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As I came into the House full of anxiety about the event of my motion , I found , to
my infinite surprise , that the grand penal bill , by which we had passed sentence
on the trade and sustenance of America , is to be returned to us from the other ...
As I came into the House full of anxiety about the event of my motion , I found , to
my infinite surprise , that the grand penal bill , by which we had passed sentence
on the trade and sustenance of America , is to be returned to us from the other ...
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I have in my hand two accounts ; one a comparative state of the export trade of
England to its Colonies , as 10 it stood in the year 1704 , and as it stood in the
year 1772 ; the other a state of the export trade of this country to its Colonies
alone ...
I have in my hand two accounts ; one a comparative state of the export trade of
England to its Colonies , as 10 it stood in the year 1704 , and as it stood in the
year 1772 ; the other a state of the export trade of this country to its Colonies
alone ...
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866 , 398 To which , if you add the export trade from Scotland , which had in 1704
no existence . . 364 , 000 £6 , 022 , 132 From five hundred and odd thousand , it
has grown to · six millions . It has increased no less than twelve - fold . 10 This ...
866 , 398 To which , if you add the export trade from Scotland , which had in 1704
no existence . . 364 , 000 £6 , 022 , 132 From five hundred and odd thousand , it
has grown to · six millions . It has increased no less than twelve - fold . 10 This ...
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difference , that of the six millions which in the beginning of the century
constituted the whole mass of our export commerce , the Colony trade was but
one - twelfth part ; it is now ( as a part of sixteen millions ) consider5 ably more
than a third of ...
difference , that of the six millions which in the beginning of the century
constituted the whole mass of our export commerce , the Colony trade was but
one - twelfth part ; it is now ( as a part of sixteen millions ) consider5 ably more
than a third of ...
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For instance , when we allege that it is against reason to tax a people under so
many restraints in trade as the Americans , the noble lord in the blue ribbon shall
tell 35 you that the restraints on trade are futile and useless — of no advantage to
...
For instance , when we allege that it is against reason to tax a people under so
many restraints in trade as the Americans , the noble lord in the blue ribbon shall
tell 35 you that the restraints on trade are futile and useless — of no advantage to
...
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| Заглавие | Orations and Arguments by English and American Statesmen |
| Редактор | Cornelius Beach Bradley |
| Издател | Allyn and Bacon, 1894 |
| Брой страници | 378 страници |
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