pecuniary resources
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Though few in number, without allies, and without pecuniary resources, yet they were full of energy and heroic courage.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John
Such, then, was the amount of information acquired regarding Mr Mowbray's pecuniary resources; and more, on this point, or any other regarding him, could not, by any means, be arrived at.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by Wilson, John Mackay
“Obliged by circumstances to leave me—to conceal the place of her retirement”—yet commanding not only pecuniary resources for herself, but offering me any sum I might require!
From Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer by Marryat, Frederick
During Pope's boyhood he was an elderly rake about town, having squandered his intellectual as well as his pecuniary resources, but still scribbling bad verses and maxims on the model of Rochefoucauld.
From Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
The expense of these articles will make a considerable deduction from our pecuniary resources.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared
