Prose and PoetryR. Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 195
... hundred and twenty thousand ounces . It proved to be under one hundred and fourteen thousand ounces . Three eminent London goldsmiths were invited to send a hundred pounds each in current silver to be tried by the balance . Three ...
... hundred and twenty thousand ounces . It proved to be under one hundred and fourteen thousand ounces . Three eminent London goldsmiths were invited to send a hundred pounds each in current silver to be tried by the balance . Three ...
Page 196
... hundred pounds , which should have weighed about four hundred ounces , did actually weigh at Bristol two hundred and forty ounces , at Cambridge two hundred and three , at Exeter one hundred and eighty , and at Oxford only one hundred ...
... hundred pounds , which should have weighed about four hundred ounces , did actually weigh at Bristol two hundred and forty ounces , at Cambridge two hundred and three , at Exeter one hundred and eighty , and at Oxford only one hundred ...
Page 241
... hundred 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 ...
... hundred 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 ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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