| 单词 | miser |
| 例句 | "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself." New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. March would not leave Beth’s side, but rested in the big chair, waking often to look at, touch, and brood over her child, like a miser over some recovered treasure. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She saved practically all of her earnings, living like a miser, hoarding each penny. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave a nervous laugh, like a miser caught at his counting. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Come on, you miser, I think at the slaver. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The Martials hoard their secrets the way a miser hoards gold. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Her lips were dry, hard, closed up tighter than a miser’s purse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But she loved Coraline as a miser loves money, or a dragon loves its gold. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z She’d even talked her brother into coming along; he was a miser and had a lot of money. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Like Thwaite, Hartley is insistent that Larkin loved women; nor will she go along with the idea of him as a miser. The real Larkin 2010-06-26T23:04:00Z In a news article the same year, The Times reported that people in the theater and music businesses described Berlin as a “recluse” and “miser.” Mary Ellin Barrett, Daughter and Defender of Irving Berlin, Dies at 95 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The bullish, brooding 33-year-old actor may not have been the obvious choice to play Dickens’s querulous old miser in a musical re-telling of A Christmas Carol. Albert Finney: a career in clips from Tom Jones to Miller's Crossing 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The miser stares blissfully at the tiny piece of currency. Faction of Fools’ ‘The Miser’ generates a windfall of wit 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Free Events in New York City this Weekend For misers wanting a big Fourth of July bang for their buck this weekend, music is the answer. Weekend Miser: Free Events in New York City in July 2010-07-01T22:44:00Z The story, of course, is about a miser whose resistance to Christmas is overcome when he is visited by a series of admonitory ghosts. Campbell Scott to Star in Broadway ‘Christmas Carol’ 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Seven percent are really hardcore, but then what happens is that a lot of people are not outright dismissive — they just are what social scientists call “cognitive misers.” An evangelical scientist on reconciling her religion and the realities of climate change 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z The grandfather, Moses Price, was known in town as a tight-fisted miser. The White City Devil’s early life: “I think that he would have killed her” 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z A Christmas Carol A miser has a change of heart in Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday fable. L.A. theater openings, Nov. 20-27: 'Mamma Mia' and more 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z It’s a big step away from the more usual caricature of Scrooge as a wizened old miser who is frightened into repentance. A New ‘Christmas Carol’ Explores the Roots of Scrooge’s Scorn 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z For misers interested in media production, New York City’s underutilized public access stations offer professional training in subjects from production and editing to documentary storytelling and podcasting. Courses for a New Year 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Magoo as Scrooge is inspired casting: Despite Mr. Orgel’s reservations, this mixed-up old man makes perfect sense as an ornery miser. ‘Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol’ Back in Prime Time 2012-12-20T23:24:19Z Here’s a tip for those who want to attract more misers: Consistency is crucial. Weekend Miser: Literary Readings Are Free at KGB Bar 2012-03-15T23:02:50Z George’s old friends are now alcoholics and misers; his wife is a lonely librarian; his mother is the spinster proprietor of a boarding house. “It’s a Wonderful Life”: Occupy Bedford Falls! 2012-12-08T00:30:00Z The villainous miser, Fagin, sacrifices his pickpocket protégés to greed while hiding away the spoils of their labor, a treasure by which no one profits. ‘Lionel Asbo,’ by Martin Amis 2012-08-18T00:06:07Z The basses also evoked a stunningly visceral sense of slackening with a series of downward glissandos in “Quod sum miser.” Music Review: A Celebration of Orchestral Excellence at Spring for Music 2014-05-06T09:39:39Z The play, staged on a bare set in the company’s year-old, $3.3 million complex, portrays Scrooge not just as a miser, but a sellout to his race. On eight-stop ‘Christmas Carol’ tour, varied takes on Ebenezer Scrooge 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z It’s not difficult to entertain a miser in New York. Weekend Miser: Literary Readings Are Free at KGB Bar 2012-03-15T23:02:50Z When Geronte abruptly decides, as cranky old misers will, to leave his money to two distant relatives, Crispin dresses up like each, in turn, and portrays them as craven, insincere opportunists. Highly engaging low farce in 'The Heir Apparent' at ICT 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Or the one about the miser hounded and haunted into decent behavior by four ghosts. Yule Be Sorry: 10 Movies You Forgot Were Set During Christmas 2013-12-23T10:45:33Z This week the miser celebrates diversity, while remaining intolerant of high prices. Weekend Miser 2011-02-03T22:32:24Z “Remember, merciful Jesus, that I am the cause of your journey,” the chorus sings during “Quid sum miser,” the third section. Music Review: Making a Mighty Sound for Berlioz, but Delicately 2011-02-14T23:29:09Z Jon Clinch has revived the life behind the famous ghost in a prequel that fleshes out the early relationship between the two old misers in “A Christmas Carol.” Review | Christmas comes early in Jon Clinch’s ‘Marley,’ a clever riff on ‘A Christmas Carol’ 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z We're going going to make some pesto next season with our garden-grown basil and these nuts--the end result we will horde like gold misers. Sicily’s Emerald Green Gem: the Bronte Pistachio 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Being a miser feels as though it’s a game he’s playing. Bah, humbug! The many faces of Scrooge 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z For misers, it’s both, and more, at heroically low prices. Weekend Miser: Master Chefs at a Miser?s Price and More 2010-10-07T22:15:00Z How do we prepare them for a world where people are proud to be stupid misers who adhere to no moral code? So far, we’re losing: Trump’s America is a serious downgrade on the old version 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z The American Museum of Natural History is inviting misers to participate in the social sciences, with an emphasis on the social. Weekend Miser: Sword Swallowers and Beer Swiggers 2010-09-30T21:19:00Z He's a miser, which is a horrible thing. How we made: Kenneth Anger on Lucifer Rising 2013-07-22T17:55:00Z Bellow observed that the Soviet leader’s comic style seemed to have been adapted from the “provincial autocrats, creeps, misers, officials, gluttons, gamblers and drunkards” in Gogol’s “Dead Souls.” Review: Revisiting Saul Bellow’s Words, on Society, Chicago and Other Writers 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Join Tiny Tim, the Christmas Ghosts and everyone’s favorite miser in the stage adaption of Charles Dickens’ classic Yuletide tale, proudly returning to ACT Theatre for its 47th year. Experience gifts 2023: Top picks for places to go and things to do | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z His dad, a “mouse-like miser of a man,” makes only short visits. This novel confronts the ugly realities of addiction, mental illness and racism 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z The Tibetan word for them, "miser", has been translated as both "serfs" and "subjects". China: Dalai Lama furore reignites Tibet 'slave' controversy 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The British author’s novella about a selfish and stingy miser who becomes woke in Victorian England was an instant holiday hit when published in 1843. How to watch your 25 favorite Christmas movies and TV specials this season 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The Tucson Plug-in is slightly less of a fuel miser but still relatively efficient. Edmunds: Toyota RAV4 Prime vs. Hyundai Tucson Plug-in 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Apple’s ‘Spirited’ turns the oft-told tale on its head by making its miser a media manipulator, and viewing him through the perspective of the ghosts. Behind the scenes of Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell’s chaotic ‘Spirited’ tap dance 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z He’s not going to be “a miser and hold onto life when I can do something with that life.” A Minnesota publisher just gave away his newspaper to fight in Ukraine 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z "People have remembered her as being eccentric, grumpy, prickly. She gets accused of being both a miser and a spendthrift - and that she did unpleasant things." Sabotage and pistols - was Ellen Willmott gardening's ‘bad girl’? 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Viewers "just look at her as being funny, cute and a loudmouth. But it's not how I play her. I play her with miser underneath," she said. Estelle Harris: Seinfeld and Toy Story star dies aged 93 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z For one thing, people are cognitive misers and it’s more efficient to adhere to pre-existing beliefs. ‘Constructive Arguing’ Can Help Keep the Peace at Your Thanksgiving Table 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z And yet, Lincoln says, the production retains the magic of Dickens’ story about a miser who mends his ways after being given a supernatural tour of his past, present and future. Virus shuts many UK theaters but online the show goes on 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z “A Christmas Carol” “The Walking Dead’s” Andrew Lincoln is the miser Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens’ holiday fable streamed live from London’s Old Vic theater. The ultimate holiday shows list: 81 'Christmas Carols,' 'Nutcrackers' and more 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Only when the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come brings Scrooge face-to-face with his own impermanence in the form of his tombstone does the old miser begin to show benevolence and compassion toward others. Coping with ‘Death Awareness’ in the COVID-19 Era 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z In some cases — the miser growing old alone, the dictator consumed by paranoia — the wicked may suffer as a kind of fitting, self-created punishment for their sins. Opinion | The Pandemic and the Will of God 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z The Uriminzokkiri editorial took exception to those who "turn the tragic division of Korea into a source of entertainment", calling them "misers and human rubbish without any conscience". North Korea blasts South's 'insulting' dramas and films 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z With countless adaptations of the Charles Dickens classic, viewers can see how Scrooge goes from a greedy miser to a kind and caring person. Top Christmas movies to watch this season 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z This production at A Noise Within, though sprinkled with surreal scenes, zoomed in on Scrooge as not just a matter-of-fact miser, but as a horrible, mean person. I survived a 'Christmas Carol' marathon: Seeing seven Scrooges in a row 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Dickens’ London miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. Movies on TV this week: 'The Deer Hunter,' 'White Christmas' and more 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z A Christmas Carol Dickens’ classic holiday fable about a miser shown the error of his ways. Theater in L.A. this week: 'Frozen,' 'A Christmas Carol' and more 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Dickens’ London miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the spirits of Christmases past, present and yet to come. Movies on TV this week: 'Giant' on TCM 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Ruined by a miser on Christmas Eve, a suicidal family man sees life anew thanks to his guardian angel. Movies on TV this week: 'Silence of the Lambs' 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z His story about a reformed miser was an immediate bestseller, and, a few years later, he began offering public readings that attracted enormous crowds in England and America. Perspective | The 23 most unforgettable last sentences in fiction 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Other online responses traded on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” especially when the uncaring miser Ebenezer Scrooge is shown the error of his ways. Trump's 'poor me' Christmas Eve tweet draws mockery as 800,000 federal workers go without pay 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z He is done no favors by his employer, William Weatherall Wilkins, who has a warm smile and a miser’s frigid heart, put across with sly if overly obvious villainy by Colin Firth. Review: ‘Mary Poppins Returns,’ and she really shouldn’t have 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z A miser will live uncomfortably or is stingy in an effort to hoard money. Perspective | Who needs to know how much money you earn? Very few. 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z He was also an incredible miser and paranoid about money. Where Did Picasso’s Genius Come From? 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z “All those millions, unused,” lamented El País, who talked of “a huge display of football from Sevilla against a Manchester United who are millionaires but misers; so much money, so poor”. 'So much money, so poor' – Spanish press lays into Manchester United 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z The fillings are loaded into the flatbread with a miser’s sense of generosity, including the cheddar cheese and cheese sauces. Perspective | Will Chipotle become the new Taco Bell? Let’s hope not. 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Getty — or the “old man,” as the billionaire is less formally known — is, for his part, depicted as a soulless miser who puts Scrooge to shame. Review | ‘All the Money in the World’ is a stylish crime thriller with a cynical heart 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Plummer, much closer in age to Getty than Spacey was in the role, makes a marvelous miser, never as disappointed by beautiful objects as he is by fallible people. Ridley Scott's achievement with 'All the Money in the World' goes beyond the Kevin Spacey scandal 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z So they're the best examples we have of what the miser first looked like in the author's mind. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Stevens portrays Dickens at his desk, cudgelling his brains to find the name of the miser for his forthcoming tale. Did Dickens invent Christmas? No, but he did reinvent the novel 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z The dogged peasant keeps after the miser; he wants his kopeck back. Opinion | Baba Yaga on the Ganges 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z The deceased was reportedly a bullying miser and blackmailer, and many had motive and opportunity to do him in. Review: Newlywed sleuths can’t get a break in ‘Busman’s Honeymoon’ 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z After a particularly bleak year, millions in the English-speaking world and beyond will seek some comfort by watching a converted miser in a nightshirt, skipping about as light as a feather. The Real Reason Charles Dickens Wrote 'A Christmas Carol' 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z There are fuel misers available that are roomy, refined and fetching in the looks department. Video Review: Ford Fusion Hybrid Combines Savings and Style 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Here it’s easy to become David Moyes – paranoid, parsimonious, the kind of sideline miser who’s useless to the brand consumers of Seoul or Minneapolis. Patrick Vieira, New York City FC and the Third Rail 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The naïve and yet not-so-naïve peasant still worries about the kopeck he lent the miser. Opinion | Baba Yaga on the Ganges 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Related: Rubio: Trump is 'an embarrassment' and Republicans will pay big in November With Trump we get both stereotypes of the uber-wealthy in one: the savvy miser and the clueless, good-time goober. Why voters love Donald Trump's wealth – but despised Mitt Romney's 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z As Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past watch Tim, his father holding his lame hand, the miser pleads, “say he will be spared.” The Real Reason Charles Dickens Wrote 'A Christmas Carol' 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The family of five turned to a government-provided emergency tank, conserving its contents like misers. No running water and no solutions as California’s driest county despairs 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Not everyone needs to be a miser with their holiday bonus, says one finance expert. Should You Save or Splurge That Bonus Check? 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The miser borrows a kopeck from a peasant to give to a beggar. Opinion | Baba Yaga on the Ganges 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z In other words, even when scientific thinking is compelling, our propensity to be a cognitive miser and conserve mental energy often prevents us from engaging type 2 processes. Why Do People Favor Opinion Over Scientific Evidence? 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Exposed as covetous misers, the Kochs would become pariahs. Bernie Sanders is wrong about the Koch brothers: They’re even more dangerous than he thinks 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z "The members of the alliance have become absolute misers in terms of our water use," Fredman said. Landowners fight ban on new vineyards in Santa Monica Mountains area 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z “The members of the alliance have become absolute misers in terms of our water use,” says Fredman. Malibu vintners fight to stop extension of ban on new vineyards 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z According to Halvorson, a social psychologist by training and Associate Director of the Motivation Science Center at Columbia Business School, the reason for this is that we are “cognitive misers.” Why No One Understands You (And What To Do About It) 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The miser’s apparent generosity is diametrically opposed to the relationship with his own children, which was probably Getty’s most destructive feature. The Getty Family: A Cautionary Tale of Oil, Adultery, And Death 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z “The expression that’s used a lot in psychology is ‘we are cognitive misers.’” How To See People As They Really Are 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z San Francisco, California’s third largest city, is among the state’s biggest water misers using an average of 44 gallons per person, per day since the state started tracking conservation. San Diego, Los Angeles mayors take stage in drought fight 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The Getty family is known for his philanthropic efforts, but J. Paul Getty was also the kind of miser who installed a pay phone in his mansion. Getty family, beset by tragedies, again in mourning 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z To really get into battery miser mode, turn off haptic feedback, the handy little vibe when you press virtual keys, by going to Settings > Language and unchecking “Vibrate on keypress.” How to Make Your Android Battery Last Longer 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z The Case of the Cognitive Miser The processing problem comes about because we tend to be cognitive misers. Rational and Irrational Thought: The Thinking that IQ Tests Miss 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Ford could have suffocated him with the strictures of a quotidian existence, turning him into a progenitor of the suburban misers who dominate so many midcentury novels like Revolutionary Road. Richard Ford: Heart of the Country How do you bring the subject up without seeming like a braggart, a coldhearted miser, or someone looking for a meal ticket? How To Bare Your Finances To Your New Love 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z I don’t care if somebody makes a lot of money and holds it like a miser. Charlie Munger And The 2014 Daily Journal Annual Meeting - Part Two 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Our list includes five billionaires, a miser, a Nobel laureate and a founding father. The Forbes 2014 Investment Guide: The Best Advice Of All Time 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Humans are cognitive misers because our basic tendency is to default to the processing mechanisms that require less computational effort, even when they are less accurate. Rational and Irrational Thought: The Thinking that IQ Tests Miss 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z From these, blood and sweat drip down, transforming into a huge pile of gold coins, which a fat miser is greedily hoarding. | The Task: Stalin and Soap 2014-02-18T19:28:44Z You marry a miser who grew up watching his parents spend money unwisely. Why couples clash over cash 2013-02-02T18:46:00Z Ferguson has played the miser and the millionaire and, for all his love of "finding value in the market", he has blown some serious money in his time. Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United signings – big splashes and bargains 2013-01-11T13:19:30Z All of that represents an evolution of style, philosophy and imagination across a lifetime - a world of forgotten wills, lost fortunes, poignant deaths, virtuous self-sacrificing women, grotesques, noble paupers, wicked scheming misers and ever-memorable characters. My year with four million words of Charles Dickens 2012-12-24T01:29:39Z Another characteristic of cognitive misers is the “myside” bias—the tendency to reason from an egocentric perspective. Rational and Irrational Thought: The Thinking that IQ Tests Miss 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z "I'm sorry, my dear, but you know it would kill me to lose my money," said the partially deaf miser to his wife. Twitter fiction: 21 authors try their hand at 140-character novels 2012-10-12T22:00:26Z The organizing concept of the HSM is that people are cognitive misers. This is Your Brain on the Internet (Maybe) 2012-09-11T14:15:02.720Z China is in the odd position of being cast as both miser and wanton. Investment: Prudence without a purpose 2012-05-24T15:10:30Z Broad has also at times been Andrew Flintoff-esque, showing steadiness without penetration, a go-to miser with bounce and height and stamina. The Spin 2012-05-22T12:58:01Z He was a miser or a misanthrope, or both; at all events, for several years he had lived in it utterly alone, and scarcely ever seen by any body. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z A poor man borrowed a hundred rubles from the miser, calling St. George as witness that he would pay; but he died in debt. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z As the miser feels a sort of ecstasy in the secret of his hoarded wealth, so had she an intense enjoyment in thinking that all dear Clarissa's trials and sufferings were only known to her. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z If old Uncle Matthew Rouncivell died soon and left him his fortune, and the old miser owed as much to his nephew's title, he should be able to buy a castle and retire from practice. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Horace, quoted, upon slavery, 23; upon a miser, 24; upon the Saturnalia, 25. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The head of our house was often extravagant but never, I think, a miser. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Of misers, history has furnished us a long list. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z And sweet it was to rob the miser night, Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z Kings love power, misers gold, women flattery, poets reputation—and philosophers truth, when they can find it. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, ½The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself.¸ Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The miser robb’d of his golden pleasure, Views tempests great in his wild despair; But what is all his loss of treasure, To losing thee, my drechen dear? Random Rhymes and Rambles 2012-03-21T02:00:31.003Z Why you've no more charity in you than a miser; there, go and draw some more ale, and have done with your folly. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z I half forgave the miser for starving a wilderness of poets. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z A miser may, in general, be looked upon as a particular species of virtuoso. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z And a miser he could not well be called, considering the kind actions I have alluded to, and the steady hospitality he showed to his godsons, Hodge, Giles, and Michael. Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z The action of the miser may be thus explained. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z He shows us prominent types of character—the miser, the parasite, the legacy-hunter, the parvenu, &c., but he does not try to trace these different manifestations of life to their source. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z But the old miser, though his will had yielded to hers, did not answer. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Even in our true systems we go on collecting mere words, playmarks and medals, as the misers do coins; and not till late do we transmute the words into feelings, the coins into enjoyments. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z "Hold your tongue," said the miser, "and listen to me." Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z "He's an old miser, but it won't do to let him die like a heathen," said one of the neighbours, when his condition was discovered. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z Meanwhile, the Mariners treated Morrow like a miser with a tricked-out cellphone, rigidly adhering to a tight usage plan. On Baseball: On Baseball ? Blue Jays? Morrow Is Trying to Channel the Ace Within 2012-03-10T18:44:19Z And after all, in comparison with the miser's wretched abode, Tyson's house, though lonely, seemed an everyday dwelling, and safe. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z See yon old miser laden with swelling bags Of ill-got gold, with how much awkward haste He limps away to shelter! Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z He was on a visit to the miser, with books and papers under his arm. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z One might have thought him a miser gloating over his gold, so carefully he counted it again and again, sitting there on the edge of his bed. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z And one a miser, hoarding fruits of toil, In front a bony beak, behind, Wisps of grey hairs all destitute of oil, Blown hoary on the wind. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z The miser had shuffled after them, holding out his hand and begging of them. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z He loves them as much as a miser loves a tax collector.” The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z Meanwhile Miser Farebrother and Tom Barley were "having it out" upstairs in the miser's room. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z He had long had the reputation of being a miser, and more than one hand that day was passed searchingly over some piece of battered furniture. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z I refused with courtesy suggestive at once of the gallant and the miser, and the Sale of Work-woman retired rather crest-fallen. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z The miser bending over his task seemed to be taken with a fit of silent laughter. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z When he returned to Stanley Junction, through a lawyer he made Gasper Farrington acknowledge the mortgage on their home as invalid, much to the chagrin of the old miser. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z Jeremiah had made great strides since he first entered the miser's service. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z Or that an extra postseason spot won't be incentive enough for perennial misers like Kansas City and Pittsburgh to upgrade their rosters and really compete. Column: Why the rush to expand baseball playoffs? 2012-03-02T01:09:08Z On the next occasion we equaled in sincerity and naturalness the expressed sorrow of the heirs of a rich miser over his mortal remains. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z And Tyson often doubted if the miser's store were as large as rumour had it, or even if there were a store at all. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Perhaps not in the way you expected, and certainly not with a guarantee, but again and again the miser falls behind.” You?re the Boss Blog: A Weekly Roundup of Small-Business News 2012-02-20T13:00:06Z It has already been shown that he was lending money upon his own account; but this was done without the cognizance of the miser, who would have strongly resented such an encroachment upon his domain. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z Only the miser really possesses it in itself, in any significant way; for the miser is an idealist, the poet of gold. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z The post-office is not a miser; it is a national benefactor. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z "Or we'll give you to that old man there," pointing with an undutiful finger to the squalid figure of the old miser. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z They are worse than hoarders of gold, because when they die their learning dies with them, while the metal miser is compelled to leave his gold for others. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z They say to themselves, 'That old miser Farebrother will see through us if we complain to his daughter. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z It keeps its back to the sunrise, lives on myth and miracle, and guards with a misers care the "sacred" superstitions of the past. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z The miser, who lives in a hovel, wears rags, and hoards his gold, is a perpetual curse. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z It is a ragged miser with billions of buried treasure. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z There are mental misers—men who gather learning all their lives and keep it to themselves. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z The miser was in bed upstairs, laid up with lumbago, and Jeremiah was to be very polite and civil, and not to mind if the miser flew out at him. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z In the midst of disasters the miser, with trembling hands, opened his purse. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Still o'er these scenes my mem'ry wakes, And fondly broods with miser care! The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z O God! ’t is pitiful to see This miser so forlorn and old! Songs of the Mexican Seas 2012-02-06T03:00:16.913Z Its small heroine, Mary of the Angels, is an orphan, defrauded by a miser of her rich inheritance and treated with 193 barbarity by the uncle and aunt for whom she is an uncomplaining drudge. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The miser was in bed, groaning in his night-cap, and pouring out imprecations upon fate. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z When comrades seek sweet country haunts, By twos and twos together, And count like misers, hour by hour, October's bright blue weather. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z I see a world without the beggar's outstretched palm, the miser's heartless, stony stare, the piteous wail of want, the pallid face of crime, the livid lips of lies, the cruel eyes of scorn. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z He clasped her close as death can hold, Or dying miser clasp his gold,— His hold became a part of her. Songs of the Mexican Seas 2012-02-06T03:00:16.913Z The miser made delight of added gain, Was like a pebble on the shore again, In comparison to the satisfactory consolation that came as a realization of the comprehension of the producing cause. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z "I'm a regular dab at figures, you know," said Jeremiah to his mother; and the end of it was that he was engaged, and that the miser had promised to make his fortune. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z He knows what folks say about uncle’s being a miser.” The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z In the centre, a room in which Death strikes at two misers, a man and a woman sitting at a table covered with money. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z At last the miser cries his pain,— A shrill, wild cry, as if a grave Just ope’d its stony lips and gave One sentence forth, then closed again. Songs of the Mexican Seas 2012-02-06T03:00:16.913Z It is as follows: A rich miser and a beggar were buried in the same churchyard at the same time, “and the belles rung out amaine” for the rich man. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z "Here is his last letter to me," said Mrs. Pamflett, handing it to the miser. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z The old man was a miser, who during his wife's existence had not been allowed to gratify his instincts. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Death and the soldier; Death interrupting a feast; Death and the miser; Death and the old man; Death drawing the curtain of life, &c. &c. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Before them lay regions of gold, timidly guarded by a vindictive but feeble enemy; and Spain became to these pioneer settlers what a bedridden miser is to the dreams of a needy bravo. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Amongst the greatest sufferers in this71 purgatory on earth was an old Portuguese of venerable appearance, perhaps either a miser or purposely disguised. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z There were confidences between the miser and Mrs. Pamflett, and when he returned to Parksides he related to her what had occurred. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z Others may have felt it their duty to appropriate the orphan’s portion and receive the miser’s paradise. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z An anonymous print of Death and the miser. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Gibraltar always depending upon Maracaibo for its meat, and not well supplied with flour, was, in fact, like a miser dying for want of a loaf, while his storehouses were brimmed over with gold. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Swift’s clever epitaph, on a miser, may more appropriately close this article: Beneath this verdant hillock lies Demer, the wealthy and the wise. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z He was to enter Miser Farebrother's service, she said, if the miser approved of him. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z Whether or not this embodiment of the miser owes much to the original creation of Plautus, it is certainly realised by him with the greatest truth and vivacity. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z On the right, a miser counting his gold is seized and stricken by Death. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z A great flood, and the disappearance of the miser’s treasure box, add to the interest of the volume. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z Well!—if we must, inform the royal ear, Poor are some kings that now in Britain live: Tell him, that Nature is no miser here; Tell him—that he withholds—what beggars give. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z The miser would not allow him to handle them until the bargain was completed and the money safe in his pocket: "look here, and here!" Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z The allowance which he had been accustomed to spend, he hoarded with a miser's care. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Death and the Devil lying in wait for the miser. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z The sunset is not in the least like a miser; and a true lover and observer of nature would not allow himself such a niggardly fallacious image. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z Take next the miser's contrast, who destroys Health, fame, and fortune, in a round of joys. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z He bargained with his master and beat him down to the last penny; Tom was not devoid of shrewdness, and he was beginning to understand the miser. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z Perhaps some miser, doom'd to discontent, Here counted o'er the heaps acquired with pain; He to the dust—his gold, on traffick sent, Shall ne'er disgrace these mouldering walls again. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z N. One Death lays hold on a miser, whilst another carries off his money from a table. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z He was like a drowning miser with his treasure on him, who will not part with his gold to save his life. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z We laugh at Molière’s misers, misanthropists and hypocrites, because they are mere types mechanically dominated by a master impulse. The philosophy of B*rtr*nd R*ss*ll 2011-12-30T03:00:24.883Z In the miser's shrewd eyes he had justified the praise his mother had bestowed upon him. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z As a matter of fact, Freneau was a miser with his verses. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Two old misers, a man and a woman. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Agamemnon slays his daughter; a miser dispenses alms, out of pure egotism, in the hope that he will some day receive an hundred-fold; and so on. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z "True," said da Costa reflectively, "but by that same token a miser is not the most difficult person to tackle." The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z He had felt his way before he had arrived at it, and the miser was furious. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z The worthy physician belonged to an age when the class called misers extensively prevailed; and when those who lent out money upon interest were denominated usurers. 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 Two old misers, a man and a woman. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z And constantly, as the whirl gained in volume like a rising wind, Harkins' tortured eyes re-sought the clock, and they held all the miserable apprehension of a miser for precious, fleeting gold. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z A miser who spends nothing on himself may, in exceptional cases, be induced to give away something. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z "Do you dare to speak to me in that manner," said the miser, "after all I've done for you?" Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z A misanthrope, a miser, an atheist, said his neighbors; but, in truth, only a man over whom hung the shadow of a tragedy that had darkened his life. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z A Mr. Knowles, a modern artist, is said to have painted a miser counting his hoard, and Death putting an extinguisher over him. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z “Still o’er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care; Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.” Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z And the old miser, even while pointing him out as a model to the other tenants, carried his cruelty toward him to the utmost extreme. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z "It was my intention to make a man of you," continued the miser; and again Tom Barley interrupted him. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z There is more than a touch of the miser in the Graynor blood.” Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z An A well cut on wood, representing Death striking a miser, who is counting his money at a table. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Beneath these prairies were hidden, millions of ages ago, by that old miser, the sun, thirty-six thousand square miles of coal. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z He was a big, good-natured fellow, who did not know how to put on a bold front before the repellent miser, who was slowly draining him dry. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z It is all nonsense about father being a miser. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z "You are like a miser then, ever accumulating and loth to spend." Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z "Why, no, it won't; the old miser, disgusted with the idea of prospective husbands he doesn't know, will refuse to receive any more of them, and will consent to give you his daughter." San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z The lover tasting it forgets his passion, His heart is eased of pain; The stingy miser, as he lifts the goblet, Regardeth not his gain. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z But at last the miser refused to open his door to him. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z I will bind him tight," thought the miser—"tight! Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z Covetous as a miser, he nevertheless, delighted to watch the mean combat between fowls upon whose prowess he had staked his thousands. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Oh! he is a miser, a curmudgeon, a man who has no regard for anything but money. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z I note that occasionally a coalblack acquires property, on which his miser grip is tighter than that of an accumulating Irishman; but such are very few. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z And waving his weapon from side to side, he sought for a place where he might strike, avoiding the thin and desperate hands which the miser held before him. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z Tom Barley happened to be within hail, and Mrs. Pamflett sent him up to the miser, and then attended to her son. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z Had they been the selfish misers they are sometimes painted, they could have realized a fortune by selling its contents. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z That old miser's anger will cool down, if you succeed in your undertakings. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z That is the common-sense attitude—as remote from the spirit of the miser as from that of the spendthrift. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z But the very victims of the miser held him back, telling him of the influence of Don Salvador, warning him that he was a man who spent his mornings in court and had powerful friends. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z "When I first took you into my service," the miser commenced— "At twopence a week," interposed Tom. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z A miser may have hidden the secret of a gold-mine in it. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z The joy of having a real live miser in the "famerly" was clouded. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z A miser!" exclaimed I. "In a Collectivist state! The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z The insufferable miser, the voracious usurer, offered his assistance with touching and paternal kindness on hearing of Barret's misfortune. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z Nearly twenty years had elapsed since Uncle Leth had seen the miser, and he was rather doubtful as to how he would be received, their last meeting not having been a pleasant one. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z "I tell you that auctioneer uttered a prophecy when he said that some miser had hidden the secret of a gold-mine inside the lid of that box," said Julian. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z Play the cut-throat yourself, and ease some rich miser of his store, if you think fit. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Then, too, a miser is not actuated by intelligence; he is the slave of an instinct—the hoarding instinct. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z The avaricious old miser proved himself to be inflexible. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z If they ever become impotent in the production of pleasure, it is when their possessors have become gluttons, sots, debauchees, misers, or some similar compound of human depravity. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z "I don't believe a miser ever watched his gold as closely as you watch that box." The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z Who loves thee not is traitor to himself, Traitor is he to God and to the grave, Poor as a miser with his load of pelf, And more unstable than a leeward wave. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z Now if Campbell were not a miser Anna need never do state work. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z Fumbling in his pocket he found the little case, and eagerly, like a miser counting his gold, he passed the little sticks one by one through his fingers. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Answer that, you miser that cannot even count! The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Yes; and very often a miser, and miserable at that. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Phradates remained in ignorance of the whole transaction, having matters of more importance to occupy his thoughts than the ruin of an old miser. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z He was placed there as a school for improvement in tactics and all the relative duties of a soldier: he had good connexions, and a genteel allowance; but was a miser at twenty. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z But traced back to its origin, the miser's love of money is a love of power. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z So it went on for years, and I admit I sometimes felt like strangling the old miser. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Is that the entreating gaze of one sick unto death, or is there lurking behind it the mockery of a crafty miser? The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z "Guys who do that are misers and old women, kid," Brinker scoffed. Comet's Burial 2011-09-19T02:00:15.417Z They also entered into a confederacy to drink till they had emptied the miser's last bottle, determining to have one good frolic, as they despaired of ever obtaining a second at his expence. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z The miser, indeed, by base indulgence forgets the end in the means. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z So he hired himself to an old miser of a farmer with whom he continued several years. Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z Yet he turns miser for a tiny coif. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z The father was almost eighty years old, with the visage of a vulture, and renowned as a miser. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z The next day every one prepared with high glee for Elwyn's promised treat, and puzzled themselves with various conjectures as to what kind of feast the miser would set before them. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z I certainly don’t like old Father Fletcher, close-fisted as he is, and stingy as any miser ever I met. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z His master was a miser, as I have said, and he and his help ate supper with no other light than that of the fire, for he would not furnish candles. Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z Now is the Sun, erst spendthrift of his rays And lavish of his largesses of light, Become a miser in his latter days, An avaricious dotard, alter'd quite. Sonnets and Other Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:08.503Z Seized by the populace, the wretched old miser was hurried to instant death; his grandson was carried in triumph to the palace, and there installed as king. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z The old miser, miser no more though, was half crazy with joy. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The pressed lips and long, pointed nose gave him the appearance of an old and grasping miser. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The old miser had his two men and his apprentice put in prison. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z And so you went without fire, to pay that usurious old miser who owns this furniture, sixty per cent per annum, for the use of it. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z And I don’t mind your calling him the miser, because that is just what he was. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z Its produce has always been sufficient for the necessaries, and even some of the luxuries of life; and, what is somewhat singular, no miser and no spendthrift has ever increased or diminished its extent. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z He, a miser, scattered money on every side. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z This statement was all the more extraordinary because the old miser shut his sister up in a room of which the windows were barred with iron. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z He has been a diligent reader,—"a close-browed miser of the scholar's gains,"—and his writings are full of bookish allusions. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z It sets special examples to elder brothers, misers, and young travellers. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z In the commencement, nearly a century previous to the present time, we have seen old Sibbold, the morose miser, gloating over his money, and studying his title-deeds. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z A contrast, this, with the ancient and brutal miser Fisher, who had faced that other magnificent sunset on the hills the year before. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z He was certainly no ordinary miser, and his passion no doubt covered intense joys and secret conceptions. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z No man lives there, but I have heard that an old miser had it long years ago. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z You know, Pretty is just as stingy as he can be—a regular miser despite all his fine clothes. The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z Call a man a miser, and, if he is so inclined, he can roll in borrowed money, dine every day on presents of game and fish, and marry any one he chooses. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z He thought of the brutal miser on the hills. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Very well," said the miser; "then come to see me again to-morrow. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Yet whatever it be, we cannot better close this subject than by citing Aristotle’s admirable description of the prodigal and the miser: La Bruyère shows no greater acuteness and force. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Minutes of traveling were as precious as bits of gold to a hoarding miser. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z After, the editor had considered a little, he struck out “miser,” and wrote “capitalist”—it had a bigger sound. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z The old grasping miser, in his rage, remembered such a trifle as a travelling-rug. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Louis could not help smiling at the terrors of the old miser and his sister. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Maxims of Franklin.—The prodigal and the miser, according to Aristotle. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Only a miser of adjectives—or a Debritt—would have tried to set forth her triumphant charm in a single word. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z He was a miser, and yet nothing seemed to prosper with, him; and pare and save as much as he would he could make no accumulation. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z I have read of it in stories of misers. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z His yellow forehead was wrinkled like that of a man accustomed to believe nothing, to weigh everything, to test the exact meaning and value of every human action as a miser rings every gold piece. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Theophrastus describes dissemblers, flatterers, intruders, rustics, parasites, babblers, the superstitious, misers, the proud, slanderers, etc. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z His weakness lies rather in taking too much delight in making display than in taking to heart the qualities of a miser. Japan and the California Problem 2011-07-25T02:00:13.940Z It was looked upon as the usual stock-in-trade language of a miser. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z She pretended to look steadily into the wrinkled palm of the miser’s hand, and then spoke. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z "Have you supped?" said the miser, in a tone which plainly meant "Do not sup." The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The miser wants money—the sensualist wants the cook—the scholar wants knowledge—and the mother desires the life, growth, and happiness of her child. The Principles Of Secularism 2011-07-22T02:00:17.390Z Which of them do you think was the real miser, he or she? Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z “He’s a blessed old miser!” exclaimed her friend, “I don’t see how you have stood him all these years, Ruthie.” Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z Thirty double louis-d’or were discovered, which had been hidden by the girl in her hair, thus proving that the supposed saint was at heart a miser. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z "A sou! a sou!" cried the miser; "but that is a great deal." The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Perhaps the charges of the convent Have grown too costly for the miser's purse, Or 't may be having stayed there her full time, She now returns unto her father's hall. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z So he went to Flatbush one afternoon, and finding the old miser in his house, put to him this question and waited for his reply. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z If Armitage knew of that stone of his dreams, he would certainly think his surmise was correct and believe that Michael Brady was a miser. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z He was alone, “evening closed in, and the moon rose and looked reproachfully at the miser.” John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z Finally, after two hours spent in investigations characterized by the sagacity which distinguished the King's distrustful temper, it was proved to a demonstration that no one could have got into the miser's treasury. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z And when the debt is cancelled in this way I fancy I can see the old miser chuckle To himself at having got off so cheap. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z But she subsequently learned that an old miser had once inhabited that room, and had been strangled in that very bed one night for the sake of his money. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z "Trades it with the storekeepers—though the boys do say"—Michael looked with smiling eyes after Snow-Shoes—"he may be a bit of a miser, loves opal more than the money it brings." The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Think on our oaths; yes, lady, they are mutual:— You said you loved; I treasured the confession, As misers hoard their gold: nay, 'twas my all.— The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts 2011-07-05T02:00:33.083Z Carefully avoiding these precious marks, he went to the door of the miser's closet and found it locked, with no traces of violence. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z We will make it a business transaction—you can give me a mortgage, or whatever you call it, just as if you were borrowing from some hard-fisted old miser. The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z Saint Patrick had a neighbor, a Jew, a very rich man but the greatest miser in the kingdom, and he had the finest haggart of corn in Erin. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z Michael was amused at the thought of himself as a miser. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z There is the miser, of course, but he's rarely a genius. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z "Words, words!" said the King, turning to face the miser. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z His only luxury was a little tobacco, and he was said to be somewhat of a miser, and to be quite rich. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z Old Baldo, though believed to be an honorable man, and fair and just in his transactions with others, was a confirmed miser. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z No, Michael assured himself, he was not a miser. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Her avarice was as notorious as her wealth, and stories are told of her, that far out-do all that is related of the most famous misers. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Happily for the miser, a rumor got about that his sister had committed the thefts, and that she had been privily executed by Tristan. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The Judas was wonderfully hateful,—hunchbacked, and dressed like a rich Jewish miser; and the devils were dreadful enough to terrify the children for a year. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z He was reported to be the richest man in Princeville, and dealt principally in real estate and had the reputation of being something of a miser. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z He had heard it said men who were misers, who hoarded opal, were mesmerised by the lights and colour of the stuff; they did not want to part with it. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z My first employment was working a hand furnace for smelting lead ore for a man named Kelly, a miner and a miser. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z He wanted to embrace it, fondle it, run it through his fingers with a miser's greed of gold and gather a store of it while he might. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z A miser dreads to change or to risk anything. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z In vain our miser declared that he had not found money, that he was only employed in burying his slippers. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z He stuck to it that Lem was a wealthy man, but the very worst kind of a miser. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z Spirit" to the miser's agonized inquiry whether Tiny Tim would live:— "'What then? Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z As reassuring this in her present mood as for the miser to find his gold still there when he opens his strong box upon returning from a journey. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z A jolly man, and though he were a miser, will make others jolly: R�per started, shuddered, resigned himself to his fate, and welcomed us more joyfully than we dreamed. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z Sarah Francis, alone in the world, might have been a miser if she had not loved Dolly so dearly—Dolly, who was Stan's daughter. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Mrs. Eland produced the diaries and Mr. Howbridge read the notes referring to the old miser’s “Beautiful Book.” The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z If it results in making a miser of me you will have to answer for it to many a99 worthy complainant. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z Don't buy them, and you're a no good miser who would be better off owning a franchise in Tampa Bay. Mets find not all investments pay off the same 2011-05-25T23:06:12Z He could not know that I was satiating myself with a miser's delights, feasting my eyes upon my own. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Ah!" said I, "everyone is a thorough miser as regards something or other, I am sorry to say. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z What a terrible thing it must be to be a miser.” The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z What it should not do, is to guarantee to the miser, the spendthrift, the tyrant, debauchee, or vampire, the things which a man would possess of his own inalienable right. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z The crumbling wall Entombs not memory's treasure, and we hold This truth dear as the miser his loved gold, Dome, pinnacle and tower cannot fall. Memorial Day and Other Verse 2011-05-20T02:00:35.647Z One must not play the miser, even with time. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z In the meantime, she that was called the 'little miser' beckoned to the poor girl, and, opening the window, said, pointing to the cushion, 'Is it quite spoiled?' The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z With men, as with misers, it never strikes anything but quarters of the happy hour; like a bad clock, it never strikes full the Arcadian hour of our hope. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z And at the very thought of the old miser Stayford's face flushed with anger. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z If you pray for riches in a worldly sense you prepare the mental, moral, and spiritual conditions to attract the spirit misers and the selfish. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z And his claw-like fingers advanced with that nervous trembling that the sight of gold always arouses in misers. The Mysterious Sketch 2011-05-03T02:00:14.907Z He was a man of endless secret benevolence, and posed all the time as a hard-fisted person and a miser. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z Perhaps that treasure he esteemed so much, that, like the miser, though afraid to use it, he reserves it safe. The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z "My! my! my! my!" whined the old miser. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z Shortly after this an old miser, of whom the Bergen boys were afraid, called Ole into his house one day as he was passing, and said, "Are you the boy that plays the fiddle?" Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z Such lusty enjoyment I thought betokened an open hand; but when the hat went round the greater number proved themselves as ‘close-neaved,’ to use one of their own words, as misers. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his riches will have no profit. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z No, holy father: who can be miser in another's wealth, that's prodigal of his own? The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z The Rector doesn't really need it, but he is such an old miser; but Kurz could use his money, for he is a merchant, and will yet have a large business. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z I have seen him give my father big bags of golden coins, although everyone said he was a miser. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z And if that won't satisfy you, you can ask for more, for we are no niggards and misers up here. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z On earth he was a miser, and who can count the years before his regeneration? Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z There was a startled exclamation from the officer, as his hands went up above his head; while a gray, blank look spread over the old miser’s face, as he, too, obeyed with equal celerity. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z But as soon as the old miser heard what I wanted it for he laughed and sneered in my face. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Oh, I'm no miser, greedily hungering after the precious stuff. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Some reputed misers of low degree, who had pleaded poverty, he had tied up by the thumbs. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z And did she love To bring them forth, and feast her eyes upon their worth, And finger them with all a miser's greed of touch? The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z The man was a miser of the most sordid and cold-blooded sort. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z It was true, there was little in the old man's nature to elicit such feelings towards him; he was a grasping miser, covetousness and money-getting filled up his heart, and every avenue leading to it. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Plautus had remained satisfied with exhibiting a miser, who deprived himself of all the comforts of life, to watch night and day over an unproductive treasure; but Moliere went deeper into the mind. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Once upon a time there was an old miser, who lived with his wife near a great town, and used to put by every bit of money he could lay his hands on. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z "He is no miser, Sir," said she, indignantly, for all her self-control failed her at this point. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Ah! it is you rascal of a Jew, villainous miser, who are the cause of all! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Daly turned away with a muttered execration at the miser's suspicions, and then, fixing his eyes steadily on Sandy's face, he gave a short and significant nod. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Moliere’s notion of the miser’s prodigal son borrowing money from a usurer, and the usurer afterwards proving to be his father, is from La Belle Plaideuse, a comedy of Bois-Robert. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The miser said this so often, that some of his neighbours heard him, and one of them thought of a trick by which he might get the money. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z For a long time I felt as a miser must feel surrounded by his gold, far more in quantity than he can ever count, yet separated by its overwhelming value from the world outside. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z Beneath these again are the misers,—worse because less open to the excuse of a merely childish lack of self-control. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Old Lady Trevelyan was a very wicked woman and a miser: she lived here for many years, and is believed to wander here still: her son, Sir Walter, has never been known to laugh. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z While thus employed, he is observed by the slave of Lyconides, the young man who had violated the miser’s daughter. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z He is thus introduced by the captain: An old miser's the next that comes in with her bags, And to save up her money, wears nothing but rags. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z The miser and the usurer said: "Doubtless this man plunders the provinces." Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z He had been a gambler, a spendthrift, a rogue of the worst kind for one half his life; a miser, a cynic, a misanthrope for the other. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z A jolly old miser, and no one to leave it to; and I can’t see then why I should be ground down to work like an errand boy.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z The parasite proceeds to the miser’s native country, and attempts, though unsuccessfully, to defraud the son of the whole inheritance. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z A miser next enters, who is generally a boy dressed up as an old woman in tattered rags, with his face blackened. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z The miser started, and was ready to fall backwards; but the hermit, without giving him time to recover from his surprise, instantly departed with his young fellow traveler. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Anna walked up the aisle to her pew, filled with one thought: 'We drove him to it, father and I.' Her fear was that the miser had renewed his terrible insistence during the previous fortnight. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Don’t take any notice of him, Mr Leslie, he’s a rich old miser and nothing else. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Knowing the disposition of his intended father-in-law, Megadorus sends provisions to his house, and also cooks, to prepare a marriage-feast, but the miser turns them out, and keeps what they had brought. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Any one who reads this will set down old Singlebeard as a miser; but I scarcely know a man less deserving the character. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z About noon the hermit came to the door of a paltry house, inhabited by a rich miser, and begged the favor of an hospitable reception for a few hours. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z He thought the miser was a little ashamed of his postscript. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z “Grinning at us all the time—a miserable old miser!” said Harry, as they began to walk back. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Urceus has also made the miser suddenly change his nature, and liberally present his new son-in-law with the restored treasure. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Perhaps he was a miser and had secret stores of wealth? Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Collini, his secretary, said he was a miser only of his time, which was always usefully employed. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The miser foresaw a probable discomfiture, and sought for some means of escape. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Then, lest he become a miser hoarding gold and spending it not, Sweep at last bethought him of a kindly plan. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z One difference, which materially affects the plots of the two plays and characters of the misers, is, that Euclio was poor till he unexpectedly found the treasure. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z "The old miser thinks he has made a good bargain," he mutters. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The red squirrel hoards like a miser, But, alas, the improvident gray, He's only a pauper of winter Who scampers the summer away. Gobolinks or Shadow Pictures for Young and Old 2011-03-03T03:00:57.927Z His corpse accused the miser, and Anna, incapable now of seeing aught save the pathos of suicide, acquiesced in the accusation with all the strength of her remorse. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z She poured out upon him such a wealth of devotion, that a miser might have envied. Six Prize Hawaiian Stories of the Kilohana Art League 2011-03-03T03:00:48.280Z He knew that avarice is accompanied with selfishness, and hardness of heart, and falsehood, and mistrust, and usury; and accordingly, all these vices and evil passions are amalgamated with the character of the French miser. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The 'miser' meanwhile paces slowly along the broad, straight path of the cemetery, between the tall chestnuts planted on either side. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Wickets are the currency of cricket, but these days Murali hoards dot balls like a miser. Sachin and Murali: two old masters still in their prime 2011-03-01T15:19:39Z The miser was wounded in the one spot where there remained to him any sentiment capable of being wounded: his faith in the irreproachable, absolute chastity, in thought and deed, of his womankind. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z For I was really put out and hurt and annoyed; and I know I once called myself a wretched old miser. Friends I Have Made 2011-02-25T03:01:14.587Z The account given by the Lar of the successive generations of misers, is also well imagined, as it convinces us that Euclio was a genuine miser, and of the true breed. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z “True,” retorted the old miser—“but, Sheikh, you must have lost sight of the fact, that my leaves are already withered, and that if I would be rich I have not a moment to lose.” The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Silas Upcliff nodded in stolid English style, and, as he drew away, turned to his mate and muttered: "From the French, the storm, but most of all from misers, good Lord deliver us." The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z It was a cold night in November, yet the miser, wrathfully sullen, chose to sit in his office without a fire. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z And the miser went home from the hermit's sermon once more a stricken man—stricken before by terror to the conscience, but now smitten by love to the heart. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z This play is unfortunately mutilated, and ends with the slave of Lyconides confessing to his master that he has found the miser’s hoard, and offering to give it up as the price of his freedom. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z In former days there was an old woman, who lived in a hut more confined than the minds of the ignorant, and more dark than the tombs of misers. Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental 2011-02-22T03:00:06.247Z They were like a miser's hoard, to be counted and re-counted in secret with that abiding assurance that he had wealth and riches, however others might deem him poor. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z The miser gazed at her quizzically out of his small blue eyes. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z If he was a miser in his family, he brought wealth and prosperity to his people. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z But while the part of a confirmed miser has been comically and strikingly represented in these touches, it is stretched in others beyond all bounds of probability. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z "As if I was a miser," she complained, "instead of one whose whole thought is for my fellow creatures." A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z "He'll do nothing for us, old miser," Esm� flung out in anger almost before the old man had left. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z The miser looked through the window for a moment. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Only seek a proper mean between this and the miser's character. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z The youth, having squandered his fortune, sold the ground on which this monument stood to an old miser. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z It is curious to learn, too, that just as European misers hoard up gold and silver coins, the richer Indian chiefs secrete piles of wampum beads, having no better means of investing their superfluous wealth. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z She was irritable over money, cried out that her husband had learnt miser's thoughts in South Africa. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z It was she, the miser's shabby daughter, who had caused this amazing phenomenon. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z In the midst of gold, in quantity outstripping the wildest dreams of his boyhood, this man had chosen to be a miser. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Reference has already been made to the likeness between Barabas and Shylock, and it needs but a few illustrations to show the resemblance between the English and French miser. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z No; I did not keep it like a miser, out of love for gold. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Most women, I found time to reflect, would have dropped it at the first intention, but she had clung to it as a miser clings to his gold. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z Mynors called at Manor Terrace once a week, never on the same day of the week, nor without discussing business with the miser. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z There in that black box she has more money than she can ever use; but she keeps it locked up, like a perfect miser. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z Shylock is a Jew, therefore a moneylender; a moneylender, therefore rich; rich, yet a miser, and therefore of little value to the community, which remains unbenefited by his usurious loans. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The man was a hateful old miser; in spite of his wealth he hardly dared to eat, and never entered an inn to drink a glass of good wine. The Lonely House 2011-01-13T03:01:04.920Z Still, the poor that will be fed for many days from the crumbs of our feast will surely not say that he is a miser. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Since Mrs. Sutton's visit both Anna and the miser avoided the subject of the holiday. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Not a penny," she muttered, "and he promised—ugh, the miser—the beast! The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z While if we compare the words which Molière puts into the mouths of those who revile the miser, they suggest the taunts thrown at Shylock. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The old miser said "yes," thinking to make an end of pretty Anna's love affair with Franz. The Lonely House 2011-01-13T03:01:04.920Z Thereupon the miser dipped a small ladle in a kettle of boiling water and offered it to Old Nor. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Then, when he had eaten one piece of bacon, and cut his envelopes, the miser began to empty himself of some of his anger in stormy tones that might have uprooted trees. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z But do you know, Sybil, I believe Hale has the instincts of a miser, and likes to look at gold. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z No miser ever gloated over his gold so eagerly as they over their supply of provisions. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z He was a hard usurer and a miser. The Lonely House 2011-01-13T03:01:04.920Z "For instance," continued Stosija, "would the miser's heart ever have been touched, had his barns been insured." The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z The miser had, indeed, foreseen the possibility of this marriage for months past, and had long since decided in his own mind that Henry would make a satisfactory son-in-law. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z "I don't like lending money," said Hale, who was something of a miser. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z The miser's love for money is a classical example. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z "I have read in the Mode," said Cisy, "that at the Tuileries ball on the feast of Saint-Ferdinand, everyone was disguised as a miser." Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The miser once more dipped the ladle in the hot water and offered it again to the beggar, who quaffed the contents unflinchingly. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z What good that, just at that time a childless old miser of an uncle took it into his head to die, and that, in default of other heirs, his whole huge fortune fell to me? Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z She did not want her plans upset by this miser. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z The miser neither circulates money nor buys goods. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z We would rather be considered spendthrifts than misers. Seasonal spending makes for merry Christmas ? but how happy will the new year be? 2010-12-27T00:02:01Z Then the miser had new masons and bricklayers, and also architects and engineers. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z He is quite a great man, Elsie; a tavern oracle in the evening; a landlord and householder and collector of his own rents at odd hours; a capitalist and a miser. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z Some one finally got from her the confession that she was haunted by the miser’s ghost. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z How can you not love the Christmas Eve fable of millionaire miser Ebenezer Scrooge, played wonderfully by Alastair Sim, morphing into a warm and generous boss after some ghosts set him straight? Value Added: Gary Bargamian doesn't let illness keep him from the showroom floor 2010-12-19T23:17:00Z The occupants of a drafty New England farmhouse, meanwhile, might be energy misers by habit, favoring blankets and sweaters over dialing up the heat. Can We Build in a Brighter Shade of Green? 2010-09-25T22:18:00Z Yes, it's a story, but it's true for all that, for it happened at Grohovo, and my grandfather, who was alive at that time, knew both the miser and the idiot. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Steve Brady, who played Scrooge in Gateway’s “Christmas Carol,” brings that miser’s redeemable grumpiness to this role. | Long Island: Playing Dolly Modestly in Patchogue 2010-08-15T04:10:00Z Soon they were invited to a wedding; the bride was young and fair, the groom a tottering, toothless, decrepit old miser. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z He paused, then added as though by way of apology for his seeming callousness: “Some people say the old boy is a sort of a miser and has a snug pile salted away.” The Law of Hemlock Mountain "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser himself." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Then he turned round and went off without any thanks or wishing the blessing of God on the miser's dwelling, as he was wont to do. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z But the miser's love of drink increased upon him, and the more he spent on liquor, the more he hungered himself. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 I am sensible that baith you and our neighbours have always considered me in the light of a miser. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 At a corner is a miser, sitting at his table weighing his gold, his bag upon one side of the table and a thief behind him endeavoring to pilfer the bag. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams It is possible that there might have been never a miser the less in Arras for it, and now, at least, there was one happy pair the more. Four Phases of Love Ruth had found Uncle Jabez very hard to get along with at first, for he was a miser, and his kinder nature seemed to have been crusted over by years of hoarding and selfishness. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway It was even reported that Johnny Grippy, the miser, had advanced several thousand pounds upon the estate, at a very exorbitant interest. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 So the auld miser, bent and stiff, came hirpling barehead down the path, and behind him, looking most uncanny, danced Daft Jeremy, combing his hair with a weaver's heckle and muttering to himself. Deep Moat Grange You have made me merry with the female frolic with the miser. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Then is the time for the miser to spread out his treasure and admire it. The Jonathan Papers They say old Ledbury was a miser as well as a gambler, and hoarded things like a magpie. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Now, what do ye think the miser did? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 So in time the miser buried his daughter decently, and took the little lass hame to him to bring up. Deep Moat Grange He is not a miser; on the contrary, his generosity is well known in his own neighbourhood. Friend Mac Donald Poverty is indeed a good protective against it, but 'tis not thereby cured, for I saw beggars that revelled and rich misers that starved. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim No doubt he is some old miser, too rich to be able to count his hoards. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 All the people rose, and sorrow and sympathy seemed on every countenance save one—and that was the face of the auld miser and hypocrite, Johnny Grippy. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 She tied up her sonsy beast, that was, like herself, fat as pats of butter, to the yettpost of the miser's garden. Deep Moat Grange He was one of the children of the large family of misers. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 So I asked him why did he stay with the old miser. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim It is the old miser of the Rue de la Roule. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 No qualms of conscience, no sense of guilt, no fear of retribution! only the miser's lust of gain and the swelling of his abnormal self-esteem. Rockhaven There were ill reports even then about the miser. Deep Moat Grange Risk is a word erased from the vocabulary of the miser. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 My captain was my enemy because I made a better show in horses, clothing, and arms than he, and no longer spent so much on the old miser as before. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim "Neither do these men know the use of gold," said my guide, "for they are misers, and their sole delight is to collect gold and to worship it, without doing good to themselves or others." Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I And his deep-set eyes gleamed with the miser's joy, and his shallow conceit swelled with pride. Rockhaven For the miser, though he spared most other things, never was a sparer of good whitewash. Deep Moat Grange He loved gold for gold's sake; not for the enjoyments it procured,—he was a stoic; not for the enjoyments it might procure,—he was not sufficiently poetical to enjoy speculatively, like some misers. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 Study style, add words to your possession as a miser adds coins. Cinderella Jane You lavish your wealth on the lordly height That knows not a miser’s need therefor,— With a smile I must take what is mine by right As the gift true souls abhor. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 I would have given him mine if he had not been a miser. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern He knew me at once, and bade me get out of his sight for an arrant self-seeking miser that would keep a shivering man from a good glass of toddy at his own fireside! Deep Moat Grange "And we would raise these annual millions as compulsory taxes on those abominable misers, who, being possessors of colossal fortunes, should be marked down, accused, and convicted of living like gripe-farthings," added M. de Lucenay. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 The miser's thirst for gold was weak in comparison with that intense craving that seized upon him. The Fortunes Of Glencore Oh, Nancy, why are there such selfish old misers in the world? Nancy of Paradise Cottage As I had played the scene alone, I should have been proud and happy—should have counted the calls with a miser's gloating satisfaction. Life on the Stage The miser millionaire who hoards his wealth does less injury to society than the careless millionaire who squanders his unwisely, even if he does so under cover of the mantle of sacred charity. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Burke said of a certain miser to whom an estate was left, “that now, it was to be hoped, he would set up a pocket-handkerchief.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. He that was generous to munificence is now an absolute miser, descending to the most pitiful economy and moaning over every trifling outlay. The Fortunes Of Glencore Let misers dread the hoarded gold to waste, Expence and alteration shew a Taste. The Man of Taste |
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