The Whistler at the Plough: Containing Travels, Statistics, and Descriptions of Scenery & Agricultural Customs in Most Parts of England: with Letters from Ireland: Also "Free Trade and the League;" a Biographical History, Volume 2James Ainsworth, 1853 - Free trade |
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Page 137
... shilling of a depreciated currency were equivalent to a guinea , which was selling at the time for 27s . or 28s . The noble lord's motion had been withdrawn ; and he begged to recall the attention of the house to what the question ...
... shilling of a depreciated currency were equivalent to a guinea , which was selling at the time for 27s . or 28s . The noble lord's motion had been withdrawn ; and he begged to recall the attention of the house to what the question ...
Page 162
... shillings upon all corn exported to foreign countries ; thus enabling the foreigner to obtain British wheat at a cheaper rate than the inhabitants of this country themselves could purchase it at . From 1740 to 1750 no less a sum than L ...
... shillings upon all corn exported to foreign countries ; thus enabling the foreigner to obtain British wheat at a cheaper rate than the inhabitants of this country themselves could purchase it at . From 1740 to 1750 no less a sum than L ...
Page 175
... shilling of pro- tection on corn must pass into the pockets of the landowner , without at all benefiting the tenant or the agricultural labourer ; whereas , on the other hand , no extent of protection could possibly benefit the ...
... shilling of pro- tection on corn must pass into the pockets of the landowner , without at all benefiting the tenant or the agricultural labourer ; whereas , on the other hand , no extent of protection could possibly benefit the ...
Page 177
... shilling duty , when the price in the home market reaches 73s . Taking into account the change that had taken place in the currency , by which the sum of 80s . in 1815 had been made equivalent to 60s . in 1828 , the landlords actually ...
... shilling duty , when the price in the home market reaches 73s . Taking into account the change that had taken place in the currency , by which the sum of 80s . in 1815 had been made equivalent to 60s . in 1828 , the landlords actually ...
Page 212
... shillings , except blacks and whites : what we now exported were all of finer qualities than those , and they were every day getting of finer quality , while the Americans were daily improving in their manufacture of prints , as would ...
... shillings , except blacks and whites : what we now exported were all of finer qualities than those , and they were every day getting of finer quality , while the Americans were daily improving in their manufacture of prints , as would ...
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