Bankers

Examples

• They paid so much dearer for the bills which their bankers granted them upon those countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The paper in question acknowledged the receipt of a valuable of great price which Mr. Luker had that day left in the care of his bankers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• 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.
• He had instructed his bankers to forward some important business letters to Nice, and at Nice he would quietly await them. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Bankers, merchants, and manufacturers, whose trade depended on exports and interchange of wealth, became bankrupt. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Stumpy and Rowdy, to lie in the cellars of those eminent bankers until the same period should arrive. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Deposited in the keeping of Mr. Luker's bankers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Bankers' safes had been forced before now, and why should not mine be? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Wright, Nottingham bankers, but these bankers, figuring on the experience that had befallen the inventors of other spinning machines, soon withdrew their aid. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I'm going to the bankers first for letters, and then to Castle Hill. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They might still be able to give the utmost assistance which banks and bankers can with propriety give to traders of every kind. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This free competition, too, obliges all bankers to be more liberal in their dealings with their customers, lest their rivals should carry them away. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• We live among bankers and City big-wigs, and be hanged to them, and every man, as he talks to you, is jingling his guineas in his pocket. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He lodges it privately (under a general description) in his bankers' strong-room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Private bankers in London give no interest for the money which is deposited with them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He declares that he never heard of the Moonstone; and his bankers' receipt acknowledges nothing but the deposit of a valuable of great price. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• For God's sake,' replied Tom, suddenly, 'don't talk about bankers! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• My theory is, that the Moonstone is in the possession of Mr. Luker's bankers in London. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Those traders and other undertakers, having got so much assistance from banks and bankers, wished to get still more. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• You have no money at the bankers? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The threads in postage envelopes and in bankers' cheques, are introduced by this process of plating two surfaces together. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• You mean the West Country bankers, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr Dorrit's bankers, as bankers of the county-widower, instantly said, 'Mrs General. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Even private bankers in Edinburgh give four per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But I don't believe in bankers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• No doubt there were bankers in the Babylon of 1000 B.C., but they lent in a far more limited and solid way, bars of metal and stocks of goods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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