A Statistical Account of the British Empire: Exhibiting Its Extent, Physical Capacities, Population, Industry, and Civil and Religious Institutions, Том 2C. Knight, 1839 |
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... usually laid on the intercourse between distant and inde- pendent states , and was , in consequence , comparatively trifling . But these restraints are now entirely got rid of . Internal custom- houses , and separate custom duties , no ...
... usually laid on the intercourse between distant and inde- pendent states , and was , in consequence , comparatively trifling . But these restraints are now entirely got rid of . Internal custom- houses , and separate custom duties , no ...
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... usually abundant , impossible without a considerable fall of price . In point of fact , therefore , the duty is really injurious both to the agricul- turist and the other classes ; to the latter , because of the obstacles it throws in ...
... usually abundant , impossible without a considerable fall of price . In point of fact , therefore , the duty is really injurious both to the agricul- turist and the other classes ; to the latter , because of the obstacles it throws in ...
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... usually paid to the interests of those they have taught to look to them for help . We have previously noticed the bankruptcy and distress entailed on the country by the over - issue and consequent failure of the country banks in 1814 ...
... usually paid to the interests of those they have taught to look to them for help . We have previously noticed the bankruptcy and distress entailed on the country by the over - issue and consequent failure of the country banks in 1814 ...
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... usually divided into eighths ; but in scientific investigations it is mostly divided into tenths , hundredths , & c . A degree of the equator contains 69.15 English miles . The English foot = 3048 metres of France = 984 feet of Berlin ...
... usually divided into eighths ; but in scientific investigations it is mostly divided into tenths , hundredths , & c . A degree of the equator contains 69.15 English miles . The English foot = 3048 metres of France = 984 feet of Berlin ...
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... usually placed under the management of various sets of trustees , each set being entrusted with the care of a certain portion . The trustees are appointed by act of parliament ; and in general cousist , not merely of the proprietors of ...
... usually placed under the management of various sets of trustees , each set being entrusted with the care of a certain portion . The trustees are appointed by act of parliament ; and in general cousist , not merely of the proprietors of ...
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act of parliament amount annual appear appointed Archbishop average Bank of England banks bill bishop boroughs British Catholic cause cent Chancellor charge church classes Commissioners common common law constitution corporation Council court Court of Session courts of equity Crown deaths diocese diseases Ditto duties ecclesiastical election electors endowed England and Wales English established funds Gilbert's Act granted Henry VIII House of Lords impotent poor income increase Ireland Irish judges jurisdiction jury justices King King's kingdom labour land latter Lord Lord Chancellor ment mortality offences officers Oxford parish parliament party paupers peace period persons Poor Law population possession presbytery present principal prisons punishment reign relief respect returns revenue schools Scotch Scotland sessions sheriff sickness statute teinds tion tithes total number towns trial union vote writ
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