 As to this country,* there have been three terrible years dearth of corn, and every place strewed with beggars; but dearths are common in better climates, and our evils here lie much deeper. Imagine a nation the two thirds of whose revenues are spent...  The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Letters - Pagina 97door Alexander Pope - 1751Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 602 pagina’s
...Imagine a nation the two thirds of whose revenues are spent out of it, and who are not permitted to trade with the other third, and where the pride of women will not suffer them to wear their own manufactures even where they excel what come from abroad : this is the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 480 pagina’s
...Imagine a nation the two-thirds of whose revenues are spent out of it, and who are not permitted to trade with the other third, and where the pride of women will not suffer them to wear their own manufactures even where they excel what come from abroad ; this is the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1884 - 498 pagina’s
...Imagine a nation, the two-thirds of whose revenues are spent out of it, and who are not permitted to trade with the other third, and where the pride of women will not suffer them to wear their own manufactures, even where they excel what come from abroad : this is the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1884 - 500 pagina’s
...Imagine a nation, the two-thirds of whose revenues are spent out of it, and who are not permitted to trade with the other third, and where the pride of women will not suffer them to wear their own manufactures, even where they excel what come from abroad : this is the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 534 pagina’s
...who are not permitted to trade with the other third,1 and where the pride of women will not suffer them to wear their own manufactures, even where they excel what come from abroad.1 This is the true state of Ireland in a very few words.1 These evils operate more every day,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1913 - 522 pagina’s
...Imagine a nation the two thirds of whose revenues are spent out of it, and who are not permitted to trade with the other third, and where the pride of women will not suffer them to wear their own manufactures, even where they excel what come from abroad.1 This is the... | |
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