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History of Queen Anne - Page 139
by Jonathan Swift - 1801
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The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen

Jonathan Swift - Great Britain - 1758 - 416 pages
...good their proportion of three fifths to two fifths, which thofe confederates had fo long, and in fo great degree, neglected. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH'S...per cent, from the pay of the foreign troops, was alfo applied for carrying on the war. Laftly, within this period is to be included the act palled to...
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The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen

Jonathan Swift - Great Britain - 1758 - 426 pages
...good their proportion of three fifths to two fifths, which thofe confederates had fo long, and in fo great degree, neglected. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH'S...per cent, from the pay of the foreign troops, was alfo applied for carrying on the war. LaftLaftly, within this period is to be included the adt paffed...
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The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen

Jonathan Swift - Great Britain - 1758 - 422 pages
...which thofe confederates had fo long, and in fo great degree, neglected. The Duke of MARLBOROUOH'S deduction of two and a half per cent, from the pay of the foreign troops, was alfo applied for carrying on the war. Q. LaftLaftly, within this period is to be included the act patted...
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The History of the Last Session of Parliament: And of the Peace of Utrecht

Jonathan Swift - Great Britain - 1758 - 334 pages
...which thofe Confederates had fo long, and in fb great Degree, negledted. The Duke of Marlbo* rough's Deduction of Two and a Half per Cent. from the Pay of the foreign Troops, was alfo applied for carrying on the War. LASTLY, within this Period is to be included the Adr. pafTed...
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A Complete History of England: From the Descent of Julius Caesar ..., Volume 10

Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1759 - 478 pages
...thoufand pounds a year to defray the expence of intelligence; and to have pocketted a deduction of £wo and a half per cent. from the pay of the foreign troops, maintained by England. It'was alledged, in his juilification, that the prefi-nt from .the Jew was a...
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The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II.

Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1771 - 452 pages
...Medina the Jew, but he was alfo allowed ten thoufand pounds a year from the queen; to this he added a deduction of two and a half per cent, from the pay of the foreign troops maintained by England, and all this over and above his ordinary pay as general of the Eritifh forces....
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The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II.

Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1771 - 448 pages
...Jew, but he was alfo allowed ten thoufand pounds a year from the queen; to this he added a dedudtion of two and a half per cent, from the pay of the foreign troops maintained by England, and all this over and above his ordinary pay as general of the Britim forces....
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The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ..., Volume 18

Jonathan Swift - 1775 - 436 pages
...confederates had fo long, ami in fo great degree, negletted. The <kike of MerUioreiigi's deduftion K 6 of of two and a half per cent, from the pay of the foreign troops was alfo applied for carrying on the war *. Laftly, within this period is to be included the aft palTed...
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The History of England, from the Revolution to the Present Time ..., Volume 1

Catharine Macaulay - Great Britain - 1778 - 476 pages
...the Queen ten thoufand pounds a year to defray the expence of intelligence ; and to have pocketed a deduction of two and a half per cent. from the pay of the foreign troops maintained by England. The Duke alledged, in his juftification, that the prefent from the Jew was a...
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The modern part of An universal history, from the earliest ..., Volume 40

World history - 1783 - 458 pages
...Medina, the Jew, he was allowed ten thoufand pounds a-year from the queen. He alfo referved for himfelf a deduction of two and a half per cent, from the pay of the foreign troops maintained by England, and all this exclufive of his ordinary pay as general of the Britifh forces....
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