Taxation, Revenue, Expenditure, Power, Statistics, and Debt of the Whole British Empire: Their Origin, Progress, and Present State. With an Estimate of the Capital and Resources of the Empire, and a Practical Plan for Applying Them to the Liquidation of the National Dept. The Whole Founded On, and Illustrated By, Official Tables, and Authentic Documents |
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... . The tyrannical proceedings of Charles I. , and the infamous excesses of the republican saints , have been alike condemned : and while some of the financial measures of Pitt , and of the ministers who have X PREFACE .
... . The tyrannical proceedings of Charles I. , and the infamous excesses of the republican saints , have been alike condemned : and while some of the financial measures of Pitt , and of the ministers who have X PREFACE .
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... Charles VIII . of France 745,000 crowns , or 186,450 .; and an annuity of 25,000 crowns , in consideration of his claim on Brit- tany . He received also 200,000 ducats from Ferdinand of Spain with his daughter Catherine , who was ...
... Charles VIII . of France 745,000 crowns , or 186,450 .; and an annuity of 25,000 crowns , in consideration of his claim on Brit- tany . He received also 200,000 ducats from Ferdinand of Spain with his daughter Catherine , who was ...
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... Charles I. , and for what amount . His enterprises , and illegal financial measures ; and the effects they produced . When , and by whom , the Land - Tax , Customs , Excise , and Post Office were systematically constituted regular ...
... Charles I. , and for what amount . His enterprises , and illegal financial measures ; and the effects they produced . When , and by whom , the Land - Tax , Customs , Excise , and Post Office were systematically constituted regular ...
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... Charles V. , whose Spanish ambassador at Rome had most strenuously entreated him to promote and pro- tect a German friar who gave so much trouble to the Pope , wishing to see Luther , and become acquainted with the opinions of such a ...
... Charles V. , whose Spanish ambassador at Rome had most strenuously entreated him to promote and pro- tect a German friar who gave so much trouble to the Pope , wishing to see Luther , and become acquainted with the opinions of such a ...
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... Charles V. was keeping the Pope in prison , his measures against the Reformers in Germany were not the less severe . The princes of Germany were compelled to league themselves at Smalcald in defence of their opinions . The Reformers ...
... Charles V. was keeping the Pope in prison , his measures against the Reformers in Germany were not the less severe . The princes of Germany were compelled to league themselves at Smalcald in defence of their opinions . The Reformers ...
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