| 1845 - 732 páginas
...gone down in that time. Bankruptcy, said he, is like death, and almost as certain; they fall single and alone, and are thus forgotten, but there is no escape from it, and he is a fortunate man who failt young. Another friend told me that he had occasion to look through the Probate Office a few years... | |
| 1846 - 632 páginas
...gone down in that time. Bankruptcy, said he, is like death, and almost as certain ; they fall single and alone, and are thus forgotten ; but there is no...90 per cent of all the estates settled there, were insohenl. And, within a few days, I have gone back to the incorporation of our banks in Boston. I have... | |
| 1846 - 632 páginas
...gone down in that time. Bankruptcy, said he, is like death, and almost as certain ; they fall single and alone, and are thus forgotten ; but there is no...office, a few years since, and he was surprised to lind that over 90 per cent of all the estates settled there, were insolvent. And, within a few days,... | |
| Henry Augustus Boardman - 1853 - 432 páginas
...gone in that time. ' Bankruptcy,' said he, ' is like death, and almost as certain ; they fall single and alone, and are thus forgotten : but there is no...years since, and he was surprised to find that over ninety per cent, of all the estates settled there were insolvent. And within a few days, I have gone... | |
| Money - 1853 - 168 páginas
...gone down in that time. Bankruptcy, said he, is like death, and almost as certain; they fall single and alone, and are thus forgotten; but there is no.... "Another friend told me that he had occasion to ^ok through ^he probate office a few years since, and l^ei wasi( surprised to, find tjiat over 90 per... | |
| Henry Augustus Boardman - 1853 - 434 páginas
...gone in that time. ' Bankruptcy,' said he, ' is like death, and almost as certain ; they fall single and alone, and are thus forgotten : but there is no escape from it, and he ia a fortunate man who fails young.' " Another friend told me that he had occasion to look through... | |
| Elements - 1862 - 246 páginas
...said he, ' is like death, and almost as certain: they fall single and alone, and are thus fergotten ; but there is no escape from it, and he is a fortunate man who fails young.'" Doubtless a large part of these failures might have been prevented by proper economy. Dr Franklin said,... | |
| Richard Miller Devens - 1865 - 462 páginas
...Houses, whose paper had passed without a question, had all gone down in that time. Another informant, who had occasion to look through the probate office a few years since, was surprised to find that over ninety per cent. of all the estates settled there were insolvent. It... | |
| Merchants, Farmers and Mechanics' Savings Bank, Chicago - 1867 - 154 páginas
...gone down in that time. Bankruptcy, said he, is like death, and almost as certain ; they fall single and alone, and are thus forgotten ; but there is no...office a few years since, and he was surprised to find thmt over 90 per cent, of all the estates settler! there were insolvent. And, within a few days, I... | |
| Richard Miller Devens - 1868 - 906 páginas
...Houses, whose paper had passed without a question, had all gone down in that time. Another informant, who had occasion to look through the probate office a few years since, was surprised to find that over ninety per cent, of all the estates settled there were insolvent. It... | |
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