The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1George Bell, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... commerce extended with foreign countries ; while all the advantages were secured to Great Britain , by the act for repealing certain duties , and en- couraging , regulating , and securing the trade of this kingdom , and the British ...
... commerce extended with foreign countries ; while all the advantages were secured to Great Britain , by the act for repealing certain duties , and en- couraging , regulating , and securing the trade of this kingdom , and the British ...
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... commerce ; an the most ex- tensive prospects are opened for further improvement . ×™ Under them , the interests of ... commerce of their country , as the true basis of its power , they consulted its interests , they asserted its honour ...
... commerce ; an the most ex- tensive prospects are opened for further improvement . ×™ Under them , the interests of ... commerce of their country , as the true basis of its power , they consulted its interests , they asserted its honour ...
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... commerce ; though , in most foreign branches , it is , on the whole , the best method . If we should take that standard , it would appear , that the balance with our own islands is , annually , several hundred thousand pounds against ...
... commerce ; though , in most foreign branches , it is , on the whole , the best method . If we should take that standard , it would appear , that the balance with our own islands is , annually , several hundred thousand pounds against ...
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... commerce in that war ; sometimes he admits an 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 , " that ...
... commerce in that war ; sometimes he admits an 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 , " that ...
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... commerce and conquest : theirs acquired nothing but defeat and bankruptcy . war . Thus the author has laid down his ideas on the subject of Next follow those he entertains on that of peace . The treaty of Paris upon the whole has his ...
... commerce and conquest : theirs acquired nothing but defeat and bankruptcy . war . Thus the author has laid down his ideas on the subject of Next follow those he entertains on that of peace . The treaty of Paris upon the whole has his ...
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