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Side 12
If Clive wanted provocation for the conquest he was about to make, there it was.
He was at Madras at the time, at the head of nine hundred men ; but with that
intuitive sagacity which marked him even in the hours 12 East India, and the
Opium ...
If Clive wanted provocation for the conquest he was about to make, there it was.
He was at Madras at the time, at the head of nine hundred men ; but with that
intuitive sagacity which marked him even in the hours 12 East India, and the
Opium ...
Side 16
The eastern subjects of the British queen amount now to upwards of two hundred
millions in number. The inhabitants of Bengal, of Agra, of Madras, and of Bombay
, who constitute one half of the whole number, are placed under the immediate ...
The eastern subjects of the British queen amount now to upwards of two hundred
millions in number. The inhabitants of Bengal, of Agra, of Madras, and of Bombay
, who constitute one half of the whole number, are placed under the immediate ...
Side 20
... the duty on a cwt. of sugar is thirty-two shillings, which, together with the freight,
adds two hundred per cent to the original price, while when from America the
duty is only twenty-four shillings ; and on an arrack, the difference is still greater.
... the duty on a cwt. of sugar is thirty-two shillings, which, together with the freight,
adds two hundred per cent to the original price, while when from America the
duty is only twenty-four shillings ; and on an arrack, the difference is still greater.
Side 34
Two hundred thousand bankrupts ; their wives, who have shared with them the
bitter cup of affliction ; their children, who have borne privation without a murmur,
but who shrink from an imputed stain upon a father's name. Two millions of direct
...
Two hundred thousand bankrupts ; their wives, who have shared with them the
bitter cup of affliction ; their children, who have borne privation without a murmur,
but who shrink from an imputed stain upon a father's name. Two millions of direct
...
Side 37
More than five hundred years elapsed, and Egypt, under the successors of this
monarch, or controlled by an oligarchy of twelve governors, maintained its
supremacy among the kingdoms of the earth, when its independence was
destroyed by ...
More than five hundred years elapsed, and Egypt, under the successors of this
monarch, or controlled by an oligarchy of twelve governors, maintained its
supremacy among the kingdoms of the earth, when its independence was
destroyed by ...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volum 33 Freeman Hunt,William B. Dana Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1855 |
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Side 148 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Side 149 - No State shall engage in any war without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed...
Side 151 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted, by or under the authority of congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed. and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof, the said United States, and the public faith, are hereby solemnly pledged.
Side 149 - State?, in Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States, in Congress assembled, unless such State be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long...
Side 150 - The united states in congress assembled shall also be the last resort on appeal in all disputes and differences now subsisting or that hereafter may arise between two or more states concerning boundary, jurisdiction or any other cause whatever; which authority shall always be exercised in the manner following.
Side 149 - No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the United States in congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.
Side 495 - If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce, what a barren, uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell us, that no fruit grows originally among us besides hips and haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other...
Side 150 - ... that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever...
Side 149 - All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person...
Side 298 - Hesperides, that seem'd Fairer than feign'd of old, or fabled since Of fairy damsels met in forest wide By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, 360 Lancelot, or Pelleas, or Pellenore...