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The less I paid for each, the | The less I paid for each, the | ||
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more money I c<hi rend="superscript"><hi rend="underline">d</hi> afford to lay out | more money I c<hi rend="superscript"><hi rend="underline">d</hi></hi> afford to lay out | ||
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with U.S. Booksellers. Neither this | with U.S. Booksellers. Neither this | ||
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heartily is the enormous importation | heartily is the enormous importation | ||
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tax laid upon them by this government | tax laid upon them by this government; | ||
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a tax of which I cannot help regarding | a tax of which I cannot help regarding | ||
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prohibition to have been the object, as | prohibition to have been the object, as | ||
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well as & perhaps more than | well as & perhaps more than, revenue. | ||
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Your whole library might have come | Your whole library might have come | ||
As to Books, the length of my list
would depend upon the cost of the aggregate.
The less I paid for each, the
more money I c<hi rend="underline">d</hi> afford to lay out
with U.S. Booksellers. Neither this
charge nor the expence of freight
should I grudge. But what I do grudge
heartily is the enormous importation
tax laid upon them by this government;
a tax of which I cannot help regarding
prohibition to have been the object, as
well as & perhaps more than, revenue.
Your whole library might have come
here virtute officio free of that tax:
a fortiori, the small portion I shd have
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