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civil list (in Britain) the annuities voted by Parliament for the support of the royal household and the royal family How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There was the police department, and the fire and water departments, and the whole balance of the civil list, from the meanest office boy to the head of a city department; and for the horde who could find no room in these, there was the world of vice and crime, there was license to seduce, to swindle and plunder and prey. Well, these twelve thousand livres are his civil list, and are as essential to him as the twelve millions of a king. |
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