| 单词 | lucre |
| 例句 | “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 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 "Case" packs about $17 million in foreign lucre since opening late year. Moviegoers will friend "The Social Network" 2010-09-30T23:39:00Z Money was always a source of anxiety in my family and I think I've continued that in a pretty extreme way rather than making my peace with the demands of lucre. ArtsBeat: On the Rocks: Benjamin Anastas Talks About 'Too Good to Be True' 2012-10-18T19:55:53Z One poem from 1857 says: “I made this Jar for Cash —/though its called — lucre trash.” The Enslaved Artist Whose Pottery Was an Act of Resistance 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z And it’s the pursuit, even more than the acquisition of lucre, that’s the movie’s true subject. Review: ‘Generation Wealth’ Examines Toxic Materialism 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z 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 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 Among costumes designers, Ms. Aldredge’s work from that period was – in some case quite literally — the gold standard, with clothes that seemed made of lucre. ArtsBeat: Surface Thrills: Remembering the Costumes of Theoni V. Aldredge 2011-01-21T18:58:25Z 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 When Carla finds Smithy’s hidden lucre, she and Ray hire an arsonist to burn the house down, figuring that the fire will cover up their theft and give them time to escape. | 'The Square': Sin and Comeuppance in Film Noir From Down Under 2010-04-09T01:45:00Z They cashed in their reputations, as well as their ideology, for lucre. Hustler’s denigrating S.E. Cupp “satire” 2012-05-24T20:30:00Z Once Facebook takes off, a scrum for credit and lucre begins that ricochets from dorm rooms to depositions to impossibly fabulous parties. Film: A Zillion Friends, and a Few Enemies 2010-09-19T04:36:00Z 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 Ms. Greenfield is interested in money and status across the economic spectrum, and turns her camera wherever she finds a hunger for lucre and fame — which, in America, is almost everywhere. Lauren Greenfield Tries to Capture the Meaning of Money 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z In Frederik V’s time, sugar from the West Indies was a major source of the country’s wealth, and some of Copenhagen’s most beautiful buildings of the era were built with lucre from the colonial trade. The Sinking of a Bust Surfaces a Debate Over Denmark’s Past 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z It’s important to note here that Luke is motivated less by the drive for glory or sponsorship lucre than by the need to keep his family ranch going after the death of his father. Review: In ‘The Longest Ride,’ the Nicholas Sparks Brand Endures 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z On the matching interlude “For Sale?,” the enticement is named “Lucy,” a wordplay on “lucre,” or slang for “Lucifer,” or both. Kendrick Lamar’s Capacious New Record 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Filthy lucre in one form or another has insisted on creeping in to dominate our social fabric. Untangling the web with Aleks Krotoski 2011-03-20T00:05:19Z Sightings of Eugene O'Neill's gold-rush drama are as rare as the lucre the characters keep alluding to in them thar hills. Desire Under the Elms 2010-09-29T21:15:00Z The director Jamie Lloyd uses wordless, infectiously silly a capella singing – performed by the entire ensemble — to bridge the scenes of this late 18th-century frolic of love, lucre and mistaken identity. Critic?s Notebook: London Theater Journal: It's About Time 2012-02-02T15:38:37Z All that scrutiny, all that face time, all that glorious lucre targeted on its prized 10 electoral votes. All eyes are on Wisconsin, the state that’s gearing up to define the presidential election 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z It is Isabella Thorpe in Northanger Abbey, a youthful but accomplished hypocrite, who announces her antipathy to lucre. Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z Corporations pump so much lucre into the state’s coffers that there’s no sales taxes on anything. Delaware is famous for corporations, chemicals, chickens — and now, finally, a president 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Though his name is never directly mentioned, Mammon, he who is worshiped by lucre lovers, might be considered the tutelary deity of “Hard Feelings,” staged by James Hillier at the Finborough Theater. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Trapped 2013-07-01T15:07:20Z Corporations pump so much lucre into the state’s coffers that there’s no sales tax on anything. Lovely, little Delaware — long famous for corporations, chickens and credit cards — is ready for its big moment 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z 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 If you've just hit the jackpot in the casino, there are plenty of ways to unload the lucre here. Dinner at the Tulalip Bay and Blackfish restaurants in the Tulalip Casino hit a high note ? as do the prices 2010-04-22T22:23:00Z Maybe it was the endless ads for “Billions” in which Lewis’s character, Bobby Axelrod, expounds on the joys of surplus lucre known as “f--- you” money. Even the S&M scenes in Showtime’s Wall Street drama ‘Billions’ feel good 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z 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 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 Although Mr. Joseph’s play is no polemic against the Iraq war, Tom’s determined pursuit of this glistening lucre resonates as a metaphor for the possibly murky motives behind the American invasion. | 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo': Rajiv Joseph?s Play at the Mark Taper Forum 2010-05-14T23:58:00Z 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 Your character, Nathan Drake, is a globe-trotting treasure hunter who claims to be a descendant of Francis Drake and is tracing his putative ancestor’s voyages in search of ancient lucre. Video Game Review: Uncharted 3: Drake?s Deception - Review 2011-11-07T23:04:05Z The family’s transubstantiation of lucre into religious hardware was pretty brassy, because — not to put too fine a point on this — the Sassoons were drug kingpins. ‘The Sassoons’: A Family Romance at Global Scale 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z 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 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 This seemingly simple story has secured Russo a spot in the romance pantheon and earned her well-deserved lucre and accolades in the process. Last exit to romance: The strange alchemy of LGBTQ romance and the books that give us hope 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z 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 Once again Mr. Sandler milks middle age for lucre, nostalgia and clunky, ham-fisted humor. Movie Review: Adam Sandler and SNL Alumni Return in ‘Grown Ups 2’ 2013-07-11T21:12:50Z Even those devoted to the accumulation of lucre might discover how they can bring business skills to needy communities — at least that is the hoped-for outcome. At Columbia’s $600 Million Business School, Time to Rethink Capitalism 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z But their initial success forces a test: Can they stick to their causes in the face of pop’s filthy, irresistible lucre? Albums by Mary Lambert, Nico & Vinz and Angaleena Presley 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z All that lucre secretly stashed around the house? Column: Democrats throw indicted senator under the bus, treating Menendez as he deserves 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Commenting on the lucre to be had, Parker said, “It isn’t real money. It isn’t. I think it’s made of compressed snow. It just melts in your hands.” Hollywood was built on the work of unappreciated and undervalued writers 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The industry’s surpassing love of lucre beyond all else doesn’t only infect political coverage. Column: Hate Fox News? Too bad — you still have to pay for it 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Of the seven statewide propositions on the ballot, gambling — unsurprisingly — has attracted the most lucre. What to know about California's midterm election ballot 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z If he seems largely unchanged by success, it’s because winning Westminster is more glory than lucre. Retired at 4, Wasabi still carries himself like a champion 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z But on an island that has long instilled an amateur ethos, drilling athletes to fight for homeland glory rather than lucre, the decision has significant implications surrounding the money. Cuba Steps From Amateur Glory Into the Prize Fighting Chase 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z The truth is that for all the PR the teams put out about their love for the fans, the fans often come last in their hearts, well after the quest for lucre. Column: The rich men who control baseball show they don't care about fans, again 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z And all the while, legalized vices in Nevada were beginning to leach the dirty lucre out of L.A. Why was the mob in L.A. so much quieter than Chicago or New York? 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z "Gangs are preying on our most vulnerable, corrupting these young minds with promises of familia and lucre," she said. Chicago police release Adam Toledo shooting video 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The well-to-do weren’t jetting off to spread their lucre elsewhere, parching Sacramento’s coffers. Column: The California exodus is a myth. But that doesn't stop the haters 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The lucre of cotton prompted plantations in the American South to turn to the African slave trade. Global Brands Find It Hard to Untangle Themselves From Xinjiang Cotton 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z “Gangs are preying on our most vulnerable, corrupting these young minds with promises of familia and lucre,” she said. Mayor demands to know how teen killed by Chicago cop got gun 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z It has alternatives for delivering targeted ads, and instead of pursuing that lucre like a nefarious stalker, it’s likely to do so more anonymously. Google puts lid on cookie jar and ends an internet era | Commentary 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z 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 It is multicultural but segregated, festive but given to spasms of unrest, liberal but enriched by the lucre of slavery. In an English City, an Early Benefactor Is Now ‘a Toxic Brand’ 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Of course, no one is going to halt the lure of lucre. Trump play-acts like a president when the country needs him to be one 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z And the dishonourable nature of those who, in exchange for lucre, plant unsavoury stories calculated to embarrass the payer's enemies. How a top Nigerian bishop got caught up in fake news 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Lying to the electorate, adjusting foreign policy for the sake of personal lucre, and undermining an investigation seem to me pretty sound impeachable offenses — they might also happen to be technically legal.” Why special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation matters — even if Donald Trump does not go down 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Governments and corporations have for too long prized the license and lucre of a handful of people over the well-being of the vast majority of the planet’s inhabitants, who are suffering thanks to their recklessness. Opinion | Why bother to bear children in a world wracked by climate change? 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z That tradition was abandoned for lucre years ago means there are just four Premier League matches at that time, but that does not mean they should be ignored. Huddersfield v Chelsea, Fulham v Palace and more: Saturday clockwatch – live! 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z And where there is lucre, there will always be those who want their share of it - for reasons beneficial to society or perhaps just to themselves. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Yet Trump through his minion Pruitt is given a pass to destroy the EPA laws and regulations while being allowed to line his pockets with lucre from the industries he is supposed to regulate. Chief of Staff Advised a Resistant Trump to Fire the E.P.A. Chief 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z It has been private sponsorship lucre, fame and commercial prospects. Whenever a Russian Athlete Wins Gold You’ll Hear a Golden Oldie 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z As the sport’s longevity, potential lucre, safety and status all increase, more of the best athletes are making it their primary game. What Justin Thomas' dominant 2017 says about the modern-day PGA Tour - Golf Digest 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z 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 IF the new regime attempts to reign in the corruption that fountains of lucre seem to create then ok. In Saudi Arabia, Where Family and State Are One, Arrests May Be Selective 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z For the clubs who competed in the Champions League, add the lucre from their hearty share of the €1.3bn Uefa distributed last season, and their TV earnings alone exceeded £200m. Why City paying £50m for a right-back is apparently living within your means | David Conn 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Rather, I think the lucre was a means to an end: puffing his ego. A sham presidency’s legacy: What will be the defining image of the Trump administration? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z In 1821, Captain William Parry, commander of the second Arctic expedition of the modern era, published a best-selling account of that voyage which propelled him on a book tour of Tom Friedman-like scope and lucre. Literature’s Arctic Obsession 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Much of the wealth of those enriched by the black economy would be insulated, because lots of their lucre is held not in cash but in property, gold or jewellery. The dire consequences of India’s demonetisation initiative 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z In the eyes of many Egyptians, after 23 years of taking lucre from the Americans, the dictator was simply too much their puppet to make a show of independence now. Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z The lucre that purchases, and the people who buy these assets are anathema to the notion of revealing their identity. In New York, a Falling Market for Trophy Homes in the Sky 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z But does legitimate lucre really drive out the filthy kind? The wages of sin 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Ironically, in his party right now, all that filthy campaign lucre from Wall Street is weighing Bush down, just like the chains and lock boxes did the ghost of Scrooge’s partner, Marley. The GOP’s big-money revolt: How Carson & Trump are challenging everything we know about modern politics 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z A 29-year veteran staffer on Capitol Hill, he’s a poster child for the revolving door through which members of Congress and their staffs rotate in the endless cycling between public service and private lucre. Paul Ryan doesn’t stand a chance: The Freedom Caucus will devour the next Speaker of the House 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The suspected swindlers stashed some of their lucre in offshore banks, they allege, while others bought jewelry, luxury cars and art. Brazil’s Petrobras Scandal Yields Surprise Bounty: a Much-Buzzed-About Art Exhibit 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Fink argues that activists investors and other seekers of lucre are pressuring the management of companies into buying back stock and increasing dividends. How CIOs Should Use The BlackRock Critique Of Short Term Thinking 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z If you're holding onto a few hundred dollars spread across a handful of shiny plastic presents, here's how to liberate your locked up lucre. 7 Things You Wouldn't Think to Do With Your Gift Cards 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z One wrong product-endorsement deal or craven tribute album and a legend is reduced to mere lucre. And the brand played on: Agents help dead celebrities maximize their afterlife earning 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z North Korea’s leaders have paid attention to efforts to cut off their source of lucre. Human rights violations of North Korea’s detention camps call out for action 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 Nothing arouses more fury than something that might impede their access to federal lucre. Obama should set his sights higher 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 Still, as a result of the Woods-generated lucre that flooded the game, the meritocracy at the highest level was weakened, making it easier for players to lapse into entitlement. Decorum Makes A Comeback 2013-08-27T04:00:00Z It is a feature with profound possibilities in terms of user experience and commerce, but it will require extensive, real-world battle-testing before consumers will entrust their security and actual lucre to their iPhone’s home button. The Unmistakable Bling Of The Gold iPhone 5S 2013-08-21T14:08:00Z Although those factors made Wigan a charming Cup champion, the lucre of the Premier League was seen as more critical to many fans. An Emotional Swing for Wigan Athletic 2013-05-20T02:42:30Z The luster of the lucre is simply too tempting for them, it seems. India Ink: A Conversation With: Cricket Board Official Niranjan R. Shah 2013-05-17T05:35:43Z Others expressed shock that anyone would think to tangle with an armed robber in defense of a little bit of pocket lucre. Robbed at Gunpoint, Some Bronx Victims Resist 2013-04-28T19:49:05Z Other golfers may have hustled after filthy lucre, but not Bobby. The Masters presents a phony, sanitized South 2013-04-11T17:06:00Z Tech firms have a ton of this lucre--Apple is holding close to 7% of corporate America's liquid assets, much of it overseas--and the raiders say it should be paid out to shareholders. What the Activist Investors Battling Apple Really Want 2013-03-17T00:35:25Z The mayor, who enjoys saying that he holds the second toughest job in America, privately suggests these men are Lilliputians, and are likely to sell out for union support and lucre. Gotham: As Clock Ticks, Michael R. Bloomberg Is Still Seeking a Worthy Heir 2013-01-15T02:58:16Z Cue the violins and grab your handkerchiefs: Wall Street is facing another year of lackluster lucre. Wall Street Bonuses Cut 2012-11-15T22:00:28Z Given its exceptionally high valuation in its initial offering, the company is under intense pressure to show that its advertising model can deliver the lucre that Wall Street expects. Facebook’s Ambition Collides With a Harsh Market 2012-08-21T00:59:13Z If they did their job, they got praise, kudos and wads of slightly stained lucre. The culture of behaving badly 2012-07-07T00:26:02Z Another reason why Mr Batista courts publicity is to encourage—or shame—other rich Brazilians into giving away some of their lucre, he claims. Eike Batista: The salesman of Brazil 2012-05-24T15:10:30Z If ye will make war because of lucre, take your counters and cast. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z 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 He could have no motive but lucre, and that motive was wanting; for from my brother he might have had whatever sums he required. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z Have we not seen inoculation and vaccination branded with the most opprobrious epithets, merely because their introduction tended to diminish professional lucre? Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Are these the same scientists who conduct their research by “consensus” rather than by a rigorous scientific process not influenced by politics and the lucre of overly-generous government and foundation grants? Climate Change: What Happened At Heartland? 2012-02-16T13:22:11Z While we hunt after a little lucre, we grieve ourselves and ours with inestimable harness. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z 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 “Doubtlessly, the sentimental nature of Mrs. Bergham would not entertain such an idea as disposing of her treasures for mere lucre,” said Mrs. White, laughingly. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z In more modern times, Theodolphus, Bishop of Orleans, complained to Charlemagne that lucre and vanity had converted churches into charnel-houses, disgraceful to the clergy and perilous to the community. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z 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 Dora would fain have said to the French Government, much as good old La Fontaine's cobbler said to the financier, "Give me back my songs and take again your lucre." Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z Mr. B. does not employ his pen, I can safely say, for any lucre of worldly gain, or to be exalted by the carnal plaudits of men digito monstrari, &c. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z Besides, the mercenaries of the Church love their skins above all things, and render service more for the sake of lucre than zeal. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z Let us hope that the mischievous distinction between surgery and medicine may soon become an obsolete prejudice, that was never founded upon reason, but simply based upon ambitious lucre. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z “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 What efforts, what exclamations, what diligence did Franceschini and Abate Paolo, his brother, not use to have the wife declared an adulteress and to gain the desired lucre? The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z 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 And he insisted very strongly upon this, in order that he might gain the desired dowry and lucre. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z This situation should raise a new debate on executive compensation; there is simply no excuse for the lucre the HP board has decided in its infinite wisdom to hand over to its failed former chief. HP Holders: Ripped Off 2011-09-30T14:39:05Z 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 Would not the lucre clog my brain, And make me hard and cold and vain? City Ballads 2011-08-04T02:00:21.027Z But it was his unmasked tricks, the hoped-for lucre, which had vanished, and the lawsuits still pending. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z 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 He wishes for the loaves and fishes; a laurel crown would be to him a useless thing, unless it represented to him solid lucre. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z He would have wondered more could he have read the thoughts of “the sly old dog” aforesaid, for they ran not upon love but upon lucre. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z 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 Without Van as my rival, I will work it alone; but against him, as his rival for honors and lucre, never!” Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z 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 "They have no grace, no desinvoltura, no poesy in them, but are methodical, reasonable, indefatigable in work and in amassing lucre." The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z We are intensely fond of lucre, and expect, some day or another, to be in possession of the moiety of a plum. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Filthy lucre is certainly a motivator for a man who describes himself as an unrepentant capitalist. Luke Johnson: 'Capitalism is not a dirty, grubby pastime' 2011-04-01T05:59:01Z "Filthy lucre," I said, turning for the second time to leave the room. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z It is not my custom to admit people into my house for the sake of lucre. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z His diary indicates that what drives him has more to do with true devotion and an ornery refusal to quit than it does with the accumulation of lucre. Amazon Crusader. Chevron Pest. Fraud? 2011-03-10T04:01:00Z 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 The Angevin kings, by appropriating to the temporal forum the whole province of ecclesiastical patronage, had robbed the decretists of an inexhaustible source of learning and of lucre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Silicon Valley and the surrounding areas now rival Hollywood as a major source of Democratic campaign cash lucre. 'Not A Fundraiser': Obama's Dinner With High-Tech Money 2011-02-18T00:49:45Z Thus, the contemporary faces of black conservatism found lucre showered upon them as they buck-danced and cakewalked on the metaphorical stage of white conservatism. Why I called Herman Cain's CPAC speech a minstrel show 2011-02-16T22:15:00Z "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 But I loved truly and deeply, and by my love I was being consumed beyond all heed of lucre; so that his exhortations were in vain—in vain, friend, in vain. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Those magistrates, again, are called "corrupt," who are guided in their judgments by love of lucre or respect of persons, for the administration of justice is their essential function. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z I have been zealous in the Jewish faith, Hard-hearted to the poor, a covetous wretch, That would for lucre’s sake have sold my soul. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z 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 One by one, the suitors offered their lucre to Harbaugh, like schoolboys proffering flowers to the prom queen. Jim Harbaugh to Coach the 49ers 2011-01-07T22:21:30Z Generosity, enthusiasm, pride and skill, love of mastery, will be absorbed in one mighty feeling,—the savage lust of lucre. Gamblers and Gambling 2010-12-26T03:00:19.913Z "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 Cruel and hard was he by nature, greedy of lucre and unmerciful to the poor. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z He is still dazzled by lucre, but also determined to give warning of the dangers of excessive leverage. Wall Street, the sequel: Goldman whacked 2010-09-16T11:19:00Z Or maybe they know it’s forbidden for them to contact players and simply don’t care, so great is their lust for lucre. Celizic: Are ?pimp? agents any worse than coaches? 2010-07-23T01:42:00Z Ms. Whitman and Ms. Fiorina are also funneling their plentiful high-tech lucre into their campaigns. Former Business Chiefs Win Primaries in California 2010-06-10T01:08:00Z It would be churlish and presumptuous to underestimate the lure of lucre thrown at these players by the likes of AC Milan, Chelsea, Man Utd or even Man City. Why Brazil's football future may start - and finish - at home 2010-05-28T11:14:00Z Now that particular claim fits perfectly with the crude Republican strategy, recently reported by the indispensable Greg Sargent, to tar congressional Democrats as well as the White House with Goldman's lucre. John Boehner slams Goldman Sachs' clout -- but pockets its cash 2010-04-22T18:23:00Z Green, that is, as in greenbacks, bucks, samoleans, moolah, lucre, bread, lettuce or dough. Advertising: Using Cash to Entice Consumers in Hard Times 2010-04-22T00:55:00Z It doesn’t matter if the lucre is filthy or fresh from the shower, it’s wrong. Celizic: Are ?pimp? agents any worse than coaches? 2010-07-23T01:42:00Z New regulations are in place to control the natural order of things when there is so much lucre around. Book review: 'The Devil's Casino' by Vicky Ward 2010-04-18T04:00:00Z Instead, she quit her day job and proceeded to become a one-woman national media empire, with the ratings and lucre to show for it. The Media Equation: Sarah Palin?s Lucrative Career in Mainstream Media 2010-04-05T02:01:00Z There was no question that the money was the evil lucre of rebel drug deals, extortion rackets, and ransom payments made by the desperate relatives of hostages. Colombia-FARC Hostage Rescue: Bungled First Attempt 2010-02-18T10:40:00Z A miscreant of the name of Macpherson, who had been with me for some time, and had acquired a knowledge of all our places of retreat, for the sake of lucre, betrayed his associates. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 In some way he must acquire a huge amount of filthy lucre, and acquire it honestly. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager I will never consent to be paid in vile lucre for acts of friendship, especially toward a lady, and above all toward an honored patroness and neighbor. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II I was not going to sell myself for filthy lucre. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The bishops must assume nothing over their brethren, and be superior in no respect but in holiness; they must be stewards of God, not given to lucre, but eminent in faith, in temperance, in charity. The Essential Faith of the Universal Church Deduced from the Sacred Records Like the Jewish pretence before Pilate, it was enough, and the love of lucre spurred him on. The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril I have had no Gertrude with whom I have vacillated, whether for the sake of love or lucre. Ayala's Angel Thou shalt see Love of Land that ne'er shall own lust of vile lucre; soaring towards th' Eternal: For 'tis no light ambition to be known th' acclaimed herald of my nest paternal. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII 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 Were it not for the hope of lucre, how many would be the works of art, how great would be the achievements of the world! A Top-Floor Idyl 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 Dr. Louis Zacharie belonged to that class of medical practitioner, limited happily in number, who do not hesitate to disgrace a noble profession for mere love of lucre. John Marsh's Millions A wish to over-reach and disappoint Bill Martin was a stronger incentive to this deed than the mere lucre of gain. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. Court-zephyrs sweetly breathe, they launch, they fly, O’er just, o’er sacred, all-forbidden ground, Drunk with the burning scent of place or power, 980 Staunch to the foot of lucre, till they die. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes 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. 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 The much-talked-of poetry of a landed proprietor's life is nothing but a constant desire for lucre, tricked out with paint from the glow of the morning and evening sky. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine 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 It was a project I went into with horrid diffidence; and lucre was my only motive. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) As it was, the filthy lucre never entered his head. A Canadian Bankclerk Sometimes these artists had had a sublime disdain of base lucre, and sometimes base lucre had had a sublime disdain of them. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. All philosophies and all religions agree that money is mere dross, filthy lucre. Miss Cayley's Adventures And when he was accused that he did all for lucre, he retorted, that “some do nothing for it;” and that “he preached more charity sermons than any clergyman in the kingdom.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Was it for them to think of vile lucre? Skipper Worse Jortin justly observes that the priests industriously cherished the delusion for the sake of filthy lucre. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Proxenetism and white slavery, on the contrary, cause grave injury to the rights of many individuals and should be made criminal offenses; for they are crimes against society and the individual, and committed for lucre. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Is this a time," exclaimed the orator, "for selfish intrigues and the little traffic of lucre? Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 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 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) Other causes are added to lucre, or are the consequences of it. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Here are our instruments of deception, our poisoned 75 sources of lucre. The Book of Khalid Filthy lucre, or the want of it, oppressing my boy. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess 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 These lacquer artists, as I have indicated, worked not for lucre, but for love. The Empire of the East Many of the neighbouring people, invited by the prospect of lucre, repaired thither to sell these new comers the necessaries of life; and shortly after incorporated themselves with them. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) 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 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 Flitting about, yet no ravens they, Not foes, yet not friends—mute creatures of prey; Their prey is lucre, their claws a knife, Some say they take the beseeching life. Captain Sword and Captain Pen A Poem 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 He had permitted his favorites "to lay and impose what levies and impositions upon us they should or did please, which they for the most part converted to their own private lucre and gain." Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 It is a work of love, not of lucre; and, as such, is commended to the brotherhood. Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. Nor is it even a craving for filthy lucre. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories 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 O cruel! will no pang of pity pierce That heart by lust of lucre seared to stone! The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems He uses powder on his face And his handkerchiefs are trimmed with lace; He loves to play progressive euchre And spend his papa's hard-earned lucre. Poems for Pale People A Volume of Verse 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 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 Was it, he thought, worth while gradually to spoil this wonderful building for the sake of lucre from twentieth century Egypt? The Tale of a Trooper O Solitude, the man who thee foregoes, ‘When lucre lures him, or ambition stings, ‘Shall never know the source whence real grandeur springs. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems Here it is the same: the financial inventor is often possessed with a kind of intoxication—he no longer labors for lucre, but for art; he becomes, in his own way, an author of romance. Essay on the Creative Imagination The superficial observer might suppose that a niggardly spirit prompted him to board himself,—that he adopted a vegetable diet for the sake of mere lucre. The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. He turned his thoughts to lucre's thirst, And stored until his garners burst: The spectre haunted him the more. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) It was not the love of lucre which was to be read in those eyes, so much as the possessor's power of acquiring it. The Bertrams At lucre or renown let others aim, I only wish to please the gentle mind, Whom Nature’s charms inspire, and love of humankind. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems 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 Books will have no savor for him; men of high attainments, unless their coffers brim with lucre, affect him no more than the company of the most unlettered oaf. The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 Some rather gay old boys used to run up Saturday afternoons on the Mary Powell and spend Sunday at the Point—Wall Street men of fifty years and much lucre. Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters In the unconscious, at any rate, money is assuredly "filthy lucre." A Dominie in Doubt “For the lucre of gain!” screamed the cripple, but in a tone as much of despair at this accusation as of wrath. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 ‘She is fond of lucre,’ said the man in black; ‘but does not grudge a faithful priest a little private perquisite,’ and he took out a very handsome gold repeater. p. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' 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 How many of your sex have sold their honor for paltry lucre. The Young Maiden What bands of faith can impious lucre hold?” The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning In a time when all men are exclusively haunted by the thoughts of luxury and lucre, the soul appears extraordinary when divested of its bark, as the candid and naked soul of this good monk. En Route He had converted the power of his great place, that of Speaker of the House of Representatives, into lucre, and was exposed. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War By being faithless to our most solemn trust, we could keep the filthy lucre. How It All Came Round Some of them ask themselves if they have not got on the wrong track: if the imaginary evil being, that was supposed to be tempted exclusively by a bait of lucre or wages, really exists. The Conquest of Bread Honest poverty risks passing for shame, and lucre, however filthy, is not greatly put to it to be accounted for merit. The Simple Life The professor does not practice this art for the lucre of gain, but he understands it in detail. The Gypsies Mr. B. does not employ his pen, I can safely say, for any lucre of worldly gain, or to be exalted by the carnal plaudits of men, digito monstrari, &c. The Biglow Papers The teachers of these "fables" were influenced by love of "filthy lucre." The Books of the New Testament An important clause in the official oath is "to delay no man's cause for lucre or malice." An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition So that the whole nation should know they did nothing for the love of lucre, death was decreed against any one who should dare to appropriate anything found in the palace. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Was the man a trickster, it must be more for the love than the lucre. The Confidence-Man 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 Desire of lucre, the worst and most general country vice, arises here from the necessity of looking to small gains; it is, however, but the tartar that encrusts economy. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection 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 But not for sordid lucre would the undaunted spirit of Meg compound her feud with her neighbours of the detested Well. St. Ronan's Well No! naughty Miss Gay, be satisfied with Nature’s gifts, and do not covet lucre. Christmas Comes but Once A Year Showing What Mr. Brown Did, Thought, and Intended to Do, during that Festive Season. 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 Beside, financial ills have him beset, And he now eager, filthy lucre seeks. 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts 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 I don't say it for the lucre of any thing I'm to make out of the money, but, I'm sure you can't want to eat yet. John Bull The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts You are judged by these to be the only people incapable of betraying for lucre the national rights of Greece, or bartering your attachment to her for any obligation or benefit. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform The need of lucre never looms so large As when 'tis gotten in some devious way: It mitigates the blackness of the charge That every nether level yielded pay. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Then we have a race, petrified in dogma, which presupposes the absence of a soul and the presence only of memory and instinct, or demoralized by lucre. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry 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 Seedy axe-grinder! little know the great ones, Who buy fat jobs, and steal the public lucre, What times befall the poverty-stricken devils Who grind their axes! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The sacraments themselves were instituted for the salvation of men, but we abuse them for lucre, for vain glory or for the oppression of the humble. The Age of the Reformation The need of lucre never looms so large As when 'tis gotten in some devious way. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Thus ends your courted fame: does lucre then, The sacred thirst of gold, betray your pen? The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 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 Niger, accompanied by his friends or his 'company,' betook himself to some limb of the law, possibly a pettifogger, certainly a pauper who braved a deadly climate for uncertain lucre. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative "Well, if that's Gib's fortune, it must be filthy lucre," he mumbled through the handkerchief. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Life is a forfeit we must shortly pay; And where's the mighty lucre of a day? The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 If, however, hate instead of lucre bring the men together, that motive would be sufficient to make the game one of blood if not of death. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals If gains be sordid and lucre filthy, where is the priest, the lawyer, the doctor, or the man of literature, who does not wish for dirty hands? Thackeray Without the filthy lucre nothing can be begun or ended. A Crooked Path A Novel “She is fond of lucre,” said the man in black; “but does not grudge a faithful priest a little private perquisite,” and he took out a very handsome gold repeater. p. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 There is such a thing as being miserly of thoughts and ideas as well as of lucre. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul A case of sheep and goats, all right, according to the tenets of this land of liberty and lucre. The Old Flute-Player A Romance of To-day As to turning into a sea-thief for lucre—my blood boiled. Romance Because the old Kingly Clergy, that are seated in Parishes for lucre of Tythes, are continually distilling their blind principles into the people, and do thereby nurse up ignorance to them. The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer So dreadful were the passions lit up in these men by the love of lucre, that they even resorted to infamous stratagems to lure vessels on shore. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 429 Volume 17, New Series, March 20, 1852 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 The love of lucre, of gain easily acquired by the sale of spirituous liquors to the savages, brought with it evils against which the missionaries endeavoured to react. The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval But surely such as so say to them, I fear me that they flatter them thus either for lucre or for fear. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens And you make it a den of assassins, and, with your passion for lucre, leave no place for men's souls. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross To the winds with base lucre and pale melancholy!— A Handbook for Latin Clubs To shun the retrogression To any sort of office job; I'd jest as a profession And burst upon the world a new Satirical rebuker, Acquiring fame and maybe too A modicum of lucre. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920 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 The fact that lucre lay at the bottom of the expedition never crossed her mind; even if it had she would have rejected the thought with scorn and contempt. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker 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 Jory, having again expressed some low ideas about lucre, aroused general indignation. His Masterpiece 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 Whereupon we disallow that judge's doing who taketh money for penance for lucre or advantage, not regarding the reformation of sin as he ought to do. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) Samuel had grown old—he was always a priest rather than a captain—and his sons, whom he made judges, turned aside after lucre, took bribes, and perverted judgment. Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers Paganus Piscator, vulgarly Fisher, was a notable Undertaker in Latin Verse, and had well deserved of his Country, had not lucre of Gain and private Ambition over-swayed his Pen, to favour successful Rebellion. The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) 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 "Give me my luck, and keep your lucre!" was a saying of Phelan's, quoted by brother hoboes from Maine to the Gulf. Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories An Act that no spiritual person shall take farms; or buy and sell for lucre and profit; or keep tan-houses or breweries. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) Don't you see that we are going to the devil with our thirst for filthy lucre? Sevenoaks Your bolts distress not me, But injure the fair mistress of these bowers, Whose sordid guardian would her husband be, For lucre, not for love. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character It has sometimes in the end of words a sound obscure, and scarcely perceptible, as open, shapen, shotten, thistle, participle, metre, lucre. A Grammar of the English Tongue 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 Above all, greedy of money, for the passion for lucre is fierce here, under an inert surface. The Cathedral Men don't accept no lucre from ladies where I live. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl "Trees attain not to their growth in a single day," said an Arab, when remonstrating with the sultan on his inordinate love of lucre. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 But sometimes ladies bring their escorts—husbands, brothers or other useful bankers and purveyors of lucre—and the question arises, therefore, how to provide for them. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 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 But they were most unscrupulous peculators, incapable of taking an interest in the scientific aspect of such matters, and hypnotized by the dreams of lucre which the opportunity evoked. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Moreover, I do not choose that the gitanas should lose, through my fault, the reputation they have had for long ages of being greedy of lucre. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes For until I gave one of them a small Knife to cut Betel-nuts, he would not go with us: but for the lucre of that he conducted us to a Town. An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape 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 They let in an unpleasant light on some of the whippers-up of lucre at the expense of principle, who flocked around the dwelling-places of the great continent-carvers and lawgivers in Paris. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference If they removed all those among their supporters who oppose such bills by preferring them to posts of great confidence and great lucre, how can they suppose that they will ever carry one? The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) For to accuse Cato of filthy lucre is like upbraiding Hercules with cowardice. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. What perfectly renders the temper calm; honor or enticing lucre, or a secret passage and the path of an unnoticed life? The Works of Horace And, friend, thee must not think I have served thee for the lucre of money or gain: for, truly, these things is now to me as nothing. Nick of the Woods I did not reply, “Perish the lucre!” but said that I would be content, in the early part of my career, to labor for reputation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 If you are rooted and grounded in the love of lucre, the successful millionaire is the man that you will fawn upon or worship from afar. Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters 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 Has the fairest genius of a poor man no weight against wealthy lucre? The Works of Horace He is keeping watch while his delectable comrades search the package in which they sagaciously locate the silver lucre they so much covet. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The triumph of ethereal love over the base temptation of lucre! Walking-Stick Papers North America, coquetting with philanthropy, and nominally abjuring the principle of slavery, suffered herself to undergo the corruption of the practice for the temptation of the lucre, and the Atlantic was covered with slave-ships. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 "Tut, tut! tell not the official that Daniels and his daughter, for the paltry lucre of the drink-halls or for artistic satisfaction, made the tour of the capitals!" The Son of Clemenceau The family of the Grecian augur perished, immersed in destruction on account of lucre. The Works of Horace The aim of her education must be both high and wide, higher than lucre, wider than the nation. Cambridge Essays on Education 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 "You'll hear of an accident in the mine before the day is over," said Burnley, and he went off without a grain of remorse under the double stimulus of revenge and lucre. A Perilous Secret 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 Had they lived, I might have been a better man; but the place they left empty was soon filled up by love of cursed lucre, and that has brought me here. The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney Where there is no lucre and no priesthood, as among more backward races, this kind of business cannot be done. The Making of Religion This eagerness for gain, this lust for lucre had even reacted on that other class which had constantly supported itself on the nobility—the clergy. Against the Grain Our town was overrun by hungry clergymen of many denominations and from nearly every state, all clamoring for the lucre to be obtained by preaching in our union church. The Gentleman from Everywhere And now, in the name of God, I adjure you, Sir James, let not the love of lucre stand between you and your life. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life These medieval coronets, which were repeated even on the peaks of the chimney pots, were the everlasting decorative motif of an industrial city little given to dreams and lusting for lucre. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel 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 I hate all that hankering after filthy lucre. John Caldigate As soon as once your work is finished you ought to be promptly paid; but to receive your lucre one minute before it is due, is to tempt Providence to make a Micawber of you. Gossip in a Library 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 And, friend, thee must not think I have served thee for the lucre of money or gain; for truly these things are now to me as nothing. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers "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 Could I still forgive him both that and the borrowed lucre that he promised to pay next week! Master Humphrey's Clock 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 I'm willing to loaf for half the lucre. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 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 His was a labor of love, instead of for lucre. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 Those who imagine that all bliss comes from lucre or legislation know little and are "ignorant of their own ignorance." Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 But it is evident that for a long time this also has been the public and most grievous complaint of all good men that Masses have been basely profaned and applied to purposes of lucre. The Augsburg Confession The confession of faith, which was submitted to His Imperial Majesty Charles V at the diet of Augsburg in the year 1530 What bands of faith can impious lucre hold? The Aeneid English Thenceforth, everything was done on a small scale, instead of on a grand scale; for lucre instead of the general good. Les Misérables Then sang Christian-- By-ends and silver Demas both agree; One calls, the other runs, that he may be A sharer in his lucre; so these do Take up in this world, and no further go. The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan So much for Norman blood unaided by Victorian lucre. Tess of the d'Urbervilles When, therefore our priests were admonished concerning this sin, Private Masses were discontinued among us, as scarcely any Private Masses were celebrated except for lucre's sake. The Augsburg Confession The confession of faith, which was submitted to His Imperial Majesty Charles V at the diet of Augsburg in the year 1530 Pledge yourself for me, that, for the glorious cause of lucre, I will do anything, be anything; but the horse-leech of private oppression, or the vulture of public robbery! The Letters of Robert Burns Every man who has made the experiment knows that the thirst of lucre, when thus awakened in a young mind, is insatiable, impetuous, and rash. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor 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 Do not resemble those who will harp after lucre and show themselves unmindful of the ties of relationship: that wolflike maternal uncle of yours and that impostor of a brother! Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books See Britain sunk in lucre's sordid charms, And France revenged of Anne's and Edward's arms!' The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 So drives self-love, through just and through unjust, To one man's power, ambition, lucre, lust: 270 The same self-love, in all, becomes the cause Of what restrains him, government and laws. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 But if lucre be added to blood, then blood can be made to flow copiously. The Life of Cicero Volume One And the sole object of this vile politic, loudly proclaimed to be philanthropic and negrophile, has been low lucre—in fact, an attempt to butter its bread with 'black brother.' To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I O Solitude! the man who thee foregoes, When lucre lures him, or ambition stings, Shall never know the source whence real grandeur springs. The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes "It is filthy lucre that inspires me," she replied steadily. The Pagans The desire of lucre is the great motive to injuries: law therefore has a principal reference to property. An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition 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 Note Iago's pride of mastery in the repetition of 'Go, make money!' to his anticipated dupe, even stronger than his love of lucre: and when Roderigo is completely won— I am chang'd. Literary Remains, Volume 2 At lucre or renown let others aim, I only wish to please the gentle mind, Whom Nature's charms inspire, and love of humankind. The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes Men kiss the dainty finger tips of their lady-loves, to-day, with a passionate fondness that is proportionate to the bulk of lucre that dainty hand can hold. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense There is, indeed, a calling that may divert her from the thoughts of mere lucre. Jane Talbot 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 No doubt, the business would have been a profitable one, and the inducement to persevere made strong in proportion as I sacrificed principle to lucre. Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain O cruel! will no pang of pity pierce That heart, by lust of lucre sear'd to stone? The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes The same individual will act now for glory, now for lucre, now for love. Moral Philosophy The rest of the commissioners he assailed in a similar way, and gained over most of them; by a few only integrity was more regarded than lucre. Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War 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 Oh! shame! shame! is this a time for selfish intrigues, and the little dirty traffic for lucre and emolument? Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 So great was the malice of this printer, & his desire so greedy to get lucre, by a thing vnlawfull. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 He must have begun to feel that he had been revering as a saint a mere man, who had not even risen superior to the lure of lucre. The Home and the World 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. Doth lucre thy bright wing Unfold to hover over human hearts? Babylonian and Assyrian Literature 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 Donning a bright smile the Babe approaches the farmer and presses the lucre into his honest palm. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 26, 1917 Woe be unto them, for they have followed the way of Cain, and are spilt in the error of Balaam for lucre's sake, and are cast away in the treason of Core. The first New Testament printed in English Thus lucre's set in golden chair of state, When learning's bid stand by, and keeps aloof: This greedy humour fits my father's vein, Who gapes for nothing but for golden gain. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 "It is something more than gross lucre," a young man declared, who had just strolled up. The Double Traitor It would be wrong to say that lucre is at the bottom of every parsonic change; but it is at the foundation of the great majority—eh? Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston 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 Beyond the river one was shot in the leg—a black sailor, who, with two roughs, had undertaken the risk for lucre. The Lord of the Sea As soone as the resolution was made, many undertakes the voyage; for where that there is lucre there are people enough to be had. Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson El Taabanah, the office, being one of "name," the eastern synonym for our honour, as well as of lucre, causes frequent quarrels, which become exceedingly rancorous. First Footsteps in East Africa 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 They kidnapped the sons of Ham from Africa for lucre; with the "Indians" of South and Central America they were always on excellent terms, and the Californians proffered divine honours to Francis Drake. England under the Tudors 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 "Yet thou sayest not," answered the Protestant preacher, for such he was, "that for lucre he would sell the blood of his guest?" The Monastery And to the old landholders of New England, what motive to hold sacred from the hand of lucre so strong as the ground loved by the living as the burial- place of their dead! Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Then sang Christian- By-ends and silver Demas both agree; One calls, the other runs, that he may be A sharer in his lucre; so these do Take up in this world, and no further go. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 These must be grave, not of a double tongue, Not given to wine, not apt to do a wrong Unto the poor, through love to lucre. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 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 And it seems that he robbed for the lucre itself, as the most careful inquiry divulges no stain upon his private life. The Midnight Passenger : a novel And some for safety took the dreadful leap; Some for the voice of Heaven seem'd calling on them; Some for advancement, or for lucre's sake— I leap'd in frolic. Peveril of the Peak It was for no lucre of gain I took you and your swash- buckler, your Don Diego yonder, under my poor roof. The Fortunes of Nigel 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 Was he incapable of thinking about anything but filthy lucre? What's Bred in the Bone 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 People will give dishonest or mean votes from lucre, from malice, from pique, from personal rivalry, even from the interests or prejudices of class or sect, more readily in secret than in public. Considerations on Representative Government You will be supposed to work merely for the lucre of gain. The Fortunes of Nigel Literature has become the favourite pursuit of all classes, and the postman is probably the only man who leaves letters for the vulgar pursuit of lucre! Sketches by Seymour — Volume 01 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 It was pure ambition rather than any hope of lucre that urged him on. The Way We Live Now "O, it is not for the sake of lucre, Mistress Margaret," answered the obliging dame; "but truly I would have you listen to some advice— bethink you of your own condition." The Fortunes of Nigel Since thou dost desire it, that old evil, the love of lucre, shall still hold its mastery upon the earth. Ayesha, the Return of She 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 "Do you save their lives for a Christian purpose, or is it lucre you seek, Mr. Praiseworthy?" she enquires, giving the Elder a significant look, and waiting for a reply. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter He had no desire for "filthy lucre," he assured her; he only desired to render his country a great service. The Clique of Gold When the clerical deputation arrived at his villa with soft words and promises of more solid lucre, he professed the uttermost amazement at their quest. South Wind 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 B. replied, "It is not to the `filthy lucre' I object, but to the `filthy looker on.'" Chess History and Reminiscences But the battle was not fought for lucre or fame, nor according to the London Prize Ring Rules; it was fought in defense of a friend's honor, and the stake was life or death. 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 Mayhap you may think I want to expose you for the lucre of gain. The Adventures of Roderick Random As usual, filthy lucre had to do with his tarrying. Balzac "Filthy lucre—the root of all evil," muttered Brother Martin. The Lady of Blossholme 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 love of lucre has laid waste the land. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects 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 No;—it was for no love of lucre that he wished to be Bishop of Barchester. Barchester Towers Do I think, Major, that this useless lucre could be converted into coin of gracious King Edward? A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa Till that moment he felt that he had never appreciated the value and the marvellous power of mere money, of the lucre which philosophers pretend to despise and men sell their souls for. The Grand Babylon Hotel He had committed a great crime, led on by a love of lucre, and the weight of it pressed upon his tongue and closed his lips; he knew not what to say. Benita, an African romance Here no man shall enter—I will destroy all that approach; here are my weapons; lucre will I die in despite of tyranny.” The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 Those who receive the filthy lucre are corrupt already. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 When I find myself writing for the lucre of gain, the whole spirit leaves me.' Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife All his little stock of virtue had been expended in his struggle against the strong temptation to sell his religion for lucre. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 No—it was not for love of lucre that he wished to be bishop of Barchester. Barchester Towers It will be observed that we are not putting cases of dishonest men who, for the sake of lucre, falsely pretend to believe in the doctrines of an establishment. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 He had an opportunity of signalising his zeal for that Church whose characteristic doctrines he had been accused of deserting for lucre. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 In 1687 he distinguished himself among many able men who wrote in defence of the Church of England, then persecuted by James II., and calumniated by apostates who had for lucre quitted her communion. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 As long as he was poor, he was perfectly ready to face obloquy and public hatred for lucre. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 He observed, that traffick was an enemy to all the liberal passions of the soul, founded on the thirst of lucre, a sordid disposition to take advantage of the necessities of our fellow creatures. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker They are too often simply contemptible—a wretched, feverish, maddening struggle to pile up lucre, which is any thing but clean. Female Suffrage: a Letter to the Christian Women of America Indigent bright Caroline at once answered, No. She was never very orthodox in Protestant theology; but could not think of taking up Papistry for lucre's and ambition's sake: be that always remembered on Caroline's behalf. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 The former are intolerable on account of their lies, their assumption, and their vanity; the others are equally odious by reason of their vulgarity, their stupidity, and their sordid love of lucre. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels The love of lucre has laid waste the land. The Life of the Spider 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 Last of all, no man can prove that I committed that fact for lucre or gaine. The Golden Asse IN the earlier times of Rome the priesthood was a profession, not of lucre but of honour. Last Days of Pompeii The boast of the soldiers, as we find it recorded in their solemn resolutions, was that they had not been forced into the service, nor had enlisted chiefly for the sake of lucre. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 If there be those among the Franks who, for the sake of worldly lucre, have assumed the turban of the Prophet, and followed the laws of Islam, with their own consciences be the blame. The Talisman 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 There lust and lucre cannot dwell, There envy bears no sway; There is no hunger, heat, nor cold, But pleasure every way. Bulchevy's Book of English Verse Urged on by fever-frenzy of Patriotism, and the madness of Terror;—urged on by lucre, and the gold louis of wages? The French Revolution 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 In the calm with which you learnt you had become suddenly rich, I read a mind clear of the vice of Demas:—lucre had no undue power over you. Jane Eyre 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 Come, come, Mr Foresight, let not the prospect of worldly lucre carry you beyond your judgment, nor against your conscience. Love for Love: a Comedy 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 These were misled by such great covetousness, that they thought less of shame than lucre, and accounted as their glory what was really their guilt. The Danish History, Books I-IX "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 I didn’t want to see a potato as long as I lived; but the demon of lucre had taken possession of me. 'Twixt Land and Sea Therefore let them scorn the gold and give chase to the possessors of the gold; let them admire the lustre, not of lucre, but of conquest; remembering, that a trophy gave more reward than gain. The Danish History, Books I-IX |
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