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... quarter of the globe , and war has been forced upon us in China , Affghanistan , and Canada , from the wretched fatuity with which our national ascendency in these quar- ters of the globe has been lost ; and we were brought to the very ...
... quarter of the globe , and war has been forced upon us in China , Affghanistan , and Canada , from the wretched fatuity with which our national ascendency in these quar- ters of the globe has been lost ; and we were brought to the very ...
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... quarters in which our tonnage has increased , has been chiefly the Colo- nies and the countries with whom we have concluded no reciprocity treaties ; and that it is the vast increase in our trade with these countries , which the Liberal ...
... quarters in which our tonnage has increased , has been chiefly the Colo- nies and the countries with whom we have concluded no reciprocity treaties ; and that it is the vast increase in our trade with these countries , which the Liberal ...
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... quarter , Weeks ending 24th November 1839 , old rate , 22d December 1839 , 4d . rate , 23d February 1840 , 1d . rate , 22d March 1840 , do . , 26th April 1840 , do . , 22d May 21st June -PORTER'S Tables , IX . 381 , 1840 , do . , 1840 ...
... quarter , Weeks ending 24th November 1839 , old rate , 22d December 1839 , 4d . rate , 23d February 1840 , 1d . rate , 22d March 1840 , do . , 26th April 1840 , do . , 22d May 21st June -PORTER'S Tables , IX . 381 , 1840 , do . , 1840 ...
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... quarter of the globe , deprived us of eleven hundred thou- sand a - year of well - paid , certain re- venue , without benefiting the nation in any sensible degree . But such wretched devices , like an unsound paper currency , are ...
... quarter of the globe , deprived us of eleven hundred thou- sand a - year of well - paid , certain re- venue , without benefiting the nation in any sensible degree . But such wretched devices , like an unsound paper currency , are ...
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... quarter ; and , if so , how are they to withstand the influx , at all times , of grain at these trifling duties , from countries where wheat can be raised in perfection at 20s . a- quarter , and laid down in any harbour in the British ...
... quarter ; and , if so , how are they to withstand the influx , at all times , of grain at these trifling duties , from countries where wheat can be raised in perfection at 20s . a- quarter , and laid down in any harbour in the British ...
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