTENTS OF Nos 485 AND 486 | 1 |
Suggestions for Farmers | 2 |
The Pleasantness of European Life | 3 |
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 246 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1926 |
| Original from | University of California, Berkeley |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2020 |
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