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... interest of this country ; and that the American Stampaćt was a master - piece of policy and finance ; that the only good minister this nation has enjoyed fince his Majesty's accession , is tlic Earl of Bute ; and the only good managers ...
... interest of this country ; and that the American Stampaćt was a master - piece of policy and finance ; that the only good minister this nation has enjoyed fince his Majesty's accession , is tlic Earl of Bute ; and the only good managers ...
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... interest which it carried , at the time of the treaty , with the unfairness and inaccuracy , however , which distinguish all his assertions , and all his calculations . To detect every fallacy , and rectify every mistake , would be ...
... interest which it carried , at the time of the treaty , with the unfairness and inaccuracy , however , which distinguish all his assertions , and all his calculations . To detect every fallacy , and rectify every mistake , would be ...
Page 49
... interest of debt contracted during the war is stated by the autlior at £ .2,614,892 . The particulars appear in pages 14 and 15. Among them is stated the unfunded debt , £ .9,975,017 , supposed to carry interest on a medium at 3 per ...
... interest of debt contracted during the war is stated by the autlior at £ .2,614,892 . The particulars appear in pages 14 and 15. Among them is stated the unfunded debt , £ .9,975,017 , supposed to carry interest on a medium at 3 per ...
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... interest . But when the publick - is to be represented in a miserable condition , and the confequences of the late war to be laid before us in dreadful colours , then we are to be told that the unfunded debt is within a trifle of ten ...
... interest . But when the publick - is to be represented in a miserable condition , and the confequences of the late war to be laid before us in dreadful colours , then we are to be told that the unfunded debt is within a trifle of ten ...
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Edmund Burke. whole unfunded debt carrying interest will be four unillions instead of ten ; and the annual intereft paid for it at 4 per cent . will be £ .160,000 instead of £ .299,250 . An errour of no small magnitude , and which could ...
Edmund Burke. whole unfunded debt carrying interest will be four unillions instead of ten ; and the annual intereft paid for it at 4 per cent . will be £ .160,000 instead of £ .299,250 . An errour of no small magnitude , and which could ...
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