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In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content So we clap on Dutch bottoms just 20%.
In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content So we clap on Dutch bottoms just 20%.
Approximate author period: c. 1798 AD · early modern
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- George Canning
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- Approximate author period: c. 1798 AD · early modern
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