American Journal of Numismatics, and Bulletin of the American Numismatic and Archæological Society, Volumen 3

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American Numismatic and Archæological Society, 1868
 

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Página 20 - A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man! and his fins like arms! Warm, o
Página 21 - Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the church-yard mould; Price of many a crime untold; Gold ! gold ! gold ! gold ! Good or bad a thousand fold!
Página 20 - A strange fish ! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver: there would this monster make a man; any strange beast there makes a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legged like a man! and his fins like arms! Warm o...
Página 29 - The chain on the reverse is but a bad omen for liberty, and Liberty herself appears to be in a fright. May she not justly cry out, in the words of the Apostle, ' Alexander the coppersmith has done me much harm ; the Lord reward him according to his works ?' " No other coin was issued by the Mint this year.
Página 20 - ... as they approached more near, and Leyden (to the great astonishment of such of the guests as did not know him) burst into the room, chanting the desiderated ballad, with the most enthusiastic gesture, and all the energy of the sawtones of his voice already commemorated.
Página 33 - Emanuel On Diamonds and Precious Stones ; their History, Value, and Properties ; with Simple Tests for ascertaining their Reality. By HARRY EMANUEL, FRGS With numerous Illustrations, Tinted and Plain. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, js.
Página 29 - Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works : 15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
Página 33 - SILVER COINS OF ENGLAND, arranged and described with Remarks on British Money, previous to the Saxon Dynasties, by E.
Página 33 - The Coinage of the British Empire, an Outline of the Progress of the Coinage in Great Britain and her Dependencies, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
Página 11 - ... character, and composed very agreeable little poems. He was a mighty genius ! However I may differ from his political views, there is a republican greatness in him which commands respect. My love for him may be an anomaly ; yet so it is. Had I nothing left in the wide world but a crust of bread, I would be proud of sharing it with Carn6t.

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