Lives of American Merchants, المجلد 1Freeman Hunt Derby & Jackson, 1858 |
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الصفحة xxi
... purchase of a three- legged stool , but when applied to the successor of " Briseïs , with the radiant eyes , " we are constrained to suspect that chivalry , at that remote period , was not more sensitive in the matter of female mer ...
... purchase of a three- legged stool , but when applied to the successor of " Briseïs , with the radiant eyes , " we are constrained to suspect that chivalry , at that remote period , was not more sensitive in the matter of female mer ...
الصفحة 70
... purchase the raw material and work it into the form in which it is used . I contrived to get admission , and was astonished at the extent of the establishment . " It is astonishing to observe the difference in numbers between the men ...
... purchase the raw material and work it into the form in which it is used . I contrived to get admission , and was astonished at the extent of the establishment . " It is astonishing to observe the difference in numbers between the men ...
الصفحة 71
... hands of Mrs. Beau , who , with the aid of her youngest son , has carried on the purchases and sales to this time . The two eldest sons got clerkships in the tobacco manufactory , and a daughter was married , THOMAS HANDASYD PERKINS . 71.
... hands of Mrs. Beau , who , with the aid of her youngest son , has carried on the purchases and sales to this time . The two eldest sons got clerkships in the tobacco manufactory , and a daughter was married , THOMAS HANDASYD PERKINS . 71.
الصفحة 82
... purchases from his cargoes , and become the owners of ships , importing cargoes of their own . In- solvency and melancholy oblivion or insignificance have , since then , been the lot of most of them . But when enter- prises requiring ...
... purchases from his cargoes , and become the owners of ships , importing cargoes of their own . In- solvency and melancholy oblivion or insignificance have , since then , been the lot of most of them . But when enter- prises requiring ...
الصفحة 83
... purchases now at fourteen , or even , at thirteen cents , will find that he has made a mistake , unless he means to take advantage of any transient demand to dispose of it speedily . There are more coffee - trees now in bearing than are ...
... purchases now at fourteen , or even , at thirteen cents , will find that he has made a mistake , unless he means to take advantage of any transient demand to dispose of it speedily . There are more coffee - trees now in bearing than are ...
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active afterward Appleton bank Batavia benevolence Boston Brooks brother career Carey cargo cause character commerce confidence connected Cope course death decease duties early Edward Brooks engaged England enterprise establishment father favor feelings feet fortune friends gave Girard give and bequeath habits heart honor hundred important institution interest Jackson JAMES GORE KING Jonas Chickering Jones King Kirk Boott labor land legislature liberal living Lowell Mathew Carey means Medford ment mercantile merchant mind moral Morlaix Nathan Appleton never object Passyunk township Peabody period Perkins persons Philadelphia Plymouth Beach president principles prosperity purchase purpose received respect Samuel Samuel Appleton Samuel Slater secure ship Slater society soon spirit Stephen Girard success thing THOMAS HANDASYD PERKINS thousand dollars tion took trade vessels voyage wealth whole York young
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الصفحة 126 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
الصفحة 360 - DO not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.
الصفحة 269 - I enjoin and require that no ecclesiastic, missionary, or minister of any sect whatsoever, shall ever hold or exercise any station or duty whatever in the said college ; nor shall any such person ever be admitted for any purpose, or as a visitor, within the premises appropriated to the purposes of the said college.
الصفحة 266 - When the college and appurtenances shall have been constructed, and supplied with plain and suitable furniture, and books, philosophical and experimental instruments and apparatus, and all other matters needful to carry my general design into execution; the income issues and profits of so much...
الصفحة xvii - ... whatever part of Libya they happened to be sailing, and waited for harvest ; then having reaped the corn, they put to sea again. When two years had thus passed, in the third, having doubled the pillars of Hercules, they arrived in Egypt, and related what to me does not seem credible, but may to others, that as they sailed round Libya, they had the sun on their right hand.
الصفحة xxxii - Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man...
الصفحة 248 - As monumental bronze unchanged his look: A soul that pity touch'd, but never shook : Train'd, from his tree-rock'd cradle to his bier, The fierce extremes of good and ill to brook Impassive — fearing but the shame of fear— A stoic of the woods — a man without a tear.
الصفحة 261 - Pennsylvania charged as aforesaid) unto "the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, their successors and assigns, in trust, to and for the several uses, intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned and declared of and concerning the same, that is to say; so far as regards my real estate in Pennsylvania, in trust, that no part thereof shall be ever sold or alienated by the said Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia...
الصفحة 584 - ... me. I know him to be a man of honor. He loves me dearly and would lay down his life to save mine, but I am sure he would not sacrifice hi* honor to save my life : and I applaud him.
الصفحة 267 - The fifth direction is as follows : " 5. No orphan should be admitted until the guardians, or directors of the poor, or a proper guardian or other competent authority, shall have given by indenture, relinquishment, or otherwise, adequate power to the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of Philadelphia, or to directors or others by them appointed, to enforce, in relation to each orphan, every proper restraint, and to prevent relations or others from interfering with or withdrawing such orphan from the institution.