Ladies with valuable diamonds in their ears, and rings that were worth a small fortune, were always spared by this man, who became known by his forbearance to the fair sex as the "Cavalier.
Having all arranged now for his wild horse hunting, he set out one day from home to be gone a week or more, he told his mother, and with the promise that he would bring her a small fortune soon.
Our business was immense all that season, and if we had been managed properly we would have each made a small fortune.
Hill was a retired manufacturer and bigoted church member who had saved a small fortune by miserly living, stealing trade marks, copying designs, making cheap imitations of other manufacturers' goods, and cutting prices.
It was active while it lasted, it brought sorrow and tears to many, a small fortune to a few, transferring to them the money of others, and left dishonor and disgrace in its wake.
At this time my uncle died without a will, and I became heir to a small fortune.
I had plenty of food for thought when I found myself in the house where I had made a small fortune by my trick with the mercury five-and-twenty years ago.
He was provided with a small fortune, but an abundance of wit, and had a great leaning towards pleasure and the exercise of satire.
I sold all his beautiful presents, which made me the possessor of a small fortune.
For instance, I have one diamond that I would go to the ends of the earth and pay a small fortune when I got there, if I could only find a perfect match for it!
The diamonds were not a dream--a small fortune of them taken from an insignificant trench were already in his possession.
In the meantime he was washing “dirt” to beat the band and every now and then pocketing a sparkler that he valued at a small fortune.
He made a cold-blooded, mercenary bargain with the authorities through which he realized a small fortune, disclosed all our plans, and our steps had actually been dogged by detectives for days.
The sum stolen meant a small fortune in those days.
Marie was left to the care of distant relations; she had a small fortune of her own, which was applied to her education, and she was sent to one of the best schools in Paris.
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