An Estimate of the Comparative Strength of Britain during the Present and Four Preceding Reigns; and of the losses of her trade from every war since the Revolution ... To which is added an Essay on Population by the Lord Chief Justice HaleJohn Stockdale, 1794 - 254 pages |
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affertion againſt almoſt amount annual augmentation average balance of trade bankruptcies banks becauſe Britain British buſineſs caufe cauſe cent circulation claffes coin commerce compariſon confequently confiderable confume cuſtomers debts decreaſed diftrefs domeftic Edward III ending with 1792 England epoch eſtabliſhed exifted exported facts faid falutary fame fays fecurity feem fent feven fhall fhew fhips fhould filver fince finking-fund firſt fome foon foreign fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fupply fuppofed fupport furniſhed greater number greateſt Gregory King Guineas hearth-tax Henry VII hoftilities houfes houſes increaſe induſtry intereft King labour laft land laſt lefs Liverpool manufactures meaſure ment million moſt muft muſt nation navigation obfervations peace perfons population prefent profperity progrefs purpoſe raiſed reafon regifter reign revenue Revolution royal navy Ruffia Scotland ſhall ſhipping Ships cleared outwards ſtate ſtill taxes thefe theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Tons Eng trade traffic uſeful vaft vaſt