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... increase of exports; but it is in order to depreciate the advantages we might appear to derive from that increase, whenever it should come to be proved against him. He tells you,[46] “that it was chiefly occasioned by the demands of our ...
... increase of exports; but it is in order to depreciate the advantages we might appear to derive from that increase, whenever it should come to be proved against him. He tells you,[46] “that it was chiefly occasioned by the demands of our ...
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... , which is 149,500 more than we employed in the last year of the peace.—Thus our trade increased more than a fifth; our British navigation had increased likewise with this astonishing increase of trade, but was not able to keep pace with it ...
... , which is 149,500 more than we employed in the last year of the peace.—Thus our trade increased more than a fifth; our British navigation had increased likewise with this astonishing increase of trade, but was not able to keep pace with it ...
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... increase of borrowing and the increase of debt will go hand in hand; and lastly, that the more money you want, the harder it will be to get it; and that the scarcity of the commodity will enhance the price. Who ever doubted the truth ...
... increase of borrowing and the increase of debt will go hand in hand; and lastly, that the more money you want, the harder it will be to get it; and that the scarcity of the commodity will enhance the price. Who ever doubted the truth ...
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... increase of the peace establishment is still more extraordinary than that of the interest of the unfunded debt. The increase is great, undoubtedly. However, the author finds no fault with it, and urges it only as a matter of argument to ...
... increase of the peace establishment is still more extraordinary than that of the interest of the unfunded debt. The increase is great, undoubtedly. However, the author finds no fault with it, and urges it only as a matter of argument to ...
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... Increase of peace establishment, and interest of new debt 3,236,348 ————- Error of the author L878,544 I It is true, the extraordinaries of the army have been found considerably greater than the author of the “Considerations” was ...
... Increase of peace establishment, and interest of new debt 3,236,348 ————- Error of the author L878,544 I It is true, the extraordinaries of the army have been found considerably greater than the author of the “Considerations” was ...
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