The boy travellers in southern Europe : adventures of two youths in a journey through Italy, southern France, and Spain, with visits to Gibraltar and the islands of Sicily and Malta (1893)
Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 162
d with the meansnecessary for conducting them. In the year mentioned the Gov-ernment of Venice had exhausted allits resources, and was obliged to make a forced loan from the wealthiest citizens, just as some of the countriesof Central and South America make forced loans at the present time.The… … SEAL OF ST. GEORGE. 142 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE. general principles as banks are conducted in these days. One writerhas said of the Bank of Venice, It was for many ages the admirationof Europe, the chief instrument of Venetian finance, and the chief facil-ity of commerce, not…
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