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Page 12
... business may be engaged in affairs of greater moment , I hope I shall be excused , if , in a few hours of a time not very important , and from such materials as I have by me ( more than cnough however for this purpose ) , I undertake to ...
... business may be engaged in affairs of greater moment , I hope I shall be excused , if , in a few hours of a time not very important , and from such materials as I have by me ( more than cnough however for this purpose ) , I undertake to ...
Page 35
... business . But by degrees , as the war continued , the terrour wore off ; the danger came to be better appreciated , and better provided against ; our trade was carried on in large fleets , under regular convoys , and with great safety ...
... business . But by degrees , as the war continued , the terrour wore off ; the danger came to be better appreciated , and better provided against ; our trade was carried on in large fleets , under regular convoys , and with great safety ...
Page 63
... business . Objects like trade and manufacture , which the very attempt to confine would certainly destroy , frequently change their place ; and thereby , far from being loft , are often highly improved . Thus fome manufactures lave ...
... business . Objects like trade and manufacture , which the very attempt to confine would certainly destroy , frequently change their place ; and thereby , far from being loft , are often highly improved . Thus fome manufactures lave ...
Page 65
... business to do . But what is the real fact ? Let us take , as the best instance for the purpose , the produce of the old hereditary and temporary excise granted in the reign of Charles the Second , whose object is that of most of the ...
... business to do . But what is the real fact ? Let us take , as the best instance for the purpose , the produce of the old hereditary and temporary excise granted in the reign of Charles the Second , whose object is that of most of the ...
Page 73
... business . The veffels in that trade go strait from Newfoundland to the foreign market ; and the sale there , not the import here , is the measure of its value . That trade which is one of your grcatest and best is hardly so much as ...
... business . The veffels in that trade go strait from Newfoundland to the foreign market ; and the sale there , not the import here , is the measure of its value . That trade which is one of your grcatest and best is hardly so much as ...
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