"Discounter" Quotes from Famous Books
... they know no more than that it is a necessary instrument of their pleasures, and must be got some how or anyhow; accordingly, they are on intimate terms with a species of shark called a bill-discounter, who commits upon them every sort of robbery, under the sanction of the law; and who also is ... — Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 - Vol. 53, January, 1843 • Various |