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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... shilling's worth of valuable effects , found in his chests , ought to have been taken , and sent to the treasury of France . The great thing of all which he seems to have taken care of , was the amassing of wealth for himself and the ...
... shilling's worth of valuable effects , found in his chests , ought to have been taken , and sent to the treasury of France . The great thing of all which he seems to have taken care of , was the amassing of wealth for himself and the ...
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... shillings a bushel , really thought that they had passed a law which would always secure the price of ten shillings a bushel to their tenants for their wheat . Of these men it might be expected , probably , that their minds would be of ...
... shillings a bushel , really thought that they had passed a law which would always secure the price of ten shillings a bushel to their tenants for their wheat . Of these men it might be expected , probably , that their minds would be of ...
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... shillings a bushel , fetched on an average of years fifteen shillings a bushel . 407. That the law , which authorized the bank to refuse payment in gold for its notes , and made . those notes a legal tender , had in it a clause which ...
... shillings a bushel , fetched on an average of years fifteen shillings a bushel . 407. That the law , which authorized the bank to refuse payment in gold for its notes , and made . those notes a legal tender , had in it a clause which ...
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... shillings the bushel ; that , therefore , to make a farmer pay the same nominal sums when 1 wheat had fallen to eight or nine shillings at bushel HISTORY OF [ Chap .
... shillings the bushel ; that , therefore , to make a farmer pay the same nominal sums when 1 wheat had fallen to eight or nine shillings at bushel HISTORY OF [ Chap .
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William Cobbett. wheat had fallen to eight or nine shillings at bushel , was to ruin the farmer ; and to make a man pay the interest of a mortgage contracted when wheat was fifteen shillings a bushel , was to do great injustice to the ...
William Cobbett. wheat had fallen to eight or nine shillings at bushel , was to ruin the farmer ; and to make a man pay the interest of a mortgage contracted when wheat was fifteen shillings a bushel , was to do great injustice to the ...
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