A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and bequeath money ... Fifth editionLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1853 - 355 páginas |
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... friends who believe that it will do good , notwith- standing its faults , will take some interest in its circulation , I leave it in the hands of a generous public . PHILADELPHIA , June 14 , 1852 . 2 CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. BUSINESS ...
... friends who believe that it will do good , notwith- standing its faults , will take some interest in its circulation , I leave it in the hands of a generous public . PHILADELPHIA , June 14 , 1852 . 2 CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. BUSINESS ...
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... friend's assertion - Large farms - An example - Cost of bringing land to such fertility - Laying out farms - This department neglected - A great error - How to save fencing— Lanes - Convenience for watering cattle - A farm road - A ...
... friend's assertion - Large farms - An example - Cost of bringing land to such fertility - Laying out farms - This department neglected - A great error - How to save fencing— Lanes - Convenience for watering cattle - A farm road - A ...
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... friend - A man who forgets those who have contributed to his prosperity - Girard - What the Bible says on the subject . 95-122 CHAPTER VII . GETTING MONEY BY MERCHANDISING - Continued . Buying and selling : A striking description of the ...
... friend - A man who forgets those who have contributed to his prosperity - Girard - What the Bible says on the subject . 95-122 CHAPTER VII . GETTING MONEY BY MERCHANDISING - Continued . Buying and selling : A striking description of the ...
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... Friendship - How to make business pleasant - The deficiencies in politeness - Professional men not polite- Literary men - Why both are generally poor - Anecdote - The prime wis- dom . 145-155 CHAPTER IX . THE TRUE MAN OF BUSINESS ...
... Friendship - How to make business pleasant - The deficiencies in politeness - Professional men not polite- Literary men - Why both are generally poor - Anecdote - The prime wis- dom . 145-155 CHAPTER IX . THE TRUE MAN OF BUSINESS ...
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... friends — The refusal that is least apt to give offence - Debtors and prodigals always consider themselves injured men - Poor men deserted by their friends— The cause of this - The ordinary course of things in embarrassment— Castaways ...
... friends — The refusal that is least apt to give offence - Debtors and prodigals always consider themselves injured men - Poor men deserted by their friends— The cause of this - The ordinary course of things in embarrassment— Castaways ...
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A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and ... Edwin Troxell FREEDLY Visualização integral - 1853 |
A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and ... Edwin Troxell FREEDLY Visualização integral - 1853 |
A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and ... Edwin Troxell FREEDLY Visualização integral - 1853 |
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Accepted supra protest accommodation bill acres advantage agent amount bank battle of Waterloo become bill bill of exchange bushels buyer capital cent Chestnut St Chillicothe Cincinnati clerk commence considered contract cost counting-house creditor customers DEALERS debt dollars drawee engaged Exchange farm farmer favor fortune friends give hand happiness honor Horace Greeley hundred important increase indorsement industry Insurance interest invested jobber John Freedley judgment knowledge labor land less letter MANUFACTURERS manure Market St Market Street matter means ment mercantile merchant Milwaukie mind moral nature necessary ness never P. T. BARNUM paid parties partner partnership payment person Philadelphia Pittsburg polite possess principles produce profit proper prudent purchase pursuits rich rule sell speculation success thing Third St thousand tion Toledo trade transactions usury wealth
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Página 207 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Página 115 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Página 154 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Página 59 - good old rule, the simple plan that they shall take who have the power and they shall keep who can.
Página 58 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Página 58 - Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.
Página 138 - In dealing with cunning persons, we must ever consider their ends, to interpret their speeches; and it is good to say little to them, and that which they least look for. In all negociations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.
Página 29 - Resolve, that no man is wise or safe, but he that is honest. Serve God ; let him be the author of all thy actions: Commend all thy...
Página 206 - But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore : ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Página 47 - There is no art or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift of tongues, and makes a man understood and valued in all countries...