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" ... speculation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches, seem to have got the better of every other consideration, and almost of every order of men ; that party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the day... "
The Rise and Growth of American Politics: A Sketch of Constitutional Development - Page 88
by Henry Jones Ford - 1898 - 409 pages
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 572 pages
...riches seem to have got the better of every other consideration, and almost of every order of men ; that party disputes and personal quarrels are the...of credit, which in its consequences is the want of every thing, are but secondary considerations, and postponed from day to day, from week to week, as...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 578 pages
...riches seem to have got the better of every other consideration, and almost of every order of men ; that party disputes and personal quarrels are the...of credit, which in its consequences is the want of every thing, are but secondary considerations, and postponed from day to day, from week to week, as...
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The Religious Opinions and Character of Washington

Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 430 pages
...riches, seem to have got the better of every other consideration, and almost of every order of men ; that party disputes and personal quarrels are the...of credit, which in its consequences is the want of every thing, are but secondary considerations, and postponed from clay to day, from week to week, as...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle ...

Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 pages
...seem to have got the better of " every other consideration, and of almost every " order of men ; — that party disputes and personal "quarrels are the...depreciated money, and want of credit, which " in its consequence is the want of every thing, " are but secondary considerations, and postponed " from day...
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The Journals of Major Samuel Shaw: The First American Consul at Canton

Samuel Shaw, Josiah Quincy - China - 1847 - 374 pages
...riches, seem to have got the better of every other consideration, and almost of every order of men ; that party disputes and personal quarrels are the...of credit, which in its consequences is the want of every thing, are but secondary considerations, and postponed from day to day, from week to week, as...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles ...

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1851 - 572 pages
...seem to have got the better of " every other consideration, and of almost every " order of men ; — that party disputes and personal "quarrels are the...depreciated money, and want of credit, which " in its consequence is the want of every thing, " are but secondary considerations, and postponed " from day...
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History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volume 6

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 410 pages
...seem to have got the better < of every other consideration, and of almost every order of men ; — that party disputes and personal quarrels are * the...depreciated money, and want of credit, < which in its consequence is the want of every thing, are ' but secondary considerations, and postponed from day...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle ...

Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 426 pages
...seem to have got the better " of every other consideration, and of almost every order " of men ; — that party disputes and personal quarrels are " the...depreciated money, and want of credit, " which in its consequence is the want of every thing, are " but secondary considerations, and postponed from day...
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The lives and times of the chief justices of the supreme court of ..., Volume 40

Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 pages
...riches seem to have got the better of every other consideration, and almost of every order of men ; that party disputes and personal quarrels are the...credit, which, in its consequences, is the want of every thing, are but secondary considerations, and postponed from day to day, from week to week, as...
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Life of George Washington, Volume 3

Washington Irving - 1856 - 516 pages
...personal quarrels are the great business of the day ; while the momentous concerns of an empire, a grej.t and accumulating debt, ruined finances, depreciated...of credit, which in its consequences is the want of every thing, are but secondary considerations, and postponed from day to day, from week to week, as...
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