...commanded attention. "The trade with America alone," Burke announced, "is now within less than £500,000 of being equal to what this great commercial nation,...on at the beginning of this century with the whole world!"3 Burke had spoken in the House of Commons often enough to sense the limits of statistical arguments....

...the whole trade of England to all parts of the world (the colonies included) in the year 1704. . . . The trade with America alone is now within less than...the beginning of this century with the whole world! . . . But, it will be said, is not this American trade an unnatural protuberance, that has drawn the...

.... 6,024,00C Difference .... JiS^OOC The trade with America alone is now within less than 500,0001. of being equal to what this great commercial nation,...beginning of this century with the whole world ! If I had taker the largest year of those on your table, it would rathei have exceeded. But, it wiE be said,...

...2 6,024,000 Difference, £485,000 25 The trade with America alone is now within less than 5oo,ooo/. of being equal to what this great commercial nation,...that has drawn the juices from the rest of the body ? The reverse. It is the very food that has nourished every other part into its present magnitude....

.... . 6,024,000 Difference ,£485,000 The trade with America alone is now within less than £500,000 of being equal to what this great commercial nation,...that has drawn the juices from the rest of the body? The reverse. It is the very food that has nourished every other part into its present magnitude. Our...

...6,024,000 Difference, .£485,000 25 The trade with America alone is now within less than 500,o00/. of being equal to what this great commercial nation,...largest year of those on your table, it would rather RAPIDITY OF GROWTH 93 have exceeded. But, it will be said, is not this American trade an unnatural...

...1772 - 6,024,000 Difference - 485,000 The trade with America alone is now within lefs than 5oo,ooo/. of being equal to what this great commercial nation,...century with the whole world ! If I had taken the largeft year of thofe on your table, it would rather have exceeded. But, it will be faid, is not this...

...177*1 6,024,000 Difference, 485,000 - The trade with America alone is now within lefs than 500,000!. of being equal to what this great commercial nation,...century with the whole world ! if I had taken the largefl year of thofe on your table, it would rather have exceeded. But, it will be faid, is not this...

...6,024,OOC Difference .... £ 485,OOC The trade with America alone is now within less than 500,0002. of being equal to what this great commercial nation,...beginning of this century with the whole world ! If I had taker the largest year of those on your table, it would rathei have exceeded. But, it will be said,...

...than 500,000). of being equnl to what this great commercial nation, England, carried on at •«he beginning of this century with the whole world ! if I had taken the largeft year of thofe on your table, it would rather have exceeded. But, it will be faid, is not this...