...seems to have been the first to use this expression which has become a byword for American materialism. The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land. . . . W. Irving: WalJcrC, Roott, Creole Village (1837). BE Woolf was the author of a successful comedy...

...phrase almighty dollar? JWC A. It is attributed to Washington Irving. In The Creole Village he says: "The almighty dollar, that great object of universal...have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages." Q. What is the origin of the expression key to the city? CBS A. The key to the city is simply a figurative...

...attributed to Washington Irving. In The Creole Village he says: "The almighty dollar, that great obiect of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to...have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages." Q. What is the origin of the expression key to the city? CBS A. The key to the city is simply a figurative...

...not until 1837 did Washington Irving coin an expression that gained wide currency, when he wrote of "the Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land." The phrase was picked up and given wider circulation by Charles Dickens in his American Notes (1840)....

...unrestricted travel or to import what we want, and we will be restricted in our foreign operations. "The Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land." — Washington Irving US productive efficiency has actually increased over the past few years while...

...will not have the freedom to import what we want, and we will be restricted in our foreign operations. "The Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land . " — Washington Irving US productive efficiency has actually increased over the past few years while...

...internal improvement champion in Illinois, Washington Irving praised the peaceful Creole villages where "the almighty dollar, that great object of universal...throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees." He added that unless some of this almighty's "missionaries" penetrated the quiet and built "banking...

...turning them into granite stores. The trees under which they have been born, and have played in infancy, flourish undisturbed; though, by cutting them down,...villages; and unless some of its missionaries penetrate there, and erect banking-houses and other pious shrines, there is no knowing how long the inhabitants...

...their epitaphs, but characters written in the dust? "Westminster Abbey," The Sketch Book (1819-20) 9 The almighty dollar, that great object of universal...have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. "The Creole Village," Wolfert's Roost (1855) Isherwood, Christopher (1904-86) British-born US writer...

...Europe, returned home and were appalled at the changes in their country. Irving wrote of the chase after the "almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land." Cooper was struck by the vulgarity of the New York streets lined with glaring red-brick buildings decked...