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... head to the purchasing power of 320,000,000 people aggregates 4,000,000l . sterling , and an addition of 1 rupee per head with the exchange value of the rupee at Is . 6d . represents 24,000,000l . In 1923-24 , the latest year for which ...
... head to the purchasing power of 320,000,000 people aggregates 4,000,000l . sterling , and an addition of 1 rupee per head with the exchange value of the rupee at Is . 6d . represents 24,000,000l . In 1923-24 , the latest year for which ...
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... heads ' Iron and Steel ' and ' Steel ' taken together foreign imports have risen gradually , until they now amount to over 50 per cent . of the total imports , stated in thousands of tons ; but under the separate head ' Steel ' the ...
... heads ' Iron and Steel ' and ' Steel ' taken together foreign imports have risen gradually , until they now amount to over 50 per cent . of the total imports , stated in thousands of tons ; but under the separate head ' Steel ' the ...
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... head . In the last year the proportion had fallen below a half . Railway Plant and Rolling Stock , and Machinery and Mill Work . The United Kingdom has for many years enjoyed almost a monopoly in the Indian market under these two heads ...
... head . In the last year the proportion had fallen below a half . Railway Plant and Rolling Stock , and Machinery and Mill Work . The United Kingdom has for many years enjoyed almost a monopoly in the Indian market under these two heads ...
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... heads there has been shrinkage in the demand , but in almost every case the proportion of foreign goods has increased or is tending to increase . It seems highly probable that further ground is being lost in the current year . The ...
... heads there has been shrinkage in the demand , but in almost every case the proportion of foreign goods has increased or is tending to increase . It seems highly probable that further ground is being lost in the current year . The ...
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... head of her population , and India's share of 11 39 per cent . represents 6s . per head of hers ; but 3s . per head extra in India would mean 48,000,000l . added to British trade , whereas a similar addition would require additional ...
... head of her population , and India's share of 11 39 per cent . represents 6s . per head of hers ; but 3s . per head extra in India would mean 48,000,000l . added to British trade , whereas a similar addition would require additional ...
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Page 857 - Be brave then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny : the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.
Page 292 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 568 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Page 720 - With what strange utterance did the loud dry wind Blow through my ear! the sky seemed not a sky Of earth — and with what motion moved the clouds!
Page 857 - The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. Cade. Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment ? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man...
Page 720 - Of childhood didst thou intertwine for me The passions that build up our human soul ; Not with the mean and vulgar works of man, But with high objects, with enduring things— With...
Page 867 - tis he : why, he was met even now As mad as the vex'd sea : singing aloud ; Crown'd with rank fumiter and furrow weeds. With burdocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow In our sustaining corn.
Page 293 - Hie tamen hanc mecum poteras requiescere noctem Fronde super viridi: sunt nobis mitia poma, Castaneae molles et pressi copia lactis ; Et iam summa procul villarum culmina fumant Maioresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.
Page 730 - The mind of Man is fram'd even like the breath And harmony of music. There is a dark Invisible workmanship that reconciles Discordant elements, and makes them move In one society. Ah me!
Page 297 - Ay, in the very temple of Delight Veil'd Melancholy has her sovran shrine, Though seen of none save him whose strenuous tongue Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine 5 His soul shall taste the sadness of her might, And be among her cloudy trophies hung.