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_ They were always ready for any
dishonourable
transaction
by which money might be made.
Keats
_gainful cowardice.
_ A telling expression for the dread of loss
which haunts so many wealthy people.
l.
133.
_hawks .
.
.
forests.
_ As a hawk pounces on its prey, so they
fell on the trading-vessels which put into port.
ll.
133-4.
_the untired .
.
.
lies.
_ They were always ready for any
dishonourable
transaction
by which money might be made.
l.
134.
_ducats.
_ Italian pieces of money worth about 4_s.
_ 4_d.
_ Cf.
Shylock, _Merchant of Venice_, II.
vii.
15, 'My ducats.
'
l.
135.
_Quick .
.
.
away.
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