The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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Page 320
... import from Ireland and America , and from the West Indies , is set against us in the ordinary way of striking a bal- ance of imports and exports ; whereas the import and export are both our own , This is just as ridiculous , as to put ...
... import from Ireland and America , and from the West Indies , is set against us in the ordinary way of striking a bal- ance of imports and exports ; whereas the import and export are both our own , This is just as ridiculous , as to put ...
Page 323
... import to the amount perhaps of our former exportation . So that in this article the bal- ance must be 2,000,000l . against us ; that is , one million in the ceasing of gain , the other in the in- crease of expenditure . But none of the ...
... import to the amount perhaps of our former exportation . So that in this article the bal- ance must be 2,000,000l . against us ; that is , one million in the ceasing of gain , the other in the in- crease of expenditure . But none of the ...
Page 390
... imports , indeed the produce of every one of our revenues greatly depending on this trade , all these were very weighty accumulated considerations , at least well to be weighed , before that sword was drawn , which even by its victories ...
... imports , indeed the produce of every one of our revenues greatly depending on this trade , all these were very weighty accumulated considerations , at least well to be weighed , before that sword was drawn , which even by its victories ...
Page 396
... import , than that which we now carry on with the single island of Jamaica : Total English plantations in 1704 . • · Jamaica , 1767 • Exports . Imports . · £ 483,265 467,681 • £ 814,491 1,243,742 From the same information I find that ...
... import , than that which we now carry on with the single island of Jamaica : Total English plantations in 1704 . • · Jamaica , 1767 • Exports . Imports . · £ 483,265 467,681 • £ 814,491 1,243,742 From the same information I find that ...
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