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A new account of the inhabitants, trade, and government of Spain. Containing I. A concise view of its soil, produce, and Manufactures; and of the Number, Genius, and Temper of its Inhabitants. II. The several Branches of their Trade, the Management of their Affairs in India, the Strength and Power of their Army and Navy, and the different Taxes and Revenues by which they are enabled to carry on a War. III. An account of its constitution, and the most remarkable Revolutions that have happened in it; particularly, the Passing of the Crown from the House of Austria into that of Bourbon; the Consequences of this Alteration, and the Present State, Maxims of Government, true Interest, and political Connections of that Kingdom, especially with the Crown of Great Britain. To which is added, A Description of the principal Sea-Port Towns in Spain, with the Soundings of their Harbours, and Strength of their Fortifications. Taken from the best authorities.
Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
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A concise system of modern geography, or, a description of the terraqueous globe, Exhibiting A Distinct View of All Nations; In which is given An historic Account of their Origin, their relative Situations, their political Constitutions, their Laws, their Religions, their natural Productions, their Arts, their Manufactures, their Commerce, their Taxes, their Revenues, and their relative Strength by Sea and Land. To which is prefixed, a large introduction, including, 1. A general Exhibition of the Solar System, together with a Synoptical View of the Diameters, Mean Distances, Annual Periods, and Diurnal Rotations of the several Planets. 2. A Description of the Figure and Motion of the Terraqueous Globe, viewed as a Part of the Planetary System. 3. A Description of the Artificial Terrestrial Globe, with all its Furniture, serving to elucidate the various Phaenomena occasioned by the Earth's annual and diurnal Revolutions. 4. An Account of the grand Divisions of the Earth into Continents and Islands, Oceans and Seas. Throughout the whole is interspersed a rich apparatus of maps and synoptical schemes. ... . By J. Vint.
Vint, J. (John).Date: 1800-08- Books
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A description of South Carolina; containing, Many curious and interesting Particulars relating to the Civil, Natural and Commercial history of that colony, viz. The Succession of European Settlers there; Grants of English Charters; Boundaries; Constitution of the Government; Taxes; Number of Inhabitants, and of the neighbouring Indian Nations, &c. The Nature of the Climate; Tabular Accounts of the Altitudes of the Barometer Monthly for Four Years, of the Depths of Rain Monthly for Eleven Years, and of the Winds Direction Daily for One Year, &c. The Culture and Produce of Rice, Indian Corn, and Indigo; the Process of extracting Tar and Turpentine; the State of their Maritime Trade in the Years 1710, 1723, 1740 and 1748, with the Number or Tonnage of Shipping employed, and the Species, Quantities and Values of their Produce exported in One Year, &c. To which is added, A very particular Account of their Rice-Trade for Twenty Years, with their Exports of Raw Silk and Imports of British Silk Manufactures for Twenty - five Years.
Glen, James, 1701-1777.Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]- Books
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A practical arrangement of the laws relative to the excise; wherein the statutes, with references to similar English Acts of Parliament, are carefully digested. To which are added, cases Adjudged in the Court of Appeals, decisions of the Commissioners for Taxes in England on male Servants and Windows, with the opinions of the Judges Thereupon, and an appendix of Precedents of Informations, &c. By Maurice Copinger, Esq. One of his Majesty's Counsel at Law.
Copinger, Maurice.Date: 1799- Books
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Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America. To which is added an appendix, containing a state of the national debt, an Estimate of the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes, and an Account of the National Income and Expenditure since the last War. By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S.
Price, Richard, 1723-1791.Date: M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America. To which is added, an appendix, containing, a state of the national debt, An Estimate of the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes, and An Account of the National Income and Expenditure since the last War. By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S.
Price, Richard, 1723-1791.Date: M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Observations on the nature of civil liberty, and the principles of government, from Dr. Price's much esteemed and popular essay, published anno 1776. With the Declaration of principles, and regulations of the Friends of Liberty, United for Promoting Constitutional Information, The only Means by which A Reduction of Taxes, and the Enormous Price of Provisions can be Obtained; Or Unjust and Unnecessary Wars Prevented.
Price, Richard, 1723-1791.Date: 1795?]- Books
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An enquiry into the legality and expediency of increasing the Royal Navy by subscriptions for building County Ships. Being the correspondence on that subject between Arthur Young & Capel Lofft, Esqrs. with a list of the subscribers to the Suffolk man of War. to which are added, Observations on the State of the Taxes and Resources of the Kingdom on the Conclusion of the Peace.
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: [1783]- Books
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Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America. To which is added an appendix, Containing a State of the National Debt, an Estimate of the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes, and an Account of the National Income and Expenditure since the last War. by Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S.
Price, Richard, 1723-1791.Date: M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America. To which is added, an appendix and postscript, containing, a state of the national debt, An Estimate of the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes, and An Account of the National Income and Expenditure since the last War. By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S.
Price, Richard, 1723-1791.Date: M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America. To which are added an appendix and postscript, Containing a State of the National Debt, an Estimate of the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes, and an Account of the National Income and Expenditure since the last War. By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S.
Price, Richard, 1723-1791.Date: M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America. To which are added an appendix and postcript, containing a state of the national debt, an Estimate of the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes, and an Account of the National Income and Expenditure since the last War. By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S.
Price, Richard, 1723-1791.Date: M.DCC.LXXV [1776]- Books
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Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America. To which are added, an appendix and postscript, containing a state of the national debt, an Estimate of the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes, and an Account of the National Income and Expenditure since the last War. By Richard Price, D. D. F. R. S.
Price, Richard, 1723-1791.Date: M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America. To which is added, an appendix and postscript, containing, a state of the national debt, An Estimate of the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes, and An Account of the National Income and Expenditure since the last War. By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S.
Price, Richard, 1723-1791.Date: M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America. To which is added an appendix and postscript, containing a state of the national debt, an Estimate of the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes, and an Account of the National Income and Expenditure since the last War. By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S.
Price, Richard, 1723-1791.Date: M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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The absolute necessity of laying open the trade to the East-Indies. Proving that as a Revenue of 5 Millions per ann. and a Contribution of 8 Millions, will be acquired by Government; the Subjects put in Possession of their Natural Right to a free Trade, and relieved of their burthensome Taxes, every Proposal for continuing the Company's Charter ought to be rejected; and the Men who patronize such Proposals considered as Enemies to the Interest both of Subject and State.
Untainted Englishman.Date: 1767- Books
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Proposals for carrying on the war with vigour, Raising the Supplies within the Year, And Forming a national militia. To which are added, Considerations in Respect to Manufacturers and Labourers, and the Taxes paid by them; the Inconveniencies of Credit for small Sums, and the Courts lately erected to recover them. Intended to demonstrate, That it is not the Dearness of the Labour of the Poor, but the Profits and Expences of higher Classes of People, which are the real Clog on the Foreign Trade and Commerce of England.
Date: 1757- Books
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The speech of Earl Stanhope, in the House of Lords, On Thursday the 20th of February, 1800, in support of his motion for peace with the French Republic; Wherein he shews the ruinous Tendency of the War, drawn from authentic documents, published by George Rose, secretary of the treasury, With a Comparative View of the Resources and Taxes of Great Britain and France; also, seven reasons for discontinuing the war as the best means of supplying the people with bread, And removing the apparent Prospect of the Scarcity of that necessary Article.
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816.Date: M,D,CCC. [1800]- Books
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Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America. To which is added, an appendix, containing a state of the natinal debt, an Estimate of the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes, and an Account of the National Income and Expenditure since the last War. With the Amount of the Capitals at the Bank, South-Sea, and India-Houses, not inserted in the London Edition of this Work. By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S.
Price, Richard, 1723-1791.Date: M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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The peace-Offering: an essay, Shewing the Cession of Hanover To be the only Probable Means for extinguishing the present Rebellion, without farther Blood-Shed, and for securing these Nations, for ever, from Rebellions and Invasions in favour of the Pretender or his Descendants. And likeways for Lessening our Taxes and Expence, paying off our Debts, improving Trade, getting rid of a Standing Army, securing our Religion and Liberties, rooting up publick Corruption, and for confining all future Ministers to the Pursuit of an English Interest only. A late Speech spoken before the most Venerable Society in the Nation, by Methuselah Whitelock, Esq;
Whitelock, Methuselah.Date: MDCCXLVI. [1746]- Books
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Sir William Petty's Political survey of Ireland, with the establishment of that Kingdom, when the late Duke of Ormond was Lord Lieutenant; and also an exact list of the present peers, Members of Parliament, and principal Officers of State. To which is added, an account of the wealth and expences of England, and the Method of raising Taxes in the most equal manner. Shewing likewise that England can bear the Charge of Four Millions per Ann. when the Occasions of the Government require it. The second edition, carefully corrected, with Additions. By a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687.Date: 1719- Books
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The peace-Offering: an essay, shewing the cession of Hanover to be the only probable means for extinguishing the present rebellion, without farther bloodshed, and for securing these Nations, for ever, from Rebellions and Invasions in favour of the Pretender or his Descendents. And likewise for Lessening our Taxes and Expence, paying off our Debts, improving Trade, getting rid of a Standing Army, securing our Religion and Liberties, rooting up public Corruption, and for confining all future Ministers to the Pursuit of an English Interest only. A late Speech spoken before the most Venerable Society in the Nation, by Methuselah Whitelock, Esq;
Whitelock, Methuselah.Date: 1746- Books
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Advice to the freeholders and burghers of Great Britain. Containing, Rules and Directions for the Choice of Members to serve in Parliament; whereby they may be assured of having such Gentlemen to represent them, who will not sell, barter, or betray their Liberties and Properties, nor consent to any Taxes, which are not Absolutely necessary for the Honour and Prosperity of the Nation. With a Word or two concerning places and pensions. To which are added, animadversions on the Power and Business of a Parliament. Particularly In punishing Over-Grown Favourites, and Rapacious Statesmen. With An appendix, containing that glorious Bulwark of our Freedom, the Habeas Corpus Act; with a Comment, or Remarks.
Date: [1750?]- Books
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Kearsley's gentleman and tradesman's pocket ledger, for the year 1785. Containing Fifty-Two Ruled Pages for Receipts and Payments; also Spaces for Memorandums for every Day in the Year. Term Table A Table of Day and Night The two Houses of Parliament, with their Officers. Circuits of the Judges Abstracts of the New Window Act, and several other additional Taxes, which are now taking Place; viz. the Game, Horse, Hackney Coach, Pawnbrokers, Postage, Hats, Candles, Bricks and Tiles, Teas, and Linens and Cottons. To which is added a List of the Stamps, brought down to the present Time. Simple Interest from 1 to 1000l. for any Period, at 5 per Cent. Tables for Buying and Selling. Tables of daily and yearly Expence. Table of the Valuation of Annuities on single or joint Lives, at various Rates, from the London Bills of Mortality. Tables of Wages. An exact Account of the Days and Hours for buying and accepting, or selling and transferring, the several Stocks, or Government Securities, and receiving the Interest or Dividends due thereon, at the Bank, India House, and South Sea House. List of Persons who have returned successful from the East Indies. List of Bankers. Method of recovering Persons apparently drowned. Revenues of the different States of Europe. The Sovereigns of Europe. And a Variety of other Articles, equally useful, which are mentioned in the Table of Contents.
Kearsley, George, -1790.Date: [1785]- Books
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Fair payment no spunge: or, some considerations on the Unreasonableness of Refusing to Receive back Money Lent on Publick Securities. And the Necessity of Setting the Nation Free from the Insupportable Burthen of Debt and Taxes. With a View of the Great Advantage and Benefit which will arise to Trade and to the Landed Interest, as well as to the Poor, by having these Heavy Grievances taken off.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: [1717]