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... Railway Mania - 30th Nov. 1845 at the Board of Trade - The fever at its height - The Marquis of Clanricarde pricks the bubble CHAPTER XXI The Comic side of the Railway Mania- " Jeames's Diary , " & c . - Universal Speculation , as shown ...
... Railway Mania - 30th Nov. 1845 at the Board of Trade - The fever at its height - The Marquis of Clanricarde pricks the bubble CHAPTER XXI The Comic side of the Railway Mania- " Jeames's Diary , " & c . - Universal Speculation , as shown ...
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... Railway Mania , in 1846 . The South Sea Company was started in 1711 , to have the monopoly of trade to the South Seas , or South Coast of America , a region which was , even then , believed to be an El Dorado . As a trading company it ...
... Railway Mania , in 1846 . The South Sea Company was started in 1711 , to have the monopoly of trade to the South Seas , or South Coast of America , a region which was , even then , believed to be an El Dorado . As a trading company it ...
Page 261
... Railway , " says : " The daily press was thoroughly deluged with advertise- ments ; double sheets did not supply space enough for them ; double doubles were resorted to , and , then , fre- quently , insertions were delayed . It has been ...
... Railway , " says : " The daily press was thoroughly deluged with advertise- ments ; double sheets did not supply space enough for them ; double doubles were resorted to , and , then , fre- quently , insertions were delayed . It has been ...
Page 263
... railways attained prices which staggered reasonable men . The more worthless the article , the greater seemed the struggle to obtain it . Premiums of £ 5 and £ 6 were matters of course , even where there were four or five com- petitors ...
... railways attained prices which staggered reasonable men . The more worthless the article , the greater seemed the struggle to obtain it . Premiums of £ 5 and £ 6 were matters of course , even where there were four or five com- petitors ...
Page 264
... Railway case , who was down for £ 5000 , and who was understood to be a half - pay officer , in the receipt of £ 54 a - year , but , who appeared as a subscriber in different railway schemes , to the amount of £ 41,500 . The address of ...
... Railway case , who was down for £ 5000 , and who was understood to be a half - pay officer , in the receipt of £ 54 a - year , but , who appeared as a subscriber in different railway schemes , to the amount of £ 41,500 . The address of ...
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afterwards appeared betting Buckinghamshire Buckley Square called Captain Cards chance cheating Club Coffee House Committee course Court Covent Garden Crockford's cross and pile croupiers d'Eon dice dinner Doncaster Duke Faro bank fortune gamblers gambling houses GAMBLING IN ENGLAND gamester gaming house gaming-house gave gentleman George give Groom Porter guineas hand hath hazard honour horse racing hundred pounds Insurance John John Outlawe Justice keeper King Knave lady letter London Lord Lordship lose loser lost Lots lottery luck Mayor morning never Newmarket night paid Parliament parties person play players prize proprietors Queen Railway Railway Mania reign says servants shillings Sir George Chetwynd speculation sport St James's Street stakes Stock subscribed SUNDAY HOUSES tells Thornton thou thousand guineas thousand pounds ticket tion town Turf wager whilst White's White's Club witness
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Page 55 - At every word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray; The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jury-men may dine; The merchant from th' Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the toilet cease.
Page 150 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.
Page 56 - In heaps on heaps; one fate o'erwhelms them all. The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts, And wins (oh shameful chance!) the Queen of Hearts. At this, the blood the virgin's cheek forsook, A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look; She sees, and trembles at th' approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin, and Codille.
Page 56 - What boots the regal circle on his head, His giant limbs, in state unwieldy spread; That long behind he trails his pompous robe, And, of all monarchs, only grasps the globe?
Page 151 - What is sweeter than honey, and what is stronger than a lion?
Page 150 - And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: but if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments.
Page 156 - They have put in the papers a good story made on White's: a man dropped down dead at the door, was carried in; the club immediately made bets whether he was dead or not, and when they were going to bleed him, the wagerers for his death interposed, and said it would affect the fairness of the bet.
Page 150 - And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, entice thy husband that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire. Have ye called us to take that we have ? Is it not so ? And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not.
Page 151 - And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle.
Page 55 - Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the toilet cease. Belinda now, whom thirst of fame invites...