| 单词 | filthy lucre |
| 例句 | Of course for some Everesters myriad other, less virtuous, motives came into play, as well: minor celebrity, career advancement, ego massage, ordinary bragging rights, filthy lucre. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “By the way. Meant to ask. How does your pop earn his filthy lucre?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then she tried a child’s story, which she could easily have disposed of if she had not been mercenary enough to demand filthy lucre for it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It may be filthy lucre, but it doesn't sound like easy money. TV review: Saving Face: True Stories; Funny Business 2013-01-16T23:10:01Z If Mel and Sue are casualties, the fanbase’s disgust at the shabbiness of the transition from the BBC will transform them into martyrs, too good for this world of filthy lucre. I love The Great British Bake Off, but won't miss Mel and Sue 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Those looking for more of a party atmosphere could find it at Mary Boone, where Barbara Kruger’s huge wall texts shouted “Money makes money” and other turns of phrase on the topic of filthy lucre. Art Review: Art Basel Miami Beach - Review 2011-12-03T00:25:04Z Carey was writing about his own experience, having himself left the filthy lucre of advertising for a commune called Starlight. Brett Dean on the trials of getting his opera Bliss on to the stage 2010-08-29T21:00:00Z It’s kind of like saying they swapped the family soul for fame and filthy lucre, so tough luck. The Guccis Are Really Not Happy About ‘House of Gucci’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z If the one is vilified for its worship of filthy lucre, the other is tarred by its worship of frivolous lamé. In ‘Cruella,’ Fashion Is Toxic 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Instead, the story insists upon the hoary sentiment of filthy lucre’s overriding all reason and friendship, like an opera without song. ‘The Hobbit,’ Round 3, ‘The Battle of the Five Armies’ 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z He was “mortified” that people would think he had dedicated his God-given power to the pursuit of “filthy lucre.” The Book of Mormon’s foggy origins 2012-08-12T16:01:00Z Soon thereafter I realized I was tired of acting in the stupid movies and sitcoms and commercials that made me my filthy lucre. I wrote my way to true love 2013-02-14T01:00:00Z There’s also a considerable chance that the GOP’s true centers of power—the corporate donors who underwrite stooges like Marco Rubio—will refuse to throw their filthy lucre at Trump. F**k it, I’m rooting for Donald Trump: It’s what the GOP deserves, and what we all deserve if we don’t mobilize 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z If you had talent, the worst thing you could do for your soul was allow some corporate entity to claim and corrupt it in exchange for filthy lucre. "Sorry to Bother You" speaks the hidden truths of "white voice" out loud 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Broadway is constantly accused of abandoning its storied, artistic past in a current embrace of filthy lucre. Perspective | Five myths about Broadway 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z You will, however, get your money’s worth, one way or another: whether it’s from the crime thriller or the thought-provoking sermon on filthy lucre that it throws in, at no extra charge. Review | ‘All the Money in the World’ is a stylish crime thriller with a cynical heart 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z And, commendably, he is a man who plays for history more than filthy lucre. Adam Scott has made himself right at home at Royal Liverpool: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Indeed, Keating’s shift from opposing filth to filthy lucre was quickly reflected in CDL’s operating budget, almost 90 percent of which went into administration and further fundraising, rather than actual activism against smut. Meet the spiritual forefather of conservatives’ War on Women 2014-04-13T10:59:00Z They call it filthy lucre, and for good reason. It's Called Filthy Lucre For A Reason 2014-01-31T14:57:00Z Other golfers may have hustled after filthy lucre, but not Bobby. The Masters presents a phony, sanitized South 2013-04-11T17:06:00Z Enough of the ‘filthy lucre’ is handled there every day to run a kingdom.” The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z The fact was, that as the marquis received what he wanted, the subject of filthy lucre was never mentioned in the household. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z It was the future and the ideal that he beheld, not the piled-up heaps of filthy lucre. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z “Especially since the filthy lucre belongs to him.” The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z "For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre." The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z So evident was it that "he took the oversight of you, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind." Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z And by this did Claes give to understand that heretics are punished because of a vile desire on the part of His Majesty for filthy lucre. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Who made unfair use of government information to speculate in the funds for the sake of "filthy lucre?" Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z We say really honourable, because her persecutors were either actuated by "filthy lucre," or by a desire to recommend themselves, in some way or another, to the favour of the king and his ministers. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z The so-called ‘International’ Regatta lived but two years, and fell through so soon as its mercenary promoters came to the conclusion that they could not see their way to harvest filthy lucre out of it. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Sometime afterward I heard a suitcase unlatch and the Colonel said, "Does that smell like filthy lucre to you?" Golf Saved My Life 2011-08-19T04:00:00Z They prophesied for filthy lucre's sake and lived in sin like the rest of the apostates. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z There was the senior deacon, who more fond of money than he? though he always called it dross and filthy lucre. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Nothing can be done in this world without filthy lucre. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z After we 're through with it, we will pack the filthy lucre in the box and express it to a Montreal bank. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z The reverend pastor will tell you that the "wages of sin is death," and will rail against "filthy lucre;" but he has no inclination for answering the queries here propounded. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z Let the record boldly stand; Not a bale for “filthy lucre”— All for Freedom to our land. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z He is untrustworthy, and too fond of filthy lucre ever to come to good. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z What sane man could grumble who has all his faculties, just because he cannot make filthy lucre, when he has that patient old lady ready to face him with her calm, subdued ways. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z Prithee, is mankind given over to the wantonness of these men, for them to mock and in every way abuse and make of them whatever they please, for filthy lucre's sake? Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z "My dear brethren," he cried, "is it possible that you can thus place the love of filthy lucre above the love of virtue?" English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z In some way he must acquire a huge amount of filthy lucre, and acquire it honestly. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager "Yet she would renounce her love, would betray him for the sake of filthy lucre," says Mona, gravely. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z I was not going to sell myself for filthy lucre. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The word “lucre” occurs five times in the New Testament, and each time it is called “filthy lucre.” Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments Anyhow ask that dear Mummy of yours to help you to choose, and you will buy them with these "filthy lucre" pennies. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith I have sometimes been reproached by thoughtless critics for deserting the noble pursuit of science in favour of fiction and filthy lucre. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. We make any sacrifices for the new religion, and are willing to waste the filthy lucre of gold to extend a divine idea. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. On the majestic brow of a true hero, a shocking bad hat is a far nobler, more glittering crown, than the circle of filthy lucre which surmounts the head of Europe's bloated despot. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 As it was, the filthy lucre never entered his head. A Canadian Bankclerk Mind, the Bible calls them "filthy lucre," so I am not saying bad words! The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith All philosophies and all religions agree that money is mere dross, filthy lucre. Miss Cayley's Adventures Jortin justly observes that the priests industriously cherished the delusion for the sake of filthy lucre. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy They've had their filthy lucre, and they know I can shift the stuff, and they're on their knees to me, begging me to take their muck by the hundred—at my own price.' Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists His only scruple was not to defile his holy hands with the filthy lucre which worldlings coveted. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture Most fellows would be impatient, burdened with so much of the filthy lucre as Mark has. The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air All that sort of thing he leaves to the opposition firm, whose agents are clamorous for payment, and contrive to accumulate immense sums of the filthy lucre which they affect to despise. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Should be sorry for you to suppose I was instigated by love of gain—filthy lucre, ladies; but think of your vallyable health—your precious health—and buy my teapots; two dollars twenty-five cents a-piece. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 We saw groups of natives from the neighboring countries, lingering about the depot, quite willing to trade, and offering us their praying machines for filthy lucre. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months When man becomes greedy of filthy lucre—loves money—he can be influenced by it and thus be led to favor the rich. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Have not the temporal things—the vain baubles and filthy lucre of this world—which were apt to engage their worldly and selfish thoughts, been benevolently taken from them? English: Composition and Literature Nor is it even a craving for filthy lucre. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories If, therefore you won’t buy tickets for filthy lucre’s sake, buy for the sake of our soldiers. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages But if they didn’t know these things, they had much to learn, for that’s what they did at our party and who were we to spurn their filthy lucre? The 1926 Tatler A bishop must not be given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, not a brawler, not covetous, not a novice, not self-willed, not soon angry. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity In the unconscious, at any rate, money is assuredly "filthy lucre." A Dominie in Doubt For it was not the lust of filthy lucre, but the love of sport that incited them to the venture. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories For 'twas not the "filthy lucre" we wanted, only the sport. The Colonial Mortuary Bard; "'Reo," The Fisherman; and The Black Bream Of Australia 1901 By being faithless to our most solemn trust, we could keep the filthy lucre. How It All Came Round The teachers of these "fables" were influenced by love of "filthy lucre." The Books of the New Testament It is held that the motive of Judas was totally different from the one hitherto supposed: it was not filthy lucre. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion But there, shall not be the two things, the desire of one for filthy lucre, the desire of the other for love. April's Lady A Novel Till then, I was quite satisfied to let the matter rest; living, for the present, in the fairy land of my imagination where such a thing as filthy lucre was undreamt of. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. If but the Captain wear a stately mien And walketh deck with slow and kingly tread, Lieutenants skilled, by filthy lucre bribed, May box the compass and so save the ship. 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts Let us no longer cheat our consciences by talking of filthy lucre. A Window in Thrums Tearing my pictures from the walls, and ransacking every nook and corner, and packing up and carting away what's dearer to her than household gods, and all for filthy lucre's sake! Art in England Notes and Studies Many others have been prejudiced against him merely from the fact that he spent so much time and energy in the pursuit of 'filthy lucre'. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies At the Bourse the transactions have been of the most trifling description, much to the disgust of the many thousands who live here by peddling gains and doubtful speculations in this temple of filthy lucre. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris Beside, financial ills have him beset, And he now eager, filthy lucre seeks. 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts For you must know he was a man of wit and learning, albeit his humour was so saturnine and grasping, above all when his thoughts turned toward filthy lucre. The Well of Saint Clare When we talk of sordid gain and filthy lucre, we are generally hypocrites. Thackeray "Well, if that's Gib's fortune, it must be filthy lucre," he mumbled through the handkerchief. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Without the filthy lucre nothing can be begun or ended. A Crooked Path A Novel He peered round, searching for filthy lucre on all sides. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics It is very difficult to mix thoroughly in business without dirtying your hands; it requires no ordinary moral courage to keep them clean when there is so much filthy lucre about. Town Life in Australia It was not blood for blood, nor life for life, but blood for "filthy lucre;" so the poor woman was hung in obedience to the inexorable ferocity of the law and its administrators. Elizabeth Fry Has she not that which some people term "filthy lucre," but never really think so? Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." Secondly, at filthy lucre: as Demetrius and his followers, who cried great is Diana of Ephesus; but meant her little silver shrines. A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich You are all after the filthy lucre, wantin' to live on other folks.' The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Why don't you say that I'd sell my church and my religion to their worst enemies, and that for the sake of filthy lucre and blackguard upstart pride? The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Thanks, but I make not my odes for filthy lucre," same from Powell, tragically, and then he continued: "One penny reward, And a big tin sword, To whoever finds the shoe. The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat Now, Miss Hannah," he answered, as he came in at her bidding, "please don't you say one word to me 'bout de filthy lucre, 'less you means to 'sult me an' hurt my feelin's. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Whether he be aristocrat or plebeian, he knows the worth of money, and he knows how to despise the foolish beings who talk of "dross" and "filthy lucre" and the rest. Side Lights I find you have sold yourself for filthy lucre; she's old, or ill conditioned. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 Don't you see that we are going to the devil with our thirst for filthy lucre? Sevenoaks If the ignorant and superstitious givers have not 'filthy lucre' wherewithal to propitiate the ugly represented saints, wax candles, silver ore, cacao, sugar, and any other description of property is as readily received. The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal They would probably have thus raked together a great deal of the 'filthy lucre;' possibly this would have been their main object; but the world would have been benefited by them. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy "If you wish a fight now, it will be for the love of it, no filthy lucre being at stake." The Sword Maker Possibly they might excel in knowledge, that "knowledge which puffeth up;" in utterance,—"great swelling words of vanity," by which they gained both "filthy lucre" and the admiration of an ignorant and carnal multitude. Notes on the Apocalypse At first, the howling multitude, eager for filthy lucre, took no particular notice of them beyond an occasional hurried poke or pat, but this delusive mildness did not long continue. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Such parental reservation of children for filthy lucre and the pleasures of sin for a season, involves a guilt which no redeeming attribute can mitigate. The Christian Home For to accuse Cato of filthy lucre is like upbraiding Hercules with cowardice. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. Ministers are enjoined not to be worldly minded, and not to be given to filthy lucre. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884 Those harpies, therefore, for the mere sake of filthy lucre, were resolved to deliver me over into the hands of my father and the clutches of my pedagogue. Tales of a Traveller "Surely; we have not preserved thy life from love of filthy lucre." The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune An age of chivalry, and a man selling his daughter for filthy lucre to one renowned for his evil deeds and remorseless cruelties! In the Days of Chivalry This is the sordid dhross and filthy lucre which keeps our nineteen chartered banks and their one and twenty suburban branches going. The New North Do you think I came along with people who didn't want me, and have turned my own aunt against me, for the sake of filthy lucre? Spanish Doubloons The mariners, usually occupied in risking life or health merely for the sake of base traffic and filthy lucre, are suddenly transformed into ministering agents of civilization and religion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 It is five years since I fled thy father's face, fearing his wrath, for I had slain his red deer and sold them for filthy lucre. The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune I hate all that hankering after filthy lucre. John Caldigate Preëminent in villainy and a greedy love of filthy lucre stands the hard-hearted negro trader…. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime The pilgrims' money had not made it pretentious, nor the people who kept it dishonest —changes which 'filthy lucre' is very apt to bring about in the holiest places. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine "Depart, O mercenary being!" exclaimed the doctor, "before you abase my thoughts from sulphate of quinia to filthy lucre." The Girl at Cobhurst Sometimes, moreover, he made personal application to individuals, holding out his small black palm, and otherwise plainly signifying his excessive desire for whatever filthy lucre might happen to be in anybody's pocket. House of the Seven Gables Both her auditors, brother and sister, assented to this, and declared on their own knowledge that no man lived less addicted to filthy lucre than the warden. The Warden It was in reference to this that Caesar charged him with making a traffic of his marriage; but Plutarch says "to accuse Cato of filthy lucre is like upbraiding Hercules with cowardice." Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars Did you ever know of one of these gentry making a Prohibition speech except for filthy lucre—unless he was electioneering for office or taking subscribers for a cold-water journal? Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 If the family is poor, this day puts into the treasury of life a day of happiness and a goodly amount of filthy lucre. The Chinese Boy and Girl She was in pursuit of fame, not filthy lucre, and her literary dreams were as yet untainted by mercenary considerations. Anne of the Island Is it surprizing that I agreed and that I took the filthy lucre? Bab: a Sub-Deb My nevvy, he likes 'em; but I do cherish more on fine drink than filthy lucre any day o' God's good weeks. Traffics and Discoveries "It is filthy lucre that inspires me," she replied steadily. The Pagans No, count," he said, "I am not a tradesman; I don't sell anything for filthy lucre; for your sake I am ready to part with my wife even, but not with Milovidka…. A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I I had deserted The People's Cause for filthy lucre—an allurement which Mr. O'Flynn had always treated with withering scorn—in print. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Rather, he parades an ostentatious horror of filthy lucre, only paralleled by his distaste for food. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Though, in a business way, he sells Impartial puffs for filthy lucre, There's not, at the dramatic cards, A rival whom, he cannot euchre. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 39, December 24, 1870. Now also the multitudes of Europe, uncorrupted by ambition, envy, or filthy lucre, forebode the deadly struggle impending over us all from the conspiracy of crowned heads. Select Speeches of Kossuth The Skimpoles and Chadbands of the world are always inclined to talk of filthy lucre: it is equally a fashion of really lavish people to boast that they are good men of business. Byron I do not ask that now, as the girl is dead and a clergyman is not supposed to take much interest in filthy lucre. The Mill Mystery The happenstance mention of the Invisible God's remarkable immunity to the touch of filthy lucre, a truth conclusively established by the impossibility of selling idols of him, seemed to impress her Emperor beyond all measure. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs Thus I saw, falling into the coffers of the church, filthy lucre not sanctified by prayer or sacrifice, and from this seed the church hoped to reap a holy harvest. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory The New Testament teems with passages inculcating peace, brotherly love, mutual forbearance, charity, disregard of filthy lucre, and devotedness to the welfare of our fellowmen. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers He said he wouldn't sleep well until he has returned the filthy lucre. The Hollow of Her Hand How little he seemed to think of the stain of blood on his hands, and how much of the mere chance of making filthy lucre! What's Bred in the Bone How many souls have they been the means of destroying by their ignorance and corrupt doctrine? preaching that which was no better for their souls than ratsbane to the body, for filthy lucre's sake. The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works We have both of us made this expedition for a purpose, have we not—namely, to secure certain filthy lucre which, after all, would be of slight value to dead men? Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Indeed, sheltered as you are under Porphyrius' roof, there is a price on your head, and this house swarms with slaves, who all know you; if one of them, tempted by filthy lucre . Serapis — Volume 02 For no filthy lucre, you may be sure, but from sheer love of the pursuit itself! Pagan Papers Was he incapable of thinking about anything but filthy lucre? What's Bred in the Bone Sir," he said, "I do not seek filthy lucre. Allan and the Holy Flower For a matter of gold—for fear of the cost in filthy lucre—they refrain from hurling wrong-doers in the dust! Rung Ho! Such a one noticing that no money ever passed when Boden and Bird played, patronizingly said to the former, "Mr. Boden, I am so glad to find you do not care for 'filthy lucre.'" Chess History and Reminiscences He had no desire for "filthy lucre," he assured her; he only desired to render his country a great service. The Clique of Gold Not, he parenthesised, that for the sake of filthy lucre he need necessarily embrace the lyric platform as a walk in life for any lengthy space of time. Ulysses That hid she in her rocky bed where it became gold of the mint; the filthy lucre of unworthiness and avarice, a blessing when in charity bestowed; a boon as the reward of honest labor! Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales The one all-powerful evil passion of mankind—greed of gold; lust of filthy lucre. At the Mercy of Tiberius B. replied, "It is not to the `filthy lucre' I object, but to the `filthy looker on.'" Chess History and Reminiscences As usual, filthy lucre had to do with his tarrying. Balzac The Cross of Honour and the Laurel Crown will not be bought and sold for filthy lucre. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Even in your cities I observe a feverish excitement, and a demnable race for what the Scriptures aptly call 'filthy lucre'; and the pastoral regions are—well—rough indeed. Such Is Life She betrayed her love, yielding it up for filthy lucre, crushing her nobler nature in the dust, and driving over it, as did Tullia the dead body of her father. Old Fritz and the New Era Those who receive the filthy lucre are corrupt already. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Still with the same object of buying a farm and having gooseberries, he married an elderly and ugly widow without a trace of feeling for her, simply because she had filthy lucre. The Wife, and other stories The desire of this family to obtain filthy lucre was too great. The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries If the squandered filthy lucre is never to be found again in their possession, you find the remains of floral relics hoarded in dainty cedar-wood boxes. The Firm of Nucingen For he was 'blameless, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, apt to teach, not given to filthy lucre.' Faraday as a Discoverer His makes people just; whilst yours, like other filthy lucre, can corrupt both judge and jury. The Symposium "All my eggs are in one basket, and it's a mean trick of you to hire out for filthy lucre to kick that basket." The Riverman The convict promised not to engage again in this pleasant pastime for filthy lucre. The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries |
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