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" The trees, under which they have been born, and have played in infancy, flourish undisturbed ; though, by cutting them down, they might open new streets, and put money in their pockets. In a word, the almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion... "
Wolfert's roost: and other sketches - Página 19
por Washington Irving - 1855
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 8

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1836 - 776 páginas
...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...
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Dictionary of Americanisms

John Russell Bartlett - 1859 - 572 páginas
...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...
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Dictionary of Americanisms, 2nd ed. enlarged, Volume 19

John Russell Bartlett - 1859 - 578 páginas
...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...
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Wolfert's Roost: And Other Papers, Now First Collected

Washington Irving - 1861 - 450 páginas
...having a voice in public legislation. A few aged men, who have grown gray on their hereditary acres, 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...
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The Works of Washington Irving ...

Washington Irving - 1863 - 396 páginas
...having a voice in public legislation. A few aged men, who have grown gray on their hereditary acres, and are of the good old colonial stock, exert a patriarchal...genuine devotees in these peculiar villages ; and unless ome of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect banking houses and other pious shrines, there is...
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Works

Washington Irving - 1864 - 398 páginas
...having a voice in public legislation. A few aged men, who have grown gray on their hereditary acres, 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...
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Wolfert's Roost, and Other Papers

Washington Irving - 1865 - 450 páginas
...having a voice in public legislation. A few aged men, who have grown gray on their hereditary acres, and are of the good old colonial stock, exert a patriarchal...genuine devotees in these peculiar villages ; and unless sonoe of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect bankinghouses and other pious shrines, there is...
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An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction ...

William Adolphus Wheeler - 1865 - 462 páginas
...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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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source : Passages ...

John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 páginas
...Free-livers on a small scale, who are prodigal within the compass of a guinea. The Stout Gentleman. The Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal...have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. The Creole Village. SIR WFP NAPIER. 1785-1860. Napoleon's troops fought in bright fields, where every...
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Works of Washington Irving: Wolfert's roost

Washington Irving - 1870 - 504 páginas
...having a voice in public legislation. A few aged men, who have grown gray on their hereditary acres, and are of the good old colonial stock, exert a patriarchal...bankinghouses and other pious shrines, there is no knowmg how long the inhabitants may remain in their present state of contented poverty. In descending...
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