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... horse ( one shilling ) . The cumbrous medieval practice of charging for merchandise and produce by kind and weight ... horse , mule , or ass was charged the same - one penny - whether laden or unladen , showing the diminished importance ...
... horse ( one shilling ) . The cumbrous medieval practice of charging for merchandise and produce by kind and weight ... horse , mule , or ass was charged the same - one penny - whether laden or unladen , showing the diminished importance ...
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... horses to plowing , hoeing turnips , and finally going into the mines as a " picker " to help clear coal of stones - pay , sixpence a day . Through his teen years Geordie worked and advanced - to eight pence a day as a " gin horse ...
... horses to plowing , hoeing turnips , and finally going into the mines as a " picker " to help clear coal of stones - pay , sixpence a day . Through his teen years Geordie worked and advanced - to eight pence a day as a " gin horse ...
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... horse - drawn wagons , from Stockton to Darlington , to facilitate exploitation of a rich vein of coal lying a little distance from the coast . Riding over to Darlington , Stephenson told Edward Pease , the promoter , that his engine ...
... horse - drawn wagons , from Stockton to Darlington , to facilitate exploitation of a rich vein of coal lying a little distance from the coast . Riding over to Darlington , Stephenson told Edward Pease , the promoter , that his engine ...
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The Engineer Vanishes from Europe but Appears in Asia | 3 |
Weird and Wonderful Appalling and Amazing Old London | 34 |
Out of the Middle Ages by the Rialto Bridge | 50 |
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