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They receive an interest for the use of it which is not fixed by the laws , but
stipulated in a contract , deposited either in the hands of a banker or some friend
to both parties . If , for instance , a voyage is to be made to the Cymmerian
Bosphorus ...
They receive an interest for the use of it which is not fixed by the laws , but
stipulated in a contract , deposited either in the hands of a banker or some friend
to both parties . If , for instance , a voyage is to be made to the Cymmerian
Bosphorus ...
Page 4
A person who is about to make a voyage , or who fears to keep by him too great a
sum of money , lodges it in the hands of these bankers , sometimes only as a trust
, and without requiring any interest , and sometimes on condition of sharing ...
A person who is about to make a voyage , or who fears to keep by him too great a
sum of money , lodges it in the hands of these bankers , sometimes only as a trust
, and without requiring any interest , and sometimes on condition of sharing ...
Page 13
... says Hume , “ had made the lending of money on interest pass by the invidious
name of usury ; yet the necessity of the practice had still continued it , and the
greater part of that kind of dealing fell everywhere into the hands of the Jews ,
who ...
... says Hume , “ had made the lending of money on interest pass by the invidious
name of usury ; yet the necessity of the practice had still continued it , and the
greater part of that kind of dealing fell everywhere into the hands of the Jews ,
who ...
Page 13
They receive an interest for the use of it which is not fixed by the laws , but
stipulated in a contract , deposited either in the hands of a banker or some friend
to both parties . If , for instance , a voyage is to be made to the Cymmerian
Bosphorus ...
They receive an interest for the use of it which is not fixed by the laws , but
stipulated in a contract , deposited either in the hands of a banker or some friend
to both parties . If , for instance , a voyage is to be made to the Cymmerian
Bosphorus ...
Page 13
A person who is about to make a voyage , or who fears to keep by him too great a
sum of money , lodges it in the hands of these bankers , sometimes only as a trust
, and without requiring any interest , and sometimes on condition of sharing ...
A person who is about to make a voyage , or who fears to keep by him too great a
sum of money , lodges it in the hands of these bankers , sometimes only as a trust
, and without requiring any interest , and sometimes on condition of sharing ...
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| Title | The principles and practice of banking |
| Author | James William Gilbart |
| Published | 1871 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 4 Jul 2006 |
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