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Page 33
... say , had our fuccefs continued . But first I must observe , I am much less solicitous whether his fact be true or no , than whether his principle is well established . Cases are dead things , principles are living and productive . I ...
... say , had our fuccefs continued . But first I must observe , I am much less solicitous whether his fact be true or no , than whether his principle is well established . Cases are dead things , principles are living and productive . I ...
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... say , in derogation of the advantages of a war , that navigation is not equal to what it was in time of peace , is what hitherto has never been hcard of . No war ever bore that test but the war which hc so bitterly laments . One may lay ...
... say , in derogation of the advantages of a war , that navigation is not equal to what it was in time of peace , is what hitherto has never been hcard of . No war ever bore that test but the war which hc so bitterly laments . One may lay ...
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... say , would have appeared from the state of the two years : 1761. British , 1762. Ditto , 1761. Foreign , 1762. Ditto , 527,557 tons . 559,537 tons . 180 , 100 tons . 129,502 tons . The two last years of the peace were in no degree ...
... say , would have appeared from the state of the two years : 1761. British , 1762. Ditto , 1761. Foreign , 1762. Ditto , 527,557 tons . 559,537 tons . 180 , 100 tons . 129,502 tons . The two last years of the peace were in no degree ...
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... ( says he ) the restored French islands are become in some measure dependent on the “ British empire ; and the good faith of France in observing the treaty guaranteed by the value at “ which she estimates their poffeffion . ” This author ...
... ( says he ) the restored French islands are become in some measure dependent on the “ British empire ; and the good faith of France in observing the treaty guaranteed by the value at “ which she estimates their poffeffion . ” This author ...
Page 45
... said nothing upon that head . He has nothing to say . After a war of such cxpence , this ought to have been a capital consideration . But on what he he has been fo prudently filent , I think it STATE OF THE NATION . 45.
... said nothing upon that head . He has nothing to say . After a war of such cxpence , this ought to have been a capital consideration . But on what he he has been fo prudently filent , I think it STATE OF THE NATION . 45.
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