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far the best in Europe ; for that , except in England and her American colonies ,
there is not in any country in the known world ( not even in Scotland or Ireland , )
a provision by law to enforce a support of the poor . Every where else necessity ...
far the best in Europe ; for that , except in England and her American colonies ,
there is not in any country in the known world ( not even in Scotland or Ireland , )
a provision by law to enforce a support of the poor . Every where else necessity ...
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Yet the hatters of England have prevailed to obtain an act in their own favour ,
restraining that manufacture in Ame . rica , in order to oblige the Americans to
send their beaver to England to be manufactured , and purchase back the hats ...
Yet the hatters of England have prevailed to obtain an act in their own favour ,
restraining that manufacture in Ame . rica , in order to oblige the Americans to
send their beaver to England to be manufactured , and purchase back the hats ...
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The dispute between the two countries has al . ready cost England many millions
sterling , which it has lost in its commerce , and America has in this respect been
a proportionable gainer . This commerce consisted principally of superfluities ...
The dispute between the two countries has al . ready cost England many millions
sterling , which it has lost in its commerce , and America has in this respect been
a proportionable gainer . This commerce consisted principally of superfluities ...
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lations and commands will be thought just and reasonable by our much -
favoured colonists in England ; the said regulations being copied from their
statutes of 10 and 11 Will . III . c . 10 . 45 Geo . II . c . 22 .23 Geo . II . c . 29 . — 4
Geo . I . c .
lations and commands will be thought just and reasonable by our much -
favoured colonists in England ; the said regulations being copied from their
statutes of 10 and 11 Will . III . c . 10 . 45 Geo . II . c . 22 .23 Geo . II . c . 29 . — 4
Geo . I . c .
Page 143
brought molasses from thence , distilled it into rum , with which we traded in
Africa , and remitted the gold dust to England . We employed ourselves in the
fisheries , and sent the fish we caught , together with quantities of wheat , flour ,
and rice ...
brought molasses from thence , distilled it into rum , with which we traded in
Africa , and remitted the gold dust to England . We employed ourselves in the
fisheries , and sent the fish we caught , together with quantities of wheat , flour ,
and rice ...
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Page 161 - I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better constitution ; for, when you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.
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| Title | The British Prose Writers, Volume 19 The British Prose Writers |
| Publisher | J. Sharpe, 1821 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 14 Nov 2006 |
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