I became bankrupt in the loss of a jack-knife that a confiding friend had given me on the eve of our departure, with which I might successfully whittle my way through to the land of promise.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
I had to hire other boys to read them to me, and this kept me in a bankrupt condition.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
Meanwhile I bankrupt myself buying books, letters, and play-bills.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson