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William Shakespeare: Then let not winter's ragged hand deface
Then let not winter's ragged hand defaceThen let not winter's ragged hand deface, In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill'd: Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place With beauty's…Sonnets by William Shakespeare: VI
Sonnet V Sonnet VII VI Then let not winter's ragged hand deface, In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill'd: Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place With beauty's treasure ere it…Songs and Sonnets
John DonneContentsThe FleaThe Good-MorrowSongWoman's ConstancyThe UndertakingThe Sun RisingThe IndifferentLove's UsuryThe CanonizationThe Triple FoolLovers' InfinitenessSongThe LegacyA…Isaiah: 24
Isaiah Chapter 24 1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2 And it shall be, as…Jeremiah: 15
Jeremiah Chapter 15 1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go…Brewer's: Danism
Lending money on usury. (Greek, daneisma, a loan.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DannebrogDaniel Lambert A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…Brewer's: Cahors
Usuriers de Cahors. In the thirteenth century there was a colony of Jewish money-lenders settled at Cahors, which was to France what Lombard Street was to London. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Sweat
To sweat a client. To make him bleed; to fleece him. To sweat coin. To subtract part of the silver or gold by friction, but not to such an amount as to render the coin useless as a legal…Brewer's: Mont de Piete
A pawn depôt. These depôts, called “monti di pietá” (charity loans), were first instituted under Leo X., at Rome, by charitable persons who wished to rescue the poor and needy from…Leviticus: 25
Leviticus Chapter 25 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you,…Trending
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