The craft of the merchant is this; bringing a thing where it abounds to where it is costly. From LearnThat.org. [Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)]
On another matter, great news from India - the government is considering privatized airports, but using the term merchant airports. From Wordnik.com. [IAGblog] Reference
He predicted a huge increase in Chinese merchant shipping. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
If a merchant is suspicious of you, they are supposed to make a "Code 10" call. From Wordnik.com. [10 Things You Might Not Know About Your Credit Card - The Consumerist] Reference
Women tenants also appeared in merchant ledgers (see Appendix C, section 6). back. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenber-e Help Page] Reference
Women landlords also appeared in merchant ledgers (see Appendix C, section 6). back. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenber-e Help Page] Reference
I called the merchant to ask, but their English and my Chinese were not quite up to the job. From Wordnik.com. [Notes from the Vegan Feast Kitchen/ 21st Century Table] Reference
While thus equipping myself to become a brain merchant, it was inevitable that I should delve into sociology. From Wordnik.com. [What Life Means to Me] Reference
While thus equipping, myself to become a brain merchant, it was inevitable that I should delve into sociology. From Wordnik.com. [What Life Means to Me] Reference
An argument might be made that to call a pochteca a mere merchant is like calling Bill Gates a software salesman. From Wordnik.com. [The other (and greater) Moctezuma I] Reference
The nineteenth century had come to its end when a young writer, the twenty-seven-year-old son of a merchant from the old. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Literature 1929 - Presentation Speech] Reference
What you saw the Arabs do to that European merchant is no more than the Europeans will do to each other in trade rivalry. From Wordnik.com. [Spice and the Devil's Cave] Reference
Domestic coal prices are about £140 a metric tonne and anthracite at about £165 - unless my coal merchant is robbing us blind. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-13] Reference
Well, that depends upon what you may call a merchant vessel. From Wordnik.com. [Ran Away to Sea] Reference
Juan now called the merchant, his former master, to the palace. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
The merchant is the true cosmopolitan -- the citizen of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O] Reference
The merchant was a fine man, about forty, with a frank and open face. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
The merchant was a man of good standing in society, and a learned man. From Wordnik.com. [The Sand-Hills of Jutland] Reference
The merchant was a fair, portly man, in a buff surcoat and velvet cap. From Wordnik.com. [Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies] Reference
That was the idea of merchant-life with which Mr. Thornton had started. From Wordnik.com. [North and South] Reference
There are also these lower things called merchant coupons, merchant reviews. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2005] Reference
Our merchant was a little flattered by this unreserved display of confidence. From Wordnik.com. [Now or Never The Adventures of Bobby Bright] Reference
He is a poet, and merchant, which is seen in two master-words, Credit Blossoms. From Wordnik.com. [The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899] Reference
Excellent presenation – A real life call to a merchant was a very nice touch. From Wordnik.com. [The $25 Million Demo. Yext Scores A Big Round From IVP After TechCrunch50 Debut.] Reference
The merchant was a short stout man, with a dark brown face, and in ragged attire. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know] Reference
If you are looking for that luxury merchant, that is not really what our setting is. From Wordnik.com. [Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines] Reference
And he's called a merchant of death -- one of the world's most notorious arms dealers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2008] Reference
The merchant is the supreme power in an empire, because he has the millions on his side!. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Was Afraid] Reference
In those days of primitive barter the merchant was the banker of all the farmers dealing with him. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
The merchant was a learned man, for his father had sent him to college, and he had passed his examination. From Wordnik.com. [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen] Reference
The merchant was the taller, but his long caftan, hastily ungirdled, swung behind him and dragged in the air. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home] Reference
In spite of appearances, the merchant was the weaker vessel, and it was the wife who really had the patience and courage. From Wordnik.com. [The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I] Reference
To the initiated -- be he crook or jeweler -- this simple sign means that the merchant is a member of the Jewelers 'Security. From Wordnik.com. [The War Terror] Reference
Enron's implosion was rapidly followed by the stumbling of its traditional competitors, the so-called merchant shops like Dynegy. From Wordnik.com. [Enron: Beyond the Verdicts] Reference
Applying this standard to the case, the court held that the merchant was a licensee and therefore could not invoke the two defenses. From Wordnik.com. [Paper Chase] Reference
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