Economica, Volumes 1-2T. Fisher Unwin, 1921 - Economics |
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... appear , but by articles on recent works in selected subjects , such as that by Mr. Laski in the present number . Lists and accounts of new books already form important features of the Economic and Statistical Journals , and it is ...
... appear , but by articles on recent works in selected subjects , such as that by Mr. Laski in the present number . Lists and accounts of new books already form important features of the Economic and Statistical Journals , and it is ...
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... appear at a ball decked with the jewellery deposited by the Duchess of Blank . If the thing is to be used by the person to whom it is temporarily entrusted , it is not said to be deposited and to be " a deposit " : it is said to be ...
... appear at a ball decked with the jewellery deposited by the Duchess of Blank . If the thing is to be used by the person to whom it is temporarily entrusted , it is not said to be deposited and to be " a deposit " : it is said to be ...
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... appear as a separate item in the Post Office accounts . In the previous nine years the total of deposits had risen by £ 62,500,000 , of which £ 20,500,000 was ac- counted for by interest credited to the accounts by the Bank , and the ...
... appear as a separate item in the Post Office accounts . In the previous nine years the total of deposits had risen by £ 62,500,000 , of which £ 20,500,000 was ac- counted for by interest credited to the accounts by the Bank , and the ...
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... appears that the French refugees , when they came first to settle here , perpetually undersold the English , till they raised themselves by degrees to our Country Diet . " 2 Thus also Davenant : additional duties on beer and ale and the ...
... appears that the French refugees , when they came first to settle here , perpetually undersold the English , till they raised themselves by degrees to our Country Diet . " 2 Thus also Davenant : additional duties on beer and ale and the ...
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... appears to be somewhat exaggerated . 1 Ibid . , pp . 54-5 G. B. Hertz , English Public Opinion after the Restoration . " The art is when we deal with strangers , to sell dear and to buy cheap . " Fortrey , loc . cit . , p . 29 . A ...
... appears to be somewhat exaggerated . 1 Ibid . , pp . 54-5 G. B. Hertz , English Public Opinion after the Restoration . " The art is when we deal with strangers , to sell dear and to buy cheap . " Fortrey , loc . cit . , p . 29 . A ...
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