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Page 128
... house ; one proportion of a gallery , another of a hall , another of a chamber . To judge of the proportions of these , you must be first acquainted with the purposes for which they were designed . Good sense and experience , acting ...
... house ; one proportion of a gallery , another of a hall , another of a chamber . To judge of the proportions of these , you must be first acquainted with the purposes for which they were designed . Good sense and experience , acting ...
Page 182
... houses were relieved from the jurisdiction of the excise , by the repeal of the cider - tax . The personal liberty of the subject was confirmed , by the resolution against general warrants . The lawful secrets of business and friendship ...
... houses were relieved from the jurisdiction of the excise , by the repeal of the cider - tax . The personal liberty of the subject was confirmed , by the resolution against general warrants . The lawful secrets of business and friendship ...
Page 187
... whole a sort of portentous air of labour and information , the table of the House of Commons is swept into this grand reservoir of politics . As to the composition , it bears a striking and 66 THE PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION . " 187.
... whole a sort of portentous air of labour and information , the table of the House of Commons is swept into this grand reservoir of politics . As to the composition , it bears a striking and 66 THE PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION . " 187.
Page 195
... house entries , and our merchants , for the advantages which we de- rived from them . In 1761 , there was no entry of goods from any of the con- quered places but Guadaloupe ; in that year it stood thus : Imports from Guadaloupe , value ...
... house entries , and our merchants , for the advantages which we de- rived from them . In 1761 , there was no entry of goods from any of the con- quered places but Guadaloupe ; in that year it stood thus : Imports from Guadaloupe , value ...
Page 196
... house entries ; but we know the direct contrary to be the fact . We know that the West Indians are always indebted to our mer- chants , and that the value of every shilling of West India produce is English property . So that our import ...
... house entries ; but we know the direct contrary to be the fact . We know that the West Indians are always indebted to our mer- chants , and that the value of every shilling of West India produce is English property . So that our import ...
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