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A silver coin = 2s. English (a florin). A lac of rupees = 10,000 sterling. Since the depreciation of silver the value of a rupee is considerably less. In 1870 an ounce of silver was worth…
The unit of weight (Latin, pondus, weight); also cash to the value of twenty shillings sterling, because in the Carlovingian period the Roman pound (twelve ounces) of pure silver was…
The 39th and 40th George III., cap. 98. An Act to prevent testators from leaving their property to accumulate for more than twenty-one years. So called because it was passed in reference…
A carriage, especially such as a phäeton, dog-cart, commercial sulky, and such like. It is not applied to a gentleman's close carriage. Contraction of trappings (whatever is “put on,”…
A legal permission to defer for a stated time the payment of a bond, debt, cheque, or other obligation. This is done to enable the creditor to pull himself round by borrowing money,…
"Terence, this is stupid stuff:
You eat your victuals fast enough;
There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear,
To see the rate you drink your beer.
But oh, good Lord, the verse you make,
It gives…
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Geena Davis
(Virginia Davis)
actress
Born: 1/21/1956
Birthplace: Wareham, Massachusetts
Versatile actress whose career has ranged from thoughtful roles in movies such as Thelma & Louise…
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