Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 30, Issue 1Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1856 |
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... consequences of the system which befall the poor , or the causes of their irremediable distress . The speculator on ' change has scarcely delineated more graphically the charac- teristics of modern brokerage ; and we feel well assured ...
... consequences of the system which befall the poor , or the causes of their irremediable distress . The speculator on ' change has scarcely delineated more graphically the charac- teristics of modern brokerage ; and we feel well assured ...
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... consequence of its utility , its singularity , its popularity , or its originality - perhaps in conse- quence of the union of these characteristics - it has advanced in two or three years to the honours of a second edition ; yet the ...
... consequence of its utility , its singularity , its popularity , or its originality - perhaps in conse- quence of the union of these characteristics - it has advanced in two or three years to the honours of a second edition ; yet the ...
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... consequence of the play of two influences the law of supply and deinand , and the oscillations of fancy . The latter of these considerations , though much the more important , has been entirely excluded from the treatises of political ...
... consequence of the play of two influences the law of supply and deinand , and the oscillations of fancy . The latter of these considerations , though much the more important , has been entirely excluded from the treatises of political ...
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... of the essential characteristics of ordinary gambling and horse- jockeying , that it is scarcely necessary to mention that it has invented similar precautions to guard against the consequences of an SPECULATION AND TRADE . 13.
... of the essential characteristics of ordinary gambling and horse- jockeying , that it is scarcely necessary to mention that it has invented similar precautions to guard against the consequences of an SPECULATION AND TRADE . 13.
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... consequences of an imprudent or unfortunate venture . Its acolytes can hedge as well as the votaries of the turf . The numerous and ingenious combinations by which loss may be prevented or diminished , and small gains be secured after ...
... consequences of an imprudent or unfortunate venture . Its acolytes can hedge as well as the votaries of the turf . The numerous and ingenious combinations by which loss may be prevented or diminished , and small gains be secured after ...
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Page 76 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 175 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 76 - And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.
Page 155 - The public can facilitate this acquisition, by establishing in every parish or district a little school, where children may be taught for a reward so moderate, that even a common labourer may afford it ; the master being partly but not wholly paid by the public ; because, if he was wholly, or even principally paid by it, he would soon learn to neglect his business.
Page 70 - LORD heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth...
Page 223 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Page 10 - Oft did a nobleman purchase of a chimney-sweep tulips to the amount of 2000 florins, and sell them at the same time to a farmer ; and neither the nobleman, chimney-sweep, nor farmer had roots in their possession, or wished to possess them.
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