 | Andrew McFarland Davis - 1887 - 72 頁
...pasquinades. In one of them, the story of the system from its birth to its death was jestingly told : — My shares which on Monday I bought Were worth millions...Friday I went ; To the work-house next day I was sent. , THE BORROWER WILL BE CHARGED AN OVERDUE FEE IF THIS BOOK IS NOT RETURNED TO THE LIBRARY ON OR BEFORE... | |
 | Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman, Equitable Trust Company of New York - 1921 - 102 頁
...bankruptcy and multitudes were precipitated into the abyss of ruin. As one of the contemporaries puts it: My shares which on Monday I bought Were worth millions...Friday I went; To the workhouse next day I was sent.* The second episode occurred during the revolution. When Montesquieu made his famous report in 1789... | |
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My shares which on Monday I bought Were worth millions on Tuesday, I thought. So on Wednesday I chose my abode ; In my carriage on Thursday I rode ; To the ball-room on Friday I went ; To the work-house next day I was sent. 