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" A rich banker of Paris, a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune and good sense to discover and possess this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth, as she had sustained the hardships of indigence.... "
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Page 41
by Edward Gibbon - 1805
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The Works of Edward Gibbon, Volume 13

Edward Gibbon - 1907 - 412 pages
...this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth, as she had sustained the hardships of indigence....friend; and Mademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of Mr. Necker the Minister, and perhaps the legislator, of the French Monarchy. Such as I am, in Genius...
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The London Magazine, Volume 19

1827 - 594 pages
...she resisted the temptations of wealth, as she had sustained the hardships of indigence. The genins of her husband has exalted him to the most conspicuous...has reclined on the bosom of a faithful friend ; and Alademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of M. Necker, the minister, and perhaps the legislator of the...
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