 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 - Pàgina 167editat per - 1792Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | James Anderson - 1792 - 394 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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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