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with which any commerce, that was considered valuable, could be carried onby the foes of England, were transferred to that country without any expenceto its government. This acquisition of wealth became part of the nationalproperty, to the exultation of the whole people, to the enrichment, almost beyondcredibility, of a multitude who before were mere private persons, and to theconfusion, the general discontent, of those foes who were despoiled.

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