The needy and adventurous ; the gambling speculator ; the dreaming land-jobber ; the thriftless tradesman ; the merchant with cracked credit ; in short, every one driven to raise money by desperate means and desperate sacrifices, hurried to Tom Walker.... Tales of a Traveller - Σελίδα 231των Washington Irving - 1825Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| 1825 - 458 σελίδες
...and hs i.ttd like s " friend in need;" that u to say, be alwiT> exacted pay and good security. I n proportion to the distress of the applicant was the hardness of his terms. He vrnmnlatftl bonds and mortgages, gradual'/ squeezed his outomeu closer and closer, unu sent them at... | |
| geoffrey crayon, gent. - 1824 - 414 σελίδες
...and the adventurous; the gambling speculator ; the dreaming land-jobber ; the thriftless tradesman ; the merchant with cracked credit ; in short, every...Thus Tom was the universal friend of the needy; and he acted like a "friend in need;" that is to say, he always exacted good pay and good security. In... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 404 σελίδες
...and the adventurous; the gambling speculator; the dreaming landjobber ; the thriftless tradesman ; the merchant with cracked credit; in short, every...Thus Tom was the universal friend of the needy; and he acted like a « friend in need;» that is to say, he always exacted good pay and good security.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 462 σελίδες
...needy and adventurous; the gambling speculator; the dreaming land-jobber; the thriftless tradesman; the merchant with cracked credit; in short, every...desperate means and desperate sacrifices, hurried to-Tom Walker. Thus Tom was the universal friend of the needy, and acted like a " friend in need ;"... | |
| Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 σελίδες
...needy and adventurous ; the gambling speculator ; the dreaming land-jobber ; the thriftless tradesman ; the merchant with cracked credit ; in short, every...need ; " that is to say, he always exacted good pay arid good security. In proportion to the distress of the applicant was the hardness of his terms. He... | |
| Washington Irving - 1886 - 562 σελίδες
...and the adventurous ; the gambling speculator; the dreaming land jobber; the thriftless tradesman ; the merchant with cracked credit; in short, every...Thus Tom was the universal friend of the needy, and he acted like a "friend in need;" that is to say, he always exacted good pay and good security. In... | |
| Washington Irving - 1894 - 438 σελίδες
...needy and adventurous, the gambling speculator, the dreaming land jobber, the thriftless tradesman, the merchant with cracked credit, — in short, every...good security. In proportion to the distress of the ap1 Jonathan Belcher (1681-1757), governor of Massachusetts and New Jersey. 2 In 1740 the paper currency... | |
| Washington Irving - 1899 - 220 σελίδες
...needy and adventurous; the gambling speculator; the dreaming land-jobber; the thriftless tradesman; the merchant with cracked credit; in short, every...hurried to Tom Walker. Thus Tom was the universal friend o£ the needy, and acted like a " friend in need;" that is to say, he always exacted good pay and good... | |
| Washington Irving - 1900 - 410 σελίδες
...and the adventurous ; the gambling speculator; the dreaming land jobber; the thriftless tradesman; the merchant with cracked credit; in short, every...Thus Tom was the universal friend of the needy, and he acted like a "friend in need;" that is to say, he always exacted good pay and good security. In... | |
| 1906 - 594 σελίδες
...and the adventurous; the gambling speculator; the dreaming land-jobber ; the thriftless tradesman; the merchant with cracked credit ; in short, every...Thus Tom was the universal friend of the needy, and he acted like a " friend in need "• — that is to say, he always exacted good pay and good security.... | |
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