The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to Our Own Times, Հատոր 5Estes and Lauriat, 1874 |
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... Shilling of William and Mary 173 Sir John Vanbrugh PAGE PAGE 311 438 312 • 445 312 446 317. ANNE · Frontispiece POPE - ADDISON - SWIFT . to face page 65 GEORGE I. - GEORGE II . . " " 9 130 193 " " " " 257 " " " " 329 " " " " 391 ...
... Shilling of William and Mary 173 Sir John Vanbrugh PAGE PAGE 311 438 312 • 445 312 446 317. ANNE · Frontispiece POPE - ADDISON - SWIFT . to face page 65 GEORGE I. - GEORGE II . . " " 9 130 193 " " " " 257 " " " " 329 " " " " 391 ...
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... shillings a bushel , or forty times the value of the article taxed . In 1823 the salt duties were wholly abolished . Then this necessary of life was to be used without stint ; and salt was also to become one of the most important ...
... shillings a bushel , or forty times the value of the article taxed . In 1823 the salt duties were wholly abolished . Then this necessary of life was to be used without stint ; and salt was also to become one of the most important ...
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... shillings a pound - repaid the cost of carriage . Railways serve London with salmon at a cheaper rate . The industry of Scotland before the Union , in 1707 , was so limited in its character , that this is scarcely the period to attempt ...
... shillings a pound - repaid the cost of carriage . Railways serve London with salmon at a cheaper rate . The industry of Scotland before the Union , in 1707 , was so limited in its character , that this is scarcely the period to attempt ...
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... shillings per lb .; the lowest green at twelve shillings . * Eighteen years afterwards , it is complained that " tea and wine are all we seem anxious for . " There was another change in the habits of the people produced by political ...
... shillings per lb .; the lowest green at twelve shillings . * Eighteen years afterwards , it is complained that " tea and wine are all we seem anxious for . " There was another change in the habits of the people produced by political ...
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... shillings to six shillings a week , without food . The average was probably five shillings . This rate agrees with King's calculation , that fifteen pounds was the annual income for a labouring man's family . The mode in which we are ...
... shillings to six shillings a week , without food . The average was probably five shillings . This rate agrees with King's calculation , that fifteen pounds was the annual income for a labouring man's family . The mode in which we are ...
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Էջ 177 - were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple. Who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter ?
Էջ 409 - When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence fall* Degraded ; wisdom in discourse with her Loses
Էջ 75 - Declaration of Eights it was maintained " That the raising or keeping a Standing Army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law." An accidental occurrence gave a legislative
Էջ 409 - and like folly shows ; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind, and nobleness, their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic plac'd.
Էջ 430 - I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that county, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandize, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York ; from whence he had married my mother, whose
Էջ 29 - by laying rails of timber, from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal-merchant.
Էջ 255 - crown by virtue of the limitation of this present Act, and is, are, or shall be reconciled to, or shall hold communion with the See or Church of Rome, or shall profess the Popish religion, or shall marry a Papist, shall be subject to such incapacities as in such case or cases are by the said recited Act
Էջ 426 - at great Bourbon's feet her silken sons; Or Tiber, now no longer Roman, rolls, Vain of Italian arts, Italian souls : To happy convents, bosom'd deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines : To isles of fragrance, lily-silvered vales, Diffusing languor in the panting gales : To lands of singing or of dancing slaves, Love-whispering woods, and lute-resounding
Էջ 408 - In various talk th' instructive hours they pass'd, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies; Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
Էջ 417 - divided between two opposite opinions: or rather, to speak my thoughts freely, I believe in general that there is, and has been, such a thing as witchcraft, but at the same time can give no credit to any particular instance of it.