Essays and LettersJohn Sharpe, 1820 - 340 Seiten |
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... Spain their mines of silver , and too much despising or overlooking the advan- tages of their own industry and manufactures . " For my part , " says he , " I esteem the banks of New- foundland to be a more valuable possession than the ...
... Spain their mines of silver , and too much despising or overlooking the advan- tages of their own industry and manufactures . " For my part , " says he , " I esteem the banks of New- foundland to be a more valuable possession than the ...
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... Spain , Italy , Germany , and Greece ; the Lesser Asia , the west part of Persia , Arabia , the north parts of Africa , and the islands of the Mediterranean Sea ; and this was the whole world to them . Not that even these countries were ...
... Spain , Italy , Germany , and Greece ; the Lesser Asia , the west part of Persia , Arabia , the north parts of Africa , and the islands of the Mediterranean Sea ; and this was the whole world to them . Not that even these countries were ...
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... Spain rich , because her outgoes are greater than her in- comes . ' " Away , then , with your expensive follies , and you will not then have so much cause to complain of hard times , heavy taxes , and chargeable fami- lies ; for ...
... Spain rich , because her outgoes are greater than her in- comes . ' " Away , then , with your expensive follies , and you will not then have so much cause to complain of hard times , heavy taxes , and chargeable fami- lies ; for ...
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... Spain is owing to national pride , and idleness , and other causes , rather than to the expulsion of the Moors , or to the making of new settlements . 22. There is , in short , no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals , but ...
... Spain is owing to national pride , and idleness , and other causes , rather than to the expulsion of the Moors , or to the making of new settlements . 22. There is , in short , no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals , but ...
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... exer- cised by our merchants in the Indies ; the confis cating war made upon the American colonies ; and , to say nothing of those upon France and Spain , view the late war upon Holland , which was seen 52 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... exer- cised by our merchants in the Indies ; the confis cating war made upon the American colonies ; and , to say nothing of those upon France and Spain , view the late war upon Holland , which was seen 52 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
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