The New Monthly Magazine, 1853, Vol. 99 (Classic Reprint)
Author | : William Harrison Ainsworth |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 510 |
Release | : 2017-03-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 0243906544 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780243906543 |
Rating | : 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Download or read book The New Monthly Magazine, 1853, Vol. 99 (Classic Reprint) written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New Monthly Magazine, 1853, Vol. 99 We dwell upon this part of the subject the more, because it conveys a true picture of the evils of a system which was so long and strenuous y advocated, to the protraction of an opposite commercial policy, and of a wiser course in raising the revenue. Yet this very system, namely, a free interchange of commodities, was offered by France to England at the treaty of Utrecht, under the auspices of De Torcy, the French minister; but it was regarded by the ruling party in parliament as an insidious attempt to injure Great Britain. It did, in fact, carry an appearance of equity too evidently not to be suspected by the influential party in the government of that time, with its strong feeling of private interest, and its crude notions of the true principles of traflic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.