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... Empire has scarcely attained that importance in the system of Europe to which its size , population , and great resources entitle it . It has hitherto possessed no bond of connexion beyond a common sovereign and a common faith ; but by ...
... empire did not until within a recent period grow grain enough for the consumption of its own people . In 1854 the quantity of grain and flour imported exceeded that exported by not less than 5,630,000 cwts . , of which a large ...
... empire . This very imperfect development of one of the most valuable of its resources is the characteristic of a country two - thirds of the population of which is employed in agriculture , and where the grandest river of Europe is ...
... empire by supposing all the principal departments of the British Government to be constituted like the old double Government of India in London , which , we may observe , was mainly a Government of review and control . The aulic ...
... empire poor . To the deficiency of means of transport it is still owing that wheat grown in one of the most fertile provinces of Europe is greatly enhanced in price before it can reach a port of shipment . A cask of Hungarian wine can ...