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The Bank of England (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a necessity for a government sucked dry by usurers — goldsmiths who had taken every grant of Parliament into pawn.