 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1836 - 776 pages
...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... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - Americanisms - 1859 - 572 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...decrees of government, as though they still lived under the absolute sway of colonial commandants, instead of being part and parcel of the sovereign...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 - 1864 - 398 pages
...decrees of government, as though they still lived under the absolute sway of colonial commandants, 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 - American literature - 1865 - 450 pages
...decrees of government, as though they still lived under the absolute sway of colonial commandants, instead of being part and parcel of the sovereign...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 - 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,...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1870 - 504 pages
...decrees of government, as though they still lived under the absolute sway of colonial commandants, instead of being part and parcel of the sovereign...bankinghouses and other pious shrines, there is no knowmg how long the inhabitants may remain in their present state of contented poverty. In descending... | |
 | 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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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... 
