Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 30, Issue 1Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1856 |
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... regard to the London exchange , by one Mr. Fenn , * who , in English and Foreign Funds : A compendium of the English and Foreign Funds , and the principal joint stock companies ; forming an epitome of the various objects of investment ...
... regard to the London exchange , by one Mr. Fenn , * who , in English and Foreign Funds : A compendium of the English and Foreign Funds , and the principal joint stock companies ; forming an epitome of the various objects of investment ...
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... regard to other monarchies , that Quicquid delirant reges , plectuntur Achivi : whether the profits of the great brokers are paid by an actual augmentation of the aggregate production , or whether they are liquidated by the increased ...
... regard to other monarchies , that Quicquid delirant reges , plectuntur Achivi : whether the profits of the great brokers are paid by an actual augmentation of the aggregate production , or whether they are liquidated by the increased ...
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... regard to the mulberry ; and the same routine is regularly pursued , as an established business , in all the principal cities of the world . The identity between the opera- tions of the Bourse and the transactions in tulips , was ...
... regard to the mulberry ; and the same routine is regularly pursued , as an established business , in all the principal cities of the world . The identity between the opera- tions of the Bourse and the transactions in tulips , was ...
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... regard to this branch of inquiry , only reveals the entire absence of any settled doctrine among political economists on the subject of value . This indecision is the capital of the stockbroker . tions of price dependent on the ...
... regard to this branch of inquiry , only reveals the entire absence of any settled doctrine among political economists on the subject of value . This indecision is the capital of the stockbroker . tions of price dependent on the ...
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... regard to himself , long after all his little capital has been dissipated . If presumptive chances are accepted as the sources of gain , presumptions , natural or suggested , may very well be employed as the principal capital in the ...
... regard to himself , long after all his little capital has been dissipated . If presumptive chances are accepted as the sources of gain , presumptions , natural or suggested , may very well be employed as the principal capital in the ...
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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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