| 单词 | indigence |
| 例句 | Bobby, perhaps because of the indigence of his childhood, hated the idea of people making money off his name. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It is a fine thing, reader, to be lifted in a moment from indigence to wealth—a very fine thing; but not a matter one can comprehend, or consequently enjoy, all at once. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z William Booth’s famous poverty maps, which the social reformer used to catalogue affluence and indigence in late Victorian London, don’t extend this far south. In London, looking backward to move forward 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Having dispossessed them and pushed them into a downward spiral of indigence, in a cruel sleight of hand the government began to use their own penury against them. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part One 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z Spanning decades, oceans and the whole economic scale from indigence to opulence, this novel holds within its grasp the story of one extraordinary marriage. ‘Fates and Furies’ review: A masterful tale of marriage and secrets 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The challenges of Maloney’s background — familial trauma, poor medical care, occasional indigence — form part of the back story, but they are ultimately beside the point of this book. An Essayist Navigates the Labyrinth of American Health Care. Barely. 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z They “punctured,” he said, Life magazine’s “conception of indigence as an abstract lure to an ideological foe” — Communism. Perspective | Gordon Parks went back to Rio to save a boy’s life. What happened next was a lot more complicated. 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Black and Hispanic Americans escaped indigence in record numbers. Review | Twisting Bill Clinton’s economic record to blame him for inequality 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Reflecting on his upbringing, he recalled that he began to understand the realities of both injustice and indigence when his bicycle was stolen and his parents told him they could not afford to replace it. Yale Kamisar, legal scholar known as the ‘father’ of the Miranda warning, dies at 92 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z For those who admit to indigence, accommodations are made: maybe they wash dishes, for example. Borscht, pierogi and community: A revolutionary Russian restaurant nears its last days 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Oetken said his ruling on Parnas’ indigence was in response to a letter from his lawyer stating he could no longer pay the costs of his defense. Judge: Giuliani pal can’t pay travel tab, taxpayers on hook 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Drug addiction and mental health problems that Floyd suspected he suffered from resulted not in treatment or diversion programs, but in felony convictions and a lifetime of indigence. Police were a constant presence in George Floyd’s life, an experience shared by other Black men 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z If the prototypical American was white and middle class, and my parents’ Chinese accents and indigence marked them as irredeemably fresh off the boat, what chance was there for someone like me to achieve Americanness? Constance Wu’s Hollywood Destiny 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z She even forbade me to write about anything in my college essay that hinted at our immigrant indigence. How I Would Have Fared on the SAT’s Adversity Score 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z But once the month is over, broke Diana faces indigence back in England unless she’s rescued from destitution by true love. Review: A 1908 feminist rom-com? Why ‘Diana of Dobson’s’ has been forgotten for too long 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Northwell prefers not to call the Food as Health Center a pantry, concerned that the term might connote indigence. Take Two Aspirin—and a Serving of Kale 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Payment was a democratic innovation to ensure that poor citizens would not be prevented from civic engagement by indigence. What Modern Democracies Didn’t Copy From Ancient Greece 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Hostility to foreigners versus fear of indigence: scarcely a feast of reason and flow of soul. We’re just 10 days from making the most terrible mistake on Europe | Matthew d’Ancona 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z It warned that if inflation isn’t tamed and jobs aren’t created, “it will be hard to reverse the rising trend that we’re seeing in urban poverty and indigence rates.” Argentine President Mauricio Macri Prescribes Tough Economic Medicine 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Children in Negroland were warned that few Negroes enjoyed privilege or plenty and that most whites would be glad to see them returned to indigence, deference and subservience. Life in a world of black accomplishment, money and position 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Laws passed at this time to stop grave robbing and advance medical science in essence reframed the idea of dissection as a deterrent against indigence. Dissected Bodies And Grave Robbing Evidence Of Unequal Treatment Of 19th Century Blacks And Poor 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z It is not to be equated with poverty in the sense of indigence,” she says. Poverty in Germany ‘at Record High’ 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The poverty and indigence statistics, for example, are linked to official estimates of inflation. Inflation in Argentina: New data, old qualms 2014-02-14T14:22:45Z The driver, knowing Leonard’s all-day mission, tried to change the subject to the Cosmos, the famous soccer team that was sinking into the tar pits of time and indigence. Sports of The Times: Argentina vs. Brazil — Battle of Stars and a Sign of Soccer’s Arrival 2012-06-09T18:40:06Z Obviously this lecture-hall business, like most of my other theories, necessarily involves considerable expenditure; but if anything is to be done, opulence must feel for indigence not only in heart but in pocket. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z Thousands of families, once wealthy, were suddenly reduced to indigence. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z This was at that time, and afterwards a most thriving business, the foundation of fortunes to rugged and enterprising men, born in indigence. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Probably her own patrimonial resources will preserve her from indigence. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Such incidents are quite enough to reduce the small squire to practical indigence. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z In this brief space, Under the pressure of indigence and sickness, He displayed talents truly Poetical. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Nathaniel, or “Nat” Lee, as he is more often called, was one of those who failed to find fortune, but it must be admitted his “own vices” are answerable for his indigence. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z The basest of men enriched themselves, and many of the most estimable sank into obscurity and indigence. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z His life was closing in comparative indigence when a new branch of industry was developed in his adopted country. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Don Bernardo was the father of a very large family, who were reduced to indigence by this event, and it gave me the greatest grief to witness the sad situation of their mother. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z Many are poor through indigence, and not in their spirit, because they desire to have much. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z He led, separated from his family, an erratic life for some years; was divorced from his consort in 1812; and finally settled at St Gall in Switzerland in great loneliness and indigence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z No one could have expected that this fine flight of steps would lead to squalor and the haunts of indigence. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z The present system is not, as many Socialists believe, hurrying us into a state of general indigence and slavery from which only Socialism can save us. Socialism 2011-11-27T03:00:13.337Z Their kings are without power and without glory; their subjects languish in indigence and wretchedness. Letters To Eugenia Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices 2011-11-24T03:00:47.570Z For the beggar his infirmity had been enough, though he had had food; and again, his indigence had been enough for him, although he had been healthful. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z He had now one aim—to keep his wife and child from indigence while he lived, and one despair—that he could not keep them from indigence after he was dead. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Why can you have all that heart can desire, and why must I get along with a mere pittance, just enough to make me wince under my own indigence? 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z Some are born rich without work, others are born to a position in which they can become rich by work, the great majority are born to hard work and poverty throughout life, numbers to indigence. Socialism 2011-11-27T03:00:13.337Z No time, no money was wasted; and by this means, little as they possessed of either, they always had some of each to spare at the call of indigence, friendship, or civility. 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 I enjoined the poor to rejoice in their indigence. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z To have no shoes is a mark of extreme indigence to-day; it was the common lot a century ago. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z But for that, I would accept the outward indigence of a sage possessed of both heaven and earth. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Their characters immingle in our own,—the affluence or the indigence of their intellects, the sugar or the nitre of their wit, the shifting sand or the unwedgeable iron of their moral natures. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z But the Colonists still had to struggle against farming the tobacco, which they had in vain attempted to get commuted for some other burthen, and many cultivators of that plant were reduced to indigence. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Then the wealthy man received his happiness in reward for short enjoyment, and the indigence of the needy one cleansed away his little sins. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z But as the State furnishes protection against human violence by its courts of justice, and against disease by its sanitary laws, so it furnishes protection against famine and indigence by its legal provision of relief. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z There is a pride in life born of indigence as there is the pride of wealth. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z Those who spend all their income forget that if others did as they do, there would be universal indigence. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z Love and war is the soldier's motto; though my income is trifling to your intended son-in-law's, still the chance of war has enabled me to support the object of my love above indigence. Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z There are also other poor, not through indigence but in spirit, because they are, according to the apostolic saying, "As having nought and possessing all things." The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z These vicissitudes of language in their end were to produce a vernacular idiom more wealthy than our native indigence seemed to promise. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Charlotte Ponsonby is armored in the pride born of spiritual indigence. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z He was aware of the indigence of the Dudleys, and was therefore extremely importunate for payment, and could scarcely be prevailed upon to allow them the interval of a day for the discovery of expedients. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Moreover, it seems to me that the government of France should not allow the grandchildren of the Count of Anteroches to be sunk—as they are—into deplorable indigence. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The proud rich are not needy through indigence nor in spirit, for they are enriched with possessions and swelled up in mind. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z The tops of the trees in its forests rustled dreamily; its broad acres showed signs of honest care; its industries were undeveloped to the point of indigence. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z What did she know about indigence, real privation, and brave endurance, such as a hundred thousand fellow-creatures all around her were undergoing? True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z There were, no doubt, persons of her own sex capable of estimating her worth, and who could have hastened to raise so much merit from the indigence to which it was condemned. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z The sarcasm intended by this speech was deeply felt by Lord Netherby, as with an unwonted concession to ill-humor, he replied,— "There is nothing so courageous as indigence!" The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z In all these points of view, from indigence is to be traced the great Origin and the Progress of Crimes. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention 2011-03-23T02:00:17.353Z But she defended the increase, saying, “A wealthy nation is a nation without indigence,” echoing one of her campaign slogans. In Obama Visit, Brazil?s Leader Aims to Mend Fences 2011-03-18T00:50:05Z “They will give their reasons, I mine; the assembly will judge whether a state can exist without money, and whether it is wise to waste treasure in darkness while the state is threatened with indigence.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Her acceptance of Balfour would merely aggravate her indigence. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Napoleon, regarding this transfer as an insult, threw up his commission in disgust, and retired, in comparative indigence, to join his mother and the rest of the family, who were now residing at Marseilles. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z To be empowered to give temporary relief to prop up sinking families, and to prevent their descending from poverty to indigence, by arresting the influence of despondency, and keeping the spirit of industry alive. 4th. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention 2011-03-23T02:00:17.353Z It is true I am no more able to set in motion the schemes by which their indigence was alleviated. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z But that indigence which had prompted the knight to forsake his courtly country for the howling wilderness, was the only remaining hereditament left to his bedwindled descendants in the fourth and fifth remove. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Thus in a moment was this man thrown from the summit of affluence to the lowest indigence. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z North Korea’s indigence is almost as scary as its belligerence. Economics focus: Parallel economies 2010-12-29T10:57:07Z The fifth Class comprises the Infant Poor, who from extreme indigence, or the death of parents, are cast upon the public for nurture. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention 2011-03-23T02:00:17.353Z None, however attentive, can always discover that merit which indigence or faction may happen to obscure; and none, however powerful, can always reward it. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z This indigence in worldly goods was attended by another, which was a poverty of friends. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z The causes of this plebeian indigence can only be glanced at here. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Deprived of the revenues of the see, he died in indigence. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide She could not walk, and yet, in her indigence, she had no means of conveyance, except at the occasional invitation of some friend. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician When at length Lysander brought vast sums of money into Sparta, and made this state the most wealthy in Greece,989 the citizens are reported still to have maintained the same proud indigence. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 Where, indeed, were the means by which Alida was to be shielded from indigence, if connected with his fortunes? Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Therefore he bore the burden of his indigence alone, strictly keeping himself from those who had been more favoured by fortune. Stories from Tagore Not long after Captain Morgan arrived at Jamaica, he found many of his chief officers and soldiers reduced to their former state of indigence through their immoderate vices and debauchery. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day One was extreme indigence on the part of my parents. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician After a short space of time I shall be left young, widowed, and in indigence. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Where, indeed, were the means by which Alida was to be shielded from indigence, if connected with his fortunes? Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact "A National" Guard slowly paces before the gate, within which Royalty no longer dwells; and the banner of their independence floats over their indigence! Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) She was reckless and extravagant, and was at several times imprisoned for debt, finally dying in frightful indigence after subsisting by button making,—a sad termination of a brilliant career. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday Nor was it from mere indigence, or culpable stinginess that he ate and drank, for the most part in a healthful manner. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician We went upstairs, and I beheld a home breathing of indigence in all its details. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second A permit for a gratuitous interment may be obtained by presenting at the Mairie a certificate of indigence obtained from the Commissaire de Police upon application sustained by two witnesses in good standing. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 His father was a real Campbell, and as a merchant had at one time been of some fortune; but the American War had impoverished him, and the poet was born to comparative indigence. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) With its ragged thatch it has a cold cheerless look—almost a look of indigence. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) In vain I struggled to redeem myself; the time of my prosperity had not come, and I only sank deeper and deeper into debt, and finally into indigence. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories At first sight this seems easy, and many new laws have been passed which the rich themselves have predicted would immediately reduce them to indigence. The Crow's Nest Freiherr Roderick had granted shelter and subsistence on the property to two old maids, sisters of his father, who were living in indigence, having been but niggardly provided for. Weird Tales. Vol. I Holloway Road at this point is at its worst—dull and ugly, with an air of third-rate respectable indigence. Coquette His manner might easily have been—so Uncle Mo thought at least—that of indigence trying to get a foothold with an eye to begging in the end. When Ghost Meets Ghost His treatment of his own mother in her later days was even more reprehensible; she was banished, and left in indigence and humiliation till her death, at Cologne, July 3, 1642. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 The reader will readily agree that the best inheritance that the average American boy can have is indigence and lack of opportunity. Confessions of a Neurasthenic "It is a disgust from useful occupation; a disinclination to do anything; from which result indigence, want of cleanliness and misery, disease of body and the contempt of others." Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb Equally incapable of submitting to indigence or quiet; too proud to employ themselves in common labor; they would have been the scourge of the Old World, had they not been that of the New.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy A celebrated chemist, engaged in making experiments on the impregnated water, accidentally fell into a lagoon which he himself had caused to be excavated, and perished immediately, leaving a wife and several children in indigence. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. On these ashen, weather-beaten features indigence was drawn in its most ghastly outlines. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore For, suppose one person were blind, feeble, afflicted with grievous sickness, banished, childless, in indigence, and put to the torture; what will you call him, Zeno? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The Generall Assembly Considering that the contribution of fourty shillings for entertaining of Highland boyes at Schools, in respect of the penury and great indigence of those parts hath not taken the intended effect. The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland In such a condition the ties of nature sometimes yield to self-preservation, and children are sold to save both the parent and offspring from perishing for want; and infants become a prey to hopeless indigence. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton If indigence threw him into the society of the ignorant, the wretched, and the depraved, he made the knowledge of low life lie thus obtained serve his purpose as dramatist or pamphleteer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 The prime of all the feast, “Was looks that hearty welcome gave, and prov'd “No indigence nor poverty of soul. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II The victor and his country considered this pension, less as a relief of the champion's indigence, than as a mark of honour and distinction. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) It is not for corrupt wretches, who rise from the bed of debauchery, or from the mire of indigence, to feast their eyes upon the blood that streams from the scaffold. Madame Roland, Makers of History This latter only takes its beginning in a sphere that lies far above the world of necessity, indigence, and struggle for existence. On the Future of our Educational Institutions But a sharing in the profits of business always supposes a corresponding supervision of the business itself, and also the keeping of accounts.253.A very good remedy against indigence among the lower classes. Principles Of Political Economy The hurricane, too, was followed by repeated droughts, and the inhabitants of the out-islands were reduced to indigence and want, a condition which is still, in some measure, in evidence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" It will be, if the present movement is not altogether abortive, a civilisation of security, equity, and peace; where there is no indigence, no war, and comparatively little disease. Appearances Being Notes of Travel There is nothing, after disease, indigence, and guilt, so fatal to the pleasurable enjoyment of life as the want of a worthy outlet for the active faculties. The Subjection of Women As in the case of pauperism, the corresponding rate of emigration from Ireland, namely 1.5 per cent., exhibits a remarkable similarity, and affords another convincing proof that peasant proprietorship is no panacea for rustic indigence. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 He bestowed a considerable part of his income in ministering to pressing indigence, and relieving the wants of private distress. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. When relieved from the pressure of indigence, his mind seems almost immediately to have been turned toward religious meditation. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History But at the same time we are assured that they were not left in indigence or necessity. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History But it did seem as if the angel of poverty had tarried the longer at the doorposts of the less opulent and had, in proportion to their indigence, inflicted the greater suffering and privation. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution His parents, Henry Kepler and Catherine Guldenmann, were both of noble family, but had been reduced to indigence by their own bad conduct. The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler This safeguard against deception effectually preserved him from the dangerous extremes both of indigence and greatness. The Prodigal Father Banished from his native country and without any resource, Diogenes was reduced to great indigence. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The opulence of the grandfather did not descend to his grandson, whose indigence was a great cause of his desperate character. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot In spite of his adroitness, he found himself almost constantly on the very verge of indigence, and left behind him to his only son a small and impaired fortune. A Nobleman's Nest But dice, and wine, and women, mad luxury and boundless riot, had brought its owner down to indigence, and infamy and sin. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 The youthful wife, his babes who bore, Their indigence felt more and more. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Reduced to the most frightful indigence, they were seen to beg bread for themselves and families. Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the Revolution His whole property was confiscated, and he was reduced to indigence and contempt. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Many of them do not dread this punishment, but will seek to deserve it by more criminal conditions than enforced indigence and helpless hunger. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Nay, even the greatest perfection of the creature speaks out the creature's own self indigence most, because its happiness is the removal from itself unto another, even unto God the fountain of life. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning For this he is said to have been promised a reward, which he had, doubtless, magnified with all the wild expectations of indigence and vanity. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Opulence and indigence were no more sympathetic than oil and vinegar. A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike Hannah Adams had written some valuable works, and was now braiding straw for a living; and Mrs. Josiah Quincy exerted herself to have so talented a woman placed above indigence. A Little Girl in Old Boston I do not come here to ask your favors, such as cupidity would covet, or even such as would relieve indigence—Marat's widow needs no more than a tomb. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Prayer speaks a life of indigence and dependence in the creature, and also speaks out the attributes of God, for the supply of all our need, sovereignty, bounty, and good will in God. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The greatest misfortune has befallen Egypt: its rulers are threatened with indigence. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt And it is a sect, almost exclusively confined to that lower floor of society, where the light of modern education hardly finds an entrance, while wealth and respectability shun its utter indigence. Creative Unity Most of them were really as needy as they were idle and proud, and nothing is so inordinately grasping as the indigence of class-pride. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot The mother, whose dress betrays the extremity of indigence, is by her side, and with her own hands and one of the hands of her daughter covers her face. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. It is the creature's indigence and limited condition which maketh it needful to go without its own compass, for the happiness of its own being. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning "They will give their reasons, I mine; the assembly will judge whether a state can exist without money, and whether it is wise to waste treasure in darkness while the state is threatened with indigence." The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt The telescope does good service under the dome; but it is a sign of the indigence of the academy. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886. His parents being in circumstances of indigence, he was sent to labour in a factory so early as his eighth year. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century There was believed to be no will, and the next of kin were a number of poor people whom the inheritance would have rescued from indigence for the rest of their days. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. The creature is constrained out of some necessity thus to go out of itself, which speaks much indigence and want within itself. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning "My wealth," replied he, "opposed to her indigence." A Simple Story Amongst the working and lower classes the most frightful indigence and destitution were experienced. Recollections of Old Liverpool And even within the Square, it could be seen, between the towering backs of constables, that the spectacle itself was chiefly made up of indigence bedecked. Clayhanger That desire to please, which makes such a woman go to the draper, the milliner, and the dressmaker, draws an infinite number of workmen from indigence. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. The indigent children were first fed and then insulted by a plethoric gentleman, who addressed to them a long discourse on indigence and the various duties that it entailed. By the Christmas Fire Amelia then returned to her father, and lived in great indigence, but Captain Dobbin greatly loved her, and did much to relieve her worst wants. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Man's history is not one of affluence, but one of indigence. A Hero and Some Other Folks I am lost in indigence; do confer on me Thy greatest favor. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas Injustice, by reducing indigence to despair, drives it to seek in crime resources against the woes of life. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. It is likely that, from resentment of this usage, as well as from want and indigence, he was induced, in combination with Tongue, to contrive that plot of which he accused the Catholics. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. Woodville had a son, who reduced himself to positive indigence by gambling. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The interior of the hut denoted poverty, but not indigence. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 O my God, O my God, have pity on my impotence, my abasement, my indigence, my shame, and my humility. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas Their last days were passed in indigence, and Lowin when an octogenarian was reduced to keeping the inn of the "Three Pigeons," at Brentford. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays Thirdly, when he is in presence of extreme indigence in an individual, or great need on the part of the common weal. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province He was abundantly charitable, and could not resist the solicitations of indigence. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century A large portion of its inhabitants passed, in one day, from prosperity to indigence. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States I have nothing to console me in obscurity and indigence, but the approbation of my own heart and the good opinion of those who know me as I am. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 As may be supposed, the cows soon came to the market one by one; and Tim and his wife, after years of misery, died in great indigence. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 Thirdly, a man reproaches another for his inferiority or indigence, so as to lessen the honor due to him for any kind of excellence. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Early discovering an aptitude for learning, he formed the intention of studying for the ministry,—a laudable aspiration, which was unfortunately checked by the indigence of his parents. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century These garments, now so brightly stained with figures that denote my royal birth and princely station, will be worn bare, or exchanged for the sheep-skin vest of indigence. The Children's Portion Remote from her friends; in a hovel; the abode of indigence and misery. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 Rousseau had paraded his indigence and his reveries in the bosom of nature; and as its consideration calms and purifies everything he quitted it a philosopher. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution He rose from indigence to wealth By industry and that; For lo! he scorned to gain by stealth What he got by a cat. The History of Sir Richard Whittington Thou, Dread Invisible, who from on high Look'st down upon this suffering erring head, Oh, be thy succour to my frailty sped, And with thy grace my indigence supply! The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch A greedy, unjust, tyrannical government multiplies misery; the rigor of taxes produces discouragement, idleness, indigence, which, on their part, produce robbery, murders, and all kinds of crime. Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense And will not she devote a few dollars to rescue a fellow-creature from indigence and infamy and vice? Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 She died in frightful indigence, the recipient of charity, at a hospital in Bologna, in 1770. Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag Although still bitterly dissatisfied with her lot, she was now not only fortified against indigence, but could count on a life of comfort and ease. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood On the contrary, their superfluous possessions were applied by them to the relief of indigence. A Critical Examination of Socialism I believe if we all helped the need that belongs to us by kindred or service, there would be little misery of indigence in the world, and little superfluity of riches even amongst the richest. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax I expected to find virtuous indigence and sorrow lifted, by my means, to affluence and exultation. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 The sixteenth century produced a race of artists peculiar in their feeling for material beauty, but normal, coming as they do at the foot of the hills, in their technical proficiency and aesthetic indigence. Art His letters were childishly ill-conditioned and unreasonable; but, believing him to be in extreme indigence, I felt too sorry for him even to argue the point. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 Here he looked mockingly at my fur coat, which hardly bore out this presumption of my indigence. Jacqueline of Golden River Outwardly indeed they led a life of poverty and toil for Christ’s sake, but the love of the heavenly life made sweet the present indigence. The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes It is less than if you had raised them from absolute indigence, which has not been the case, since they had wherewithal to live upon besides their Jamaica property. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 There was also a "Superannuation Fund" for the relief of those Sisters who should, after long service, fall into indigence or ill-health. Elizabeth Fry Towns are the places where indigence has the greatest consolation, and where the relief which is held out is attended with the least degree of humiliation and reproach. An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged Perhaps too they may have thought, that it was through indigence of characters that I have given the same to Sebastian and Almeyda, and consequently made them alike in all things but their sex. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 After the departure of Glengarry, Dancer could find no profitable employment in Gippsland, and lived in a state of indigence. 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 I could not imagine to myself a more perfect example of indigence than I now exhibited. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 His barons, despising his indigence, and secure in the benignity of his temper, began to assume the unhappy privilege of sovereigns. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Their indigence and ignorance are rather the result of neglect;—of neglect, sir, from the government of the country—from the earl to the squireen. The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Lord Dunroe, having no strength of character to check his profligate impulses, was, in the course of some years, thrown off by all his high connections, and reduced to great indigence. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One The great political negotiator, Cardinal D'OSSAT, was elevated by his genius from an orphan state of indigence, and was alike destitute of ancestry, of titles, even of parents. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions He long enjoyed the luxuries of life, and lived to lament its follies in indigence and imbecility. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest “A life of indigence need not be a life of misery,” said Mr. Saul, with that obstinacy which formed so great a part of his character. The Claverings Like similarly conscious efforts to cover evident indigence, it was so palpable and so unnecessary. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Neither the merits nor the ill deserts, neither the wealth and importance nor the indigence and obscurity, of the one part or of the other, can make any alteration in this fundamental truth. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) This is not indigence; that state which, however dignified the man of genius himself may be, must inevitably degrade! for the heartless will gibe, and even the compassionate turn aside in contempt. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Let this tax be appropriated to the support of an institution where, in disease and indigence, its victims may find support and relief. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest On the contrary, they are kept in a state of obscurity and contempt, and in a degree of indigence at times bordering on beggary. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) The objection is without foundation, for indigence and liberty, never resided together in the same hovel or hut. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery Oliver Goldsmith said: "I have been years struggling with a wretched being, with all that contempt which indigence brings with it, with all those strong passions which make contempt insupportable." T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him A territory destined to pay other troops is assigned for this debt; and these other troops fall into the same state of indigence and mutiny with the first. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) But the vicissitudes of fortune are avoidable only by practice of the sternest indigence: human foresight cannot provide against the envy of the gods and the tireless machinations of Fate. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales The conditions referred to are affluence and indigence, as explained by Nilakantha. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 At the call of indigence or avarice the master of a family could dispose of his children or his slaves. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 It is impossible that a prodigality which draws its resources from their indigence should be pleasing to them. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Young Nicholas's childhood was passed in indigence, and it is said that he was apprenticed to a shoemaker, when a mere lad, to learn the trade as a means of livelihood. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made There was no want to which, its complaisance did not lend itself, for indigence is ever obsequious. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) Nay, for indigence is the great test of success, and experience shows that God only blesses the most destitute convents and abandons the others! The Cathedral In a despotism, the principal person finds that, let the want, misery, and indigence of his subjects be what they will, he can yet possess abundantly of everything to gratify his most insatiable wishes. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) More than eight hundred honourable families have been reduced by him to extreme indigence, and the whole city to misery! Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1 He then fled to London, where he died a year after in extreme indigence. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Among the engravings three or four casts in plaster were hung up; they formed, with my old dressing-gown, the most harmonious indigence. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) The upholsterer, however, could not inform me who this generous man was, or how he had been made aware of Warton's indigence. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 Thus your apparent plenty will be real indigence. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) A suffering people are not apt to reason clearly or justly on the causes which have brought them to indigence. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist It is only when society becomes civilized and free, and man enters into competition with his fellows, that he becomes exposed to indigence, and experiences social misery. Thrift When the mother was in the depths of indigence, Diderot insisted that she should take her meals at his own table. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) His portion is great simplicity, great indigence, and a strong disposition to relieve himself. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) I believe it will be found that the picture of royal indigence, which our court has presented until this year, has been truly humiliating. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) Within this vast and heterogeneous throng, One might discern all stages and degrees, From wealth and power to helpless indigence; Extravagance to trenchant penury, And all extremes of want and misery. Mountain idylls, and Other Poems It arises from the sudden congregation of human beings in such fearful multitudes together, that all the usual alleviations of human suffering, or modes of providing for human indigence, entirely fail. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 I can at least be honestly silent; and "bear my indigence with dignity," as you once said. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. This is so evident, that nature suggests the use according to the indigence of the persons who use this medicine, without being prepossessed with the force of fashion or custom. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 “But tell me if in your piety and wisdom you really stripped yourself of all your property in order to obey the gods and get the benefit of indigence.” The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 It is not in our power to determine by what various accidents a nation so flourishing, could be reduced in number, and degraded to its present indigence. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 In the army of indigence the uniform is rags; they serve to distinguish the rank and file from the recruiting officers. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Our indigence--let's cheer it up; 'Tis nonsense to repine; To give to Hope the fullest scope Needs but one draught of wine. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Surprised and confounded at this extraordinary turn, which had reduced him to indigence in a moment, he did nothing but lament his own hard fortune, and curse his indiscretion for coming to such a place. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Want of fortune restricted the two poor lovers to a hopeless and tender friendship, from the fear of lowering the name of their family in poverty, or of bequeathing indigence to children. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty Before the party was comfortably settled in the hotel, Field was approached by a poor woman who had lost her husband, and who poured into his ear a sad tale of indigence and sorrow. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 And shall I return, in the day of my power, insult and haughtiness for the kindness and benevolence I received from her in that of my indigence!—Indeed, Pamela, Volume II They have, further, a natural impulse to society with their fellows, as an immediate principle, and are not driven to associate only by indigence. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Complement of human kind, Holding us at vantage still, Our sumptuous indigence, O barren mound, thy plenties fill! Poems Household Edition He had had a stepbrother, much older and much poorer than himself, and the stepbrother had died, leaving a daughter, named Susan, almost, but not quite, in a state of indigence. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) Going down the scale of indigence we find an itinerancy amounting almost to homelessness, or houses so abject that they are an insult to the very name of home. Architecture and Democracy There was a face already marked by vice, on the threshold of crime, and the reasons were plain—ignorance and indigence. The Man Who Laughs If I look back, I recoil with horror from the black catalogue of vices which have stained my past life, and reduced me to indigence and contempt. The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton Though Thomson's first want on his arrival in London from the North was a pair of shoes, and he lived for a time in great indigence, he was comfortable enough at last. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden She had no intention of admitting any feminine eyes to detect this carefully covered up indigence. The Grandissimes He had left her but fifty pounds, although he knew her indigence; and that it was owing to a vile husband, and not to herself, that she was indigent. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 Society is so constituted that every perdition, every indigence, every catastrophe, every fever, every ulcer, every agony, is resolved on the surface of the abyss into one frightful grin of joy. The Man Who Laughs But these menaces were never carried into execution, perhaps from the consideration of his indigence, which afforded no probable prospect of their being paid. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. The stamp of heaven seemed to them clear in a frame so wasted by austerity, so superior to worldly pomp, and so partaking in all their indigence. Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed A beautifully poetic composition: yet the painter lived and died nearer to indigence than ease. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 576, November 17, 1832 They are both now dead—their property has entirely passed into other hands, and the members of their families who still remain in this country are in comparative indigence. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America A wandering life produces premature old age, and indigence is made up of wrinkles. The Man Who Laughs Then I thought of my lack of beauty, my miserable five-feet-one-inch stature, and I looked at the man beside me, small and round-shouldered, and we were both dependent children of indigence. My Brilliant Career His parents lived in great indigence during his infancy, and at nine years of age he became an orphan, totally destitute. The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 1 I propose to take them out of the atmosphere of indigence an' wholesale charity. Keeping up with Lizzie Laughing Bill was a hopeless idler; he had been born to leisure and was wedded to indigence, therefore he saw a good deal of the girl on her visits. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories The beneficiaries, chosen because of their indigence, were transported at the expense of the trust and given fifty-acre homesteads with equipment and supplies. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime I was not condemned in my youth to solitude, either by indigence or deformity, nor passed the earlier part of life without the flattery of courtship, and the joys of triumph. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II Wealth is just as valid an excuse for the one class of vices, as indigence is for the other. Famous Reviews Believe me, we must either adopt your plan, and retire, depart, embrace a life of indigence and wandering, or else we must offer our throats to those robbers, and perish in our country. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 For those who have not been themselves witnesses of the fact, it is almost impossible to form an idea of the indigence and poverty of a Chinese boat-family. A Woman's Journey Round the World At the call of indigence or avarice, the master of a family could dispose of his children or his slaves. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 The minister, in conveying the insignia to Jasmin, said: "Your actions are equal to your works; you build churches; you succour indigence; you are a powerful benefactor; and your muse is the sister of Charity." Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist It will serve to enforce the same fact if we reflect upon the sense of abject shamefulness with which any evidence of indigence or squalor about the sacred place affects all beholders. Theory of the Leisure Class And if it had prevailed, the republic would still be standing, and you would have perished through your own crimes, and indigence, and infamy. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Mindful of this permanent lesson, some members of the trade originated this society, which affords them assistance in time of sickness and indigence. Speeches: Literary and Social Mr. and Mrs. Bumble, deprived of their situations, were gradually reduced to great indigence and misery, and finally became paupers in that very same workhouse in which they had once lorded it over others. Oliver Twist Accustomed to wealth and ease, ill could my Husband support the transition to distress and indigence. The Monk; a romance Upwards from this low level of indigence and manual labor, the corset was until within a generation or two nearly indispensable to a socially blameless standing for all women, including the wealthiest and most reputable. Theory of the Leisure Class For you thought the camp the only refuge on earth for indigence, and debt, and profligacy,—for all men, in short, who were in a state of utter ruin. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Extreme indigence stared him in the face with all that crowd to keep at home. The End of the Tether He dismissed Craigengelt from his society, but not without such a provision as, if well employed, might secure him against indigence and against temptation. The Bride of Lammermoor Next morning I dressed as well as, in my present state of indigence, I could possibly contrive to do; and went in a hackney coach to the residence of M. de T——. Manon Lescaut A Heavy Operator overtaken by a Reverse of Fortune was bewailing his sudden fall from affluence to indigence. Fantastic Fables The luxury of one class is counterbalanced by the indigence of another. Walden This was the first term of his official career; and though very barren of literary performance, it not only raised him from indigence, but settled definitely his position as a public man. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It is indigence which produces these melancholy human plants. Les Misérables A life of escapes and indigence could supply poetry with no splendid images. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 I was educated in the belief that the world is blind to merit, continually suffers superior virtue to linger in indigence and neglect, and is therefore an odious, unjust, and despicable world. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor Ordinary minds avoid, as much as possible, recurring to past periods of indigence and inferiority of station. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I For love must be a very foolish thing to look back upon, when it has brought persons born to affluence into indigence, and laid a generous mind under obligation and dependence. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 She was obliged to accustom herself to disrepute, as she had accustomed herself to indigence. Les Misérables There is yet no reason to believe that he was ever reduced to indigence. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 To skreen them from the indigence, obscurity, and neglect, to which without my aid they must be doomed, was a hope that encouraged me in the bold project I had conceived. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor Imogen, your fears are too great, your anxieties exaggerate the indigence of our condition. Imogen A Pastoral Romance But though not trained in real indigence, they might be trained to self-dependence. The Young Woman's Guide One sometimes sees people, who, poor and mean, seem to wake up, pass suddenly from indigence to luxury, indulge in expenditures of all sorts, and become dazzling, prodigal, magnificent, all of a sudden. Les Misérables But that indigence, and its concomitants, sorrow and despondency, pressed hard upon him, has never been denied, whatever immediate cause might bring him to the grave. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 But another advantage, equally deserving of approbation, is to cause them to find, in their labour, an infallible resource against indigence. Paris as It Was and as It Is Where indigence and wealth agree To venerate thy sway! Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects Printed only as Private Tokens of Regard, for the Particular Friends of the Author Meanwhile, let me take care that the powers of my mind may not be debilitated by poverty, and that indigence do not force me into any criminal act.' Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 Marius liked this candid old man who saw himself gradually falling into the clutches of indigence, and who came to feel astonishment, little by little, without, however, being made melancholy by it. Les Misérables Does disgrace hold him out to the finger of scorn; does indigence menace him in an obdurate world? The System of Nature, Volume 1 Indeed, if there are in France, as may be supposed, much fewer persons rolling in riches, there are, I am informed, much fewer pining in indigence. Paris as It Was and as It Is Clare's own indigence made him the more sorry for the indigent, and he felt very sorry for this member of the family; but he had neither work nor alms to give him, therefore strode on. A Rough Shaking He was, besides, a physician of very extensive practice; but for want of due attention to the management of his domestick concerns, left a very large family in indigence. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 They usually take up their abode in the narrow space between the Temple and the foot of Mount Zion, defended from the tyranny of their Turkish masters by their indigence and misery. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time At length, he and his lady returned to England, where they were obliged to live in obscurity and indigence. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 More fortunate in their indigence than the daughters of petty tradesmen, they overleap the limits of restraint, while their charms are in full lustre; and sometimes their happiness arises from being born in poverty. Paris as It Was and as It Is Whereupon all just men, including the god's benefactor, are made rich and prosperous, and the unjust reduced to indigence. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 To assist industrious indigence, struggling with distress and debilitated by age, is a display of virtue, and an acquisition of happiness and honour. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 So long as this indigence continues, all unions or relations constructed between Man and Woman are constructed in indigence, and can produce only indigent results or unhappy consequences. Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. At the time the abstraction took place, he was a wealthy man, and kept his carriage; but from that time he declined in prosperity, and died in indigence. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey The adhesion of all the clergy was the fruit of his labour; but all this drew on him numerous outrages, the indigence to which he was at that time reduced, and multiplied threats of deportation. Paris as It Was and as It Is In the majority of the rooms and holes of La Corrala one was struck immediately by the resigned, indolent indigence combined with organic and moral impoverishment. The Quest The writer had shown how patiently Confucius endured extreme indigence. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 The year 1831 proved very unfavourable to his farming operations, and, having no capital whatever to fall back upon, he at once relapsed into his former state of indigence. The Life of John Clare "The purpose of all this is to prove," said I, "that affluence and dignity without me will be more conducive to your sister's happiness than obscurity and indigence with me." Jane Talbot Your imagination will supply the finishing strokes of this frightful picture.—These unfortunate victims of indigence or of the seduction of man, are deserving of compassion. Paris as It Was and as It Is Wealth formation and profit seeking are motivated by indigence, both absolute and relative. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism There he describes 'pride and indigence as the two great hasteners of modern poems.' Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 From different quarters benefactions were sent to the committee, and in a few days those unfortunate strangers, from the depth of indigence and distress, were raised to comfortable circumstances. An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 I shall not now reduce him to indigence, and, that consequence being precluded, I cannot doubt of his father's acquiescence. Jane Talbot Thousands of meritorious families also, once opulent, had been reduced to indigence, by a too great confidence in government. The Crayon Papers I have been some years struggling with a wretched being—with all that contempt that indigence brings with it—with all those passions which make contempt insupportable. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography M. de Mauves took it—a rare thing for him—with confessed, if momentary, intellectual indigence. Madame De Mauves But as he farmed his own little estate, he must have been far removed from indigence, and we know that he was able to give his illustrious son the best education the time afforded. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Can he have utterly forgotten the father whom he reduced to indigence, whom he sent to a premature grave? Jane Talbot Families who had lived in opulence found themselves suddenly reduced to indigence. The Crayon Papers Some of the most fickle of the Gauls, rendered daring through indigence, seized upon this district of uncertain property. The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Complement of human kind, having us at vantage still, our sumptuous indigence, oh, barren mound, thy plenties fill! Confessions and Criticisms With this idea, many pious Christians have of their own accord renounced riches, distributed their patrimony among the poor, and retired into deserts, there to live in voluntary indigence. Good Sense Can I compensate you for those losses which will follow your marriage?--the loss of your mother's affection,--the exchange of all that splendour and abundance you have hitherto enjoyed for obscurity and indigence? Jane Talbot The island of Cuba as yet contains only one forty-second part of the population of France; and one half of its inhabitants, being in the most abject indigence, consume but little. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Cannot the poor man, sir, precipitate into all the beauties of nature, from the loftiest mounting up to the most humblest valley as well as the man prepossessed of indigence? The American Union Speaker The Spaniard whom I entrust with this mission is poor and an excellent soldier; and to enable him to go, I have assisted him from my indigence. History of the Philippine Islands In person he should be strong, and robust, and hale, and in spite of his indigence always clean and attractive. Seekers after God It is the care of a very great part of mankind to conceal their indigence from the rest; they support themselves by temporary expedients, and every day is lost in contriving for the morrow. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes But in Paris he found himself without money or credit, followed by a crowd of faithful dependants, whose indigence condemned them to suffer the most painful privations. The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 The heart's warmth can do much to withstand the winter's cold;—and there is hope, there is honor, in this virtuous indigence. The American Union Speaker Mickle had hitherto struggled through a life of anxiety and indigence; but a gleam of prosperity came over the few years that remained. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives The house of a shoemaker, near his Lordship’s residence, in St Samuel, was burned to the ground, with all it contained, by which the proprietor was reduced to indigence. The Life of Lord Byron None, however attentive, can always discover that merit, which indigence or faction may happen to obscure; and none, however powerful, can always reward it. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes Such was the cleverly devised circumstance that now intervened between my neighbor and an indigence distressing to think about. The Boss of Little Arcady The loss of wealth, however grievous, is yet less to be dreaded than that of liberty, and indigence added to captivity is the highest degree of human misery. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11. Parlimentary Debates II. Both also are indigent of either, since the possession is always accompanied with indigence, in the same manner as the world is always present with matter. Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato It is the care of a very great part of mankind to conceal their indigence from the rest. The Century Vocabulary Builder To assist industrious indigence, struggling with distress, and debilitated by age, is a display of virtue, and an acquisition of happiness and honour. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes Being in this manner reduced to indigence, he went to London to try to recover some part of the sums which had been lent on Government security. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 The breaking out of the civil wars utterly ruined him, by intercepting a small pension which Charles I. had allowed him, and he died in the utmost indigence. Old Mortality, Volume 1. Hence a certain indigence is naturally coessentiallized with intellect, so that it cannot be the most proper principle. Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato Yea, among these men, some have risen rapidly from poverty to wealth, from meanness and obscurity to repute and honor, while you, on the contrary, have fallen from honor to obscurity, from wealth to indigence. The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes Their distress was rendered inconceivable by indigence; for by this time they were so destitute, that they could neither pay for common attendance, nor procure proper advice. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Do you suppose his interest in such things is selfish? no, but he has little ones; his care is to save them from indigence. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 He freely shares His treasures with those who desire them, and reduces to indigence those who glory in their own abundance. Serious Hours of a Young Lady For as there is no separation there throughout the Whole, nor any multitude, or order, or duplicity, or conversion to itself, what indigence will there appear to me, in the perfectly united? Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato She felt again as if suddenly deprived of all the Divine gifts and favours, and reduced to the very extreme of spiritual indigence. The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation Shall you be concerned in tearing the hard-earned morsel from the mouth of indigence? The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves There is a certain waste and carelessness in the air of every thing, and the whole appears but a covered indigence, a magnificent poverty. The Coverley Papers When he had it not in his power to alleviate the sufferings of those in indigence or sickness, he endeavored, at least by soothing words, to assuage their feelings. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi And especially what indigence will there be of that which is subordinate? Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato Tell her thy story, plainly, roundly, truly; abate nothing of thy indigence, repress nothing of her liberality. Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 Left in extreme indigence by the deaths of her father and husband, she found for many years an asylum in the house of Dr. Johnson, whom she survived.-ED. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 He did not say so, but to him the prosperity of the British manufacturer was bound up in the indigence of the operative. The Imperialist For this he is said to have been promised a reward, which he had doubtless magnified with all the wild expectations of indigence and vanity. Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 Something else, therefore, must be investigated which in no respect has any kind of indigence. Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato Now I am in comparative indigence, and branded as an impostor in my native city. Lizzy Glenn or, The Trials of a Seamstress Mrs. Walton's appearance, when she came, plainly enough told the story of her indigence. Woman's Trials Or, Tales and Sketches from the Life around Us With only the humble inheritance which he claimed—"infancy, ignorance, and indigence"—Henry Clay made himself a name that wealth and a long line of ancestry could never bestow. Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life The painful indigence of our men was somewhat alleviated with what was taken from the conquered enemy; horses and money provided relief, and even more so, our growing triumphs vitiated the Turkish reputation for fierceness. The Deeds of God Through the Franks Or if you check these virtues, you reduce society to the most extreme indigence; and instead of preventing want and beggary in a few, render it unavoidable to the whole community. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals For the most part they had already sunk to poverty, if not to indigence; among these aristocratic faces were more than one which bore the mark of privation. Veranilda He was even ingenious in contriving the most delicate methods of relieving modest indigence, and, by his industrious benevolence, often anticipated the requests of misery. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle That me might love me more because Another in his memory was, And that my indigence might be To him what Baby’s was to me, The chief of charms, who could have thought? Victories of Love They told, “that now she suffered beyond the pain of common indigence by the cutting triumph of those whom she had formerly despised.” Nature and Art This old man creates surprise on the Arbata by his great age, his weakness, and his indigence. What to Do? This old man creates surprise on the Arbata by his great age, his weakness, and his indigence. What to Do? Thoughts Evoked By the Census of Moscow The florid, the sprightly, the gay, the elevated youth, was now metamorphosed into a wan, dejected, meagre, squalid spectre; the hollow-eyed representative of distemper, indigence, and despair. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle This indigence alone led him to resign his aristocratic independence and freedom of action. Frederick the Great and His Family Fabre fell more and more into a state bordering on indigence, and finally he was quite forgotten. Fabre, Poet of Science That their happiness would be in proportion to her own well-doing, and power to remove their risks of indigence, required no proving either to her now. The Hand of Ethelberta Then glancing around the room, he saw everywhere age, decay, and indigence. Old Fritz and the New Era Descended from an ancient and honourable family, I have, for fifteen years past, suffered more indigence than ever gentleman before submitted to. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 365, April 11, 1829 And these not being sufficient to glut their avarice, they have, by the most unparalleled barbarities, extortions, and monopolies, stripped the miserable inhabitants of their property and reduced whole provinces to indigence and ruin.... The Eve of the Revolution; a chronicle of the breach with England But embarrassment long ago succeeded the ephemeral prosperity which marked the first years of his installation at S�rignan, and that period of plenty was followed by a period of difficulty, almost of indigence. Fabre, Poet of Science Perhaps indigence exercises a peculiar and equal effect upon the handwriting. Urban Sketches Virtuous indigence had to recover the property which crime had encroached upon. The French Revolution - Volume 3 But, according to both law and custom, he is obliged "to see that they are educated, to succor them in indigence, and, as far as possible, to provide them with the means of support." The Ancient Regime James might enjoy the thought that he had reduced many of them from a situation in which they were surrounded by comforts, and had before them the fairest professional prospects, to hopeless indigence. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Hearken what is the sentence of the wise: Better to die than to have indigence. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Those who act uprightly are not rewarded, but they and their children often wander in the utmost indigence. The Story of My Heart An Autobiography The aid required by indigence is a debt of the rich to the poor. The French Revolution - Volume 3 He may have submitted to indigence but not to spoliation—which is the situation of the peasant in 1789, for, during the eighteenth century, he had become the possessor of land. The Ancient Regime The ground is overloaded; and the produce of it crowded to such a degree, as to have a bad effect upon the eye, impressing the traveller with the ideas of indigence and rapacity. Travels through France and Italy I believe it will be found that the picture of royal indigence which our Court has presented until this year, has been truly humiliating. Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. Continually a prey to cruel indigence, they have thrown this document into the sea in— longitude and 37 degrees 11' latitude. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant My Premium Pomegranate,—Oracles are not in it, David, with you, my pippin, as auspicious counsellors of ingenious indigence. Old Friends, Epistolary Parody And yet the old man, in spite of this general aspect of severity, betrayed the weakness and timidity which indigence imparts to all unfortunates. The Brotherhood of Consolation But for that, I would accept the outward indigence of a sage possessed of both heaven and heart. Louis Lambert At that period of indigence and simplicity, the municipal museums, though usually kept shut, were always opened to foreigners. Penguin Island It is melancholy to reflect, that Johnson and Savage were sometimes in such extreme indigence,* that they could not pay for a lodging; so that they have wandered together whole nights in the streets. Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood There might be poverty, but indigence was unknown; and because of the absence of fashion, style, and display, even poverty entailed no uncomfortable loss of social position. The Unseen World and Other Essays I have passed, in spite of our indigence," she continued, with a mischievous look at her father, "to the condition of heiress. Modeste Mignon Could I have achieved so much philosophy if, as I ever feared, the closing years of my life had passed in helpless indigence? The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft The smiles of the two young men, on whom these signs of an honorable indigence were not lost, were so many fresh wounds to the lad's vanity. A Start in Life We are active and laborious, and we live in indigence! The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature "It is true that there is nothing after disease, indigence and a sense of guilt, so fatal to health and to life itself as the want of a proper outlet for active faculties." Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes But such redeeming features were conspicuously absent, and no attempt had been made to disguise the decent indigence of the bed-sitting-room. The Glimpses of the Moon It is a fine thing, reader, to be lifted in a moment from indigence to wealth—a very fine thing; but not a matter one can comprehend, or consequently enjoy, all at once. Jane Eyre It was far from the Stadt, far from the fashionable part of town, a neighborhood of small shops, of frank indigence. The Street of Seven Stars And, in after years, a day, an hour repaid her amply for the long and weary sacrifices of her indigence. The Purse The broken voice, the withered neck, The coat worn out with care, The cleanliness of indigence, The brilliance of despair, The fond imponderable dreams Of affluence,—all were there. The Man Against the Sky |
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