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With all his debts and funeral expenses liquidated, and with my own money, I found myself in possession of about 8000 pounds a sum which never could have been credited, for it was generally supposed that he died worth less than nothing, having lived for a long while upon a capital of a similar value. "I cannot but say," observed Timothy, "but that this is very fortunate.
The pounds of material which were fashioned into Shakspeare might have made a bumpkin with little thought beyond pigs and turnips, or, by some slight difference beyond man's skill to trace, might have made an idiot.
Grosvenor Bedford, in addition to his duties as Collector of the Customs at the port of Philadelphia; so well administered, indeed, that Horace Walpole's income from them, which in 1740 was perhaps not more than 1500 pounds a year, nearly doubled in the course of a generation.
He hoped Ned would not think there had been something underhand in his action. He supposed that now when he heard of it he would understand or perhaps he would only think Whalley an eccentric old fool. What would have been the good of telling him any more than of blurting the whole tale to that man Massy? Five hundred pounds ready to invest. Let him make the best of that. Let him wonder.
When Priam Farll reflected that he had received about four hundred pounds for those pictures vastly less than one per cent, of what the shiny and prosperous dealer had ultimately disposed of them for, the traditional fury of the artist against the dealer of the producer against the parasitic middleman sprang into flame in his heart.
It was infinitely more formidable than her husband had ever been. "How much, dear?" Mordaunt asked quietly. She started slightly. "Thirty pounds," she said. "Your account is overdrawn to that amount?" "Yes." She glanced at him nervously. "I am very sorry," she said again. He remained grave, but perfectly kind. "I will pay in fifty pounds to-morrow," he said.
That was full of gaseous light-energy held together by its own attraction, plus a little help of the generator!" "A little help?" Wade exclaimed. "Quite a little! I'll bet that thing had a million horsepower in its motor!" "Yes but I'll bet they have nearly fifty pounds of light condensed there so why worry about a little thing like a million horsepower?
O'Donnell established his head-quarters at Ballymoate, a dozen miles south of Sligo, which he had purchased from the chieftain of Corran for 400 pounds and 300 cows. The castle had served for thirteen years as an English stronghold, and was found staunch enough fifty years later to withstand the siege trains of Coote and Ludlow.
Trigger acknowledged that were such a claim made upon him by any known agent of his party, he would endeavour to pass the ten pounds through the accounts, as he thought that there should be a certain feeling of honour in these things; but he did not for a moment think that any one acting with him would have dealings with Glump.
I will be there to-day, and to-morrow, and the next day." "You might say a word then at once this afternoon." "What! for twenty pounds! Seven thousands of pounds per annum; and you give me twenty pounds! Fie, Captain Clavering. It is only just for me to speak to you this! That is all. Come; when will you bring me fifty?" "By George fifty!" "Yes; fifty; for another beginning.
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