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Updated: July 4, 2025
If he had lived much longer he would have made many more among the people, by the grinding exaction to which he constantly exposed them, and by the tyrannical acts of his two prime favourites in all money-raising matters, EDMUND DUDLEY and RICHARD EMPSON. But Death the enemy who is not to be bought off or deceived, and on whom no money, and no treachery has any effect presented himself at this juncture, and ended the King's reign.
But although Laura stuck to the post of duty, her heart was no longer in the ceremonies of Ember Night. She wished heartily that she had never suggested the entertainment, even if it did benefit the Red Cross. It did really prove to be one of the most successful forms of money-raising for the Red Cross that had been attempted in Centerport.
She knew from experience that as I was on a money-raising expedition, she would not see me back till late at night. The streets were enveloped in a dense fog, and the first thing I recognised on leaving the house was my dog Robber, who had been stolen from us a year before. At first I thought it was a ghost, but I called out to him sharply in a shrill voice.
But it does look as if poor Ellen Ember came into the world empty-handed. As if the Lord didn't give her much of anything to work with." Summons to a meeting to talk over money-raising is, in Friendship, like the call to festivity in a different life. The cause never greatly matters. Interests appear eclectically to range from ice to coral.
The President of the United States and Congress had their own troubles at the close of the war, and the Government could do but little money-raising with land-grants and loans. But they offered a great bonus to the men who would build the railroad. The first construction company subscribed over a million and a half dollars, and paid in one-quarter of that.
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