 | 1834 - Страниц: 404
...have a wild and 105 Tery extravagant brother; but he was such a liberal and generous fellow, that 1 could not help loving him dearly. When he was in distress...prisoner in the jail of the city and county of New York. It is a horrid place — and many a time when, through the grates of my prison window, 1 have... | |
 | Joseph Dewey Fay - 1835 - Страниц: 124
...hopes, he wanted more money to perfect his scheme than could possibly be obtained. It was one of those glorious speculations that ruined my brother and —...a. prisoner in the jail of the city and county of NewYork. It is a horrid place — and many a time when, through the grates of my prison window, I have... | |
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... would really have made himself rich as Croesus, and me also, (for I always shared with him,) if it had not happened, most unluckily, that • just at the moment he was about to realize all his ardent hopes, he wanted more money to perfect the scheme... 