If, therefore, we compare this year of war with former years of peace, we shall, in the produce of our revenue, and in the extent of our commerce, behold a spectacle at once paradoxical, inexplicable, and astonishing... The Vampire of the Continent - Page 70by Graf Ernst Reventlow - 1916 - 225 pagesFull view - About this book
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1801 - 592 pages
...feventeen millions. If, therefore, we.compare this year of war with former years of peace, we (hall, in the produce of our revenue, and in the extent of our commerce, bthold a fpe&acle at once paradoxical, inexplicabls, and aftonilhing; we (hall fee, that in fpite of... | |
| William Pitt - 1806 - 484 pages
...amount of foreign produce that has been exported is no less than seventeen millions. If, therefore, we compare this year of war with former years of peace,...often prevailed in the course of this arduous contest, in spite of the difficulties occasioned by the strange conduct of foreign nations, in spite of the... | |
| John Richards Green - 1809 - 980 pages
...amount of foreign produce that has been exported is no less than seventeen millions. If, therefore, we compare this year of war with former years of peace,...see that, in spite of the alarm and agitation which have often prevailed in the course of this arduous contest, in spite of the difficulties occasioned... | |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan - France - 1892 - 468 pages
...Pitt's words, "anything which the most sanguine hopes could have anticipated. If," he continned, " we compare this year of war with former years of peace,...once paradoxical, inexplicable, and astonishing. We have increased our external and internal commerce to a greater pitch than ever it was before ; and... | |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan - France - 1892 - 468 pages
...anticipated. If," he continued, " we compare this year of war with former years of peace, we shall iu the produce of our revenue and in the extent of our...once paradoxical, inexplicable, and astonishing. We have increased our external and internal commerce to a greater pitch than ever it was before ; and... | |
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