"Bank bill" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... party was compelled to make use of more popular language, which caused it to lose some of its influential members, who were easily alarmed by words, though they had borne philosophically with violent things. For five years after the veto of the Bank Bill, in 1832, the Democratic party was essentially radical in its tone, without doing much of a radical character. In 1837, the monetary troubles came to a head, and then it was seen how little reliance could ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 18, April, 1859 - [Date last updated: August 7, 2005] • Various
... meal and also an extra cup of coffee, Dan Baxter called for a cigar and lit it. Then he hauled out the twenty-dollar bill. As he did so, he gave a slight start. He had handled a good deal of money in his time, and the bank bill looked just a ...
— The Rover Boys on the Plains - The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch • Arthur Winfield
... Mr. Chase's bank bill, prospective of money, and as many say, prospective of presidency, passed the house. What fools are they already begin to direct their steps and their ardent wishes ...
— Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 • Adam Gurowski
... and many other things which were meant for her. Mrs. Button was very thankful. And when aunt Amy told her of certain plans, which she had arranged through Minnie's mother, by which she would have employment, and when she placed a bank bill in her hand as she arose to go, the poor woman was so overcome with grateful feeling she could not speak. She modestly raised the hand of her kind friend to her lips, kissed it, turned away, sunk into a seat, and buried her ...
— Aunt Amy - or, How Minnie Brown learned to be a Sunbeam • Francis Forrester
... his evidence before the House of Lords Committee on the Thrift and Credit Bank Bill (Paper ...
— Against Home Rule (1912) - The Case for the Union • Various |
