 | William Graham - 1911 - عدد الصفحات: 468
...on the road to fame :—" In the autumn of 1695 it could hardly be said that the country possessed any measure of the value of commodities. It was a...shilling was really tenpence, sixpence, or a groat. . . . Three eminent London goldsmiths were invited to send a hundred pounds each in current silver... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1923 - عدد الصفحات: 774
...conspiracy to prevent the law from taking its course. The convictions, numerous as they might seem, were few indeed when compared with the offences ; and the...chance whether what was called a shilling was really ten pence, sixpence or a groat. The results of some experiments which were tried at that time deserve... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1914 - عدد الصفحات: 588
...to the wholesome usage of acknowledging in their dying speeches the enormity of their wickedness.1 The evil proceeded with constantly accelerating velocity....of some experiments which were tried at that time desen'e to be mentioned. The officers of the Exchequer weighed fifty seven thousand two hundred pounds... | |
 | 1916 - عدد الصفحات: 832
...1695 it could hardly be said that the country possessed, for practical purposes, any measure of value. It was a mere chance whether what was called a shilling was really ten pence, sixpence, or a groat. The results of some experiments that were tried at that time deserve... | |
 | Harold Glenn Moulton - 1916 - عدد الصفحات: 830
...1695 it could hardly be said that the country possessed, for practical purposes, any measure of value. It was a mere chance whether what was called a shilling was really ten pence, sixpence, or a groat. The results of some experiments that were tried at that time deserve... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1918 - عدد الصفحات: 280
...1695 it could hardly be said that England possessed, for practical purposes, any measure of value. It was a mere chance whether what was called a shilling was really 10 pence, 6 pence, or a groat. The results of some experiments that were tried at that time deserve... | |
 | Harold Glenn Moulton - 1921 - عدد الصفحات: 826
...1695 it could hardly be said that the country possessed, for practical purposes, any measure of value. It was a mere chance whether what was called a shilling...sixpence, or a groat. The results of some experiments that were tried at that time deserve to be mentioned. The officers of the exchequer weighed £57,200... | |
 | William Jayne Weston - 1922 - عدد الصفحات: 356
...imitated. The evil proceeded with constantly accelerating velocity. At length in the autumn of 1685 it could hardly be said that the country possessed,...shilling was really tenpence, sixpence, or a groat. The evils produced by this state of the currency were not such as have generally been thought worthy to... | |
 | 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 844
...Here, however, is Macaulay's richly-coloured sketch : — " In the autumn of 1095 it could harldly be said that the country possessed, for practical...be mentioned. The officers of the Exchequer weighed fifty-seven thousand two hundred pounds of hammered money which had recently been paid in. The weight... | |
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The evil proceeded with constantly accelerating velocity. At length in the autumn of 1695 it could hardly be said that the country possessed, for practical purposes, any measure of the value of commodities. It was a mere chance whether what was called... 
