| 单词 | moneylender |
| 例句 | The Germans called the counting board a Rechenbank, which is why we call moneylenders banks. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Mamá, Lupita knew, would have had to go to the moneylender to pay for a coffin and a new shirt. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z After him it was a Cealdish moneylender who shook my hand and offered to buy me a drink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She had kept her maid’s job and was saving money to repay the moneylender. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Even Christ, I said, when he was left with no alternative, used force to expel the moneylenders from the temple. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When she’d asked Mamá earlier if she and Salvador must leave so quickly, Mamá told her that Uncle Antonio had arranged to get the money from the moneylender first thing in the morning. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Her voice sharp, Lupita scolded, “Salvador, she will need money to live on even after she pays the moneylender.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Mamá was saving to pay the moneylender, she was working in the fields to help, and Salvador was thinking of buying a motorcycle! Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The courts were run by Christians and seldom resolved lawsuits in favor of Jewish moneylenders. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “Your mother cannot pay the moneylender back out of what she earns at Señor Aguilar’s hotel and feed and keep you all, too. You and your brother Salvador must help her.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Why, yes! Right on the old bridge, where the moneylenders are. Send the Jews quite a message, right, my sweet?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was roughly four times what even the most avaricious moneylender would charge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then one day Biswas, the moneylender, stopped me in the street. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He had gone to the moneylender, and now he handed the borrowed eight hundred pesos to her mother. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The Academy had taught us about rules the way a fundamentalist teaches the Bible in church, taking literally the injunctions about moneylenders and Armageddon and wives who existed to serve husbands. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The three moneylenders nodded, bowing their heads, their eyes averted. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “We cannot eat the book, and the moneylender will give me a good sum. My husband always said it was valuable.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The moneylenders have finally gotten Jesus out of the temple. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The brass bowls, Sass’s best sari, and her silver bangles were all carried to the moneylender in the village. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z That was one of the reasons the interest rates were so high — the moneylender ran the risk of losing his money altogether. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z "There's a moneylender from Braavos, holding fancy papers and the like, requests to see the king about payment on some loan." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was the daughter of a local moneylender, and we talked of small things, briefly, before she moved on. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You can take this to any moneylender on either side of the river,” she said cheerfully as she handed it to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Second, he made his main moneylender from Rome a top adviser. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z On the days Sass returned from the moneylender, she would stare and stare at me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z A Cealdish moneylender could take you to court if you didn’t repay your loan. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Even Christ had chased the moneylenders from the temple, and Lydia’s friendship was a temple to him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z More like a moneylender with a hooked nose and corkscrew payos, one gnarled hand clutching a sack of money close to his heart and the other hand outstretched for more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As you’ve no doubt heard, this would be Shakespeare’s least funny “comedy,” “The Merchant of Venice,” starring Al Pacino as the Jewish moneylender Shylock. It?s Been a Gloomy Summer on New York Stages 2010-07-28T17:57:00Z "The Merchant of Venice": Shivering through Rauch's outdoor rendering of the "problem play" that pits Jewish moneylender Shylock against bigoted gentile Venetians is not ideal. Oregon Shakespeare Festival celebrates 75th year with intriguing interpretations 2010-06-25T21:24:00Z Because Shylock, the Jewish moneylender who infamously demands a pound of flesh in “The Merchant of Venice,” is, if a villain, a complicated one: persecuted, spit upon and scorned by Christians for being a Jew. ‘All the Devils’ Review: Patrick Page as Friendly Guide Investigating Evil 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z There is some drama worked up in spots — the overturning of the tables of the moneylenders, the scourging, the Crucifixion — but mostly we are left to fill in the spiritual blanks. Temporal approach sets the tone in 'Killing Jesus' 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z “They were completely in the hands of a man who was like an old-fashioned Indian moneylender,” Loewenstein writes, “who takes everything and only releases to others a tiny sliver of income, before tax.” Secrets of the “Exile” sessions: Drugs, sex and madness as the Rolling Stones took over France 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Hassan is low-key as he describes his position as an Arab actor with dwindling opportunities in Israel, ironically hitting a peak playing the Jewish moneylender Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice.” Review | This documentary play about Israeli artists is a raw, uneasy 80 minutes 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z But by making it, isn’t Fox, for all its show of piety, behaving more like the moneylenders in the temple? Fox's live TV crucifixion musical The Passion sounds like an unholy mess 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Most of the Jews in England worked as peddlers or moneylenders; they were widely looked down upon if not despised. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 10: Oliver Twist 2012-01-27T18:23:43Z A seaman from British Somaliland residing in Cardiff, Mattan was wrongfully convicted of the murder of Lily Volpert, a Jewish shopkeeper and moneylender, in the predominantly immigrant community of Tiger Bay. In Nadifa Mohamed’s Latest, a Man Hangs for a Murder He Didn’t Commit 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z In “District Merchants,” the Shylock of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” is re-imagined as a businessman and moneylender in Reconstruction-era Washington, D.C. The election is on everyone's mind as SCR presents 'All the Way' and 'District Merchants' 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “The essential nature of art is freedom,” said the Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham, whose many credits include Shylock, the Jewish moneylender of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” though Mr. Abraham is not Jewish. Who Can Play the King? Representation Questions Fuel Casting Debates. 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Once she showed some officers El Greco’s “The Purification of the Temple,” which depicts Jesus expelling the moneylenders amid turmoil and mayhem. Off the Beat and Into a Museum: Art Helps Police Officers Learn to Look 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z You could say that taxpayers are basically moneylenders to a government that is far more interested in subsidizing business than in caring for their workers, but would anyone believe you? The glamorous life of a whistleblower: Working a dead-end job for minimum wage 2014-04-25T12:15:00Z Ginsburg’s acting talents will be put to a test in her cameo as a judge in the play’s trial the Venetian Jewish moneylender, Shylock. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Make a Cameo in 'The Merchant of Venice' 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z The mock appeal began where the play ended: Shylock, the conniving Venetian Jewish moneylender, insists on collecting a pound of flesh from Antonio, who has defaulted on a loan. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Presides Over Shylock’s Appeal 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Guillaume Blanc, a talented but as yet undiscovered artist, engages in an increasingly desperate search for enough cash to fend off a thuggish moneylender. A Novel That Unfolds in a Day, and Other Historical Fiction 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z He remembers lines, too, that have been stored in his brain ever since — like the “Hath not a Jew eyes” speech, in which his character, the moneylender Shylock, asserts his own humanity. Artistically in Sync, and Reunited for ‘The Merchant of Venice’ 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The grotesquely drawn character of Shylock, the vengeful Jewish moneylender, usually runs away with the show, while casting a sour pall over the fairy-tale romantic couplings and comic high jinks that surround him. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Speaking the Same Language 2010-12-01T21:17:00Z No. Was it quiet diplomacy when Jesus drove moneylenders out of the Temple forecourt? Look to the gospels, not the pope 2010-12-02T12:21:00Z The moneylender Joseph Oppenheimer Süß inveigles his way into his graces. The 'Nazi Marilyn Monroe': Goebbels had very nice eyes – but he was a devil! 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z So, while Jews in places like Umbria and Lazio were imprisoned or exiled, in Pitigliano they worked as moneylenders, carpenters, cobblers and tailors. Cultured Traveler: A ‘Little Jerusalem’ in the Heart of Italy 2012-11-22T18:40:22Z In a sense you could see all of those pamphlets explaining the system as a way of saying, it's not just the moneylender who's responsible for all your woes. Naomi Klein on her "Doppelganger" — the "other Naomi" — and navigating the far-right mirror universe 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Mr Abbas said Adolf Hitler ordered the mass murder of Jews because of their "social role" as moneylenders, rather than out of animosity to Judaism. Outrage over Abbas's antisemitic speech on Jews and Holocaust 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z "D", not his real name, has worked as an illegal moneylender for two decades, and says business has never been so good. The people making money from the pain of soaring prices 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Being exempt from the financial provisions of sharia, which forbade charging interest on loans, Jewish people rose to prominence as moneylenders and bankers, usually serving both Muslim and Christian clients. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Dante sent moneylenders to the seventh circle of hell. Why Poverty Persists in America 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z If she wasn't able to use pawnbrokers she says the only alternative would be doorstep lending or loan sharks - illegal moneylenders who often charge very high interest rates. 'I pawned my laptop to pay for food and petrol' 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z "But what I would say to people is that no matter how difficult it is, please don't use a local moneylender, because it really is jumping out of the frying pan into the fire." Loan sharks trap poorest as cost of living crisis bites 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Another active illegal moneylender we spoke to, "M", claims to have lent millions of pounds to clients over the past 20 years. The people making money from the pain of soaring prices 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z But all that is derailed when she’s betrothed to “ruthless moneylender and occasional murderer” Clarence “Little Man” Henry to settle her father’s gambling debts. Review | The delectable ‘Black Cake’ considers how history and chance alter a family 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Scandals had exposed moneylenders and scam banks operating throughout Kolkata’s slums, with some residents reportedly killing themselves after losing their life savings to a crook. The unlisted: how people without an address are stripped of their basic rights 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Shylock is a ruthless Jewish moneylender and principal antagonist in The Merchant of Venice. Labour candidate quits over 'Shylock' comment 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z And so they resort to an underworld of private, unregulated moneylenders who charge usurious rates, according to government officials as well as borrowers. ‘Achieving the American Dream’ With a Loan and a Smuggler 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z In a report last year, the right-leaning think tank the Centre for Social Justice estimated that about one million people in England could owe money to illegal moneylenders. The people making money from the pain of soaring prices 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Not for nothing do historical dictionaries of English slang record the noun “uncle” as a code for pawn-brokers, moneylenders and toilets. What does it mean to be an uncle? I have no blueprint for the love I feel for my nephew | Tiger Webb 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Paying al-Shabab’s taxes is relatively straightforward and happens through banks, mobile money transfers and the age-old “hawala” system of moneylenders prevalent in Somalia and some Middle Eastern countries, the traders said. ‘If I don’t pay, they kill me’: Al-Shabab tightens grip on Somalia with growing tax racket - The Washington Post 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z “Yet too many women are stuck in the era of the moneylender and the forced chicken sale.” Melinda Gates pushes G7 to close digital gender gap in Africa 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Otherwise, the land becomes the property of the moneylender. ‘Achieving the American Dream’ With a Loan and a Smuggler 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Research also suggests that clients were more likely than the average person to have been refused credit elsewhere before turning to an illegal moneylender. The people making money from the pain of soaring prices 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The Merchant of Venice Parson’s Nose stages a condensed version of Shakespeare’s tale about a Venetian businessman who borrows a substantial sum from a Jewish moneylender. SoCal theater listings, April 28-May 5: ‘Two Pints,’ ‘Daniel’s Husband’ and more 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Burdened with debts, often on usurious terms from local moneylenders, thousands of farmers are killing themselves each year. The verdict on India’s strongman, Narendra Modi 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Other aspects of Mr. Wepner’s life reflected in the “Rocky” films include him as an enforcer for local moneylenders. ‘Rocky’ Has a Statue in Philadelphia. Now the ‘Real Rocky’ Will Get One in Jersey. 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z One migrant from Sololá, now living in New York, said he paid a smuggler $12,000 with funds from a moneylender. ‘Achieving the American Dream’ With a Loan and a Smuggler 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z In this view, we should obviously use our immigration system to filter in only the best free throw shooters, the most beautiful models, the richest moneylenders, the cleverest scientists, etc. America only wants the 'best' immigrants, but would its own people pass the test? | Conor P Williams 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The Jewish moneylender Shylock asked in “The Merchant of Venice,” inquiring whether his humanity matched that of his Christian clients. Opinion | The Patriarchy Will Always Have Its Revenge 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z “After that,” Miryem concludes dispassionately, “I was the moneylender in our town. And I was a good moneylender.” With Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik cements her status as one of the great YA fantasy authors 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Loans and crop insurance have tended to flow to better-off, more literate farmers, leaving others at the mercy of moneylenders. India’s government claims to subsidise farmers, but actually hurts them 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z A moneylender’s daughter, even a bad moneylender, learns her numbers. Read an excerpt from Naomi Novik’s next novel, Spinning Silver 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z When it does, the financial markets will be upended and the “moneylenders,” judges and bureaucrats he says worked to break his family apart will be punished, he said. The bottleneck in Seattle’s homeless shelters that leaves thousands on the streets 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z It Is obvious that Universities work hand in glove with moneylenders to drive up educational cost to generate as much, non-dischargeable, as possible. Student Loan Facts They Wish They Had Known 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Actually, to be precise, Spinning Silver’s heroine Miryem is a moneylender’s daughter. With Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik cements her status as one of the great YA fantasy authors 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Now, a decade later, the moneylenders are quietly wondering if 2017 is the year in which their industry turns a corner. The three Rs behind global banks’ recovery 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z My mother’s father was a moneylender, too, but he was a very good one. Read an excerpt from Naomi Novik’s next novel, Spinning Silver 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The advent of the unregulated global economy created the perfect petrie dish for the worldwide development of crony capitalism by the corporatists and the capitalist moneylenders. Which Labor Market Data Should You Believe? 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z It Is obvious that Universities work hand in glove with moneylenders to drive up educational cost to generate as much, non-dischargeable, as... Student Loan Facts They Wish They Had Known 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z The moneylenders back in Bangladesh had started visiting the men’s families, demanding repayments. A slave in Scotland: ‘I fell into a trap – and I couldn't get out’ 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Instead of directing the play in yet another production that wrestles with the problematic character of the Jewish moneylender Shylock, Posner used Shakespeare’s characters and basic plot to write an almost entirely new script. Coming to the Folger: The Merchant of . . . D.C.? 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z This sends farmers into the arms of informal moneylenders, who charge as much as 10% a month, fuelling a cycle of debt that often ends with farmers losing their land. The Burma road 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The Catholic Church forbade usury, so Jews thrived as moneylenders - the trade of Shylock in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" - and ran pawn shops, both activities for a mostly Christian clientele. Jews of world's first ghetto reflect on Europe's migrant crisis 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z She took advances on her salary, which were interest-free, rather than patronizing the local moneylenders. Indian Women Seeking Jobs Confront Taboos and Threats 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z His moneylenders there have even threatened to force him to sell one of his kidneys to repay his debts. A slave in Scotland: ‘I fell into a trap – and I couldn't get out’ 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z To pay the attorney, Bueno had taken out a series of loans from an informal moneylender, who charged 5 percent interest every week. The Deported 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z In some cases the same moneylenders who exploited Rance's wife were involved. The Phuket property nightmare - BBC News 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z This partly due to China’s slowing economy, meaning falling revenues for moneylenders that rely heavily on tourists from the mainland. Macau Casinos Take Out Special Kidnapping Insurance 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z One morning, a moneylender stormed down the lane, bellowing, “Give me my money or I will take your bicycle!” Indian Women Seeking Jobs Confront Taboos and Threats 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Fauja worked in jobs ranging from night watchman to milk vendor and moneylender. Singapore at 50: From swamp to skyscrapers 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Speaking before the Legal Services Corporation’s 40th anniversary conference on Tuesday, Biden decried financial “shylocks,” a reference to the ruthless Jewish moneylender from William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” Biden tamps down 2016 speculation during Iowa visit 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Shylock is the villain in Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” who plays a Jewish moneylender who mercilessly demands a “pound of flesh” from the merchant who defaults on a loan. Jewish group condemns Joe Biden for ‘Shylocks’ remark 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z As pressure from the banks and moneylenders built up, Ajay took his own life. Suicide in India: 'My son was hardworking but he had no support' 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The scheme will also help diminish the influence of moneylenders and other informal lending agencies who operate outside the control of the country's central bank. India launches bank accounts for all 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Modi, the son of a tea vendor, also spoke of plans to provide bank accounts to those who fall into the grip of moneylenders. New Indian leader Modi raises issue of rape on Independence Day 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z He did, however, announce an initiative to improve access to financial services for the two-fifths of Indians who lack a bank account and are often at the mercy of moneylenders who charge extortionate interest. India's Modi vows to fix government muddle 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Higher interest rates do not deter borrowers, possibly because the alternatives—such as moneylenders—are so much worse. Microfinance: Don't charge to enlarge 2014-02-06T14:34:03Z The backers tipped over chairs in the makeshift courtroom at a Methodist summer camp about 45 miles northwest of Philadelphia, symbolizing Jesus overturning moneylenders' tables in the Temple in Jerusalem. U.S. pastor sentenced to suspension for performing son's gay marriage 2013-11-20T05:54:05Z Women are also less likely to get credit, whether from a bank or a more informal moneylender. Gender and finance: Discrimination abounds 2013-11-19T08:14:50Z Mr. Liu then lent the cash to moneylenders here at an interest rate of 10.4 percent, planning to pocket the difference. Easy Credit Dries Up, Crippling Chinese Cities 2013-08-16T01:26:51Z Opposing the supporters' bid is Balram Chainrai, the Hong Kong‑based moneylender still fighting to recoup some of the loans he made to an overspent, sinking Pompey two insolvencies and a couple of owners ago. High Court case starts to determine the value of Portsmouth FC's home ground 2013-04-09T17:00:02Z In 1944, a jury found Jacob Drucker guilty of the murder of Walter Sage, a Brooklyn moneylender whose body was found “riddled with ice-pick holes” and strapped to a slot machine frame. Ice Picks Are Still Used as Weapons 2012-09-01T01:54:12Z First, informal moneylenders will be encouraged to register as private lending institutions free to operate with the blessing of the state. Shadow banking in China: The Wenzhou experiment 2012-04-04T15:00:00Z The tribe were then disarmed, and endured unresistingly the licence and greed of Roman officials and Roman moneylenders, till goaded into madness, twelve years later, by the wrongs of their "warrior-queen," Boadicea. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The moneylenders who borrowed from Mr. Liu defaulted, and now he is struggling to repay the bank. Easy Credit Dries Up, Crippling Chinese Cities 2013-08-16T01:26:51Z Though he prudently keeps out of sight, it is hardly a dignified thing that the great Nebuchadnezzar should appear as a moneylender, even by proxy, as he seems to do in the following document. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z Dante consigned moneylenders to the seventh circle of hell—the one also populated by the inhabitants of Sodom and “other practisers of unnatural vice”. Schumpeter: The dangers of demonology 2012-01-05T16:00:47Z If it looks as if the moneylender would be too strong for you, and you're short of funds, you can write to me. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Of course a moneylender was different, but what security could he offer? The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z "I ended up paying back my loan 10 times," said Dimitrios, adding that his moneylender would demand a 50 percent interest on missed payments, dramatically increasing his debts. Insight: In Greece, loan sharks compound the pain 2011-11-23T07:05:42Z A moneylender, if he demands an excessive interest, incurs the hatred of men. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Cosmopolitan moneylenders were harder to tax than immobile landowners, governments grumbled. Schumpeter: The dangers of demonology 2012-01-05T16:00:47Z After all, he would rather fall into Harding's hands than the moneylender's. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z By September over 100 moneylenders were showing up at his premises every day demanding repayment. China?s economy: Hitting the kerb 2011-10-20T09:33:16Z In a sudden twist of fate, the moneylender died earlier this year of a heart attack, ending the campaign of threats. Insight: In Greece, loan sharks compound the pain 2011-11-23T07:05:42Z Moreover, the growing luxury of the times made them feel still more acutely the limitation of their incomes; and the moneylenders of Chaucer’s day found their best customers among country magnates. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z It even knew old Beckwith, my senior, had got deeply into debt through his wife’s doctor’s bills, and had been fool enough to go to the moneylenders. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Carlyon was, of course, a fool who deserved his fate, but his pluck had roused the moneylender's sympathy. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Finally, the rating agencies have the point of view of moneylenders rather than economists or equity investors or citizens. America's economy: Downgraded 2011-08-07T20:55:52Z That's what happened to Dimitrios, who says a friend in his neighborhood put him onto his moneylender, saying he knew someone who had talked of people who could help him out. Insight: In Greece, loan sharks compound the pain 2011-11-23T07:05:42Z If the introduction, then, of foreign capital 247 be discountenanced and discouraged, the American moneylender may fix his own rate anywhere from five to twelve per cent. per annum. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z Some rose to skilled positions in the colonial civil service and military, while others became businessmen, teachers, doctors, and moneylenders. India Conquers the World 2011-07-25T05:00:00Z He was in the moneylender's hands, and to comply with his exactions would not end them. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z She went to a local moneylender, and was soon caught in a cycle of rocketing interest payments. Easy money? 2011-06-29T06:21:29Z Ivor Hadwin, Bellshaw's trainer, had been a great rider of rough, unbroken horses on his father's station, before they fell on evil times, were ruined by drought and moneylenders, and came to Sydney. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z One time the bankers and moneylenders and brokers in Wall street, sent on a committee to see the Ginneral, to honey fuggle him into not vetoing the Bank bill. Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z For myself I have always thought that the moneylender, if he be a real moneylender and not merely a fee-snatcher, is by no means the worst setter of flat-traps. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z It would be worse to let the moneylender sell it out to small farmers under a new mortgage and grind them down until they and the land were starved. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z He called the room in which he did business with the Jew moneylenders his “Jerusalem chamber.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z I declare to you, if you refuse, I will sell it to-morrow to the first moneylender I can find, and send you my debt in hard cash. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Shylock is a Jew, therefore a moneylender; a moneylender, therefore rich; rich, yet a miser, and therefore of little value to the community, which remains unbenefited by his usurious loans. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z I have an uneasy feeling that if moneylenders were Nonconformists or Churchmen, instead of being Jews, we should love them better. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z He felt much less bitter against the moneylender, who had helped to ruin him, than he did against Harding, whom he had injured. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Traps—traps—traps, every one on ’em, as the poor fellows know as has had any dealings with the moneylenders. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z A moneylender chipped in another loan worth $440 that is yet to be repaid. Blood debt 2010-12-16T10:12:34Z Both are moneylenders, who when asked for a loan declare that it is necessary for them to borrow the sum required from a friend. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z This has been attempted with the moneylender, but not at present with very great success. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z It had not occurred to them that the moneylender might suspect the forgery. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Asking communities to change centuries-old business relationships, like the one between moneylender and opium farmer, takes time and, above all, trust. How We Should Honor Afghanistan's Slain Aid Workers 2010-10-16T18:45:00Z In turn, moneylenders slip money to clerks to let them use the ration cards to collect the subsidized grain, sugar and fuel. With Many Still Starving, India Rethinks Its Safety Net 2010-08-08T23:53:00Z Now if we go back to the Latin Comedies and consider the origin of the moneylender, we find a type of character similar to that of Shylock. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z How can a State for very shame prate about the extortion of moneylenders when it adds forty per cent. on to a small debt like this for costs? The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z "They wanted to know what you thought about Nazis and the Jewish community," says Trautmann, who admits that "deep down" he then still viewed Jews as moneylenders and profiteers. Bert Trautmann: from Nazi paratrooper to hero of Manchester City 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z That is about double the rate at which they borrow from banks, but still lower than moneylenders. Profiting from poverty? Microfinance IPO sparks debate 2010-04-09T07:53:00Z In fact, Christian moneylenders were sometimes legally designated as temporary Jews when they lent money to English and French kings. 2010-02-12T18:43:00Z Very pleasing intelligence this, doctor," said the moneylender, rubbing his hands, "and I am free to own, very surprising also! Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) It was as popular with the sharks of the eighteenth century as the present imprisonment is with the moneylenders and tally-men of to-day. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z He acted as banker and moneylender, and general go-between in financial transactions, some of which had political aims. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Pray, don't think I introduced you to a man who, however pleasant, and perhaps honest, is still a moneylender. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. In rural centers, as moneylenders, they also became the middlemen between landlords and peasants; as such, the Jew became a symbol of oppression, which over the years was transferred into intense anti-Semitism. Area Handbook for Romania The violent tone of the interruption startled the moneylender, who hastened to concur with the sentiment, while he faltered out— "Remember, gentlemen, I speak only from hearsay; of myself I know nothing." Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) The Roman laws against the debtor upon which we have ultimately modelled our own were equally harsh and would nearly satisfy the moneylender or tally-man of any age. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z The upper class comprised professional people and intellectuals; medium and small merchants; moneylenders; and well-to-do artisans, whose capital was invested mostly in trade, commerce, and the Italian industrial concessions. Area Handbook for Albania Mark the supercilious air with which the vulgar moneylender hands his hat to Nicholas, and the unveiled contempt with which he receives the attentions of poor Mrs. Nickleby and her daughter. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. It is thus that German cities have established their public pawnshops, and have saved the poor man from the clutches of the moneylender. German Problems and Personalities In recent times the modern Egyptians have wiped off that old score by spoiling a few Jewish moneylenders, and so returned tit for tat. Bible Romances First Series The tally-men, the moneylenders, the flash jewellery touts, the sellers of costly Bibles in series, of gramophones and other luxuries of the mean streets, these are the knaves the State caters for. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z The kingdom, He announced, was not to be of this our world of moneylenders. Is civilization a disease? Our plains Elysian suffer an invasion of lawyers and physicians, of merchants and moneylenders. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war She had passed the last afternoon interviewing moneylenders, but they had all laughed in her face—which had simply called forth her contempt for them. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real It is usual from such instances to expatiate on the temple, or the priests, as the great moneylenders. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters The entire national liability has been discharged to the moneylenders by the people once during the last thirty-seven years. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals A petty knave, a toady and buffoon, of fairly good, though undeveloped, intelligence, he was, above all, a moneylender, who grew bolder with growing prosperity. The Brothers Karamazov He glowed with pleasure as he looked forward to a time when moneylenders and dunning creditors would be conspicuously absent. Colorado Jim He could not guess the nature of the negotiations she had apparently begun, though he had a suspicion she was offering her genius to moneylenders as a security for some gigantic advance. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real He seems to have been the usual moneylender, so much so that in many places “merchant” and “creditor” are interchangeable. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters A moneylender in London might be like Judas Iscariot; but a moneylender in Moscow must be like Judas Maccabaeus. What I Saw in America Their almost instinctive propensity for amassing wealth gave them a powerful lever for moving any who were in need of the moneylender; and there were few who were not. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter He knew, for example, that the immaculate managing director of Punsonby's was in the hands of moneylenders, and that those moneylenders were squeezing him. The Green Rust As for my debts, it does not trouble me in the least that the moneylenders should be so troubled about them. The Eyes of Asia But how the surplus-value is divided among landlords, moneylenders, creditors, speculators, and actual employers is a matter of absolutely no moment to the workers as a class. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles You were bound to keep up appearances, and, in order to do so, got into the hands of Eli Moser, the moneylender. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime As a rule, the Bairāgi landowners and moneylenders are not found to be particularly good specimens of their class. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II White was one of those financial shuttlecocks which shrewd moneylenders toss from one to the other. The Green Rust But for the Army and the Police the people would have killed all moneylenders. The Eyes of Asia Few of these people engage in agriculture; they are sometimes mechanics, but more often peddlers, storekeepers, bankers and moneylenders. The Story of Russia Many of them have become moneylenders in a small way, and by this means have acquired villages. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala They must have money to sow their land, and live while the crops are growing, and the majority who have no capital are at the moneylender’s mercy. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II In the meantime he was in the hands of Moss Ibramovitch, trading as the Union Jack Investment and Mortgage Corporation, licensed and registered as a moneylender according to law. The Green Rust They do not use opium, but they delight in horses, and sport and women, and are perpetually in debt to the moneylender. The Eyes of Asia Here many of them have prospered so that they have abandoned the hereditary calling and become landowners, traders and moneylenders. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Whatever may happen to other classes the Rāghvi will never give way to the moneylender. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The Khedāwāls are clever and astute, and many of them are the agents of landowners and moneylenders, while a large proportion are in the service of the Government. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II One of them was that the Jews became almost the only moneylenders in Europe. Historical and Political Essays There was once a moneylender who had two men owing him money. The King Nobody Wanted One day he had been sent to play the usual proceedings to Mr. George Harker, presuming, naturally enough, that being a moneylender he was rich, and hearing that he had a liking for "old masters." Adrien Leroy Several of them are moneylenders in a small way, and a few are mālguzārs.” The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Lastly the grant of proprietary and transferable right to land has afforded a new incentive and reward to the successful moneylender. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II He punished corrupt judges, protected citizens against unjust governors, reviewed the transactions of moneylenders with determination to curb extortionate demands, and kept a watchful eye on the operations of taxgatherers. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Neither of them had anything with which to pay him back, so the moneylender told them both to forget about the debt—that they didn't need to pay. The King Nobody Wanted The picture he intended--through Mr. Harker--to compel one of the firm's wealthy clients to take as part of a loan, a well-known trick of the worst class of moneylenders. Adrien Leroy Nor do Indian politicians say much about the native moneylender, who is far more responsible than the tax-gatherer for the poverty of the peasant. Indian Unrest It is the casual moneylender with little or no capital who lives by his wits, or the large firms with shops and agents scattered over the face of the country who work the serious mischief. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II "You don't owe me the money at all; I made no bargain with you; I am not a moneylender." The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Law We are as essentially a race of lawyers as the Jews are a race of moneylenders. The Young Priest's Keepsake "Hem! well, I suppose it's the truth; though, of course, all moneylenders are rogues--and you're only a moneylender, you know." Adrien Leroy One man with whom I spoke about the morality of the village said cautiously, "They say there are some moneylenders here." 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 When the moneylender lived in the village he had an interest in the solvency of the tenants who constituted his clientèle and was also amenable to public opinion, even though not of his own caste. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Woe, woe to them that are well fed, woe to the mighty, woe to the rich, woe to the moneylenders! The Chorus Girl and Other Stories I would go into the passage or the kitchen for the servant, and there Jews, tradesmen, moneylenders, would be waiting for him to come home. The Darling and Other Stories She ran into debt, and was swindled by the moneylenders; her steward cheated her, her servants pilfered her; her distress was at last acute. Books and Characters French and English It was also true of the richer traders, merchants and moneylenders, particularly of the third and fourth generations. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History They trade in grain and groceries, and are bankers and moneylenders. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Here is one that explains a great deal: There was a Pathan, a Mohammedan, in a Hindu village, employed by the village moneylender as a debt-collector, which is not a popular trade. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) But then, by "economics," of course, I mean not a merchant's profit or a moneylender's interest, but the method by which men earn their bread, which must also mean the kind of life they lead. Peace Theories and the Balkan War Burglars have broken into an East End moneylender's office. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 23, 1919 And so it chooses the primrose path of dalliance with a moneylender. International Finance And some time afterwards, while the dog was with the moneylender, a theft was committed in his house, and the dog followed the thieves and saw them throw the property into a tank. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II A pleasant thing for me to have all my friends talking about Charles Daffy, the bookmaker and the moneylender! The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories To all of this Mr. Chesterton replies: "That only concerns the Jews and the moneylenders." Peace Theories and the Balkan War I think the South African War was a dirty work which we did under the whips of moneylenders. The Crimes of England In ordinary life, and in the relations between moneylender and borrower at home, no such question could be asked. International Finance Another worthy has a reputation of being a ruthless moneylender whose rumored 'sex scandals' could even put Jalgaon to shame, as the BJP leadership is itself known to have once argued. Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press Moreover, their lords and the moneylenders of the towns were generally no longer alive, so that many peasants had become free of debt. A History of China When the door of Gurneys', the moneylenders, opened to his touch, and drew him abruptly from his speculations, his first emotion was a quick irritation that chance should interfere with his thoughts. The Ghost Ship Crane had already notified him that they must be paid, and he knew enough of his moneylender, and of the anger which he had roused, to know that no extension would be granted him. Tom Grogan The international moneylender, on the other hand, if his debtor defaults may, if he is lucky, induce his Government to bring diplomatic pressure to bear, for whatever that may be worth. International Finance Carefully kept account books of her personal expenses were mixed up with billets dous, paints and pomades, moneylenders' circulars, belladonna and cantharides. A Book of Remarkable Criminals Here was the guileless person who was not a professional moneylender, but who would be glad to correspond, etc. Beyond the City She had big brown eyes and fair floating hair, and under her white chin and about her little white wrists were soft furs; for her father was a wealthy moneylender. The Faery Tales of Weir "You seem to find it so," replied the moneylender. Mr. Justice Raffles The world as a whole could not grow in wealth without enriching the people that was the greatest buyer and seller, the greatest moneylender and the greatest carrier. International Finance His father left everything to the moneylenders, so to speak, and David couldn't bear to see his mother poverty-stricken. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story "This is beside the question," said the moneylender with a deprecatory shrug. Beyond the City Having provisions from his estate to support his family and labourers, he applies his whole staple commodities for the purposes of answering the demands of the merchant and moneylender. An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 The moneylender was watching me with bright eyes and lips I could no longer see. Mr. Justice Raffles Tut! tut!' he added, picking up a moneylender's threatening letter to a widow, 'it is astonishing how these people interfere with the most sacred rights! The Path to Rome He gave an order which I did not understand, and a wretched Bombay writer, I suppose a clerk of some moneylender, was dragged forward. Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril The moneylender opened it and dipped his pen into the ink. Beyond the City Failing this resource, he abandoned the little trade; and thus got deeper into the books of his moneylender. Tales of Bengal I knew what Raffles would have done; he would have outstripped Mackenzie in his descent upon the moneylender, beaten the cab on foot most probably, and dared Dan Levy to denounce him to the detective. Mr. Justice Raffles There is none round which it has not cast its feelers--no Semitic moneylender ever obtained a surer hold on his victim. Crescent and Iron Cross Such moneylenders have excited boundless hatred in all that section of Europe, which has had to suffer from their ready financial aid to despotism. Select Speeches of Kossuth The next morning Goriot visited a silversmith, and the Countess de Restaud received the money to redeem a note of hand which she had given to a moneylender on behalf of her lover. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction A visit to the local moneylender was fruitless and only led to a hint that old scores must be cleared off. Tales of Bengal "Of course it is, Mr. Raffles," cried the moneylender, taking a more conciliatory tone himself. Mr. Justice Raffles They combine, as Pike says, the meanest qualities of a savage and an unscrupulous moneylender. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Good harvests, or bad, the farmer was always poor, the moneylender rich. Tales of the Punjab Couriers and "contract memorizers", gold dealers, commodity merchants, transporters, and moneylenders can be apprehended and interrogated. Crime and Corruption In this capacity he made such good use of the means it offered of extorting money that he was able to set up as a moneylender at Simulgachi, close to Kadampur. Tales of Bengal And he laughed loud and long in the moneylender's face and mine. Mr. Justice Raffles Hi Wing Ho only escaped from the establishment of Cohenberg by dint of sandbagging the moneylender, and quitted the town by a boat which left the same night. Tales of Chinatown Lord Arthur knew now that when it was discovered he was no longer the heir, the moneylenders would come down upon him. Ranson's Folly The son of a maltjobber and moneylender he was himself a cornjobber and moneylender, with ten tods of corn hoarded in the famine riots. Ulysses The extraordinary value of the pearls demanded, on that account, extraordinary precautions on the part of moneylenders of every degree. Jezebel's Daughter "I said it was a tricky job," rejoined the moneylender. Mr. Justice Raffles He tried to dispose of the diamond to a certain Isaac Cohenberg, a Singapore moneylender; but Isaac Cohenberg was the bigger crook of the two. Tales of Chinatown Her mother looks as Semitic as a Jew moneylender in Brick Lane, London. The Spell of Egypt He opened the little wicket gate and went through the plantation to the house, doing his best to shake off the recollection of the remarkable and unedifying discussion he had had with the moneylender. The Clue of the Twisted Candle Thus we leave the pre-Academic Oxford a flourishing town, with merchants and moneylenders. Oxford One must not try to amuse moneylenders or investors, and this was the class to which he began by appealing. The Education of Henry Adams Realizing that a small fortune had slipped through his fingers, the old moneylender dispatched his daughter in pursuit of Hi Wing Ho, having learned upon which vessel the latter had sailed. Tales of Chinatown In theory the sale of a squire's land to a moneylender is a minor and exceptional necessity. A Miscellany of Men That is a way which moneylenders have, my dear man; you were very foolish to go to him at all. The Clue of the Twisted Candle |
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