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" It receives and pays the greater part of the annuities which are due to the creditors of the public ; it circulates exchequer bills, and it advances to Government the annual amount of the land and malt taxes, which are frequently not paid up till some... "
A Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne, on the Causes of ... - Page 55
by Robert Torrens - 1837 - 82 pages
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 1

Adam Smith - Economics - 1789 - 526 pages
...England can be eftablifhed by act of parliament, or can confift of more than fix members. It acts, not only as an ordinary bank, but as a great engine of ftate. It receives and pays the greater part of the annuities which are due to the creditors of the...
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London, by David Hughson, Volume 3

Edward Pugh - 1806 - 688 pages
...in England can be established by act of parliament, or can consist of more than six members. It acts not only as an ordinary bank, but as a great engine of state; receiving and pnying the greater part of the annuities which are due to the creditors of the public...
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London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British ..., Volume 3

David Hughson - London (England) - 1806 - 686 pages
...England can* be established by act of parliament, or can consist of more than six members. It acts not only as an ordinary bank, but as a great engine of state; receiving and paying the greater part of the annuities which are due to the creditors of th« public...
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A General Dictionary of Commerce, Trade, and Manufactures: Exhibiting Their ...

Thomas Mortimer - Commerce - 1810 - 1246 pages
...from 10,"80,()00i to 11,64&,400/. the sum on nhich they divide at prts^nt. The Bank of England acts not only as an ordinary bank, but as a great engine of state. It receives and pays the crpater part of the annuities which arc due t-> tie creditors of the public ; it circulates exchequer...
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Guy's Pocket Cyclopaedia: Or Miscellany of Useful Knowledge, from the Best ...

Joseph Guy - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1810 - 548 pages
...as an ordinary bank, but (as we have 'already seen) as a great engine of state; receiving and paying 'the greater part of the annuities which are due to the creditors of the public ; circulating exchequer/ •bills; and advancing to government. the annual amount Of the land and malt...
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The Works of Adam Smith: The nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 530 pages
...confift of more than fix members. It acts, not only as an ordinary bank, but as a great engine of ftate. It receives and pays the greater part of the annuities...due to the creditors of the public, it circulates Exchequer bills, and it advances to government the annual amount of the land and malt taxes, which...
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The Works of Adam Smith, Volume 2

Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 582 pages
...not only as an ordinary bank, but as a great engine of ftate. It receives and pays the greater'part of the annuities which are due to the creditors of the public, it circulates Exchequer bills, and it advances to government the annual amount of the land and malt taxes, which...
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The Works of Adam Smith: The nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Adam Smith - Economics - 1812
...England can be eftablifhed by act of parliament, or can confift of more than fix members. It acls^ not only as an ordinary bank, but as a great engine of ftate. It receives and pay* the greater part of the annuities which are due to the creditors of the...
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The Works of Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh:: The ...

Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 520 pages
...England can be eftablifhed by a£t of parliament, or can confift of more than fix members. It afils, not only as an ordinary bank, but as a great engine of ftate. It receives and pays the greater part of the annuities which are due to the creditors of the...
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Dissertation on the first principles of government

Thomas Paine - Political science - 1819 - 758 pages
...Bank (Wtyfi Smith, book ii. chap. g,) aett not «nly as an ordinary hank, but as an engine of statf- ; it receives and pays the greater part of the annuities...which are due to the creditors of the public." (It is worth observing, that the public, or the Nation, is always put for the Government in speaking of...
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