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Review Of New Publications.
Anecdotes , Moral , Curious , Odd , Ori ginal , Whimsical , InstruBive , and Amudn-. Pages iog . 121110 . Price is . Printedfor Hamilton and Co . Beech-Street , London ; andT . Wilson , Bromley , Kent . FROM this very humorous , witty , and entertaining , collection of jests and anecdotes , ive shall selecl as a specimen , one , which , if not entirely new , cannot , however , be very old : c At a puppet-shewin a country-town the devil introduced to fi
, , was ght a battle with Tom Paine , and ( as mi ght naturall y be expecled ) his sooty majesty came off viaonous . The whole troop then joined in the song of' God save the king . '—After which poor Tom Paine , was hauled off the stase byhis internal majesty , bawling out < church and state . ' There is not a little of sense , as well .-as satire , in this short fable ; and we know not where it would be possible to procure a better shillingsworth of merriment than this little volume .
RcjleElions on Usury , as conducted b y the mode of undervalued Annuities ; in the course of which , for the benefit of those who are oppressed vjith them , are rcspe 3 ively pointed out , according to the different securities , the means of relief Pages ¦> , ( .. Price _\ Xo . Murray and Hi ghley . London . 1796 . THESE refleaions on a most destruaive species of usury , and the means of relief to those who are injured and oppressed b y it , merit the attention of the public '
. A Letter to the Ri ght Honourable the . Lord Mayor , on the SubjeB of the intended new Docks , to be established at Wapping . Pages 4 6 . " 8 w . Johnson " . London . 179 6 . ' THIS letter places the utility of the measure in question in the clearest and
most satisfactory light . The author is a man of candour , moderation , intelligence , and genms . The following observation is equall y laconic , profound ' and convincing : < As to the objeftions-of innovation and speculation ' What is the efteft ot an increase of knowledge , but an innovation on the prejudices of ignorance ? or , What is commerce , butrfa system of speculation from first to last ? '• r
The Substance of a Speech made by Lord Auckland on Monday , the second of May , 179 6 , on the occasion of a motion made by the Marquis of Lansdown Zvo . Pages 41 . Price is . Walter . FROM the following comparative view of certain public circumstances in the respeaive periods of 1783-4 , and 1795 . 6 , Lord Auckland endeavours to . prove the present flourishing state of the British empire : .
Price of the 3 per cents consols in January 17 S- " r r-Ditto " z in May ^ __ * ' | Price of India stock January 178 4 , r Ditto Alay 1736 - *\ ; J Total of imports in 1783
. r r- „ .. ,- „ Ditto 1 ~ in i '_ ^ _____ . £ - 'W ^ ooo ' ¦>* ¦ 22 , 1 75 , 000 Total of exports in 178 3 - ¦ _ .- ' „ r- ,, ~ . ~ ^ ~ - Ditto L-i _ i . ... - £ -H , 74 i , ooo VOL . vi W . 3 ^™ ¦¦ - " » 7 . * 7 o . ooo
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Review Of New Publications.
Anecdotes , Moral , Curious , Odd , Ori ginal , Whimsical , InstruBive , and Amudn-. Pages iog . 121110 . Price is . Printedfor Hamilton and Co . Beech-Street , London ; andT . Wilson , Bromley , Kent . FROM this very humorous , witty , and entertaining , collection of jests and anecdotes , ive shall selecl as a specimen , one , which , if not entirely new , cannot , however , be very old : c At a puppet-shewin a country-town the devil introduced to fi
, , was ght a battle with Tom Paine , and ( as mi ght naturall y be expecled ) his sooty majesty came off viaonous . The whole troop then joined in the song of' God save the king . '—After which poor Tom Paine , was hauled off the stase byhis internal majesty , bawling out < church and state . ' There is not a little of sense , as well .-as satire , in this short fable ; and we know not where it would be possible to procure a better shillingsworth of merriment than this little volume .
RcjleElions on Usury , as conducted b y the mode of undervalued Annuities ; in the course of which , for the benefit of those who are oppressed vjith them , are rcspe 3 ively pointed out , according to the different securities , the means of relief Pages ¦> , ( .. Price _\ Xo . Murray and Hi ghley . London . 1796 . THESE refleaions on a most destruaive species of usury , and the means of relief to those who are injured and oppressed b y it , merit the attention of the public '
. A Letter to the Ri ght Honourable the . Lord Mayor , on the SubjeB of the intended new Docks , to be established at Wapping . Pages 4 6 . " 8 w . Johnson " . London . 179 6 . ' THIS letter places the utility of the measure in question in the clearest and
most satisfactory light . The author is a man of candour , moderation , intelligence , and genms . The following observation is equall y laconic , profound ' and convincing : < As to the objeftions-of innovation and speculation ' What is the efteft ot an increase of knowledge , but an innovation on the prejudices of ignorance ? or , What is commerce , butrfa system of speculation from first to last ? '• r
The Substance of a Speech made by Lord Auckland on Monday , the second of May , 179 6 , on the occasion of a motion made by the Marquis of Lansdown Zvo . Pages 41 . Price is . Walter . FROM the following comparative view of certain public circumstances in the respeaive periods of 1783-4 , and 1795 . 6 , Lord Auckland endeavours to . prove the present flourishing state of the British empire : .
Price of the 3 per cents consols in January 17 S- " r r-Ditto " z in May ^ __ * ' | Price of India stock January 178 4 , r Ditto Alay 1736 - *\ ; J Total of imports in 1783
. r r- „ .. ,- „ Ditto 1 ~ in i '_ ^ _____ . £ - 'W ^ ooo ' ¦>* ¦ 22 , 1 75 , 000 Total of exports in 178 3 - ¦ _ .- ' „ r- ,, ~ . ~ ^ ~ - Ditto L-i _ i . ... - £ -H , 74 i , ooo VOL . vi W . 3 ^™ ¦¦ - " » 7 . * 7 o . ooo