Taking the whole kingdom at an average, nineteen houses in twenty, or rather, perhaps, ninety-nine in a hundred, are not insured from fire.

就整个王国而言， 平均而言，二十所房屋中有十九所， 或者更确切地说， 一百所房屋中有九十九所没有防火。

Trevelyan has said, " From Tudor times onwards, England treated European politics simply as a means of insuring her own security from invasion and furthering her designs beyond the ocean" .

Trevelyan 曾说过，“从都铎王朝时代开始，英国将欧洲政治简单地视为一种手段，以确保其自身安全免受入侵，并将其计划推进到海洋之外”。

The directors of the bank, however, would probably be unwilling to agree to the imposition of a seignorage upon the authority of a speculation which promises them no gain, but only pretends to insure them from any loss.

然而，银行的董事们可能不愿意同意对投机当局征收铸币税，这种投机承诺不会给他们带来收益，而只是假装为他们提供任何损失的保险。