Securities

Examples

• Consols; for so it was that Becky felt the Vanity of human affairs, and it was in those securities that she would have liked to cast anchor. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They appear to be lists of Stock Exchange securities. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• His securities are bound in one thousand pounds to the society, which they will pay, but we are like to lose the rest. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It has always been said that my father stole all the securities and fled. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• With dismay and anger they heard Jesus sweeping away their dear securities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• All the partnership books and papers must remain in our possession; all your books and papers; all money accounts and securities, of both kinds. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• So, Watson, said he, suddenly, you do not propose to invest in South African securities? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Brummell, Alvanly, and Worcester agreed to raise thirty thousand pounds on their joint securities. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I suppose that none of these securities have been found among the property of the dead man? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• We believed, my mother and I, that he and it, with the securities that he had taken with him, were at the bottom of the sea. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But Miss Rugg, environed by the majesty of the law, and having her damages invested in the public securities, was regarded with consideration. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• There may be some door-keeper or attendant-- Ah yes, they keep a permanent guard there on account of the value of the securities that they hold. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The tin box must be returned to him, but, of course, the securities which Peter Carey has sold are lost forever. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Have you endeavoured to trace any of the securities here mentioned? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• She vaguely supposed that, to raise the first sum, he had borrowed on her securities; but this was a point over which her curiosity did not linger. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

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