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Page 17
I shall only in one word mention the horrid effects of bigotry and avarice , in the
conquest of Spanish America ; a conquest , on a low estimation , effected by the
murder of ten millions of the species . I shall draw to a conclusion of this part , by
...
I shall only in one word mention the horrid effects of bigotry and avarice , in the
conquest of Spanish America ; a conquest , on a low estimation , effected by the
murder of ten millions of the species . I shall draw to a conclusion of this part , by
...
Page 182
The trade of America was set free from injudicious and ruinous impositions — its
revenue was improved , and settled upon a rational foundation — its commerce
extended with foreign countries ; while all the advantages were secured to Great
...
The trade of America was set free from injudicious and ruinous impositions — its
revenue was improved , and settled upon a rational foundation — its commerce
extended with foreign countries ; while all the advantages were secured to Great
...
Page 190
... as their correspondents in Spain were disabled from paying them for their
goods sent to America . The loss of the trade to old Spain was a further bar to an
influx of specie ; and the attempt upon Portugal had not only deprived us of an
import ...
... as their correspondents in Spain were disabled from paying them for their
goods sent to America . The loss of the trade to old Spain was a further bar to an
influx of specie ; and the attempt upon Portugal had not only deprived us of an
import ...
Page 204
We have not the French any longer to fight in North America ; and from this
circumstance we derive considerable advantages . But here let me rest a little .
The author touches upon a string which sounds under his fingers but a tremulous
and ...
We have not the French any longer to fight in North America ; and from this
circumstance we derive considerable advantages . But here let me rest a little .
The author touches upon a string which sounds under his fingers but a tremulous
and ...
Page 222
... is equal to the value of the commodity . This can scarcely be rated at less than
a million annually . 4thly , The whole import from Ireland and America , and from
the West Indies , is set against us in the ordinary way of striking a balance ...
... is equal to the value of the commodity . This can scarcely be rated at less than
a million annually . 4thly , The whole import from Ireland and America , and from
the West Indies , is set against us in the ordinary way of striking a balance ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Vindication of Natural Society. Essay on the sublime and the beautiful Bohn's British classics Volume 1 of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
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