A history of England, from the conclusion of the great war in 1815 [to 1858].Longmans, Green, and Company, 1879 - Great Britain |
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... wrote the Craftsman ' in 1736 , when the debt was under 50,000,000l . , is the source of all those calamities and gloomy prospects of which we have so much reason to complain . To this has been owing that multiplicity of burthensome ...
... wrote the Craftsman ' in 1736 , when the debt was under 50,000,000l . , is the source of all those calamities and gloomy prospects of which we have so much reason to complain . To this has been owing that multiplicity of burthensome ...
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... wrote Mr. Hannay in 1756 , that we may increase our debt to 100,000,000l . , but they acknowledge that it must then cease by the debtor becoming bankrupt . ' ' The ruinous effects of it ( the debt ) , ' wrote Hume in 1778 , ' are now ...
... wrote Mr. Hannay in 1756 , that we may increase our debt to 100,000,000l . , but they acknowledge that it must then cease by the debtor becoming bankrupt . ' ' The ruinous effects of it ( the debt ) , ' wrote Hume in 1778 , ' are now ...
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... wrote , Macaulay tells us that in the days of Charles II . the three chief towns of England were London , Bristol , and Norwich . Next to them in importance were York , the capital of the North , and Exeter , the capital of the West ...
... wrote , Macaulay tells us that in the days of Charles II . the three chief towns of England were London , Bristol , and Norwich . Next to them in importance were York , the capital of the North , and Exeter , the capital of the West ...
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... wrote he in rhyme - which proves that his education had not been useless - to Burns . At twenty - five years of age , or in 1782 , Telford set out for London , where he was employed , as an ordinary mason , on Somerset House . The ...
... wrote he in rhyme - which proves that his education had not been useless - to Burns . At twenty - five years of age , or in 1782 , Telford set out for London , where he was employed , as an ordinary mason , on Somerset House . The ...
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... wrote to his sister , Madame Roget , the moment the sun peeps out I am in the country ; a cold country it is ; for , having only one row of houses between me and Highgate and Hampstead , a north - west wind blows full against my ...
... wrote to his sister , Madame Roget , the moment the sun peeps out I am in the country ; a cold country it is ; for , having only one row of houses between me and Highgate and Hampstead , a north - west wind blows full against my ...
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