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... observations to the present state of the British empire will clearly shew , why it has for so long a time been able to spare such an immense proportion of its population for military purposes , not only without being impoverished in ...
... observations to the present state of the British empire will clearly shew , why it has for so long a time been able to spare such an immense proportion of its population for military purposes , not only without being impoverished in ...
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... observation naturally or artificially contracted , to that cause which they happen more clearly to apprehend they usually attri- bute the combined effect of many causes co - operating . We hope not to fall into the same error when we ...
... observation naturally or artificially contracted , to that cause which they happen more clearly to apprehend they usually attri- bute the combined effect of many causes co - operating . We hope not to fall into the same error when we ...
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... observations on the same subject a few pages after , we are sure the author can- not have intended , which allows nothing for the present rapid progress of population and intrinsic national wealth , and makes no distinction between the ...
... observations on the same subject a few pages after , we are sure the author can- not have intended , which allows nothing for the present rapid progress of population and intrinsic national wealth , and makes no distinction between the ...
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... observation has extended , few , if any , intelligent persons have ever been so much deceived by the magic of numbers , as to believe that the national debt can ever be diminished but by an average surplus of revenue beyond the average ...
... observation has extended , few , if any , intelligent persons have ever been so much deceived by the magic of numbers , as to believe that the national debt can ever be diminished but by an average surplus of revenue beyond the average ...
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... observation by the indiscriminate manner in which the sinking fund has , in practice , been applied to the purchase ... observations on Mr. Pitt's plan , as adapted to a war system in 1792 , namely , that when a loan is con- tracted for ...
... observation by the indiscriminate manner in which the sinking fund has , in practice , been applied to the purchase ... observations on Mr. Pitt's plan , as adapted to a war system in 1792 , namely , that when a loan is con- tracted for ...
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Página 151 - God do to us, who hath made us, not to devour and destroy one another, but to live soberly and kindly together in the world.
Página 138 - Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No: gayer insects fluttering by !Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.
Página 136 - As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look, by death revealed ! Such is the aspect of this shore ; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Página 92 - But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have made,) Moderns, beware! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end; Let it be seldom, and compelled by need; And have, at least, their precedent to plead.
Página 136 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed...
Página 465 - The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed ; This more delusive, not the touch, but taste Deceived ; they, fondly thinking to allay Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit Chew'd bitter ashes, which the offended taste With spattering noise rejected : oft they...