Of the use of riches: an epistle to the Right Honorable Allen Lord Bathurst. By Mr. Pope.
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- Of the use of riches: an epistle to the Right Honorable Allen Lord Bathurst. By Mr. Pope.
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- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
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- London :: printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver,
- 1732 [1733]
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"Of the use of riches: an epistle to the Right Honorable Allen Lord Bathurst. By Mr. Pope." In the digital collection Eighteenth Century Collections Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/004809299.0001.000. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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Beneath the Patriot's Cloak.] This is a true Story, which happen'd in the Reign of King William, to an eminent unsuspected old Patriot; who coming out at the Back-door from having been closeted by the King, where he had received a large Bag or Guineas, the Bursting of the Bag discover'd his Business there.
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A Citizen whose Rapacity obtain'd him the Name of Vultur. He dy'd worth three hundred thousand Pounds, and left it to no Person living, but to the first Son that should be born of the first Daughter of his next Relation. Being told by his Lawyer, that it would probably be thirty Years before his Money could be inherited, and it must all that time lie at Interest, he answer'd, He liked it the better, and so died.
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Japhet, Nose and Ears.] Japhet Crook alias Sir Peter Stranger, was punish'd with the Loss of those Parts, for having forg'd a Conveyance of an Estate to himself, upon which he took up several Thousand Pounds. He was at the same time sued in Chancery on suggestion of having fraudulently obtain'd a Will, by which he possest another very considerable Estate, in wrong of the Brother of the Deceas'd.
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A famous Dutchess in her last Will left considerable Annuities and Legacies to her Cats.
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In the Extravagance and Luxury of the South-Sea Year, the Price of a Haunch of Venison was from three to five pounds.
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A Roman Lawyer, so rich as to purchase the Empire, when it was set to Sale by the Praetorian Bands on the Death of Pertinax.
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Two persons of distinction, each of whom in the time of the Mississipi despi|sed to realize above three hundred thousand pound; the Gentleman with a view to the Crown of Poland, the Lady on a Vision of the like nature. They since retir'd together into Spain, where they are still in search of Gold in the Mines of the Asturies.
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This Person, who with no greater Estate, perform'd all these good Works, and whose true Name was almost lost (partly by having the Title of the Man of R•…•… given him by way of Eminence, and partly by being buried without any Inscription) was called Mr. John Kyrle: He died in the Year 1724, aged near 90, and lies buried in the Chancel of the Church of Ross in Herefordshire.
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The Parish-Register.
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The Monument built in Memory of the Fire of London, with an Inscription importing that City to have been burn'd by the Papists.