"I know it," whispered the other; and added, aloud, "Many a fellow that thinks he has the first charge on the property will soon discover his mistake; there are mortgages of more than eighty years' standing on the estate.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Although the landlords were allowed most liberal terms of compensation for the enforced emancipation of their serfs, few of them actually received a kopeck, because they were almost all of them already deeply indebted to Government, and Government applied the compensation money to cancel their old debts, and gave up the policy of granting any more mortgages in the future.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Buy mortgages or real estate.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter