Britain
['brɪt(ə)n] or ['brɪtən]
Examples
- This expense, however, it must be acknowledged, is more moderate in Great Britain than in most other countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is not contrary to justice, that both Ireland and America should contribute towards the discharge of the public debt of Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The councils, which, in the colony legislatures, correspond to the house of lords in Great Britain, are not composed of a hereditary nobility. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Part of the wool of Spain is manufactured in Great Britain, and some part of that cloth is afterwards sent back to Spain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- India is still the empire of the Great Mogul, but the Great Mogul has been replaced by the crowned republic of Great Britain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In 1771 the issue came to a conclusive test in Britain before Lord Mansfield. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was patented in the United States June 2, 1863, No. 38,789, and in Great Britain, No. 900, of 1864. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In Great Britain the king stood aloof. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Great Britain has hitherto suffered her subject and subordinate provinces to disburden themselves upon her of almost this whole expense. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Russia, Holland, and Britain followed in the wake of America. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was the luck of Britain that they remained, though dissentient in spirit, under the British flag. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Even the enormous debt of Great Britain might in this manner soon be paid. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- At the same time his aggressions in south Germany forced Austria and Russia steadily into a coalition with Britain against him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The tax of a guinea a-head for every man-servant, which has lately been imposed in Great Britain, is of the same kind. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The militarism and imperialism of Britain and France and Italy are by comparison feeble, disorganized, and disorganizing survivals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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