Lives and Anecdotes of Misers |
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... regarded it as a sin , the possession of which would exclude them from the favor of the gods . " Avarice , " says Dion , the philosopher , " is the source of all wickedness . " It was the opinion of the high- minded Euripides that an ...
... regarded it as a sin , the possession of which would exclude them from the favor of the gods . " Avarice , " says Dion , the philosopher , " is the source of all wickedness . " It was the opinion of the high- minded Euripides that an ...
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... regarded their own interests at least ; for had the monks adhered to their ancient rules of poverty , and prayer ; their monasteries would not have been so zealously suppressed . The passion of avarice has various manifestations ; one ...
... regarded their own interests at least ; for had the monks adhered to their ancient rules of poverty , and prayer ; their monasteries would not have been so zealously suppressed . The passion of avarice has various manifestations ; one ...
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... regarded by all as an avaricious , griping old miser , whose whole life was devoted to the hoarding up of gold . At last this object of universal scorn died , and it was found that , by his parsimony , he had amassed an ample fortune ...
... regarded by all as an avaricious , griping old miser , whose whole life was devoted to the hoarding up of gold . At last this object of universal scorn died , and it was found that , by his parsimony , he had amassed an ample fortune ...
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... regarded as citizens or as fathers of families , to practice a prudent economy ; and the man who is frugal without being avaricious - who is parsi- monious without being sordid - we regard as fulfill- ing one of his greatest social ...
... regarded as citizens or as fathers of families , to practice a prudent economy ; and the man who is frugal without being avaricious - who is parsi- monious without being sordid - we regard as fulfill- ing one of his greatest social ...
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... regarded as a vice . Parsimony in the man who , having but a narrow income , is anxious to provide for his family , who is ambitious to ascend higher in the social scale , and who feels solicitous to save his progeny from some of those ...
... regarded as a vice . Parsimony in the man who , having but a narrow income , is anxious to provide for his family , who is ambitious to ascend higher in the social scale , and who feels solicitous to save his progeny from some of those ...
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accumulate acquisitiveness amassed anxious appearance Audley became become benevolence bestow Blewbury bread charity clothes comfort cunning curious Daniel Dancer death died dirty discovered eccentric excited feeling FEMALE MISERS fortune frugality gold gratify guineas heap heart human mind hundred thousand pounds indulged insanity Jacques Laffitte JEMMY TAYLOR John Elwes Kentish Town Lady Tempest lived love of hoarding lust for gold luxury Madame de Genlis Mammon miserly Mounsey neighbours never known night object observed old miser old woman parsi parsimony passion of avarice penny penury poor possessed pounds per annum propen propensity rags readers refused remarkable replied rich ruling passion says seen shillings singular Sir Harvey Elwes SIR JAMES LOWTHER Sir William Smyth sixpence sordid soul Southwark starved streets sums of money Thomas Guy thought tion took treasure trifling tulip tulip mania usurious Vandille vice Vooght wealth whilst whole worth wretched
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Страница 31 - Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor ; This year, a reservoir, to keep and spare ; The next, a fountain, spouting through...
Страница 12 - Hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill, Yet still he sighs, for hoards are wanting still : Thus to my breast alternate passions rise, Pleased with each good that Heaven to man supplies ; Yet oft a sigh prevails, and sorrows fall, To see the hoard of human bliss so small ; And oft I wish, amidst the scene, to find Some spot to real happiness...
Страница 133 - Search then the ruling passion: there, alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known; The fool consistent, and the false sincere; Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.
Страница 10 - Eighth, of whom it was said that " he crept into the popedom like a fox, ruled like a lion, and died like a dog," were principally the sins of avarice.
Страница 46 - The True History of the Life and Sudden Death of old John Overs, the rich Ferryman of London, showing how he lost his life by his own covetousness. And of his daughter Mary, who caused the Church of St Mary Overs in Southwark to be built ; and of the building of London Bridge.
Страница 77 - I give and I devise" (old Euclio said, And sigh'd) "my lands and tenements to Ned." Your money, Sir? "My money, Sir! what, all? Why,— if I must— (then wept) I give it Paul.
Страница 12 - Content is wealth, the riches of the mind; And happy he who can that treasure find. But the base miser starves amidst his store, Broods on his gold, and, griping still at more. Sits sadly pining, and believes he's poor.
Страница 24 - Having observed from my infancy that the poor of Marseilles are ill supplied with water, which can only be purchased at a great price, I have cheerfully labored the whole of my life to procure for them this great blessing ; and I direct that the whole of my property shall be laid out in building an aqueduct for their use.
Страница 71 - His thoughts were now how to cheat the oculist ; he pretended that he had only a glimmering, and could see nothing distinctly ; for which reason, the bandage on his eyes was continued a month longer than the usual time. Taylor was deceived by these misrepresentations, and agreed to compound the bargain, and accepted twenty guineas instead of sixty.
Страница 63 - Some time passed on ; the house in which he had lived was sold, and workmen were busily employed in its repair. In the progress of their work they met with the door of the secret cave, with the key in the lock outside. They threw back the door, and descended with a light. The first object upon which the lamp reflected was the ghastly body of Foscue the miser, and scattered around him were heavy bags of gold, and ponderous chests of untold treasure ; a candlestick lay beside him on the floor. This...