The Youth's Miscellaneous Sketch Book: A Compilation of Useful and Amusing Extracts from Various AuthorsC. L. Adams, 1829 - 108 pages |
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... more . Federal Money . The principal Currency of the United States . 10 Mills are a Cent , 10 Cents . Dime , • 10 Dimes , or 100 Cents • Dollar , 10 Dollars an Eagle . TABLE OF NUMBERS . I 21 XIII 300 XV 500 12 .... MISCELLANEOUS.
... more . Federal Money . The principal Currency of the United States . 10 Mills are a Cent , 10 Cents . Dime , • 10 Dimes , or 100 Cents • Dollar , 10 Dollars an Eagle . TABLE OF NUMBERS . I 21 XIII 300 XV 500 12 .... MISCELLANEOUS.
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... United States M. B. Bachelor of of America Physic M. D. Doctor of Phy- sic Mr. Master , or Mis- ter Ult . The last & . et . And & c . et cetera , and so forth PHYSICAL SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS . R Stands for Recipe ,. 14 .... MISCELLANEOUS.
... United States M. B. Bachelor of of America Physic M. D. Doctor of Phy- sic Mr. Master , or Mis- ter Ult . The last & . et . And & c . et cetera , and so forth PHYSICAL SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS . R Stands for Recipe ,. 14 .... MISCELLANEOUS.
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... United States . Sixteenth of a dollar Half a pistareen Real plate of Spain An English sixpence The franc of France The livre tournois of France A pistareen .. An English shilling . The mark banco of Hamburg . . $ cts . m . 0.06 22 0 10 ...
... United States . Sixteenth of a dollar Half a pistareen Real plate of Spain An English sixpence The franc of France The livre tournois of France A pistareen .. An English shilling . The mark banco of Hamburg . . $ cts . m . 0.06 22 0 10 ...
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... United States , over which the mail is regularly transported . The mail is transported in stages over more than 30,000 miles of post roads . In 1828 there were 7,003 post offices in the United States - amount of postage , 1,596,366 ...
... United States , over which the mail is regularly transported . The mail is transported in stages over more than 30,000 miles of post roads . In 1828 there were 7,003 post offices in the United States - amount of postage , 1,596,366 ...
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... united attraction exercised by the moon and sun upon the waters . Versification . Versification is the arranging of words and syllables in such equal order , as to produce that harmony which distinguishes poetry from prose . Verse may ...
... united attraction exercised by the moon and sun upon the waters . Versification . Versification is the arranging of words and syllables in such equal order , as to produce that harmony which distinguishes poetry from prose . Verse may ...
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Page 78 - For want of a nail, the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe, the horse was lost, For want of a horse, the rider was lost, For want of a rider, the battle was lost.
Page 12 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 67 - He that spends a groat a day idly spends idly above six pounds a year, which is the price for the use of one hundred pounds. He that wastes idly a groat's worth of his time per day, one day with another, wastes the privilege of using one hundred pounds each day. He that idly loses five shillings' worth of time loses five shillings, and might as prudently throw five shillings into the sea.
Page 69 - Then shall thy hide-bound pocket soon begin to thrive, and will never again cry with the empty bellyache ; neither will creditors insult thee, nor want oppress, nor hunger bite, nor nakedness freeze thee. The whole hemisphere will shine brighter, and pleasure spring up in every corner of thy heart.
Page 74 - When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.
Page 67 - For six pounds a year you may have the use of one hundred pounds, provided you are a man of known prudence and honesty. He, that spends a groat a day idly, spends idly above six pounds a year, which is the price for the use of one hundred pounds. He, that wastes idly a groat's worth of his time per day, one day with another, wastes the privilege of using one hundred pounds each day. He, that idly loses five shillings...
Page 27 - For any distance, not exceeding 30 miles, 6 cents. Over 30, and not exceeding 80 " 10 " Over 80, and not exceeding 150...
Page 75 - I have known some men possessed of good qualities which were very serviceable to others, but useless to themselves ; like a sun-dial on the front of a house, to inform the neighbours and passengers, but not the owner within. If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, learning, &c., beginning from his youth, and so go on to old age, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last...
Page 75 - It is with narrow-souled people as with narrownecked bottles ; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.
Page 45 - ... searched, and a great number of copies being found, they were seized : the red ink, with which they were embellished, was said to be his blood : it was seriously adjudged that he was in league with the devil ; and if he had not fled...