Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
Economic Sophisms
Peter: Not exactly. My good works would soon have an end were I to dissipate my fortune. I estimate my park as worth £1000. By cutting down the trees I shall pocket a good sum.
Chapters
4. Scene IV.--The Agitation.
Jacques Bonhomme: Parisians, let us insist upon a reform of the octroi duties; let us demand that they be instantly brought down to the former rate. Let every citizen be free to...
1. Scene I.--House of Master Peter.--Window looking out on a finePeter: Not exactly. My good works would soon have an end were I to dissipate my fortune. I estimate my park as worth £1000. By cutting down the trees I shall pocket a good sum.
3. Scene III.--Twenty years afterwards.Father: Go you, then, and search for a more hospitable country. For myself, I will not leave the place where are the graves of your mother, and of your brothers and sisters. I l...
2. Scene II.--Council Chamber.Paul: _Mes chers collègues_, Every day there are brought to Paris great masses of firewood, which drain away large sums of money. At this rate, we shall all be ruined in three y...