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... pounds , fhillings , and pence , into a moft delightful fource of entertainment . This volume , therefore , cannot fail of proving a very acceptable prefent to the rifing generation . We , indeed , know of no book equally adapted to ...
... pounds , fhillings , and pence , into a moft delightful fource of entertainment . This volume , therefore , cannot fail of proving a very acceptable prefent to the rifing generation . We , indeed , know of no book equally adapted to ...
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... ; and in the firft 24 years of his prefent majefty's reign , the fums coined amounted to £ 33,089,274 fteriing : What is the amount of these fums ? Anf . £ 53,781,771 . No. 36 . No. 36. Pay a baker's bill of two pounds , 88 ADDITION .
... ; and in the firft 24 years of his prefent majefty's reign , the fums coined amounted to £ 33,089,274 fteriing : What is the amount of these fums ? Anf . £ 53,781,771 . No. 36 . No. 36. Pay a baker's bill of two pounds , 88 ADDITION .
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... pounds , a grocer's of three pounds , a milliner's of five pounds , a linen- draper's of fixteen pounds , and a cheefeinonger's of seven pounds , and find the amount of the whole . No. 37. Alexander Cruden , a native of Aberdeen , and ...
... pounds , a grocer's of three pounds , a milliner's of five pounds , a linen- draper's of fixteen pounds , and a cheefeinonger's of seven pounds , and find the amount of the whole . No. 37. Alexander Cruden , a native of Aberdeen , and ...
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... pounds , at eight - pence three farthings a pound . No. 63. What does a leg of veal , weighing ten pounds , come to , at eleven - pence halfpenny a pound ? No. 64. Find the value of twelve pounds of candles , at eight - pence farthing a ...
... pounds , at eight - pence three farthings a pound . No. 63. What does a leg of veal , weighing ten pounds , come to , at eleven - pence halfpenny a pound ? No. 64. Find the value of twelve pounds of candles , at eight - pence farthing a ...
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... pounds ; poor's rates , three pounds ten fhil- lings ; water , twenty - four fhillings ; church rate , five fhillings ; window and house tax , fix pounds , fixteen fhil- lings , and four - pence ; Eafter offerings , half a guinea watch ...
... pounds ; poor's rates , three pounds ten fhil- lings ; water , twenty - four fhillings ; church rate , five fhillings ; window and house tax , fix pounds , fixteen fhil- lings , and four - pence ; Eafter offerings , half a guinea watch ...
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