...trade, did not go unobserved by men of letters. 'If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce,...barren uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share,' wrote Joseph Addison, the English essayist. Fortunately, England had been successful in developing...

...diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce,...itself, and without the assistance of art, can make no further advances towards a plum than to a sloe, and carries an apple to no greater a perfection than...

...diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce,...to our share ! Natural historians tell us that no ftuit grows originally among us, besides hips and haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other delicacies...

...how men's views can differ on the same matter: If we consider our own country in its natural prospect without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce,...what a barren uncomfortable Spot of Earth falls to out share!... our climate of itself, and without the assistance of Art can make no further advances...