 | 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
...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 of every order of men ; that party... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 432 pages
...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 of every order of men ; that party... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 pages
...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 of every order of men ; that party... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1856 - 598 pages
...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 of even- order of men ; that party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the day ;... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1856 - 516 pages
...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 of every order of men ; that party... | |
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If I were to be called upon to draw a picture of the times and of men, from what I have seen, heard, and in part know, I should in one word say that idleness, dissipation, and extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of most of them; that speculation,... 
