The Pamphleteer, 6. köideAbraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1815 |
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... greater pleasure and satisfaction . The property tax and the other war taxes , formed the means by which the public credit had been upheld . They had enabled Great Britain to persevere in that arduous but necessary contest , which had ...
... greater pleasure and satisfaction . The property tax and the other war taxes , formed the means by which the public credit had been upheld . They had enabled Great Britain to persevere in that arduous but necessary contest , which had ...
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... greater extension than at any for- mer period of peace , of our military force . They would recollect , that we had to provide for the garrisons of Malta , Ceylon , the Cape , and Mauritius , besides the extension of our West Indian ...
... greater extension than at any for- mer period of peace , of our military force . They would recollect , that we had to provide for the garrisons of Malta , Ceylon , the Cape , and Mauritius , besides the extension of our West Indian ...
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... greater security , have an opportunity to consider of the best mode of avail- ing ourselves of all the resources which we possessed for lightening the burthens of the country . The committee and the country must be well aware , that the ...
... greater security , have an opportunity to consider of the best mode of avail- ing ourselves of all the resources which we possessed for lightening the burthens of the country . The committee and the country must be well aware , that the ...
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... greater part of this sum had already been paid , and the account had been laid before the House . He had stated the bills of credit voted by Parliament , to amount to 1,650,000l . There remained the sum of about 200,000l . to be made ...
... greater part of this sum had already been paid , and the account had been laid before the House . He had stated the bills of credit voted by Parliament , to amount to 1,650,000l . There remained the sum of about 200,000l . to be made ...
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... greater depression on public credit was observable than six shillings and two pence per cent . on the Loan and about five and a half per cent . on the former interest . This might be considered to result from an astonishing increase of ...
... greater depression on public credit was observable than six shillings and two pence per cent . on the Loan and about five and a half per cent . on the former interest . This might be considered to result from an astonishing increase of ...
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