 The trees, under which they have been born, and have played in infancy, flourish undisturbed ; though, by cutting them down, they might open new streets, and put money in their pockets. In a word, the almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion...  Wolfert's roost: and other sketches - Page 19by Washington Irving - 1855Full view - About this book
 | 1896 - 1222 pages
...silver, and o'ercome When no force else can get the masterdome. r. HEREICK — Money Gets the Mastery. best friends do not know us. d. CHARLES LAMB —...smoke hath either known no great griefs, or refuseth h s. WASHINGTON IRVING — The Creole Village. Get money ; still get money, boy ; No matter by what means.... | |
 | Lucy Tappan - 1896 - 346 pages
...-grows old must take care not to grow musty, or fusty, or rusty — an old bachelor especially. LETTER. THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR, that great object of universal...have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. THE CREOLE VILLAGE. HE [Governor Van Twiller] was exactly five feet six inches in height, and six feet... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 pages
...an infinite conjugation of the verb — ' To Do '." CARLYLE. French Revolution, Bk. III., Ck. I. " The almighty dollar — that great object of universal devotion throughout our land!" WASHINGTON IRVING. The Creole Villag,. " The angel, Pity, shuns the walks of war ! " ERASMUS DARWIN.... | |
 | James Mollison Milne - 1900 - 400 pages
...equivalent) in apposition. 1. That endless book, the newspaper, is our national glory. — Beecher. 2. The almighty dollar, that great object of universal...have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. — Irving. 2. Noun or pronoun in possessive case. 1. A nation's character is the sum of its splendid... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 578 pages
...misfortune; but great minds rise above it.— The Shetch Booh: ^Philip of Pohanohct? "The Almighty Dollar." —The Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal...our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these particular villages.— The Creole Village. Cultivation and Society.—Society is like a lawn, where... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 566 pages
...great minds rise above it.— The Sketch Boot: «Philip of PokanokctV «The Almighty Dollar.» — The Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal...our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these particular villages. — The Creole Village. Cultivation and Society.— Society is like a lawn, where... | |
 | 1903 - 1188 pages
...scale, who are prodigal within the compass of a guinea. The Stout Gentleman. The almighty dollar,1 that great object of universal devotion throughout...have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. ne Creole Village. LEIGH HUNT. 1784-1859. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1186 pages
...scale, who are prodigal within the COmpaSS of a guinea. The Stout Gentleman. The almighty dollar,1 that great object of universal devotion throughout...have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. ne Creole Village. LEIGH HUNT. 1784-1859. Abou Ben Adliem (may his tribe increase !) Awoke one night... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1903 - 504 pages
...children in the generations to come ! Abridged. the "Almighty Dollar": Washington Irving speaks of "the Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land." — the Roman : Horace I, 2, 27. — Dr. Bowditch : a famous mathematician. He was born in Salem in... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1903 - 506 pages
...children in the generations to come ! Abridged. the " Almighty Dollar ": Washington Irving speaks of "the Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land." — the Roman : Horace I, 2, 27. — Dr. Bowditch : a famous mathematician. He was born in Salem in... | |
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