Finances

Examples

• And it was from the gifts bestowed upon him towards the execution of this benevolent purpose, that he recruited his finances, as just now observed. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• At evening he crawled slowly back; and he used to go of nights to a little club at a tavern, where he disposed of the finances of the nation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The people concerned in the finances, the farmers-general, the receivers of the taxes which are not in farm, the court-bankers, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The persons employed in the finances, fleets, and magistracy, are instances of this order of men. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The finances of France seem, in their present state, to admit of three very obvious reformations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In France, where there is no bank, the state bills (billets d'etat {See Examen des Reflections Politiques sur les Finances. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• My finances were now sinking very low. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Our eyes, though exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap assistance of spectacles, which could not much impair our finances. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I remember two pudding shops, between which I was divided, according to my finances. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• For my part, besides being very anxious to see my sister Fanny, my finances required that I should return to London. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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