Boulogne that I was a financier to get me a hearing, as otherwise he might have declined to see me.
My mother wishes me to do so, and the old financier fancies he has got me in his talons already; but he makes a mistake, as I will never consent to such a thing.
And, indeed, that is how it came to be that in due course of time the youngfinancier became the son-in-law of one of the financial powers of the world.
One could not, for instance, be a great financier and sing; because the essence of being a great financier is that you keep quiet.
Journalism does not perhaps offer the same opportunities for personal advancement as some other lines," said the financier cautiously.
Now, I wonder what the devil you mean by that, Enderby," said the financier testily.
This consists in floating loans for hard-up monarchs, and it is absolutely the biggest thing the financier does.
Here it seemed to me was the whole problem of supply and demand in a nutshell; and the financier instinct cried out in me, as it were, that I ought to be up and doing.
He said, very truly, that money breeds money in skilled hands, and that no financier worthy of the name ever lets his talent lie hid in a napkin, but far from it.
I gathered off and on from my father, when he was in a talkative frame of mind, that one of the great arts of a financier is to do deals between other people.
You know that the great financier Dupont de Sarthe is studying out a plan for restoring the value of the currency of Spain.
He was too well acquainted with the market and monetary affairs in general, too well acquainted with the sterling worth of the famous financier not to understand the idea of his scheme.
The famous financier realized that Moncada knew far more than he did about monetary questions, and among his friends he admitted it; but he gave them to understand that Cæsar was only a theorist, incapable of quick decision and action.
An inventor may have a very good thing, and plenty of capital may be enlisted, but if a man not acquainted with the peculiar line, or one who is not a good salesman or financier be employed as manager, the result is disastrous.
After some further talk the nervousfinancier agreed to this.
That scheming financier carried a revolver, and had shown himself not slow to use it.
This seasoned financier had not, during all the storm below, shown the faintest trace of excitement.
Tom Halstead, however, gazed after the nervous financier with a new, deeper feeling of respect.
A hard, quick haul, and they had the financier on deck.
The environment and careers of these two men--the Missouri Senator of the first half of the nineteenth century, and the New York financier of the last half of the eighteenth--afforded him scope for treating two very diverse subjects.
And you are now carrying on business as a financier in the City of London?
The greeting which the financier would have extended to his other guests was lost forever in the impulsive rush which landed Mrs. Wilkinson in her father's arms.
The financier looked sharply at the young man; but he felt that he was scarcely in a position to take offense at such a commendable statement.
The financier had used his influence among the jobbers to some purpose.
A few moments later when the financier was again alone in his office, the cashier entered.
Miss Anthony was the financier of the occasion and raised twelve thousand dollars for the purpose, which enabled her to pay all the expenses of the delegates in Washington, and for printing the report in book form.
We found the great financier and his wife in an unpretending cottage with a fine outlook on the sea.
They'll be running sketches called 'A Financierin a Flat' in every music hall in town.
For a long moment the financier stared at the younger man who had worsted him.
Perhaps if he had more fully grasped the significance of the other's statement about Mr. Crockett he would have been less abrupt; but that mighty financier was only a dim name to his mind.
Bayard, Jonathan Russell, and Albert Gallatin--the ablestfinancier in the country after the death of Hamilton.
Nicholas Biddle of course was magnified into a great financier of uncommon genius,--the first business man in the whole country, a great financial autocrat, the idol of Philadelphia.
No one was afraid of being mistaken for a financier anobli; the only one admitted on a footing of intimacy bore the simple name of Hope.
The great financier nearly fell into a fit when the truth was told to him at Rachel's death; he, in his turn, having wanted to "do a bit of business.
Footnote 31: The Hotel Bullion was formerly the town mansion of the financier of that name, and situated in the Rue Coquilliere.
The old financier turned to his companion with a look of disgusted amazement.
The great financier and his wife were on their way to the Riviera, and we were going as far as Cannes.
It was evident that the great financier regarded Rudolph Rayne as his friend, for he promised to pay us a visit at Overstow in return.
Several times in the corridor I met the financier and his wife with their bony-faced valet, and, of course, I made myself polite and engaging to Mrs. Blumenfeld.
Alain could not misinterpret the hint; and in a few moments took leave of his host, more surprised than disappointed that the financier had not invited him, as Graham had assumed he would, to his soiree the following evening.
He and the Prince agree in one thing; namely, the cordial reception they give to the men who would destroy the state of things upon which Prince and financier both thrive.
The affable financierhad already made vast progress in familiarity with his silent fellow-guest.
No financier can be great that has not great imagination.
Herzog for an expression of his views, was at last able to publish an interview, double leaded, in its front page, in which the great financier strongly urged investors not to sell bonds but rather to buy.
But the financier appeared so indifferent, that Serge could not help answering him: "My wife's fortune is settled on herself.
Then the financier shone through all, and he added: "And I know what it costs!
So when Nevins proposes that he accompany Golding to Europe to introduce him to the French capitalists, the financier readily agrees.
Now his role as shadow of the financier leads him to New York, while some banking scheme is being consummated; now he is rushing across the continent to be near the Magnate in San Francisco; the last trip takes him to Europe.
And they will suppose that Golding and a French financier met death accidentally.
He alone of all the members of the Exchange knows that the greatest American financier is dead.
The peculiar feature of the news is, however, that in every instance where a banker, mine owner or financier is murdered, the evil-doer has committed suicide.
And one reason why his credit was established with the money-wise old financier was the ideal home life which he and his wife were leading.
The next step was to demonstrate his ability as a manager and financier as well as a skilled workman.
It had been ordered of him by Robert Morris, the financier of the Revolution, and the richest man in America.
He seems to have tried to help the financier rather than to be helped by him.
