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<p>and become firmly attached to this country, by whose <lb/> assistance it has been raised from it's late insignificance, <lb/> and rescued from the power of Russia, which <lb/> has long meditated his <add>(its)</add> destruction. The great abilities <lb/> of the present King of Sweden and his brother, <lb/> seem to point out the present period of time as expressly <lb/> calculated for restoring the balance of power <lb/> in the North, destroyed by the preponderance of Russia. </p> | |||
<p>Independent of these considerations, <lb/> would it become the spirit of the British Nation, to court<lb/> the alliance of the haughty and imperious Czarina, <lb/> who, when England was involved in a war with numbers <lb/> of enemies, assumed the aim of a Dictatrix on the <lb/> Seas, and promoted every measure which could tend <lb/> to the reduction of the power of Great Britain? The <lb/> armed neutrality was chiefly the work of the Court<lb/> of Petersburg, whereby England was deprived of the <lb/> great advantages which her numerous armed vessels<lb/> would have given her over her enemies, by intercepting <lb/> their supplies of warlike stores. It is true, the <lb/> late King of Prussia gave likewise into that measure, <lb/> but he has at least some cause to complain <lb/> of the conduct of England towards him in the <lb/> year 1762, whilst Russia was plainly activated only <lb/> by a jealousy of the great power of the British Navy, <lb/> which she has ever since <sic>shewn</sic> a disposition to <lb/> diminish. The commercial advantages which this <lb/> country might derive from a treaty with Russia, <lb/> the other powers in the Baltic, together with Poland, <add>will</add> </p> | |||
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and become firmly attached to this country, by whose
assistance it has been raised from it's late insignificance,
and rescued from the power of Russia, which
has long meditated his (its) destruction. The great abilities
of the present King of Sweden and his brother,
seem to point out the present period of time as expressly
calculated for restoring the balance of power
in the North, destroyed by the preponderance of Russia.
Independent of these considerations,
would it become the spirit of the British Nation, to court
the alliance of the haughty and imperious Czarina,
who, when England was involved in a war with numbers
of enemies, assumed the aim of a Dictatrix on the
Seas, and promoted every measure which could tend
to the reduction of the power of Great Britain? The
armed neutrality was chiefly the work of the Court
of Petersburg, whereby England was deprived of the
great advantages which her numerous armed vessels
would have given her over her enemies, by intercepting
their supplies of warlike stores. It is true, the
late King of Prussia gave likewise into that measure,
but he has at least some cause to complain
of the conduct of England towards him in the
year 1762, whilst Russia was plainly activated only
by a jealousy of the great power of the British Navy,
which she has ever since shewn a disposition to
diminish. The commercial advantages which this
country might derive from a treaty with Russia,
the other powers in the Baltic, together with Poland, will
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john flowerdew colls |
j whatman turkey mill 1828 |
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bowring, x, 206-207 |
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