History of the Great American FortunesModern Library, 1936 - 732 páginas For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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... thousand pounds of powder - significant of the grim quality of business done . It had more than four hundred cannon ... thousand guilders or forty thousand dollars ) upon their colonies . They not only carried their point , but their ...
... thousand pounds of powder - significant of the grim quality of business done . It had more than four hundred cannon ... thousand guilders or forty thousand dollars ) upon their colonies . They not only carried their point , but their ...
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... thousand dol- lars . That Wall Street lot , it is true , will be worth twelve thousand dol- lars in a few years . But I shall take that eight thousand dollars and buy eighty lots above Canal street and by the time your one lot is worth ...
... thousand dol- lars . That Wall Street lot , it is true , will be worth twelve thousand dol- lars in a few years . But I shall take that eight thousand dollars and buy eighty lots above Canal street and by the time your one lot is worth ...
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... thousand acres to five hundred and sev- enty - five thousand acres , or twelve times the legal quantity.26 The actual settlers were then evicted . The romancer might say that the officials were amazed ; they were not ; such fraudulent ...
... thousand acres to five hundred and sev- enty - five thousand acres , or twelve times the legal quantity.26 The actual settlers were then evicted . The romancer might say that the officials were amazed ; they were not ; such fraudulent ...
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PREFACE TO THE 1936 EDITION | 19 |
PREFACE TO THE 1909 EDITION | 25 |
CHAPTER I | 31 |
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