The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Volume 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813 |
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... manner . 1. From 1714 to the present time the population of England and Wales has somewhat more than doubled . 2. The increase of real wealth has certainly been greater than of the population . 3. The average increase of money prices ...
... manner . 1. From 1714 to the present time the population of England and Wales has somewhat more than doubled . 2. The increase of real wealth has certainly been greater than of the population . 3. The average increase of money prices ...
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... manner instead of providing it by adequate contemporary taxes , we exonerate ourselves to burden posterity . In a national view , and as concerns the future resources of the government , many inconveniences may obviously arise from too ...
... manner instead of providing it by adequate contemporary taxes , we exonerate ourselves to burden posterity . In a national view , and as concerns the future resources of the government , many inconveniences may obviously arise from too ...
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... manner , cannot have increased less than fif- teen hundred millions , or considerably more than six times as much as the value in money , of which the interest is paid by a corresponding increase of taxes . If a large part of this debt ...
... manner , cannot have increased less than fif- teen hundred millions , or considerably more than six times as much as the value in money , of which the interest is paid by a corresponding increase of taxes . If a large part of this debt ...
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... manner in which it acts . In a highly improved state of civil economy there are four principal means by which property is transferred . The first is by metallic coins , which usually contain , in the materials of which they are made ...
... manner in which it acts . In a highly improved state of civil economy there are four principal means by which property is transferred . The first is by metallic coins , which usually contain , in the materials of which they are made ...
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... by the preceding war . No man can foresee how far this system may be carried , or in what manner it will terminate . " P. 3 , 4 . Some remarks follow on the importance of the subject , 22 Hamilton on the National Debt .
... by the preceding war . No man can foresee how far this system may be carried , or in what manner it will terminate . " P. 3 , 4 . Some remarks follow on the importance of the subject , 22 Hamilton on the National Debt .
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Página 140 - 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 195 - ... with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength ; and, therefore, they loved him as truly and as fervently as he loved England.
Página 138 - 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 94 - 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.
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