| 单词 | usurer |
| 例句 | “We shall not deal with those usurers, Mother.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Jews never belong enough anywhere to avoid vilification as parasites, vultures, usurers and traitors. Millenniums of Tribulation 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z The bourgeois — a doctor, a merchant, a usurer — are his main target, their music rootless, full of inane little scales that crescendo to deafening, unconducted carnage that implodes into deserved nothingness. Review: Thomas Adès Leads the Philharmonic, and Björk Listens 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z And the printed books in the collection include some items, like a 1775 work on laws concerning pawnbrokers and usurers, that are not listed in any library in the comprehensive WorldCat database. English Gavels Resound in a Trove Headed to Yale 2013-06-16T21:46:24Z Gogol's painting is a portrait of a usurer, bought by an impoverished artist called Chartkov. The Portrait - review 2011-02-03T16:56:25Z Yet for once this scene isn’t just about the most infamous usurer in theater history. | 'The Merchant of Venice': Al Pacino Brings His Shylock to Shakespeare in the Park 2010-07-01T02:01:00Z As Exodus 22:25 states: “If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.” Payday lenders, charging 460%, aren't subject to California's usury law 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z "The real enemies of Europe," she said, "Are the bankers, usurers and technocrats." EU leaders renew fraying Union's vows on 60th anniversary 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Congress has the power to – and should – drive usurers away from our military installations, because such lenders pose a risk to the national defense. Republicans Shouldn't Block Pentagon Payday Lending Regulations 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z But few, if any, would be flattered to be compared to a greedy usurer best remembered for demanding “a pound of flesh” as loan repayment. When Did 'Shylock' Become a Slur? 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Dante has a river of boiling blood for people guilty of bloodshed, tombs of fire for heretics, and a desert where it rains flakes of fire on blasphemers, usurers and homosexuals. 10 facts about Hell 2013-05-13T23:49:44Z A certain usurer committed a large sum of his money to a certain cellarer of our order to be kept for him. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z In his dwelling, but thirty measures of barley were found; and to buy them, he had been forced to leave his breastplate at a usurer's as security for a loan. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z These institutions were founded about this period as a charitable work for the purpose of rescuing the poor from the exactions of the usurers and the Jews. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z The Spirituals, Dulcinists, and Fraticelli were Mendicants, who held property to be an abomination; the Waldenses were poor folk—mountain shepherds and lowland peasants—and the only prizes were an occasional sorcerer or usurer. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z The usurer, hurrying away to church, tells his wife that if any one comes to borrow money while he is gone, some one must be sent in all haste for him. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Afterwards the usurer came to ask for his deposit, but when the cellarer opened the chest, he found neither that nor his own money. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z "An usurer is not tolerable in a well-established Commonwealth, but utterly to be rejected out of the company of men." Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z Although many popes have al-ready afflicted the church, this pope has reduced it to a greater degree of bondage, principally by the usurers he has introduced into England, and who are worse than the Jews. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z “Yes, if they can attack Jewish usurers, I don’t see why they could not turn upon the government some day.” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Duigenan makes out that he was a coward as well as a tyrant and impostor, and he compares him to “Cacofogo,” the usurer in Beaumont and Fletcher’s play. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z To whom the usurer said, ‘Lord, why suffer ye this pain?’ Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z There are 120 Armenians, who make wine and arak, and are usurers, and gold and silver smiths. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z An anonymous modern wood-cut of Death seizing a usurer, over whom another Death is throwing a counterpane. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z The son of the usurer called attention to the extreme smallness of their number, but he thought it enough to keep the mob from assaulting working people. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Councillors and courtiers, officials and judges, tax-collectors, officers of his regiment, treasurer and usurers, were kept from his presence by peremptory command. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The house No. 6, on p. 64the east side, was probably the one assigned by the author as the usurer’s residence. Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z They were afterwards turned over to their enemy, the Count of Savoy, as usurers. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z In 1274, a law was passed, compelling every Jew, lending money on interest, to wear a plate on his breast, signifying, that he was an usurer, or to quit the realm. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z “She is too good a revolutionist to sneak away from the battlefield,” snapped Ginsburg, the red-headed son of the usurer, without raising his eyes from the table. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z "They don't turn to usurers to fund an investment if a bank says 'no', nobody is that crazy," he said. Italy's crisis opens doors to cash-rich mafia 2012-01-13T15:18:10Z “He has talked of us to his low companions; he chooses to associate with usurers and worse people; and he has been speaking of us in the most insolent terms.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Doubtless, the usurer was thinking about Russia, and the disaster of the revolution and of the impossibility of being paid this loan even though the great man were to offer all his fortune. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Parliament, Pitt brought forward a bill for the relief of the Chelsea Pensioners, who, from receiving their pensions a year in arrear, fell inextricably into the hands of usurers. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Russian literature of the period was teeming with “fists,” or village usurers, types of the great Russian provinces in which Jews were not allowed to dwell. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Once more he sought the office of the usurer, who made the required advances, and he then made up his mind to taste the joys of sea voyages and the novelties of foreign travel. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z The worthy physician belonged to an age when the class called misers extensively prevailed; and when those who lent out money upon interest were denominated usurers. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z He is quite a character, that old usurer! The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z In the 1990s, fewer growers were selling beans to Ecom’s buyers because they weren’t paid enough money by independent middlemen, known as coyotes, who were “probably a usurer in some cases,” he said. Fair Trade Proving Anything But to Farmers in $6 Billion Market 2011-12-23T00:45:38Z That she should mistake a handful of usurers for the whole Jewish people is the most natural thing in the world.” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Four o’clock arrived, and neither usurer nor money was forthcoming, the salaries of the company of course remaining unpaid. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z I was disgusted at this view of a transaction that had brought him in a profit that would have been considered marvelous even by a usurer. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z And the Prince turned his back without more words, leaving the usurer satisfied with his discourteous brevity. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z On the other hand, they are great usurers and falsifiers of weights and measures, and merchandise, and coin; and liars and cheats. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z Moreover, among the victims of Jewish usurers were hundreds of army officers and civil officials who lived beyond their means, and from these came a direct hint at impunity. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z It was the tenacity of avarice which desired to be in contact with its property at all hours; the persistency of the usurer, who has pending accounts to settle. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z He was of middle age, and besides representing a so-styled "development company" was, by profession, land agent, farmers' financier, and mortgage jobber, and, as naturally follows, a usurer. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z They protected the native against extortion, constituting him a perpetual minor as against the usurer. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Foreign goods we shall purchase with paper, Which let foreign usurers hold; The British may swagger and vapour, At home whilst we keep all our gold. Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865) 2011-11-21T03:00:13.443Z Even the house of Ginsburg, the most repugnant usurer in town, was taken care of. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The old usurer had hesitated before leaving his house. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z Even then the usurer had not done with him. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z The Mestizos are the capitalists, which is to say the usurers of the country. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z "That's it; you will apply to usurers, who will consummate your ruin, instead of coming frankly to your father." San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z He could not help being aware that instead of usurers the chief target of attack in every riot, without a single exception, were Jewish artisans, labourers, teachers and the poorest tradesmen. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The insufferable miser, the voracious usurer, offered his assistance with touching and paternal kindness on hearing of Barret's misfortune. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z The farmer could not defend himself; somebody took money for willful perjury to evade a clause of the homestead exemptions, and the usurer got his order. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z This class is composed entirely of usurers and pawnees. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z In Turkey and Persia usurers used to buy up wheat or barley when comparatively cheap, and store it in hidden pits against seasons of dearth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z It was chiefly owing to their expensive escapades that their mother’s fortune had passed into the coffers of usurers. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Being a Jew and by heritage thrifty, the discovery shook him in his respect for the prince, but at the same time a resolution shaped itself in him against the usurers. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The devils of usurers were after me; I had some friends not far from here; I escaped to them; and they sought out this hiding for me. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Consequently, this rapacious usurer had sold them goods costing 10 dollars, 75 cents, for 510 dollars, of which 110 dollars in cash, and 400 dollars credit. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z These individuals had wandered far from their homes among the mountains beyond the North-West Frontier to make small fortunes as usurers among the simple peasants of Bengal. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z But worse than these larger obligations was the fact that some of them had somehow fallen into the hands of the professional loan sharks and usurers of the place. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z Seeing that he had won the young man's notice the old usurer seized the opportunity to enlarge. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Its abandonment has always been followed by general disaster to all interests, except those of the usurer and the sheriff. A History of the Republican Party 2011-10-14T02:00:29.980Z May I ask whether an usurer takes so large a percentage, as such a curate from his chaplain? John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch 2011-10-12T02:00:44.710Z Care of the poor was one of his chief aims, and he established the "Monte di Piet�," for lending money on small pledges, to save those in want from the heavy hand of the usurer. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The authorities of the Talmud severely condemn the practice of usury, and refuse to admit the testimony of usurers in courts of law.**** Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Thou art a great usurer; powerful families here are in thy debt. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z None but fools confine their pleasure: What usurer ever thought his coffers held too much? Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z All that was the worst in the country served in the army; adventurers, gamblers, usurers, blacklegs. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z The prisoner who was ruined and insolvent carried to the usurer the few things belonging to him and pledged them for some halfpence, which were lent to him at a fabulous rate of interest. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z In this city I have met none save merchants, usurers and venal women. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The assembled group drifted out of the counting-room and the usurer, sighing his delight, opened a gate and bade Marsyas and the Hindu woman come into the apartment behind the screen. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Like usurers to men in want you prove, When you would take extortion for my love. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z The usurer, in fact, was a prominent person in the trading community of Babylonia. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z If he did not redeem them at the fixed time the usurer sold them pitilessly by auction, and without the least delay. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Stepniak mentions one province where as much as from 24 to 36 per cent. of the land is concentrated into the hands of these rich usurers. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z "Who and what art thou?" the usurer demanded, with no little admiration in his tone. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z It is here just the same as with average rate of interest which a usurer makes who lends out various portions of his capital at different rates of interest. The life and teaching of Karl Marx 2011-09-03T02:00:19.203Z Even if the usurer could have found a youth bold enough to take service with him, the inhabitants of the town would have hindered it by their sayings. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z But never was there any quarrel—and that is very curious indeed—between the usurer and the owner. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z He is the development, not of the ancient Crœsus or the mediæval lord, but of the usurer, who has taken their place, but was in their lifetime hardly a respectable person. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z The usurer stood a moment, then summoned his servants, and, getting himself into street dress, hastened to follow the young man. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Sir Massingberd could borrow plenty of money, if the usurers were only confident that he could, as well as would, make away with his nephew. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z Ah, my liege," replied the old usurer, "I had hoped to give you an agreeable surprise by news of the communications I had established with the men of Ghent. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z A Jew named Esau Boumstein was at the same time a jeweller and a usurer. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Romance of the Rose" said some seven centuries ago: "And he who what he holds esteems Enough, is rich beyond the dreams Of many a dreary usurer. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z The usurer, with a snort, abruptly ordered the slaves to proceed. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z All he receives from you is owing to the usurers. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z "May God and the Virgin keep you in their good grace!" the usurer replied humbly, as he escorted the King to the street. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z He had brought over with him a tribe of usurers, and fear of papal censure drove men to have recourse to them; so the collector and the money-lenders played into one another’s hands. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z Count George, however, in the pursuit of his noble passions, enlarged his friendships, admitting even usurers to the benefit of his private acquaintance. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z But he went into the usurer's counting-room to meet the borrowing world, to be amazed and shocked and finally to fortify himself to control it. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z He understood agriculture, but not the mode of dealing with usurers. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z A proverb which became popular at this period and survived at Tours for a long time was the saying: "You have crossed the usurer's path; woe will befall you." The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The gods fatten on fear as a usurer does upon the folly of his clients, and in both cases the interest demanded far outweighs the value of the services rendered. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z He reminded Leland forcibly of the caricatures he had seen of Hebrew usurers. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z The brown woman was passive: the usurer behind his grating in such a state of great excitement and anxiety that moisture stood out on his wrinkled forehead. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z As an acquaintance with the above-mentioned usurer, McAlpine, she was aware that he had advanced large loans to Mr Bhosh, and so she laid her plans and bided her time. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z "You have crossed the usurer's path" accounted for sudden ailments, involuntary depression, and the evil turns of fortune. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z He gets into debt, becomes a victim of the cattle-dealer, the real-estate jobber, the usurer; notes and mortgages ruin whole villages, even more than the frightful taxes imposed by State and commune. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z And again I will tell thee of the usurer who left us to call and clamour at his door, and where we entered only through vexation. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z There the exchange was made, and the old usurer, trusting to the Hindu's ignorance of the language, permitted no moment to pass without comment on his profit. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The usurer at all times drives a hard bargain, and what bowels he has are not those of compassion. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z "My gossip the usurer knows full well that I should not flay him for nothing; otherwise I should be unjust, and I have never done anything that was not just and necessary." The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Whoever is in receipt of any of these is a usurer. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z We will take all and afterwards skin thee of yet more, thou usurer, who comest into our country but to leave it poorer.” The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z For if thou art the same elegant paganized son of Abraham thou wast in thine old days, thy debts are as many as thy usurers are scarce. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z "I would rather hang myself; I am a low usurer, nothing more." Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z "How do you propose to earn your living?" asked the usurer. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Only the chief usurers accumulate: in agricultural and thickly settled countries, the landlords; in industrial and commercial countries, the bankers. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z His love of influence and authority resembled the avarice of the old usurer in the 'Fortunes of Nigel.' The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z "It would not be seemly to tell, now, that I saw Classicus' green and gold garment exposed in a usurer's shop." Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z That they are powerful only as usurers, wise only in estimating the value of the money which they lend, and the security they take for it. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z In this extremity, Goulenoire, his wits quickened by love, recovered his presence of mind; he shrank into the recess of a door, squeezing himself into the corner, and waited for the usurer to pass him. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The prosperity, though not perhaps the grandeur of the House of Hohenzollern, began with Duke Frederic, the greatest usurer of his day. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z It seemed that the usurers and dealers in precious metals in London had flocked to the Dart upon the news of the treasure. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z It is a strange but indisputable fact, that people who run in debt will turn sooner to the hard heart of the usurer, for assistance, than to the soft ones of friends and relatives. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z But necessity is a hard master, and so he at last asked Pomuchelskopp why he had parted with his bills to those two usurers. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z The usurer's daisies must have time to grow and bear seed. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. I (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:43.727Z His excuse was that it was better "to have to do with one usurer than with several," and it never seemed to occur to him that that one was as bad as a dozen. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. II (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:41.313Z The fiend of this Florentine play is a sort of supernatural usurer, who lends at a short date upon exorbitant interest, and is nonsuited for fraud in the supreme court of appeal. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z If he would only do so, then I could know where I stood, and I could save him out of the hands of usurers. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z That was all very true, Alick replied, but the usurers had pressed him hard and he did not know where to turn for help. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z We have the imposture of Merlin, who corresponds with Plautus’s Tranio, as to the haunted house, and his subterfuge when the usurer comes to claim the money which he had lent. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z No longer can it be said, as they were wont to say of old, that the Jew is nothing but a usurer or a trader. The Allied Countries and the Jews 2011-03-29T02:00:08.617Z There are people who play the usurer with their kindnesses as well as with their money. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z A rascal of a Jew, a skin-flint of a usurer, lives there. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The miser and the usurer said: "Doubtless this man plunders the provinces." Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Moliere’s notion of the miser’s prodigal son borrowing money from a usurer, and the usurer afterwards proving to be his father, is from La Belle Plaideuse, a comedy of Bois-Robert. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Then carefully feeling his way, the usurer ventured an infamous proposition. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z I perceive that he is ripe for falling into the claws of the usurers: "I don't do that sort of business, my boy," I say. My Little Boy 2011-03-12T03:00:27.087Z It includes attorneys, excisemen, directors, government pensioners, usurers, stock jobbers, with their dependents and descendants. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z Adler gave up his old dissipated habits and became niggardly and a usurer. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Treurenberg has accidentally had resort to the same usurer that transacts my little affairs. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z He only is the true philosopher who uses life as the usurer does his gold, and employs each shining hour so as to insure an ever-increasing rate of interest. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z And they who are not enticed away by emigration are evicted from hearth and home by usurers. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z The central point of A Trick is the hatred of the two usurers, Lucre and Hoard, for one another, both being in the end cheated by the hero Witgood. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z An usurer would be a better authority on the aspect of a gold coin than the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yet in finance the Jew might not be a match for the Chancellor. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z You are a gambler; you borrow money at a high rate of percentage from a usurer, because you are too arrogant or too obstinate to tell me of your debts. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z He might have gotten it from a usurer on a pinch. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z If the land be treated as money, and tenantry as borrowers, people may be sure that the landlord will be an usurer. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z The Jew was the chief usurer of the town, and had half the Moorish inhabitants in his toils; yet his commercial power had counted for nothing against the honor of Islam. The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z The villagers had lost confidence and hope, they were the serfs of dealers and usurers. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z Is it not disgusting to liquidate an old debt to his tailor, and to pay interest to a usurer, with his winnings at play? 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The Catholic Church, by forbidding Christians to take interest, had unintentionally given the Jews a monopoly of the money-market, but with it that odium which attaches to the usurer. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z A well-known usurer in K---- possessed similar papers, having been easily induced over Count Waldheim's name to furnish Bertram with a large sum of money for the liquidation of a pressing gaming debt. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z We know of none half so likely to succeed, as the country extortioner and the country usurer! The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z They are out of debt to dealers and usurers. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z He was a hard usurer and a miser. The Lonely House 2011-01-13T03:01:04.920Z And “never does anyone mention you, but under the name of Jew and usurer,” tallies with Launcelot’s “My master is a very Jew.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z He would rather borrow from the most unscrupulous cut-throat of a usurer than from you, for whom he has, as I know, the profoundest respect. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z Himself a usurer, Shakespeare must have known how much he had invested in Shylock. Book Review - Trials of the Diaspora - By Anthony Julius 2010-05-07T14:49:00Z For the Jew being a usurer, the estate fell into the hands of the King, who might be influenced to cancel the debt for a much smaller amount. Cathedral Cities of England The feeling of the usurer’s grasp is more likely, hereafter, to convince the possessor of the ballot of his duty, than will the artful arraying of one section by corporation talent. Politics of Alabama Hussein was also a usurer and the principal creditor of some Jewish merchants who had a claim against France. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The sovereigns of Europe who protected the Jews did so in view of the large sums which they could exact from their profits as usurers and traders. Races and Immigrants in America "We must take serious measures for defending the nobility;" that is to say—the peasantry who are in the hands of the usurers. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Just as the usurers ever invoke God with their hypocritical "In God's name": and therewithal let their devilish avarice loose to flay and to strip honest folk. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim Ah! then you must know that he is a regular money-grubbing old usurer; but then, let me do the man justice. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 This depraved young man, a spendthrift and a gambler, was already caught in the toils of usurers at the time of his father's death. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico The Jews became their merchants, middlemen, and usurers. Races and Immigrants in America The elder son is rich, but he is a usurer, and his riches give the Rav no satisfaction whatever. Yiddish Tales Many a usurer there is that can spare no time in the week to reckon up his rogueries, that can sit in church of a Sunday and devise how to practise fresh villainies. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim To me, personally, Shund exists neither as a usurer nor as a debauchee. The Progressionists, and Angela. At nightfall Sulamith went to that spot in the old city where, in long rows, stretched the shops of the moneychangers, usurers, and dealers in sweet-smelling condiments. Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity Nay, spare your pains, I know it all; I saw him Drink it with as great greediness as usurers Do unthrifts' lands, or jealous husbands confirm Their cuckoldships by ocular testimony. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 "NOW will I reveal to thee how thou canst escape in spite of the Bey and the usurer, and thou wilt aid us in England." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Yea, and more than that, when is the usurer punished, that yet doth pursue this noble trade in secret, and that too under the cloak of Christian love? The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim Viewed from the standpoint of the times, contemplated in the light of modern intellectual culture, Shund must not really be called good-for-nothing for being a usurer and an admirer of women. The Progressionists, and Angela. The fields that were not so designated had for the most part been sold on account of overdue mortgages or interest and transferred to the aristocratic usurers. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State It seemed a point of honor amongst this class that none should descend to such a union, nor stoop to an alliance with the usurer. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience "Hafiz may lose his head, and the usurer his money-bags, in the storm that is now gathering," said Sidney in his wrath. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Footnote 33: Act as a usurer or cheat. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim It is not a lie, for I am the man whom Shund has strangled with his usurer's clutches. The Progressionists, and Angela. In order to protect themselves against the brutal blackmail of the officials, judges and usurers, they frequently placed themselves under the protectorate of a man of influence and power. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State We might at last make friendships, real friendships, amongst those who would look on us as equals and neighbors, not as usurers and oppressors. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience “I was thinking that we could not raise money under 100 per cent, interest from the Banyan usurer.” My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa My dear young friend, you must certainly have had something to do with usurers before this. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine I am a man whom Providence seems to have chosen to rescue the prey from the jaws of a usurer. The Progressionists, and Angela. And again, in every gentile organization the conflict of interests made itself felt and reached its climax by combining rich and poor, usurers and debtors, in the same gens and tribe. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State He was a usurer, and a cruel one. The Long Arm He has such a mild, insinuating way about him, but always eyed me as the usurer does a suspicious-looking pledge. Waldfried A Novel So is a bailiff who acts on a usurer's writ. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) From this consecrated spot he was to be exiled, driven out with wife and children, through the inhumanity and despicable cunning of an usurer. The Progressionists, and Angela. Under British régime, however, the usurer is protected. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches For I do not doubt it is all correct what the usurer says of the tax-dues and of his purchase of the property. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 My creditors, the usurers, are hounding me to the death; have followed me here to the camp. A Captive of the Roman Eagles The last menace was a shot in the very centre of his magazine, and so the little usurer felt it, as he fidgeted among his papers and concealed his face from me. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Here is my last instance: according to laws of morality, the usurer was at one time a monster, an arch-villain--at present, he is merely a man of great enterprise. The Progressionists, and Angela. “You are the usurer for my money!” said black-legs with delight. Devil Stories An Anthology If thou hadst only seen the murderous dark looks with which the slaves of Zeno, the usurer, threatened their lord and the slave-master, as they were just now driven in chains through the street! Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 This Vertua, by birth a Neapolitan, has been for fifteen years here, in Paris, the most vile, foul, wicked miser and usurer that could exist. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Add not to the coffers of the usurer, but give the power of bestowing to the generous. The Tatler, Volume 3 And this has happened to me to-day--to me, the hated and despised usurer! The Progressionists, and Angela. The festivities last a long time; at intervals the voices of women can be heard outside hurling curses at the usurer. Contemporary Russian Novelists "Severus," said Crispus eagerly to the astonished general, "order the gaoler--there he stands, in the doorway--to release him; Zeno the usurer has caused him to be imprisoned." Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 But it is a shameful calumny when I am accused of being a fraudulent usurer. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II For let me tell you that this Vertua, a Neapolitan by birth, who has been fifteen years in Paris, is the meanest, dirtiest, most pestilent miser and usurer who can be found anywhere. Weird Tales, Vol. II. For a long while the usurer sat thoughtfully, impressed by the ominous scowl and threat, which were not empty ones, for rage and despair swept like a rack over the man's countenance. The Progressionists, and Angela. The English Jews, that eminently commercial race, were, as we have shown in our chapter on Old Jewry, our first bankers and usurers. Old and New London Volume I "Safety! safety!" stammered the usurer; he again thought only of the danger that was following his steps. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 He got rid of his stock of grain, sold his ships, borrowed from the usurers, and made use of trust-money committed to his care. Timar's Two Worlds They do not, as tenants of land, pay half the produce in rentals; nor do they, as anxious traders, pay half their profits to usurers or capitalists. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew In mute suspense the multitude awaited the great speech of the notorious usurer, thief, and debauchee. The Progressionists, and Angela. Pledging the rents of their large landed estates as security for the fulfilment of their contracts with usurers, the Mercers entered on business as life assurance agents. Old and New London Volume I She knew well that the money was ready for the usurer. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 The only safety anchor he could think of was a formal request for a large loan from a Berlin usurer with a large clientèle in the army. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day Beyond, a usurer and four large landowners are seen rejoicing at the flight of the “Property Tax,” an alleviation which is calculated to do no good to any one but themselves. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. You call Shund a usurer, and you say that the indignation of the whole town is upon him. The Progressionists, and Angela. Piers passes from the court to the shop of a dealer in old clothes and an usurer. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare A usurer thou art; and he--he is a murderer of body and soul. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 I have some more addresses of financial men, usurers, you know. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day The usurer, in Robert Greene’s “Groat’s worth of Wit,” compressed all his philosophy into the circle of his ring, having learned sufficient Latin to understand the proverbial motto of “Tu tibi cura!” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 "They are commonly called usurers who put out money at exorbitant, illegal interest." The Progressionists, and Angela. What the creditor—a usurer—wanted was his money, not revenge. When Ghost Meets Ghost The Tribune is slain; Zeno the usurer is dead, murdered by an unknown hand, without doubt by his slaves, so Johannes tells me. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 And there we have the simple genesis of the army usurer, so-called. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day It was this which so frequently cast them into the nets of the “goldsmiths,” and other 406 trading usurers. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 On the other hand, he found this belief repugnant to a usurer's conscience and a hindrance to the free enjoyment of life. The Progressionists, and Angela. Hungary, a land in point of the fertility of her soil, as rich as few in Europe, is overloaded with debt, and her population, pauperized and in the hands of usurers, emigrates in large numbers. Woman under socialism “Now look here–usurer, viper, blanketed thief, honorable sir, you know I’m in a hurry!” The Missourian The usurer is hated, and the hands of the honest men are against him. The Landleaguers I know him, the godly usurer Of York! Collected Poems Volume Two "Get your breath, you fool!" growled the usurer. The Progressionists, and Angela. It is quite other property it tends to destroy; the property, the claim, of the creditor, the mortgagee, the landlord, and usurer, the forestaller, gambling speculator, monopolizer and absentee…. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism “Three dances, no less,” said he, like a usurer demanding his toll. The Rustler of Wind River It has fawned at the feet of emperor and plutocrat, and licked the bloody hand of the usurer who tossed her a pittance of his foul gains! Carmen Ariza Fifth, you shall never do the poor man wrong, Nor spare a priest or usurer. Collected Poems Volume Two Consequently, a usurer has gotten to be an impossibility. The Progressionists, and Angela. Its enemy is not the rich man but the aggressive rich man, the usurer, the sweater, the giant plunderer, who are developing the latent evil of riches. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism Give us the secret!” exclaimed Sinang in a loud voice and in the tone of a defrauded usurer. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' She wants to make us forget that she was born in poverty, and lived in poverty until she married that accursed usurer, Don Gumersindo, and took possession of his dollars. Pepita Ximenez He is a scholar, one who, in the words of Dona Alda his wife, —uses time as usurers do their gold, Making each moment pay him double interest. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 The sight of the wretched couple brought a fierce passion into the usurer's countenance. The Progressionists, and Angela. If I were a usurer I could not put out money to a better advantage. Hidden Hand A usurer––a pawnbroker, is a prince compared to you. The Plunderer Don’t you know that get-rich-quick people always pay a usurer’s interest on the suddenly accumulated principle?” The Gorgeous Girl The niggard in pound and pence is a usurer in happiness; a miser driving a hard bargain with pleasure. The Strollers Another knock was heard at the door, and the usurer, taken by surprise, saw before him the leader Erdblatt. The Progressionists, and Angela. Fathers, husbands, usurers are the foes these champions contend with. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges From necessity she becomes a prey of usurers; for those Lebanon Moths, of which we saw a specimen in the village of bells and potteries, fall mostly in the wardrobe of women. The Book of Khalid And I will cry from the house-tops that you discovered my relations with Henry only after I had paid his debts, after I had financed his excursions to gambling-houses and to usurers' dens. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess The one-eyed usurer looked wicked at this remark, but he said nothing, being occupied at the moment rolling up a paper cigar with one hand, and wetting the brown fore finger of the other. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life Hans Shund seized the pen, and indited newspaper articles of such a character as one would naturally look for from a thief, usurer, and debauchee. The Progressionists, and Angela. Phoebus is nought; Minerva has the cash, Is shrewd, is only usurer to the gods. An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams Those sources of gain are to be regarded as mean in the pursuit of which men are apt to be offended, as are the business of tax-gathers and usurers. The Life of Cicero Volume II. Sanhedrin treated gamblers and usurers as thieves.292.Those who bred pigeons, to bet on their quickness of flight, or to entice their neighbors' pigeons to their dovecotes.293.Lev. xxiii. Hebrew Literature Hereunto add all swearers, all usurers, all liars, and deceivers; all these are called the seed of the devil; and so they are the devil's creatures through their own wickedness. The Pulpit Of The Reformation, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. When a notorious thief and usurer is elected to the chief magistracy and to the legislative assembly, the victory gained is hardly a creditable one to the spirit of progress, my dear Carl. The Progressionists, and Angela. A usurer painted without eyes, for usurers could not weep, sits among flames; devils drive pitchforks into his head, moneybags hang round his neck, he counts and swallows red hot coins. Highways and Byways in Surrey It would be hard in the history of usury to come across the well-ascertained details of a more grasping, griping usurer. The Life of Cicero Volume II. But as usurers, as money-changers, as sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear a comparison with them. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Above Malebolge, at all events till the usurers are reached, a certain dignity of speech and action is the rule. Dante: His Times and His Work Whom did her eyes behold rushing wildly by, like a fugitive, but the generous rescuer of her family from the clutches of the usurer Shund. The Progressionists, and Angela. On the second day they joined the usurer’s party, which was larger and stronger than that of the silk-merchant. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford The greatest of the evils in sight was "the vast conspiracy against mankind," which had demonetized silver, added to the purchasing power of gold, and abridged the supply of money "to fatten usurers." The New Nation A lawyer by profession, but more of a speculator in stocks—a money-lender, in other words, usurer. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West A high and mighty Spanish caballero addresses him as "You Cohn, you cur, You miserable Jew, You wicked usurer." Jewish Literature and Other Essays And when the election of deputies takes place, this same Shund will command enough of the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens to be elected to the legislative assembly, thief and usurer though he be. The Progressionists, and Angela. A banker, usurer, merchant, ship-owner, he had the talent to do business with everybody. The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love "It's supposed to have been an old usurer who came from these parts and had ruined all sorts of people in his time." Anthony Lyveden The very unwelcome sojourn of a Jewish usurer, like himself captive of the Inquisition, in his cell, forced Casanova to delay his projects of escape till after Easter, when the Jew was imprisoned elsewhere. The True Story Book “What a secret!” cried Sinang aloud in a tone of a usurer despoiled. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere The indignation of the whole city is excited against the usurer; and, finally, Shund indulges a certain filthy passion with such effrontery and barefacedness that every respectable female cannot but blush at being near him. The Progressionists, and Angela. Before the Queen's commissioners could assemble, half the usurers and shopkeepers in the City had hurried down into Devonshire to try and gather up a few of the golden crumbs. Raleigh Hell, grown impatient, had sent a sheriff for the usurer's soul…. Anthony Lyveden On whom, then, was vengeance so likely to fall as on the Jews, the usurers and the strangers who lived at enmity with the Christians? The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 The callousness of the younger Loveless—an ugly forerunner of Restoration manners—injures it a little, and the instantaneous and quite unreasonable conversion of the usurer Morecraft a little more. A History of Elizabethan Literature Yet habitually Hans Shund never shook his head, for that proceeding betrays interior emotion, and Shund's neck was as hardened and stiff as his usurer's soul. The Progressionists, and Angela. After all, the General was more fortunate than if he had fallen into the hands of usurers, who, speculating on his weakness, would have ruined him in a much shorter time. Major Frank Woe, woe to the well fed, woe to the strong, woe to the rich, woe to the usurers! The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories He set himself to provide the means of escape from the degrading indebtedness to storekeepers and usurers which is the almost invariable lot of poor peasantries. The Rural Life Problem of the United States Notes of an Irish Observer While in ways like these the clutch of the usurer was relaxed and the general well-being promoted, measures were taken to crown the work by a stable system of finance. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) Was I not obliged to do so in order to show how well the thief, usurer, and filthy dog Shund harmonizes with the spirit of progress? The Progressionists, and Angela. The practice of receiving interest had been confined, until this fifteenth century, with contempt and malediction, to the profession, so styled, of usurers, or to the Jews. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving “The old usurer is at home, I know,” muttered Stephano to himself; for the moment he had knocked a gleam of light, peeping through a crevice in an upper casement, had suddenly disappeared. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf He had haggled with the most ferocious usurers of the island, insulting some, outwitting others in finesse, resorting to persuasion or to bravado, advancing money to satisfy the more urgent creditors, who threatened attachment. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan The old usurer stood there for a few minutes eying Turner thoughtfully. Humorous Ghost Stories The thief, the usurer, the convict, the debauchee? The Progressionists, and Angela. "Now I shall take the whips with which the Lord Jesus drove the usurers and the money changers out of the Temple of the Most High." The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands That is to say, you must reduce their rent, rescue them from the usurers, and retrench expenditure. The Life of Gordon, Volume II It was a veritable salon, more agreeable to him than the house of his forefathers; this was all his own, free from the dread of co-ownership with money lenders and usurers. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan The usurer seemed, indeed, quite in a hurry to write the check and receive the bond for the debt. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. "Simply for this reason, because, he is a usurer and a dissipated wretch." The Progressionists, and Angela. He was a usurer, though he could be very liberal when his policy demanded. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History We find church councils ordering that impenitent usurers should be refused Christian burial and have their wills annulled. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe To think that soon the rude hands of the usurer would profane so much that was old and venerable! The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Those who have no liking for the friars, censure them as egoists and buffoons; as living in concubinage; as gamblers and usurers; as arrogant, and ambitious for power. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Yet I have not told you all concerning the usurer. The Progressionists, and Angela. "I surmised long ago that you were an old usurer," Cabinska was thinking, tinkling her glass with a spoon. The Comedienne Full, however, of generous enthusiasm, and unwilling to leave his work half finished, he borrowed money in all directions, and at length found his way to the famous usurer in the Kolómna. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 No debtor ever haggled with his usurer more doggedly than did Hester with her husband in behalf of her sons. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays U was an usurer, a miserable elf; V was a vintner, who drank all himself. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The usurer is a heartless strangler, an insatiable glutton. The Progressionists, and Angela. Even while we’re sitting here, drinking this Catalan, the mortgagee—that old usurer Martinez—may step in and turn—kick us both out.” The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea In consequence of this, there has settled amongst them a particular class of usurers, who supply petty sums on satisfactory pledges, and at enormous interest. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 And the stranger laughed at these last words with a bitter gayety, which caused a strange thrill to creep along the nerves of the usurer. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 And the next day, the usurer Alfenus received in full the debt, both principal and interest, which he had long despaired of touching. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 Shund the usurer is known to all the town, despised and hated by everybody. The Progressionists, and Angela. "Give me thy Laura—give me her whom Love To thy heart's core endears; The usurer, Bliss, pays every grief—above!" Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Assuredly the spirit of the old usurer has transmigrated into the picture. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 The door closed behind the ruined man, and the usurer drew a long breath, while his bushy brows were contracted in a sort of agony of doubt and irresolute purpose. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 There, give him the gold, Davus; he is a regular usurer. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 In short, the usurer is a monster so frightful, a brute so devoid of conscience, that the very sight of him excites horror and disgust. The Progressionists, and Angela. The Greek is the usurer of the East. A Son of the Immortals Extraordinary was the effect produced upon the mysterious usurer by this declaration. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 He strode up to the table, and planted himself, with folded arms, immediately in front of the usurer. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 No one registers his benefits in a ledger, or, like an exacting usurer, presses to the day and hour for repayment. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Her father had never spoken of the incident, and the curious affection which this high-born lady had for the old usurer of Kieff had ever been a source of wonder to her. The Book of All-Power Now, by this time the enthusiastic usurer had said his say and had his audience, and was straightway pushed on one side. The God of Love The next morning he received back the unfinished portrait, brought to his house by an old woman, the only human being who lived with the usurer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 The usurer almost smiled, so strangely sarcastic was the contraction of his features, as he listened to these words. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 The Middle Ages had handed down two distinct forms of capital—the usurer's capital and the merchant's capital. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics "I deliver up the tax-gatherers to justice!" and in a trice every tax-gatherer, and Jew, and usurer, and fiscal agent was haled towards the bridge and there beheaded, till the Seine ran red beneath. The Story of Rouen They no sooner saw him than they said to each other, "Here is the usurer coming; let us be off, lest the dust raised by his feet touch us and we become cursed like him." Mystics and Saints of Islam A few hours afterwards, on going out, my father learned that the usurer of the Kolómna had died that morning. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 After a brief interval of silence, the usurer methodically rearranged the papers, and returned them to the stranger. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Caught in part, in the fishpond of bad priests, they show themselves ready for everything, and turn out to be souls of old usurers, low jobbers, beggars, when you press them. En Route It was wanted for the rich usurer’s wife, Rosia: and she wished Belasez to come to her with specimens of various patterns, so that she might select the one she preferred. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century Habib Ajami was a rich usurer of Basra, and used to spend most of his time going about and collecting the money which was due to him. Mystics and Saints of Islam These pawnbrokers on a small scale are generally far more pitiless than the aristocratic usurer, whose customers drive to his door in their carriages. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 "None," replied the usurer, already commencing his letter. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 But he had borrowed from the terrible usurer Falsehood, and the loan had mounted and mounted with the years, till he belonged to the usurer, body and soul. Romola A physician's wife putteth her lover for dead in a chest, which two usurers carry off to their own house, gallant and all. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio "I would swear that those are not scarabs, but the spirits of my Phoenician usurers," said Tutmosis the exquisite. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt This usurer was distinguished from all others by the circumstance that he could always supply any sum of money required, and would accommodate alike the needy groom and the extravagant noble. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 No!" growled the usurer, "I give them to you. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 The thin cattle are the usurers, the fat, the poor who trust in God, the youth felling the trees is Death. Italian Popular Tales The statute of thy beauty thou wilt take, Thou usurer, that putt’st forth all to use, And sue a friend came debtor for my sake; So him I lose through my unkind abuse. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles A whole host of usurers swoop down upon the villages, multiplying as the wretchedness of the peasants increases. The Conquest of Bread I am no believer in witchcraft and the like, but I am more than half persuaded some evil spirit is lodged in the portrait of the usurer.' Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 The usurer did not even nod in answer to this prelude. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 I thought perhaps there was some usurer, whom you had heard of, who could let me have the money. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel You married Lady Orlebar, and had entered London society when, of a sudden, the scoundrelly usurer began to put the screw upon you. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime A nobleman in the corner is giving his note to an usurer. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency In Our Mutual Friend is an old patriarch named Aaron, who is a saintly Jew made to do the dirty work of an abominable Christian usurer. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens "That is, if I borrow—" "One hundred," replied the usurer, sharply. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 These banks advanced money at 12 per cent interest—instead of up to 100 per cent, as the usurers generally did. Bulgaria The present watcher, a stoop-shouldered, big, rusty-black bird, was quite indifferent to human presence; he sat on his post like a usurer on his high stool, calculating and immovable. The Wrong Woman Thieves, extortionists, usurers—and in the name of all the virtues! The Daughters of Danaus And the old usurer, too, now beginning to be obstreperous, China Aster paid him his interest and some other pressing debts with money got by, at last, mortgaging the candlery. The Confidence-Man The usurer stretched out his hand for the papers, which he looked over carefully with the same implacable tranquillity, while his visitor entered into explanations as to their substance. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 He was wont to call me usurer; let him look to his bond. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I To do this it had been forced to borrow heavily, so that now all the rates went to the usurer, and no means were available for current affairs. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn The usurers were not able to withstand this onslaught of the chief commander and the aroused people, and they made no reply. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Therefore our old forefathers so much abhorred this trade, that they thought an usurer unworthy to live in the company of Christian men. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature "I can not disdain it!" exclaimed the daughter of the usurer with a sudden impulse of that sublime confidence which a noble and generous soul can alone inspire. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Her face displays contempt for money and other earthly things, which she seems to abhor, while the usurers are the very picture of human avarice and greed. The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) “Bring hither Daireh, the Egyptian usurer,” said the sheikh; “and keep him guarded in the outer court.” For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War In these parables the usurer is presented as a hard man, exacting that which he has not earned and to which he has no right. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View They suffered not an usurer to be witnesse in matters of Law. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature "Sometimes—on good security," replied the usurer, indifferently, forming a critical summary of his visitor's costume at a glance. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 I guess I’m not a usurer, to want interest for a single night. Flaming June "You are only a usurer, after all," he added. A Hungarian Nabob Interest paid could be reclaimed, not only from the usurer but from his heirs. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View When an usurer dyed, they would not suffer him to be buried in places appointed for the buriall of Christians. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature But this idea speedily vanished, as the stranger, relapsing suddenly into silence and conventional behavior, removed his hand from the usurer's shoulder, and strode rapidly but calmly from the apartment. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Well, I found the usurer just coming out of the great western entrance, heathen as he is, looking as pious as a pilgrim. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 Volume 17, New Series, June 19, 1852 In the same document he denounces the bishops as an accursed race, as "thieves, robbers, and usurers." German Culture Past and Present He classed the usurers, in his parables, among the dishonest, who took up what they had not laid down. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View As Samuel sayd to Saul, so may we say to the usurer, Thou hast devised cases and colours to hide thy shame, but what regard hath God to thy cases? On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature No one can commit usury unless some one else participates in the offense by paying the unlawful interest; but the usurer does not escape on that account. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble The usurer is no way profitable to the republic, neither by tilling the ground, by trade, &c.; yet idle at home, would have all to produce to him; hates all he gains not by. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March But, while our legislature passed laws to restrain the usurer in his exactions, the "war profiteer" has no restriction placed on him. The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade The usurer takes the service as due to the thing he owns. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Even so may it truely be sayd to the usurer, Thou art of thy father the divell, and the lusts of thy father thou wilt doe, and therefore thou hast pleasure in his workes. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature The usurers of Syria are as adroit and callous as those of all other countries, and possess no doubt all those repulsive qualities which are the consequence of an habitual control over every generous emotion. Tancred Or, The New Crusade The usurers answer me," says he, "then we will not lend; and what will the poor do? The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Yet here the usurer bestrode him, far heavier weight than on other unfortunate clients. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) The voluntary sacrifice of others to the usurer does not make his gains just. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View The landlord, usurer, or labor-master, does not, and cannot, himself consume all the means of life he collects. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Even usurers have their weak side; some are vain, some envious; Fakredeen knew how to titillate their self-love, or when to give them the opportunity of immolating a rival. Tancred Or, The New Crusade But no more than Freytag can find it in his heart to award the victory to the Hebrew usurer, can Lie violate the proprieties of fiction by permitting Stuwitz to fatten on his spoil. Essays on Scandinavian Literature The leader and most wicked of them also confessed to the murder of the usurer Jusuké and to that of my father Densuké. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) What is this loan worth to you? is the question of the usurer to the borrower. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View In the 13th century Cahors was a financial centre of much importance owing to its colony of Lombard bankers, and the name cahorsin consequently came to signify "banker" or "usurer." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" He had been plundered by every usurer in the Levant, and in turn had taken them in. Tancred Or, The New Crusade A few years later, the country was over-run by a brood of Italian usurers who battened on the inhabitants, reducing many to beggary. London and the Kingdom - Volume I The stingy avaricious Yoémon appeared behind the usurer—until in time his own heavy losses had made him a borrower, and placed him in the hands of his once partner. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) Usually, the usurer is a fourth party that stands yet behind the third party, taking no risks, demanding complete security for his loan and also an increase out of the products of the operators. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View My dear sir, if all the usurers in this great metropolis could only pass in procession before you at this moment, how you would start! Henrietta Temple A Love Story Besso, who had often befriended him, and who had frequently rescued him from the usurers of Beiroot and Sidon, lent a cold ear to these suggestions. Tancred Or, The New Crusade The usurer was summoned down from his breakfast. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Pleading illness Daihachirō remained in Edo, to try and soften the usurer. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) The usurer says, Care for my property and pay me for the opportunity. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View In the mean time he is the first usurer in the world, and will be in the next Parliament.' Henrietta Temple A Love Story Severe sentences of the people are said to have been passed on that year against usurers, for whom a day of trial had been appointed by the ædiles. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 I know the usurer well: years ago we lost a large sum by his villainy. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag The Koulaks and Mir-eaters, and other usurers, often of peasant origin, exhaust the peasant in every way; they then foreclose the mortgages, unite the small pieces of land once more, and reconstitute large estates. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers The usurer gains the preservation of his own perishable property, and he gains also the product of the vital force of his victim. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View He had a power of attorney from an usurer at Malta, and talked of applying to the Horse Guards. Henrietta Temple A Love Story I confess that my method was unconventional; a little more summary than that of the usurers and the strictly legal robbers, but quite as defensible. The Price "He has squandered the money in golden bracelets for a mercenary danseuse, or at dice with his lawless comrades, and he now pays his usurer's bills with the hard earnings of an honest working-man." Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag He named an Armenian gentleman of my acquaintance—an amiable, learned man of modest means, the last person in the country whom I should have thought a usurer. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 If no one was in debt then usurers would be harmless. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Society shrinks from an obscure foundling, a prizefighter, a leg, a hell-keeper, and an usurer. Henrietta Temple A Love Story It is very much to be questioned, whether the dealings of these new usurers were equally open and unexceptionable with those of the old. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. Like a rock in an avalanche, I, pressed on all sides, have got frozen into the midst of the most frightful speculations ever devised by a usurer's brain. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Lucifer left the minstrel in charge of the infernal regions, promising, if he let no souls escape, to treat him on the return with a fat monk roasted, or a usurer dressed with hot sauce. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life It has become a great harvest field, ripe for the usurers. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View He was a usurer as well as a landowner, as had been his fathers before him for many generations. Tales of Destiny But usurers, able to take advantage of the necessities of poor debtors, habitually exacted more, as they do now, and loans on small mortgages or on pawned articles often ran at 30 per cent. The Age of the Reformation This fact is also here worthy of notice, that the Jewish usurer is disappearing or withdrawing wherever the Protestant element is taking firmer ground. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag "Florestan! what are you doing?" remonstrated Louis, as the usurer appeared. A Cardinal Sin No man would suffer the loss of any right or of any property, but it would be the destruction of the device by which the usurers appropriate to themselves the productions of others. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View The Moorish Courts are so venal, so degraded, that it is more often the unscrupulous usurer who wins his case and applies the screw, than the honest trader. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond If, however, a field be bought with the profits of usury, the usurer is bound to pay tithes on the produce, because the latter is not gotten usuriously but given by God. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The usurer's eyes brightened; but he answered, with all due deference, "The baron must be a better judge of that than I can be." Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag "So I have found a rival!" said the usurer to himself. A Cardinal Sin Timon of Athens said, "No usurer, but has a fool for a slave." Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View "I say that I am no usurer, and cannot take unlawful interest," I replied. Dr. Dumany's Wife Nor is it the usurer's acceptance of usury that pleases him, but his lending, which is good. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province I got the amount at last from a wretched usurer at an enormous rate of interest. The Poor Plutocrats "Sir, I will not suffer this!" cried the wrathful usurer. A Cardinal Sin The borrower of the usurer must protect and preserve every farthing in value of the property or goods, and must also increase the amount. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Still, I did not like the obligation he had put me under, and should have preferred to pay interest on the sum even to a common usurer. Dr. Dumany's Wife Yet he that paid usury has a certain claim on that property just as he has on the other goods of the usurer. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province He promised to get them for me from a usurer but told me I should have to give a bill for forty. The Poor Plutocrats "May the devil take him for coming in at this moment!" muttered the usurer between his clenched teeth, as he readjusted the collar of his dressing-gown. A Cardinal Sin The usurer, like all those who appropriate the labors of their slaves, claims that he is a real benefit to his borrower. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View The shop on London Bridge of Dr. Mountchance, apothecary, astrologer, dealer in curios and sometimes money lender and usurer, was in its way picturesque and quaint, but to most tastes would scarcely be called inviting. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Now he that borrows money under a condition of usury consents in the sin of the usurer, and gives him an occasion of sin. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province One gave him a magnificent stone coffin, but this man had been a usurer. The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches "The deuce, my young fellow!" cried the usurer, fiercely. A Cardinal Sin It is the industrious, virtuous and economical young man that is of value to the usurer, and the better his character, the greater his worth. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Here is a specimen of his sketches—the character of a rich usurer— Sanchio. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Now he that seeks to borrow from a usurer gives him an occasion of sin. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Many an usurer, discredited by the appellations of "honest and frugal"; and many a lawyer, with the character of conscientious and "equitable." The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish His physiognomy expressed both intelligence and wit, but often wore a mask of supercilious impertinence when addressing persons of the same stamp as the usurer. A Cardinal Sin For this reason their virtues are cried up to the usurers, as the favorable qualities of the chattel were presented in the slave marts. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Probably the money wherewith he had set up in business had been wrung out of his fellow-peasants in the profession of a kulak, or "fist," as the people expressively term peasant usurers. Russian Rambles Now it seems altogether unlawful to deposit one's money with a usurer, even as it would be unlawful to deposit one's sword with a madman, a maiden with a libertine, or food with a glutton. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province This woman was a usurer on a scale so pitiful and petty that it almost condoned usury. The Portion of Labor Had I known I was entering in competition with a future client I would have abandoned the game," resumed the usurer; "but it is too late now. A Cardinal Sin The usurer's slave is cheaper than the chattel. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View He much wished to make Erle understand that the debt was not his own,—that he was not in the hands of usurers in reference to his own concerns. Phineas Finn The Irish Member Neither therefore is it lawful to borrow from a usurer. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province I used to think that the very portraits on the walls looked at me askance because I was going to marry the usurer's son. The Story of Bawn "The devil! he must have lost his senses!" said the usurer. A Cardinal Sin The usurer has no personal interest in his slave. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View To hear him talk, indeed, you would have supposed he was a usurer. The House by the Church-Yard Now a usurer sins by doing an injury to the person who borrows from him under a condition of usury. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province After a while he retired from business, but the passion clung to him with all the tenacity of a long established habit, and he became a usurer. Effie Maurice Or What do I Love Best "When you stand in need of me you treat me with more delicacy!" sneered the usurer. A Cardinal Sin If for any cause the borrower fails there is scant sympathy from the usurer. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View What law does he not break, this libertine, this usurer? Sunrise In one shop in Chinatown, belonging to a fat Chinese usurer, Willy for very little money came into possession of a quantity of Japanese prints. Atlantis If you were a usurer in gold instead of in rhyme, I would ask how many dollars. The House of the Vampire Drawing a bundle of papers from his pocket, he tossed them carelessly toward the usurer and left the room with his friend. A Cardinal Sin When simple interest is due and paid, it may be loaned to another party, and thus the usurer secures interest upon his interest, though not from the same debtor. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Oxford gave the signal by hunting a Papal legate out of the city amid cries of "usurer" and "simoniac" from the mob of students. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 I, an old man, on my way to the grave, have earned--and rightly earned--the names of usurer and thief. Adrien Leroy The owner of the chapel is a usurer, or money-lender—no speculation answers so well as this snug property. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 "This usurer discovered his secret; how, I cannot say." A Cardinal Sin The custom of usurers, however, is to renew the note, adding the interest to the face, if unpaid. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View His fellows were unjust public weighers, usurers, rioters, habitual tax-evaders, broken debtors, forgers and housebreakers. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt In London, the battle is fought, on an average, at least, once a week; and idleness, and the profits of those sort of petty usurers, called pawnbrokers, are greatly promoted by it. An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged Before the British dominion was established in India, the usurer no doubt existed, but his opportunities were fewer, his position more precarious, and his operations more under control than they are at present. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief This is but the interest of my debt, master usurer; the principal shall be paid you at our next meeting. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 A usurer in any community in one life comes to absorb the wealth of that community, though the amount loaned at the beginning was small. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Yes, most wonderful: they are as dear to one another as an old usurer, and a rich young heir upon a mortgage. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 The hoary usurer pined at the decline of his genius, discoursed on the vanity of the world, and hinted at retreat. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 They were overrun by publicans, farmers of the taxes, agents, confiscators, usurers, bankers, those numerous and insatiable bodies which always flourish in a burdened and complicated revenue. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Fate mistook him; For nature meant him for an usurer: He's fit indeed to buy, not conquer kingdoms. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 These public bonds are the golden opportunity of the usurers. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View There are also usurers in India, but they do not, in my country, call themselves lawyers. In Luck at Last Such was the pious casuistry of a witty usurer. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 He raised the needed money from usurers by giving them a mortgage on his own life estate in Lone itself. The Lost Lady of Lone We have already stated that Fardorougha was not only an extortioner, but a usurer. Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One He but yields himself as a tool to the usurers to continue their loans. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View In the kingdom imagined by that preacher, there is no room for usurers, Mr. Chalker. In Luck at Last In the course of his wanderings through the seven Semyóns he had also reached his ancestral nest, which he had sold for a song to a speculator and usurer well known at that period. A Reckless Character And Other Stories Turn to the moralist—there we find Seneca, a usurer of seven millions, writing on moderate desires on a table of gold. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Mark the lamentable scenes that follow, when the pride of inheritance sinks before the unsparing hand of the usurer, or extortionate mortgagee. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827 The usurers use their power for the advancement of their own material interests, and hold all other purposes of government as inferior to their own ends. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View I have money, Iris, and I have paid the usurer enough to satisfy him. In Luck at Last His fat fingers strangled more certainly than the lean hands of a usurer. His Excellency the Minister There was no crime or drunkenness," says Bentwich, "in those settlements, and the only usurer was a Russian peasant, who charged the Jewish borrowers thirty-six per cent for loans. The Haskalah Movement in Russia Let us once more review our experience with the usurer. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 The usurers received their hold on the state in a time of the greatest need. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Here thou hast unwittingly stumbled upon a treasure-vault of these Spanish usurers. The Flamingo Feather White reported afterwards that the functionaries of St. Petersburg had painted to him the Russian Jew as "a compound of thief and usurer." History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) A considerable proportion of this moneyed class are usurers, living in Paris and other large towns. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 424 Volume 17, New Series, February 14, 1852 Let us summarize the results of eight hundred years of experience in this method of dealing with the usurer’s trade. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 Advantage was taken of this by the usurers to so bind the bank and state together that when one lived the other must, or both must die together. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View That man who, possessing a knowledge of the Vedas, duly sells Soma, becomes in his next life a usurer and quickly meets with destruction. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Footnote: In the conclusion of Beaumont and Fletcher's play of "The Scornful Lady," Morecraft, an usurer, turns a cutter, or, as we now say, a buck. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 He that grinds the poor, and goes against scripture as a usurer, 'ill never find his son do well. Gladys, the Reaper For which risk the small borrower is forced to pay, at a usurer’s rate. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 Shakespeare went to Venice to find his typical usurer in Shylock the Jew. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View I was cruel, vile in conduct, and a usurer. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 The law was, therefore, no oppressor, no monster, no usurer, no austere being, reaping where it had not sown. Heart's Desire "If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer." Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology His followers also sought to inflame the hatred to foreigners for which the greed of Greek and Jewish usurers was so largely responsible. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Antonio was a benevolent great soul, who loved his friends, supported all benevolences, and hated the usurers. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View But there are still plenty of absentee landlords and landlords who are usurers. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People She threw the door wide and the usurer went out cautiously, as if suspecting a trap. The Truce of God But it was almost never so repaid; and with repeated renewals the usurer, by his own showing, used to receive eventually twenty, fifty, and, in some cases, nearly a hundred per cent, for his loan.” Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) His sentiments towards Charles were very similar to those of an heir towards a usurer who has helped him in a temporary strait by mulcting him of his natural rights. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 The contest between the usurers and the people of the Venetian republic was a struggle for the life, but the usurers never relaxed their hold. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View |
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