The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 12Walter Scott John Ballantyne and Company, 1823 - Europe |
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... officers and soldiers whose services were no longer required . The com- mittee had taken the expense of the army at L.8,967,000 , exclusive of the L.300,000 ; but his Lordship was happy to state , that Ministers felt themselves enabled ...
... officers and soldiers whose services were no longer required . The com- mittee had taken the expense of the army at L.8,967,000 , exclusive of the L.300,000 ; but his Lordship was happy to state , that Ministers felt themselves enabled ...
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... officers . There was one circumstance of which the House ought never to lose sight ; and it was this — the annual expense was stated to be L.16,237,000 ; but neither the whole of this , nor any thing like the whole of it , was paid for ...
... officers . There was one circumstance of which the House ought never to lose sight ; and it was this — the annual expense was stated to be L.16,237,000 ; but neither the whole of this , nor any thing like the whole of it , was paid for ...
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... could be made , by placing this pro- vince under one rather than under both . Many articles of our imports were known to be subject to adul teration and fraud . The officers of the revenue had CHAP . 3. ] 47 HISTORY .
... could be made , by placing this pro- vince under one rather than under both . Many articles of our imports were known to be subject to adul teration and fraud . The officers of the revenue had CHAP . 3. ] 47 HISTORY .
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Walter Scott. teration and fraud . The officers of the revenue had no means of pre- venting this fraud , after the articles had been given out of the ware- house ; the excise possessed means of detecting afterwards any adulteration or ...
Walter Scott. teration and fraud . The officers of the revenue had no means of pre- venting this fraud , after the articles had been given out of the ware- house ; the excise possessed means of detecting afterwards any adulteration or ...
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... officers could not bow or scrape as well as the officers of our army , nor play off with equal agility the tricks and artifices of skilful courtiers . And yet , as our navy could stand our guard when our army could not , the reduc- tion ...
... officers could not bow or scrape as well as the officers of our army , nor play off with equal agility the tricks and artifices of skilful courtiers . And yet , as our navy could stand our guard when our army could not , the reduc- tion ...
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