A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1878 - Great Britain |
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... Classes Real Property not applicable to Contract Debts The Church of England Non - Residence in the Church The Bishops • Their Abuse of their Patronage The Country Clergy The Supremacy of the Church The Labouring Classes . Their Wages ...
... Classes Real Property not applicable to Contract Debts The Church of England Non - Residence in the Church The Bishops • Their Abuse of their Patronage The Country Clergy The Supremacy of the Church The Labouring Classes . Their Wages ...
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... classes experienced no inconvenience from this state of things . Corn having risen in value in a greater ratio than paper had fallen , a greater number of persons were tempted to grow corn . All these persons required land . An ...
... classes experienced no inconvenience from this state of things . Corn having risen in value in a greater ratio than paper had fallen , a greater number of persons were tempted to grow corn . All these persons required land . An ...
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Sir Spencer Walpole. CHAP . I. observe that the landowners , as a class , not merely did . not lose , but gained ... classes . They paid the foreigner more for the goods , which they bought of him , but they charged their customers ...
Sir Spencer Walpole. CHAP . I. observe that the landowners , as a class , not merely did . not lose , but gained ... classes . They paid the foreigner more for the goods , which they bought of him , but they charged their customers ...
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... classes obtained an influence which they had never before known . The landowners were slowly losing the monopoly of power which they had enjoyed for centuries . Traders and manufacturers Trade . were daily obtaining fresh wealth and ...
... classes obtained an influence which they had never before known . The landowners were slowly losing the monopoly of power which they had enjoyed for centuries . Traders and manufacturers Trade . were daily obtaining fresh wealth and ...
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... class passenger can now accomplish the same journey in less than one - fourth of the time . In the same year the Post Office started an extraordinary post , by which letters were conveyed at double rates to distant towns at a speed of ...
... class passenger can now accomplish the same journey in less than one - fourth of the time . In the same year the Post Office started an extraordinary post , by which letters were conveyed at double rates to distant towns at a speed of ...
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