He retired early from business, after making a considerable fortune, thereafter devoting himself to social reform and science.
And yet he had made a considerable fortune from album sales, concerts, and the publishing rights to his songs.
Gibbon's grandfather, Edward, had made a considerable fortune and his father, also Edward, was able to live an easygoing life in society and Parliament.
They also dropped the melodrama and attracted a wide audience with the social comedies of Tom Robertson, making a considerable fortune in the process.
In little more than two decades, he made a considerable fortune, first as a retailer and then as a publisher of newspapers and magazines.
Mr. Carlston, who lives in San Rafael, Calif., made a considerable fortune on the stock from Broderbund Software, the game company of which he was a co-founder.
Mr. Berezovsky's many detractors call him a cunning opportunist who helped create the maelstrom that engulfed 1990's Russia, making a considerable fortune in the process.
Alfred made a considerable fortune, some £113,000 (£ in adjusted for inflation) at his death, enabling his son to devote his life to the study and practice of architecture without requiring that he actually earn a living.
Hume (1751, section IX) imagined the "sensible knave", who, "in particular incidents, may think, that an act of iniquity or infidelity will make a considerable addition to his fortune, without causing any considerable breach in the social union and confederacy.
[(1839), Part I, chapter XV.] See also Hume's observation that "a sensible knave, in particular incidents, may think that an act of iniquity or infidelity will make a considerable addition to his fortune, without causing any considerable breach in the social union and confederacy.
