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... concufs Henry Mowat to defert Sir James's fervice. That upon Mr Sinclair's coming to reclaim Mowat, the Earl cried, There's the bankrupt Sinclair; and add re fling himfelf to thofe in company with him, he exprefled him-* felf to this purpofe, Damn ye, uncover ...

Published: Fri 08 Feb 1740
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 5829 | Page: 46 | Tags: none

Common SENSE, No 161

... and of frofty weather. Nay they have been no lefs fortunate in their perfons than in their politicks: fome of them from bankrupts, enjoy the affluence of princes; and from the dread once of a jail, now find themfelves fuddenly transported into a palace ...

Published: Fri 05 Dec 1740
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4589 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

Wye*s Letter, verbatim, London, Sept. \o\

... prefent gloomy times abroad, to fee fo many of our Mer- at home giving way, no lefs than 4 of the ere in laft Gazette as Bankrupts j one of them 000 1. and another for above that Sum, i it is that there never was a Time when - ti- red as now, when all ...

Published: Tue 15 Sep 1741
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 700 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Craftsman, O#. 31. Non-attendance in Parliament. AS J R, LL independent writers upon the fubjedt of government, ..

... their decay'd circuraftances from whence it hath been obferved, that the Gaxette ufually abounds with an uncommon number of bankrupts after the drawing of every lottery. the mean time, this is an harveft to J evjs,fock-jobbers, brokers, and office-kecpert ...

Published: Fri 06 Nov 1741
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 10713 | Page: 39 | Tags: none

The COURT SECRET: A melancholy truth. Translated from the original Arabic, by an adept in the Oriental tongues

... expiated ? As thou haft but one life then to forfeit, thou wilt fay perhaps, Alas, for pity ! that, in this cafe, jujlice is bankrupt, and cannot fatisfy fuch an infinity of claims; and thou wilt fay true. But if thou haft the leafl particle of honefly remaining ...

Published: Wed 02 Dec 1741
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4532 | Page: 31 | Tags: none

Wye's Letter, verbatim, London, Feb 9

... contrary. And certain it is, there never was a Time when Con- cord was more wifhed for than at this Day : The very Lift of Bankrupts in Saturday's Gazette is a melancholy Sign ofthe Decay of our Trade j and that our Merchants who had their Wines brought ...

Published: Mon 15 Feb 1742
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 958 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

A porfonal defoription and a charaHsr N.\- ' commath tailed Th ma r ,. H/vw * which Mr Frajcr* ao*»U,/

... about, which conr tains following articles, The political auction ; or, A catalogue of all the Jlock in trade of the of ———, bankrupt. N° i. A curious Spanijh Cabinet, with a hundred private drawers, valued at 100,000 I.— (becaufe feveral invaluable things ...

Published: Fri 05 Mar 1742
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 6195 | Page: 38 | Tags: none

To the Publijbers ofthe Caledonian Mercury

... by fuperior Force got Acceis to the Townhoufe, and having purchafed a new Rope, they by the Affiftanee and Direction of a bankrupt Prifoner then in the Townhoufe, fix'd the fame to the Bell and fet it a ringing, threatnmg to beat and bruife fuch as told ...

Published: Tue 16 Mar 1742
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 537 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

From the Champion, Nov. 9

... are to prevail or not, over all folid, n ?? Gonfideracionsi whether we are to be i.cc or Saves, an independent Nation, or a bankrupt Ap- pendix to a hungry and neceffitous Bt*__fcYte. The Option is obvious, and the Choice muft: be foon made, or it will foon ...

Published: Mon 15 Nov 1742
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1103 | Page: 3 | Tags: none