Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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... thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least equivalent to six hundred thousand pounds sterling ; a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded annually to ...
... thousand florins ; a sum which , allowing for the depreciation of the precious metals , was at least equivalent to six hundred thousand pounds sterling ; a larger sum than England and Ireland , two centuries ago , yielded annually to ...
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... thousand of his troops . Very soon his force amounted to thirty thousand . Guns were procured from the neighbouring fortresses ; and there was again an army . Berlin was for the present safe ; but calamities came pouring on the King in ...
... thousand of his troops . Very soon his force amounted to thirty thousand . Guns were procured from the neighbouring fortresses ; and there was again an army . Berlin was for the present safe ; but calamities came pouring on the King in ...
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... thousand . It subsequently increased , and had risen to near four thousand when the stamp tax was imposed . The tax was fatal to a crowd of journals . The Spectator , however , stood its ground , doubled its price , and , though its ...
... thousand . It subsequently increased , and had risen to near four thousand when the stamp tax was imposed . The tax was fatal to a crowd of journals . The Spectator , however , stood its ground , doubled its price , and , though its ...
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