Knowledge is PowerBell and Daldy, 1866 - 426 pages |
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Page 37
... pounds . The large capital thus deposited in both species of savings banks , and which goes on fructifying as it has fructified in producing many millions of interest , was an accumulation , penny by penny , shilling by shilling , and pound ...
... pounds . The large capital thus deposited in both species of savings banks , and which goes on fructifying as it has fructified in producing many millions of interest , was an accumulation , penny by penny , shilling by shilling , and pound ...
Page 55
... pounds ' weight of an ox , and a whole ox purchases so many sovereigns . The great use of the coined metal is to save labour in ex- changing the ox for other commodities . The money pur- chases the ox , and a portion of the ox again ...
... pounds ' weight of an ox , and a whole ox purchases so many sovereigns . The great use of the coined metal is to save labour in ex- changing the ox for other commodities . The money pur- chases the ox , and a portion of the ox again ...
Page 62
... pounds . We are accustomed to read and talk of " merry England , " but we sometimes fail to think how much real suffering lay beneath the surface of the merriment . Herrick , one of our charming old lyric poets , has sung the glories of ...
... pounds . We are accustomed to read and talk of " merry England , " but we sometimes fail to think how much real suffering lay beneath the surface of the merriment . Herrick , one of our charming old lyric poets , has sung the glories of ...
Page 89
... has 5000 houses , inhabited by a population of 25,000 males and females . The houses of the better class , those rented at ten pounds a year and upwards , are commonly built of brick , CHAP . VIII . 89 Colchester in the Present Day .
... has 5000 houses , inhabited by a population of 25,000 males and females . The houses of the better class , those rented at ten pounds a year and upwards , are commonly built of brick , CHAP . VIII . 89 Colchester in the Present Day .
Page 104
... pound a week by the same industry ; and that as power- loom weaving had increased , the distress of the hand - weavers also had increased in the same proportion . The Committee then put to Joseph Foster the following questions , and re ...
... pound a week by the same industry ; and that as power- loom weaving had increased , the distress of the hand - weavers also had increased in the same proportion . The Committee then put to Joseph Foster the following questions , and re ...
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