- published: 06 Dec 2011
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A grocer is a bulk seller of food. Beginning as early as the 14th century, a grocer (or "purveyor") was a dealer in comestible dry goods such as spices, peppers, sugar, and (later) cocoa, tea and coffee. These items were bought in bulk, hence the term grocer from the French "grossier" meaning wholesaler, this term derived from Medieval Latin "grossarius" from which we also derive the word gross (meaning a quantity of twelve dozen, or 144).
As increasing numbers of staple foodstuffs became available in cans and other less-perishable packaging, the trade expanded its province. Today, grocers deal in a wide-range of staple food-stuffs including such perishables as meats, produce and dairy products. Such goods are, hence, groceries.
In the United States and United Kingdom, supermarkets and convenience stores are sometimes described as grocery businesses, or simply grocers. The early supermarkets began as chains of grocer's shops. Clarence Saunders of Memphis, Tennessee invented the self-service grocery store with open stock in 1916, for which he received a US patent. Prior to this change in the way of doing business, the customer of a grocer would walk up to a counter or display and ask for the food items they wanted to purchase, or hand over a grocery list, as an order that the grocer or other clerks would then fill and charge the customer for.
Actors: David Leonard (actor), Rex Lease (actor), Cecil Kellaway (actor), Louis Calhern (actor), Neville Brand (actor), David Bond (actor), I. Stanford Jolley (actor), Booth Colman (actor), John Damler (actor), Henry Daniell (actor), Paul Cavanagh (actor), John Dehner (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), John Cliff (actor), George J. Lewis (actor),
Plot: A young Hebrew named Micah, unsatisfied with his father's rural life, demands his inheritance so he can try his luck in the city. Once in the city he falls under the spell of a beautiful pagan priestess who induces him to squander his money and betray his faith. Only after many trials and tribulations does Micah recover his senses and return home to his forgiving father.
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That thing inside of you that I once thought was real
To see that light I thought I saw, but it was never there
at all
I put these things in you I wanted to believe
But they aren't real it seems I made them in my dreams
I see allusions of the things I wanted you to be
And I see faces in the darkness, I hear voices in the air
I see shadows all around me, but no one's there
No one's there
I see faces, I see faces
You are speaking, but your're lips don't match the words
Are these just voices in my head?
I want someone one to love so badly I don't know what is
real, anymore
And I see faces in the darkness I hear voices in the air
I see shadows all around me, but no one's there
No one's there
I see faces, I see faces
I see faces in the darkness, I hear voices in the air
I see shadows all around me, but one's there, no one's