History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, Parts 2-3; Part 8 |
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The history of the reign of GEORGE the THIRD , up to the time of the commencement of the regency , will be found to contain a detail of all the contrivances by which the circulation of gold was supplanted by that of paper - money ...
The history of the reign of GEORGE the THIRD , up to the time of the commencement of the regency , will be found to contain a detail of all the contrivances by which the circulation of gold was supplanted by that of paper - money ...
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That is to say , to inquire into the causes why a one - pound note would sell in the market for no more than about fourteen shillings in silver of due weight and fineness ; or , to state it the other way , why a guinea in gold would ...
That is to say , to inquire into the causes why a one - pound note would sell in the market for no more than about fourteen shillings in silver of due weight and fineness ; or , to state it the other way , why a guinea in gold would ...
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TERCAYAL and is party CONtender that the carer - money had not deprecisted : that it was the gold that had risen in price . After many days or jebating upon the abject . CANSITTART Toposed I resolution to the house , which was this ...
TERCAYAL and is party CONtender that the carer - money had not deprecisted : that it was the gold that had risen in price . After many days or jebating upon the abject . CANSITTART Toposed I resolution to the house , which was this ...
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The exportation of the precious metals which had been produced by substituting paper for gold and silver , had sent that large proportion of the whole of the specie of the civilized world ; had sent that large share , which always must ...
The exportation of the precious metals which had been produced by substituting paper for gold and silver , had sent that large proportion of the whole of the specie of the civilized world ; had sent that large share , which always must ...
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... belonging to it of any profundity , wishing to put an end to this progress of depreciation of the paper , thought they had found out the remedy in their proposition to compel the bank to return to a payment of its notes in gold .
... belonging to it of any profundity , wishing to put an end to this progress of depreciation of the paper , thought they had found out the remedy in their proposition to compel the bank to return to a payment of its notes in gold .
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| Title | History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, Parts 2-3; Part 8 History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, William Cobbett |
| Author | William Cobbett |
| Publisher | William Cobbett, 1830 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 29 Mar 2006 |
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