Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... island became full of English ; and were the English now driven into Wales by some foreign nation , there would , in a few years , be no more Englishmen in Britain [ than there are now people in Wales . 3. Loss of trade . Manufactures ...
... island became full of English ; and were the English now driven into Wales by some foreign nation , there would , in a few years , be no more Englishmen in Britain [ than there are now people in Wales . 3. Loss of trade . Manufactures ...
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... islands have greatly diminished the whites there ; the poor are by this means deprived of employment , while a few families acquire vast estates , which they spend on foreign luxuries ; and , educating their children in the habit of ...
... islands have greatly diminished the whites there ; the poor are by this means deprived of employment , while a few families acquire vast estates , which they spend on foreign luxuries ; and , educating their children in the habit of ...
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... islands , together as large as Great Britain : these islands , named Acpy - nomawée and Tovy - poennammoo , are inhabited by a brave and generous race , who are destitute of corn , fowls , and all quadrupeds , except dogs . These ...
... islands , together as large as Great Britain : these islands , named Acpy - nomawée and Tovy - poennammoo , are inhabited by a brave and generous race , who are destitute of corn , fowls , and all quadrupeds , except dogs . These ...
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... islands for rum and sugar ; the substantial necessaries of life for superfluities . But we have plenty , and live well nevertheless ; though , by being soberer , we might be richer . The vast quantity of forest land we have yet to clear ...
... islands for rum and sugar ; the substantial necessaries of life for superfluities . But we have plenty , and live well nevertheless ; though , by being soberer , we might be richer . The vast quantity of forest land we have yet to clear ...
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... island of Britain , were by colonies of people , subjects to our renowned ducal ancestors , and drawn from their dominions , under the conduct of Hengist , Horsa , Hella , Uffa , Cerdicus , Ida , and others ; and that the said colonies ...
... island of Britain , were by colonies of people , subjects to our renowned ducal ancestors , and drawn from their dominions , under the conduct of Hengist , Horsa , Hella , Uffa , Cerdicus , Ida , and others ; and that the said colonies ...
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