well-lined purse

Example Sentences

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Revenge for social injustice was all Abt wanted, but somehow the Baron's fur coat and well-lined purse made life more complicated than ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

If, on the other hand, one could always lay one's hands on a well-lined purse, as those rogues have done to-night, one might be content to risk something in the world to come.'

From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Try also to remember us,' she added, as she embraced him, and placed in his hand Venetia's well-lined purse.

From Venetia by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

His brush brought him daily-or as often as he was pleased to exert himself-large sums of money; and his well-lined purse was significant of his unbounded success in his profession as an artist.

From The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Lucky for him, he had a well-lined purse to begin with, or he could hardly have come to the root of things, or made such radical reforms as he did.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon