 | James Murray - England - 1771 - 520 pages
...nature of the mmt, with the exchange and value of money; he underftood fortification, and defigned well. He knew all the harbours and ports both of his own dominions and of France and Scotland, how much water they had, and what was the way of coming into them. He had acquired great {kill in foreign... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1825 - 596 pages
...the peace over England : in it he had marked down their way of living and their zeal for religion. He had studied the matter of the mint, with the exchange,...much water they had, and what was the way of coming in to them. He had acquired great knowledge in foreign affairs ; so that he talked with the ambassadors... | |
 | Richard Biddle - America - 1831 - 366 pages
...five hundred Marks ! 174 affairs had seized his attention as a sort of passion. Even when a child " he knew all the harbours and ports both of his own...they had, and what was the way of coming into them."* The Emperor saw how perilous it was that a youthful monarch, with these predispositions, should have... | |
 | Richard Biddle - America - 1831 - 344 pages
...£166. 13s. 4rf. was equal to/oe hundred Marks ! t Strype's Historical Memorials, vol. ii. p. 190. % the harbours and ports both of his own dominions and...they had, and what was the way of coming into them."* The Emperor saw how perilous it was that a youthful monarch, with these predispositions, should have... | |
 | Richard Biddle - America - 1831 - 352 pages
...£166. 13s. <kf. was equal to Jive hundred Harks ! t Strype's Historical Memorials, vol. ii. p. 190. ^^; the harbours and ports both of his own dominions and...they had, and what was the way of coming into them."* The Emperor saw how perilous it was that a youthful monarch, with these predispositions, should have... | |
 | Richard Biddle - America - 1832 - 352 pages
...to/«e hundred Marks ! 174 affairs had seized his attention as a sort of passion. Even when a child " he knew all the harbours and ports both of his own...they had, and what was the way of coming into them."* The Emperor saw how perilous it was that a youthful monarch with these predispositions, should have... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1838 - 388 pages
...the encouragement of maritime excellence. " In childhood," Burnet tells us, " he knew all the harbors and ports both of his own dominions, and of France...they had, and what was the way of coming into them." Add to this, that nature's other gifts exactly fitted him for a popular monarch, and that, in the second... | |
 | 1840 - 480 pages
...quotations from Erasmus, Job, Solomon, Ludovicus, Vives, St. Paul, Horace, Cicero, and Aristippus !* Admiration of this brilliant meteor, that blazed for...fortification, and designed well. He knew all the ports, both of his own dominions and of France and Scotland, and how much water they had, and what... | |
 | 1843 - 350 pages
...peace over England : in it he had marked down their way of living, and their zeal for religion. He had studied the matter of the mint, with the exchange...fortification, and designed well. He knew all the harbours and forts, both of his own dominions, and of France and Scotland ; and how much water they had, and what... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1844 - 388 pages
...the encouragement of maritime excellence. " In childhood," Burnet tells us, " he knew all the harbors and ports both of his own dominions, and of France...they had, and what was the way of coming into them." Add to this, that nature's other gifts exactly fitted him for a popular monarch, and that, in the second... | |
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He had studied the matter of the mint, with the exchange, and value of money ; so that he understood it well, as appears by his Journal. He also understood fortification, and designed well. He knew all the harbours and ports, both of his own dominions,... 
