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 頁 |
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第 xiv 頁
... detail : Years . Of linen cloth , there were made for sale in Quantity . Value : Years . Quantity . Value . 1700 1738 - - 1,000,000 yds . £ . 50,000 4,666,011 - 1728 2,183,978 yds . £ .103,312 185,026 1758 - 10,624,435 1778 - 13,264,410 ...
... detail : Years . Of linen cloth , there were made for sale in Quantity . Value : Years . Quantity . Value . 1700 1738 - - 1,000,000 yds . £ . 50,000 4,666,011 - 1728 2,183,978 yds . £ .103,312 185,026 1758 - 10,624,435 1778 - 13,264,410 ...
第 xv 頁
... detail : - There were employed , Foreign Trade . Coaft Trade . Fishing Trade . Total Years . Ships . Tons . Ships . Tons . Ships . Tons . In 1760-454-35,067 70-665-51,293 80-544-44,277 90-794-86,823 92-718-84,027 . - - - - 43215,004 113 ...
... detail : - There were employed , Foreign Trade . Coaft Trade . Fishing Trade . Total Years . Ships . Tons . Ships . Tons . Ships . Tons . In 1760-454-35,067 70-665-51,293 80-544-44,277 90-794-86,823 92-718-84,027 . - - - - 43215,004 113 ...
第 xl 頁
... detail , my deduction is that , what has often happened will again happen ; that our exports may be depreffed by the war to its lowest point , but will rife , before the return of peace , to a greater extent than ever . This you declare ...
... detail , my deduction is that , what has often happened will again happen ; that our exports may be depreffed by the war to its lowest point , but will rife , before the return of peace , to a greater extent than ever . This you declare ...
第 xcvi 頁
... detail of the popu- lation of Glasgow , may be admitted as fufficient evidence of the deftructive effects of difcontent , on the trade , and numbers of a people , even when it no longer raves : - From 1656 to 1659 Glasgow was inhabited ...
... detail of the popu- lation of Glasgow , may be admitted as fufficient evidence of the deftructive effects of difcontent , on the trade , and numbers of a people , even when it no longer raves : - From 1656 to 1659 Glasgow was inhabited ...
第 cxxi 頁
... detail : the fhipping , which were em- ployed in the foreign trade of London , according to a British Ships . Foreign Ships . Total . ending with .. 1792 were 367,958 Tons . - 106,008 Tons . - 473,966 Ton Three Years Average in 1793 ...
... detail : the fhipping , which were em- ployed in the foreign trade of London , according to a British Ships . Foreign Ships . Total . ending with .. 1792 were 367,958 Tons . - 106,008 Tons . - 473,966 Ton Three Years Average in 1793 ...
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第 xxxvii 頁 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom : what is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that most concern Unpractised, unprepared, and still to seek.
第 69 頁 - As to this country, * there have been three terrible years dearth of corn, and every place strewed with beggars; but dearths are common in better climates, and our evils here lie much deeper. Imagine a nation, the two thirds of whose revenues are spent out of it, and who are not permitted to trade with the other third...
第 105 頁 - Before her dance; behind her crawl the Old! See thronging Millions to the Pagod run, And offer Country, Parent, Wife, or Son! Hear her black Trumpet thro' the Land proclaim, That "Not to be corrupted is the Shame.
第 125 頁 - I'm sped, If foes, they write, if friends, they read me dead. Seized and tied down to judge, how wretched I! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie: To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish, and an aching head; And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, — 'Keep your piece nine years.
第 cxxiv 頁 - When ev'ry coxcomb perks them in my face? A. Good friend, forbear! you deal in dang'rous things. I'd never name queens, ministers, or kings; Keep close to ears, and those let asses prick; 'Tis nothing — P.
第 40 頁 - The activity and ardour which the civil commotions of the country had excited, began now to be turned to the arts of peace. The several manufactures and new productions of husbandry that were introduced from abroad, before the Revolution, not only formed a new epoch, but evince a vigorous application to the useful arts, in the intermediate period. The common highways were repaired and enlarged, and rivers were deepened for the purposes of water conveyance, while foreign trade was increased by opening...
第 xx 頁 - To do or not to do ; and reason why I do or not do this : the stars have none. They know not why they shine, more than this Taper, Nor how they work, nor what. I'll...
第 14 頁 - The latter, who composed a very numerous class, equally formed an object of foreign trade for ages after the arrival of the conqueror, who only prohibited the sale of them to infidels. But the slaves had happily departed from the land before the reign of Henry III.
第 xlix 頁 - The whole number of country banks in England was unknown; their capitals, and characters, were unknown. Their imprudence only was known, which had already ftiaken their own credit.
第 124 頁 - The commencement of this pernicious practice deserves to be noted ; a practice the more likely to become pernicious, the more a nation advances in opulence and credit. The ruinous effects of it are now become apparent, and threaten the very existence of the nation.