A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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... granted for secret ser- vices amounted to 170,000l . and it was generally believed that a great part of it had been distributed among the members of the house of commons . Thomas Cooke , the governor of the company , being examined ...
... granted for secret ser- vices amounted to 170,000l . and it was generally believed that a great part of it had been distributed among the members of the house of commons . Thomas Cooke , the governor of the company , being examined ...
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... granted in like cases to the sub- jects of his other dominions . This promise alluded to a mercantile project of an extensive kind , framed for Scotland by Patterson , the same who had been the chief instrument in establishing the bank ...
... granted in like cases to the sub- jects of his other dominions . This promise alluded to a mercantile project of an extensive kind , framed for Scotland by Patterson , the same who had been the chief instrument in establishing the bank ...
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... granted in the last session , and had proved very deficient ; he complained that the precarious condition of the civil list was such , that it would not be possible for him to subsist , unless that matter was taken into consideration ...
... granted in the last session , and had proved very deficient ; he complained that the precarious condition of the civil list was such , that it would not be possible for him to subsist , unless that matter was taken into consideration ...
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... granted not only with liberality , but even with profusion , a new na- tional bank was created by an act of parliament , for the purpose of raising money for the use of govern ment ; it was called the land bank , as being esta- blished ...
... granted not only with liberality , but even with profusion , a new na- tional bank was created by an act of parliament , for the purpose of raising money for the use of govern ment ; it was called the land bank , as being esta- blished ...
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... granted . He insisted on the insuf- ficiency of the civil list , and desired them to con- trive the best expedients for the recovery of the national credit , and for remedying the inconve- niences arising from the bad state of the coin ...
... granted . He insisted on the insuf- ficiency of the civil list , and desired them to con- trive the best expedients for the recovery of the national credit , and for remedying the inconve- niences arising from the bad state of the coin ...
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