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Title:  Essays upon several projects: or, effectual ways for advancing the interest of the nation.:
Author: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
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the Wagerer, in Confederacy with the Office-keeper, shall lay vast Sums, great Odds, and yet be always sure to Win.For Example:A Town in Flanders, or elsewhere, during the War is besieg'd; perhaps at the beginning of the Siege the De|fence is vigorous, and Relief probable, and it is the opinion of most people, the Town will hold out so long, or perhaps not be taken at all: The Wa|gerer has two or three more of his fort in conjunction, of which always the Office-keeper is one; and they run down all discourse of the taking the Town, and offer great Odds it shall not be taken by such a day: Perhaps this goes on a Week, and then the Scale turns; and tho' they seem to hold the same opinion still, yet under|hand the Office-keeper has Orders to Take all the Odds which by their Ex|ample 0