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Beechcroft at Rockstone

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

... children here.’ Never were twenty words, including addresses, more satis- factory. The tears came, for the first time, to Lady Merrifield’s eyes at t... ...looking at some houses in Bellevue.’ ‘I am afraid she will have raised the prices of them.’ ‘But, oh, Aunt Jane, we couldn’t go to Bellevue Church!’ c... ...he agent’s, over the only two abodes that could be made avail- able, as to prices, repairs, time, and terms. They did not get away till it was quite d... ...’s patience to give the sense of neglect and oblivion. There had been many factors in the catastrophe, and this had certainly been one, since the loan... ...ly savage to Stebbing’s major, and he said he wouldn’t be under him, at no price.’ ‘Perhaps Mr. White might say the same,’ put in Aunt Ada. ‘He is a d... ...ggon, when he came home to hear of his child’s death. ‘The receipt for the price was inquired for yesterday, and it appeared that the notes had been g... ...nd about her dear husband’s indulgence, in her letters, to be quite satis- factory; and when she came to Rockstone there was an effu- siveness of affe...

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The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

By: Daniel Defoe

...too late, and she died the same night. The youth, who was preserved at the price of his most af- fectionate mother’s life, was not so far gone; yet he... ...ng as the maid; and the rather, because it seems his mother fed him at the price of her own life: but the poor maid, whose constitution was stronger t... ...e, unless with great favour of the captains of the ships, or the company’s factors: and to both I was an utter stranger. 154 The Further Adventures o... ...res for opium and some arrack; the first a commod- ity which bears a great price among the Chinese, and which at that time was much wanted there. Then... ... and, in the first place, he bought all our opium, and gave us a very good price for it, paying us in gold by weight, some in small pieces of their 1... ...; and there he was not only paid his freight very well, and at a very good price, but not being willing to sell the ship, then the merchant furnished ...

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The Pickwick Papers

By: Charles Dickens

...egro slavery abroad, and an equal number against any interference with the factory system at home; sixty eight in favour of the sale of livings in the... .... There were, within sight, an auctioneer’s and fire agency office, a corn factor’s, a linen draper’s, a saddler’s, a distiller’s, a grocer’s, and a ... ... ness, they used to make the beds on the floor; but this wouldn’t do at no price, ‘cos instead o’ taking a moderate twopenn’orth o’ sleep, the lodgers... ...t I’ll never be a party to the combination o’ the butchers, to keep up the price o’ meat,” says he. “Mr. Weller,” says he, a squeezing my hand wery ha... ...here to night. There’s Samkin and Green’s managing clerk, and Smithers and Price’s chancery, and Pimkin and Thomas’s out o’ doors—sings a capital song... ... ordered a bottle of the worst possible port wine, at the highest possible price, for the good of the house, drank brandy and water for their own. Mr....

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

By: Adam Smith

........................................ 25 CHAPTER V OF THE REAL AND NOMINAL PRICE OF COMMODITIES, OR OF THEIR PRICE IN LABOUR, AND THEIR PRICE IN MONEY... .................................. 31 CHAPTER VI OF THE COMPONENT PART OF THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES ......... 45 CHAPTER VII OF THE NATURAL AND MARKET PRI... ...the corn-provinces, fully as good, and in most years nearly about the same price with the corn of England, though, in opulence and improvement, France... ...s own goods for a great quantity or, what comes to the same thing, for the price of a great quantity of theirs. He supplies them abundantly with what ... ...e, is less liable to the temptations of bad company, which, in large manu- factories, so frequently ruin the morals of the other. The superior- ity of... ...onies, which they expect to improve and cultivate with profit, by means of factors and agents, notwithstanding the great distance and the uncertain re... ...ned to an inferior set of dealers; and millers, bakers, meal-men, and meal-factors, together with a number of wretched hucksters, are almost the only ... ...ng a farmer no other customers but either the consumers or their immediate factors, the kidders and carriers of corn, it endeavoured to force him to e... ... been said, could well have capital 515 Adam Smith sufficient to maintain factors and agents in the different ports of the East Indies, in order to p...

............ 21 CHAPTER IV OF THE ORIGIN AND USE OF MONEY.......................................................... 25 CHAPTER V OF THE REAL AND NOMINAL PRICE OF COMMODITIES, OR OF THEIR PRICE IN LABOUR, AND THEIR PRICE IN MONEY....................................................... 31 CHAPTER VI OF THE COMPONENT PART OF THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES ......... 45 CHAPTER VII OF TH...

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The Brotherhood of Consolation

By: Honoré de Balzac

... of the modest iron bed; and she undertook to buy and have them made for a price so moderate as to surprise Godefroid. Having brought with him a certa... ..., having sold his house in the rue de Savoie, he was forced to receive the price in assignats. After that he took into his head to found a news- paper... ...d Champ-Landry, these criminals, obeying the impulse which leads all male- factors into the blunders and miscalculations of crime, threw their guns in... ...ed for their ulterior crimes; vile stipendiaries do this work for a paltry price, not recoiling from murder; then the fo- menters of rebellion, not le... ...ut he did not reach it without difficulty. It was evidently an aban- doned factory. The building was narrow and the side of it was a long wall with ma... ...ther of a quarter so deserted that plenty of lodgings can be had for a low price. But I see in you a fixed determination, and I beg you, mon- sieur, n... ... francs a month for dinner, close by here at Machillot’s? That is the same price you ask me for breakfast.” “But what a difference, monsieur, between ...

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A Book of Golden Deeds

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...and precious actions of which human nature is capable—the truly golden and priceless deeds that are the jewels of history, the salt of life. And it is... ...nd that they could by no means procure the needful medi- cine, except at a price far beyond their means, and heard that an English traveler had offere... ...beyond their means, and heard that an English traveler had offered a large price for a pair of eaglets. The only eyrie was on a crag supposed to be so... ...red out unto the Lord the water obtained at the 18 A Book of Golden Deeds price of such peril to his followers. In later times we meet with another h... ...at goes further than many a victory. Those lives, sold so dearly, were the price of freedom for Judea. Judas’s brothers Jonathan and Simon laid him in... ...ns, or places of traffic, for the cloth that was woven in no less than 300 factories. The houses were of stone, with gradually pro- jecting stories to... ... not we be able to deal with these little creatures?’ Herr Mesnel, a cloth factor, who had been a widower six weeks, thought it would be hard to manag...

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The Egoist : A Comedy in Narrative

By: George Meredith

...is grow- ing acquaintance with the world taught him to put an in- creasing price on the sentiments of Miss Dale. Still Constantia’s beauty was of a ki... ...g to girls. He never seemed to undervalue himself in valuing her: a secret priceless in the courtship of young women that have heads; the lover double... ...rtier; his mansion, estate, and wealth overwhelmed her. They suggested the price to be paid. Yet she recollected that on her last departure through th... ...s him out his money. You’re a hard bargainer, Sir Willoughby.” “I mean the price to be prohibitive.” “Very well; and ‘leafage’ is good for hide-and-se... ... accounts for the con- fusion in politics and society, and the rise in the price of broomsticks, to prove it true, as they tell us, that every nook an... ...iscuss; though you know that sentiments have a bearing on social life: are factors, as they say in their later jargon. I never speak of mine. To you I...

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Evan Harrington

By: George Meredith

...to Mr. Jocelyn will be: “I will do myself the honour to call upon my bene- factor early.” T o Rose you will say: “Be assured, Miss Jocelyn “Miss Jocel... ...wung-off. Evan had now to reflect that he had just thrown away part of the price of his bondage to Tailordom; the mention of Rose filled his mind. Whe...

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Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy

By: John Stuart Mill

...dvantage of a quarter in iron, and could sell our cottons to Sweden at the price which Sweden must pay for them if she produced them herself, we shoul... ...at the quantity of any commodity which can be disposed of, varies with the price. The higher the price, the fewer will be the purchasers, and the smal... ...will be the purchasers, and the smaller the quan- tity sold. The lower the price, the greater will in general be the number of purchasers, and the gre... ...h the consumption in any given degree would require a much greater rise of price than of others. Whatever be the commodity—the supply in any market be... ...tever be the commodity—the supply in any market being given, there is some price at which the whole of the supply exactly will find purchasers, and no... ...es of one labourer for a year, is the result of two concurrent elements or factors,—viz., 1st, the quantity of commodities which the state of the labo...

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Best of Four

By: David Retz

...ne to be trifled with. Companies like Gap and Abercrombie in- crease their prices because they know how gull- ible teenagers are today. We are willing... ...at they have always worn. The clothing stores will be able to increase the price even more because their clothes are all that future generations will ... ...is cycle of kids wanting to fit in and clothing companies increasing their prices with the demand? It’s almost impossible. Kids will always go through... ...rs are able to wear anything they wish and do not wear uniforms. These two factors make teenagers feel they have to do something to fit in. Advertisin... ...ng overpriced things that really aren’t needed. Once sales start dropping, prices will start dropping. Reverse their thinking and end the cycle. Walki...

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On Liberty

By: John Stuart Mill

...t to death, as what? As a blasphemer. Men did not merely mistake their bene factor; they mistook him for the exact contrary of what he was, and treat... ...d keeping all things going on therein very much as they do already . But the price paid for this sort of intellectual pacification, is the sacrifice o... ...factory, if the objectors have no opportunity of showing that it is unsatis factory? If not the public, at least the philosophers and theologians who... ...e from which we cannot hope to be always exempt, and must be regarded as the price paid for an inestimable good. The exclusive preten sion made by a ... ...y of gov ernments, in all cases which were considered of importance, to fix prices, and regulate the processes of manufacture. But it is now recogniz... ... cost is a prohibition, to those whose means do not come up to the augmented price; and to those who do, it is a penalty laid on them for gratifying a...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...number of contacts were made through inter- mediaries, the officer set the price at $1.5 million, which did not deter Bin Ladin.Al Qaeda representativ... ...as “the wall.” The term “the wall” is misleading, however, because several factors led to a series of barriers to information sharing that developed. ... ..., but it was a shot we should have taken, and we would have had to pay the price.” 120 The principals began considering other, more aggressive covert ... ...work in the United States. Before 9/11, security concerns were not a major factor in visa issuance unless the applicant already was on a terrorist wat... ...hen asked for additional identification, Ressam handed the Customs agent a Price Costco membership card in the same false name as his passport.As that... ... kill Americans without there being a US response, with- out there being a price....One might have thought that with a $250m hole 212 THE 9/11 COMMISS... ... al Qaeda figures, however, have stated that ethnicity generally was not a factor in the selection of operatives unless it was important for security ... ...n al Qassim Province, is known among more moderate clerics as a “terrorist factory.”The province is at the very heart of the strict Wahhabi movement i... ...as far greater than the commanding chiefs at the scene had requested. Five factors account for this disparity. First, while the second fifth alarm had...

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A Journal of the Plague Year

By: Daniel Defoe

...t were infected. This made the people all resolve to have it; but then the price of that was so much, I think ’ twas half-a-crown. ‘But, sir,’ says on... ...t was next to impossible for a poor woman that could not pay an immoderate price to get any midwife to come to her – and if they did, those they could... ...bs either : – (1) Provisions were always to be had in full plenty, and the price not much raised neither, hardly worth speaking. (2) No dead bodies la... ... it before and shall speak of it again, yet I must observe here: – (1) The price of bread in particular was not much raised; for in the beginning of t... ...y wanted a market (which, however, was very seldom), and causing the corn- factors immediately to unlade and deliver the vessels loaden with corn, tha... ...trary weather or by the interruption of enemies I do not remember, but the price of coals was exceeding dear, even as high as 4 a chalder; but it soon...

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Best of Four

By: Carol Ann Ellis

...se include installing catalytic converters on cars and filters on vents of factories. Both are giant steps; however, more must be done in order to pre... ...the outskirts of the swamp, is also becoming smaller every year. These two factors may be the result of different vegetation growing on the swamp and ... ...nch fries are a favorite choice for many people. I am going to compare the prices, nutritional facts, and tastes of McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Burger Ki... ...ay , I will discuss which French fries are better in every way. All of the prices and nutritional facts come from the fast food restaurants in Hazleto... ...e. McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s offer different sizes at different prices. For a small order, McDonald’s fries will cost $0.89, Burger King’s ... ...39. McDonald’s offer a “Super Size” order of fries for $1.79. Again, these prices come from Hazleton fast food restaurants. These prices may vary at o... ...dents at University Park. Baby’s atmosphere and service are enjoyable, the prices are extremely reasonable for college students, and the quality of th... ...rning situation, especially when it comes to athletics. There are many key factors when it comes to setting a volleyball. You need proper hand positio...

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin with Introduction and Notes Edited

By: Charles W. Eliot

...ht, by his diligence and punctuality, recommend him self to employment as a factor, and in time acquire where with to trade on his own account. I ap... ...rinkled with pepper, crumbl’d with bread, and a bit of butter in it, for the price of a pint of beer, viz., three half pence. This was a more comforta... ...eing to be done by Keimer; and upon this we work’d exceedingly hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long primer... ...e ruined, as the press and letters must be sold for payment, perhaps at half price. In this distress two true friends, whose kindness I have never for... ...d yet often complain, a little absurdly, of the duty on candles and the high price of tallow. Some may think these trifling matters not worth minding ... ... Quakers? Had not you better sell them? The proprietor would give you a good price.” “The governor,” says I, “has not yet blacked them enough.” He, in...

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