pecuniary resources

Example Sentences

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It was not long before his mother learned the news, nor was it long before she turned that news, as far as her pecuniary resources were concerned, to uncommonly good account.

From Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

A. When of a pecuniary character—the time following the using up of the pecuniary resources of your friends.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 14, 1893 by Various

It was congenial occupation for him, and thus added to the happiness of the family, though very little to its pecuniary resources.

From Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Alcott, Louisa May

I'll say this for him, that if he tries he will succeed, if success be possible; but his pecuniary resources are too limited for him to undertake such a risk.

From Essays in Natural History and Agriculture by Garnett, Thomas

If I have not pecuniary resources enough to get at what I would wish for, as calculated to be useful to my mind, I must still not give up the pursuit.

From The Book of Courage by Faris, John Thomson