The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1George Bell, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 182
... British empire were composed , by the repeal of the American stamp act ; But the constitutional superiority of Great Britain was preserved , by the act for securing the dependence of the co- lonies . Private houses were relieved from ...
... British empire were composed , by the repeal of the American stamp act ; But the constitutional superiority of Great Britain was preserved , by the act for securing the dependence of the co- lonies . Private houses were relieved from ...
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... British seamen were consum- ing on board our men of war and privateers , foreign ships and foreign seamen were employed in the transportation of our merchandise ; and the carrying trade , so great a source of wealth and marine , was ...
... British seamen were consum- ing on board our men of war and privateers , foreign ships and foreign seamen were employed in the transportation of our merchandise ; and the carrying trade , so great a source of wealth and marine , was ...
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... British goods , Ditto of foreign goods in time , Ditto of ditto out of time , £ S. d . value , 8,317,506 15 3 2,910,836 14 9 559,485 2 10 Total exports of all kinds , Total imports , 11,787,828 12 10 8,093,472 15 0 Balance in favour of ...
... British goods , Ditto of foreign goods in time , Ditto of ditto out of time , £ S. d . value , 8,317,506 15 3 2,910,836 14 9 559,485 2 10 Total exports of all kinds , Total imports , 11,787,828 12 10 8,093,472 15 0 Balance in favour of ...
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... British , 2,449,555 tons - foreign only 905,690 . This state ( his own ) demonstrates that the neutral nations did not entirely engross our navigation . I am willing from a strain of candour to admit that this author speaks at random ...
... British , 2,449,555 tons - foreign only 905,690 . This state ( his own ) demonstrates that the neutral nations did not entirely engross our navigation . I am willing from a strain of candour to admit that this author speaks at random ...
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... British shipping had risen by the author's own account 527,557 tons . In the last year he has given us of the peace , it amounted to no more than 494,772 ; that is , in the last year of the war it was 32,785 tons more than in the ...
... British shipping had risen by the author's own account 527,557 tons . In the last year he has given us of the peace , it amounted to no more than 494,772 ; that is , in the last year of the war it was 32,785 tons more than in the ...
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