The Scots Magazine, Volume 47Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1785 |
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... whole of this article as a fund for the payment of the interests on your bonds , which had fuffered fome- thing in their credit and current value , from the fufpenfion of the payment of in- tereft , fome months before I left Calcut- ta ...
... whole of this article as a fund for the payment of the interests on your bonds , which had fuffered fome- thing in their credit and current value , from the fufpenfion of the payment of in- tereft , fome months before I left Calcut- ta ...
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... whole was imported into England under the prefent impofts : a tax of more than 10l . per acre , on all the cane land from which we derive any income , in- stead of 9 d . the extent of what is actual- ly paid , at an average value , in ...
... whole was imported into England under the prefent impofts : a tax of more than 10l . per acre , on all the cane land from which we derive any income , in- stead of 9 d . the extent of what is actual- ly paid , at an average value , in ...
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... whole : the lofs on the fallow land is the farmer's equally in England as in the Weft Indies ; but the former is wholly exempt from any tax on land , or on the produce of his land , except pa- rochial taxes , which are in common ...
... whole : the lofs on the fallow land is the farmer's equally in England as in the Weft Indies ; but the former is wholly exempt from any tax on land , or on the produce of his land , except pa- rochial taxes , which are in common ...
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... whole ap- paratus was exceedingly well adapted , and much credit was due to the chemift through the whole procefs of filling . The cords from the net - work were held by ten or a dozen men , till the boat , which was seven feet and a ...
... whole ap- paratus was exceedingly well adapted , and much credit was due to the chemift through the whole procefs of filling . The cords from the net - work were held by ten or a dozen men , till the boat , which was seven feet and a ...
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... whole of our ballaft . At about five or fix miles from the French coaft we were again falling rapidly to- wards the fea , on which occafion my noble little Captain gave orders , and fet the example , by beginning to strip our aerial car ...
... whole of our ballaft . At about five or fix miles from the French coaft we were again falling rapidly to- wards the fea , on which occafion my noble little Captain gave orders , and fet the example , by beginning to strip our aerial car ...
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