The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 3Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... first examined into the amount of the debt , which they computed , at compound interest , to be 2,945,6007 . sterling . Whether their mode of computation , either of the original sums or the amount on compound interest 6 ADVERTISEMENT .
... first examined into the amount of the debt , which they computed , at compound interest , to be 2,945,6007 . sterling . Whether their mode of computation , either of the original sums or the amount on compound interest 6 ADVERTISEMENT .
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Edmund Burke. of the original sums or the amount on compound interest , was exact , that is , whether they took the interest too high or the several capitals too low , is not material . On whatever principle any of the cal- culations ...
Edmund Burke. of the original sums or the amount on compound interest , was exact , that is , whether they took the interest too high or the several capitals too low , is not material . On whatever principle any of the cal- culations ...
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... original obligation . It had no other sanction ; it ought to have had no other . So far was Mr. Fox's bill from provid- ing funds for it , as this ministry have wickedly done for this , and for ten times worse transactions , out of the ...
... original obligation . It had no other sanction ; it ought to have had no other . So far was Mr. Fox's bill from provid- ing funds for it , as this ministry have wickedly done for this , and for ten times worse transactions , out of the ...
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... original vegetation . In the treaty of 1781 , the whole of the Nabob's debt to pri- vate Europeans is by Mr. Sulivan , agent to the Na- bob and his creditors , stated at 2,800,000l . , which , if the Cavalry Loan and the remains of the ...
... original vegetation . In the treaty of 1781 , the whole of the Nabob's debt to pri- vate Europeans is by Mr. Sulivan , agent to the Na- bob and his creditors , stated at 2,800,000l . , which , if the Cavalry Loan and the remains of the ...
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... original , inde- feasible claim supersedes every other demand . This is what a wise and virtuous ministry would have done and said . This , therefore , is what our minister could never think of saying or doing . A ministry of another ...
... original , inde- feasible claim supersedes every other demand . This is what a wise and virtuous ministry would have done and said . This , therefore , is what our minister could never think of saying or doing . A ministry of another ...
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