The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 28F. Hunt, 1853 |
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... feet ; king Midas found the " golden touch " a curse and not a blessing . It is only representative value . As bank - notes only represent gold , so gold again but represents wealth ; wealth means only the conveni- ences of life . It ...
... feet ; king Midas found the " golden touch " a curse and not a blessing . It is only representative value . As bank - notes only represent gold , so gold again but represents wealth ; wealth means only the conveni- ences of life . It ...
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... feet long and 36 feet wide . The ceiling is beautifully frescoed , and it is well lighted and venti- lated by windows on both sides . It is decorated at the ends with immense mirrors , and has 24 brackets and 4 chandeliers , making in ...
... feet long and 36 feet wide . The ceiling is beautifully frescoed , and it is well lighted and venti- lated by windows on both sides . It is decorated at the ends with immense mirrors , and has 24 brackets and 4 chandeliers , making in ...
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... feet high , holding aloft in one hand , a flambeau as a beacon light , to designate , in the night , the entrance , and pointing with the other in the direction of the route of the Erie Canal . New York owes such a monument to its ...
... feet high , holding aloft in one hand , a flambeau as a beacon light , to designate , in the night , the entrance , and pointing with the other in the direction of the route of the Erie Canal . New York owes such a monument to its ...
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... feet 19,170,838 191,708 5,376,462 Shingles .M . 6,066 15,165 516 58,765 1,290 Timber .cubic feet 332,097 39,852 2,226 267 Wood ... ..cords 14,874 52,052 40 140 Staves ... ..lbs . 3,355,329 41,777 8,237,696 41,188 Bacon .. 54,624 4,716 ...
... feet 19,170,838 191,708 5,376,462 Shingles .M . 6,066 15,165 516 58,765 1,290 Timber .cubic feet 332,097 39,852 2,226 267 Wood ... ..cords 14,874 52,052 40 140 Staves ... ..lbs . 3,355,329 41,777 8,237,696 41,188 Bacon .. 54,624 4,716 ...
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... feet adit , and use it by means of an overshot or breast wheel , having obtained a fall of 35 feet . To this wheel they propose to at- tach flat rods , extending along and through the adit to the engine shaft , sunk on the course of the ...
... feet adit , and use it by means of an overshot or breast wheel , having obtained a fall of 35 feet . To this wheel they propose to at- tach flat rods , extending along and through the adit to the engine shaft , sunk on the course of the ...
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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.
Page 682 - ... that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 673 - And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
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...
Page 30 - What does he therefore, but resolves to give over toiling, and to find himself out some factor, to whose care and credit he may commit the whole managing of his religious affairs; some divine of note and estimation that must be. To him he adheres, resigns the whole warehouse of his religion, with all the locks and keys, into his custody; and indeed makes the very person of that man his religion: esteems his associating with him a sufficient evidence and commendatory of his own piety.
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...