The next to be asked was Diespiter, son of Vica Pota, he also being consul elect, and a moneylender; by this trade he made a living, used to sell rights of citizenship in a small way.

The next morning Goriot visited a silversmith, and the Countess de Restaud received the money to redeem a note of hand which she had given to a moneylender on behalf of her lover.

There is none round which it has not cast its feelersno Semitic moneylender ever obtained a surer hold on his victim.

" XII THE COBRA BUNGALOW A STORY OF A MONEYLENDER Beharil Surajmul was the greatest moneylender in Dowlutpoor.

" XII THE COBRA BUNGALOW A STORY OF A MONEYLENDER Beharil Surajmul was the greatest moneylender in Dowlutpoor.

In order to meet the landlord's demands they have recourse to a Mahájan (moneylender) whose exactions leave them a slender margin for subsistence.

Failing this resource, he abandoned the little trade; and thus got deeper into the books of his moneylender.

A visit to the local moneylender was fruitless and only led to a hint that old scores must be cleared off.

In this capacity he made such good use of the means it offered of extorting money that he was able to set up as a moneylender at Simulgachi, close to Kadampur.

His usual rate of interest being only 5 per cent, per mensem, he cut into the business of other moneylenders, and in four or five years had no serious competitor within a radius of four miles from Kadampur itself.

A week later, however, Karim strode into Chandra Babu's office attended by two friends, and counted out ten ten-rupee notes, which he handed to the moneylender, with a peremptory request to release his chattels at once.

Bipin shook his head ominously and feared that no moneylender would advance any considerable sum on estates already over-burdened.

Another worthy has a reputation of being a ruthless moneylender whose rumored 'sex scandals' could even put Jalgaon to shame, as the BJP leadership is itself known to have once argued.

In the first place, it seems almost impossible that a man of Milvain's mind and instincts should have deliberately chosen literature as the occupation of his life; with money and success as his only aim he would surely have become a stockbroker or a moneylender.

A pleasant thing for me to have all my friends talking about Charles Daffy, the bookmaker and the moneylender!

And so it chooses the primrose path of dalliance with a moneylender.

In ordinary life, and in the relations between moneylender and borrower at home, no such question could be asked.

The international moneylender, on the other hand, if his debtor defaults may, if he is lucky, induce his Government to bring diplomatic pressure to bear, for whatever that may be worth.

The world as a whole could not grow in wealth without enriching the people that was the greatest buyer and seller, the greatest moneylender and the greatest carrier.

*** Burglars have broken into an East End moneylender's office.

But then, by "economics," of course, I mean not a merchant's profit or a moneylender's interest, but the method by which men earn their bread, which must also mean the kind of life they lead.

To all of this Mr. Chesterton replies: "That only concerns the Jews and the moneylenders."

A moneylender.

Here is one that explains a great deal: There was a Pathan, a Mohammedan, in a Hindu village, employed by the village moneylender as a debt-collector, which is not a popular trade.

" With a movement of his hand the young man pushed aside the glass which was offered him; then, in a low-toned but distinct voice he made, with several interruptions, the following statement: "It was I who killed, with a hatchet, the old moneylender and her sister, Elizabeth, and robbery was my motive.