 | Edward Cooke - 1798 - 46 pages
...better fituated for the Irifli trade than London; therefore let us Londoners petition, that the pert of Briftol may be locked up. It would be an endlefs,...abfurdities. One thing is plain and obvious, that felf-intereft, the bane of all public good, is driven to hard ihifts, in order to cover fuch views... | |
 | 1800 - 582 pages
...carrying it on. This is a weighty argument : Briftol, for inftance, is better fituated for the Irifh trade than London ; therefore let us Londoners petition, that the port of Briftol may be locked up," &c. &c. (Prop, for Incorp.). To this lift of worthies and real friends of their connfry, I muft add... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1815 - 612 pages
...carrying it OB ! this is a weighty argument ! Bristol, for instance, is better situated for the Irish trade, than London : therefore let us Londoners petition that the port of Bristol may be locked up I"1 The above passage, and others in the same work, are the more deserving... | |
 | William Smith - 1831 - 264 pages
...carrying it on ! this is a weighty argument ! Bristol, for instance, is better situated for the Irish trade than London ; therefore let us Londoners petition that the port of Bristol may be locked up !"f The above passage, and others in the same work, are the more deserving... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1859 - 656 pages
...carrying it on. This is a weighty argument; Bristol, for instance, is better situated for the Irish trade than London; therefore let us Londoners petition, that the port of Bristol may be locked up. It would be an endless, and a tedious piece of work, to wade through such... | |
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Therefore we must deny our own people the benefit of trading, because they are advantageously situated for carrying it on. This is a weighty argument; Bristol, for instance, is better situated for the Irish trade than London; therefore let us Londoners... 