 Mahon can prove that the income which the Spanish government derived from the mines of America fluctuated more than the income derived from the internal taxes of Spain itself. All the causes of the decay of Spain resolve themselves into one cause, bad...  Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems - Pagina 72door Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
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...which the Spanish government derived from the mines of America, fluctuated more than the income derived from the internal taxes of Spain itself. All the causes...resolve themselves into one cause, bad government. The valor, the intelligence, the energy, which at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth... | |
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