The Shopkeeper's GuideHouston and Stoneman, 1853 - 245 էջ |
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... Frank , you are really going to be married ? " asked uncle Joshua . " I really am , sir , ” replied Frank . " And live on broth ? " " Yes , sir ; and if I cannot afford that , on water - gruel . " " And pray , have you persuaded Jane to ...
... Frank , you are really going to be married ? " asked uncle Joshua . " I really am , sir , ” replied Frank . " And live on broth ? " " Yes , sir ; and if I cannot afford that , on water - gruel . " " And pray , have you persuaded Jane to ...
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... Frank , looking enchanted with her eloquence , " shall be the happiest of men . " " Graduating our ideas to what is around us ! " exclaimed uncle Joshua . " Ah , there it is ; you could live on broth , or water - gruel , if everybody ...
... Frank , looking enchanted with her eloquence , " shall be the happiest of men . " " Graduating our ideas to what is around us ! " exclaimed uncle Joshua . " Ah , there it is ; you could live on broth , or water - gruel , if everybody ...
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... Frank ; 29 " If she spends so much upon her pelisse , " said Frank , laughing , " I am afraid she has but little left to give away . ' " That is by no means a candid conclusion , " said Jane , assuming her sentimental air ; " on the ...
... Frank ; 29 " If she spends so much upon her pelisse , " said Frank , laughing , " I am afraid she has but little left to give away . ' " That is by no means a candid conclusion , " said Jane , assuming her sentimental air ; " on the ...
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... Frank to visit him daily ; and this he continued to do ; and as he had leisure to make long calls and engage him in cheerful conversation , Mr. Harrington rapidly improved under the best of all systems for a hypochondriac . Thus far we ...
... Frank to visit him daily ; and this he continued to do ; and as he had leisure to make long calls and engage him in cheerful conversation , Mr. Harrington rapidly improved under the best of all systems for a hypochondriac . Thus far we ...
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... Frank , smiling ; " it seems to you incredible that Mrs. Hart can be poor . I will demonstrate the matter to you . You admit that we are rich now , compared to what we were two months ago . We have our next quarter's rent secure are ...
... Frank , smiling ; " it seems to you incredible that Mrs. Hart can be poor . I will demonstrate the matter to you . You admit that we are rich now , compared to what we were two months ago . We have our next quarter's rent secure are ...
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The Shopkeeper's Guide: Designed to Give Stability to the Interests of the ... Robert Kemp Philp Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2008 |
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Էջ 189 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature...
Էջ 175 - ... they are flushed all over with the rich lights of fancy; and so coloured and bestrewn with the flowers of poetry, that even while perplexed and bewildered in their labyrinths, it is impossible to resist the intoxication of their sweetness, or to shut our hearts to the enchantments they so lavishly present.
Էջ 120 - Insurance, or other Instrument, by whatever Name the same shall be called, whereby any Insurance shall be made upon any Life or Lives...
Էջ 175 - We are very much inclined indeed to add, that we do not know any book which we would sooner employ as a test to ascertain whether any one had in him a native relish for poetry, and a genuine sensibility to its intrinsic charm.
Էջ 56 - Secondly, the wages of labour vary with the easiness and cheapness, or the difficulty and expense of learning the business. When any expensive machine is erected, the extraordinary work to be performed by it before it is worn out, it must be expected, will replace the capital laid out upon it, with at least the ordinary profits. A man educated at the expense ; of much labour and time...
Էջ 119 - Plantations, a duty of six pence for every twenty shillings, in any sum not exceeding fifty pounds sterling money, which shall be given, paid, contracted, or agreed for, with or in relation to any clerk or apprentice, which shall be put or placed to or with any master or mistress, to learn any profession, trade, or employment.
Էջ 149 - A voluntary contract between two or more competent persons to place their money, effects, labor and skill or some or all of them in lawful commerce or business, with the understanding that there shall be a communion of the profits thereof between them.
Էջ 39 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Էջ 109 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Էջ 189 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.