History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, Volume 2Mills, Jowett, and Mills, published by W. Cobbett, 1834 - Great Britain |
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... gold , had prevent- ed for twenty - two long years , would now have taken place ; that which NAPOLEON , and the democrats of America , never could accomplish , would now have been accomplished at once ; namely , a cordial alliance ...
... gold , had prevent- ed for twenty - two long years , would now have taken place ; that which NAPOLEON , and the democrats of America , never could accomplish , would now have been accomplished at once ; namely , a cordial alliance ...
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... gold to take up its depreciated paper . Or , to speak in more intelligible language , to give to the holders of its notes , who would at the end of that six months have a right to demand , and who certainly would demand , gold in ...
... gold to take up its depreciated paper . Or , to speak in more intelligible language , to give to the holders of its notes , who would at the end of that six months have a right to demand , and who certainly would demand , gold in ...
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... gold , while they were actually at work to strip themselves of their estates . 403. This act , which stands in the statute- book as chapter 49 of the 59th year of George the Third , I shall by and by insert at full length , it being an ...
... gold , while they were actually at work to strip themselves of their estates . 403. This act , which stands in the statute- book as chapter 49 of the 59th year of George the Third , I shall by and by insert at full length , it being an ...
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... gold wherewith to pay its notes when called upon so to do , and not having gold enough to pay with , applied secretly to the minister PITT , to protect it against the de- mands of its creditors ; that PITT , who had au- thorized this ...
... gold wherewith to pay its notes when called upon so to do , and not having gold enough to pay with , applied secretly to the minister PITT , to protect it against the de- mands of its creditors ; that PITT , who had au- thorized this ...
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... gold for its notes , and made . those notes a legal tender , had in it a clause which ' provided that , at the end of six months after the war should be over , and a treaty of peace should be signed , the LEGAL TENDER SHOULD CEASE , and ...
... gold for its notes , and made . those notes a legal tender , had in it a clause which ' provided that , at the end of six months after the war should be over , and a treaty of peace should be signed , the LEGAL TENDER SHOULD CEASE , and ...
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