"Minister of finance" Quotes from Famous Books
... perhaps the Emperor's most intimate adviser; another from Prof. Lamasch of Austria, who was the Presiding Judge of the British-American arbitration in relation to the Newfoundland fisheries a few years ago, and is a member of the Austrian House of Peers. Still others are from M. Ribot, Minister of Finance in France, and M. d'Estournelles de Constant. These confidential letters give a wealth of information as to the intellectual and political forces that ... — The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 - What Americans Say to Europe • Various
... pay your respects to the Minister of Finance, to write memorandums at the bank, to make your reports at the Bourse, or to speak in the Chamber; you, young men, who have repeated with many others in our first Meditation the oath that you will defend ... — The Physiology of Marriage, Part I. • Honore de Balzac
... Charente-Inferieure). Marshal Excelmans, Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor. Ferdinand Favre (of the Loire-Inferieure) General de Flahaut, ex-Ambassador. Fortoul, Minister of Public Instruction (of the Basses-Alpes). Achille Fould, Minister of Finance (of the Seine). De Fourment (of the Somme). Fouquier-d'Herouel (of the Aisne). Fremy (of the Yonne). Furtado (of the Seine). Gasc (of the Haute Garonne). Gaslonde (of the Manche). De Gasparin (ex-Minister). Ernest de Girardin ... — The History of a Crime - The Testimony of an Eye-Witness • Victor Hugo
... Aisne; Plenipotentiary to Berlin Congress; ambassador to Germany; reports brought from Germany by. Salisbury, Lord, at Berlin Congress. Salon reserve, passing of the. Salons, political. Sartiges, Comte and Comtesse de. Sartiges, Vicomte de. Say, Leon, as a speaker in the National Assembly; Minister of Finance; attitude of, toward French protectorate of Tunis. Say, Madame. Schouvaloff, Count; at Berlin Congress. Segur, Countess de, political salon of. Seine, freezing of the. Shah of Persia, experiences with the. Shooting expeditions. Shops, trading at small. Sibbern, Swedish minister. Simon, Jules, ... — My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 • Mary King Waddington
... search for some short road to prosperity: ere long the idea was set afloat that the great want of the country was more of the circulating medium; and this was speedily followed by calls for an issue of paper money. The Minister of Finance at this period was Necker. In financial ability he was acknowledged as among the great bankers of Europe, but his was something more than financial ability: he had a deep feeling of patriotism and a high sense of personal honor. ... — Fiat Money Inflation in France - How It Came, What It Brought, and How It Ended • Andrew Dickson White
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