The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 8, Issue 15Leonard Scott Publication Company, 1808 |
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... such observations as have occurred to us upon the great question to which it relates . of The question , our readers are probably aware , relates mainly to the right claimed by neutral nations to traffic with the colonies of our enemies ...
... such observations as have occurred to us upon the great question to which it relates . of The question , our readers are probably aware , relates mainly to the right claimed by neutral nations to traffic with the colonies of our enemies ...
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... such cases , is to proceed , in the first instance , to a port in America , and thence to export the cargo in the same or a different bottom to the European market , pointed out by the colonial proprietor . These double voyages ...
... such cases , is to proceed , in the first instance , to a port in America , and thence to export the cargo in the same or a different bottom to the European market , pointed out by the colonial proprietor . These double voyages ...
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... such seizures is , whether the continuity of the voyage , from the colony to the European market , has really been broken by an effective and bona fide delivery in an Ameri- can port , and a subsequent shipment on account of an American ...
... such seizures is , whether the continuity of the voyage , from the colony to the European market , has really been broken by an effective and bona fide delivery in an Ameri- can port , and a subsequent shipment on account of an American ...
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... such insurmount- able circumstances of absolute incredibility , as to leave no doubt in the mind of any impartial ... such a school of naval enterprize , and afforded such an incentive to extraordinary courage and activity . The Such are ...
... such insurmount- able circumstances of absolute incredibility , as to leave no doubt in the mind of any impartial ... such a school of naval enterprize , and afforded such an incentive to extraordinary courage and activity . The Such are ...
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... Such colonies are dependent for their exiftence , as colonies , on foreign fupplies ; if they cannot be supplied and defended , they muft fall to the belligerent of courfe ; and if the belligerent chooses to apply his means to fuch an ...
... Such colonies are dependent for their exiftence , as colonies , on foreign fupplies ; if they cannot be supplied and defended , they muft fall to the belligerent of courfe ; and if the belligerent chooses to apply his means to fuch an ...
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Page 178 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams...
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Page 178 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
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Page 8 - But without reference to accidents of the one kind or other, the general rule is, that the neutral has a right to carry on, in time of war, his accustomed trade to the utmost extent of which that accustomed trade is capable. Very different is the case of a trade which the neutral has never possessed, which he holds by no title of use and habit in times of peace, and which, in fact...
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Page 13 - The private property of pacific and industrious individuals seems to be protected, and except in the single case of maritime capture it is spared accordingly by the general usage of all modern nations. No army now plunders unarmed individuals ashore, except for the purpose" of providing for its own subsistence. And the laws of war are thought to be violated by the seizure of private property for the sake of gain, even within the limits of the hostile territory. It is not easy at first sight to discover...