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... amount to a suf- ficient fupply for themfelves at home and in their Weft India Ilands . If it had , France would have done as we did , laid an actual prohibition on the importation of all fish into her colonies in foreign veffels ...
... amount to a suf- ficient fupply for themfelves at home and in their Weft India Ilands . If it had , France would have done as we did , laid an actual prohibition on the importation of all fish into her colonies in foreign veffels ...
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... amount to more than fix or even thousand pounds , and that he fhould not attempt to follow France in giving bounties on the export of our fish to fo- reign markets , because to do that would coff the nation one hundred and twenty ...
... amount to more than fix or even thousand pounds , and that he fhould not attempt to follow France in giving bounties on the export of our fish to fo- reign markets , because to do that would coff the nation one hundred and twenty ...
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... amount of the annual revenue - the one the year ending at Michaelmas 1785 , the other the year ending on the 5th January 1786 . In the former of thofe periods , the whole income was 15,379,000 . pounds , and upwards ; in the latter ...
... amount of the annual revenue - the one the year ending at Michaelmas 1785 , the other the year ending on the 5th January 1786 . In the former of thofe periods , the whole income was 15,379,000 . pounds , and upwards ; in the latter ...
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... amount to 26,000l . for the former , and 42,4441 . for the latter period - befides thefe two fums , there were to be calculated the further produce on the two and four- wheel carriages , calculated at 59,2811 . for the former , and 107 ...
... amount to 26,000l . for the former , and 42,4441 . for the latter period - befides thefe two fums , there were to be calculated the further produce on the two and four- wheel carriages , calculated at 59,2811 . for the former , and 107 ...
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... amount to . They arofe partly from the addreffes of that Houfe to the King for particular grants , and partly from the cftablishments of our colonies , and the bills of exchange drawn by our Governors abroad on the Treafury . In thefe ...
... amount to . They arofe partly from the addreffes of that Houfe to the King for particular grants , and partly from the cftablishments of our colonies , and the bills of exchange drawn by our Governors abroad on the Treafury . In thefe ...
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Page 10 - The character of Captain Cook,' says Mr. Samwell, ' will be best exemplified by the services he has performed, which are universally known, and have ranked his name above that of any navigator of ancient or of modern times. Nature had endowed him with a mind vigorous and comprehensive, which in his riper years he had cultivated with care and industry. His general knowledge was extensive and various : in that of his own profession he was unequalled. With a clear judgment, strong masculine sense...
Page 396 - Chapel, the servants, grooms, and band, filed off without the south door. At the entrance the Dean and Prebendaries, attended by the choir, received the body : and the procession (having previously been formed, and being flanked by the military, every fourth man bearing a flambeau) moved down the south, aisle, and up the nave, into the choir, in the following order: — Poor Knights of Windsor.
Page 386 - Enemy aforementioned to neutral Places; but also from one Place belonging to an Enemy, to another Place belonging to an Enemy, whether they be under the Jurisdiction of the same Prince or under Several...
Page 216 - ... swamps do not render it incapable of cultivation, might be cultivated without cutting down one of them : Between the trees the ground is covered with grass, of which there is great abundance, growing in tufts about as big as can well be grasped in the hand, which stand very close to each other.
Page 459 - King, unless the lading be brought on shore in the presence of the officers of the Court of Admiralty, and an inventory made by them of the...
Page 383 - Majefties may have leave and licence to come with their fhips, as alfo with the merchandizes and goods on board the fame, the trade and importation whereof are not prohibited by the laws of either kingdom...
Page 383 - VI. The two high contracting parties have thought proper to fettle the duties on certain goods and merchandizes, in order to fix invariably the footing on which the trade therein fhall be eftablifhed between the two nations.
Page 12 - ... the records on which we ground our faith. NUMBER XII. AT the same time that it is fair to suppose there must be more than ordinary merit in men, who rise to great opulence and condition in life from low beginnings, all the world must be sensible of the danger attending sudden elevation, and how very apt a man's head is to turn, who climbs an eminence to which his habits have not familiarized him. A mountaineer can tread firm upon a precipice, and walk erect without tottering along the path that...
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Page 459 - ... or even after fuch declaration, if it were done within the times following ; that is to fay, if they were put on board fuch...