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 South-Sea Scheme or Bubble.Southampton’s Wise Sons. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Southampton Street (London).
 
So called in compliment to the noble family of that title, allied to the Bedford family, the proprietors.   1
 


 South-Sea Scheme or Bubble.Southampton’s Wise Sons. 

 
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