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... cent . stock at par , in order to make it more nearly correspond with the debts of King William and Queen Anne , which were even at a higher rate of interest , and , including the unfunded bills , has been nearly as follows : 1 The ...
... cent . stock at par , in order to make it more nearly correspond with the debts of King William and Queen Anne , which were even at a higher rate of interest , and , including the unfunded bills , has been nearly as follows : 1 The ...
Side 15
... cent . , that is , about the usual rate of interest for the money expended . Instead of calling on the people to pay at once the whole additional expence , the government obtains the money wanted by selling annuities , either temporary ...
... cent . , that is , about the usual rate of interest for the money expended . Instead of calling on the people to pay at once the whole additional expence , the government obtains the money wanted by selling annuities , either temporary ...
Side 16
... cent . profit , he , and through him , his posterity gain the whole of the difference . In any case , if he retains 1007 . capital , he has so much more to leave behind him . But if , ac- cording to the present system , he is also ...
... cent . profit , he , and through him , his posterity gain the whole of the difference . In any case , if he retains 1007 . capital , he has so much more to leave behind him . But if , ac- cording to the present system , he is also ...
Side 29
... cent . stock , which , if reduced to money in due proportion to the whole funded debt , com- puted , as if all at an interest of three per cent . * , will amount to 7,927,6291 . Deduct this from the money borrowed on account of increase ...
... cent . stock , which , if reduced to money in due proportion to the whole funded debt , com- puted , as if all at an interest of three per cent . * , will amount to 7,927,6291 . Deduct this from the money borrowed on account of increase ...
Side 30
... cent .; or than thirteen years , if employed at 4 per cent .; or thir- teen years and a half , if at 3 per cent . But the charges of the transaction may average about 5 per cent . Consider these as to be first deducted from the annual ...
... cent .; or than thirteen years , if employed at 4 per cent .; or thir- teen years and a half , if at 3 per cent . But the charges of the transaction may average about 5 per cent . Consider these as to be first deducted from the annual ...
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Side 135 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Side 137 - The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt by fire, In circle narrowing as it glows, The flames around their captive close, Till inly...
Side 151 - I have great love and regard towards you; and desire to win and gain your love and friendship, by a kind, just and peaceable life...
Side 85 - For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. for there are no bands in their death : but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men , neither are they plagued like other men.
Side 151 - God do to us, who hath made us, not to devour and destroy one another, but to live soberly and kindly together in the world.
Side 138 - Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No: gayer insects fluttering by !Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.
Side 136 - As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look, by death revealed ! Such is the aspect of this shore ; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Side 92 - But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have made,) Moderns, beware! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end; Let it be seldom, and compelled by need; And have, at least, their precedent to plead.
Side 136 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed...
Side 465 - The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed ; This more delusive, not the touch, but taste Deceived ; they, fondly thinking to allay Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit Chew'd bitter ashes, which the offended taste With spattering noise rejected : oft they...