| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 602 pages
...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 throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages; and unless some of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect... | |
| Washington Irving - 1855 - 374 pages
...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 throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages ; and unless some of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect... | |
| Washington Irving - 1855 - 266 pages
...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 throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages ; and unless some of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect... | |
| John Russell Bartlett - Americanisms - 1859 - 570 pages
...in Jamaica it is often called Jamaica Pepper. 2. The " sweet-scented shrub " ( Calycanthus floridus) is also known as Carolina Allspice, the bark and wood...almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughont our land, seems to have no genuine devotee in these peculiar [Creole] villages. — W. Irving,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1863 - 396 pages
...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 throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages ; and unless ome of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect... | |
| Washington Irving - 1864 - 398 pages
...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 throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages ; and unless some of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect... | |
| Washington Irving - American literature - 1865 - 450 pages
...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 throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages ; and unless sonoe of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect... | |
| William Adolphus Wheeler - Anonyms and pseudonyms - 1865 - 462 pages
...passion for gain. The expression originated with Washington Irving. The Almighty Dollar, that greal object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. W. Irving, The Creole VtUage. Alp. The hero of Byron's " Siege... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1868 - 828 pages
...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...devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. The Creole Village. SIR WFP NAPIER. 1785-1860. Napoleon's troops... | |
| William Adolphus Wheeler - Fiction - 1872 - 462 pages
...as a satire upon the prevailing passion for gain. The expression originated with Washington Irving. The Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, Beenis to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. W. Irving, The Creole Village. Alp.... | |
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