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Page 189
... houses would not be feasible in such an extended state of the banking business ; and accordingly a central place , called " the clearing house , " has long been fixed as a station to which each of the city banking houses ( now forty ...
... houses would not be feasible in such an extended state of the banking business ; and accordingly a central place , called " the clearing house , " has long been fixed as a station to which each of the city banking houses ( now forty ...
Page 382
... houses inhabited by persons of rank in Persia are built with some degree of taste and convenience . The entrance to them is very bad ; instead of finding a broad and handsome gateway , you probably have to creep through a small door not ...
... houses inhabited by persons of rank in Persia are built with some degree of taste and convenience . The entrance to them is very bad ; instead of finding a broad and handsome gateway , you probably have to creep through a small door not ...
Page 461
... houses ; or , to speak more correctly , these two noises were almost simultaneous , and so blended that nobody had time to escape . So sudden was the overthrow of the houses , that even those persons who occupied the ground floor , and ...
... houses ; or , to speak more correctly , these two noises were almost simultaneous , and so blended that nobody had time to escape . So sudden was the overthrow of the houses , that even those persons who occupied the ground floor , and ...
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