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Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer Jennie Ellis Keysor

Monsieur de Montmorency cast his eyes on it so often, that the milord perceived he wished to ask him the reason of his magnifience; and, thinking the explanantion would redound to his honor, he said to the ambassador, I perceive, monsieur, that you are surprised I have so much enriched this poor glove; but I will tell you the reason.

The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre 1855

The commercial world is very frequently put into confusion by the bankruptcy of merchants, that assumed the splendour of wealth only to obtain the privilege of trading with the stock of other men, and of contracting debts which nothing but lucky casualties could enable them to pay; till after having supported their appearance a while by tumultuous magnifience of boundless traffick, they sink at once, and drag down into poverty those whom their equipages had induced to trust them.

The Rambler, sections 171-208 (1751-1752); The Adventurer, sections 34-108 (1753); from The Works of Samuel Johnson, in Sixteen Volumes, Volume IV 1751