The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Svazek 33A. Constable, 1820 |
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... trade , manufactures , agriculture and revenue , had been increased by the aid of Bank discounts ; what gigan- tic efforts we had been enabled to make in carrying on the war with vigour ; and how utterly impossible it was that the ...
... trade , manufactures , agriculture and revenue , had been increased by the aid of Bank discounts ; what gigan- tic efforts we had been enabled to make in carrying on the war with vigour ; and how utterly impossible it was that the ...
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... trade , which has occasioned the falling off in the Customs , may only be temporary , the trial may justly be said to be too short to justify any decided conclusion on the subject . The real wealth of the country , consisting in the ...
... trade , which has occasioned the falling off in the Customs , may only be temporary , the trial may justly be said to be too short to justify any decided conclusion on the subject . The real wealth of the country , consisting in the ...
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... Trade and Commerce . - In 1790 , the Exports of the United States were above 19 millions dollars ; in 1791 , above 20 millions ; in 1792 , 26 millions ; in 1793 , 33 millions of dollars . Prior to 1795 , there was no discrimi- nation ...
... Trade and Commerce . - In 1790 , the Exports of the United States were above 19 millions dollars ; in 1791 , above 20 millions ; in 1792 , 26 millions ; in 1793 , 33 millions of dollars . Prior to 1795 , there was no discrimi- nation ...
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... Trade , to advise on this question . Of the productive labour of the workhouse , I shall have to speak hereafter ; I will only observe in this place , that after the greatest care and attention bestowed on the subject , after expensive ...
... Trade , to advise on this question . Of the productive labour of the workhouse , I shall have to speak hereafter ; I will only observe in this place , that after the greatest care and attention bestowed on the subject , after expensive ...
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... trade , incurred by no imprudence ? In reality , this plea is less entitled to induf- gence . Every man knows he is exposed to the helplessness of age ; but sickness and sudden ruin are very often escaped- comparatively seldom happen ...
... trade , incurred by no imprudence ? In reality , this plea is less entitled to induf- gence . Every man knows he is exposed to the helplessness of age ; but sickness and sudden ruin are very often escaped- comparatively seldom happen ...
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Strana 69 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book? or goes to an American play? or looks at an American picture or statue?
Strana 68 - The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid...
Strana 133 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
Strana 16 - Thus exhorted Hubert resumed his place, and not neglecting the caution which he had received from his adversary, he made the necessary allowance for a very light air of wind, which had just arisen, and shot so successfully that his arrow alighted in the very centre of the target. " A Hubert! a Hubert!" shouted the populace, more interested in a known person than in a stranger. " In the clout! — in the clout! — a Hubert forever!" " Thou canst not mend that shot, Locksley," said the Prince, with...
Strana 15 - One by one the archers, stepping forward, delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely. Of twentyfour arrows shot in succession, ten were fixed in the target, and the others ranged so near it that, considering the distance of the mark, it was accounted good archery. Of the ten shafts which hit the target, two within the inner ring were shot by Hubert, a forester in the service of Malvoisin, who was accordingly pronounced victorious. "Now, Locksley...
Strana 28 - They pull down the piles and palisades; they hew down the barriers with axes. His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back!
Strana 333 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed, Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Strana 27 - A singular novelty,' muttered the knight, ' to advance to storm such a castle without pennon or banner displayed! Seest thou who they be that act as leaders ?' 'A knight, clad in sable armour, is the most conspicuous,' said the Jewess; ' he alone is armed from head to heel, and seems to assume the direction of all around him.