But he had heard his father say that she was a spoiled nun and that she had come out of the convent in the Alleghanies when her brother had got the money from the savages for the trinkets and the chainies.
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Chapter 1
ContextBut the teller still deferred the serving of others to say he was living in changed times and that there was nothing like giving a boy the best education that money could buy.
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Chapter 2
ContextHe had been a very charitable priest; in his will he had left all his money to institutions and the furniture of his house to his sister.
James Joyce
Before a curtain, over which the words Cafe Chantant were written in coloured lamps, two men were counting money on a salver.
James Joyce
He had made his money as a butcher in Kingstown and by opening shops in Dublin and in the suburbs he had made his money many times over.
James Joyce
He had money and he was popular; and he divided his time curiously between musical and motoring circles.
James Joyce
Of course, the investment was a good one and Segouin had managed to give the impression that it was by a favour of friendship the mite of Irish money was to be included in the capital of the concern.
James Joyce
Mooney, who had taken what remained of her money out of the butcher business and set up a boarding house in Hardwicke Street, was a big imposing woman.
James Joyce
Dubliners, THE BOARDING HOUSE
ContextSome mothers would be content to patch up such an affair for a sum of money; she had known cases of it.
James Joyce
Dubliners, THE BOARDING HOUSE
ContextOf course, he did mix with a rakish set of fellows at that time, drank freely and borrowed money on all sides.
James Joyce
In the end he had got mixed up in some shady affair, some money transaction: at least, that was one version of his flight.
James Joyce
He cursed his want of money and cursed all the rounds he had stood, particularly all the whiskies and Apolinaris which he had stood to Weathers.
James Joyce
He had done for himself in the office, pawned his watch, spent all his money; and he had not even got drunk.
James Joyce
She arranged in her mind all she was going to do and thought how much better it was to be independent and to have your own money in your pocket.
James Joyce
He had begun life as an obscure financier by lending small sums of money to workmen at usurious interest.
James Joyce
He would also be the heir to the money unless it were willed otherwise by the present owner, who can, of course, do what he likes with it.
A. Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
ContextHe married Beryl Garcia, one of the beauties of Costa Rica, and, having purloined a considerable sum of public money, he changed his name to Vandeleur and fled to England, where he established a school in the east of Yorkshire.
A. Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 15. A Retrospection
ContextAll these he bequeathed to me, with a thousand Roman crowns, which he had in ready money, on condition that I would have anniversary masses said for the repose of his soul, and that I would draw up a genealogical tree and history of his house.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18. The Treasure
ContextGiving the sailor a piece of money in return for his civility, Dantes proceeded onwards; but ere he had gone many steps he heard the man loudly calling him to stop.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 25. The Unknown
ContextGive me a simple assignment of your debt; acknowledge therein the receipt of the cash, and I will hand you over the money.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 28. The Prison Register
Context