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Example sentences for "mercantile pursuits"

  • Of late years he has been engaged in mercantile pursuits.

  • He came to St. Louis, Missouri, at an early age and engaged in mercantile pursuits in the firm of Hungerford & Livingston.

  • During his subsequent residence in Osceola he engaged in mercantile pursuits, served as county treasurer four years and as register of deeds five years, which office he held at the time of his death which occurred Oct.

  • Came to Canada, 1826, and took up mercantile pursuits.

  • Engaged for some years in mercantile pursuits.

  • In 1831 he established a newspaper in South Bend, Indiana, and two years after removed to Goshen, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits.

  • He received an academical education, and removed to Michigan, where he engaged extensively in mercantile pursuits and in banking.

  • In 1826 he removed to Illinois, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits.

  • He is now engaged in mercantile pursuits on the river, dealing principally in pig metal.

  • After leaving school he was brought up to mercantile pursuits, and in 1830, concluding that there was a better opening in that line in America, he came to this country, bringing with him a considerable amount of money.

  • Soon after the war of 1812, he went to Georgia and there engaged in mercantile pursuits, having established a store at Savannah and also at Milledgeville.

  • He was engaged in mercantile pursuits at Memphis, Tenn.

  • Mr. Shuit was engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1864, when he purchased large tracts of land and devoted his time to the management of his farms.

  • How much more suited he is to being a member of English aristocracy than engaging in mercantile pursuits in America," laughed the general.

  • When one is engaged in mercantile pursuits, it is necessary to make periodical visits to the city to replenish one's wares.

  • Like his father he was a Distiller and engaged in mercantile pursuits.

  • He was a distiller and engaged in mercantile pursuits.

  • He engaged in mercantile pursuits, and went to Holland.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    amuse myself; before noted; being entirely; creative power; early society; explore the; fearful thing; fourth edition; fresh attack; half afraid; human felicity; little business; lord went; mercantile business; mercantile pursuits; saddle horses; sandy beaches; sometimes found; sound came; that occasion; though thou; under his; white rabbit