The Literary Life and Miscellanies of John Galt, Band 2

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W. Blackwood, 1834
 

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Seite 205 - ... that from and after presentation and acceptance of the said bill or bills of exchange (which acceptance shall be by the underwriting the same under the party's hand so accepting), and after the expiration of three days after the said bill or bills shall become due, the party to whom the said bill or bills are made payable, his servant, agent, or assigns, may and shall cause the said bill or bills to be protested...
Seite 213 - ... hundred sail of ships there yearly find employment, by carrying goods and passengers thither, and bringing thence other commodities, whereby seamen are bred, and custom increased, our commodities vended, and many thousands employed therein, and in refining our sugar at home, which we formerly had from other countries.
Seite 269 - First wert thou found, Thou art good for many a sore, And healest many a wound, In the name of sweet lesus . I take thee from the ground.
Seite 328 - Now, sir Thomas, return back to those that sent you and tell them from me, not to send again for me this day, or expect that I shall come, let what will happen, as long as my son has life; and say that I command them to let the boy win his spurs; for I am determined, if it please God, that all the glory...
Seite 12 - ... but little ; nor is there occasion to say much. You know that there is no labour, no hunger, no cold, no watching, no danger, that I have not shared with you hitherto ; and you now see me ready to lay down my life with you and for you.
Seite 38 - After the battle of Waterloo, the Armageddon of the old world, the result I apprehended took place. Peace brought calamities, in so much that even statesmen openly confessed that the " revulsion
Seite 12 - You know that there is no labour, no hunger, no cold, no watching, no danger, that I have not shared with you hitherto ; and you now see me ready to lay down my life with you, and for you. All I ask, is the same pledge of fidelity and affection that I give. Acquit yourselves like men, and...
Seite 210 - As spirits (spirihu ardentes)" says Dr. Douglass's Circular, AD 1750, " not above a century ago, were used only as officinal cordials, but now nre become an endemical plague every where, being a pernicious ingredient, in most of our beverages ; so formerly sugar was only used in syrups, conserves, and such like Arabian medicinal compositions. It is at present become of universal and most noxious use. It fouls our animal juices, and produces scrophulas, scurvies, and other putrid disorders, by relaxing...
Seite 159 - As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow, While the tide runs in coldness and darkness below; So the cheek may be tinged with a warm sunny smile, While the cold heart to ruin runs darkly the while.

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