The Shopkeeper's GuideHouston and Stoneman, 1853 - 245 էջ |
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... high prices of his articles as proofs of their goodness , and would have held him- self disgraced for ever if he had been detected in selling a reasonable piece of goods . He could not , ' he observed , expect to attract the rabble by ...
... high prices of his articles as proofs of their goodness , and would have held him- self disgraced for ever if he had been detected in selling a reasonable piece of goods . He could not , ' he observed , expect to attract the rabble by ...
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... high - spirited young fellow is subjected to the tender mercies of such a patient and cruel purchaser ; and he can scarcely be blamed if he makes her pay something extra for such an exertion of his patience as she requires , and such an ...
... high - spirited young fellow is subjected to the tender mercies of such a patient and cruel purchaser ; and he can scarcely be blamed if he makes her pay something extra for such an exertion of his patience as she requires , and such an ...
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... high above her head . Mrs. Fulton cast upon her a look of anguish . The company came . Everybody congratulated Jane on the beauty and elegance of her daughter . Everybody prophesied she would be the belle of the winter . Then came the ...
... high above her head . Mrs. Fulton cast upon her a look of anguish . The company came . Everybody congratulated Jane on the beauty and elegance of her daughter . Everybody prophesied she would be the belle of the winter . Then came the ...
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... high possession of this quality was found in a Mr. Scott , of Exeter , who twenty years ago continued to travel in a commercial capacity till his eightieth year . An anecdote illustrative of this we have heard told in the following ...
... high possession of this quality was found in a Mr. Scott , of Exeter , who twenty years ago continued to travel in a commercial capacity till his eightieth year . An anecdote illustrative of this we have heard told in the following ...
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... high degree will always command a fair share of public favour . " A gloomy melancholy man , the Reverend John Todd , " can never think of much except himself . He cannot forget so important a personage to attend to you . He may have ...
... high degree will always command a fair share of public favour . " A gloomy melancholy man , the Reverend John Todd , " can never think of much except himself . He cannot forget so important a personage to attend to you . He may have ...
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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.