Lives of American Merchants, المجلد 1Office of Hunt's Merchant's Magazine, 1856 |
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... Period of our Commercial History as a nation , giving the lives of deceased merchants only . During this period , although but the life of one man in duration , the seed sown by the merchants of the colonial time has attained the growth ...
... Period of our Commercial History as a nation , giving the lives of deceased merchants only . During this period , although but the life of one man in duration , the seed sown by the merchants of the colonial time has attained the growth ...
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... period when gods dwelt on the earth , and assumed its temporal government . In comparison with Chinese record , our antiquity is a thing of yester- day . If we give it credence , the mysterious things of Egypt charm no longer ...
... period when gods dwelt on the earth , and assumed its temporal government . In comparison with Chinese record , our antiquity is a thing of yester- day . If we give it credence , the mysterious things of Egypt charm no longer ...
الصفحة xxi
... " 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- chandise than in more modern days ; and that Achilles INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . XX1.
... " 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- chandise than in more modern days ; and that Achilles INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . XX1.
الصفحة xxix
... period of public fairs , and were restricted to a residence of forty days . Afterward , a German company monopolized the trade of the country for several centuries , and its members were regularly locked up at night , getting comfort ...
... period of public fairs , and were restricted to a residence of forty days . Afterward , a German company monopolized the trade of the country for several centuries , and its members were regularly locked up at night , getting comfort ...
الصفحة xxxii
... period when England was free from sorrow , or when the poet's modi- cum of real property sufficed for even the frugal wants of our fore- fathers . There have been good times for some in the motherland , through all her destinies . The ...
... period when England was free from sorrow , or when the poet's modi- cum of real property sufficed for even the frugal wants of our fore- fathers . There have been good times for some in the motherland , through all her destinies . The ...
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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...