Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 23F. Hunt, 1850 - Commerce |
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... persons , and to a greater extent . In this way it will multiply gold watches , gold ornaments for the person , silver - gilt utensils , and gilding generally ; but it will , at the same time , also * The advantages of a double over a ...
... persons , and to a greater extent . In this way it will multiply gold watches , gold ornaments for the person , silver - gilt utensils , and gilding generally ; but it will , at the same time , also * The advantages of a double over a ...
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... persons addicted to this practice may be inferred from the following facts . One of the chief officers belonging to the ... person consumed upwards of 17 grains per day . According to this data , 10,000 chests would supply one million of ...
... persons addicted to this practice may be inferred from the following facts . One of the chief officers belonging to the ... person consumed upwards of 17 grains per day . According to this data , 10,000 chests would supply one million of ...
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... person from whom the inheritance would otherwise fall to him . The prop- erty may , for some reason , be differently bestowed by the will of the owner . It is customary to speak of the increase of interest , on the score of risk , as an ...
... person from whom the inheritance would otherwise fall to him . The prop- erty may , for some reason , be differently bestowed by the will of the owner . It is customary to speak of the increase of interest , on the score of risk , as an ...
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... person need have occa- sion to witness a legal proceeding , or render a verdict , the meaning of which he does not comprehend . In cases of commercial paper the civil code provides a summary remedy . It is somewhat similar to the ...
... person need have occa- sion to witness a legal proceeding , or render a verdict , the meaning of which he does not comprehend . In cases of commercial paper the civil code provides a summary remedy . It is somewhat similar to the ...
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... person of the insolvent . " " The receiver must proceed in the conversion of the property into money , and the distribution thereof among the creditors existing at the time of the application , whether their demands are due or not ...
... person of the insolvent . " " The receiver must proceed in the conversion of the property into money , and the distribution thereof among the creditors existing at the time of the application , whether their demands are due or not ...
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Page 403 - For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Page 401 - The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Page 397 - say, because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body ? And if the ear shall say, because I am not the eye, I am not of the body...
Page 397 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand; i have no need of thee ; nor again the head to the feet : I have no need of you.
Page 80 - Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Page 109 - America; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have to or with any state or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 110 - ... and should any differences arise as to right or property over the territory through which the said canal shall pass, between the States or Governments of Central America, and such differences should in any way impede or obstruct the execution of the said canal, the Governments of...
Page 398 - And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba : prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
Page 72 - The General Assembly, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, shall provide for the appointment of three commissioners whose duty it shall be to revise, simplify and abridge the rules, practice, pleadings and forms of the courts of justice.
Page 401 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, And the gain thereof than fine gold.