Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, Volume 6James Silk Buckingham J. M. Richardson, 1825 |
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... duty of 31 per cent . , and to be subject to no other exaction . A firman of the Emperor , conferring these privileges , was received on the 11th of January 1612 ; and thus the English first got a footing on the continent of India . Up ...
... duty of 31 per cent . , and to be subject to no other exaction . A firman of the Emperor , conferring these privileges , was received on the 11th of January 1612 ; and thus the English first got a footing on the continent of India . Up ...
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... duties take place . Gin - shops are licensed , that they may become a den and a snare to rogues and vagabonds ; spirits are sold there , to attract them into our net , that they may be caught . But again , a heavy duty is laid on the ...
... duties take place . Gin - shops are licensed , that they may become a den and a snare to rogues and vagabonds ; spirits are sold there , to attract them into our net , that they may be caught . But again , a heavy duty is laid on the ...
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... duties , which Mr. Tucker characterises as a tax " little suitable to the character and habits of our Native subjects . " Among the objections enumerated are , that it is very expensive in collection - extremely vexatious to the people ...
... duties , which Mr. Tucker characterises as a tax " little suitable to the character and habits of our Native subjects . " Among the objections enumerated are , that it is very expensive in collection - extremely vexatious to the people ...
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... duty , and aspiring to the lawful honours of the state . He composed a panegyric on his uncle and father - in - law , Cato , which Cæsar affected to consider a very poor performance . His literary works were , indeed , numerous he ...
... duty , and aspiring to the lawful honours of the state . He composed a panegyric on his uncle and father - in - law , Cato , which Cæsar affected to consider a very poor performance . His literary works were , indeed , numerous he ...
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... duty of the latter to suffer him quietly to enslave his country ; because , say they , how could Brutus rise up ... duties which we owe our country ; some thinking that it is not to be served at the expense of a boon companion ; others ...
... duty of the latter to suffer him quietly to enslave his country ; because , say they , how could Brutus rise up ... duties which we owe our country ; some thinking that it is not to be served at the expense of a boon companion ; others ...
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