The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volum 4F. Hunt, 1841 |
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Pàgina 17
... wealth is secreted , have already reached a point of commercial splendor which has passed that of Carthage and of Venice at their most successful era . Kings , whose vassals spread over lands as broad as Europe , and are as numerous as ...
... wealth is secreted , have already reached a point of commercial splendor which has passed that of Carthage and of Venice at their most successful era . Kings , whose vassals spread over lands as broad as Europe , and are as numerous as ...
Pàgina 19
... wealth , the villages were farmed out as the reward of services in the battle field , and such exhausting exactions were made , that plains which were at one time waving with corn , were converted into jungles which formed the spot for ...
... wealth , the villages were farmed out as the reward of services in the battle field , and such exhausting exactions were made , that plains which were at one time waving with corn , were converted into jungles which formed the spot for ...
Pàgina 33
... wealth have been , by a stroke , reduced from affluence to want . The last rays of the setting sun lingered upon palaces which , at the dawn of the morning , lay in smouldering ruins ; and so , and as suddenly , passed from the grasp of ...
... wealth have been , by a stroke , reduced from affluence to want . The last rays of the setting sun lingered upon palaces which , at the dawn of the morning , lay in smouldering ruins ; and so , and as suddenly , passed from the grasp of ...
Pàgina 42
... wealth of the city should be delivered to him , under pain of the massacre of its inhabitants , together with the numerous European merchants who resided there ; and this fearful alternative would have been enforced by him , had not his ...
... wealth of the city should be delivered to him , under pain of the massacre of its inhabitants , together with the numerous European merchants who resided there ; and this fearful alternative would have been enforced by him , had not his ...
Pàgina 44
... wealthy wife , a relation of the governor ; and , having a taste for commerce , he embarked a portion of her riches in the tobacco trade , by which he rapidly amassed a large fortune . But his peaceful pursuits in no degree quenched the ...
... wealthy wife , a relation of the governor ; and , having a taste for commerce , he embarked a portion of her riches in the tobacco trade , by which he rapidly amassed a large fortune . But his peaceful pursuits in no degree quenched the ...
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Pàgina 148 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Pàgina 149 - No State shall engage in any war without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed...
Pàgina 151 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted, by or under the authority of congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed. and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof, the said United States, and the public faith, are hereby solemnly pledged.
Pàgina 149 - State?, in Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States, in Congress assembled, unless such State be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long...
Pàgina 150 - The united states in congress assembled shall also be the last resort on appeal in all disputes and differences now subsisting or that hereafter may arise between two or more states concerning boundary, jurisdiction or any other cause whatever; which authority shall always be exercised in the manner following.
Pàgina 149 - No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the United States in congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.
Pàgina 495 - If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce, what a barren, uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell us, that no fruit grows originally among us besides hips and haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other...
Pàgina 150 - ... that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever...
Pàgina 149 - All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person...
Pàgina 298 - Hesperides, that seem'd Fairer than feign'd of old, or fabled since Of fairy damsels met in forest wide By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, 360 Lancelot, or Pelleas, or Pellenore...