Annals of the Coinage of Britain and Its Dependencies: From the Earliest Period of Authentick History to the End of the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His Present Majesty King George III, Volumen3

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Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones, 1819
 

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Página 479 - And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die. who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel ? God forbid : as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
Página 248 - And if a Man counterfeit the King's Great or Privy Seal, or his Money ; and if a man bring false Money into this Realm, counterfeit to the Money of England, as the Money called...
Página 460 - By this means, medals that are at present only a dead treasure, or mere curiosities, will be of use in the ordinary commerce of life, and, at the same time, perpetuate the glories of her Majesty's reign, reward the labours of her greatest subjects, keep alive in the people a gratitude for public services, and excite the emulation of posterity.
Página 417 - ... lion's head erased,* and the figure of a woman, commonly called Britannia ; and a distinct variable mark to be used by the Warden of the said mystery, to denote the year in which such plate was made...
Página 453 - It is agreed that in the first place out of the aforesaid sum what consideration shall be found necessary to be had for any losses which private persons may sustain by reducing the coin of Scotland to the standard and value of the coin of England may be made good...
Página 429 - Parliament (a copy of which is now in this colony) entitled "An act to repeal an act made in the last session of Parliament, entitled 'An act for granting and applying certain Stamp Duties, and other...
Página 474 - This will ever be the case ; every numerous assembly is mob, let the individuals who compose it be what they will. Mere reason and good sense is never to be talked to a mob : their passions, their sentiments, their senses, and their seeming interests, are alone to be applied to.
Página 444 - Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease Me of Mine adversaries, and avenge Me of Mine enemies : and I will turn My hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin...
Página 443 - Ghost ; that he who is |to be baptized in them may be changed, and may put off the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and may put on the new man, which is renewed after the image of Him that created him.
Página 369 - I call to witness the vast sums that have been coined in England, since the free coinage was set up. What is become of it all? Nobody believes it to be in the nation; and it cannot well be all transported, the penalties for so doing being so great. The case is plain...

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