Essays and LettersJohn Sharpe, 1820 - 340 Seiten |
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... manufactures . " For my part , " says he , " I esteem the banks of New- foundland to be a more valuable possession than the mountains of Potosi ; and when I have been there on the fishing account , have looked upon every cod pulled up ...
... manufactures . " For my part , " says he , " I esteem the banks of New- foundland to be a more valuable possession than the mountains of Potosi ; and when I have been there on the fishing account , have looked upon every cod pulled up ...
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... manufacture , and their richest robes were the skins of the most formidable mon- sters : they carried on trade without books , and correspondence without posts : their merchants kept no accounts , their shopkeepers no cash - books ...
... manufacture , and their richest robes were the skins of the most formidable mon- sters : they carried on trade without books , and correspondence without posts : their merchants kept no accounts , their shopkeepers no cash - books ...
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... manufacturers , & c . and therefore cannot now much increase in people . America is chiefly occupied by Indians , who subsist mostly by hunting . But as the hunter , of all men , requires the greatest quantity of land from whence to ...
... manufacturers , & c . and therefore cannot now much increase in people . America is chiefly occupied by Indians , who subsist mostly by hunting . But as the hunter , of all men , requires the greatest quantity of land from whence to ...
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... manufactures , & c . is too remote to require the attention of Great Britain . 10. But , in proportion to the increase of the co lonies , a vast demand is growing for British manu- factures ; a glorious market , wholly in the power ...
... manufactures , & c . is too remote to require the attention of Great Britain . 10. But , in proportion to the increase of the co lonies , a vast demand is growing for British manu- factures ; a glorious market , wholly in the power ...
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... manufactures with Britain . The labour of slaves can never be so cheap here as the labour of working men is in Britain . Any one may compute it . Interest of money is in the colonies from six to ten per cent . Slaves , one with another ...
... manufactures with Britain . The labour of slaves can never be so cheap here as the labour of working men is in Britain . Any one may compute it . Interest of money is in the colonies from six to ten per cent . Slaves , one with another ...
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