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Page 47
... Spanish authors . I think the civilians are not all agreed upon sure canons , or maxims concerning the best method of acquiring the dominion of countries , nor how far the first discovery can vest , or es- tablish a right . Some Romish ...
... Spanish authors . I think the civilians are not all agreed upon sure canons , or maxims concerning the best method of acquiring the dominion of countries , nor how far the first discovery can vest , or es- tablish a right . Some Romish ...
Page 48
... Spanish and Indian neighbors , whom they had imprudently provoked and injured ; and to discharge the debts contracted by their un- successful attempts , they unskilfully forced a paper currency upon the subject , by an act of their ...
... Spanish and Indian neighbors , whom they had imprudently provoked and injured ; and to discharge the debts contracted by their un- successful attempts , they unskilfully forced a paper currency upon the subject , by an act of their ...
Page 53
... Spanish expeditions hither in early times , which were vigo- rously repulsed by great armies of the natives , one would expect to find the country by this time fully peopled with Indians . It is indeed probable that they were much more ...
... Spanish expeditions hither in early times , which were vigo- rously repulsed by great armies of the natives , one would expect to find the country by this time fully peopled with Indians . It is indeed probable that they were much more ...
Page 71
... Spanish , Portuguese , and Levant trades , and gives them two returns of commerce instead of one . They may now dis- . pose of their American grain in the first place , and then come laden to Great Britain with the most profitable wares ...
... Spanish , Portuguese , and Levant trades , and gives them two returns of commerce instead of one . They may now dis- . pose of their American grain in the first place , and then come laden to Great Britain with the most profitable wares ...
Page 73
... Spanish fleets opposed to ours , would make a very con- temptible figure on the ocean : we now have it in our power to lord it over the watery world . It may be worth our inquiry to know how these fluctuations have happened in the ...
... Spanish fleets opposed to ours , would make a very con- temptible figure on the ocean : we now have it in our power to lord it over the watery world . It may be worth our inquiry to know how these fluctuations have happened in the ...
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