| 单词 | acquisitiveness |
| 例句 | Milkman used to wonder at her specificity and her acquisitiveness until he reminded himself that Pilate and Reba celebrated no holidays. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The world had caught him; pleasure, covetousness, idleness, and finally also that vice that he had always despised and scorned as the most foolish—acquisitiveness. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Such acquisitiveness should come as no surprise, according to Carl Bernstein, who as a young reporter for The Washington Post worked with Bob Woodward to bring the scandal to light. Watergate Hotel Is Back and Banking on History, Glamorous or Scandalous 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z This part of the book deals with stories of the church’s acquisitiveness and its abuse and the virtual imprisonment of underlings. Books of The Times: ‘Going Clear,’ by Lawrence Wright, Examines Scientology 2013-01-13T21:46:22Z The slides, projected large, as if you might almost step into them, form a gripping account of one artist’s taste and voracious acquisitiveness as well as the rich veins of Americana that fed his art. The Keeper: Roger Brown, the Artist as Voracious Collector 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The cheeky luggage tags also attested to her exuberant acquisitiveness, although the contents of the Vuitton trunks — and indeed the trunks themselves — are hers no more, of course. Auction Shows Elizabeth Taylor?s Star Still Shines 2011-12-16T23:29:38Z More than two and a half decades later that novel’s scabrous vision of a crude, rude world reeling from narcissism and acquisitiveness seems as potent as ever. Books of The Times: ‘Lionel Asbo: State of England’ by Martin Amis 2012-08-19T18:59:48Z One swipes a pack of crayons in a fit of acquisitiveness; another bites her classmates. What Do Novels About Evil Children Say About Us? 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The show is thus a noir-ish satire about greed and acquisitiveness, adorned with stylishly clownish costumes and bafflingly contradictory dialogue delivered on the fly as the 10 actors concentrate on their slick, tightly controlled movement. Can a sleepy Chinese town become a cultural mecca? 2013-06-08T23:00:00Z Some critics have suggested that there is something vulgar about her acquisitiveness, but these people don't have my sensitivity to understand the need of the black person to escape the servitude of slavery. Digested read: Oprah by Kitty Kelley 2010-04-19T22:00:00Z “Orchidelirium,” which opens on Saturday, evokes this heady time, when imperial ambition and ruthless acquisitiveness coexisted with the high-minded thirst for knowledge epitomized by naturalists like Charles Darwin, himself no stranger to orchid fever. ‘Orchidelirium’ Explodes With Color at New York Botanical Garden 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z As in their previous videos, here too cultural empowerment goes hand in hand with personal acquisitiveness. At the Louvre, Beyoncé and Jay-Z Are Both Outsiders and Heirs 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Louisa May Alcott’s 150-year-old novel, “Little Women,” has remained in print despite a message strongly at odds with contemporary mantras of acquisitiveness, self-indulgence, self-promotion and vulgarity. Timeless Preoccupations and Old-School Virtues 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Their acquisitiveness might be an expression of love. Review: ‘The Price of Everything’ Asks $56 Billion Questions About Art 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z It is capitalism that debases character and all human relationships, reducing everything to monetary value while misunderstanding the extent to which humans are not motivated purely by greed or acquisitiveness. Bernard Shaw's guide to the post-crash world 2012-10-12T21:55:16Z According to Franco Moretti, a literary critic and Stanford professor, Dracula embodies a horrifying acquisitiveness: he is “impelled toward . . .continuous growth.” Are Vampires Cancelled? 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z As the money flows in, so do the guns, and the old codes of honor and reciprocity are corroded by acquisitiveness and vanity. ‘Birds of Passage’ Review: An Epic Narco Tale That Will Open Your Eyes 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Or is it the exoskeleton of corporate green-washing, an cynical ploy to hide our insatiable acquisitiveness in reusable packaging? Cardboard: Environmental scourge or savior? 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z It tends not to work out for them; Lipsyte’s humor is born of their impotent rage against the machinations of runaway capitalism and unchecked acquisitiveness. Sam Lipsyte's new ’90s caper novel is a glorious, grungy Gen-X swan song 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z He played Stuff on the night I attended, gaily tromping around with shopping bags as Everybody, looking for some support, comes to recognize that this embodiment of acquisitiveness cares nothing about salvation. Commentary: Four veteran stage actors discuss taking on risky roles later in life 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The patriarch in question is Lord Rollo, a dissolute aristocrat whose love of drink and impulsive acquisitiveness have led to hard times at Stonebridge Manor, the family pile. Review | ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ is a sprightly critique of the patriarchy 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Spain’s acquisitiveness seemingly knew no bounds as groups of its explorers searched for the next trove of instant riches. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Sometimes, it felt as if the mask itself was beside the point – that it was just a trigger to rehearse old routines of acquisitiveness and discord, with no further, greater end in sight. How the face mask became the world's most coveted commodity 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Being known for self-absorption and acquisitiveness is a burden. Perspective | The Silent Generation deserves to be heard in our classrooms 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The compulsive acquisitiveness that causes the radical damage we see dehumanises us as well as ruining our environment. Amazon fires are a shameful indictment of our lust for excess 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The show, a present from the island of misfit toys, reminded us that there’s more to the holidays than the rampant acquisitiveness that, as Mac kept saying, only adds more layers to the landfill. Review: Taylor Mac's 'Holiday Sauce,' a madcap brew of Christmas spirit, extra spicy 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z The address, in contrast to the aggressive acquisitiveness that characterized the Reagan era, sounded the theme of compassion. 'America has lost a patriot and humble servant': Tributes and condolences pour in for George H.W. Bush 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z The modest footprints of the boutiques are due in part to a relative lack of acquisitiveness. Dover Street Market Expands While Defying Retail Convention 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z There's another factor driving Wall Street's renewed acquisitiveness. Wall Street is scooping up homes for rent again as leasing prices outpace apartment rents 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z This summer was the jackpot, a demonstration once again of one area – dramatic acquisitiveness – in which the Premier League is undoubtedly world-class. Transfer window a show in danger of overshadowing the football | Barney Ronay 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z He said the interest surrounding the card illustrates “the acquisitiveness about the fan” — not the inquisitiveness. A Jewish Player’s 1914 Baseball Card Triggers a $125,000 Dispute 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z After days of isolation, the psychological toll on Hobson eliminates all his restraint and brings out latent megalomania, acquisitiveness, a hint of gender-identity confusion and wanton destructiveness. ‘The Quiet Earth’: a newly restored, striking doomsday tale 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Yet egoism, acquisitiveness, competitiveness, and all the other ills of human flesh bob repeatedly to the surface, like a cork that will not be submerged. The Return of the Utopians 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z And now, in yet another unlikely occurrence, parrots, among the oldest victims of human acquisitiveness and vainglory, have become some of the most empathic readers of our troubled minds. What Does a Parrot Know About PTSD? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Nor is telecommunications the only sector to see such acquisitiveness. Mega-Mergers Are Killing Innovation 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z “If anything, it illustrates something so interesting about the hobby, the acquisitiveness about the fan. There is this transfer of power by owning this thing.” A Jewish Player’s 1914 Baseball Card Triggers a $125,000 Dispute 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z While Pfizer’s sudden acquisitiveness does show that the company is generally less confident in its strategy, the bigger reason was always that AstraZeneca represented a particularly irresistible target to the king of pharma mega-mergers. This Chart Shows Why Losing AstraZeneca Won't Send Pfizer Hunting For Another Deal 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Money and the Good Life,” co-written with his son Edward, identifies an “ethic of acquisitiveness” in the air. Opinion: Money, Money, Money. Can we talk about something else? 2012-09-15T19:45:13Z "We, like many of our compatriots, find unpleasant the insidiousness, deceit, venality, hypocrisy, acquisitiveness and lawlessness with which our current leadership and authorities are sinning," she said. Pussy Riot Trial Begins in Moscow 2012-07-31T08:45:00Z But in all he did he displayed his wonderful capacity, his practical sagacity, and so large a development of the organ of acquisitiveness, as made him a man of mark among bankers. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Those qualities were greed and persistence in acquisitiveness, cunning and subtlety, also bragging and self-assertiveness. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Here, too, it has a field for exercising its singular acquisitiveness. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z But the fierceness of the wreckers, if it still tainted the blood of the peasantry, quailed under the law; and their organ of acquisitiveness now led them to the milder occupation of smuggling. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z The essence of the extreme hobbyist is a variable mix of obsession, acquisitiveness and nostalgia, said Allan Spitz, the owner of the Red Caboose, the quirky Midtown Manhattan mecca for discriminating model-builders. Meet the Extreme Hobbyists 2011-04-23T00:54:40Z The cosmopolitan Enlightenment had morphed into democracy's worship of individual and collective acquisitiveness. What they really mean by "American exceptionalism" 2011-04-08T12:30:00Z It was not acquisitiveness that spurred Zo� on to her various undertakings, but the restlessness of her temperament. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z His organ of acquisitiveness is still smaller, and he could not covet nor desire another man's property; while his immense development of conscientiousness renders it impossible for him to steal. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z The organ of acquisitiveness was discovered in his head, after his execution, as large as a pigeon’s egg. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z A nobler desire than mere acquisitiveness was awakened in her. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z Charles, half Fleming and half Spaniard, had the grasping acquisitiveness of the one nation, and the proud, fanatical cruelty of the other. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z He possessed little of that strong common-sense and power of acquisitiveness which make his countrymen, as a rule, so successful in every walk of life. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z "Can you inform the jury what are the respective developments of the prisoner's organs of alimentiveness, acquisitiveness, and conscientiousness?" The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z He has an Italian's subtlety and a Celt's suspicion; but enlist his self-love, his vanity, and his acquisitiveness in any scheme, and all his shrewdness deserts him. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The only Scottish evidences which remained from Sandy’s youth were an uncanny acquisitiveness and a habit of interjecting the word “aiblins” into the conversation at random. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z But CEOs in the rest of Britain do not feel the need to provide cover for their acquisitiveness. Wayne Rooney symbolises the greed that laid us low 2010-10-23T23:04:00Z Thus the spectacular PR debacle of his hunt for a higher wage will permit City to field two strikers who tried to shift the blame for their acquisitiveness to Old Trafford. Manchester City hope Wayne Rooney move would ramp up power struggle 2010-10-22T05:59:00Z Everything about Palin -- her humble origins, disjointed syntax, wacky family, even her well-publicized shopping sprees and naked acquisitiveness -- make fans identify with her. Forget the tea party, what about the crumpets? 2010-09-23T01:01:00Z SMFG's move highlights the newfound acquisitiveness of Japanese financial institutions in overseas markets, as profits continue to stagnate at home due to sluggish lending and low interest rates. SMFG Looks for U.S. Acquisition 2010-07-08T09:08:00Z The acquisitiveness is also not likely to lead to mergers between publicly held companies, Avila said. DEALTALK-US homebuilders eye private firms for land 2010-03-19T17:35:00Z "People realize there are more things in life than consumption and acquisitiveness," says Nicholas Starr, executive director of the thriving National Theatre. 2010-01-16T05:01:00Z The competition has become acute, largely owing to American and German acquisitiveness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" I don't believe Carrots'll hold out for a month, whatever Floss may do, unless he has a precious lump of ac—ac—what is it the head people call it?—acquisitiveness for his age. Carrots: Just a Little Boy Old Zisiso’s professional instincts were not in themselves ignoble, in that they were not dictated by lust of gain, or cupidity, beyond a certain ingrained acquisitiveness common to all savages. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising This petty chief, Ngeleza, was abnormally imbued with a characteristic common to all savages—acquisitiveness to wit. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Crimes of greed and acquisitiveness cover the whole range of thefts, frauds and misappropriation; of larcenies of all sorts; obtaining by false pretences; receiving stolen goods; robberies; house-breaking, burglary, forgery and coining. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The presence of Mrs. Harrison, too, in the house, was a constant reminder to the breakfast food magnate of how his own acquisitiveness had made him over-reach himself. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks The stubbornness of H. and Co.'s facts is only exceeded by their acquisitiveness; and perhaps, indeed, the latter propensity may be considered to have dictated their entire advertisement. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) They seek the foundation of property in an instinct of acquisitiveness, considering it a social development or social institution on that basis. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law They swarmed in the narrow street, almost crawling over one another with brilliant and distinctive markings and in their hard dark eyes an expression of maniacal acquisitiveness. Command The credulous father believes the hypocrite; and, spurning his best friend, gives his daughter to a villainous low scull, in which acquisitiveness, and the back part of the bloody brain, are the most predominant. Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America “I quite agree with you regarding your estimation of acquisitiveness,” said the king cordially, giving no heed to the murmurs of his followers. A Prince of Good Fellows Sir Isaac was one of those men whom modern England delights to honour, a man of unpretentious acquisitiveness, devoted to business and distracted by no æsthetic or intellectual interests. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Moreover, whatever we do, we must take account of the instinct of acquisitiveness and of individual claims grounded thereon. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law In the second place, Jesus saw no higher purpose in the man's aim and outlook to redeem his acquisitiveness. The Social Principles of Jesus There was a look of acquisitiveness about him which suggested an inclination to appropriate anything from the unnecessary heat of the fire to the equally unnecessary tea. The Marriage of Elinor His being where he is proves that he has capacities, that he can take risks; is it remarkable, then, that sooner or later his unbridled acquisitiveness will turn him into a restless capitalist undertaker? Introduction to the Science of Sociology Man's natural acquisitiveness often leads him into investments which, because of the time and interest factor, have little chance of successful outcome. The Economic Aspect of Geology The true location of acquisitiveness is anterior to combativeness, and lower than adhesiveness. Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 Self-interest, losing its moral, and assuming a guilty, character, degenerates into egotism; acquisitiveness, into covetousness; and the disposition to save, into avarice—the solipsismus of Kant. Principles Of Political Economy The family trait of acquisitiveness combined with a love of hoarding was asserting itself, and she could scarcely make up her mind to part with things when the time came. Ringfield A Novel They are quick-witted whenever the spirit of gain is aroused; and the ease with which they pick up little arts of acquisitiveness does not suggest an integrity proof against temptation. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland It is the interest of these patent-venders to sell rights; this interest either blinds their eyes as to facts, or lulls the internal monitor of right, while acquisitiveness is gratified. Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained To his mother’s covetous acquisitiveness and ingrained falsehood, he joined his father’s unscrupulous exactions and wild extravagance. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century How many a lovely Joan goes to her wedding unread-of because her forebears were lacking, not in those qualities which open the gates of heaven, but in acquisitiveness? David Malcolm In the course of time these tenants, with their customary acquisitiveness, became landowners themselves, and their farms were readily distinguishable by the farm buildings, and particularly by the large substantial red bank barns. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac The faculty of acquisitiveness grows with what it feeds on; and before the Alaskan tour is over, it almost amounts to a mania among the excursionists. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska We may, we have, to gratify acquisitiveness, forced them to labor under every disadvantage; yes, we have compelled them to sacrifice their industry, prosperity, and even their lives have been yielded, but never their instincts. Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained The man of Fiction and the man of Fact were at one in this passion of acquisitiveness. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting He possessed little of that strong common sense and power of acquisitiveness which make his countrymen, as a rule, so successful in every walk of life. Canada The house may be wanted simply as a possession, a crude satisfaction of our native acquisitiveness. Human Traits and their Social Significance The men who leave seldom have acquisitiveness well developed. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony He was beginning to spread, to reach out: acquisitiveness and assimilativeness were to be his two watchwords. On the Stairs Russell was not noted for anything but his acquisitiveness but he was a faithful servant of the Crown in his own way. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 Her delicately curved lips were free from the grim lines of concentrated acquisitiveness. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo The instincts of self-display and leadership, and many of the non-social instincts, such as curiosity and acquisitiveness, are frequently called into play in the service of the more directly social tendencies of the individual. Human Traits and their Social Significance The Australian light horseman has the bump of acquisitiveness even better developed than the Lowland infantryman, and having a horse on which he can hang his trophies he can give this penchant greater scope. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 His face, of a highbred and strongly marked type, emphasised by age, had the hawk-like contour, that is supposed to betoken extreme acquisitiveness. The Colonel's Dream The door was opened at his elbow by a white-haired, almost "bearded" woman, large, sharp-sighted, and ugly, with many signs of both inquisitiveness and acquisitiveness upon her. A Husband by Proxy Had his job carried a salary, it would have excited the acquisitiveness of other virtuosi; as it was, he was secure. A Book of Prefaces The child's curiosity, the acquisitiveness or sex desire or self-assertiveness of the adult must be checked and modified in the interests of the group among which the individual lives. Human Traits and their Social Significance Mr. Mitchell Henry could afford to wait, and his patience has been attended with success; but Mr. Drinkwater was compelled to encounter, not mere passive indifference, but active acquisitiveness. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. And Dexter Allison is no doubt an estimable man in many ways, even though, as you feel positive, he has a tendency to acquisitiveness which is deplorable. Then I'll Come Back to You Her venality, he began to see, was merely the instinctive acquisitiveness of the savage, the greed of the petted child. Never-Fail Blake These include such tendencies as curiosity, imitation, play, constructiveness and acquisitiveness. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education We cannot, when we will, vent our pugnacity on those who have provoked it; we cannot be ruthlessly self-assertive in a group; or gratify our native acquisitiveness by appropriating anything and everything within our reach. Human Traits and their Social Significance Was the understanding between father and daughter, and this apparent and most uncharacteristic submission to his judgment on her part, based on a common passion, acquisitiveness? The Black Pearl These four passions—acquisitiveness, vanity, rivalry, and love of power—are, after the basic instincts, the prime movers of almost all that happens in politics. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism I have a tolerable "acquisitiveness" among my other organs, but think I would rather get than keep money, and to earn would always be pleasanter to me than to save. Records of a Girlhood Feet suggest solid land; lungs suggest liquid air; eyes, light; hands, acquisitiveness, and hence dominion; tongue, talk, and hence companions, etc. Among the Forces Individuals display at once curiosity and fear, pity and pugnacity, acquisitiveness and sympathy. Human Traits and their Social Significance What marked him off from his comrades even at this period was his lively acquisitiveness. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Until 1914, acquisitiveness had prevailed, on the whole, since the fall of Napoleon; the past six years have seen a prevalence of the instinct of rivalry. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism His cunning and acquisitiveness, combined with the credulity and ignorance of his countrymen, have slowly brought about his large fortune. Democracy and Social Ethics Another instinct which has supplied fuel to patriotism of the baser sort is that of acquisitiveness. Outspoken Essays Thus an Page 111 individual may have a marked capacity for leadership, or an extraordinarily tireless curiosity, or an abnormally developed pugnacity or acquisitiveness. Human Traits and their Social Significance Nor did his removal affect the acquisitiveness of his successor, who loyally followed in his footsteps. Looking Seaward Again I think this is the source of what is erroneous in the Marxian interpretation of history, which tacitly assumes that acquisitiveness is the source of all political actions. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Over against the acquisitiveness of the covetous and envious is set the ideal of inward poverty, with its liberation from the narrow self-interest of I, Me and Mine. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day In private life, no motive of action is at present so powerful and so persistent as acquisitiveness, which, unlike most other desires, knows no satiety. Outspoken Essays They spring straight from the acquisitiveness which is a universal characteristic of human nature and indeed of animal and vegetable nature. The Unity of Civilization He fastened upon me all the powers of inquisitiveness and acquisitiveness, and absorbed all I had learned in twenty years of the politics of this State. From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield Of the four passions we have enumerated, only one, namely acquisitiveness, is concerned at all directly with men's relations to their material conditions. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism The English indeed, have not built up their world-wide speech with their own materials but have, with characteristic acquisitiveness taken the combinations they wanted, ready made, mainly from Greek, Latin and French. The Black Man's Place in South Africa But, though pugnacity and acquisitiveness have been the real foundation of much miscalled patriotism, better motives are generally mingled with these primitive instincts. Outspoken Essays Very early in a child's life acquisitiveness shows itself; he begins to say "I," and "mine," and desires things to be his "very own." The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 Over the astounding windfall the chubby fingers closed with a gesture suggesting generations of acquisitiveness. V. V.'s Eyes Notwithstanding his territorial acquisitiveness, and aversion to relinquishing stolen nations, he was yet a glorious old king; rather choleric—a word and a blow—but of a right royal heart. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II There is a cold reticence which restrains generous impulses and which inclines to acquisitiveness; it will make you deliberate, inventive, adding self-esteem, some vanity.' Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy It would, however, be a great error to suppose that the instinct of acquisitiveness, in its old and barbarous form, has lost its hold upon even the most civilised nations. Outspoken Essays He puts acquisitiveness first and right and sterling honesty and unselfishness second. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 Therefore the spirit of acquisitiveness dwindled and died down, in the absence of any strong need to study abroad, and an idle, frivolous, darting, capricious spirit controlled the aristocratic tourist. English Travellers of the Renaissance Bob wrestled with the demons of selfishness, doubt, suspicion, pride, stubbornness, anger, acquisitiveness that swarmed in the old man's spirit, as Christian with Apollyon. The Rules of the Game He was to a certain extent out of the picture among the crowd of this new generation of pleasure seekers, on the faces of whom opulence and acquisitiveness had already laid its branding hand. The Great Prince Shan Literary acquisitiveness drew Mallinson on to ask for more of the same kind. The Philanderers Hence the singleness and finality in the election of passion made by a woman as compared with a man's acquisitiveness of delight. Robert Browning The passing of the courtier, the widened scope of the university, the rise of journalism, and the ascendancy of England, changed the attitude of the English traveller from eager acquisitiveness to complacent amusement. English Travellers of the Renaissance Their acquisitiveness once divine like Mercury's, is now out of place except in jail. An Englishman Looks at the World It was at the time when men still imagined that to be a pivotal man in some way enhanced their chances of being demobilised that an abnormal wave of acquisitiveness passed over us. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 5, 1919 Yet nothing damped the ardour of the sellers, and the acquisitiveness of the buyers. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc As for Stukeley, the acquisitiveness which had made a Judas of him was destined, by a poetic justice, ever desired but rarely forthcoming for knaves, soon to be his ruin. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Certain tendencies of human nature, as keen assertion of a supposed right, resentment of supposed injury, acquisitiveness, desire of admiration, combativeness, or mere love of excitement. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation In my "Future in America" I have taken the former largely at Miss Tarbell's estimate, and treated him as a case of acquisitiveness raised in Baptist surroundings. An Englishman Looks at the World For the Scotsman's acquisitiveness is very rarely destitute of some nobler underlying motive. A Daughter of Fife The overstrain of desire, the feverishness of acquisitiveness, and the lust for power, often in their intensity defeat the purpose sought. The Tragedies of the Medici Hakluyt's famous Collection of Voyages, and Purchas, His Pilgrimage, were even more stimulating to the English imagination than to the English acquisitiveness. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World The storing of provisions by the ants is an exercise of acquisitiveness, - the faculty which with us makes rich men and misers. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation But the revivalist, knowing human nature, as all confidence men do, banks on our superstitious fears and makes his appeal to our acquisitiveness, offering us absolution and life eternal for a consideration—to cover expenses. Love, Life & Work Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others But there were a delay and a finish in this arrangement that suited neither Aristabulus's go-a-head-ism, nor his organ of acquisitiveness. Home as Found Instinct works by formulas, which, as it were, make up the animal, so that the ant and the bee are atoms of incarnate constructiveness and acquisitiveness, and nothing else. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 Mammon, the greed of acquisitiveness, the voracious appetite for getting more, gleamed in her green eyes. The Secret of the Tower "I find here acquisitiveness and secretiveness enough to stock an entire Board of Aldermen and a Congressional Committee." Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870 It turned an unusual amount of pugnacity, acquisitiveness, and lust of power into productive work. Public Opinion The sons of New England who fight poverty and privation until they are forty acquire the virtue of acquisitiveness. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Mrs. Estabrook had a large share of acquisitiveness, but she had also a large measure of caution, which she had inherited from her Scotch ancestry. Helping Himself Not so very, but, as you know, he had a love of money—a sort of acquisitiveness, that led him into questionable dealings. Raspberry Jam Some have more industry, or more strength, or more cunning, or more foresight, or more acquisitiveness than others. Caesar's Column Gradually, one after another, the other four girls fell under the lure of their vanity and their acquisitiveness. Angel Island I went into the tomb from curiosity; and I took away what I did, being fired with the zeal of acquisitiveness which animates the collector. The Jewel of Seven Stars That will do now, in as much as the end of the story is this: That portion in my brains called "acquisitiveness" got the gold-fever again, and I started for old Ballaarat. The Eureka Stockade "Al-Kasab," which phrenologists would translate "acquisitiveness," The author is here attempting to reconcile man's moral responsibility, that is Freewill, with Fate by which all human actions are directed and controlled. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 The whole of London seemed to have disgorged its shops into this room; he looked at Miss Casserol's face, and was greatly struck by the shrewd acquisitiveness of her small eyes. The Island Pharisees Each man followed the bent of his individual instinct for acquisitiveness. Angel Island That she was of great estate and ‘richly left’ made all things possible to any man who had sufficient acquisitiveness, or a good conceit of himself. The Man In the real world, greedy striving and the emulation of acquisitiveness preclude such amity as was present here. Scaramouche Up to the year 1830 Phileas, who was thus enabled to exercise his bump of "acquisitiveness," earned every year a sum equivalent to his expenses. The Deputy of Arcis At an early age he manifested a strong development of the good old Yankee organ of acquisitiveness. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum And shall you expect less acquisitiveness in men who have built themselves up by acquisitiveness? Scaramouche Man being what he is, and labouring under his curse of acquisitiveness, will never willingly surrender possessions, whether they be justly or unjustly held. Scaramouche |
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