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... true basis of its power , they consulted its interests , they affcrted its honour abroad , with temper and with firmness ; by making an advantageous treaty of commerce with Russia ; by obtaining a liquidation of the Canada bills , to ...
... true basis of its power , they consulted its interests , they affcrted its honour abroad , with temper and with firmness ; by making an advantageous treaty of commerce with Russia ; by obtaining a liquidation of the Canada bills , to ...
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... true cause , the injudicious tampering of bold , inprovident , and visionary minifters at one period , or to their lupine negligence and traiterous diffenfions at another , the complaint had been just , and might have been useful . But ...
... true cause , the injudicious tampering of bold , inprovident , and visionary minifters at one period , or to their lupine negligence and traiterous diffenfions at another , the complaint had been just , and might have been useful . But ...
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... true value ; and this corrective ought to be applied appear , that £ . * Total imports from the West Indies in 1764 , 2,909,411 Exports to ditto in ditto , 896,511 Excess of imports , · £ 2,012,900 In this , which is the common way of ...
... true value ; and this corrective ought to be applied appear , that £ . * Total imports from the West Indies in 1764 , 2,909,411 Exports to ditto in ditto , 896,511 Excess of imports , · £ 2,012,900 In this , which is the common way of ...
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... true of the French West India islands , whilst they coultinued in our hands . That none , or only a very contemptible part of the value of this produce , could be remitted to France , the author will see , perhaps with unwillingness ...
... true of the French West India islands , whilst they coultinued in our hands . That none , or only a very contemptible part of the value of this produce , could be remitted to France , the author will see , perhaps with unwillingness ...
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... true . As to our trade at that time , he labours with all his might to represent it as absolutely ruined , or on the very edge of ruin . Indeed , as usual with him , he is often as equivocal in his expression , as he is clear in his ...
... true . As to our trade at that time , he labours with all his might to represent it as absolutely ruined , or on the very edge of ruin . Indeed , as usual with him , he is often as equivocal in his expression , as he is clear in his ...
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