The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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... means idle . It is the purpose of the present essay to point out in general terms the import of the message of archæological discovery in the Victorian Era in its bearings upon the great problems of world- history . Perhaps this purpose ...
... means idle . It is the purpose of the present essay to point out in general terms the import of the message of archæological discovery in the Victorian Era in its bearings upon the great problems of world- history . Perhaps this purpose ...
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... means as these same officers supply him with . Though in theory he can command the services and money of his subjects to an unlimited extent , yet the crown as such has no revenues peculiarly its own . It is dependent for the pay of the ...
... means as these same officers supply him with . Though in theory he can command the services and money of his subjects to an unlimited extent , yet the crown as such has no revenues peculiarly its own . It is dependent for the pay of the ...
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... means luxury . Three acres is about the largest quantity which one family can manage without employ - varies with the imperiousness of the needs of the latter and with ing hired labour . In the northern provinces , where wheat , maize ...
... means luxury . Three acres is about the largest quantity which one family can manage without employ - varies with the imperiousness of the needs of the latter and with ing hired labour . In the northern provinces , where wheat , maize ...
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... means represents the amounts actually paid by the cultivators . It is the sum which the various magistrates and ... means in their power . As a further means of neutralizing the commutation they have devised a new form of impost , viz ...
... means represents the amounts actually paid by the cultivators . It is the sum which the various magistrates and ... means in their power . As a further means of neutralizing the commutation they have devised a new form of impost , viz ...
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... means of enforcing it . The method of working is as follows : -The Board of Revenue at Peking , which is charged with a general supervision of finance matters all over the empire , makes up at the end of the year a general estimate of ...
... means of enforcing it . The method of working is as follows : -The Board of Revenue at Peking , which is charged with a general supervision of finance matters all over the empire , makes up at the end of the year a general estimate of ...
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