Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69William Blackwood, 1851 - England |
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... America , and checked at an- other with precipitate and imprudent severity , four - fifths of the wealth of the United States were in a few years swept away by the fearful oscillation of prices consequent on these violent changes . And ...
... America , and checked at an- other with precipitate and imprudent severity , four - fifths of the wealth of the United States were in a few years swept away by the fearful oscillation of prices consequent on these violent changes . And ...
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... America , & c . , but also the total which has been retained in California for the purposes of currency . The popula- Mr M'Culloch observes in his Com- mercial Dictionary- “ Should 1851. ] 7 The Currency Extension Act of Nature .
... America , & c . , but also the total which has been retained in California for the purposes of currency . The popula- Mr M'Culloch observes in his Com- mercial Dictionary- “ Should 1851. ] 7 The Currency Extension Act of Nature .
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... America , now for the first time brought into view only ; but this is by no means the whole of the pro- vision made by nature for the extended wants of mankind in this age of tran- sition , vehement excitement , extended transactions ...
... America , now for the first time brought into view only ; but this is by no means the whole of the pro- vision made by nature for the extended wants of mankind in this age of tran- sition , vehement excitement , extended transactions ...
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... the French and German revolutions , only made the rush for English manufactures greater when the restoration of tran- quillity reopened the Continent to our industry . In America 16 [ Jan. The Currency Extension Act of Nature .
... the French and German revolutions , only made the rush for English manufactures greater when the restoration of tran- quillity reopened the Continent to our industry . In America 16 [ Jan. The Currency Extension Act of Nature .
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... America the change was equally great , and equally irre- spective of Free Trade : our exports to the United States , in 1850 , exceeded £ 12,000,000 . This extension arose from the general rise of prices , and ex- tension of credit ...
... America the change was equally great , and equally irre- spective of Free Trade : our exports to the United States , in 1850 , exceeded £ 12,000,000 . This extension arose from the general rise of prices , and ex- tension of credit ...
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Page 518 - UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope...
Page 444 - I have been in the deep : in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren : in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 518 - Tis of the wave and not the rock ; ,Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar. In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 529 - The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with another's need; Not what we give, but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
Page 577 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Page 443 - ... to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men: as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of State, for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 518 - O gentle, loving, trusting wife, And safe from all adversity Upon the bosom of that sea Thy comings and thy goings be!
Page 133 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 519 - Halfway up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons with its hands From its case of massive oak, Like a monk, who, under his cloak, Crosses himself, and sighs, alas ' With sorrowful voice to all who pass, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever...
Page 443 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.