merchantry

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When St�voren town was in its prime ��And queened the Zuyder Zee, Her ships went out to every clime ��With costly merchantry.

From The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Van Dyke, Henry

The original plan of the merchantry comprehended the erection of the jail in close proximity to the home of its chief official, but Mr. Crow put his foot flatly and ponderously upon the scheme.

From The Daughter of Anderson Crow by McCutcheon, George Barr

When Stävoren town was in its prime   And queened the Zuyder Zee, Its ships went out to every clime   With costly merchantry.

From The Red Flower Poems Written in War Time by Van Dyke, Henry

But many artists have admittedly no aptitude for merchantry.

From The Author's Craft by Bennett, Arnold