The Writings of William Paterson ... Founder of the Bank of England, Volume 1Effingham Wilson, 1858 |
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advantage aforesaid afterwards annum Bank of England better boroughs capable cent commissioners common Commonwealth of England consequently consider considerable council of trade countrymen crown Darien debts declared dominions doubt duties easy effects election enfeoffments England Estates of Parliament Estates of Scotland excise expense fish fisheries foreign trade fund Grant hade happy hath honourable hope impositions improvement Indies industry interest Ireland island King kingdom kingdom of Scotland land laws least less likewise Lord Lord Protector Majesty Majesty's matter means ment merchants nation nature navigation ordained Parliament Parliament of England persons place of meeting ports pounds pounds sterling present pretend proposed reason replied revenue Sands says scheme Scot Scotland Scottish ships shire sloop Spain Spaniards staple ports sterling suppose taxes thereby therein thereof things tion treaty trust twenty Union unto whole William Paterson
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Page 87 - Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him : because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. For the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Page 87 - If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother : 8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
Page 197 - The distribution of the persons to be chosen for Scotland and Ireland, and the several counties, cities, and places therein, shall be according to such proportions and number as shall be agreed upon and declared by the Lord Protector and the major part of the council, before the sending forth writs of summons for the next Parliament.
Page 200 - ... Council, before the sending forth writs of summons for the next Parliament : And whereas his Highness and the major part of the Council, before the sending forth of any writs of summons aforesaid, did agree and declare the distribution of the persons to be chosen for...
Page 87 - In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
Page 87 - When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
Page 129 - Portugal than they have conquered the Indies. For by their permitting all to go out and none to come in, they have not only lost the people which are gone to these remote and luxuriant regions, but such as remain are become wholly unprofitable and good for nothing.
Page 130 - People and their industry are the true riches of a prince or nation, insomuch that, in respect of them, all other things are but imaginary. This was well understood by the people of Rome, who, contrary to the maxims of Sparta and Spain, by general...
Page 87 - Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand...
Page 278 - He pressed the commons to support the public credit, which could not be preserved without keeping, sacred that maxim, That they shall never be losers who- trust to the parliamentary security.