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Page 5
... the total amount to be raised by " permanent and temporary taxes , for the fervice of the year " 1800 , may be computed at £ .36,728,000 . " в 3 period . the Work . the Work . • Introduction , period . During the INTRODUCTION . 5.
... the total amount to be raised by " permanent and temporary taxes , for the fervice of the year " 1800 , may be computed at £ .36,728,000 . " в 3 period . the Work . the Work . • Introduction , period . During the INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... raise the money wanted for that pur- pofe , each hide of land ' ( of which it is faid there were 243,600 during the Saxon ... raised by Ethelred , anno 991 , and enabled him to purchase an ignominious truce from the Danes for the fum of ...
... raise the money wanted for that pur- pofe , each hide of land ' ( of which it is faid there were 243,600 during the Saxon ... raised by Ethelred , anno 991 , and enabled him to purchase an ignominious truce from the Danes for the fum of ...
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... raised for the purpose of bribing the Danes , was anno 1018 , when Canute exacted the fum of £ . 72,000 from the kingdom in general , and about £ . 11,000 from the city of London befides , with a view of rewarding his Danish followers ...
... raised for the purpose of bribing the Danes , was anno 1018 , when Canute exacted the fum of £ . 72,000 from the kingdom in general , and about £ . 11,000 from the city of London befides , with a view of rewarding his Danish followers ...
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... raised 12,180 Saxon pounds , equal in point of real value to £ . 360,000 of our modern money ; and confequently the tax laid on by Canute anno 1018 , amounting to 83,000 Saxon pounds , was equal to a modern land - tax of £ 2,000,000 and ...
... raised 12,180 Saxon pounds , equal in point of real value to £ . 360,000 of our modern money ; and confequently the tax laid on by Canute anno 1018 , amounting to 83,000 Saxon pounds , was equal to a modern land - tax of £ 2,000,000 and ...
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... raise confiderable fums , from fuch of their fubjects as lived in their neighbourhood ' . This mode of raising money was often complained of as oppreflive . It fell into • The king poffeffed 68 forefts , 13 chafes , and 781 parks in ...
... raise confiderable fums , from fuch of their fubjects as lived in their neighbourhood ' . This mode of raising money was often complained of as oppreflive . It fell into • The king poffeffed 68 forefts , 13 chafes , and 781 parks in ...
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Page 211 - ... hoped that her dutiful and loving subjects would not take away her prerogative, which is the chief flower in her garden and the principal and head pearl in her crown and diadem, but that they would rather leave these matters to her disposal.
Page 390 - Eighth, and not cleared until within these two years, and all that while running upon Interest, a course able to eat up not only private men and their Patrimonies, but also Princes, and their Estates...
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Page 33 - WAIFS, bona moviola, are goods stolen, and waived or thrown away by the thief in his flight, for fear of being apprehended. These are given to the king by the law, as a punishment upon the owner, for not himself pursuing the felon, and taking away his goods from him"i. And therefore if the party robbed do his diligence immediately to follow and apprehend the thief, (which is...
Page 341 - ... dead lift, when neither her receipts could yield her relief at the pinch, nor the urgency of her affairs endure the delays of...
Page 341 - They do therefore humbly pray your most excellent majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of parliament...
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Page 389 - Years, at leaft, before the * Death of King Henry. VIII, and not cleared * until within thefe two Years ; and all that while * running upon Intereft; a Courfeable to eat up ' not only private Men and their Patrimonies, but...
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Page 268 - ... maintained inviolate in this country. And the friends of public liberty ought ever to bear in memory the admirable vote of the Houfe of Commons, on the...