Description Details
...The financial crisis which erupted in mid-2007 has been widely viewed as the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The crisis which originated in developed countries quickly spread to developing countries and the rest of the wo...

Table of Contents Details
...1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and Developmental Implications 4. The Rise of New Global Players 5. Financial Derivatives and the Globalization of Risk 6. Global Financial Crisis and India 7. Guid...

Full Text Search Details
...t Singh 3 Fixing Global Finance Fixing Global Finance was first published in 2010 by Madhyam and SOMO. Madhyam 148, Maitri Apartments Plot No.28 Patp... ...one: 91-11-43036919 Email: madhyamdelhi@gmail.com Website: www.madhyam.org.in Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen Centre for Research on ... .... The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 22 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and Developmental Implications 30 4. The Rise of N... ...prominent banks and financial institutions nationalized were Royal Bank of Scotland (UK), IKB (Germany), Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac (US), and Dexia and... ...“locusts.” 3 Private equity has a significant and distinctive influence on taxation policy, corporate governance, labor rights and public services, de... ...st US 350 34 112 - 204 PNC Financial S.G. US 458 8 119 6 321 Royal Bank of Scotland UK 65 3 - 9 - Societe Generale France 500 - 30 9 25 State Street U... ...ial for building sustainable development. A progressive broad-based direct taxation system has the ability to enhance domestic financial resources. Th... ...ncial crisis forced them to focus on their home markets. The Royal Bank of Scotland has decided to exit from or shrink its operations in 36 countries ...

Description Details
...ther institutional investors enjoy high yield returns on their money, many times using the capital provided by the small investor, such as you and I. In exchange for the use of that capital, they pay interest rates that ar...

Full Text Search Details
...s book is meant solely as a broad guideline. It is meant to assist the Layperson in understanding the law as it pertains to buying Tax Lien Certifica... ...ins general definitions, guidelines and simple forms. It will assist the reader in understanding the general principles involved, and in drafting s... ...nts. It is not meant to provide business, legal, accounting or tax advice. When in doubt, the reader is cautioned to seek the advice of the appropr... ...e, County and Local Governments raise money to provide benefits and services via taxation. One type of taxation, is a tax on Real Property. Pursua... ...vious section, Local Government relies on the revenue collected from Real Estate Taxation to provide essential services for its citizens. As we also... ...he County Land records, you will come across the assessed or appraised value for taxation purposes. This will give you a starting point for a deter... ...Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Ray, Reynolds, Ripley, Saline, Schuyler, Scotland, Scott, Shannon, Shelby, St. Charles, St. Clair, St. Franc... ...itt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Unio...

Description Details
The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

Full Text Search Details
... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...dd Me to the List VII. The American Hostel VIII. The Semi-failed State The War in Afghanistan I. Afghan Myths II. Pakistan’s Nice Little War... ...ory, Europeans implemented various models. In the United Kingdom, regions, such as Scotland and Northern Ireland were granted greater autonomy. The... ... inked close to thirty agreements and protocols since 1991. Everything, from double taxation to joint development and manufacturing of missiles, has...

Description Details
Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.

Full Text Search Details
... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ... another's right - should never be confused with one SHOULD or OUGHT to do morally (in the absence of a right). The right to life has eight distinc... ...ies and consuming their flesh piecemeal, eyeballs first. The Sawney Bean family in Scotland, during the reign of King James I, survived for decades... ...- This could be done by imposing bureaucratic obstacles (of licencing, permits and taxation), scale hindrances (no possibility to distribute small ... ...uilibrium. In a way, all-pervasive corruption is transparent and, thus, a form of taxation. (2) Acceleration Fees Corrupt practices whose sole ou... ... people feed and cloth poor people directly (employment, donations) and indirectly (taxation). The opposite, alas, is not the case. Yet, this argume... ...ther demonstrated by psychologist David Perrett of the University of St Andrews in Scotland. The subjects in his experiments preferred their own fa...

Description Details
...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....

Full Text Search Details
... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ... another's right - should never be confused with one SHOULD or OUGHT to do morally (in the absence of a right). The right to life has eight distinc... ...ies and consuming their flesh piecemeal, eyeballs first. The Sawney Bean family in Scotland, during the reign of King James I, survived for decades... ...- This could be done by imposing bureaucratic obstacles (of licencing, permits and taxation), scale hindrances (no possibility to distribute small ... ...uilibrium. In a way, all-pervasive corruption is transparent and, thus, a form of taxation. (2) Acceleration Fees Corrupt practices whose sole ou... ... people feed and cloth poor people directly (employment, donations) and indirectly (taxation). The opposite, alas, is not the case. Yet, this argume... ...ther demonstrated by psychologist David Perrett of the University of St Andrews in Scotland. The subjects in his experiments preferred their own fa...

Full Text Search Details
... Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not f... ...ed in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is ... ...ng these elements together creates a larger context of awareness which result in a better understanding. For instance: what can you understand a... ...iding, conquering, to a mainly commercial avenue of legalized stealing-profit-taxation. There is no magic in this: even with the use of tools, ther... ...hich example they will follow? An equal profit margin and an equal rate of taxation would destroy the phenomenon of useless, pointless excesses l... ... . Profit means power. What kind of power? Profit is the power to kill. Taxation is the power to destroy and kill Taxation and profit are bot... ...one of them. Calvinism and Lutheranism spread through Europe and England and Scotland. The effect of the Reformation was this: the idea that your ... ...gious. The effect of this idea on the working poor of Europe and England and Scotland… was something completely unforeseen but entirely natural and ... ...ost venal, the most spiritually and morally corrupt human scum of Holland and Scotland and England; could rationalize their avarice and stinginess a...

Excerpt Details
...Excerpt: If you look at a map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Ireland is the next in size. The ...

Full Text Search Details
...ge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylv... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...e Eastern Hemi sphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these ... ...h are so small upon the Map as to be mere dots, are chiefly little bits of Scotland, — broken off, I dare say, in the course of a great length of ti... ...s to subduing the country, especially that part of it which is now called Scotland; but, its people, the Caledonians, resisted him at every inch of g... ... trived so as never to make war in reality, and always to make money. His taxation of the people, on pretence of war with France, involved, at one ti...

Table of Contents Details
...Contents SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND ................................................................ 4 TOILETTE OF THE HEBREW LADY........................................................................................ 43 CHARLEMAGNE......................

Full Text Search Details
...OMAS DE QUINCEY AUTHOR OF CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, ETC. ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES. V V V V VOL. II. OL. II. OL. II. OL. II. OL. II. A PENN STA... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Theological Essays and Other Papers: Volume Two by Thomas de Qu... ...is an equal opportunity university. Contents SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND ................................................................ 4... ...ND AND AND 1844 1844 1844 1844 1844 A GREAT REVOLUTION has taken place in Scotland. A greater has been threatened. Nor is that danger even yet certai... ...clesiastical administrations of the two kingdoms. And the church courts of Scotland do not exist in England. We write, therefore, with an express view... ...nary, nay, how culinary, by the feeling connected with their use, or their taxation! Arcadian shepherds again, or Sicilian from the ‘bank of delicate ...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...en so in Greece, Italy, Spain, France, and the Netherlands; in England and Scotland; in Prussia and in Russia; and the Western World shows us the same... ...,000 persons, as is I believe about the present proportion—and that direct taxation shall be levied ac- cording to the number of representatives. If N... ...purposes of the United States rev- enue, thirty-three times as much direct taxation as on Kansas. This matter of direct taxation was not then, nor has... ...tion was not then, nor has it been since, matter of much moment. No direct taxation has hitherto been levied in the United States for national purpose...

Excerpt Details
...lly published under the Nominis umbra of The Author of Waverley; and the circumstances which rendered it impossible for the writer to continue longer in the possession of his incognito were communicated in 1827, in the Introduction to the first series of Chronicles of the Canongate, consisting (besides a biographical sketch of the imaginary chronicler) of three tales, enti...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, the Pennsylvan... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...before we sat down to table, Lord Meadowbank [One of the Supreme Judges of Scotland, termed Lords of Council and Session.] asked me privately whether ... ...rily exists between scenes of the same character. The iron- bound coast of Scotland affords upon its headlands and prom- ontories fifty such castles a... .... [I would particularly intimate the Kaim of Uric, on the eastern coast of Scotland, as having suggested an idea for the tower called Wolf ’s Crag, wh... ...leads across the pathless moor, the herd not only move at ease and without taxation, but, if they mind their business, may pick up a mouthful of food ...

Table of Contents Details
.......................................................................................................................................... 25 VARIATIONS IN THE AUTHOR?S MANUSCRIPT PREFACE. ........................................................................ 31 PASTORALS, WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCIV...... 32 SPRING .........................

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...o thee: 6 ‘Wondrous tree:’ an allusion to the royal oak. 7 ‘Thistle:’ of Scotland. 8 ‘Lily:’ of France. 40 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope – ... ...te, The falls of favourites, projects of the great, Of old mismanagements, taxations new: All neither wholly false, nor wholly true. Above, below, wit... ..., was ne’er agreed: Ask where’s the north? at York, ’tis on the T weed; In Scotland, at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord know... ...enry VIII. 144 ‘Christ’s Kirk o’ the Green:’ a ballad made by James I. of Scotland. 145 ‘The Devil:’ the Devil Tavern, where Ben Johnson held his po...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...antry, since the clergy and the nobles to all generations were exempt from taxation. The trade and all the resources of the country were taking such a... ... peace, and the persecution of the Huguenots had ceased, that at first the taxation provoked few murmurs. The re- sources of the Crown were further au... ...n he had lately 81 Yo n g e arrived from Jersey, before his expedition to Scotland. He became a very different person after his return, but he was no... ...their hopes of returning home, and it was not till after his expedition to Scotland that he set himself to learn the language. Queen Henrietta’s skill... ...kless exactions of the Court by refusing to register the recent edicts for taxation, and it was this that made the Queen so angry with them. Eustace b... ...e of them, Sir Andrew Macniven, a clever man who had been a law student in Scotland and at Leyden, that we came to some understanding of what was goin...

Excerpt Details
...ouse exclusively; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already rendered me; namely, first, in having brought together so widely scattered a collection--a difficulty which in my own hands by too painful an experience I had found from nervous depression to be absolutely insurmountable; secondly, in having made me a p...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Memorials and Other Papers by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvan... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... forms of the English lakes, of North Yorkshire, and of Northumberland. In Scotland, it needs but a slight intercourse with the peasantry to distin- ... ...re that they had existed for centuries before the state of civilization in Scotland had allowed any opening for the foundation of col- leges or academ... ... public, misled by the totally different consti- tution of universities in Scotland, Ireland, and generally on the continent, as well as by the differ... ... those circumstances, as upon our modern Christian consciences under heavy taxation; yet, for all that, such was the regard to a pious inauguration of... ...rs fall into the following classification:— Fourteen are on the subject of Taxation, namely, the eighth to the eighteenth,* inclusively, the twenty-se... ...the eighteenth on Poor Rates; but these of course belong to the subject of Taxation prop- erly defined. The present Lord Chancellor (late Earl of Eldo...

Excerpt Details
...Excerpt: The Shade of Cardinal Richelieu. In a splendid chamber of the Palais Royal, formerly styled the Palais Cardinal, a man was sitting in deep reverie, his head supported on his hands, leaning over a gilt and inlaid table which was covered with letters and paper...

Full Text Search Details
...ndre Dumas is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind.... ...Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any re- sponsibility for the material contained within the... ..., Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201- 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student p... ...ntle birth!” The position of the cardinal was indeed critical, and re- cent events had added to his difficulties. Discontent had long pervaded the low... ...sive battle against King Charles. I shall gain it, for the hope of the nation and the Spirit of 295 Dumas the Lord are with me. This battle won by me... ...t and saw all, heard all!” “And when is this to be consummated?” “To-day—this morning; so your majesty must perceive there is no time to lose!” “To do... ...ng; so your majesty must perceive there is no time to lose!” “To do what? since you say I am sold.” “To cross the Tyne, reach Scotland and rejoin Lord...

Excerpt Details
...?t is true that you turn?d out a Tory at Last,-- yours has lately been a common case; And now, my Epic Renegade! what are ye at? With all the Lakers, in and out of place? A nest of tuneful persons, to my eye Like ?four and twenty Blackbirds in a pyre....

Full Text Search Details
...arge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Stat... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Don Juan by George Byron , the Pennsylvania State University,... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them,... ... For into a prime minister but change His title, and ‘t is nothing but taxation; But he, more modest, took an humbler range Of life, and i... ...ood, Or better, as the best examples say: Napoleon’s, Mary’s (queen of Scotland), should Lend to that colour a transcendent ray; And Palla... ... A whole one, and my heart flies to my head,— As ‘Auld Lang Syne’ brings Scotland, one and all, Scotch plaids, Scotch snoods, the blue hills, ... ... And where is ‘Fum’ the Fourth, our ‘royal bird?’ Gone down, it seems, to Scotland to be fiddled Unto by Sawney’s violin, we have heard: ‘Caw... ...is subjects by his gracious acceptation) Too scanty, in these times of low taxation. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Sixteen” 330 But as Lord Henry wa...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...art and favoured for children; in them the presence of children will remit taxation, while in other less wholesome places the presence of children wil... ... statesmen of Utopia will constantly adjust and readjust regu- lations and taxation to diminish the proportion of children reared in hot and stimulati... ... case of Lucerne, the head of the swift rail- way to Paris and England and Scotland, and to the Rhineland and Germany will run. And as one walks out f...

Full Text Search Details
...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...c- house or extended municipal enterprise, or even to an in- crease of the taxation of property , then the Conservative Party presents a nearly adaman... ...ements that were at once manifest in the oppo- sition. I assailed the land taxation proposals in one main speech, and a series of minor speeches in co... ...nd attempting to produce beneficial social results through the pressure of taxation upon the land-owning class. That might break it up in an utterly d... ... the only Oxford woman who took a first that year. She spent the summer in Scotland and Yorkshire, writing to me continually of all she now meant to d...

Full Text Search Details
...e of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any pur- pose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Du... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...especting the Prince of Wales, whom he would recognise as King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The few English who were there threw themselves upon... ...ed against? It is a terrible lesson against all improvements in matters of taxation and finance. But it is time, now, that I should retrace my steps t... ...es, the latter of whom he unceasingly sought to re-establish. The union of Scotland with England appeared to him a favourable con- juncture, by the de... ...ho was aware of the fermentation going on, made several secret journeys to Scotland, and planned an invasion of that country; but, as I have said, for... ...st in the continuance of imposts, who of two evils, viz., vastly increased taxation, and national failure, would not prefer the latter. We were in the...

Excerpt Details
...Excerpt: All elections begin with a bustle before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Presc... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...tnership with the soil, which is not so thankless in Champagne as it is in Scotland, where capital has done wonders. The day when agriculture will hav... ...pe- cially to matters connected with the great question of the revenue and taxation; such, for instance, as the custom-house, laws of exchange, stamp ... ...ch, for instance, as the custom-house, laws of exchange, stamp duties, and taxation, direct and in- direct. Approaching in this manner that problemati...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania State ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...-night, old fellow. Pluck up, and send us plenty of grouse if you do go to Scotland.’ John Fletcher, as I hope may have been already seen, was by no m... ...work to archery, or even to hunting, and who discussed the evils of direct taxation absolutely in the drawing-room. The Duch- ess was assured that the... ...ticeable only because a Prime Minister should never be indiscreet. Had the taxation of the whole country for the next year been in dispute there would... ...the horses’ backs. A draught of hounds were being sent down to a friend in Scotland. And there was a Committee of Masters to sit on the moot question ... ...ke us go by decimals. You can’t increase our con- sumption by lowering our taxation. I wish you had gone back to some Board.’ This she said looking up...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville, the Penn... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...tion. Allan Melville, great-grandfather of Herman Melville, re- moved from Scotland to America in 1748, and established himself as a merchant in Bosto... ... have been a Conservative in all mat- ters except his opposition to unjust taxation, and he wore the old-fashioned cocked hat and knee-breeches until ...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur?s Court by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

Full Text Search Details
...arge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Stat... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic trans mission, in any way. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain (Sa... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them,... ...reth smote him from his horse, saddle and all. And then came King Carados of Scotland, and Sir Gareth smote him down horse and man. And in the same wi... ...ed the author. Slavery was dead and gone; all men were equal before the law; taxation had been equalized. The telegraph, the tele phone, the phonogra...

Excerpt Details
...nment, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the union, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in the world. It has been frequently r...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Federalist Papers, the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... the government of England, if the Scotch militia obeyed the government of Scotland, and if the Welsh militia obeyed the government of W ales? Suppose... ... never have been celebrated. Let England have its navigation and fleet—let Scotland have its navigation and fleet—let Wales have its navigation and fl... ...servations on the importance of the union then forming between England and Scotland, which merit our attention. I shall present the public with one or... ...lf, that it is impracticable to raise any very considerable sums by direct taxation. T ax laws have in vain been multiplied; new methods to enforce th... ...e feelings of the people, to admit of great use being made of that mode of taxation; nor, indeed, in the States where almost the sole employment is ag... ... valuation is, in all situa- tions, a formidable objection. In a branch of taxation where no limits to the discretion of the government are to be foun...

Table of Contents Details
...ts INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK .......................................................................... 8 BOOK I OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE........... 10 CHAPTER I OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR .............................

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ges which are scat- tered about in so desert a country as the highlands of Scotland, every farmer must be butcher, baker, and brewer, for his own fam-... ...s even that of a nailer in the remote and inland parts of the highlands of Scotland. Such a workman at the rate of a thousand nails a-day, and three h... ...sed leather in some other countries; and there is at this day a village In Scotland, where it is not uncommon, I am told, for a workman to carry nails... ... but, in almost every part of Europe, it has become a principal subject of taxation; and to collect a tax from every different farm in the coun- try w... ...and other writers, have been sought for in the excess and improper mode of taxation, in the high price of labour, in the increase of luxury, etc. may ... ...erican representatives were to be in proportion to the produce of American taxation, the number of people to be managed would increase exactly in prop...

Excerpt Details
...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing wi...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an i... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...t is rarely to be found. When he and I were travelling in the Highlands of Scotland, and I pointed out to him a mountain which I observed resembled a ... ...y Johnson as a worthy man, happened 73 Boswell’s Life of Johnson to be in Scotland while The Rambler was com- ing out in single papers at London. Wit... ... to see ten numerous editions of it in London, beside those of Ireland and Scotland. The style of Johnson was, undoubtedly, much formed upon that of t... ...d altogether disregarded; and had recently published a pamphlet, entitled, Taxation no Tyranny; an answer to the Resolutions and Address of the Americ... ... doubt; but he had more delight in seeing how well he could vex them.’ His Taxation no Tyranny being mentioned, he said, ‘I think I have not been atta... ... appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his Taxation no Tyranny, he says, ‘how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for...

Table of Contents Details
....................................................................................................................... 158 Chapter XIV Of the Executive in a Representative Government ........................................................................ 166 Chapter XV Of Local Representative Bodies ..............................................................................

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mil... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...mprovement. T ake, again, such a familiar case as that of a good system of taxation and finance. This would generally be classed as be 20 Considerat... ...se of the individual faculties. And vice versâ, all errors in finance and taxation which obstruct the improvement of the people in wealth and morals,... ... example; the principles of evidence and judicial procedure; the system of taxation and of finan 28 Considerations on Representative Government cial... ...seems necessary that they should all be under the same king. En gland and Scotland were a federation of this description dur ing the interval of abo... ... any obstacle to legislative unity, is proved by the case of En gland and Scotland. Perhaps, however, this undisturbed co existence of two legal sys...

Excerpt Details
...Excerpt: Preface By Way Of Criticism. These studies are collected from the monthly press. One appeared in the New Quarterly, one in MacMillan?s, and the rest in the Cornhill Magazine. To the Cornhill I owe a double debt of thanks; first, that I was received there in the very best society, and under the eye of the very best of ...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson, th... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... Knox and Burns implies a grasp upon the very deepest strain of thought in Scotland, – a country far more essentially different from England than many... ... many parts of America; for, in a sense, the first of these men re-created Scotland, and the second is its most essentially national production. T o t... ... comprehensible perhaps in Paris. It is here that we learn that “laird” in Scotland is the same title as “lord” in England. Here, also, is an account ... ...attern of the age. There was some juggling among officials to avoid direct taxation; and Pepys, with a noble impulse, growing ashamed of this dis- hon...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson, the... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...nstoun, Stevensoun, Stevensonne, Stenesone, and Stewinsoune, spread across Scotland from the mouth of the Firth of Forth to the mouth of the Firth of ... ...nction. But the law (however administered, and I am bound to aver that, in Scotland, ‘it couldna weel be waur’) acts as a kind of dredge, and with dis... ...l- most be said to have suffered. Baptised and brought up in the Church of Scotland, he had, upon some conscientious scruple, joined the communion of ... ...n of the unconscionable swarms of dogs, and to menace the inhabitants with taxation, it chanced that my grandfather and his friend, Dr. Patrick Neill,...

Full Text Search Details
...ge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens , the Pennsyl... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...u must well know. I believe I shall never hear the name of this capital of Scotland without a thrill of gratitude and pleasure. I shall love while I h... ...ur Chairman, and coupled with his name I have to propose the literature of Scotland—a literature which he has done much to render famous through the w... ... mention a name which cannot be pronounced without sorrow, a name in which Scotland had a great triumph, and which England delighted to honour. One of... ...immeasurably greater interest in the House of Commons than the health, the taxation, and the education, of a whole people. I will not penetrate into t...

Excerpt Details
...Preface: It may save misunderstanding if a word or so be said here of the aim and scope of this book. It is written in relation to a previous work, Anticipations,* and together with that and a small pamphlet, ?The Discovery of the Future,?** presents a general theory of social development and of social and political conduct. It is an attem...

Full Text Search Details
...Y H. G. WELLS A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Mankind in the Making by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Mankind in the Making by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Un... ...The enterprises they are forced to undertake to meet these charges rest on taxation, a financial basis far stabler than the fitful good intentions of ... ...action. Something of this kind is to a slight degree already the case with Scotland, which sends out its hardy and capable sons wherever the world has... ...issioner of Police of the Metropolis. “Metropolitan Police Office, “New Scotland Yard, “January 28th, 1902.” 72 Mankind in the Making IV IV ... ...ion of property as to the abolition of inheritance, and to the intelligent taxation of property for the services of the community. It is among such mo... ... the £1000-a-year man at the rates and his extreme patience under Imperial taxation is in- comprehensible, unless you recognize this fact of his delo-...

Excerpt Details
...ine that any part of what I have to relate can be interesting to the public as a narrative or as being connected with myself. But I have thought that in an age in which education and its improvement are the subject of more, if not of profounder, study than at any former period of English history, it may be useful that there should be some record of an education which was u...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Autobiography by John Stuart Mill , the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...f Sir John Stuart, of Fettercairn, one of the Bar ons of the Exchequer in Scotland, and was, in consequence, sent to the University of Edinburgh, at ... ...ther Church. For a few years he was a private tutor in various families in Scotland, among others that of the Marquis of T weeddale, but ended by tak ... ...sitor (from about 1817 or 1818) to Mr. Hume, who, born in the same part of Scotland as my father, and having been, I rather think, a younger schoolfel... ...called the Holy Alliance, and the enormous weight of the national debt and taxation occasioned by so long and costly a war, rendered the government an...

Full Text Search Details
...TER TER, ET , ET , ET , ET , ETC. ET C. ET C. ET C. ET C. ETC. C. C. C. C. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Theological Essays and Other Papers: Volume One by Thomas de Qu... ...re overwhelming to the Scottish use of the word; first, because already in Scotland it is a barbarism trans- planted from the filthy vocabulary of att... ... the contrary, to my thinking, the regular old vulgar witch of England and Scotland was but an impersonatrix of the very same superstition. Virgil exp... ...eemed in Edinburgh and Glasgow. He may be relied on. What he tells against Scotland is vio- lently against his own will, for he is intensely national,... ...under the most trying circumstances of war, main- tained the sanctity from taxation of all foreign investments in our funds. Our conduct with regard t... ..., sometimes, a total immunity from taxes, very often a diminished scale of taxation, always a remission of arrears; none of which de- mands could be l...

Table of Contents Details
.... 62 Only a Subaltern............................................................................................................................. 82 In the Matter of a Private .............................................................................................................. 99 The Enlightenments of Pagett, M.P. ....................................................

Full Text Search Details
...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Under the Deodars by Rudyard Kipling, the Pennsylvania State Un... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...d, and he is not a Christian, nor ever will he be. Good people in America, Scotland and England, most of whom would never dream of collegiate educatio... ...inst Russia.” “But there was never a special famine fund raised by special taxation and put by as in a box. No sane administrator would dream of such ... ...e whether be would bang up the insurance scheme for a year or impose fresh taxation. When a farmer hasn’t got the little surplus he hoped to have for ...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... were parallel. The States separated from us because they would not endure taxation without representation—in other words, because they were old enoug... ...om Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont by fears of the war and the weight of taxation. I do not think that fears of war or the paying of taxes drive man... ...s rise from narrow valleys, such as form the beds of lakes in Switzerland, Scotland, and Northern Italy; but from such broad waters as those of Lake O... ...ississippi, and Louisiana. This country is larger than England, Ire- land, Scotland, Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, and Spain together, and is und... ... to a considerable extent the State expenditure also, and stand in lieu of taxation. It is provided, Section 6 that the “legislature shall not sell, l...

Excerpt Details
...Excerpt: The telephone bell rings with the petulant persistence that marks a trunk call, and I go in from some ineffectual gymnastics on the lawn to deal with the irruption. There is the usual trouble in connecting up, minute voices in Folkestone and Dover and London call to one another and are submerged by buzzings and t...

Full Text Search Details
...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvan... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...hers and plumbers, and I doubt whether if one were obliged by some special taxation to deal only with one butcher or one plumber, it would greatly end... ...n practice their Imperialism resolves itself into a vigorous resistance to taxation and an ill-concealed hostility to education. It matters nothing to... ...ed and unforeseeing King would not let him go. It was the spirit that made taxation for public purposes the supreme wrong and provoked each country, f... ...s if reservoir after reservoir was tapped and exhausted. Nowadays England, Scotland, Ireland, France and 234 An Englishman Looks at the World Scandin...

Excerpt Details
...Introduction: Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was b...

Full Text Search Details
...r an or any pur y pur y pur y pur y purpose pose pose pose pose, , , , , and in an and in an and in an and in an and in any w y w y w y w y wa a a a a... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin with introduction and ... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them,... ...rd (whom you and I saw many years after at his native place, St. Andrew’s in Scotland) gave a contrary opin ion: “For the industry of that Franklin,”... ...nt of my conduct in the Assembly respecting the exemption of his estate from taxation, which I had always oppos’d very warmly, and not without severe ... ... being at Boston, I met there with a Dr. Spence, who was lately arrived from Scotland, and show’d me some electric experiments. They were imperfectly ...