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... species of false and delusive wealth , which supply only an imaginary capital ; but this supposition , Mr Thornton remarks , is " one by which more than justice is done to one of these species of bills , and something less than justice ...
... species of false and delusive wealth , which supply only an imaginary capital ; but this supposition , Mr Thornton remarks , is " one by which more than justice is done to one of these species of bills , and something less than justice ...
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... species of boletus are known under the same name . The B. pini laricis , or male agaric of druggists , was at one time employed as a purgative , but it is now in disuse . The B. ignarius , called female agaric , was formerly valued as a ...
... species of boletus are known under the same name . The B. pini laricis , or male agaric of druggists , was at one time employed as a purgative , but it is now in disuse . The B. ignarius , called female agaric , was formerly valued as a ...
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... species of gypsum resembling marble , but softer , takes a duller polish , and when pure is much whiter and semi- transparent . Some stones , however , of a veined and coloured appearance , and also certain transparent and yellow ones ...
... species of gypsum resembling marble , but softer , takes a duller polish , and when pure is much whiter and semi- transparent . Some stones , however , of a veined and coloured appearance , and also certain transparent and yellow ones ...
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... species of the same plant . Socotrine aloes is said to be obtained by only draining the leaves , after being cut at their base : Hepatic or Barbadoes aloes , by boiling or slight pressure ; and horse aloes seem to be a coarse ...
... species of the same plant . Socotrine aloes is said to be obtained by only draining the leaves , after being cut at their base : Hepatic or Barbadoes aloes , by boiling or slight pressure ; and horse aloes seem to be a coarse ...
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... species , frequently substituted for , or mixed with , the true kind . They are used as a condiment . About 140,000 lbs . are annually imported . Customary Tare , in barrels of 16 lbs . , 6 lbs . each . ANFORA , OR AMPHORA , a Venetian ...
... species , frequently substituted for , or mixed with , the true kind . They are used as a condiment . About 140,000 lbs . are annually imported . Customary Tare , in barrels of 16 lbs . , 6 lbs . each . ANFORA , OR AMPHORA , a Venetian ...
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Page 202 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Page 268 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation...
Page 447 - ... all actions of account, and upon the case, other than such accounts as concern the trade of merchandise between merchant and merchant, their factors or servants, all actions of debt grounded upon any lending or contract without specialty...
Page 348 - Car. 2. c. 3. § 4., enacts, that " no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator, upon any special promise, to answer damages out of his own estate, or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 99 - This is no denial of the mathematical proposition that the whole is equal to the sum of all its parts...
Page 202 - That * * * no contract for the sale of any goods, wares and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer...
Page 202 - ... unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought or some memorandum or note thereof shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith or some other person thereunto...
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Page 68 - ... committed; provided the person or persons so dealing with such bankrupt, or at •whose suit or on whose account such execution or attachment shall have issued, had not at the time of such contract, dealing, or transaction, or at the time of executing or levying such execution or attachment, notice of any prior act of bankruptcy by him committed...