"Treasury" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... for good Roman soldiers; and Justinian could not have found a sufficient number of suitable recruits among the citizens of his wide-extended empire. The pivot of the administration of Imperial Rome, as of Imperial Britain, was the treasury, not the Horse-guards. The taxes paid by the citizens filled that treasury: but a soldier was exempt from taxation; consequently, it became a measure of unavoidable necessity on the part of the Roman government ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 • Various
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... Greg Holmes. "It wouldn't shake our belief in you, old man, if the whole United States Treasury had been found hiding in your holster! Now, forget it all, as well as you can, Overton. Leave it to your friends, who will be cooler-headed, to find the way out from under this toy cloud. Why, even Foster knows ...
— Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants - or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers • H. Irving Hancock
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... objected Ned. In his capacity as the Swifts' business manager, he had earned the nickname "watchdog of the treasury." "Why not wait until some local firm can ...
— Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope • Victor Appleton
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... gratitude to God that we present these figures, showing that we have been enabled during the past year to meet all current expenditures, to liquidate the indebtedness of last year and to show a balance of over four thousand dollars now in the treasury. This result is not only gratifying in respect to the past, but it is hopeful in respect to the future. We trust the constituents of the Association, who are so deeply interested in the success of the work entrusted to us, will see to it that the coming year shall ...
— The American Missionary, Volume 43, No. 11, November, 1889 • Various
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... in March, 1801, Pitt resigned office, he was succeeded by Henry Addington, who had been speaker of the house of commons for over eleven years, and who now received the seals of office as first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer on March 14, 1801. He was able to retain the services of the Duke of Portland as home secretary, of Lord Chatham as president of the council, and of Lord Westmorland as ...
— The Political History of England - Vol XI - From Addington's Administration to the close of William - IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) • George Brodrick
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