Annual Register, Volume 42Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1801 - History |
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... amount in cath . Contributors to the forced loan , who had paid a part of their contribution , were entitled to a difcharge , fo far as it went , from the new war aid : and if there fhould be any balance in their favour , after an ...
... amount in cath . Contributors to the forced loan , who had paid a part of their contribution , were entitled to a difcharge , fo far as it went , from the new war aid : and if there fhould be any balance in their favour , after an ...
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... amount of fifteen millions . In order to redeem the capital of the territorial infcriptions arifing from the prefent law , they were to be received as part payment for the national domains , to the amount of one hundred and fifty ...
... amount of fifteen millions . In order to redeem the capital of the territorial infcriptions arifing from the prefent law , they were to be received as part payment for the national domains , to the amount of one hundred and fifty ...
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... amount to upwards of eighty thousand . ' NEOLOGICAL FRENCH DICTIONARY . By William Dupré , Efq . The little wosk from which we have borrowed this definition or defcription of com- mune , is not only a very useful companion to the ...
... amount to upwards of eighty thousand . ' NEOLOGICAL FRENCH DICTIONARY . By William Dupré , Efq . The little wosk from which we have borrowed this definition or defcription of com- mune , is not only a very useful companion to the ...
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... amount of each . He was alfo to fuperintend the coinage of money . One of the minifters was elpecially intrusted with the adminiftration of the pub- lic treasury . He was to fecure the receipts , to order the transfer of fums , and the ...
... amount of each . He was alfo to fuperintend the coinage of money . One of the minifters was elpecially intrusted with the adminiftration of the pub- lic treasury . He was to fecure the receipts , to order the transfer of fums , and the ...
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... , " An Act for eftablighing Regulations re- fpecting Aliens arriving in this King- dom , ham obferved , was not its proper remedy . The HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 189 t Annual Amount of Wheat imported to London, from 1781 to 1800.
... , " An Act for eftablighing Regulations re- fpecting Aliens arriving in this King- dom , ham obferved , was not its proper remedy . The HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 189 t Annual Amount of Wheat imported to London, from 1781 to 1800.
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Page 321 - I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly; I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me; and a comparison between them and the composition of most of my correspondents, flattered my vanity. I carried this whim so far, that though I had not three farthings...
Page 333 - The negroes thus bound, are (by their masters or mistresses) to be taught to read and write, and to be brought up to some useful occupation, agreeably to the laws of the commonwealth of Virginia, providing for the support of orphan and other poor children. And I do hereby expressly forbid the sale or transportation, out of the said commonwealth, of any Slave I may die possessed of, under any pretence whatsoever.
Page 291 - ... in their persons nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force...
Page 451 - Bolus arrived, and gave a doubtful tap, Between a single and a double rap. Knocks of this kind Are given by gentlemen who teach to dance; By fiddlers, and by opera.singers; One loud, and then a little one behind.
Page 294 - The difficulties which suspended the execution of the sixth article of our treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation with Great Britain have not yet been removed. The negotiation on this subject is still depending.
Page 324 - I can truly say, that pauvre inconnu as I then was, I had pretty nearly as high an idea of myself and of my works as I have at this moment, when the public has decided in their favour.
Page 333 - ... the latter, while both descriptions are in the occupancy of the same proprietor; it not being in my power, under the tenure by which the dower negroes are held, to manumit them.
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Page 183 - Drapery, shall pay, on importation into each country from the other, the duties now payable on importation into Ireland ; salt and hops, on importation into Ireland...