The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 28F. Hunt, 1853 |
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Page 43
... considerable . But the increased planting will go far to balance these deficiencies , and only a slight decline may be looked for . From Alabama , the receipts will be larger than last year . There was then too little rain , now there ...
... considerable . But the increased planting will go far to balance these deficiencies , and only a slight decline may be looked for . From Alabama , the receipts will be larger than last year . There was then too little rain , now there ...
Page 94
... considerable portion of this debt has been created by the maintenance of large armies in time of peace . At the present moment there are no less than 2,773,833 men under arms in Europe , all of whom are consumers of the produce of ...
... considerable portion of this debt has been created by the maintenance of large armies in time of peace . At the present moment there are no less than 2,773,833 men under arms in Europe , all of whom are consumers of the produce of ...
Page 128
... considerable distance sighted the large lighthouse of the third order , there will be seen subsequently projecting ... considerably grown out by the depositions from that river since that time , I therefore felt it my duty , as early as ...
... considerable distance sighted the large lighthouse of the third order , there will be seen subsequently projecting ... considerably grown out by the depositions from that river since that time , I therefore felt it my duty , as early as ...
Page 130
... considerable quantities of white fish are caught . This year about 1,500 bbls . have been taken . The exertions of the fishermen are receiving a new stimulus in the increased price of their wares . Before this season the price has ...
... considerable quantities of white fish are caught . This year about 1,500 bbls . have been taken . The exertions of the fishermen are receiving a new stimulus in the increased price of their wares . Before this season the price has ...
Page 138
... considerable care , compose this attractive volume . But , in truth , this is an imperfect idea of its contents . There are fine portraits of Chalmers , Peel , Tennyson , Jeffrey , Campbell , the Emperor Nicholas , Lamartine , Words ...
... considerable care , compose this attractive volume . But , in truth , this is an imperfect idea of its contents . There are fine portraits of Chalmers , Peel , Tennyson , Jeffrey , Campbell , the Emperor Nicholas , Lamartine , Words ...
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Page 681 - Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Page 28 - I confess I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think that the normal state of human beings is that of struggling to get on; that the trampling, crushing, elbowing, and treading on each other's heels, which form the existing type of social life, are the most desirable lot of human kind, or anything but the disagreeable symptoms of one of the phases of industrial progress.
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Page 675 - Here's to the United States," said the first speaker, " bounded on the north by British America, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico, on the east by the Atlantic, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Page 609 - ... unless the same shall be authorized by some law for some single object or work, to be distinctly specified therein, which law shall provide ways and means, exclusive of loans, for the payment of the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due, and 'also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt or liability within twenty years from the time of the contracting thereof...
Page 93 - The present convention shall be in force for the term of ten years from the date hereof; and further, until the end of twelve months after either of the high ' contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same...
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Page 618 - And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington, on the...
Page 609 - The legislature shall not in any manner create any debt or debts, liability or liabilities, which shall singly, or in the aggregate, with any previous debts or liabilities, exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, except in case of war, to repel invasion or suppress insurrection...