The History of Commerce in EuropeMacmillan, 1891 - 233 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 160 - It was at first composed of 1200 shares of 3000 livres each, which soon bore a premium. This bank became the office for all public receipts, and there was annexed to it a Mississippi company, which had grants of land in Louisiana, and was expected to realize immense sums by planting and commerce. In 1718, it was declared a royal bank, and the shares rose to twenty times their original value.
Σελίδα 33 - There is not a vestige, perhaps, to be discovered for several centuries of any considerable manufacture ; I mean, of working up articles of common utility to an extent beyond what the necessities of an adjacent district required. Rich men kept domestic artisans among their servants ; even kings, in the ninth century, had their clothes made by the women upon their farms...
Σελίδα 149 - American woollen industry was practically suppressed ; all iron manufactures, as just mentioned, were forbidden in 1750 ; even colonial hatters were not allowed to send hats from one colony into another.
Σελίδα 3 - The history of commerce is the history of civilization, the history of human wants, and how men have at various times satisfied them. In some countries men have not felt any needs at all beyond the one paramount necessity of gaining the means of life itself; and, having done this, they are satisfied. In this state they remain for centuries, never progressing and never wishing to progress. Such nations are found everywhere among the inferior races of the world. But there are other races who are not...
Σελίδα 148 - Chatham to declare in Parliament that the British colonists in America had no right to manufacture even a nail for a horseshoe.
Σελίδα 37 - We also will, that merchants shall have lawful protection in our kingdom according to our command ; and if they are in any place unjustly aggrieved, let them apply to us or our judges, and we shall take care that ample justice be done to them.
Σελίδα 85 - ... latter was so amazed by the magnificence of the dames of Bruges, that she exclaimed, " I thought I was the only queen here, but, judging from the apparel of those I see around me, there must be many wives of kings and princes present!" Again, when in 1351 the burgomasters of Bruges, Ghent, and Ypres went to Paris to pay homage to King John, they were received with much pomp and distinction, but yet found reason to be dissatisfied. Being invited to a grand, feast they observed that their seats...
Σελίδα 137 - Slaper, and two others had, at their own great costs and charges, found out and opened a trade to Turkey not heretofore in the memory of any man now living known to be commonly used and frequented by way of merchandise...
Σελίδα 149 - The preamble of the bill declared, that "it is expedient that a revenue should be raised in his Majesty's dominions in America, for making a more certain and adequate provision for defraying the charge of the administration of justice and the support of civil government in those provinces, where it shall be found necessary ; and towards farther defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the said dominions.
Σελίδα 114 - Dartmouth. She was the largest vessel that had been seen in England, and her cargo, consisting of gold, spices, calicoes, silks, pearls, drugs, porcelain, ivory, &c., excited the ardour of the English to engage in so opulent a commerce. In consequence of these and other concurrent causes, an association was formed in London, in 1599, for prosecuting the trade to India.