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" Holborn had a lottery ticket presented to her by her husband ; and on the Sunday preceding the drawing her success was prayed for in the parish church, in this form : ' The prayers of this congregation are desired for the success of a person engaged in... "
Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange - Page 50
by John Francis (of the Bank of England.) - 1850 - 167 pages
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Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange

John Francis (of the Bank of England.) - Speculation - 1849 - 420 pages
...from the sufferings of the populace. It is recorded as a fact, that to procure the aid of the blind deity, a woman to whom a ticket had been presented...fortune so eagerly craved. Romantic incidents often chequered the history : old bureaux with secret drawers, containing the magic papers which led to an...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1895 - 666 pages
...Sunday preceding this drawing her success was prayed for, probably at St. Andrew's Church, thus : " The prayers of the congregation are desired for the...success of a person engaged in a new undertaking." This lady would hare called it Popish to pray for the dead, but to pray God to help her to gamble successfully...
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Chambers's Edinburgh journal, conducted by W. Chambers. [Continued ..., Volume 1

Chambers's journal - 1854 - 416 pages
...lady, influenced the minister of one of the London churches, the day before the drawing, to repeat the words : 'The prayers of the congregation are desired...success of a person engaged in a new undertaking;' the nature 0i' the 'new undertaking' being, of course, not mentioned. In some of the lotteries, the...
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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, Volumes 21-22

1854 - 850 pages
...lady, influenced the minister of one of the London churches, the day before the drawing, to repeat the words : ' The prayers of the congregation are desired...the success of a person engaged in a new undertaking ; ' the nature of the 'new undertaking' being, of course, not mentioned. In some of the lotteries,...
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Stone's [afterw.] Dew's household almanack and year book of useful knowledge

1861 - 204 pages
...presented with a lottery ticket, to request the prayers of the church time :— " The prayers of this congregation are desired for the success of a person engaged in a new undertaking." — A dishonest dealer sold two tickets {one of which was a forgery) of a number which came up a prize of...
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The book of days, a miscellany of popular antiquities, Volume 1

Robert Chambers - Chronology, Historical - 1862 - 882 pages
...preceding the drawing her success was prayed fur in tho parish church, in this form : ' The prayers of this congregation are desired for the success of a person engaged in a new undertaking.' In the same year the prize (or a prize) of twenty thousand pounds fefl to the lot of a tavern-keeper...
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London Scenes and London People: Anecdotes, Reminiscences, and Sketches of ...

William Harvey - London (England) - 1864 - 412 pages
...whom a ticket had been given, caused a petition to be put up in the parish church as follows:—"The prayers of the congregation are desired for the success of a person engaged in a new undertaking." Parents would carry their infant children to lottery offices, that they might choose a ticket from...
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Cyclopaedia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes: Comprising Interesting ...

Richard Miller Devens - Business - 1865 - 464 pages
...of the blind deity, a woman to whom a ticket had been presented, caused a petition to be put up in a church, in the following words : " The prayers of...desired for the success of a person engaged in a new business undertaking." " He 'sa Country Merchant— Stick Him." IN a certain city, Mr. A. established...
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Romance of London: Strange Stories, Scenes and Remarkable Persons ..., Volume 3

John Timbs - London (England) - 1865 - 350 pages
...on the Sunday preceding the drawing, her success was prayed for in this form : " The prayers of this congregation are desired for the success of a person engaged in a new undertaking." Cornhill has ever been noted for its lottery-offices. The house in which Guy, the bookseller, lived,...
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Every Saturday: A Journal of Choice Reading, Volume 1

1866 - 770 pages
...good luck. It is to be hoped that when the clergyman read out from his pulpit, " The petitions of this congregation are desired for the success of a person engaged in a new undertaking," — which was the form of words he used, — that he did not know what they were to pray for. .Delivered...
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