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" 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... "
The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson - Page 39
by British essayists - 1819
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The English Literatures of America, 1500-1800

Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1148 pages
...the Bowels of Indostan. 2. Factors: agents. If we consider our own Country in its natural Prospect, without any of the Benefits and Advantages of Commerce,...originally among us, besides Hips and Haws, Acorns and Pig-Nutts, with other Delicacies of the like Nature; That our Climate of it self, and without the Assistances...
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Sugar and Slavery: An Economic History of the British West Indies, 1623-1775

Richard B. Sheridan - 1994 - 572 pages
...trade, did not go unobserved by men of letters. 'If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce,...barren uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share,' wrote Joseph Addison, the English essayist. Fortunately, England had been successful in developing...
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the world of man

1890 - 340 pages
...diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce,...itself, and without the assistance of art, can make no further advances towards a plum than to a sloe, and carries an apple to no greater a perfection than...
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A handbook of Precis-writing with graduated exercises

E. Derry Evans - 1930 - 124 pages
...diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce,...to our share ! Natural historians tell us that no ftuit grows originally among us, besides hips and haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other delicacies...
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早稻田商學, Issues 245-247

1974 - 832 pages
...how men's views can differ on the same matter: 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 out share!... our climate of itself, and without the assistance of Art can make no further advances...
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