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"On another occasion a well-known London stock broker walked off with little short of L40,000. This remarkable performance occasioned no small amount of excitement in the gambling rooms, as such an unusual incident does invariably. "Bent on making a 'plunge, he went from one table to another, placing the maximum stake on the same number.
This day my wife shows me a locket of dyamonds worth about L40, which W. Hewer do press her to accept, and hath done for a good while, out of his gratitude for my kindness and hers to him. But I do not like that she should receive it, it not being honourable for me to do it; and so do desire her to force him to take it back again, he leaving it against her will yesterday with her.
This is how I have reckoned; L10,000 extra to Rose; perhaps L1000 or nothing to H.; all the rest of ready-money a large sum no use guessing to Lady Jocelyn; and B. C. to little Bonner it is worth L40,000 Then she sells, or stops permanent resident. It might be so soon, for I can see worthy Mrs. Bonner to be breaking visibly. But young men will not see with wiser eyes than their own.
A great want thereof there will be of books, specially Latin books and foreign books; and, among others, the Polyglottes and new Bible, which he believes will be presently worth L40 a-piece. 6th. Up, and having seen my brother in his cassocke, which I am not the most satisfied in, being doubtfull at this time what course to have him profess too soon.
They did not reach the stations till after midnight, but already they had the whales half flenched, and, by the way they were working, it looked as if they would be through with their task as soon as we were with ours. Their agreement with the skipper was to yield us half the oil they made, and, if agreeable to them, we would take their moiety at L40 per tun.
I am to pay him by giving him leave to buy about L40 worth of Piggott's land and to strike off so much of Piggott's debt, and the other to give him bond to pay him in 12 months after without interest, only giving him a power to buy more land of Piggott and paying him that way as he did for the other, which I am well enough contented with, or at least to take the land at that price and give him the money.
In the afternoon I went to the Theatre, and there I saw "The Tamer Tamed" well done. And then home, and prepared to go to Walthamstow to-morrow. This night I was forced to borrow L40 of Sir W. Batten. August 1st. This morning Sir Williams both, and my wife and I and Mrs. See May 29th, 1661. Here we had a venison pasty, brought hot from London, and were very merry.
As for the second offense, the offender shall be stigmatized by burning in the forehead the letter B, and fined L40. And that for the third offense, the offender shall suffer death without the benefit of clergy." The strange thing about this law is, that it has never been repealed, and was in force in the District of Columbia up to 1875.
"The host grew furious; then he looked ashamed, and shouted angrily: "'Bring me L40,000, and you shall have your estate back. I never robbed you, but you lost your inheritance by your own follies. "'Gentlemen, said the beggar, 'I take you all to witness that this thief says I can have my estate back for L40,000. "The people murmured, and the three friends said: 'We are witnesses.
He got one year's rent; two and a half years were due, when he served a writ of ejectment. Mr. Corscadden said to this man; "You are a bad farmer and you know it. You have about L150 worth of stock; I will give you L40; leave my place and go to America. He took the money," said the old gentleman pathetically, "and did not go to America, but rented another farm.
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