The Resources of the British Empire: Together with a View of the Probable Result of the Present Contest Between Britain and France |
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... wool in cloth , 148 - the proportions , 148 - Lord Somerville , 148 - Dr . Parry , 149 - quantity of wool an- nually imported into Britain , 149 - quality of British wool deteri- orated , 150 - improvements in Scottish Highlands , 151 ...
... wool in cloth , 148 - the proportions , 148 - Lord Somerville , 148 - Dr . Parry , 149 - quantity of wool an- nually imported into Britain , 149 - quality of British wool deteri- orated , 150 - improvements in Scottish Highlands , 151 ...
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... wool- lens , 402 - effects of French blockading decrees , 403 - of burn- ing decrees , 404 - trade between France and England in 1810 , 405 - trade of United States how affected by French and Ameri- can restrictions , 406 - chief ...
... wool- lens , 402 - effects of French blockading decrees , 403 - of burn- ing decrees , 404 - trade between France and England in 1810 , 405 - trade of United States how affected by French and Ameri- can restrictions , 406 - chief ...
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... wool , 190 ; linen yarn , 100 . Southern European produce imported , rate per cent . to be added : currants , 90 ; raisins , 140 ; silk , 40 ; brandy , 110 ; Portugal wine , 140 ; other wines , 200 ; Spanish wool , 200 . American and ...
... wool , 190 ; linen yarn , 100 . Southern European produce imported , rate per cent . to be added : currants , 90 ; raisins , 140 ; silk , 40 ; brandy , 110 ; Portugal wine , 140 ; other wines , 200 ; Spanish wool , 200 . American and ...
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... wool - grower to the consumer . To which add the number of persons employed in the many trades dependant on the woollen manufacture . From the evidence of manufacturers and dealers in wool laid before the House of Commons , it ap- pears ...
... wool - grower to the consumer . To which add the number of persons employed in the many trades dependant on the woollen manufacture . From the evidence of manufacturers and dealers in wool laid before the House of Commons , it ap- pears ...
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... wool- len manufacture of Britain to be - £ 8,250,000 , × 3 = £ 24,750,000 , to which add the annual average value of wool im- ported into Britain , amounting to £ 1,500,000 ; which being multiplied by 3 , in order to give its manufac ...
... wool- len manufacture of Britain to be - £ 8,250,000 , × 3 = £ 24,750,000 , to which add the annual average value of wool im- ported into Britain , amounting to £ 1,500,000 ; which being multiplied by 3 , in order to give its manufac ...
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5th Jan agriculture amount annual annuities army augmented Austria average balance of trade Bank of England Britain British bullion Buonaparte Buonaparte's capital Carthage cent circulation civil coin commerce conscription consequence consolidated Fund continental Europe continue currency debt-capital decrees depreciation despotism destroy diminished dominion effect empire ending 5th January enemy European continent exchange exchequer exchequer-bills expenditure exports extensive foreign France French French empire funded debt gold Great-Britain Holland House of Commons hundred imports income increase industry interest Ireland jacobinism labor land loans London Lord manufactures ment merchants military millions moral Napoleon national debt nearly paper payments peace peninsula political population Portugal present produce proportion public debt purchase quantity redeemed respecting revenue Russia Scotland sinking fund soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish sterling talents taxes thousand tion Total trade troops United unredeemed valor wealth whence whole wool
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Page 374 - This within certain limits is probably true, and in governments of a monarchical cast patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character in governments purely elective it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose, and there being constant danger of excess the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage...
Page 517 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, unutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feign'd, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire.
Page 173 - To provide for us in our necessities is not in the power of *' government. It would be a vain presumption in statesmen to think they can do it. The people maintain them, and not they the people. It is in the power of government to prevent much evil ; it can do very little positive, .good in this, or perhaps in anything else.
Page 174 - I had my chalk to draw any line, was this: that the state ought to confine itself to what regards the state or the creatures of the state : namely, the exterior establishment of its religion ; its magistracy ; its revenue ; its military force by sea and land ; the corporations that owe their existence to its fiat ; in a word, to everything that is truly and properly public, — to the public peace, to the public safety, to the public order, to the public prosperity.
Page 357 - I do not hesitate to say, that the road to eminence and power, from obscure condition, ought not to be made too easy, nor a thing too much of course. If rare merit be the rarest of all rare things, it ought to pass through some sort of probation.
Page 356 - Woe to the country which would madly and impiously reject the service of the talents and virtues, civil, military, or religious, that are given to grace and to serve it; and would condemn to obscurity everything formed to diffuse lustre and glory around a state!
Page 176 - I do not call a healthy young man, cheerful in his mind, and vigorous in his arms, I cannot call such a man, poor ; I cannot pity my kind as a kind, merely because they are men. This affected pity, only tends to dissatisfy them with their condition, and to teach them to seek resources where no resources are to be found, in something else than their own industry, and frugality, and sobriety.
Page 374 - THERE is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty. This within certain limits is probably true ; and in governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party.
Page iii - Is there a son of generous England here Or fervid Erin? — he with us shall join, To pray that in eternal union dear The rose, the shamrock, and the thistle twine ! Types of a race who shall the invader scorn, As rocks resist the billows round their shore ; Types of a race who shall to time unborn Their country leave unconquered as of yore...
Page 321 - Review of the Events and Treaties which established the Balance of Power in Europe, and the Balance of Trade in favour of Great Britain.