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and a - la - modes , the silks then in greatest demand . ... prohibiting the importation of all French and other European silk goods ; and in 1701 , the same prohibition was extended to silk goods imported from India and China .
and a - la - modes , the silks then in greatest demand . ... prohibiting the importation of all French and other European silk goods ; and in 1701 , the same prohibition was extended to silk goods imported from India and China .
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This has been in no inconsiderable degree owing to the facility with which increased supplies of raw silk are now obtained from India . In 1770 the East India Company began to intro- duce the Italian mode of preparing and winding silk ...
This has been in no inconsiderable degree owing to the facility with which increased supplies of raw silk are now obtained from India . In 1770 the East India Company began to intro- duce the Italian mode of preparing and winding silk ...
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number of persons supported by the silk manufacture at 500,000 ; but as Mr Bell , and some other very intelligent gen- tlemen engaged in the trade , do not carry their estimate so high as Mr Wilson , perhaps his , which is the medium ...
number of persons supported by the silk manufacture at 500,000 ; but as Mr Bell , and some other very intelligent gen- tlemen engaged in the trade , do not carry their estimate so high as Mr Wilson , perhaps his , which is the medium ...
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A Discourse on the Rise Progress Peculiar Objects | 1 |
Memoirs of Samuel Pepys Esq F R S Secretary | 23 |
Absenteeism By Lady Morgan | 54 |
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