A History of New South, Wales: From Its Settlement to the Close of the Year 1844, 1. köideR. Bentley, 1846 - 344 pages |
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... evil , fierce , and reckless dispositions of the lower classes , convict and free , and to participate in the fruits of their frequent lawless practices . By degrees bushranging became prevalent , and prison discipline so relaxed that ...
... evil , fierce , and reckless dispositions of the lower classes , convict and free , and to participate in the fruits of their frequent lawless practices . By degrees bushranging became prevalent , and prison discipline so relaxed that ...
Page 46
... evil . Convicts whose address and cunning secured the coveted indulgence of emancipation , obtained grants of land which served only the purposes of after- traffic and fraud . Instead of being applied to the purposes of cultivation ...
... evil . Convicts whose address and cunning secured the coveted indulgence of emancipation , obtained grants of land which served only the purposes of after- traffic and fraud . Instead of being applied to the purposes of cultivation ...
Page 53
... evil hour , however , Sir Thomas Brisbane was led to meddle with the currency by making the silver coin or dollars then frequently used , bear a high value in relation to the sterling coin of the realm . This was done with a view of ...
... evil hour , however , Sir Thomas Brisbane was led to meddle with the currency by making the silver coin or dollars then frequently used , bear a high value in relation to the sterling coin of the realm . This was done with a view of ...
Page 66
... evil day arrived ; the bills which had been circulated on the speculation of purchases in stock fell due and had to be paid . Buyers and sellers when they came to press each other , found how delusive had been their specula- tions ...
... evil day arrived ; the bills which had been circulated on the speculation of purchases in stock fell due and had to be paid . Buyers and sellers when they came to press each other , found how delusive had been their specula- tions ...
Page 106
... evil complained of , without putting a weapon into the hands of selfishness or oppression . I had been in frequent consultation with Mr. Burton * on the subject .... and I hope to make a project , submitted by him , the ground- work of ...
... evil complained of , without putting a weapon into the hands of selfishness or oppression . I had been in frequent consultation with Mr. Burton * on the subject .... and I hope to make a project , submitted by him , the ground- work of ...
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