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... Principles of Co - partnership , by D. Lord , Jr. The Commercial Rights of Neutral Nations , by William Kent . " 23465 33 50 67 97 The Theory of Money and Banks , by Charles F. Adams . .119 Commercial Sketch of Boston , with Statistical ...
... Principles of Co - partnership , by D. Lord , Jr. The Commercial Rights of Neutral Nations , by William Kent . " 23465 33 50 67 97 The Theory of Money and Banks , by Charles F. Adams . .119 Commercial Sketch of Boston , with Statistical ...
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... principles , is calculated to be eminently useful , and will prove highly acceptable , not only to the Merchant , but to all who feel an interest in promoting information on sub- jects deeply identified with the wealth , the greatness ...
... principles , is calculated to be eminently useful , and will prove highly acceptable , not only to the Merchant , but to all who feel an interest in promoting information on sub- jects deeply identified with the wealth , the greatness ...
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... principles were adopted , and most of the establishments formed , which have contributed to advance the commerce of Europe to its present astonishing height . The interests of nations became better understood than in any former age ...
... principles were adopted , and most of the establishments formed , which have contributed to advance the commerce of Europe to its present astonishing height . The interests of nations became better understood than in any former age ...
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... principles of equity , and the advance which has been made in building up a system of international and commercial law , on the foundations of justice . Add to all this , improved river navigation , the construction and use of canals ...
... principles of equity , and the advance which has been made in building up a system of international and commercial law , on the foundations of justice . Add to all this , improved river navigation , the construction and use of canals ...
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... principles to the ordi- nary business of life . It will be well for those who have been led to regard this science as unsettled in its principles , and unsatisfactory in its results , to study the illustration which is here given of the ...
... principles to the ordi- nary business of life . It will be well for those who have been led to regard this science as unsettled in its principles , and unsatisfactory in its results , to study the illustration which is here given of the ...
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Page 525 - Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Peters, 519, Mr. Chief Justice TANEY announcing the opinion of the court said: "It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.
Page 413 - For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self...
Page 397 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, And the ass his master's crib: But Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Page 142 - E'en wondered at because he dropt no sooner; Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more, Till, like a clock worn out with eating Time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still.
Page 296 - Physician art thou ? one all eyes, Philosopher! a fingering slave, One that would peep and botanize Upon his mother's grave...
Page 440 - In the lexicon of youth, which Fate reserves For a bright manhood, there is no such word As — -fail!
Page 537 - I have three thousand dollars in hard money; I will pledge my plate for three thousand more; I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago rum, which shall be sold for the most it will bring. These are at the service of the State. If we succeed in defending our firesides and homes, I may be remunerated; if we do not, the property will be of no value to me.
Page 168 - July next, the following gold coins shall pass current as money within the United States, and be receivable in all payments by weight, for the payment of all debts and demands, at the rates following, that is to say : The gold coins of Great Britain, Portugal and Brazil, of not less than twenty-two carats fine, at the rate of 94 cts.
Page 261 - One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, the Standard Measure of Capacity, as well for Liquids as for dry Goods not measured by Heaped Measure, shall be the Gallon., containing Ten Pounds Avoirdupois Weight of distilled Water weighed in Air, at the Temperature of Sixty two Degrees of Fahrenheit's Thermometer, the Barometer being at Thirty Inches...
Page 275 - • An act to provide for obtaining accurate statements of the Foreign Commerce of the United States...