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o nights Yond Cassius has a

Shakspeare forcibly expresses the same thought:— “Let me have men about me that are fat; Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o’ nights: Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.”
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

of New York City had attracted

Early in the seventies, the great business opportunities of New York City had attracted the two brothers, and a branch was established in New York in charge of John Arbuckle, the main business in Pittsburg being left in the care of his brother Charles.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

of New York city has a

Brooklyn, which may be said to form part of New York city, has a population of 396,099, in addition to that of New York.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

of New York City has attained

Dr. David W. Cochran of New York City has attained unusual success in cases of chronic laminitis with dropped sole by the use of a specially designed shoe.
— from Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

of New York City has a

To give one example, "The Forward," a Yiddish daily of New York City, has a circulation of about 150,000 copies.
— from The Red Conspiracy by Joseph J. Mereto

of nights Yonder Cassius has a

Cæsar, with his staff, returning from the games in his honor, sees Cassius and remarks to Antonius: "Let me have men about me that are fat; Sleek-headed men and such as sleep of nights; Yonder Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much; such men are dangerous; And are never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves!"
— from Shakspere, Personal Recollections by John A. (John Alexander) Joyce

of New York City HEATHCOTE ARMS

I, M.J. Lamb's "History of New York City" HEATHCOTE ARMS.
— from James Fenimore Cooper by Mary Elizabeth Phillips

or not your custom houses and

Whether we dislike the corn laws or not, your custom houses and your coast guard keep out foreign corn.
— from Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

o nights Yond Cassius has a

Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights: Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much; such men are dangerous. ANTONY.
— from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

of New York City Hall and

He lives in a little suburban city within the 20-mile radius of New York City Hall, and in his bedroom a telegraph sounder, connected with the division’s main wire, clicks in the early morning and late at night.
— from The Modern Railroad by Edward Hungerford

of New York City half a

In the business world of New York City, half a century ago, no name was more prominent than that of A. T. Stewart, whose success as a merchant was one of the most astonishing features of the time.
— from American Men of Mind by Burton Egbert Stevenson

of New York calling himself a

The substance of it, as developed in sundry reports of trials and pamphlets of testimony, is this: Fifteen or twenty years ago, an English adventurer living in the city of New York, calling himself a doctor, and professing to treat unnamable diseases, thought he saw in this notion of an Inebriate Asylum (then much spoken of) a chance for feathering his nest.
— from Smoking and Drinking by James Parton

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