The Principles and Practice of Banking, Volume 1 |
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accepter accommodation bills advances amount of notes balance bank notes Bank of England Bank of Ireland Bank of Scotland banking company banking department banks of issue bill or note bills of exchange branch bank branches brokers bullion called capital cash credit cent charter cheque clerks commercial committee country bankers currency customers debit debt demand deposit accounts deposits directors dividends drawn duties employed England notes establishment exchequer bills favour foreign funds give Government securities governor and company hands hence holder increase indorsed invested issue department issue notes issue of notes joint-stock banks keep liabilities loans London bankers manager ment merchants months notice occasion operations paid parties payable payment person principle private banks produce profit promissory notes public companies rate of interest received seasons of pressure shareholders speculation stamp Steady & Co trade transactions usually
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Page 585 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 406 - This great increase of the quantity of work which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people are capable of performing, is owing to three different circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another ; and lastly, to the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.
Page 582 - As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Page 346 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Page 584 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 575 - Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field ; and afterwards build thine house.
Page 2 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed ? Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Page 25 - Company of the Bank of England), or for any other persons whatsoever united or to be united in covenants or partnership, exceeding the number of six persons, in that part of Great Britain called England, to borrow, owe, or take up any sum or sums of money on their bills or notes payable at demand, or at any less time than six months from the borrowing thereof.
Page 580 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 576 - These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour ; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.