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... payable till the return of the vessel , while others , more timid , and contented with a less profit , require that it shall be repaid at the Bosphorus immediately after the sale of the goods carried out ; in which case they either ...
... payable till the return of the vessel , while others , more timid , and contented with a less profit , require that it shall be repaid at the Bosphorus immediately after the sale of the goods carried out ; in which case they either ...
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... payable at the bank were charged discount at the rate of four per cent . , but if not pay- able at the bank they were charged five per cent . 1707. The subscription of 1,001,1717 . 10s . , raised in the year 1697 , was restored . This ...
... payable at the bank were charged discount at the rate of four per cent . , but if not pay- able at the bank they were charged five per cent . 1707. The subscription of 1,001,1717 . 10s . , raised in the year 1697 , was restored . This ...
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... payable at demand , or at a less time than six months from the borrowing thereof . " From this year until the year 1729 , the annual dividends varied from nine to five and a half per cent . ' 1709. In this year there was a new ...
... payable at demand , or at a less time than six months from the borrowing thereof . " From this year until the year 1729 , the annual dividends varied from nine to five and a half per cent . ' 1709. In this year there was a new ...
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... payable at the bank . The amount of sums so advanced was required to be annually laid before parliament . According to their original charter , the bank were prohibited lending money to the government without the consent of parliament ...
... payable at the bank . The amount of sums so advanced was required to be annually laid before parliament . According to their original charter , the bank were prohibited lending money to the government without the consent of parliament ...
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... payable to bearer on demand , or have in his possession any such plate , on penalty , for the first offence , of being imprisoned not exceeding three years , nor less than twelve months ; and for the second , transported for seven years ...
... payable to bearer on demand , or have in his possession any such plate , on penalty , for the first offence , of being imprisoned not exceeding three years , nor less than twelve months ; and for the second , transported for seven years ...
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Page 585 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 406 - This great increase of the quantity of work which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people are capable of performing, is owing to three different circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another ; and lastly, to the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.
Page 582 - As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Page 346 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Page 584 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 575 - Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field ; and afterwards build thine house.
Page 2 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed ? Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Page 25 - Company of the Bank of England), or for any other persons whatsoever united or to be united in covenants or partnership, exceeding the number of six persons, in that part of Great Britain called England, to borrow, owe, or take up any sum or sums of money on their bills or notes payable at demand, or at any less time than six months from the borrowing thereof.
Page 580 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 576 - These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour ; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.