The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen51A. Constable, 1830 |
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... Holland ; Lord and Lady Melville were living with him at the same time . We were sitting drinking a glass of wine , I remember , after dinner , when a man , whose name I do not at present recollect , a smuggler , came rather abruptly ...
... Holland ; Lord and Lady Melville were living with him at the same time . We were sitting drinking a glass of wine , I remember , after dinner , when a man , whose name I do not at present recollect , a smuggler , came rather abruptly ...
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... accessory , by kidnapping men , or throwing them into prison as rebels , and then shipping them off to Holland as re- cruits . Declaration were those held by Presbyterians in general du- ring 1830 . 63 Scottish Covenanters .
... accessory , by kidnapping men , or throwing them into prison as rebels , and then shipping them off to Holland as re- cruits . Declaration were those held by Presbyterians in general du- ring 1830 . 63 Scottish Covenanters .
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... Holland and Flanders by the Emperor Charles V. as one cause of the com- mercial prosperity of the Dutch , by making all purchases safe . † Sir Joshua Child ascribes the low rate of interest in Holland to ' the ascertaining real ...
... Holland and Flanders by the Emperor Charles V. as one cause of the com- mercial prosperity of the Dutch , by making all purchases safe . † Sir Joshua Child ascribes the low rate of interest in Holland to ' the ascertaining real ...
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... Holland for nearly a century before that . No prac- tical inconvenience has been found to result from publicity in either country . It appears strange , indeed , to hear the alarm of publicity sounded in England , where things of a much ...
... Holland for nearly a century before that . No prac- tical inconvenience has been found to result from publicity in either country . It appears strange , indeed , to hear the alarm of publicity sounded in England , where things of a much ...
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... Holland . The total nett duty received from this source in the united kingdom , in 1818 , amounted to L.340,908 ; but instead of increasing , as it should have done , it had sunk , in 1828 , from the cause now mentioned , to L.243,360 ...
... Holland . The total nett duty received from this source in the united kingdom , in 1818 , amounted to L.340,908 ; but instead of increasing , as it should have done , it had sunk , in 1828 , from the cause now mentioned , to L.243,360 ...
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