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Page 50
... respectability , one day entered my room , accompanied by his senior clerk , who usually attended him as a sort of peripatetic day - book . His face betrayed an irritated mind ; and he seated himself in silence , half afraid of trusting ...
... respectability , one day entered my room , accompanied by his senior clerk , who usually attended him as a sort of peripatetic day - book . His face betrayed an irritated mind ; and he seated himself in silence , half afraid of trusting ...
Page 86
... respectable neighbor , though all in the profession would rightly consign the critic himself to the shades of Newgate , as an incorrigible thief . How my unprofessional readers will stare ( if I chance to find any ) , when I remark that ...
... respectable neighbor , though all in the profession would rightly consign the critic himself to the shades of Newgate , as an incorrigible thief . How my unprofessional readers will stare ( if I chance to find any ) , when I remark that ...
Page 98
... respectable clients , Messrs . Lomax and Co. , of this place , to demand payment of the sum of £ 173 . 5s . 2d . , being the invoice price of the cottons consigned to your house at New York , in the month of May , 1825 ; and to inform ...
... respectable clients , Messrs . Lomax and Co. , of this place , to demand payment of the sum of £ 173 . 5s . 2d . , being the invoice price of the cottons consigned to your house at New York , in the month of May , 1825 ; and to inform ...
Page 147
... respectable man that wanted a partner with a few thousand , who might take an active part , or not , in the con- cern , as he might feel inclined . " We all know in our profession , that such " opportunities are to be found daily by the ...
... respectable man that wanted a partner with a few thousand , who might take an active part , or not , in the con- cern , as he might feel inclined . " We all know in our profession , that such " opportunities are to be found daily by the ...
Page 157
... voted a " sharp and clever fellow . " Among respectable men , however , these paltry conten- tions are despised , and also discouraged ; because they tend to create angry and vindic- tive feeling IN SEARCH OF PRACTICE . 157.
... voted a " sharp and clever fellow . " Among respectable men , however , these paltry conten- tions are despised , and also discouraged ; because they tend to create angry and vindic- tive feeling IN SEARCH OF PRACTICE . 157.
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