Lives of American Merchants, المجلد 1Office of Hunt's Merchant's Magazine, 1856 |
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الصفحة xxxix
... many a hard gale and weary night - watch . His anxieties commence with his promotion . Responsibility is upon him . Life , and character , and fortune depend on his skill and vigilance . He INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . xxxix.
... many a hard gale and weary night - watch . His anxieties commence with his promotion . Responsibility is upon him . Life , and character , and fortune depend on his skill and vigilance . He INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . xxxix.
الصفحة 49
... character and entire confidence were afterward established between them , and existed for many years with mutual advantage . Returning homeward , he found that the period of his absence had been eventful in changes that were to have im ...
... character and entire confidence were afterward established between them , and existed for many years with mutual advantage . Returning homeward , he found that the period of his absence had been eventful in changes that were to have im ...
الصفحة 71
... character , the company to whom the mines belong concluded to con- tinue the agency in the 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 ...
... character , the company to whom the mines belong concluded to con- tinue the agency in the 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 ...
الصفحة 74
... character on which he acted , not to be entirely silent , now that nothing remains of them but their honored memory . He had received in boyhood , under the care of an excellent mother , the preparatory in- struction which might have ...
... character on which he acted , not to be entirely silent , now that nothing remains of them but their honored memory . He had received in boyhood , under the care of an excellent mother , the preparatory in- struction which might have ...
الصفحة 81
... character . Dr. Howe's appears simple , and fit for general adoption . " It is almost unnecessary to add that every proof of suc- cess in their efforts for the improvement of the blind , af- forded new pleasures to Col. Perkins ; and ...
... character . Dr. Howe's appears simple , and fit for general adoption . " It is almost unnecessary to add that every proof of suc- cess in their efforts for the improvement of the blind , af- forded new pleasures to Col. Perkins ; and ...
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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 244 - And, especially, I desire, that by every proper means a pure attachment to our republican institutions and to the sacred rights of conscience, as guaranteed by our happy constitutions, shall be formed and fostered in the minds of the scholars.
الصفحة 488 - Oh Death ! where is thy sting ? Oh Grave ! where is thy victory ? The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.
الصفحة 262 - 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...
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 473 - Because he 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 him: and he caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
الصفحة 440 - Sure the last end Of the good man is peace! How calm his exit! Night-dews fall not more gently to the ground, Nor weary worn-out winds expire so soft.
الصفحة 269 - If the income, arising from that part of the said sum of two millions of dollars, remaining after the construction and furnishing of the college and out-buildings, shall, owing to the increase of the number of orphans applying for admission, or other cause...
الصفحة 272 - Laws, to cause Delaware Avenue, as above described, to be made, paved, curbed, and lighted; to cause the buildings, fences, and other obstructions now existing to be abated and removed; and to prohibit the creation of any such obstructions to the eastward of said Delaware Avenue; 2. Laws, to...