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New-York Syndicate of American Humorists, not without an eye on the mainchance; and he was sure they would be set to debate publicly, before an audience of high-priced tickets, in the principal North American

One of Our Conquerors — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868

New-York Syndicate of American Humorists, not without an eye on the mainchance; and he was sure they would be set to debate publicly, before an audience of high-priced tickets, in the principal North American

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Game Change is much less interesting for what it says than for what it is-a town dump where awful people can unload unflattering and embarrassing stories about their employers, colleagues, friends, and subordinates, knowing that the stories will never be traced back to them and knowing too that the stories will be published willingly by mainchance reporters and read avidly by a public that loves to have it bucketed all over them.

Reason Magazine 2010

The subject of our next meditations ought to be our own nature; for how should we look to the mainchance, till we know what it is?

Cicero's Five Books De Finibus: Or, Concerning the Last Object of Desire and Aversion 1812

a New-York Syndicate of American Humorists, not without an eye on the mainchance; and he was sure they would be set to debate publicly, before an audience of high-priced tickets, in the principal North American

One of Our Conquerors — Complete George Meredith 1868