The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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Page 278
... exports was found to have been occasioned chiefly by the demands of our own fleets and armies , and , instead of bringing wealth to the nation , was to be paid for by oppressive taxes upon the people of England . While the Brit- ish ...
... exports was found to have been occasioned chiefly by the demands of our own fleets and armies , and , instead of bringing wealth to the nation , was to be paid for by oppressive taxes upon the people of England . While the Brit- ish ...
Page 285
... exports to , these con- quests , as the measure of the advantages which we derived from them . I do so for reasons which ... export entry does not comprehend the greatest trade we carry on with any of the West India islands , the sale of ...
... exports to , these con- quests , as the measure of the advantages which we derived from them . I do so for reasons which ... export entry does not comprehend the greatest trade we carry on with any of the West India islands , the sale of ...
Page 289
Edmund Burke. - - Admit however that a great part of our export , though nothing is more remote from fact , was owing to the supply of our fleets and armies ; was it not something ? was it not peculiarly fortunate for a nation , that she ...
Edmund Burke. - - Admit however that a great part of our export , though nothing is more remote from fact , was owing to the supply of our fleets and armies ; was it not something ? was it not peculiarly fortunate for a nation , that she ...
Page 313
... exported in great quantities to Russia . The Russians now supply themselves with these goods . But the export thither of finer cloths has increased in proportion as the other has declined . Possibly some parts of the kingdom may have ...
... exported in great quantities to Russia . The Russians now supply themselves with these goods . But the export thither of finer cloths has increased in proportion as the other has declined . Possibly some parts of the kingdom may have ...
Page 318
... export from England did not then exceed 6,552,0197 . It is now considerably more than double that amount . Yet ... Exports , ditto . 1764 · . · £ 10,319,946 · • · 1765 • • 10,889,742 · 1766 · · 11,475,825 Total £ 32,685,513 Exports ...
... export from England did not then exceed 6,552,0197 . It is now considerably more than double that amount . Yet ... Exports , ditto . 1764 · . · £ 10,319,946 · • · 1765 • • 10,889,742 · 1766 · · 11,475,825 Total £ 32,685,513 Exports ...
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