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John Philips
John Philips 1676-1709, English poet. He was one of the few to write in blank verse in an age when the heroic couplet was the standard form. His Splendid Shilling (1701, 1705) is a parody of Milton. Cyder (1708), a utilitarian poem describing the cultivation of apples and the pressing of cider,... Read more

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forty‐shilling freeholder
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History forty‐shilling freeholder, a person who met one of the qualifications for the electoral...potential check on fictitious valuations, and ‘40‐shilling freeholder’ was a synonym for the poorest class of voter...
franchise
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...1542 gave the vote to 40‐shilling freeholders . The two MPs for Trinity...In 6 manor boroughs the 40‐shilling freeholders voted. Finally there were...corporation, freemen, and 40‐shilling free‐holders. One hundred...
Fiction, English Occult
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...forerunners of today's paperback books sold at sixpence or a shilling each and were known as "bluebooks" (from the blue paper covers) or "shilling shock-ers." Shilling shockers went out of fashion around the opening of the nineteenth...
Somalia
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations ...Somalia Hanolato (Long Live Somalia). MONETARY UNIT: The Somali shilling (sh) of 100 cents is a paper currency. There are coins of 1, 5, 10, and 50 cents and 1 shilling, and notes of 5, 10, 20, 100, 500, and 1,000 shillings. sh1...
Covent Garden
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...Owing to the high cost of the rebuilding Kemble abolished the shilling gallery, which led to the famous OP (Old Prices) Riots...about two months, Kemble was forced to submit and restore the shilling gallery. Between 1809 and 1821 most of the famous actors of...
Philips, John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...John (1676–1709), the author of The Splendid Shilling (unauthorized 1701, authorized 1705), a burlesque in Miltonic...which Philips contrasts the happy possessor of the splendid shilling with the poor poet in his garret. In 1705 he published Blenheim...
Alexis Benoît Soyer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...sauces, innumerable kitchen utensils, and several types of stove. His publications include The Pantropheon; or, History of Food (1853) and A Shilling Cookery (1854). Bibliography: See H. Morris, Portrait of a Chef (1938).
Stamp Act
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...demurrer, or other pleading in any court of chancery or equity within the said colonies and plantations, a stamp duty of one shilling and six pence. For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment or sheet or piece of paper on which shall be engrossed, written...
Western Europe
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...a value of 12d (denari), as was the French gros tournois (12 deniers ), from 1266; but England did not issue such a "shilling coin," known as the teston, until 1504. By that time, the English pound sterling (20s) contained, or was worth, only...
Cotton Industry
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...between 1786 and 1882, the labor and capital cost of producing one pound of yarn went from thirty-four shillings to one shilling. Second, the use of cheap slave labor in the United States lowered the costs of cotton picking (cotton along with sugar...

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shilling
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable shilling a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one...cost of every item. take the king's (or queen's) shilling enlist in the army. The reference is to the shilling formerly given to a recruit on enlistment.
Queen's shilling
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Queen's shilling (or King's shilling ) A coin, which, if accepted from a recruiting officer obliged...young men with drink and if they could persuade them to take the shilling, they were in fact accepting army pay. This ranked as a binding...
Pine Tree Shilling
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History PINE TREE SHILLING PINE TREE SHILLING. In response to the dearth of hard currency, Massachusetts...inner one. The Roman numerals indicated the number of pence in a shilling. The mint closed in 1684. BIBLIOGRAPHY McCusker, John J...
Shilling, Eric
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Shilling, Eric ( b London, 1920). Eng. bass- baritone. Début SW 1945 (Marullo in Rigoletto ). Toured as prin. bar...
coins and currency
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...first appearance. Henry VII's silver shilling carried a good likeness of the king...x2013;7); Edward VI's silver shilling (1550–3); an imperious...x2013;82); a stylish Charles I shilling (1638–9), and a saturnine...
Tea, Duty on
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...duties. The import duties were practically fixed at 11.67 percent, and the inland duties varied from four shillings to one shilling plus 25 percent ad valorem. The Revenue Act of 1767, which levied a duty of three pence per pound, stirred resentment against...
Townshend Revenue Act (29 June 1767)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...For every hundred weight avoirdupois of red lead, two shillings. For every hundred weight avoirdupois of green glass, one shilling and two pence. For every hundred weight avoirdupois of white lead, two shillings. For every hundred weight avoirdupois of...
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Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x2022; abbr. ∎  second(s). ∎  Law section (of an act). ∎  shilling(s). ∎  Gram. singular. ∎  Chem. solid. ∎  (in genealogies...
Uganda
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Capital: Kampala Area: 241,040 sq km (93,070 sq miles) Population: 22,167,000 (1998 est) Currency: 1 Uganda shilling = 100 cents Religions: Roman Catholic 49.6%; Protestant 28.7%; traditional beliefs 15.0%; Muslim 6.6% Ethnic...
Kenya
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Capital: Nairobi Area: 582,646 sq km (224,961 sq miles) Population: 28,337,000 (1998 est) Currency: 1 Kenya shilling = 100 cents Religions: Protestant 26.5%; Roman Catholic 26.4%; traditional beliefs 18.9%; African Indigenous 17...

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mint
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...immaculate, unblemished, undamaged, unmarked, unused, first-class, excellent. • verb   1. the shilling was minted in 1742 synonyms : coin, stamp, strike, cast, forge, manufacture.   2. the slogan had been freshly...

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Shilling sees 'em, then hits 'em: St. Albans slugger has elementary approach to game
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 6/2/1999; ; 700+ words ; Tim Shilling's approach to hitting a baseball is...And with two strikes, don't expect Shilling to shorten up on the bat in an effort...proper pitch selection to his hitters. Shilling is usually excused from that lecture...
A 'Shilling' effect: First baseman overcomes injury to lead W.Va. State
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 4/25/2002; ; 700+ words ; DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Shilling is money. That is not a revelation...Conference. Especially since Tim Shilling wasn't worth a brass farthing during...phenom. Penny for their thoughts now? Shilling has re-established his value, hitting...
THE PERSONAL SIDE TO GUN BILL REP. SHILLING'S POLITICAL VIEWS ON GUN CONTROL ARE INFLUENCED BY HER PARENTS' MURDER.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 10/22/2003; 700+ words ; ...would have been easy for Rep. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, to turn down a request...budget-writing committee Tuesday. Shilling could have said she didn't want to...as well as her constituents, said Shilling, whose parents were murdered along with...
Shilling returns from `dead'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/30/1986; ; 685 words ; ...years ago, a 3-year-old colt named Shilling stretched his speed out a mile and went...sweet as the Nash Memorial victory was, Shilling's victory here March 6 this year was...a triumph over insurmountable odds. Shilling, now a 7-year-old but still in the...
HORRIBLE CRIME SHAPED VIEWS OF LAWMAKER AS CONCEALED WEAPON LAW IS BEING DEBATED, SHILLING SHARES STORY OF MURDER OF HER PARENTS AT THEIR PALATINE, ILL., RESTAURANT.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 3/11/2002; 700+ words ; ...Sheehan State government reporter Jennifer Shilling might wish she still was a child, living...childhood, which was exceedingly innocent, Shilling says. Her otherwise stay-at-home...the real 50s kind of family," said Shilling, 32, now a Democratic state representative...
A Shilling can still go a long way thanks to Welsh wizard.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 12/23/2008; 700+ words ; ...improvement Tim Vaughan has wrought from Little Shilling WHAT do you get if you take a horse who...courtesy of the success story that is Little Shilling. The diminutive six-year-old made...before going under the gavel, Little Shilling finished fourth in a selling hurdle at...
Kenyan gov't urged to weaken shilling
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 2/21/2006; 700+ words ; Kenyan gov't urged to weaken shilling NAIROBI, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The strong Kenyan currency shilling is threatening the survival of local...instruments and power to ensure that the shilling supports its overall policy of deepening...
Dr. Shilling's legacy; After the fall of communism, a Minnesota plastic surgeon set out to transform face, and medical tradition, in Hungary.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/24/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...toughest operations, but Dr. Bruce Shilling always will remember the day he built...her rib cage. "Not bad, eh?" asked Shilling, a Minneapolis plastic surgeon, as...said. "Normal is what you want," Shilling said with a laugh. "They're paying...
Kenyan trade minister raises alarm over stronger shilling
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 1/26/2006; 534 words ; ...trade minister raises alarm over stronger shilling NAIROBI, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Kenya...Thursday over the stronger Kenyan currency shilling, saying it was hurting the economy...the country's exporters for a weaker shilling, Kituyi called on the ministry of finance...
The Specter of Deflation: Shilling, Prechter and Makin Take a Pessimistic View.
Magazine article from: Traders; 3/1/2004; 700+ words ; ...Independent economic researcher A. Gary Shilling's last two books have been all about...inflation isn't the next big issue. Shilling: Kate just this morning sent me your...it's probably going to slow down. Shilling: You also made the very interesting...