Merchants

Examples

• The Babylonians were a nation of agriculturists and merchants. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Those merchants and manufacturers enjoy a sort of monopoly in the country which is so indulgent to them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Here, in a broad thoroughfare, once the abode of wealthy City merchants, we found the sculpture works for which we searched. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Let other nations be merchants and warriors, while Greece reasserts her ancient vocation of teacher. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The rich men of the world before this time had been great landowners or money-lenders and money manipulators or merchants. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The profits of it only are spent in Spain and Portugal, where they help to support the sumptuous profusion of the merchants of Cadiz and Lisbon. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The greater part, both of the exportation and coasting trade of America, is carried on by the capitals of merchants who reside in Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Let the merchants on both sides treat with one another. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The merchants closed their shops, and came out to swell the general chorus of alarm and clamour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Bankers, merchants, and manufacturers, whose trade depended on exports and interchange of wealth, became bankrupt. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• By the thirteenth century the Hansa merchants were already sailing regularly from Bergen across the grey cold seas to the Northmen in Iceland. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• All over Europe in the fifteenth century merchants and sailors were speculating about new ways to the East. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Poor aristocrats would marry rich members of the mercantile class; ambitious herdsmen, artisans, or sailors would become rich merchants. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• When those countries became commercial, the merchants found this prohibition, upon many occasions, extremely inconvenient. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• With motor trucks, merchants have extended their deliveries to reach territory they could not touch under the horse-delivery system. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• However, while Reuben was away for a little while, the brethren sold Joseph to some Ishmaelitish merchants who were journeying towards Egypt. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• These were the corn merchants, the exporters and importers of corn. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Our merchants were, some years ago, out of humour with the crown of Portugal. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The railway workers, the miners, the doctors, the teachers, the retail merchants would have direct representation in the Interessenvertrag. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Their proper business, however, is that of merchants. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• At first it was the wealth of the church that provided most of these buildings; then kings and merchants also began to build. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• An ordinary store or counting-house could give little security to the goods of the merchants who trade to the western coast of Africa. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The goods, both of the Spanish and English merchants, indeed, were, perhaps, subject to higher duties. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Yet these things are done by Christian merchants, whether a war be just or unjust; and it can hardly be just on both sides. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Secondly, it seems, on this account, altogether improper to consider artificers, manufacturers, and merchants, in the same light as menial servants. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• If it is usual, for example, for the merchants of England to pay for the goods which they buy of Hamburg, Dantzic, Riga, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Subscriptions were made for the emigrants, and merchants bankrupt by the failure of trade. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Trade was Mr. Moore's hereditary calling: the Gérards of Antwerp had been merchants for two centuries back. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Hence, in Great Britain, and in most other European countries, the extraordinary duties upon almost all goods imported by alien merchants. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• So that we may hope the luxury of a few merchants on the coast will not be the ruin of America. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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