I guess that pretty much sums it up.
He borrowed large sums from bankers, curials, princes and Jews.
When it deals with matters involving larger sums an appeal lies to the courts of appeal.
He took a passionate delight in the pursuit of knowledge from his very infancy, and is reported to have worked out long arithmetical sums by means of pebbles and biscuit crumbs before he knew the figures.
From every dispute which he had with the central authorities at Paris he emerged victorious; and he took care to assure his ascendancy by sending presents to the Directors, large sums to the nearly bankrupt treasury and works of art to the museums of Paris.
