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  • Ifed Bey, Superintendant of the Mint, was a particular favourite of his maflcr, without exciting either jealoufy or hatred; prudent enough not to afpire to be Mi - nifter, he made ufe of his credit only to moderate the frequent ill humour of the Grand Signior towards his Minifters, and dedicated all his attention to the in -, digent and unfortunate, whom he daily affifted,.

    Memories of the Baron de Tott, on the Turks and the Tartars 1785

  • Reimburse - ment to cities and towns for care of certain in - digent sick. as most recently amended by chapter four hundred and seventy-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-three, and inserting in place thereof the following section: — Sec - tion 18.

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

  • Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum, home for aged and in - digent members and the widows and orphans of members, erection and maintenance bv ... ..

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

  • After the Ro«/2»j had fubdued the* World, and robbed it of its Treafures, the Mafsof the People oF Ronu vvertiome of the pooreft and raoft wretched Mortals in the State, hardly ever being able to procure Money at lower Interdt than £ia per Cent, per Annum; and at the ihme Time fo very in - digent, arid perhaps difhoneft, that their Creditors (who had fevere Law? on their Side) would not trult them but ftom Month to Month.

    A Treatise Concerning Civil Government 1781

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