The Political State of the British Empire: Containing a General View of the Domestic and Foreign Possessions of the Crown; the Laws, Commerce, Revenues, Offices, and Other Establishments, Civil and Military, Том 3T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818 |
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... Some faint traces of painting occur in the thirteenth century ; but the names and country of the artifts do not ap- pear , except that of William of Florence , where the art had faintly begun to revive . In the reign of Edward I. the ...
... Some faint traces of painting occur in the thirteenth century ; but the names and country of the artifts do not ap- pear , except that of William of Florence , where the art had faintly begun to revive . In the reign of Edward I. the ...
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... Some students re- moving thither from Cricklade , a monaftery was founded by St. Fridefwide , in the time of the Saxons , which was burned and rebuilt by king Ethelred . When the Danes were reduced by Alfred , that prince is faid to ...
... Some students re- moving thither from Cricklade , a monaftery was founded by St. Fridefwide , in the time of the Saxons , which was burned and rebuilt by king Ethelred . When the Danes were reduced by Alfred , that prince is faid to ...
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... some time fellow , who re - built part of the college , and left 6000l . towards the finishing of it , befides a valuable library of books ; Dr. Barlow , biflop of Lincoln , Dr. William Lancaster , and Dr. Timothy Halton , provosts . Some ...
... some time fellow , who re - built part of the college , and left 6000l . towards the finishing of it , befides a valuable library of books ; Dr. Barlow , biflop of Lincoln , Dr. William Lancaster , and Dr. Timothy Halton , provosts . Some ...
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... Some have affirmed that this univerfity was first founded by Cantaber , aSpaniard , bred at Athens , 375 years before the commencement of the Christian era , from whom also it re- ceived its name . Others , certainly with a greater ...
... Some have affirmed that this univerfity was first founded by Cantaber , aSpaniard , bred at Athens , 375 years before the commencement of the Christian era , from whom also it re- ceived its name . Others , certainly with a greater ...
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... Some of the supporters difplay the hand of a first - rate statuary , and though cut in stone , are equal , in contour , expreflion , and character , to alnost any marble fculpture . About the middle of the chapel is a partition fkreen ...
... Some of the supporters difplay the hand of a first - rate statuary , and though cut in stone , are equal , in contour , expreflion , and character , to alnost any marble fculpture . About the middle of the chapel is a partition fkreen ...
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The Political State of the British Empire: Containing a General View ..., Том 3 John Adolphus Попередній перегляд недоступний - 1818 |
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Сторінка 200 - ... surprisals, takings at sea, arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever...
Сторінка 200 - ... arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever, barratry of the master and mariners, and of all other perils, losses, and misfortunes, that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises, and ship, &c., or any part thereof.
Сторінка 168 - As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the act of navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England.
Сторінка 170 - The monopoly of the colony trade, therefore, so far as it has turned towards that trade a greater proportion of the capital of Great Britain than what would...
Сторінка 142 - If this capital is divided between two different grocers, their competition will tend to make both of them sell cheaper than if it were in the hands of one only ; and if it were divided among twenty, their competition would be just so much the greater, and the chance of their combining together in order to raise the price just so much the less.
Сторінка 142 - He is thereby enabled to employ almost his whole stock as a capital. He is thus enabled to furnish work to a greater value ; and the profit which he makes by it in this way much more than compensates the additional price which the profit of the retailer imposes upon the goods.
Сторінка 33 - The Hall is by far the moft magnificent room of the kind in Oxford, and perhaps one of the largeft in the kingdom. The roof is framed of timber, curioufly wrought, and fo contrived as to produce a very grand and noble effect.
Сторінка 397 - ... his own debts, it is his misfortune and not his fault. To the misfortunes, therefore, of debtors, the law has given a compassionate remedy...
Сторінка 168 - The act of navigation is not favourable to foreign commerce, or to the growth of that opulence which can arise from it. The interest of a nation in its commercial relations to foreign nations is, like that of a merchant with regard to the different people with whom he deals, to buy as cheap and to sell as dear as possible.
Сторінка 276 - Good roads, canals, and navigable rivers, by diminishing the expense of carriage, put the remote parts of the country more nearly upon a level with those in the neighbourhood of the town. They are upon that account the greatest of all improvements.