 Indies, belonging to a private company, whose existence had been deemed prejudicial to the commonwealth. What then were the fruits which Britain reaped from this long and desperate war ? A dreadful expense of blood and treasure '', disgrace upon disgrace,...  The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Page 167edited by - 1792Full view - About this book
 | James Anderson - 1792 - 394 pages
...long and desperate war ? A dreadful expence of 41 blood and treasure, disgrace upon disgrace, aa *l additional load of grievous impositions, and the **...least^ five hundred thousand lives, and two hundred milt lions sterling. As the total reward of these murthero.us and convulsive efforts, we had obtained,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1810 - 576 pages
...What then were the fruits which Britain reaped from this long and desperate war ? A dreadful expense of blood and treasure,' disgrace upon disgrace, an...accumulated to the enormous sum of eighty millions sterling. t Such an expensive war could not be maintained without a very extraordinary exertion of a commereial... | |
 | David Hume - 1810 - 572 pages
...which Britain reaped from this long and desperate war ? A dreadful expense of blood and treasure,1 disgrace upon disgrace, an additional load of grievous...accumulated to the enormous sum of eighty millions sterling. t Such an expemive war could not be maintained without a very extraordinary exertion of a commercial... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1819 - 344 pages
...cause of hostility was not even mentioned, and all the fruits of the contest were " a dreadful expense of blood and treasure, disgrace upon disgrace, an...impositions, and the national debt accumulated to (what Smollett calls) the enormous sum of eighty millions sterling." The Americans deliberately invaded... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1822 - 494 pages
...which Britain reaped from this long and desperate war ? A dreadful expense of blood and treasure,11 disgrace upon disgrace, an additional load of grievous...accumulated to the enormous sum of eighty millions sterling. BOOK III.- CHAP. I. fl. Reflections on the peace — 5f II. The prince of Wales's adherents join the... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1822 - 344 pages
...cause of hostility was not even mentioned, and all the fruits of the contest were " a dreadful expense of blood and treasure, disgrace upon disgrace, an...impositions, and the national debt accumulated to (what Smollett calls) the enormous sum of eighty millions sterling." The Americans deliberately invaded... | |
 | David Hume - 1825 - 488 pages
...which Britain reaped from this long and desperate war ? A dreadful expense of blood and treasure,11 disgrace upon disgrace, an additional load of grievous...accumulated to the enormous sum of eighty millions sterling. 11 Such an expensive war could not be maintained without a very extraordinary exertion of a commercial... | |
 | Godfrey Basil Mundy - 1830 - 526 pages
...strug" gle ?— a dreadful expense of blood and " treasure, disgrace upon disgrace ; an addi" tional load of grievous impositions, and the " national debt accumulated to the enormous " sum of eight millions sterling." A congress was held at Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, and a peace was concluded on... | |
 | Godfrey Basil Mundy - 1836 - 316 pages
...were the fruits which Great Britain reaped from this long and desperate struggle?—a dreadful expense of blood and treasure, disgrace upon disgrace; an...to the enormous sum of eighty millions sterling." A congress was held at Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, and a peace was concluded on terms not a little disgraceful... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1836 - 840 pages
...reaped from this long and desperate war? A dreadful expense of blood and treasure (1), disgrace on disgrace, an additional load of grievous impositions,...the national debt accumulated to the enormous sum of so.000.000/. sterling. CHAPTER XXI. GEORGE II. (CONTINUED.)— 1748. I. Reflections on the peace—... | |
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