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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Page xxi
... are thus made ufe of , in the custom - house books , are too narrow to comprehend the whole truth . The exports of thofe years , which , by comparifon b3 The ΤΗΣ xxi DEDICATION . they contain indubitable facts, will convey the most ...
... are thus made ufe of , in the custom - house books , are too narrow to comprehend the whole truth . The exports of thofe years , which , by comparifon b3 The ΤΗΣ xxi DEDICATION . they contain indubitable facts, will convey the most ...
Page xliii
... houses . The war of 1756 seems to have done a little more mischief , though that mifchief feems to 1 have decreased , as hoftilities went on . The peace have THE DEDICATION . xliii Here, let us paufe awhile.-This curious...
... houses . The war of 1756 seems to have done a little more mischief , though that mifchief feems to 1 have decreased , as hoftilities went on . The peace have THE DEDICATION . xliii Here, let us paufe awhile.-This curious...
Page xlvi
... house of Lane , Son , and Frafer ftopt payment , to the amount of almost a million of money . This great failure ... houses might fail for ten millions . In my time , I have known feveral calculators of great note impose up- I On on ...
... house of Lane , Son , and Frafer ftopt payment , to the amount of almost a million of money . This great failure ... houses might fail for ten millions . In my time , I have known feveral calculators of great note impose up- I On on ...
Page xlvii
... houses , ever reflected , that one bankrupt might pay five fhillings in the pound , a fecond ten fhillings , a third fifteen fhil- lings , a fourth twenty fhillings , and a fifth five- ́and - twenty fhillings , in the pound . In fact ...
... houses , ever reflected , that one bankrupt might pay five fhillings in the pound , a fecond ten fhillings , a third fifteen fhil- lings , a fourth twenty fhillings , and a fifth five- ́and - twenty fhillings , in the pound . In fact ...
Page xlix
... houses , which circulate promifory notes , have not contributed , in any confiderable degree , to our prefent distress . " The many which ftopt , the many that paused , all demonftrate how greatly they contributed to our commercial ...
... houses , which circulate promifory notes , have not contributed , in any confiderable degree , to our prefent distress . " The many which ftopt , the many that paused , all demonftrate how greatly they contributed to our commercial ...
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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