 The evils produced by this state of the currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent place in history. Yet it may well be doubted whether all the misery which had been inflicted on the English nation in a quarter...  Journal of the Institute of Bankers - Page 387by Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) - 1895Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1855 - 704 pages
...received in the payment of taxes.** The evils produced by this state of the currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent...Ministers, bad Parliaments and bad Judges, was equal to the miser}' caused in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings. Those events which furnish the best... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1855 - 860 pages
...received in the payment of taxes. J The evils produced by this state of the currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent...century by bad Kings, bad Ministers, bad Parliaments * Lowndes's Essay for the A mend- shire Quaker were printed a few ment of the Silver Coins, I6p5. years... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1858 - 908 pages
...received in the payment of taxes, f The evils produced by this state of the currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent...equal to the misery caused in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings. Those events which furnish the best themes for pathetic or indignant eloquence... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1858 - 502 pages
...received in the payment of taxes, f The evils produced by this state of the currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent...equal to the misery caused in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings. Those events which furnish the best themes for pathetic or indignant eloquence... | |
 | Henry Dunning Macleod - Economics - 1858 - 626 pages
...loosens the whole framework of the community. Lord Macaulay says with not greater point than truth, " it may well be doubted whether all the misery which...equal to the misery caused in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings."* Hist, of England. Vol. IT. p. 625. 2. At the time of William the Conqueror,... | |
 | Henry Dunning Macleod - Economics - 1858 - 636 pages
...community. Lord Macaulay says with not greater point than truth, " it may well be doubted whether all tlie misery which had been inflicted on the English nation...by bad kings, bad ministers, bad parliaments, and had judges, was equal to the misery caused in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings."* Hint,... | |
 | Charles William Jones - Readers - 1859 - 120 pages
...AT THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTION. The evils produced by the bad state of the currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent...equal to the misery caused in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings. Those events which furnish the best themes for pathetic or indignant eloquence... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1866 - 574 pages
...received in the payment of taxes.* The evils produced by this state of the currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent...equal to the misery caused in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings. Those events which furnish the best themes for pathetic or indignant eloquence... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1866 - 496 pages
...received in the payment of taxes.'2 The evils produced by this state of the currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent...the English nation in a quarter of a century by bad Kingjs, bad Ministers, bad Parliaments, and bad Judges, was equal to the misery caused in a single... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1867 - 832 pages
...received in the payment of taxes.f The evils produced by this state of the currency were not such as hare generally been thought worthy to occupy a prominent...equal to the misery caused in a single year by bad crowns and bad shillings. Those events which furnish the best themes for pathetic or indignant eloquence... | |
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