The Decimal System in Numbers, Coins, and Accounts: Especially with Reference to the Decimalisation of the Currency and Accountancy of the United Kingdom

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Nathaniel Cooke, 1854 - 245

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Strona 208 - And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Strona 130 - Tenants and occupiers of a certain tenement called The Forge, in the parish of St. Clement Danes, in the county of Middlesex, come forth and do your service.
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Strona 130 - The owners of a forge in the parish of St. Clement (which formerly belonged to the City, and stood in the high road from the Temple to Westminster, but now no longer exists) are then called forth to do their suit and service ; when an officer of the court...
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