London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood: To Thirty Miles Extent, from an Actual Perambulation, Volume 1W. Stratford, 1805 - London (England) |
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... pounds sterling , as is confirmed by Lipsius , Fabricius , & c . But the conclusive preference , of which London can truly boast is , that the attributes of commerce , dispensed by the hand of rational liberty , diffuse plenty , luxury ...
... pounds sterling , as is confirmed by Lipsius , Fabricius , & c . But the conclusive preference , of which London can truly boast is , that the attributes of commerce , dispensed by the hand of rational liberty , diffuse plenty , luxury ...
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... pounds , equal in quantity of silver to about 36,540 % . sterling ; and equivalent in efficiency to near 400,000 / . according to the present value of money . It was successively raised from one up to seven shillings the hide of land ...
... pounds , equal in quantity of silver to about 36,540 % . sterling ; and equivalent in efficiency to near 400,000 / . according to the present value of money . It was successively raised from one up to seven shillings the hide of land ...
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... pounds of pepper ; five pairs of gloves , and two casks of wine . William of Malmsbury , 1. ii . c . 11. has preserved a curi- ous document of the care which Canute took of the temporal interests of his subjects , whilst he was on a ...
... pounds of pepper ; five pairs of gloves , and two casks of wine . William of Malmsbury , 1. ii . c . 11. has preserved a curi- ous document of the care which Canute took of the temporal interests of his subjects , whilst he was on a ...
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... pounds , amounting , accord- ing to the most moderate computation , to four - score pounds of our money , but , in reality , to almost double that sum . Were a prelate of the age of George III . foolish or profuse enough to lay out 1807 ...
... pounds , amounting , accord- ing to the most moderate computation , to four - score pounds of our money , but , in reality , to almost double that sum . Were a prelate of the age of George III . foolish or profuse enough to lay out 1807 ...
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... pound , ad valorem , for such merchandize im- ported , and also when re - exported , as cannot well be re- duced to a certain custom , in the above manner , such as silks , sarcenets , lawns , corn , horses and other live cattle , and ...
... pound , ad valorem , for such merchandize im- ported , and also when re - exported , as cannot well be re- duced to a certain custom , in the above manner , such as silks , sarcenets , lawns , corn , horses and other live cattle , and ...
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Page 480 - It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God.
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Page 158 - God's goodness the same is perceived to be in better estate universally, than hath bren in man's memory ; yet where there are such great multitudes of people brought to inhabit in small rooms, whereof a great part are seen very poor, yea, such as must live of begging or by worse means, and they heaped up together, and in a sort smothered, with many families of children and servants in one house or small tenement...
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Page 364 - House should on that day week resolve itself into a committee ' to consider of the most proper methods for the better security and improvement of the duties and revenues already charged upon and payable from tobacco and wines.
Page vii - I am a Dane, Swede, or Frenchman at different times ; or rather fancy myself like the old philosopher, who upon being asked what countryman he was, replied, that he was a citizen of the world.
Page vii - Change, I have often fancied one of our old kings standing in person, where he is represented in effigy, and looking down upon the wealthy concourse of people with which that place is every day filled. In this case, how would he be...
Page 180 - I thought you so ungracious as to use it in public assemblies ; and yet I see it grow so much in fashion, that methinks your children begin to play with broken pipes instead of corals, to make way for their teeth.