Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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Page 14
... advantages have been communicated to her by the fruits , seeds , roots , herb- age , animals , and arts of other countries ! We are by their means become a wealthy and a mighty na- tion , abounding in all good things . Does not some ...
... advantages have been communicated to her by the fruits , seeds , roots , herb- age , animals , and arts of other countries ! We are by their means become a wealthy and a mighty na- tion , abounding in all good things . Does not some ...
Page 15
... advantage to ourselves , or do some mischief to others : but a voyage is now proposed , to visit a distant people on the other side the globe ; not to cheat them , not to rob them , not to seize their lands , or enslave their persons ...
... advantage to ourselves , or do some mischief to others : but a voyage is now proposed , to visit a distant people on the other side the globe ; not to cheat them , not to rob them , not to seize their lands , or enslave their persons ...
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... advantage of society , in a ship under the com- mand of Alexander Dalrymple . Catt or bark , from the coal trade , of 350 £ tons , estimated at about 2000 Extra expenses , stores , boats , & c . 3000 To be manned with 60 men at 41. per ...
... advantage of society , in a ship under the com- mand of Alexander Dalrymple . Catt or bark , from the coal trade , of 350 £ tons , estimated at about 2000 Extra expenses , stores , boats , & c . 3000 To be manned with 60 men at 41. per ...
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... advantage of ig- norance . 10. Thus he that carries one thousand bushels of wheat abroad to sell , may not probably obtain so great profit thereon , as if he had first turned the wheat into manufactures , by subsisting therewith the ...
... advantage of ig- norance . 10. Thus he that carries one thousand bushels of wheat abroad to sell , may not probably obtain so great profit thereon , as if he had first turned the wheat into manufactures , by subsisting therewith the ...
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... advantage to us , for it was the first thing that put our girls upon knitting worsted mittens for sale at Philadelphia , that they might have where- withal to buy caps and ribbons there , and you know that that industry has continued ...
... advantage to us , for it was the first thing that put our girls upon knitting worsted mittens for sale at Philadelphia , that they might have where- withal to buy caps and ribbons there , and you know that that industry has continued ...
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