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" During the years of scarcity at the end of the last and beginning of the present century... "
The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science - Page 215
1868
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General View of the Agriculture of Renfrewshire: With Observations on the ...

Great Britain. Board of Agriculture, John Wilson (of Hurlet, Renfrewshire.) - 1812 - 422 pages
...sold at £2 0 0 per ton. 1795 ............... i£2 2 0 1796. ............ ..£3 0 0 Average, £l 7 4 At the end of the last, and beginning of the present century, the price advanced to £5 per ton, and was then at its highest. The following table exhibits the prices...
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The Naval and Military Magazine, Volume 3

1828 - 798 pages
...than the British. The vast armies formed by French officers in the service of the Nizam and Scindiah, at the end of the- last and beginning of the present century, were in the pay of these princes ; and although Raymond, De Boyne,* and Perron were likely to have...
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The Monthly Repository and Review of Theology and General Literature, Volume 2

1828 - 924 pages
...notwithstanding the immense erudition bestowed on them by CoteJier, Usher, Pearson, Le Clerc, and others, at the end of the last and beginning of the present century. Lardner has clearly shewn that all the works of Clement are spurious, except his first Epistle to the...
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Memoirs of Spain during the reigns of Philip iv. and Charles ii ..., Volume 1

John Colin Dunlop - 1834 - 682 pages
...neither immediate nor obvious, may sometimes weary those who have been accustomed in their own days, at the end of the last, and beginning of the present century, to such sudden and stupendous events — such decisive conflicts, both in Europe and Asia. To them...
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The North American Review, Volume 42

Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1836 - 588 pages
...some of his essays on supposed facts and customs, which never had existence. But the German scholars at the end of the last and beginning of the present century, were no longer satisfied with the work of destroying the credibility of the early Roman history. They...
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The School for Statesmen: Or, The Public Man's Manual: Being a Complete ...

School, Old M. P. - 1837 - 350 pages
...Star-chamber persecutors have arisen from the tomb and witnessed the unwarrantable persecutions that existed at the end of the last and beginning of the present century, they would have smiled in sympathy ! The doctrine of constructive treasons was pushed to a dangerous...
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Natural History Transactions of Northumberland, Durham, and ..., Volume 5

Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club - 1877 - 442 pages
...very best standard works of the day were his, and for a quiet provincial naturalist and tradesman, at the end of the last and beginning of the present century, must have appeared extravagantly expensive. The following formed only a small part of his library:...
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THE EDINBURGH REVIEW OR CRITICAL JOURNAL FOR JULY, 1844....OCTOBER, 1844

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS - 1844 - 652 pages
...themselves as descended from the Ten Tribes, ib. See Abyssinia. Gaming — progress and decline of, at the end of the last and beginning of the present- century, 34 — Watier's club in Piccadilly, and supporters, 35-36 — ' Crockford's,' 36-37— necessity for...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 80

1844 - 702 pages
...themselves as descended from the Ten Tribes, ib. See Abyssinia. Gaming — progress and decline of, at the end of the last and beginning of the present century, 34 — Watier's club in Piccadilly, and supporters, 35-36 — ' Crockford's,' 36-37 — necessity for...
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Political dictionary [articles repr. from the penny cyclopaedia, ed. by G ...

Political dictionary - 1845 - 916 pages
...in developing more rapidly the agricultural resources of the country. During the years of scarcity at the end of the last and beginning of the present century, the Board of Agriculture took upon itself to suggest and, as far as possible, provide remedies for...
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