| 单词 | mercantile |
| 例句 | The store was on its feet within one year, expanding in two, opening branches in three, and its descendants, a great mercantile system, now dominate a large part of the area. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A thriving commercial center had taken root on the south side of the river, replete with stately brick hotels, sturdy limestone banks, and a wide variety of fine emporiums and reputable mercantile establishments. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I headed out toward the mercantile with her right alongside, grumpy old Alexander a few steps off so’s no one knew he was following. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z A display of plum-colored jewels and diamond necklaces comes from the mercantile House of Bijoux. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z An explanation for the decline of ancient science has been put forward by the historian of science Benjamin Farrington: The mercantile tradition, which led to Ionian science, also led to a slave economy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When school let out, I waited for the other kids to run home so I could walk to the mercantile to meet up with Ma. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Although Chicago was rapidly achieving recognition as an industrial and mercantile dynamo, its leading men felt keenly the slander from New York that their city had few cultural assets. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “But I best be going. My ma’s waiting for me at the mercantile.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “I was just thinking I would love to have one of those silver charm bracelets they have down at the mercantile.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Financial bitterness could not eat too deeply into Mack and the boys, for they were not mercantile men. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t been paying any mind to where we were going, but looking up I saw that we’d made it to the mercantile. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z She let me off by the mercantile so I could walk to school. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z On occasion there might be an awkward encounter in the mercantile or the hardware store, in which members of one nationality might exchange a halted word of greeting with those of another. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I hadn’t known this until I was eight and she bought me an Easter-dyed biddy from the mercantile. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The Kerensky twins used to shove me back and forth on the boardwalk in front of the mercantile if they caught me there alone. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I turned around and realized I’d made it from school to the mercantile in a flash. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Ma fixed pots and scythes and rakes and picks for eggs or some such, took what we needed, then traded the rest to Ralph Pitcher for store credit at the mercantile. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Lefty’s father had loved market season at the Koza Han, but the mercantile impulse hadn’t been passed down to his son. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We walked to the mercantile together eating the orange. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Thus the mercantile tradition contributed to the great Ionian awakening around 600 B.C., and, through slavery, may have been the cause of its decline some two centuries later. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The green trim of his jacket reveals he's from the mercantile House of Clothiers, and as such is ineligible to be her fiancé. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "Pompeii The Exhibit: Life and Death in the Shadow of Vesuvius" also chronicles life in the vibrant mercantile city before and after Vesuvius erupted. Pompeii exhibit in NYC shines light on buried city 2011-03-04T15:42:09Z Happily shifting gears from the sacred to the mercantile, we peered into stalls and shops along central Kathmandu’s narrow back streets. A breathtaking Himalayan journey to ‘the rooftop of the world’ 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z This was when the Egyptian capital supplanted Aleppo as the region’s mercantile center after the opening of the Suez Canal. Traveling the World for Recipes, but Always Looking for Home 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Ms. DeWitt, still playing the level-headed straight-woman, captures the mercantile spirit of the occasion with her first line of the interview: “Thank you for creating this opportunity, babe.” ArtsBeat: Watchlist: A 'Three's Company' Reunion on Suzanne Somers's New Online Show 2012-02-02T20:02:06Z Cremona is a small, pretty, well-kept, bourgeois, mercantile city in the fertile Po Valley of Italy. There’s More to Cremona Than Violins 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Uruapan’s “skill and destiny” was mercantile, first as a center of trade for surrounding artisans who flocked to the town in particularly large numbers during Holy Week. Handmade Visions on the Crafts Trail in Mexico 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z “Perhaps you’d like to buy a flower?” wrote Emily Dickinson, whose poetry is usually less mercantile. | Floral and Hardy 2011-02-08T20:46:38Z It was established by Lucius Hamilton Hayward Jr., the grandson of an Englishman from the West Indies who worked in agriculture and mercantile. Red Beans and Rice Feed New Orleans’ Soul 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Conversely, Broadway frequently attracts star vehicles, jukebox musicals, film adaptations and others that seems to float into existence on a cloud of shrewd marketing and mercantile ambition. The Tony Awards brouhaha is best taken with a shoveful of salt 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The studios also placed narrow limits on overt artistic ambition and mercantile banality alike. There Is No “Genius of the System” 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Paintings were bought by a broad cross -section of the mercantile society of 17th-century Holland. The real-life power of Rembrandt 2011-08-16T15:40:03Z These days everything has to have a clear market value, a proven use for mercantile culture. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z The century after 1485, when Henry VII took the crown from Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, would see England break away from the church in Rome and grow into a mercantile powerhouse. Behind Every Monarch, an Art Alliance 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Clad in a snazzy snakeskin jacket and carrying a guitar, Val Xavier steps into a small town’s mercantile like a handsome troubadour dropping by to serenade the locals. Review: A Lack of Passion Keeps This ‘Orpheus Descending’ Earthbound 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z “The Thames was generally presented as a serene, well-ordered and spacious environment, with the harsher features of its mercantile role deliberately disguised,” the art historian Geoff Snell writes in the museum’s exhibition catalog. Antiques: Paper Mills, Toscanini and Panoramic Art and Photographs 2013-01-24T22:46:54Z In 2004, in Port Glasgow, he completed a series of photographs that was distributed, in book form, only to inhabitants of the troubled mercantile and shipbuilding town. After the Brexit Vote, Mark Neville Looks at Life in “Little Britain” 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z These days, workaday refugees from the mercantile bustle of Taipei, the island’s capital, flock here to soak away ailments real and imagined. Journeys: In Taiwan, Steaming Pools of Paradise 2010-03-19T15:29:00Z After a quick lunch, we strolled through the old town of Santa Fe, passing the onetime location of the Staab mercantile on the main plaza. In Santa Fe, searching for a ghost and finding enchantment 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Bourgeois writers attuned to the demands of the mercantile and manufacturing economy set about shrinking the personal and social options for women. Obsessed with Anne Boleyn 2012-06-18T22:01:00Z In spite of the nurseryman’s mercantile delight at the season, this is a risky business. Wholesale nurseries have their own Black Friday: It’s called April. 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z But she’s got a backward version of the mercantile pop intelligence. New Music: New Music by Passion Pit and Micachu & the Shapes 2012-07-23T22:18:24Z It was also a good mercantile tease: isn’t there something just for you? Burberry: Fly Girls 2010-02-24T21:33:00Z Orchid mania gripped wealthy Europeans and, later, Americans during the period of Western colonial and mercantile expansion in the 19th century. This florist started caring for ailing orchids on the side. He’s now babysitting 13,000. 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z But his plays, celebrated for their acute observation of the Russian mercantile classes, never had the impact in the West that they did on his home turf. | 'The Forest': Dianne Wiest Tries ?The Forest? at Classic Stage 2010-05-07T03:50:00Z That clash of cultures — mammon vs. art — burns through this novel, which provides a wry commentary on the plight of the arts in our mercantile era. Review | Irritated by tweedy academic types? Read this wonderful campus comedy. 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z In addition, Blue Valley is remodeling a former mercantile in its hometown, slated to open in May as a USDA-inspected old-fashioned butcher shop. Thundering Hooves expats back in biz as Blue Valley Meats 2011-04-14T19:01:05Z “District Merchants” is set in Washington, D.C., and Belmont, Mass., in the period of Reconstruction — a far cry from magical, mercantile, money-obsessed Venice and Portia’s enchanted island. 'Merchant of Venice' set in post-Civil War America? That's Aaron Posner's 'District Merchants' 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Out of such unexpectedly mercantile zeal were Bamiyan's giant Buddhas funded. The Buddhas of Bamiyan by Llewelyn Morgan ? review 2012-05-18T21:55:08Z The cozy lobby has a coffee shop, mercantile and wood-burning stove. Jenny Lake, the breathtaking centerpiece of Grand Teton National Park, gets a refresh 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z By this time indigenous peoples throughout the Caribbean had been suppressed; masses of captive Africans had been imported; a white population, largely mercantile, had settled in. Art Review: ‘Caribbean: Crossroads of the World’ Spans 3 Museums 2012-06-14T20:33:20Z The society’s new second branch welcomes children to explore New York’s mercantile past right where it happened. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z As mercantile and then industrial development changed the country, so portraiture, conversation pieces, landscapes and still-lives reflect the changes. Tate Britain: On the move 2013-05-03T18:40:01Z Descending from his remote village, he searches for survivors in Chrysopolis, a fictional mercantile city. It’s the End of Humanity. Maybe It’s for the Best. 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z “Another Story” opens with a monologue that traces Nigeria’s independence in 1960 back to a transaction between the British government and the Royal Niger Co., the mercantile company that would eventually be absorbed by Unilever. Perspective | Burna Boy is an ‘African Giant’ with a sound that defies geography 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Hollander frequently tailors her selections to Lower Manhattan’s history as a thriving seaport and mercantile center — the engine that initially drove the development of New York’s urban environment. Art Review: ‘Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions,’ at South Street Seaport 2012-08-02T23:17:05Z A new England was beginning to emerge – mercantile, with taxes regulated and collected, and a strong central government. Anne Boleyn and the theatre of reformation 2011-07-08T21:55:13Z Even in mercantile Paris, this proves difficult, as the distracted Fadinard keeps darting away from his wedding party, frantically searching for a substitute. DVDs: Clair?s ?Italian Straw Hat? ? Farce With Eye on Past 2010-04-09T03:57:00Z “But before it was of mercantile use and drove industry in the Western world, it was a symbol of status.” In Boston, Art That Rises From the Deep 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z She sings in English, but otherwise this group is not very mercantile. Music Review: Duchess Says, Canadian Band, at Public Assembly 2012-08-26T21:11:40Z Their brevity limits the scope of individual artistry no less than their mercantile messages and assumptions do. Can a Musical Sponsored by a Toilet Manufacturer Be a Work of Art? 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z But in the 15th century, in large part because of the expansion and enrichment of a mercantile class, there arose a market for pictures of family members for at-home display. Art Review: ?Renaissance Portrait From Donatello to Bellini? - Review 2011-12-22T23:31:48Z I found the mercantile spirit exhilarating, and wearying. An 8-Year-Old Explains the Metaverse 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z Reminders of Venice’s history of mercantile and cultural commerce with the Islamic world are indeed everywhere. Mosque Installed at Venice Biennale Tests City’s Tolerance 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z By midcentury, “1,500 British mercantile houses were trading around the world, and nearly two-thirds of them were based outside the European mainland, with 41 in Buenos Aires alone.” A History of the British Empire at Its Peak 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z They’re fully versed in how steeped we all are in the dark arts of mercantile persuasion. Review | This may be the funniest Super Bowl commercial. But it won’t make it to the game. 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z The capital of Portugal’s Upper Alentejo region today, Évora has an impressive résumé with stints as an important Roman mercantile center and a fortified Moorish bastion. Overnighter: From Lisbon, Visiting the Storied City of ?vora 2011-06-24T18:55:01Z The original film was made with brazenly mercantile yet artistically sound intentions, and, despite its vulgarizing touches, it’s a crudely effective story about tradition and modernity, misogyny and resistance. What to Stream This Weekend: “Poor White Trash” 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z From the spacious plaza in front of the station, riders are surrounded by former warehouses and mercantile buildings now hosting shops, restaurants, breweries and residences. Denver’s Vintage Train Station Gets (Another) Update 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z The 1906-era mercantile building was transported by barge from the seaside village of Oyster in 2015, and now overlooks the Cape Charles Yacht Center. On the Eastern Shore, Virginia’s Cape Charles is in the midst of a small-town renaissance 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z She’s a lonely businesswoman struggling to save her late father’s mercantile business; he’s a Byronic corsair with a dark past, guiding her exports through treacherous waters. Book review: ‘The Siege,’ by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z “Booksellers are providing something beyond the mercantile,” Young said. Peeking Into the World of Rare Books 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The feedback effect of public life turns him into an unintentionally comic monster of transparently mercantile intentions. “Popstar”: A Well-Tuned Satire of Celebrity Self-Indulgence 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z There lingers, even in our mercantile age, an admiration for the aristocratic ethos, the punctilio, of the duel. The literary history of duels, those absurdly formal fights to the death 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The self-guided tour takes visitors through 11 buildings ranging from the town’s original jail to the mercantile to the school house, and more. Savoring the Colorado Rockies — by sailboat 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The parchment — the only known iteration of the Declaration oriented horizontally — was stylistically similar to 18th-century American legal and mercantile documents, suggesting it was made by a commercial clerk, probably in New York or Philadelphia. A New Parchment Declaration of Independence Surfaces. Head-Scratching Ensues. 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Mendoza conjures the mercantile spirit of the city, where hustlers and arrivistes perpetually collide with old money and entrenched power. 10 of the best novels set in Spain – that will take you there 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z The picture's single triumph, true to the mercantile nature of the enterprise, is thunderously obvious product placement. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z Genoa had a lot of it, especially after it transitioned from a mercantile power to a banking one in the 16th century. Perspective | Genoa and the Baroque: The most spectacular art you’ve never heard of 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z She loves New York but also responds deeply to the Asian Manhattan—to Hong Kong’s entrep ô t culture and it's mercantile mix of Orient and Occident. Soprano He Hui Is Blazing a Trail for China's Opera Singers 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z It is thanks to this movie that I still misuse the word “amortize” and, in times of stress, can be unaccountably soothed by the phrase “Shipyards, the mercantile”. Mary Poppins: not sugary, but sharp and subversive – on the page and the screen 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z In addition to all the designer labels from Top Shop to Mulberry, small shops highlight Glasgow’s independent mercantile spirit. 36 Hours in Glasgow 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s an unexpectedly poignant moment – a flash of insight into the emotional impacts of physical intimacy, even in the most mercantile of exchanges. Vivid vulvas and colossal carrots: what I learned from my night at a sex workshop 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z In college, we talked endlessly about the politics of marriage, its mercantile origins, its role as an organizing principle of the patriarchy. The Bride in Her Head 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Michael Jursa of the University of Vienna examines the mercantile spirit of Babylonians in the first millennium BC. A grand tour 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The hotel, owned by Paspaley, a major pearl company in Australia, is in a repurposed office building with a mercantile past. La Marchande, With Modernized French Fare, Opens in the Financial District 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z That this confluence of events is only occurring in 2018 probably says more about the peculiar mercantile folkways of Broadway than it does about any collective cultural impact of these plays. Perspective | All at once, Broadway is carrying a ‘torch’ for landmark gay plays of the 20th century 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Charley was sent to Germany — Dickens’s sons were routinely packed off to faraway places, including India and Australia — and seemed earmarked for a mercantile career despite a burgeoning talent for journalism. Books of The Times: Robert Gottlieb’s Book on Dickens and His Children 2012-12-06T19:06:19Z Today her candidly mercantile approach is reflected in Sotheby’s’ sale catalog, a lavish volume that aspires to scholarship, with offerings grouped under headings including minimalism, abstract expressionism, modernism and surrealism. Art’s New Perch: Your Neck, Not Your Wall 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z In a 1997 Associated Press interview, he said his drive to invent was more than mercantile; it was a bit obsessive. Ron Popeil, inventor and king of TV pitchmen, dies at 86 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z It’s breathtaking, really, the array of items and the scale of the mercantile imagination — including, of course, the Harry Potter theme parks, the Lego sets, the video games — unleashed by J.K. Perspective | Fans of the books will love Broadway’s Harry Potter — but will others? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Jennifer Paxton suggests it's more likely that Celtic culture spread to the British Isles as a kind of Iron Age "meme," by way of a Celtic-speaking mercantile elite along the Atlantic edge of Europe. Hey, Irish Americans: Your "Celtic" tattoo isn't Celtic — because that whole idea was made up 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z But when mocking law and order, familial sentimentality and mercantile vulgarity—not from below but, so to speak, from above—Chaplin sacrificed the popular touch. Movie of the Week: “Limelight” 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z And just down the street is a thriving cluster of businesses anchored in an old mercantile building. Can rural America be saved? A new national ‘challenge’ tries to see. 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z It is a repellent image, fracturing Christ into pieces, connecting his message to the mercantile trade in religious absolution. Medieval Europeans had noses, eyes and ears — and they used them 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Critics complained that Barneys was now merely offering the traditional menu of the globalized mercantile world, with its buffet of high-margin shoes and bags. Barneys Remakes Itself for the New New York 2012-12-13T15:14:47Z He said French was the only answer, and decided on a brasserie, a style he thought would not only suit the large space but would also be appropriate for Chicago and its mercantile history. Casa Dani, From a Celebrated Spanish Chef, Opens in Manhattan West 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Given MOCA’s recent history of troubling mercantile involvements, the gallery loan is disheartening. MOCA's questionable painting loan to a Culver City art gallery 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z We live in a mercantile culture, and there is no price tag on a poem. Poet Martín Espada: "The imagination is absolutely critical to political activism" 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z In Liverpool, meanwhile, delusions of post-industrialism have reached their apogee in the idea that Beatledom can be a substitute for a lost mercantile past. I am a Beatles obsessive. But let's cut the Fabs-worship 2011-01-03T21:00:01Z But overall, the young designer section seemed a tad unadventurous, as if inadvertently held back by the fair’s more mercantile ambitions one flight up. | Design Without the Traffic Jams 2010-10-22T19:05:00Z Now, archaeologists are suggesting a more mercantile explanation, thanks to the discovery of hundreds of additional Roman-style structures seen in declassified U.S. spy satellite photos. Spy photos of Syrian desert reveal ancient Roman forts 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z In March, state prosecutors formally accused Barcelona of corruption in sports, fraudulent management, and falsification of mercantile documentation. Spanish police raid soccer federation as part of probe into Barcelona’s payments to referee official 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Let's call it what it is: a hypocritical mercantile form of "patriotism," a misuse of the red, white, and blue. We can make the American flag great again 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Soon growing tired of conventional mercantile demands on creativity, he quit. Review: Keith Haring's art might not be for everybody, but he is 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z One of the major motivations for European explorers was the pursuit of direct access to luxury goods that bypassed the eastern mercantile networks that had traditionally profited off of the long-distance East — West trade routes. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the other causes of the Enlightenment, perhaps the most important was the significant growth of the urban literate classes, most notably what was called in France the bourgeoisie: the mercantile middle class. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z They profited by shipping pilgrims and fighters to Outremer and wrested lucrative concessions to establish their mercantile outposts in cities like Constantinople, Antioch, and Acre. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Barcelona was formally accused by prosecutors of alleged corruption in sports, fraudulent management and falsification of mercantile documentation, and Madrid was among the entities that decided to take part in the legal proceedings. Rivalry between Barcelona and Madrid takes turn for worse 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Barcelona was formally accused by prosecutors of alleged corruption in sports, fraudulent management and falsification of mercantile documentation, and Madrid was among the clubs that decided to take part in the legal proceedings. Rivalry between Barcelona and Madrid takes turn for worse 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Prosecutors have accused Barcelona of alleged corruption in sports, fraudulent management, and falsification of mercantile documentation. Barcelona says probe found no evidence of corruption by club 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z There, a mercantile middle class became more important than ever, while Spain remained tied to its older agricultural and bullion-based economic system. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Others served more mercantile interests, trading with major and minor powers across the Mediterranean. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z A long history of mercantile trade along the eastern shores of Africa left its mark on the DNA of ancient Swahili people. DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z China’s long-term interests, mercantile and otherwise, depend much more heavily on the West than on Russia. Opinion | For China, arming Russia would be folly 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z The other accusation related to the alleged falsification of mercantile documentation. Prosecutors accuse Barcelona of corruption in ref payments 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Scribes recorded everything from tax records, to mercantile transactions, to the sacred prayers for the dead on the walls of the tombs of kings and nobles. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnson’s “Sleeping Figure” is a mercantile odalisque, draped in orientalist trappings of corporate Asia that are announced by prominent commercial names painted on the railway containers’ sides — Hyundai, Dongfang, Zim, China Shipping and more. Review: This sculptural trainwreck in the Coachella Valley is worth celebrating 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Another accusation related to the alleged falsification of mercantile documentation. Prosecutors accuse Barcelona of corruption in ref payments 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Schine’s homage of sorts is about a mercantile family in Bridgeport, Conn., where she grew up and where her father owned a lumber company. L.A.-transplant novelist Cathleen Schine's love letter to the city's refugee generations 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude rose 33 cents to $79.20 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York mercantile Exchange. Asian stocks higher ahead of Fed rate decision 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Soon, the Greeks started recording not just tax records and mercantile transactions, but their own literature, poetry, and drama. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re not just a passive eater, you are actually a very active participant in a social and mercantile exchange. The most intimate food experience in L.A. is happening at the crib 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude lost 32 cents to $80.91 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York mercantile Exchange. Asian stocks sink on German inflation, British tax cuts 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude gained 19 cents to $83.13 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York mercantile Exchange. Asia stocks follow Wall Street down as Fed fights inflation 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Given the influence the Ambanis wield, especially within the traditional Gujarati mercantile community they belong to, this gender shift is likely to have a "strong messaging effect," Prof Ramachandran says. Reliance Industries: Daughter rises in Mukesh Ambani’s succession plan 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Along with the trade itself, it was in Italy that key mercantile practices emerged for the first time in Europe. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 19th century, the clipper ship was the swift and beautiful workhorse of the world’s mercantile fleets, a ship whose remnant memory we find in the phrase “at a fast clip.” Los Angeles, land of the misnamed sports teams 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Public Goods, a local eco-friendly mercantile, helps too, by supplying Block Drop with buckets. Girl Scouts are cleaning up West Seattle one block at a time with this DIY cleanup program 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Finally, business and mercantile concerns often closed their books on the first of the month. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Acknowledging this state’s strong economic influence and mercantile activities, and the existence of three independent stone glyph inscriptions within its realm bearing a zero, this claim certainly has strong credibility. The Elusive Origin of Zero 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The fluorescence of Renaissance art and learning was a consequence of that very specific use of wealth: mercantile and banking riches translated into social and political status through art, architecture, and scholarship. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z At the center is Moulin Rouge, the nightclub near Montmartre, where can-can dancers show off their undergarments, morality is held in abeyance and romance is a mercantile sport. Review: 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' arrives at the Pantages in a burst of colorful excess 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Jackson created a completely original musical based on his experience as a Black, queer musical theater writer fighting for his artistic voice in a ruthlessly mercantile and generally oppressive system. Why the Tony triumph of 'A Strange Loop' is momentous for Broadway 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z But this only raises the question of why Europe developed autonomous city-states with thriving mercantile sectors in the previous half-millennium. Review | Why the wheels of human history seemed to turn faster for some 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z He has forced Europe’s political and mercantile classes to stop looking away from Russia’s descent into fascism. Why we admire Zelenskyy 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z They constituted the business class of Republican Rome who supported the elites while receiving various trade and mercantile concessions. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z This supported an international structure of mercantile commerce which created great wealth for colonising nations. Glasgow's statues have connections to the Atlantic slave trade 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z The broad outlines of English mercantile policy appeared in a series of basic laws called the Navigation Acts, successively adopted by Parliament between 1650 and 1698. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z For the ancient Phoenicians, from modern-day Lebanon, the trade in Tyrian purple helped build a mercantile empire that established new colonies across the Mediterranean, including at Carthage, near modern Tunis, under the mythical Queen Dido. Tunisian enthusiast recreates sea snail purple dye that defined ancient royals 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The elegance of his path-breaking example on screen opened the hearts, minds and wallets of the moviegoing public and tugged at the reluctant, mercantile conscience of the film industry. Broadway ought to dim its lights in honor of Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Almost without exception, elites went out of their way to actively encourage trade by building and policing trade routes and founding caravanserais, fortified waystations for mercantile travelers. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it's because they are multi-tasking, acting more like those mercantile interests that Washington wrote about when the colonial troops were suffering in Valley Forge. As the pandemic's third wave hits America, members of Congress look to cash in 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z “Sending more ships to Houston really isn’t the solution,” says Sal Mercogliano, a maritime historian and expert in mercantile shipping at North Carolina’s Campbell University. Column: Gov. Abbott says Texas can solve California's port logjam. As usual, he's blowing smoke 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z A hundred thousand employes engaged in mercantile business are out of employment. AP WAS THERE: Great Chicago fire, Oct. 8-10, 1871 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “This is where New York began and the mercantile hub that created a nation,” said Mr. Barker, who in 2017 moved a short walking distance from the office. Lower Manhattan Rebounded After 9/11, but the Pandemic Erased the Gains 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z One result of the prosperity generated by Italian mercantile success was the rise of a culture of conspicuous consumption. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Mann was born to a prominent mercantile family in Lübeck in 1875, just a few years after the various independent German states unified into a single nation. Colm Tóibín pens gripping retelling of Thomas Mann’s life in ‘The Magician’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z "It would be a sad day for Britain if we pulled down the shutters so that we weren't a mercantile entrepreneurial country," he said. UK companies 'perform better' with overseas owners 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Even after success, bankruptcy and a second chapter of success, Popeil insisted that his drive to invent was more than mercantile; it was, he said, a bit obsessive. Ron Popeil was the sizzle of American ingenuity, personified 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Liverpool gained its World Heritage status in 2004, in recognition of its mercantile and maritime history, reflected in grand architecture. Liverpool Loses Its UNESCO World Heritage Status 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z One of the major motivations for European explorers was the pursuit of direct access to luxury goods that bypassed the eastern mercantile networks that had traditionally profited off of the long-distance East – West trade routes. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Politicians are also getting word from the financial and mercantile class that money can be skimmed from the margins of the carbon credits. Opinion | Ignore the chatter. Stuff is getting done. And both parties are helping. 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z The ruling by a mercantile court in Madrid said the soccer governing bodies are refrained from “directly or indirectly” hindering the creation of the Super League. Spain court bans UEFA, FIFA from acting against Super League 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z In its previous life, Margaret’s was a hardware store, and before that a mercantile. Minnesota couple open small-town pub in middle of pandemic 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z She offered Tilth mercantile items for sale: housemade granola, butter, spiced pecans. How a Seattle chef lost her James Beard Award-winning restaurant but came out hopeful after an unreal pandemic year 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Another new factor was the rise of the bourgeoisie, the non-noble urban mercantile class. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Britain’s role for 47 years has been a reluctant, often destructive one, serving to anchor European unity to her mercantile mind-set. Opinion | Joy for Brexit, and Mourning 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z Webb, for example, coined the name "Whig" for the political party his newspaper helped organize in the 1830s with commercial and mercantile interests, largely in response to the emergence of Jacksonian democracy. Substack isn’t a new model for journalism — it’s a very old one 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z “It first appeared in a book by Johannes Widmann, a German mathematician, who was writing a kind of textbook on mercantile arithmetic, talking about surpluses, deductions and things like that,” Mazur said. Disney+. Apple TV+. Paramount+. How the plus sign won the streaming wars 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z This “exhibition” of Duane-Hanson-on-steroids is just a misleading slide into simple exploitation of bland mercantile entertainment. Review: The hidden truth of LACMA's Alex Prager show may drive you to drink 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z It is also worth noting that most of these new royal officials were not of noble birth; they were often from mercantile families. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The vaccine quest must not be a “purely mercantile act,” Iraq said. ‘Are people to be left to die?’ Vaccine pleas fill UN summit 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Those first settlers turned Kendleton into a “freedmen’s colony” with its own school, church, cemetery and a mercantile that contained a post office. Freed slaves founded this town. Their descendants fear postal cuts threaten voting rights 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Just as Hajiar followed the mercantile tradition of generations of Muslims before him, so too did he abide by their collective wisdom on how to live as a Muslim in Sri Lanka. Two Wealthy Sri Lankan Brothers Became Suicide Bombers. But Why? 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z But the truth is that many families who invested vast wealth in the mercantile, financial and cultural establishment of Adelaide did so with the proceeds of slavery. The room of the dead: how a museum became a halfway house for bones and spirits 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Ultimately, at least among some kings and nobles in Western Europe, humanistic education and the traditional martial values of the nobility were combined with practical knowledge, or at least appreciation, of mercantile techniques. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “Miles Yu was a voice in the wilderness who for years warned about Chinese imperial agendas, Chinese systematic mercantile theft and cheating, and Chinese communist thuggery,” said the Hoover Institution’s Victor Davis Hanson. From Mao’s China to Foggy Bottom: Miles Yu a key player in new approach to Beijing 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z It started as a hide-out for refugees, became a powerful republic, mercantile force and artistic hub. Venice Glimpses a Future With Fewer Tourists, and Likes What It Sees 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The spirit of the Silk Road, I could now see, was all movement, mercantile and unsentimental. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Violet’s ancestors were Jews from Baghdad who settled in colonial Bombay when it was still a fairly new British mercantile hub. Horace was the vivacious one; Vi kept him grounded. After nearly 75 years of marriage, covid-19 claimed them days apart. 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z That was special pleading - the "mercantile community" just wanted to preserve its mark-ups. Are things only worth what people will pay? 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z “You cannot take the woke position, you cannot take a mercantile activism position, and not mean it.” Lyft’s good-guy image tainted by sexual assault lawsuits 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The beloved Jimtown Store, a cafe and old-time mercantile on rural Highway 128 that had been around, in some form or another, since the 1890s, had survived the late October flames. Wine country's iconic Jimtown Store forced to close by fires and blackouts, owner says 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Despite the highly specialised skill that painting plants required, images of flowers and fruits were more affordable and appealed to the newly wealthy mercantile class. Forget Lucian Freud's nudes – he was a magnificent painter of plants 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z O’Brien says these details include the fact that his mother worked in a mercantile environment and is very short, and that O’Brien’s conception was non- consensual and distressing. Psychic future: what next for the ‘precog economy’? 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Without some mercantile advantage, and with ongoing efforts to prop up the exchange rate and so raise export prices and reduce import prices, there is no credible manipulation claim here. Opinion | By naming China a currency manipulator, Mnuchin has damaged his credibility 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z These general merchandise stores sell the same types of products and often use the old retail term “mercantile” or the more current one popularized by Amazon, “marketplace,” in their names. The Etsy aesthetic comes to brick and mortar, and why tech is now a section at crafts retailer Michaels 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Foresman’s relationship with the Kremlin was more complicated – and more mercantile - than that of peacemaker, these emails show. Exclusive: American banker and Putin ally dealt in access and... 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z A mercantile store at the Lands at Hillside Farms sells alpaca socks, hats and gloves that are extremely popular items, said Suzanne Kapral, director of marketing and development. Longtime alpaca lover Karen Rader started an alpaca farm 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Plates recovered from the wreck site bear the name of the Fugger family, a German mercantile and banking dynasty that held a monopoly on copper production in the 16th century. Search for lost sea containers leads to discovery of 16th-century Dutch shipwreck 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Sustained by mercantile profits and inspired by missionary zeal, this diffuse global order proved surprisingly resilient, surviving for three full centuries. What does it take to destroy a world order? 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z It’s also quite fitting for Lincoln, who grew up with his brawling, mercantile, ambitious young country but ended up chiseled in stone, an American demi-god. To find great leaders, get beyond the granite 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Instead, he met laborers ferrying goods along steep trails, young women waiting years for their betrotheds to return from mercantile expeditions, heroic soldiers stationed in the far north and forgotten by the court. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z The physical growth on Broadway stopped in the mid-eighties, and it took several years for the mercantile growth to catch up. No Place Like Home, by Nancy Franklin 1995-10-09T04:00:00Z It was a mercantile store started by the Marshall Family. Simplicity on the menu at Mary’s Sandwich Shop 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Decades later, he and a friend began a conversation about bee colony collapse that left Stamets, the owner of a mushroom mercantile, puzzling over a problem. How the mushroom dream of a ‘long-haired hippie’ could help save the world’s bees 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z In America, many in the aspiring mercantile class sought to fill their homes with furnishings in the latest fashion. Met Exhibit: how Chippendale became a household name 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Often meant to be an advertisement for some local enterprise, they are inevitably much more than the mercantile economy requires. Opinion | Keep America’s Roadside Weird 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z For a designer of Kawakubo’s stature to offer retail space to her competitors, in a place that she stocks heavily with her own creations, corresponds to no known mercantile logic. Dover Street Market Expands While Defying Retail Convention 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z This mercantile strength is leading to “near peer” military capability. Donald Trump changing game with China in favor of U.S. national security 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z The brick building on Broadway was built in 1849 and housed industrial and mercantile businesses for decades. Crews tearing down crumbling pre-Civil War building 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s bitter clashes with Canada and Europe over trade, as well as his solicitous courtship of North Korea’s brutal dictator, all reflect this mercantile perspective. For Trump, Power and Values Matter Less Than Dollars and Cents 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z I’ve been to Mariupol and spent significant time in this historically important mercantile port, historically a thriving shipping link to the old world of Central Asia. Vladimir Putin crosses a bridge too far in writing off West 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The case has renewed attention on the cronyism that persists between members of the French elite and African leaders and on both parties’ mercantile ambitions in Francophone Africa. Vincent Bolloré, French Billionaire, Faces a Rare Corruption Inquiry 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The One Belt One Road project is an in-depth plan to further the Middle Kingdom’s mercantile power into Central Asia and Africa, even extending its reach into Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Djibouti’s president for life moves towards China, threatening U.S. security interests 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Jordan Marsh and other shopping emporiums whose names have passed into mercantile heaven. Attention 1916 Shoppers: The Doctor Is In 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z The mercantile class hates the national govt. because it is the only known force that can dare stand up to mega-corp business interests. Opinion | Donald Trump’s Radical Honesty 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Here in Surat, a Gujarati metropolis with hundreds of years of storied mercantile history, Mr. Modi’s currency policy hit like a sledgehammer. India’s Economic Woes Are Piercing Modi’s Aura of Invulnerability 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z She needs some of it to help “stage the old mercantile look” of the store. South Dakota woman opens antique mercantile store 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z And, more recently, about insufficient soil-testing on a stretch of tunnel below the “heritage mile”, an area of grand stone mercantile buildings. 'Dark forces will be unleashed': the fire temple v the Mumbai metro 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z And then that eases us into the Age of the Boomers, populated by 50-and-ups who now — sorry, mercantile America — may want more experiences than stuff. How to deal with the presence of presents? It's truly a gift 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z There is money here, to be sure, largely from old mercantile families, but it’s a very niche market, experts say. Trumps set to launch two real estate projects in India, despite conflict-of-interest concerns 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Does he have in mind a war that will become mercantile or colonial? Opinion | Americans need more details on the president’s Afghanistan strategy 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Kerlin is dedicated enough to the theme of “mercantile revival” that she almost used that as a name for her store. South Dakota woman opens antique mercantile store 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Don’t look now, but Venice, once a great maritime and mercantile power, risks being conquered by day-trippers. Venice, Invaded by Tourists, Risks Becoming ‘Disneyland on the Sea’ 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z “Jacques” DeMers had successful mercantile operations in Frenchtown, on the Flathead Reservation and at the head of Flathead Lake starting in the 1880s, and the Missoula Mercantile Co. was amassing its own empire by then. Montana river yields 19th-century shotgun to ponder 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z Liverpool is a city of hills and vast expanses of water, of grand architectural gestures and monuments that speak to its mercantile wealth and history. Unbuilt Liverpool: the city that might have been 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Yet by the 16th century, as the ranks of the poor grew throughout Europe, many commentators from a rising mercantile elite began to insist upon traditional charity’s inadequacies. Perspective | What if philanthropy isn’t the best way for rich people to help others? 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z If there’s a single episode that was the driving force for her dream, it was a visit as a 4-year-old with her mother to buy clothing fabric at that old mercantile store in downtown Parkston. South Dakota woman opens antique mercantile store 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z These additional protections could be backed up by a dispute-settlement process and threats of trade penalties that are as credible as those underpinning the resolution of ordinary mercantile disputes. Can Donald Trump better renegotiate Nafta? Yes, by bringing back TPP 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z But it’s also a platform for entrepreneurs building their own mercantile empires from scratch. Security guard works at Amazon, and Amazon works to sell his BBQ sauce 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z But the idea for a restaurant in the Meade County town of 550 came to mind in 1985 when the local mercantile shop closed - a place where residents could buy gifts and a sandwich. Vintage Neon 57 cafe open for nearly 25 years 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Palmer, a magnetic and genial golfer, brought sports into the modern mercantile era and helped globalize the game. Sports in 2016: Upsets and the Upsetting 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z It would remain under Ottoman rule until the collapse of the empire in 1918, although its prosperity as a mercantile centre faded after the 16th century. Aleppo: Elegy for a doomed city whose history spans centuries 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Perhaps in these mercantile city-states, people doubt that Trump could reverse the momentum of diverse, multicultural global commerce even if he wanted to. The Middle East has some questions for Donald Trump 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The museum is set in an 11-block historic district of former mercantile buildings. Restored historic ship returning to once-devastated seaport 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z China, with its more mercantile approach, will want to secure its gas imports. An ailing despot 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The presence of Chinese students at schools such as Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, where I am director of global programs, is more than a mercantile arrangement. International relations in private high schools 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z He points out a weathered brick mercantile building—completely new, down to the greenish patina on its pressed-metal awning. New Communities, Designed to Look Like Old-Fashioned Small Towns 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z "It would therefore be morally reprehensible to delay release simply for fear of bad press or some mercantile calculation of legal liability," Musk wrote. Tesla plans trucks, small SUV as part of future plans 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The main players are a militantly nationalist Russia, a mercantile China, an initially hopeful but now bruised America and a warily interested Europe. Stans undelivered 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The Empire State’s 204-foot mooring mast for passenger dirigibles, which never actually docked there, represented the mercantile equivalent of Trinity’s steeple. New York Above 800 Feet 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z But Sir Bryan did not benefit from his mercantile marriage. From royal residences to ruins: English castles on sale - BBC News 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z At one time the town featured several bars, three grocery stores, a true mercantile and a community of migrant families who worked on family owned farms and two cotton gins. West Texas town changes as population shrinks 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z On Sundays, an outdoor market in the center of the city fills with ethnic Uighur men and boys engaged in a frenzied, mercantile display of traditional male bonding. Silk Road Market Caters to Lovers of Acceleration, Handling and Plumage 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z The state is also home to a large mestizo, or mixed-race, community, which tends to dominate the mercantile class in this city of 180,000. Chiapas, little changed two decades after revolution, awaits Pope Francis 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z There was also more quotidian debris: clothing and books, family photos, documents and mementos scattered about in abandoned, plundered homes that once housed the city’s mercantile elite. Video of a dead city: This is what Syria's devastation looks like 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z At its height between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Little Syria was home to a thriving community of immigrants from the Middle East who established the neighborhood as a cultural and mercantile haven. Little Syria: New York preservationists fight for remains of historic cultural hub 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z When Kelley came to Dell City in 1979, there were four bars, three grocery stores, a mercantile and a community of migrant families. West Texas town changes as population shrinks 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z The real-time competition invites FDCs to engage in a mercantile evangelical movement that rewards the faithful and punishes the not-so-faith-friendly retailers. Take this, Fox News: Wal-Mart, Chick-Fil-a and the War on Christmas we should all get behind 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The grid expresses something about a common New York ideal of busyness and intersection—mercantile capitalist order as a devouring Dionysian force—more than it enforces that ideal. When Gentrification Is Good 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Prof Sharafi says that in the early days, the nine-member jury, aged between 21 and 60, comprised "almost exclusively senior Parsi men, drawn from Bombay's mercantile, professional and intellectual elites". Parsi matrimonial courts: India's only surviving jury trials - BBC News 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z A hundred years earlier, the area was home to seafarers and whalers, and a mercantile elite. Fighting to save Sydney's working-class history - BBC News 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z The mercantile blizzard has become a standard feature of the pontifical visit, and Francis, in particular, seems to have inspired secular as well as religious suppliers to get in the game. ‘Pope-apalooza’ inspires a flood of bobbleheads, mugs, even beer 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Reflecting on this development, one 19th-century commentator quipped that “the mercantile agency might well be termed a bureau for the promotion of honesty.” The Long, Twisted History of Your Credit Score 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z But some are trying to draw instead on the country’s mercantile roots to build businesses of their own, despite all the impediments. Building a Start-Up Culture in a Broken-Down Economy 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Under existing state law, Wisconsin workers employed in a “factory or mercantile establishment” must receive “at least 24 consecutive hours of rest in every 7 consecutive days.” For some workers, even weekends are in jeopardy 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The report salves its mercantile conscience by upping the environmental policing of a new Heathrow. This Heathrow report got Cameron off the hook. But it won’t be the last word | Simon Jenkins 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Content marketing is the mercantile version of thought leadership. What Is Content Marketing? 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Police headquarters and an old mercantile building were also hit. 'Dangerous tornado' collapses building in Mineral Wells, Texas 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Lengel explained that in 1757, shortly after her very wealthy first husband died, she took it upon herself to write to his British agent at London mercantile firm: After George Washington died, his wife burned her letters. Except these. 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The problem, of course, as Democratic lawmakers have pointed out, is that once weekend-free schedules are permissible, employers will very likely “strongly encourage” factory and mercantile workers to forgo time off altogether. For some workers, even weekends are in jeopardy 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z They played a key role in the city’s mercantile development, engaged in governance and civic affairs, built impressive synagogues, established schools, and constructed magnificent buildings. Meet the Last Jews of Calcutta 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Jews—Rothschilds and shopkeepers alike, “mercantile, greedy, scheming, devious”—were, he wrote, vile enemies of France and ought to be excluded from society. The Shadow of Anti-Semitism in France 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z In the past two months, a mercantile store with a full-service gas station and restaurant opened, along with a cooking school. Livingston butcher shop may be first of kind in state 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z But these people—small shopkeepers, the clergy, and the rest of the mercantile and professional classes—were, after all, simply other Parisians who valued their lives and their traditions. Fighting Over the Paris Commune | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The Madrid mercantile court judge said in a preliminary ruling that Uber drivers lacked proper permits to transport passengers in Spain - but the company responded that it wasn’t given an opportunity to argue its case. Spanish judge orders temporary shutdown of Uber 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z First, most of the Asian countries run on a mercantile economy plan. Obama Looks to Jump-Start Export Push 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z Started more than 300 years ago in a coffee shop in Tower Street run by Edward Lloyd, the market was first thought up to share the hazards of mercantile trading adventures. Risky business 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The old town certainly looks rich because of its huge range of mercantile houses. Germany looks east for new customers 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z The family ran a successful mercantile and real estate business. Tours of historic home in Kearney offered Saturday 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z It is a mistake to think of Mr Putin as “mercantile”, says a Duma deputy from the pro-Kremlin United Russia party. How to lose friends 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The world is an aviary of different systems — autocracy, mercantile despotism — and always will be. The spiritual recession 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Over the past few decades world soccer has become more athletic, more in demand, more planned, collective and mercantile. How We Play the Game 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Yet, the feudal laws of property proved to be wholly unsuitable to the development of the mercantile economy, upon which England was to grow into a world power and begin colonizing foreign lands. The Series LLC And The Plight Of Unsecured Creditors 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Toledano is all in favour of artistic freedom, apparently, but is impelled to act against the novelist because he has written from "purely mercantile ends". From Scarlett Johansson to Tony Blair to the Queen: the noble tradition of writing real people into novels 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Yet the expansion of its scientific horizons was driven as much by artisanal and mercantile interests as by university learning or royal patronage. Tudor technology: Shakespeare and science 2014-04-04T13:53:10.201Z The logic in the timing of this decision is as mercantile as it is moral. Kevin Pietersen - always the man apart 2014-02-05T00:04:10Z Alexander Joel Shear was born in Lancaster on March 5, 1940, into a mercantile family. Alex Shear, a Collector of American Kitsch, Dies at 73 2014-01-26T00:49:12Z But what if you could choose to play any of these games without trying to gain wealth through conquest, violence or the mercantile capitalist strategy of buying cheap and selling dear? Designing A Computer Game To Overthrow Capitalism 2013-12-08T16:21:00Z Here, from great vats of scalding water, Florence's mercantile fortune emerged. Sporting spectacle on the piazza 2013-07-12T16:22:30Z "Ecuador will not accept pressures or threats from anyone, and it does not traffic in its values or allow them to be subjugated to mercantile interests," said government spokesman Fernando Alvarado. Obama rules out barter for Snowden 2013-06-27T22:35:46Z Its only remaining businesses are a mercantile store, a bait shop and a post office. From baseballs to twine balls, rural America offers odd roadside attractions 2013-05-26T17:05:09Z Even those turned off by what they saw as mercenary mercantile pursuits could not dispute that Beckham maintained a remarkable standard of public behaviour in the face of relentless - if carefully orchestrated - media attention. Global brand who remained the genuine article 2013-05-16T22:18:37Z It is the story of one career wrecked and another built from the ruins, of painful struggle and mercantile success, of an old man returning to see where his younger self changed forever. Whelan makes poignant Wembley return 2013-05-09T22:49:32Z Urgent negotiations over the fate of Ms. Kochneva, 40, come at a dangerous point in the Syrian conflict, as armed groups with political and mercantile interests turn their attention to civilians. In Syria, Kidnapping of Kochneva Shows New Danger 2012-12-21T02:24:51Z “I cringe to think what society is doing to itself,” he said of the mercantile mania that threatens one of the least commercial holidays. Blue Laws Curb Consumerism Where Pilgrims Gave Thanks 2012-11-21T02:27:15Z "One answer is that greater political toleration, the deepening rule of law, and the embrace of mercantile virtues—The Enlightenment—created an environment that encouraged risk-taking and technological invention." Productivity and growth: Was that it? 2012-09-08T14:48:33Z Long before its conversion to multimillion-dollar lofts for discriminating downtown buyers, 45-47 Warren Street began its mercantile life as headquarters for Sutton, Beach & Company, a purveyor of cloth, cashmere and vestments. | Sold for $6.3 Million 2012-09-07T19:40:52Z Smith repeatedly stresses that while the mercantile system does not serve the public interest, it does benefit the "principal architects" of policy, which is no less true of today's hyper-financialised, neoliberal capitalism. Economic policy in the hands of the few serves those few – just ask Adam Smith 2012-07-30T11:30:02Z To earn income for their mercantile efforts, the European powers began to introduce cash crops that might be exported for profit. Archaeology Challenges the History of Development and Poverty in Africa [Excerpt] 2012-06-29T13:15:00.210Z She is just a mercantile girl looking for a new commercial angle.” Putin’s Unlikely Foe 2012-06-22T08:45:00Z He thought a move to Florida might get his mercantile juices flowing again, and, not coincidentally, the state has no personal income tax. The New Republic of Porn 2012-06-21T23:53:59Z Despite recent developments, the Pier Head is still dominated by its "three graces" – mercantile palaces built around the time of the first London Olympics in 1908. Olympic torch route, day 15: Liverpool unlocks secret of successful Games 2012-06-02T06:00:01Z When you have recovered from the fatigue of your journey, I will endeavour to obtain for you a situation in some respectable mercantile house. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z She seemed to dread the idea of bringing so fine a gentleman into close touch with the common aspects of mercantile existence. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z But whatever mercantile prosperity Galway enjoyed some centuries ago, very little of it unfortunately remains; for of all Irish towns the decrease of its population has been the most terrible. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Rumours of a rupture with the States of Holland were in the air, and, taking the aggressive action of the Dutchmen in mercantile matters into consideration, the prospect of a war was hailed with delight. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z He is a speculator on a gigantic scale, going into every sort of mercantile adventure. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The quick-witted Italian commonwealths, then rising into mercantile importance, were keen to recognize the disabilities thus inflicted upon them. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z It has never been enforced in the mercantile marine of Great Britain, nor as far as I know in that of any foreign nation. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z Well then," continued Gaspar de Montsoreau in the same bold tone, "I will look upon you and the King, Monsieur de Villequier, as two partners in a mercantile house. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z I don’t mind telling you to be rather mercantile. Oratory Church of St. Boniface Draws Congregants From Outside the Parish 2012-04-07T14:24:29Z Here there is a splendid British consulate, churches, mansions, and foreign mercantile houses. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z He was, in effect, a merchant, doing business for himself while in the employ of a large mercantile concern, and his officers were the same on a smaller scale. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z He engaged in mercantile pursuits, and went to Holland. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The same may be said of other sciences, as, for instance, of Political Economy, in its application to mercantile affairs. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Few of the downtown mercantile houses and few of the offices were open after noon. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z A little later a most important mercantile trade came into existence—that in coal. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A moment after, and all that remained unconsumable by fire of that once noble specimen of our mercantile marine vanished like a shot beneath the waves. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Like his father he was a Distiller and engaged in mercantile pursuits. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z How careful are they of our great mercantile and trading classes! Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z Then come the castes whom popular opinion accepts as the modern representatives of the Kshatriyas; and these are followed by the mercantile groups supposed to be akin to the Vaiśyas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Since the purchase of Alaska, the United States Government has leased them to a large mercantile firm, which makes profits from the sealing. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Compulsory survey and no overloading were Mr. Plimsoll’s main remedies for the prevention of the terrible loss of life in the mercantile marine. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The shipyards teemed with fleets, each nook of the coast was the seat of mercantile ventures. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z All improvements had ceased:—many persons were out of employment; industry was declining; trade was at a low ebb; the mechanics were grumbling, and four mercantile houses had failed. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Then came the tariff of 1832, which, as well as that of 1828, gave too much protection to both wool-grower and manufacturer, into whose pursuits agricultural and mercantile speculators madly rushed. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z In the good old days when Palma was a great mercantile centre—the days when thirty thousand sailors found employment from its port—a Majorcan architect designed the Lonja to serve as an exchange. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z He was in England in 1760 for the purpose of establishing mercantile correspondences. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z So little, indeed, was thought of the volume, that when Cottle's copyrights were transferred to the Messrs. Longman, the "Lyrical Ballads" was thrown in as a valueless volume, in the mercantile idea of the term. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Since they have in advance, acted thus contrary to reason, if they henceforth remain fixed at Shanghae to carry on their mercantile business, they may so manage. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Then he went back to Buenos Ayres, where he readily got employment in a mercantile house because he spoke two languages, besides Spanish, fluently. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Protection has destroyed our mercantile navy, and compelled our seamen to seek employment elsewhere, and in other occupations. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z He was a distiller and engaged in mercantile pursuits. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z His mercantile training has given him business habits of the first order, making him as efficient in executing plans as he is shrewd in their formation. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Soon afterwards the Rotch family removed to New Bedford, where they have since distinguished themselves by their energy and uprightness of character, and their success in the mercantile business, being extensively engaged in the whale-fishery. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z Thus it came about that having secured important trading privileges the influence of the Merchant Gild was chiefly directed, though by a small coterie of its members, towards municipal rather than mercantile objects. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z He is an upright, strong, sagacious, generous-looking man; and if his movements be abrupt, and his language concise, somewhat beyond the standard of beauty, he is still the gentleman; mercantile, but a mercantile nobleman. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Mr. Edwards for a while was engaged in mercantile business in Middletown, Connecticut, but later returned to Boston, and was employed by the government. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Mr. T. was bred in a mercantile house in London. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z The connection of the colonies and mother-cities, both in general and more especially where the colony could dispense with the protection of the mother-city, were far more mercantile and religious than political. The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z They practically gave over to the Gilds the supervision of trade, but at the same time retained in their own hands the power of admitting traders without obliging them to join the mercantile fraternities. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z In no department of industry were the immediate profits of Australian gold more appreciable than in our transoceanic mercantile marine. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z With but a short stretch of sea-coast, and possessing only one important seaport, Fiume, the mercantile marine of Hungary is not very developed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Not satisfied with devoting liberal sums and remnants of time to philanthropic objects, he withdrew from a profitable mercantile connection, that he might consecrate all his energies to the advancement of civil and religious liberty. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z They are successes in mercantile interests and enterprises. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z Hence every nation assigns to its mercantile marine a distinct flag from that which its public ships are authorised to exhibit as the credential of their representing the sovereign power of the state. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z One heard of its hotels, its churches, its theaters, its banks, but very little indeed of its mercantile establishments. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z One should invest in an established mine with the same business precautions that would guide him in buying an interest in a mercantile establishment. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z Debts do not, as a general rule, carry interest, but such an obligation may arise either by agreement or by mercantile usage or by statute. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z There were rumours of it in the air and an uneasy feeling existed among the mercantile classes. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z Truly it is a ridiculous situation, because West Africa matters to no party in England so much as it matters to the mercantile. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z It is just as hard for a labor organization to find a satisfactory "business agent," as it is for a mercantile concern. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z In the bookkeeping of manufacturing and mercantile institutions, uniform practices or systems have become a feature. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z The intention of the company, under whose auspices this exchange is building, is, to furnish to the mercantile community a place solely for the transaction of business, similar to Lloyd's of London. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z But this has not diminished the vibrancy and persistence of the old-fashioned street hustle, which, in the predawn darkness of Bedford-Stuyvesant on Thursday spilled forth in all its crafty, competitive mercantile ways. As Other Crimes Recede, Police Crack Down on Street Prostitution 2012-02-13T01:51:49Z Therefore I repeat that West Africa matters to no party in the English State so much as it matters to the mercantile. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z The European society is divided into three circles—the missionaries, the mercantile community, and the telegraph staff. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z In most lines of business, there is a likelihood of growth with longevity, there being no reason to limit the life of the usual mercantile business. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z It is to be hoped there will be no unnecessary delay in completing a work, in which the public convenience and economy, as well the accommodation of the mercantile community, is so deeply interested. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z He was intended to fill his father's place in the mercantile world, but he had little talent or inclination for such a life. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z He was brought up to mercantile pursuits, but did not succeed in business. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z The fort referred to was one built in the 17th century, and in 1842 made over to a French mercantile house. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Furthermore, he should not think, because he has been successful in running a clothing business or any other mercantile line, that he is certain to succeed in running a mine. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z Both Brazil and Chile are aiming at the national and internal development of their mercantile marine and coasting trade. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z There are three mercantile houses in Loreto, which do a business of about ten thousand dollars a year. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Such is really the fact; we have no business organization—no chamber of commerce, no mercantile clubs—no Exchange, no place “where merchants most do congregate.” The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z The situation should be viewed from the standpoint of the world's tonnage, as in these problems the mercantile navies of the whole world, excluding the enemy, may be regarded as one. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z Under ordinary working conditions, it should be considered just as essential for a mine to take an occasional inventory as it is for a mercantile establishment. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z When a youth, the latter obtained a situation in a provision store in one of the great mercantile cities of the United States. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Cook in his voyage of discovery to the north-west coast of America in 1776-1780, was in Paris, endeavoring to engage a mercantile company in the fur-trade of that coast. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z The present arrangement under which the British admiralty is enabled to utilize certain fast steamers of the mercantile marine as armed cruisers in war-time was suggested and strongly urged by Currie in 1880. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Then you have got a mercantile marine, without which the Allies could not continue the struggle for a single month. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z Mr. Berlin deals in American period furnishings from 1800 to 1840 and primarily in the work of Duncan Phyfe, the Manhattan cabinetmaker who serviced the elites of the shipping and mercantile classes. Big City: A Glimpse of Wealth?s Past and Present in Antiques and Museums 2012-01-28T23:55:27Z In 1811, as a clerk in a London mercantile house, he was sent to Spain, and after this his travels were varied. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z Hence it is that, in recent text-books, so many are now called adherents and now opponents of the mercantile system. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z In such fashion was the mercantile trade of Carpentaria commenced. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z "What is the ideal of a mercantile aristocracy?" Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Paris, March 19th, 1785,50 Urges the surrender of New Orleans to America, or the declaration of it as a free port.—European affairs.—Opposition of the mercantile interest to a liberal commercial policy. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.850Z Later it helped undo the mercantile system and colonialism. Fixing Capitalism Means Taking Power Back From Business 2012-01-19T07:00:02Z In most direct opposition to the mercantile system, he represents the distribution of the precious metals to be not the cause but the effect of national wealth. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z The financial crisis was felt all over the mercantile world; banks of old standing collapsed, and low prices for wool and stock, and all station produce, brought the pastoral industry to a low ebb. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z They accompanied these rather cheerful outgivings by weekly statistics of submarine sinkings; figures which, while not particularly reassuring, hardly indicated that any serious inroads had yet been made on the British mercantile marine. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z As to mercantile affairs in France, Mr Barclay will acquaint Congress with their present situation. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.850Z On the other hand we find, in many of his plays, traces of intimate familiarity with the adventures of a mercantile life. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Even the violent opponent of the mercantile system, Boisguillebert, could not entirely escape this view. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z In consequence, he gave up his mercantile profession, distributed his riches among the poor, and devoted himself, as a public teacher, to spread a knowledge of Scriptural truth. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z Meanwhile, both the American and the British mercantile marines were supplementing this German tonnage. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z In every country, mercantile prejudices wear off by little and little. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.850Z This "North Shore" route, although for long centuries occupied by the outposts of the Hudson Bay and North West fur companies, was so far as immigration and mercantile interests were concerned, an undeveloped territory. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z That the principal measures which the mercantile system recommended, artificially to increase a nation's wealth, could not produce the immediate effects expected of them, has been shown, especially from the natural history of money. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Germany has a mercantile marine of vast proportions. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z With the passing of time the mechanism of these mercantile convoys increased in efficiency, and by March, 1918, the management of this great transportation system had become almost automatic. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The resultant siege, with its sallies and combats à outrance, we shall forbear to describe, only remarking en passant that, in the mercantile phrase, its details are ‘up to sample.’ Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z The Davidoffs, however, who belonged to the most advanced section of mercantile society in all Tobolsk, were not originally Siberians, or even Russians, by birth or nationality. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Müller, with his organic way of comprehending things, opposes the assumption of a merely mercantile world-market, in which all the merchants engaged in foreign trade constitute a species of republic. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Among these, of course, were the mercantile men who were interested in the ship and her cargo, and many more were the friends and relatives of her crew and passengers. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z The two alternatives, however, that of attacking mercantile convoys or troop convoys, hardly existed in fact. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z “My ancestors,” he says, “were originally from the Levant, but settled in Genoa and employed themselves in the mercantile life of that city in such a manner that they were accused of usury.” Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Lola was bold enough to tell her American audience that the palm of beauty must be awarded to Englishwomen, and that the Yankees were too mercantile and practical to entertain the old spirit of gallantry. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z Thus, in his Lectures on the mercantile Theory of Wealth, p. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z At the age of twenty-five he returned home, to take a principal share in the direction of one of the greatest mercantile houses in Britain. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The Germans could keep only eight or ten U-boats at the same time in the eastern Atlantic; they thus were forced to choose whether they should devote these boats to attacking mercantile or troop convoys. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The mercantile spirit of this enterprising viceroy is not in any way inferior to his political genius. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z They subsequently absorbed the remnant of a store belonging to one Rutledge, which last transaction cleared the field of all competitors and left them in possession of the only mercantile concern in New Salem. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z He promised him, as soon as he became acquainted with mercantile business, to promote him, and finally establish him in some profitable situation. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z No, I never yet called Henry Graham by that upstart mercantile name, and I never will. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The German Admiralty thus had to answer this difficult question: Shall we use these submarines to attack mercantile convoys or to attack troop convoys? The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Hundreds of men fail every year in mercantile, manufacturing and brokerage pursuits. Natural and Artificial Duck Culture 2012-01-04T03:00:33.923Z I was likewise accompanied by my friend Mr. Haast, who had but recently come to New Zealand, sent out by some mercantile firm in London to explore the country for colonizing purposes. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z On Pearl Hill, which commands the Chinese and mercantile quarters of the town, a citadel has been constructed. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z A most cordial reception was accorded us by Mr. Julius Mosenthal, the Austrian Consul, and the head of one of the leading mercantile firms of the colony. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z We necessarily thus somewhat diminished the protection of some of the mercantile convoys—and properly so. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The first part of his life was spent in mercantile pursuits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Additionally, the growth of urban mercantile populations in Europe during the second half of the 13th century created demand for improved timekeeping devices. A Chronicle of Timekeeping 2011-12-31T05:15:09.740Z There are certain Chinese, especially in Canton, who pick up a living by initiating young country folks, who are about entering service in English mercantile houses, in this singular language. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z In consequence, however, of the vine disease, the idea of cultivating cochineal was resumed, without considering, as it would appear, the probable results in a mercantile point of view. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z My relatives are in the navy and in the mercantile service. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z The extraordinary specimens we possess of his mercantile correspondence and friendly letters, written at this time, attest an astonishing poise and maturity of mind, and self-conscious ambition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z He was despatched from Manchester as an express agent to London, either to the Government or to some mercantile house. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z Although paid by Government at this latter, and so continued till the Mint Convention of 1853, it was only as a mercantile commodity. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z It seems scarcely credible that only as recently as 1870 there were not more than ten sailing-ships afloat of two thousand tons register and upwards under the red ensign of the British mercantile marine. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Fifth-Monarchy enthusiasts recalled the prophecies of Daniel and Revelations and linked them with the relatively immediate experience of the Thirty Years' War; motives of mercantile jealousy were to some extent offset by millenarian anxiety. The History of Sabatai Sevi The Suppos'd Messiah of the Jews 2011-12-19T03:00:39.147Z In 1767 he obtained a situation as translator in the excise office, and ten years later a post as storekeeper in a mercantile house. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Imagine an appeal to all the agricultural, manufacturing, mercantile, and trading interests of this country, to stay their pursuits, and shape themselves by Mr. Owen's parallelograms. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z It was the perception by the mercantile community, as well as by the various Governments, of the consequences of such disorder, that led to the establishment of the so-called Leipzig standard in 1690. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z Dealers whom the mercantile agencies had secretly filled with alarm for the Cabot accounts had been subtly reassured. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z And what was most disturbing about Sevi to the English nation as a whole was perhaps the disruption of trade, in which Sevi's father was intimately involved, as the agent of an English mercantile house. The History of Sabatai Sevi The Suppos'd Messiah of the Jews 2011-12-19T03:00:39.147Z The river-port forms a third division of the town, industrially the most important; here are railway workshops, factories and mercantile establishments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z And then the newly formed CME Group Inc. acquired the owner of New York's mercantile and commodities exchanges. Insight: MF Global puts harsh light on self-regulation 2011-12-14T18:50:35Z The, to her, disastrous influence of Spain's shortlived empire endure to-day, for she is still as unfitted as ever by temperament and natural training for mercantile life. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z His father intended him for a mercantile career, and with this view began to prepare him from the first to be a cosmopolitan man of the world. Schopenhauer 2011-12-14T03:00:15.367Z I arranged with Salmi Morse, who afterward tried to introduce the Passion Play in this country, to assist him in putting up a building that could be used for a hotel, theater, and mercantile exchange. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z They also to some degree supply the place of mercantile agencies and report financial standing of individuals, firms and companies upon solicitation. Guatemala, the country of the future 2011-12-12T03:00:29.630Z And many country-born Moors, mercantile and seafaring men, live in the seaports. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z A great outcry was made by the Mint officers and mercantile community against this money as implying a debasement. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z Double interest deemed a reasonable mercantile profit, 40. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z The wholesale shoe houses were a big item in the city’s mercantile life. Life Gleanings 2011-12-01T03:00:23.890Z The milk which is the mercantile product is contained principally in the fibres which are attached to the woody portion of the tree between it and the bark. Guatemala, the country of the future 2011-12-12T03:00:29.630Z Important Greek mercantile colonies exist in all the Commerce and industry. larger ports of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and many of them possess great wealth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z With the advance of Antwerp as the centre of European exchanges in the fifteenth century, the mercantile pre-eminence of Florence and Venice decayed, and their monetary history loses its former prime importance. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z Trade, double interest deemed a reasonable mercantile profit in, 40. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z It may be confidently affirmed, therefore, that, at least in this country, society has not exerted the power it possesses of making mercantile dishonesty dangerous to the perpetrator. Socialism 2011-11-27T03:00:13.337Z On the other hand, Secularism proposes to transact the business of life on purely mercantile principles. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z Indeed in every mercantile community we see frequent illustrations of this. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The mercantile success of his father had been comparatively recent. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Are regulated according to the mercantile system, ib., An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z A manufacturing business offers a better opportunity for a young man at the present time than a mercantile business. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Preceptors naturally congregated near the centre of mercantile life. Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters 2011-11-16T03:00:25.713Z The greatest complication is when the laws of a community have been framed, partly by soldiers, partly by ecclesiastics, and partly by mercantile men, for each party has a different creed. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z It was almost as though she were proposing a mercantile truce between man and man. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The mercantile habits of trading companies render them incapable of consulting their true interests when they become sovereigns, 264. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Whether he sat on a stool in the mercantile office of his relations, or travelled as a tax-collector in Andalasia, is perhaps not quite certain. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z There is a similar machine in use among the natives of British India, and also for mercantile purposes, not as a vehicle for acquiring the science of numbers in the schools. Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters 2011-11-16T03:00:25.713Z The mercantile and property-owning classes in general kept out of politics. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z They went into the mercantile business and remained at it for years with considerable success. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z The common relative proportion between interest and mercantile profits inquired into, ib. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z He remained eighteen months in England, and returned to Philadelphia with the expectation of entering into mercantile business with his friend Denman. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z There was a little uneasiness among the mercantile people at Cadiz respecting the capture of some Spanish vessels by privateers. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z A new currency law was necessary, but the mercantile and speculating classes bitterly opposed the rigid measures proposed by successive Cabinets. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z He therefore ordered the manufactories of coarse stuffs and cloths which had been established by Mendoza to be once more opened, after the long period in which the Spanish mercantile influence had kept them shut. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z The mercantile arguments for liberty to export gold and silver, ib. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z There were a few exceptions in the way of restorative agriculture, and of diversified investments of capital in railways, manufactories, inland navigation, and mercantile enterprises. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z When or how far it may consist with the views of Congress to make mercantile appointments in your country, I cannot determine; should they ever become necessary, I cannot doubt of your being remembered. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z Although the English occupation of the city had lasted so short a time, it created an unwonted animation in Montevideo by the establishment of a great number of mercantile and industrial houses. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z It was a daring act; but Santa Anna knew that he could rely upon his troops, his officers, and the mercantile classes for support. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Such mercantile states, however, are not only useful, but greatly useful, to the inhabitants of these other countries. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z To keep from falling behind, the farmer must have a very much higher degree of mercantile capacity than he could ever acquire under the old system. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z He said, this might well be, and that if they saw their interest in it they would, for those mercantile houses had no other object in view. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z The mercantile classes, the Conservatives, the moderate republicans, and those who regretted the empire were opposed to him. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z This was the family home; the community was essentially mercantile, and most of their business transactions were carried on elsewhere. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z The present splendour of the mercantile system owing to the discovery and colonization of America, 259. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z In the 1970s, Ross and his brother Kirk took over a mercantile business founded by their grandfather and moved into industrial auctions. Solyndra Auction Brings Out Bargain Hunters 2011-11-01T00:27:18Z Jefferson’s Southern agrarianism was deeply suspicious of New York’s mercantile wealth. F.Y.I.: Were New Yorkers Always Seen as Fast-Talking and Rude? 2011-10-29T01:15:18Z “Common sense and the desire to be competitive in the work force,” Ms. Kurumbayeva said, “is driving young people, for mercantile reasons, to study Russian.” As Kyrgyzstan Votes, Some Consider Russia 2011-10-29T17:16:50Z Engaged extensively, in early life, in mercantile pursuits, he devoted himself at a maturer period to the development of the agricultural and economic resources of Ireland. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Company, mercantile, incapable of consulting their true interests when they become sovereigns, 264. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Mr. Fay was all attention now, and when Julian spoke of joining some mercantile academy, he slapped his hands down upon his knees as if that was the best thing the boys could do. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z In some of its aspects the concern was a huge amalgamation of mercantile companies, mostly railway and shipping; in others it more nearly resembled a Government Department. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z In consequence of this, the large means of the firm had remained undivided, and they had been enabled to extend their mercantile transactions over half the world. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z There remained the Pfieldorf Company, the activities of which bid fair to more than recoup the directors and shareholders for the loss of their mercantile marine. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Double interest deemed in Great Britain a reasonable mercantile profit, ib. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Brasyer vanished: there was too much chaff for him to live through in the British mercantile marine after this adventure. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z In other continental countries the prevalent colonial and mercantile policy sought to create trans-oceanic trade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The day wore on, the evening came, and at seven o'clock precisely the invited guests had all arrived, forming quite a family congress of the members of the two wealthy mercantile houses. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z It is a poor consolation for the French Canadians to hear from the Nationalist leader that they are less infested with the mercantile virus than their brothers of the British races. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z The post office, a mercantile project, well calculated for being managed by government, ib. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z System in reading is of as much importance as it is in the business of a bank or any other mercantile pursuit. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z His industrial policy was inspired by the mercantile spirit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z Henceforth the Byzantine war-navy was insignificant, and without a war-navy the Paleologi could not drive away the intruders and restore the free navigation of the Levant to their own mercantile marine. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z So, in Mr. Bourassa's opinion, his French Canadian compatriots are infested to a high degree both with the colonialist and mercantile corruptions. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z The agricultural systems of political economy will not require so long an explanation as that which I have thought it necessary to bestow upon the mercantile or commercial system. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Obedient to Viviana's last request, he quitted London on the following day, and acting upon her advice, devoted himself on his return to Manchester sedulously to his mercantile pursuits. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z There is the legal temperament, the artistic, the dramatic, the mercantile. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Hence the day is observed as a holiday in public and mercantile offices where the clerks are mostly Hindoos. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Never, in so wisely advising the French Canadians, any one supposed for a minute that he was leading them to the infested pond of mercantile corruption. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z If the profit in less, mercantile employments will draw capital from the improvement of land. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z It is time to repress the audacity and mercantile avarice of these pirate tyrants of the sea, and of the commerce of nations. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z But their presumptuous piety led them to scorn his authority in the same temper in which they had rejected the prayer of his mercantile subjects. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z The account received, first through a mercantile channel, and soon after repeated from various quarters, of war having been declared by the United States against Great Britain, would have justified, in my opinion, offensive operations. Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review 2011-10-11T02:01:07.053Z Campomanes was urging through the press the abolition of restriction on trade; but for the time the delusion of mercantile monopoly held the ministers fast bound. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z The monopoly, indeed, raises the rate of mercantile profit, and thereby augments somewhat the gain of our merchants. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Furthermore, this was the only hard mercantile work that the poet ever did. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Panics were certain to occur more or less often in so speculative and venturesome a mercantile community, where there was such heedless trust in the future and such recklessness in the use of credit. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z "But even they have one advantage over most of the crews of the mercantile marine," replied Ellerton. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z For this purpose was established the Tribunal of Commerce or Consulado, which was also to act as a court of justice for mercantile litigants and bankrupts. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z But as the law for the encouragement of coinage derives its origin from these vulgar prejudices which have been introduced by the mercantile system, I judged it more proper to reserve them for this chapter. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z American mercantile marine, misrepresented at Liverpool, 2, 3, 46; its vicious system, 45, 48. Our Old Home, Vol. 2 Annotated with Passages from the Author's Notebook 2011-10-06T02:00:33.843Z Churches, newspapers, police, telegraph offices and public institutions were gone, while nineteen-twentieths of all the mercantile stock in the city was consumed. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Money gradually disappeared and the failure of several mercantile establishments added to the general distress.” Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z The relaxation of the commercial restrictions gave a strong impulse to all sorts of enterprises, mercantile and otherwise, and especially to building, and the laboring forces employed on all the new constructions were mostly slaves. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z It is in this manner that the mercantile system proposes to enrich the whole country, and to put money into all our pockets by means of the balance of trade. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Their mercantile guild and ancient privileges were confirmed by the succeeding monarch, who also granted new privileges and immunities similar to those enjoyed by the burgesses of Oxford. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z They belong principally to the mercantile class, and are to a very large extent dealers in money. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z And he had been quicker than I to see the Achilles' heel of our complicated mercantile economy. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z The world had entered on the period of mercantile privilege. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z I brought over a good store of ill-humour with me, and I was seeking amusement among a people who can only kill their ennui in the whirlpool of political and mercantile activity. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Though not united politically, they yet had the common bonds of fatherland, of race, of mercantile interest, and the mutual dependence that comes, or should come, from propinquity under these conditions. Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery 2011-09-18T02:00:28.007Z The contract-tablets show that there was equally little cessation of business among the mercantile classes. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z The Company's mercantile position is the firmer, and we are left the freer for things both larger and more special. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z This gentleman was Mr. Walkinshaw, the doctor's inviter, head clerk in a respectable mercantile establishment in the city; and, we need hardly say, one of Mrs. Paton's lodgers. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z Whatever the state of commerce might be in the Mother Country, Canada still had to trade with her alone; and, even so, all mercantile operations were hampered by an arbitrary fixing of prices. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z The mercantile Armenians with their swarthy faces put up booths for merchandise and arms which the assembled nobles bought willingly. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z On his arrival he was suddenly seized with an idea that he would prefer a seafaring life, and without thinking the matter over twice he resolved to become an officer in the French mercantile marine. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z Queer hobby for a mercantile and political giant, wasn't it? The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z Mr. Pitt has left a solemn document under his own hand and seal recounting his mercantile encounter with the Eastern Jamchund. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z He was also of the opinion that the vast mercantile traffic between the two countries afforded abundant opportunities to secure additional service that might be desired on favourable terms. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z He shows us also cashmeres, orange, scarlet, sky-blue, royal blue: good, pure-wool cashmeres that were being sent to India, and were captured from a German mercantile sub-marine. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z However, with a heart overflowing with joy, I entered upon my mercantile avocations. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z Perhaps because of the mercantile background of his family, Merckx showed an aptitude for business, manufacturing his own line of bicycles for many years. Sports of The Times: Cyclist Merckx Had Big Appetite for Racing, and Winning 2011-08-27T00:41:23Z Ganilh is best known as the most vigorous defender of the mercantile school in opposition to the views of Adam Smith and the English economists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z |
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