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Article MEMOIRS OF PRINCE RUPERT, ← Page 3 of 3 Article PICTURE OF LONDON AND IT's INHABITANTS, &c. Page 1 of 1
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Memoirs Of Prince Rupert,
ordinary powder , in the proportion of ten to one . He likewise acquainted theni with an engine he had contrived for raising water ; and sent them an instrument , of which he made use , to cast any platfcum into perspective , and for which they deputed a select committee of their members to return him their thanks . He was the inventor of a gun for discharging several bullets with the utmost speed and facility ; and was the author of sundry other curious inventions , tie died at his house in Spring-gardens , on the 2 . 9 th . pf November , 1682 . '
Picture Of London And It's Inhabitants, &C.
PICTURE OF LONDON AND IT ' s INHABITANTS , & c .
BY THE ABBE RAYNAL . THE kind of monopoly which some merchants exercise in the British islands , is practised by the capital of the mother country , with regard to the" provinces . It is almost exclusivelto
y London that all the produce of the colonies is sent . It is in Loudon that most of the owners of this produce reside . It is in London that the profit arising from it is spent . The rest of the nation is but very indirectly concerned in it . But London is the finest port in England . It is here that ships are built and manufactures carried on . London furnishes seamen
for navigation , and hands for commerce . It stands in a temperate , fruitful and central county . —Every thing has a free passage in and out of it . It may be truly said to be the heart of the body politic , from it ' s local situation . It is not of an enormous size , though , like ail pther capitals , it is rather too large ; it is not a head of clay , that wants to domineer over a colossus of gold . —That city is not
filled with proud and idle men , who only encumber and oppress a laborious people . '" It is the resort of all the merchants ; the seat of the national assembly . There the king ' s palace is neither vast nor empty . ' He reigns in it by his enlivening presence . There the isenate dictates the laws , agreeable to the sense of the people it represents . It neither fears the eye of the monarch nor the frowns
of the ministry . London has not arrived to it ' s present greatness by the influence of government , which strains and over-rules all natural causes ; but by the ordinary impulse of men and things , and by a kind attraction of commerce . It is the sea , it is England , ft is the whole world , that makes London rich and populous .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Memoirs Of Prince Rupert,
ordinary powder , in the proportion of ten to one . He likewise acquainted theni with an engine he had contrived for raising water ; and sent them an instrument , of which he made use , to cast any platfcum into perspective , and for which they deputed a select committee of their members to return him their thanks . He was the inventor of a gun for discharging several bullets with the utmost speed and facility ; and was the author of sundry other curious inventions , tie died at his house in Spring-gardens , on the 2 . 9 th . pf November , 1682 . '
Picture Of London And It's Inhabitants, &C.
PICTURE OF LONDON AND IT ' s INHABITANTS , & c .
BY THE ABBE RAYNAL . THE kind of monopoly which some merchants exercise in the British islands , is practised by the capital of the mother country , with regard to the" provinces . It is almost exclusivelto
y London that all the produce of the colonies is sent . It is in Loudon that most of the owners of this produce reside . It is in London that the profit arising from it is spent . The rest of the nation is but very indirectly concerned in it . But London is the finest port in England . It is here that ships are built and manufactures carried on . London furnishes seamen
for navigation , and hands for commerce . It stands in a temperate , fruitful and central county . —Every thing has a free passage in and out of it . It may be truly said to be the heart of the body politic , from it ' s local situation . It is not of an enormous size , though , like ail pther capitals , it is rather too large ; it is not a head of clay , that wants to domineer over a colossus of gold . —That city is not
filled with proud and idle men , who only encumber and oppress a laborious people . '" It is the resort of all the merchants ; the seat of the national assembly . There the king ' s palace is neither vast nor empty . ' He reigns in it by his enlivening presence . There the isenate dictates the laws , agreeable to the sense of the people it represents . It neither fears the eye of the monarch nor the frowns
of the ministry . London has not arrived to it ' s present greatness by the influence of government , which strains and over-rules all natural causes ; but by the ordinary impulse of men and things , and by a kind attraction of commerce . It is the sea , it is England , ft is the whole world , that makes London rich and populous .