Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 29
Page 5
... hundred persons , perhaps we may here reckon two ; and if in Europe they have but four births to a marriage , ( many of their mar- riages being late ) , we may here reckon eight , of which , if one half grow up , ( and our marriages are ...
... hundred persons , perhaps we may here reckon two ; and if in Europe they have but four births to a marriage , ( many of their mar- riages being late ) , we may here reckon eight , of which , if one half grow up , ( and our marriages are ...
Page 8
... hundred . The whites , who have slaves , not labouring , are enfeebled , and therefore not so generally prolific ; the slaves being worked too hard and ill fed , their constitutions are broken , and the deaths among them are more than ...
... hundred . The whites , who have slaves , not labouring , are enfeebled , and therefore not so generally prolific ; the slaves being worked too hard and ill fed , their constitutions are broken , and the deaths among them are more than ...
Page 11
... hundred years ' expor- tation of slaves , that has blackened half America ? The thinness of the inhabitants in Spain is owing to national pride , and idleness , and other causes , rather than to the expulsion of the Moors , or to the ...
... hundred years ' expor- tation of slaves , that has blackened half America ? The thinness of the inhabitants in Spain is owing to national pride , and idleness , and other causes , rather than to the expulsion of the Moors , or to the ...
Page 12
... hundred years , and yet the force of our privateers in the late war , united , was greater , both in men and guns , than that of the whole British navy in queen Elizabeth's time . How important an affair then to Britain is the present ...
... hundred years , and yet the force of our privateers in the late war , united , was greater , both in men and guns , than that of the whole British navy in queen Elizabeth's time . How important an affair then to Britain is the present ...
Page 37
... hundred millions of acres in Asia , Africa , and America , are still in a forest , and a great deal even in Europe . On a hun- dred acres of this forest a man might become a sub- stantial farmer ; and a hundred thousand men , em- ployed ...
... hundred millions of acres in Asia , Africa , and America , are still in a forest , and a great deal even in Europe . On a hun- dred acres of this forest a man might become a sub- stantial farmer ; and a hundred thousand men , em- ployed ...
Common terms and phrases
act of parliament army assembly better Britain British carried cloth colonies commerce common consent constitution continue creditors crown debtors defence duty employed encourage England English Europe expense exported farmers favour give governors grant grant money heard honour house of commons hundred increase Indian industry inhabitants instruction internal tax judges kind labour laid land liberty live luxury manufactures manumission marriages means ment merchants Moses nation necessary negroes never North America obliged occasion Old Bailey opinion ourselves paid pay their debts peace Pennsylvania persons petition of right poll tax poor present produce profit proportion provinces punishment raise refuse remittance repealed respect ruin salaries sent shillings ships slavery slaves Spain stamp act stamp duty strangers subjects subsistence suffered suppose thing tion trade troops wages whole wool