10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POST HORSE»
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
In 1787, for the more effectually levying the post-horse duties, a law was passed,
authorising the commissioners of the stamp office to let them to farm by public
auction, for a sum not less than the produce in the year ending first August 1786.
2
The
horse and the hound, by Nimrod
ANTIQUITY OF POSTING IMPROVED CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE OF
THE POST-HORSE FORM. This description of horse is ouo of the most useful we
have, and is of very ancient date. He is spoken of by Xenophon, in allusion to the
...
3
The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer
98Treasury may, by the commissioners of stamps, let to farm the post horse
duties, subject to the regulations of 27 G. 5- c. 26. Not to be let for a longer term
than until Jan. 51, 1824Provisions contained in recited acts of criterion by which
to ...
Richard Burn, Sir George Chetwynd, 1820
... Cultural Prize (1970), and the May 16 National Award (1983). “The Post Horse
Curse” (Y¢ongma) first appeared in Paengmin magazine in 1948. Three rivers
meet at Hwagae Market, flowing alongside the roads. 13 The Post Horse Curse, ...
Marshall R. Pihl, Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton, 2007
5
An analytical digest of the cases published in the Law ...
2 If a person hire a horse, saying it is to be ridden into the country for his pleasure
, or to go ten or twelve miles, or to ride for an hour or two, he is not said to be
travelling, and the owner of the horse is not liable to the post-horse duty , but if
the ...
6
A Digest of the Laws of England
[The sense of the word " travelling," as used in the post-horse acts, must be
limited to cases where a traveller is conveyed ; therefore, the letting to hire a
hearse for conveying a corpse from York to Brecon (for which a gross sum was
paid, not ...
Sir John Comyns, Anthony Hammond, 1822
7
The wonders of the
horse, anecdotes and poetry, selected by ...
Could the poor Post-Horse tell thee all his woes, Shew thee his bleeding
shoulders, and unfold The dreadful anguish he endures for gold ! Hir'd at each
call of business, lust, or rage, That prompts the traveller from stage to stage, Still
on his ...
8
The
horse and the hound: their various uses and treatment, ...
Up to the end of the last century the post-horse was, except in a few instances, an
object of commiseration with travellers. With galled sides and sore shoulders,
and scarcely a sound limb, he would not go without the lash or spur ; whereas he
...
9
The
Horse and the Hound, their various uses and treatment, ...
THE. POST-HORSE. + This description of horse, although its day is quite gone by
, is one of the most useful we have. He is spoken of by Xenophon, in allusion to
the posts instituted by the first Cyrus, and as the most expeditious method of ...
10
A Complete Collection of Abstracts of Acts of Parliament and ...
Together with the Several Determinations Upon the Post-horse Act John Smee.
pits (whieh are near 30 miles distant), and performs his statute duty for the repairs
of the highways within the said township. We, the commissioners present, ...
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In fact, a simple plurality becomes a majority when it's a first-past-the-post horse race. And so we are governed by what is really a plurality ... «Troy Media, Jul 15»
