 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 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. OLIVER H. PERRY. 1785-1820. We have met the enemy, and they are ours. Letter to... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1877 - 362 pages
...satire upon the prevailug passion for gain. The expression originated with Washington Irving: — " THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR, that great object of universal...have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages." — The Creole Village. У Alone. — ALONE, alone, all, all alone, Alone. — ALOSE ! — that worn-out... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1877 - 998 pages
...he ain't gwine move. Hab to kill all-lico arter he luh befo' you broke lub. — J/ri'l., p. xxxvi. The almighty dollar, that great object of universal...devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotee in these peculiar [Creole] villages. — W. frring, Wulftrfi Roott, p. 40. The almighty dollar... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - Americanisms - 1877 - 886 pages
...Hab to kill all-two arter he lub befo' you broke lub. — Ibid., p. xxxvi. -AME The almighty dvllar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotee in these peculiar [Creole] villages. — W. Irciny, Wolftrft Roost, p. 40. The almighty ilullar... | |
 | Anthologies - 1878 - 720 pages
...dollar. — This was an expression used by Washington Irving, in his "Creole Village." He styles the coin "the Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land." Can't hold a candle to him. — This phrase is from the writings of John Byron, who says, in his rhymes... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 844 pages
...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations, English - 1878 - 896 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...seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar Villages.1 The Creole Village. OLIVER H. PERRY. 1785-1820. We have met the enemy, and they are ours.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 488 pages
...into granite stores. The trees under which they have been born, and have played in infancy, nourish undisturbed ; though, by cutting them down, they might...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1883 - 358 pages
...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... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 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...seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages.1 The Creole Village. SIR WFP NAPIER. 1785-1860. Napoleon's troops fought in bright fields,... | |
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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... 
