The Political Magazine and Parliamentary, Naval, Military, and Literary Journal, Том 101785 |
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... Gentleman had faid that there would be a furplus of one million , which it was his intention to dedicate to the purposes of a finking fund . This af- fertion he meant to controvert ; and to prove that inftead of a furplus , there would ...
... Gentleman had faid that there would be a furplus of one million , which it was his intention to dedicate to the purposes of a finking fund . This af- fertion he meant to controvert ; and to prove that inftead of a furplus , there would ...
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... Gentleman had multiplied by four , the roduce of the taxes from the 25th of December , to the 5th of April ; but he id not feem to be aware , that in this period there were eleven days more than a quarter of a year ; this might appear ...
... Gentleman had multiplied by four , the roduce of the taxes from the 25th of December , to the 5th of April ; but he id not feem to be aware , that in this period there were eleven days more than a quarter of a year ; this might appear ...
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... Gentleman in laying fuch additional taxes , as he fhould think likely to be productive , without being oppref- five ; he was ready to share with him in the temporary unpopularity of a measure , which in the end would be the falvation of ...
... Gentleman in laying fuch additional taxes , as he fhould think likely to be productive , without being oppref- five ; he was ready to share with him in the temporary unpopularity of a measure , which in the end would be the falvation of ...
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... Gentleman hould endeavour to depreciate the autho- rity or precifion of calculations that had been made to prove that the affairs of the country were in a thriving condition ; and he was far from thinking himself much indebted to him ...
... Gentleman hould endeavour to depreciate the autho- rity or precifion of calculations that had been made to prove that the affairs of the country were in a thriving condition ; and he was far from thinking himself much indebted to him ...
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... Gentleman had alluded to the state of the Eaft - India Company , which he had been pleased to say , had been doom- ed to bankruptcy by him . Would the Right Hon . Gentleman undertake to fay , that the accounts laid before parliament ...
... Gentleman had alluded to the state of the Eaft - India Company , which he had been pleased to say , had been doom- ed to bankruptcy by him . Would the Right Hon . Gentleman undertake to fay , that the accounts laid before parliament ...
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