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... Trois ( guinées ) pour l'impôt sur les fenêtres , balayeurs et ouach- men ' . IV In Section IV I deal with ( i ) terms of finance and taxa- tion ; ( ii ) commercial terms and names of articles of trade ; ( iii ) names of weights and ...
... Trois ( guinées ) pour l'impôt sur les fenêtres , balayeurs et ouach- men ' . IV In Section IV I deal with ( i ) terms of finance and taxa- tion ; ( ii ) commercial terms and names of articles of trade ; ( iii ) names of weights and ...
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... trois royaumes , i . 346 : Charles accorda aux Friends ( aux amis , qualifica- tion que prenoient entr'eux les Quakers de ce tems et que ceux de Hollande ont conservé ) cette tolérance universelle qui regnoit alors en Angleterre excepté ...
... trois royaumes , i . 346 : Charles accorda aux Friends ( aux amis , qualifica- tion que prenoient entr'eux les Quakers de ce tems et que ceux de Hollande ont conservé ) cette tolérance universelle qui regnoit alors en Angleterre excepté ...
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... trois royaumes , iii . 21 : Riches ou pauvres attachent ordinairement à leurs ceintures leurs couteaux , un poignard qu'ils appellent dirck , et une paire de pistolets ... ' 265. exporter ( 1771 ) . 1757 [ abbé de Gua de Malves ...
... trois royaumes , iii . 21 : Riches ou pauvres attachent ordinairement à leurs ceintures leurs couteaux , un poignard qu'ils appellent dirck , et une paire de pistolets ... ' 265. exporter ( 1771 ) . 1757 [ abbé de Gua de Malves ...
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... trois royaumes , ii . 223 : ' Les droits affectés aux subsides annuels sont 1o La taxe sur les terres , land tax ... trois , six et vingt - quatre livres , avec promesse annoncée de l'échanger au bout d'un an pour des traites sur France ...
... trois royaumes , ii . 223 : ' Les droits affectés aux subsides annuels sont 1o La taxe sur les terres , land tax ... trois , six et vingt - quatre livres , avec promesse annoncée de l'échanger au bout d'un an pour des traites sur France ...
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... trois royaumes , ii . 252 : ' Nous observerons en passant , qu'en Angleterre , on appelle annuité ce que nous appelons chez nous rente constituée et qu'il y a en Angleterre des annuités perpétuelles et viagères . ' 627. anti ...
... trois royaumes , ii . 252 : ' Nous observerons en passant , qu'en Angleterre , on appelle annuité ce que nous appelons chez nous rente constituée et qu'il y a en Angleterre des annuités perpétuelles et viagères . ' 627. anti ...
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