The Standard Library Cyclopaedia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical and Forensic Knowledge: Forming a Work of Universal Reference on the Subjects of Civil Administration, Political Economy, Finance, Commerce, Laws and Social Relations ...H. G. Bohn, 1860 |
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... parliament in the 18th of James I. , on the king's recommendation , but at that time nothing was done in the matter . When the civil war broke out in 1641 . the profits of marriage , wardship , and of most of the other old feudal ...
... parliament in the 18th of James I. , on the king's recommendation , but at that time nothing was done in the matter . When the civil war broke out in 1641 . the profits of marriage , wardship , and of most of the other old feudal ...
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... parliament early in the reign of William III . Fur- ther efforts , made in 1720 and 1750 , were alike unsuccessful . Various reasons have been assigned for these repeated failures . Andrew Yarington , in the second part of England's ...
... parliament early in the reign of William III . Fur- ther efforts , made in 1720 and 1750 , were alike unsuccessful . Various reasons have been assigned for these repeated failures . Andrew Yarington , in the second part of England's ...
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... Parliament for incorporating a company under the title of the Gaspé Fishing and Mining Company . The whale fishery was carried on suc- cessfully during the twelfth , thirteenth , and fourteenth centuries by the Biscayans . The whales ...
... Parliament for incorporating a company under the title of the Gaspé Fishing and Mining Company . The whale fishery was carried on suc- cessfully during the twelfth , thirteenth , and fourteenth centuries by the Biscayans . The whales ...
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... parliaments of England , Scotland , Great Britain , and Ireland , respectively prohibiting certain dealings in wares ... parliament of Great Britain was passed in the twelfth year of the reign of King George III . , intituled An Act for ...
... parliaments of England , Scotland , Great Britain , and Ireland , respectively prohibiting certain dealings in wares ... parliament of Great Britain was passed in the twelfth year of the reign of King George III . , intituled An Act for ...
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... parliament , are so ancient , 6 he shall cause one to blow an horn for. Though the law against engrossing , forestalling , and regrating was , we be- lieve , seldom enforced , the repeal of this mass of absurd legislation , and of the ...
... parliament , are so ancient , 6 he shall cause one to blow an horn for. Though the law against engrossing , forestalling , and regrating was , we be- lieve , seldom enforced , the repeal of this mass of absurd legislation , and of the ...
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