...following passage from the Spectator paper on the Royal Exchange may stand, then, as Addison's georgic: If we consider our own Country in its natural Prospect,...Historians tell us, that no Fruit grows originally among us . . . ; That our Climate of it self, and without the Assistances of Art, can make no further Advances...

...out of the Mines of Peru, and the Diamond Necklace out of the Bowels of Indostan. 2. Factors: agents. If we consider our own Country in its natural Prospect,...originally among us, besides Hips and Haws, Acorns and Pig-Nutts, with other Delicacies of the like Nature; That our Climate of it self, and without the Assistances...

...while of primary concern to calculating writers on trade, did not go unobserved by men of letters. 'If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...barren uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share,' wrote Joseph Addison, the English essayist. Fortunately, England had been successful in developing...

...brocade Petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...without the assistance of art, can make no further advances towards a plum than to a sloe, and carries an apple to no greater a perfection than a crab...

...brocade petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...to our share ! Natural historians tell us that no ftuit grows originally among us, besides hips and haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other delicacies...

...refers to the significance of trade. It is truly amazing how men's views can differ on the same matter: If we consider our own country in its natural prospect...what a barren uncomfortable Spot of Earth falls to out share!... our climate of itself, and without the assistance of Art can make no further advances...