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... parliament . They firınly adhered to those friends of liberty , who had run all hazards in its cause , and provided for them in preference to every other claim . With the Earl of Bute they had no personal connection ; no correspondencc ...
... parliament . They firınly adhered to those friends of liberty , who had run all hazards in its cause , and provided for them in preference to every other claim . With the Earl of Bute they had no personal connection ; no correspondencc ...
Page 48
... parliament was pleased to approve the treaty of peace without calling for the correspondence concerning it How just this farcasm on that parliament may be , I fay not ; but how becoming in the author , I leave it to his friends to ...
... parliament was pleased to approve the treaty of peace without calling for the correspondence concerning it How just this farcasm on that parliament may be , I fay not ; but how becoming in the author , I leave it to his friends to ...
Page 50
... parliament must be , and in confequence of the rules pre“ fcribed by that act , twelve months wages generally , and often ri much more are retained ; and there has been besides at all " times a large arrear of pay , which , though kept ...
... parliament must be , and in confequence of the rules pre“ fcribed by that act , twelve months wages generally , and often ri much more are retained ; and there has been besides at all " times a large arrear of pay , which , though kept ...
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... parliament voted £ .650,000 towards the discharge of tlie navy debt . This sum could not be applied folely to the discharge of bills carrying interest ; because part of the debt due on teancns wages inust have been paid , and some bills ...
... parliament voted £ .650,000 towards the discharge of tlie navy debt . This sum could not be applied folely to the discharge of bills carrying interest ; because part of the debt due on teancns wages inust have been paid , and some bills ...
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... parliament : but in the enquiry before us , which is only what charge is brought on the publick hy interest paid or to be paid for money borrowed , the utmost that the author should do , is to bring into the account the full interest ...
... parliament : but in the enquiry before us , which is only what charge is brought on the publick hy interest paid or to be paid for money borrowed , the utmost that the author should do , is to bring into the account the full interest ...
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