But he could not manage finance ; he knew values well, but he had no keenness of imagination for monetary results in the shape of profit and loss ; and having ascertained this to his cost, he determined to give up all forms of his beloved ' business, Bygone Warwickshire - Pàgina 265editat per - 1893 - 284 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Mary Ann Evans - 1873 - 308 pàgines
...the best land drainage, solid building, correct measuring, and judicious boring (for coal). In fact, he had a reverential soul with a strong practical...values well, but he had no keenness of imagination for momentary results in the shape of profit and loss : and having ascertained this to his cost, he determined... | |
| 1881 - 674 pàgines
...the best land drainage, solid building, correct measuring, and judicious boring (for coal). In fact, he had a reverential soul, with a strong practical...give up all forms of his beloved ' business," which »equired that talent. He gave himself up entirely to the many kinds of work which he could do without... | |
| George Eliot - 1906 - 690 pàgines
...the best land-drainage, solid building, correct measuring, and judicious boring (for coal). In fact, he had a reverential soul with a strong practical...not manage finance : he knew values well, but he had 110 keenness of imagination for monetary results in the shape of profit and loss : and having ascertained... | |
| Kathryn Bond Stockton - 1994 - 308 pàgines
...contradictions between Protestantism and capitalism: Garth's love of "business" is supposedly redeemed because "he knew values well, but he had no keenness of imagination...monetary results in the shape of profit and loss" (284); he "gave himself up entirely to the many kinds of work which he could do without handling capital"... | |
| Meinhard Winkgens - 1997 - 452 pàgines
...die Vermittlung des abstrakten Äquivalenzprinzips des Geldes in erster Linie am Tauschwert bemessen: "But he could not manage finance: he knew values well,...of imagination for monetary results in the shape of pro fit and loss. [...] He gave himself up entirely to the many kinds of work which he could do without... | |
| Geoffrey Russell Searle - 1998 - 328 pàgines
...t87t-ai, ch. 30, p. 39b: 'He knew valoes well, Ыn he had no kecnness of imagination for monetary resoiis in the shape of profit and loss; and having ascertained this to his cost, he detetmined to give op all forms of his heloved "hosiness" which reqoired iliat olem He gave himsell... | |
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