 town lots'," "water privileges," "railroads," and other comprehensive and soul-stirring words from the speculator's vocabulary, are never heard. The residents dwell in the houses built by their forefathers, without thinking of enlarging or modernizing...  Works - Seite 41von Washington Irving - 1864Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1836 - 776 Seiten
...granite stores. They suffer the trees, under which they have been born, and have played in infancy, to flourish undisturbed ; though, by cutting them down,...devotees in these peculiar villages ; and unless some of ita missionaries penetrate there, and erect banking houses and other pious shrines, there is no knowing... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 602 Seiten
...granite stores. They suffer the trees, under which they have been born, and have played in infancy, to flourish undisturbed ; though, by cutting them down,...some of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect bankinghouses and other pious shrines, there is no knowing how long the inhabitants may remain in their... | |
 | 1854 - 400 Seiten
...granite stores. They suffer the trees, under which they have been born, and have played in infancy, to flourish undisturbed ; though, by cutting them down,...some of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect bankinghouses and other pious shrines, there is no knowing how long the inhabitants may remain in their... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1855 - 374 Seiten
...decrees of government, as though they still lived under the absolute sway of colonial commandments, instead of being part and parcel of the sovereign...some of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect banking-houses and other pious shrines, there is no knowing how long the inhabitants may remain in... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1855 - 266 Seiten
...having a voice in public legislation. A few aged men, who have grown gray on their hereditaryacres, and are of the good old colonial stock, exert a patriarchal...some of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect banking-houses and other pious shrines, there is no knowing how long the inhabitants may remain in... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1859 - 572 Seiten
...having a somewhat spicy flavor. ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. A term applied to money as " the root of all evil." The almighty dollar, that great object of universal...devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotee in these peculiar [Creole] villages. — W. Irving, Wolfcrt's Roost, p. 40. The almighty dollar... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1859 - 578 Seiten
...somewhat spicy flavor. ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. A term applied to money as " the root of all evil." The almigbtg dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no gennine devotee in these peculiar [Creole] villages. — H'. Ireing, Wolftrt's Roost, p. 40. The almigbtg... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1863 - 396 Seiten
...mutable planet, reach not here, or pass over without leaving any trace. The fortunate inhabitants have none of that public spirit which extends its cares...genuine devotees in these peculiar villages ; and unless ome of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect banking houses and other pious shrines, there is... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 450 Seiten
...mutable planet, reach not here, or pass over without leaving any trace. The fortunate inhabitants have none of that public spirit which extends its cares...genuine devotees in these peculiar villages ; and unless sonoe of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect bankinghouses and other pious shrines, there is... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1865 - 462 Seiten
...passion for gain. The expression originated with Washington Irving. The Almighty Dollar, that greal object of universal devotion throughout our land,...have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. W. Irving, The Creole VtUage. Alp. The hero of Byron's " Siege of Corinth." Älph. A river mentioned... | |
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