 | William Gordon - 1801 - 478 pages
...of the generality ; and peculation,, speculation and an insatiable thirst for riches, to have gotten the better of: every other consideration, and almost of every order of men. Patty disputes and personal quarrels, weie the great business of. the day, while the momentous concerns... | |
 | William Gordon - 1801 - 478 pages
...of the generality ; and peculation,, speculation and an insatiable thirst for riches, to have gotten the better of every other consideration, and almost of every order of men. Party disputes and personal, quarrels, weie the great business of the day, while the momentous concerns... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1828 - 436 pages
...of the generality; and peculation, speculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches, to have gotten the better of every other consideration, and almost of every order of men . Parly disputes and personal quarrels were the great business of the day, while the momentous concerns... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 578 pages
...extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of most of them ; that speculation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches seem to have got the better of every...personal quarrels are the great business of the day ; whilst the momentous concerns of an empire, a great and accumulating debt, ruined finances, depreciated... | |
 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 430 pages
...extravagance, seem to have laid fast hold of most of them ; that speculation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches, seem to have got the better of...personal quarrels are the great business of the day ; whilst the momentous concerns of an empire, a great and accumulating debt, ruined finances, depreciated... | |
 | John Lendrum - 1836 - 202 pages
...American sons of liberty ; and self interest, speculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches appeared to have got the better of every other consideration, and almost of every order of men. Party disputes and personal quarrels were too much the general object, whilst the momentous concerns... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 pages
...gance seem to have laid fast hold of them ; — " that speculation, peculation, and an insatiable " thirst for riches 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 great business... | |
 | Horatio Newton Moore - 1845 - 456 pages
...of the generality ; and peculation, speculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches, to have gotten the better of every other consideration, and almost of every order of men. Party disputes and personal quarrels were the great business of the day, while the momentous concerns... | |
 | Samuel Shaw, Josiah Quincy - 1847 - 374 pages
...extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of most of them ; that speculation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches, seem to have got the better of...personal quarrels are the great business of the day ; whilst the momentous concerns of an empire, a great and accumulating debt, ruined finances, depreciated... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1851 - 572 pages
...gance seem to have laid fast hold of them ; — " that speculation, peculation, and an insatiable " thirst for riches 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 great business... | |
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I should in one word say that idleness, dissipation, and extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of most of them ; that speculation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches seem to have got the better of every other consideration, and almost... 
