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Page 34
Such a system is like a city , where trades that require constant fires are much
exercised , where the houses are built of combustible materials , and where they
stand extremely close . In the second place , the several constituent parts having
...
Such a system is like a city , where trades that require constant fires are much
exercised , where the houses are built of combustible materials , and where they
stand extremely close . In the second place , the several constituent parts having
...
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 183
the sale of these manufactures was increased — the African trade preserved and
extended — the principles of the act of navigation pursued , and the plan
improved — and the trade for bullion rendered free , secure , and permanent by
the act ...
the sale of these manufactures was increased — the African trade preserved and
extended — the principles of the act of navigation pursued , and the plan
improved — and the trade for bullion rendered free , secure , and permanent by
the act ...
Page 186
Accordingly they endeavoured that all past controversies should be forgotten ;
and that enough for the " History of the Minority . History of the Repeal of the
Stamp - Act . Considerations on Trade and Finance . Political Register , & c . , & c
. day ...
Accordingly they endeavoured that all past controversies should be forgotten ;
and that enough for the " History of the Minority . History of the Repeal of the
Stamp - Act . Considerations on Trade and Finance . Political Register , & c . , & c
. day ...
Page 187
All the common - place lamentations upon the decay of trade , the increase of
taxes , and the high price of labour and provisions , are here retailed again and
again in the same tone with which they bave drawled through columns of
Gazetteers ...
All the common - place lamentations upon the decay of trade , the increase of
taxes , and the high price of labour and provisions , are here retailed again and
again in the same tone with which they bave drawled through columns of
Gazetteers ...
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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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