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... they , at any rate , enjoyed a desirable immunity from being drawn and hanged like ordinary " English Christian men . " During the whole of the Middle Ages the trade in money was chiefly in the hands of a Origin of Banking . 5.
... they , at any rate , enjoyed a desirable immunity from being drawn and hanged like ordinary " English Christian men . " During the whole of the Middle Ages the trade in money was chiefly in the hands of a Origin of Banking . 5.
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... whole Isthmus of Panama , which colony , Paterson believed , would become a chief station on the great highway of the world , forming the emporium where the commerce of the East would meet that of the West . The plan , great and noble ...
... whole Isthmus of Panama , which colony , Paterson believed , would become a chief station on the great highway of the world , forming the emporium where the commerce of the East would meet that of the West . The plan , great and noble ...
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... whole of the subscriptions on the part of the public amounted only to £ 2,100 . Consequently , the Land Bank proved a total and complete failure . It was a time of great financial depres- sion ; but though the Bank of England suffered ...
... whole of the subscriptions on the part of the public amounted only to £ 2,100 . Consequently , the Land Bank proved a total and complete failure . It was a time of great financial depres- sion ; but though the Bank of England suffered ...
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... whole of the debts of the State , amounting to £ 30,981,712 át 5 per cent . until the year 1727 , and after that period at 4 per cent . - for which they were to pay three millions and a half - met with great appro- bation from most of ...
... whole of the debts of the State , amounting to £ 30,981,712 át 5 per cent . until the year 1727 , and after that period at 4 per cent . - for which they were to pay three millions and a half - met with great appro- bation from most of ...
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... whole . fortune in the bubble , and , having lost it , was obliged to serve in a bookseller's shop while he continued his ministerial duties . The elder Scraggs made Gay a present of £ 1,000 stock , and , as the poet had been a previous ...
... whole . fortune in the bubble , and , having lost it , was obliged to serve in a bookseller's shop while he continued his ministerial duties . The elder Scraggs made Gay a present of £ 1,000 stock , and , as the poet had been a previous ...
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