The Natural History of Commerce: With a Copious List of Commercial Terms and Their Synonymes in Several LanguagesCassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1870 - 436 páginas |
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Página 195 - And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck...
Página 55 - Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree ; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping.* My father tauld me sae forty years sin', but I ne'er fand time to mind him.
Página 5 - It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a benefactor of the race.
Página 172 - There were Puritan coffee-houses where no oath was heard, and where lank-haired men discussed election and reprobation through their noses; Jew...
Página 350 - Here it is found growing to the rocks or stones at the bottom of the sea in masses, from the size of an egg to that of a man's head. The sponge is either obtained by dredging or diving, more commonly the latter.
Página 192 - ... are used as a taper; the larger nuts, thinned and polished, furnish him with a beautiful goblet; the smaller ones, with bowls for his pipes; the dry husks kindle his fires; their fibres are twisted into...