The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 8, Issue 15Leonard Scott Publication Company, 1808 |
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... enemies in time of war . By the general policy of Europe , the trade of colonies has usually been monopolized by the mother country ; and , in time of peace , no other nation has been permit- ted either to export their produce , or to ...
... enemies in time of war . By the general policy of Europe , the trade of colonies has usually been monopolized by the mother country ; and , in time of peace , no other nation has been permit- ted either to export their produce , or to ...
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... enemies ' hostilities , by trading with his colonies in time of war in a way that was prohibited in time of peace . ' This rule was asserted and submitted to during the whole period of that war , which only ter- minated in 1763 ...
... enemies ' hostilities , by trading with his colonies in time of war in a way that was prohibited in time of peace . ' This rule was asserted and submitted to during the whole period of that war , which only ter- minated in 1763 ...
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... enemy into the hands of the neutrals ; and our government issued an instruction subjecting to seizure all vessels carrying on trade between the said colonies and any country but the mother country of the neutral trader . This is the ...
... enemy into the hands of the neutrals ; and our government issued an instruction subjecting to seizure all vessels carrying on trade between the said colonies and any country but the mother country of the neutral trader . This is the ...
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... enemies have gone on flourishing , in a commer- cial point of view , even more rapidly than in time of peace ; while their produce has been transported to the most advantage- ous market , under cover of the neutral flag , with a degree ...
... enemies have gone on flourishing , in a commer- cial point of view , even more rapidly than in time of peace ; while their produce has been transported to the most advantage- ous market , under cover of the neutral flag , with a degree ...
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... enemies ' ports but under neutral colours ; all their immense traffic is carried on in the name of Danes , Prussi- ans ... enemy ; and that the appearance of a neutral owner in the ship papers , is entirely a fraudulent and fallacious ...
... enemies ' ports but under neutral colours ; all their immense traffic is carried on in the name of Danes , Prussi- ans ... enemy ; and that the appearance of a neutral owner in the ship papers , is entirely a fraudulent and fallacious ...
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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 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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