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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the cost of new farm roads on wet deep soil had made it slow. 7 Activity, indeed, was almost universal and when the … upon copyhold, although the disappearance of copyhold was slow, and some landowners preferred as a matter of policy to … not shared by the south. Every commentator complained of slow progress. Some farmers attempted to avoid the problem by …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… from coppiced alder grown in Lancashire. These poles were slow to splinter and became smooth and polished with use …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… farmsteads and small irregular fields, probably indicates slow extension of settlement accompanied by gradual clearance …
Old and New London
… enormous yearly sum of 200,000. The careless post-boy on a slow horse was still the agent employed to carry letters, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… and the subsequent wars with France, its adoption was slow. OED earliest date of use: c1386 in the first sense; …
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… (N.-S.) (11.58 m. by 7.47 m.). The Mercers' Company was slow to seek compensation, and in 1669 Mr. Hutchinson, former …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Alphabets' [Tradecards (1808)]. Although apparently a slow development, the potential of the alphabet for sorting …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… by the way of hostility, I conceive they will be very slow to give England (who is very apt to lay hold on any …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… discovery. They are retained in a languishing state by slow supplies, and thus curbed from undertaking any …