| 单词 | avarice |
| 例句 | A Belgian newspaperman there recognized wit and raw avarice—a useful combination in any game. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He scribbled, “I suspect conscience, an hereditary compound passion. Like avarice.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They wanted him to exercise such qualities on the people, so that they might double their salary and give vent to their avarice and cruelty. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z If the conscience of the Scythedom fails, replaced by the avarice of privilege, we could become our own worst enemy again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They knew his ignorance, his cruelty, his avarice, his appetites, his sins. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not behave this way out of avarice; it was simply that his family no longer interested him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our only chance is clever bargaining. Cliff trolls are cunning and ruthless, but their avarice can be a weakness.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z "Arrogance, some might call it. Arrogance and avarice and lust for power." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she rose again, brazen with her various sins—pride, gluttony, avarice, uncooperativeness—and for each she paid with a life. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The plaque read: “This species became extinct through the avarice and thoughtlessness of man.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There’s a type of blunt, brutal fable about men and avarice that has been reworked every decade or so since Erich von Stroheim’s silent epic “Greed” was released in 1924. ‘Gold’ Review: Dry Heave 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Each, though, is a fascinating account of avarice and hubris. ‘The Art of Forgery,’ by Noah Charney 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Marías’s Madrid is one recently plunged into the greater world of pop culture and avarice, and as a result everyone finds himself playing the part of a newly liberated European socialite. Spain’s Javier Marías captures his nation’s long-lasting trauma 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z In the film's moment of truth, it offers scathing critique of western individualism, avarice and greed as corrosive and dangerous, like a disease. Netflix's Tokyo-set action flick "Kate" tries to critique imperialism while ultimately relying on it 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The details are kept from Georges, whose lust is exceeded only by his avarice. Movie Review: ‘Bel Ami,’ From Maupassant Novel, With Robert Pattinson 2012-06-07T21:45:16Z The result was a 650-page whopper, published in 1980, full to bursting with scandal, betrayal, extravagance and wealth beyond the dreams of avarice. Barbara Goldsmith, Author of ‘Little Gloria,’ Dies at 85 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z On the windy hillside, I'm gripped by avarice. A Mother’s Day scream into the void 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Like the Durrenmatt play, this adaptation — set in a desolate European town called Brachen in the aftermath of a great war — is on one level a harsh parable of inhumanity and avarice. Review: Chita Rivera Stars in Kander and Ebb’s ‘The Visit’ 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Besides workers’ taking the initiative to work less, is there a place for better labor regulations to protect people from their employers’ avarice? Secret to happiness: “I want this job for a week” 2013-05-01T14:07:00Z That astronomical figure worked up normally sane individuals into a frothy mixture of avarice and maniacal delusion. Viral video news memes bring fame – but still feel almost racist 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z It is more about the profound and fragile obligations of loyalty and family that serve as a counterweight to unchecked avarice and blind materialism. Film: Drive and Determination of Zuckerberg and Gekko 2010-10-02T00:56:00Z Another spinoff, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” set at an outpost preserving a delicate detente, presented a darker take — but still one in which avarice was anomalous and worthy of scorn. As Shatner heads toward the stars, visions of space collide 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z It is what the internet lures out of us – hubris, daydreams, avarice, obsessions – that makes it so potent and so volatile. How novels came to terms with the internet 2011-01-15T00:06:06Z He acknowledges Rasputin’s personal ambition, but does not dwell on his evident avarice or scheming. ‘Rasputin’ Unravels the Myths of the ‘Mad Monk’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The breakout star of the Star Wars episode is a lawyer by the name of Jim Kipling, who sits and simmers at George Lucas’s avarice under a huge sign that reads: “It’s FUN!” The Toys That Made Us: Netflix's show will make you rethink your childhood 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Chinese state officials catch word of his avarice, consider it a betrayal and quickly reduce his freedoms. Ha Jin Considers the Cost of Freedom in ‘A Song Everlasting’ 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z That movie is an excruciatingly unsettling study of exploitation and avarice that comes to nothing. Movie Review: ‘Paradise: Faith,’ the Second in Ulrich Seidl’s Trilogy 2013-08-22T21:51:23Z In this dark comedy about the ugliness of avarice the stakes rise as everyone’s depravity descends lower and lower. Theater Review: ‘Volpone,’ With Stephen Spinella, at Lucille Lortel Theater 2012-12-10T22:56:51Z The assumption that extreme ambition and avarice are natural for young and old alike and that moneymaking schemes take precedence over all else looms over this story like a noxious cloud. Riff: When ‘Dallas’ Was the Capital of America 2012-06-02T04:00:06Z Below his litanies of humble thank yous is a will of iron, along with a streak of avarice. | 'Welcome': Philippe Lioret?s Immigration Drama 2010-05-07T00:35:00Z The familiar sights and sounds — the arrogance and avarice of Americans, the inevitable presence of sharp objects on desktops during fights to the death — are presented with a businesslike restraint that makes them reasonably credible. The Mideasterner, TV’s Most Flexible Genre 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Disapproval of excessive wealth and unchecked avarice is Hollywood gospel. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Not a bad sermon, really: Dickens on avarice, economic injustice and the plight of the working poor. Scrooge on a Screen Just Can’t Be the Same 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z And then Santiago appeals to their avarice, souring things. ‘Triple Frontier’ Review: Men on a Mission? Possible! 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z What she aspired to, really, was the culture of complaint and avarice inhabited by her white “sisters.” The Year in Theatre and Farewell to a Friend 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z "It's easy selling crack to kids in the schoolyard," he says of the CDIs and all the other arcane acronyms the Street sold to investors whose avarice was matched only by their gullibility. Oliver Stone's New Wall Street: Greed Is God 2010-09-23T08:25:00Z The avarice of the artist can be terrible, and terribly sustaining. “Midnight Traveler” Expands the Narrative of the Refugee Documentary 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Once the fiendish “Rose” Noble and his gang seize control of the well, our heroes’ only hope of acquiring riches beyond the dreams of avarice lies in surreptitiously digging a tunnel to the treasure vault. Review | Escape reality with these delightful old-time thrillers. You’ll forget 2020 is almost here. 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z So, he’s totally responsible for Ailes in some way through his neglect and avarice. The dark arts of Fox News’ Roger Ailes: “If Trump didn’t exist, Roger Ailes would have crea... 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z We tell ourselves the shopping and the profligate spending is about yuletide altruism, when what’s really driving sales is avarice. Don’t blame commercialism for your shopping madness 2012-11-28T01:00:00Z And as she did in her bestselling debut, “Secret Daughter,” Gowda keeps her readers tethered to compelling, universal human themes — heartbreak and avarice among them. ‘The Golden Son’ review: An immigrant’s dilemma 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z But at a deeper level, the game seemed to hum with a “Succession”-level spirit of scheming and avarice. An 8-Year-Old Explains the Metaverse 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z From the woodland hotel, she moves to New York City, where she delves into the fraudulent maneuvers of high finance — a candy castle spun from the sugary strands of avarice. Review | Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Station Eleven’ was a huge hit. Now she’s back with a different apocalypse. 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z He was the perfect 80s movie star, an emblem of American avarice, beloved of all the housewives. Michael Douglas on Liberace, Cannes, cancer and cunnilingus 2013-06-02T20:00:00Z Ambition morphs into mendacity, the profit motive becomes avarice. Built on Sand: The Get-Rich-Quick Scams of 1920s Florida 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Shia LaBeouf takes on the role of the brash young trader who blends ambition and avarice with altruism through his commitment to investing in green energy projects. Oliver back on Wall Street with bank crisis drama 2010-05-14T11:32:00Z As Ms. Israel told it, her forgeries were born less of avarice than of panic and began after a stretch of poor reviews and writer’s block, mixed with alcohol and improvidence. Lee Israel, a Writer Proudest of Her Literary Forgeries, Dies at 75 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z I ask the teacher what he thinks about Tolstoy's relationship to the church, which excommunicated him after he denounced their bureaucracy, rituals and avarice. Tolstoy's great estate 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z Her film, which blurs the line between entertainment, anthropology and social critique, sketches the many forms that avarice and greed assume in contemporary society. New York Art Guide: How to Navigate Museums This Holiday 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Artists are railing against greed and avarice, while also examining the results of collective actions. 55th Venice Biennale celebrates the outsider 2013-05-31T09:59:10Z Her words resound through a film that suggests that in this quasi-feudal social environment, avarice and blood ties trump all other values. Movie Review: ?Elena,? by Andrei Zvyagintsev, Set In and Around Moscow 2012-05-15T22:34:55Z There’s no narrative here that is not also an account of human avarice. Grief and Geology Both Take Time in ‘The Book of Unconformities’ 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Nature, not to mention the avarice of others, was a formidable opponent for prospectors in the late 1800s. `Floor of Heaven' strikes gold with its true tale 2011-05-09T15:31:05Z The reflexive instinct would have been to play it straight and offer a sober rendering of the grotesque avarice that had ruined millions of lives. Adam McKay went from Ron Burgundy to Dick Cheney, and it actually makes perfect sense 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Early Christian authors gave dragons human characteristics such as greed and in literature, dragons signaled the sin of avarice — they were creatures to fear and defeat. An introduction to the stories and British history that inspired the beasts of "House of the Dragon" 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Ruskin's own ideas can sound surprisingly modern, as he denounces both a contemporary ideology of "information" and the "insanity of avarice" into which "the English public" has fallen. Et cetera: non-fiction roundup ? reviews 2011-07-22T21:55:03Z For as this Shylock rants — and the lines between wrathful avarice and paternal anguish blur beyond reckoning — his state of confusion becomes a heightened mirror of everything around him. | 'The Merchant of Venice': Al Pacino Brings His Shylock to Shakespeare in the Park 2010-07-01T02:01:00Z It is the NFL’s avarice that has allowed team owners to applaud Goodell as he has fumbled his way through scandal after scandal because, after all, he has increased their revenue. Women Don't Have to Boycott the NFL 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Each outlines a "new" capitalism with its sharper teeth blunted, avarice expunged, fairness and social justice imprinted on its soul and innovation and entrepreneurship providing the rocket fuel. Progressive Capitalism by David Sainsbury; The Locust and the Bee by Geoff Mulgan – review 2013-05-04T14:00:04Z These are people, the filmmakers suggest, who by their deep-fried stupidity and avarice deserve to fade quickly. Movie Review: ‘Killer Joe,’ Directed by William Friedkin 2012-07-26T17:03:26Z It’s a sendup of petulance and avarice so sly, it could be a millennial’s answer to Madonna’s “Material Girl,” a reference that makes Ms. Petras, 25, swoon. Kim Petras Just Wants to Be a Pop Star 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z His subjects are the same — the rootlessness and avarice that afflict contemporary China, and the agonies of self-expression in a country that limits speech and effaces identity. | 'The High LIfe': Captive to Politics and Radical Poetry 2011-06-19T22:17:09Z Walsh’s attorneys said in a court filing that he wasn’t motivated by avarice, but desperation. COVID-19 fraudster used stolen relief aid to purchase a private island 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z In short, he neither held on to any money himself nor let anyone else keep any: as if his reason were not avarice, but jealousy of those who had riches. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Related to my point above, the destruction of the moral compass and avarice and cowardice in the Republican party has ushered in a new wave of candidates and politicians. PTSD expert: "George Santos likely has a disordered personality" 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Scrubjay and his partner, a journalist cat named Moose, become embroiled in a crisis dictated by a planetwide housing shortage caused by corporate avarice. Review | ‘The Terraformers’ is a dazzling look at the distant future 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z “Covetousness and avarice” trump whatever wisdom we gain in our short lives. A hot new Indian gangster novel thrills and dazzles. It could have done so much more 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z It would, no doubt, make them wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice. Proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska threatens salmon in WA 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z "This is not so much a schedule of loss as a schedule of avarice," it stated in documents filed with the central London employment tribunal and seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Goldman says ex banker's $23 mln whistleblower claim 'lamentable' 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z But for centuries, authenticity has also been a matter of desire and suspicion, avarice and fraud, and vast amounts of honest confusion and uncertainty. Perspective | So Vermeer didn’t paint ‘Girl With a Flute.’ Why think less of it? 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z “Being a wage earner had some negative connotations — avarice, corruption, shifting allegiance, the downfall of civilized society,” said Laurie Reitsema, an anthropologist at the University of Georgia. Paid to Fight, Even in Ancient Greece 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Regardless, there’s a lot of work in front of the Pac-12 if it is to stabilize its football reputation — or avoid getting dismembered altogether by the avarice of conference realignment. Analysis | Even with USC and UCLA, Pac-12 football has been pretty bleak 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z He couldn’t go to the surrounding communities, populated by newcomers who eye his territory with avarice. He’s been called a deforester and killer. Now he’s called mayor. Even though "this avarice / Sticks deeper" and kings have been offed for exactly this reason, Scotland has enough wealth. Donald Trump, Macbeth and the ruins of the Republican Party 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z There were three restraints to the avarice and bloodlust of the permanent war economy that no longer exist. A return to permanent war is here: First it will bankrupt America, then destroy it 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Often these inventions carry treacherous legacies of avarice and race. Op-Ed: The unofficial tree of Los Angeles reigns again 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z There are other reasons as well, which include avarice, greed, denial, fear, willful ignorance, laziness, bad habits, anxiety and immaturity. Has the mainstream media already made its peace with fascism? We'll soon find out 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Rapidly expanding commerce rewarded avarice and double-dealing and ignored drinking, cursing, and Sabbath-breaking, while the New Englanders’ high moral expectations collided especially harshly with the frontier’s imperfect reality. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z How do you curb a dictator's enthusiasm for greed, avarice and power? Vladimir Putin is losing the war — at least on social media. Here's why that matters 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Unconvincingly, the only victims of the runaway capitalism of the late 19th century seem to be other rich people, punished for their underhanded avarice. Review | ‘The Gilded Age,’ the lavish period drama from the creator of ‘Downton Abbey,’ is all surface and no shine 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z In a court filing, Tesla accused JPMorgan of "bad faith and avarice" for claiming it was owed $162.2 million after unilaterally changing the terms of warrants it received when Tesla sold convertible bonds in 2014. Tesla countersues JPMorgan over contract affected by Musk tweet 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z It is a party of fascists; angry, small-minded people with no sense of empathy, overwhelmed by their own greed and avarice. Will we really let ourselves be governed by irredeemable morons? That's the choice, America 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Fortunately, the white right in America has displayed such boundless avarice and self-regard that we may safely assume that its alleged fervor for electoral justice will diminish with the prospect of financial reward. A modest proposal: Let's heal America's wounds — with reparations for white people 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z In the carnival of avarice and corruption that is Los Angeles, we are not resting on our laurels. Column: Continuing DWP scandal a black mark on L.A. leaders, an insult to ratepayers 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Regarding the headline on Mike Wise’s July 13 op-ed, “Holding these Olympics is about avarice, not the athletes”: Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Strong feelings on food (especially garlic powder) 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z O'Loan was scathing about how the case had been handled - and about the various mistakes, poor police work and avarice of many officers concerned. 'Corrupt' British police hid failings of murder investigation - report 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z How that plan came together and then spectacularly collapsed is a story of egos and intrigue, avarice and ambition, secret meetings and private lunches, international finance and internecine strife. How the Super League Fell Apart 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z The FA Cup will never regain its old lustre, because that relied on a purity that can’t exist in a world of unapologetic avarice. FA Cup third round clockwatch: Everton v Rotherham and more – live! 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z Sure, the avarice and bunker mentality vis-a-vis the rest of Southern California remained. The year Orange County reminded us it's still Orange County 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z I think the last time I saw the word “avarice” was when I had to learn it in junior high school. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Strong feelings on food (especially garlic powder) 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z “On a local level Dianne Feinstein chose to fly a flag that is the iconography of domestic terrorism, racism, white avarice and inhumanity towards Black and Indigenous people at the City Hall,” he reportedly said. San Francisco committee wants to remove Abraham Lincoln's name from high school 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Gluttony, yes; greed and avarice, oh yes; wrath and fury, certainly; violence, fraud, and usury, yes again! Sending Trump to Hell 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z The industry finds it easier to praise avarice and any number of narco lords than American democracy. Column: The Corrido of 'Amigo' Biden: How the presidential candidate finally got his Mexican ballad 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z America’s capitalism at its base flows from nothing but good luck compounded by avarice, then ossified by inheritance. Opinion | Inequality and Our Capitalist System 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z That is a most curious charge to be leveled by Donald Trump's minions given his lifelong indulgence and avarice and his endless false boasts that he is a multibillionaire. A niece’s book reveals the Donald Trump that only his family has ever seen 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z “The history of our nation was stolen and resold merely to feed the defendants’ avarice,” he wrote, saying Priore and Schulman “plundered irreplaceable cultural treasures for which money provides no substitute.” Prosecutors seek stiffer sentences for 2 in rare book thefts 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Gone are the hardboiled dialogue, anarchist wit and psychopathic avarice of the protagonist. Review: 'Artemis Fowl' is finally here, and boy are you going to be disappointed 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z FIFA, the scandal-scarred global governing body, was volunteering the billions of dollars it had acquired with such avarice over the years to help bail out teams and competitions and national associations. Soccer Arrives at a Fork in the Road 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. A society ruled by the rich is what got us here: Most Americans know they want a better way 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z He is counseling against resentment and self-pity, extolling instead the importance of caring for one another as an antidote to avarice and racism. Perspective | For one pastor, the ‘covid-19 reality’ means connecting even while apart 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z California, Brown wrote, had “found that insurance company avarice, not utilization of the legal system by injured consumers, was responsible for excessive premiums.” California is still stuck in the past on medical malpractice payouts 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Kay’s villains are “the avarice of universities” and “politicians and pundits” who despise “humanistic thinking, which plainly threatens them.” Opinion | Higher education has become a net subtraction from reasonableness 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Only rarely do their names and crimes appear in surviving police files or trial transcripts, their low profiles the result of the years they spent in the shadows, protected by bribes, avarice and indifference. Opinion | You know about the Underground Railroad. But what about the Reverse Underground Railroad? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z He didn’t realize his gifts just whetted their avarice; the Spaniards bullied their way into Moctezuma’s palace, first as guests, and then as captors. Descendants meet in Mexico on 500th anniversary of conquest 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The current crisis, she added, is “ unfortunately caused by our own shortsighted avarice, rather than a chance encounter with an extraterrestrial body.” Colorado Fossils Show How Mammals Raced to Fill Dinosaurs’ Void 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Before he ever ran for New York mayor, his company threw a party in London complete with entertainers – representing avarice – instructed to wave bundles of cash and shout: ‘Money, ain’t it gorgeous?’ Michael Bloomberg ‘still looking at’ a presidential run ... but only if Biden is out 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The Medieval Catholic Church labeled usury, avarice, pride and gluttony as deadly sins. In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here's how that might play out 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Tony Bennett went against that tide of avarice and neglect by turning down a raise and putting half a million dollars into players’ career training. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z That spirit carried into adulthood, engendering feuds and lawsuits that became public displays of avarice and fraternal malice. David Koch, Billionaire Who Fueled Right-Wing Movement, Dies at 79 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The insurance companies’ avarice isn’t so much the federal government’s fault as it is thefault of individual states, whose insurance commissions have failed to provide the rigorous regulation that industry needs. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Instead of the establishment of a leading cultural institution such as the Kennedy Center, we have Trump Tower, a gilded monument to ego, criminality and avarice. Opinion | Where are the cultural events hosted by the Trump White House? 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z “This is an exercise in greed - avarice, if you will - and it troubles me greatly that we’re going to create new addicts,” said Iowa state Rep. Scott Ourth, a Democrat. Handful of US states are poised to legalize sports betting 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The political principles to which Donald Trump and his movement are committed rest upon cruelty in the service of avarice. After Mueller, Donald Trump's "political warfare" enters a dangerous new phase 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z “I felt this to be an unfortunate case of simple avarice,” said Levin. 'I feel like a pariah' – how art dealer Mary Boone fell from grace 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Along the way, “Hummingbird” offers cogent commentary on the way unbridled avarice drives the search for even the smallest advantage in the cutthroat world of high finance. ‘The Hummingbird Project’ review: Solid acting helps complicated high-finance tale take wing 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z On the other hand, through a string of recent journalistic exposés and court proceedings, the Sacklers have emerged as the embodiment of corporate avarice, relentlessly pursuing profit at the cost of human life. Perspective | Why haven’t major institutions cut ties with the Sackler family? 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z A defining trait of Donald Trump—and, thereby, of Trumpism—has been abiding avarice frustrated by an equal level of incompetence. The Most Surprising Element of Michael Cohen’s Testimony 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z In the courtroom and through court filings, prosecutors have detailed Guzmán’s rise to power as a story of avarice and bloodshed that crossed borders and relied on “brutal force and intimidation.” El Chapo trial provides a deep look inside the Sinaloa cartel’s drug empire 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z It soon became clear that there was something going on beyond small-minded avarice and a fear of the unknown. Elementary school 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z “The Hummingbird Project” offers cogent, though complicated, commentary on the way unbridled avarice powers the search for even the smallest advantage in the cutthroat world of high finance. ‘The Hummingbird Project’ review: Solid acting helps complicated high-finance tale take wing 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z She was one of the few actresses who could make avarice adorable and gold-digging seem sweetly innocent. Why Carol Channing was a Dolly for all seasons: Our critic's take 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Even though the public considered him to be honest, his inability to rein in his government’s avarice was sharply criticized. Shehu Shagari, Nigerian president who sought to restore civilian rule, dies at 93 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Beijing fires up feelings of both nationalist rage and avarice in Southeast and South Asia as it pushes its territorial claims, using huge sums of money, investment and diplomatic energy to promote its interests. Trump and China loom over a tumultuous year in Asia 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Personally I’ve been more scared of what trouble the GOP’s pent up spite and avarice would get them into. A Shutdown Looms. Can the G.O.P. Get Lawmakers to Show Up to Vote? 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z A gambling Mecca where piles of cash change hands every day, Atlantic City has been home to a series of politicians toppled by their own avarice. The Mayor and the F.B.I. Raid: Atlantic City Is Stained Once Again 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z When this priceless tradition is crushed by the greed of predatory capitalism, the hatred that accompanies tribal nationalisms, and the cowardly avarice of the US Empire, we get the prevailing Israeli-Palestinian catastrophe. Why did CNN fire a pro-Palestinian commentator? | Cornel West 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Richards seemed to have a memory lapse in ignoring that white audiences then and now make great black American musicians rich beyond avarice. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Elvis’s legacy, the origins of turkey and a possible ‘super Earth’ 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z “I don’t express what I really feel about the usury and avarice and stinginess of the 1 percent.” A new book celebrates the best of ‘Now & Then’ — and the beloved historian behind it 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z He supported the ordination of women and gays while assailing racism, corporate avarice and various U.S. military policies. Episcopal Church confronts past role in sexual exploitation 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z He supported the ordination of women and gays while assailing racism, corporate avarice and various U.S. military policies. Episcopal Church confronts past role in sexual exploitation 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z In Yan’s novels, misfortune arrives as the consequence of an external threat, but more often than not it is abetted by shortsighted avarice, which hastens a community’s downfall. Yan Lianke’s Forbidden Satires of China 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Yet, that’s just what the Trump GOP axis of avarice wants to do by ending the estate tax. Fred Trump’s craven tax schemes are just more evidence of the conveyor belt of white male privi... 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z The story of tiny Nauru, once one of the wealthiest states per capita in the world, is a tale of rapacious colonialism, epic mismanagement, and avarice. Corruption, incompetence and a musical: Nauru's cursed history 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Donut County is a game about how ignorance and avarice swallow everything in their path. Donut County is a game about swallowing Los Angeles and realizing you’re an asshole 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z Rather than lampoon the rich, “Generation Wealth” attempts to examine how avarice has destroyed lives across economic strata. Follow the Money (Then Take a Picture) 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z He’s no longer eligible for points for rooting out administration avarice, righting ethical wrongs or restoring integrity to the ranks of his Cabinet. Scott Pruitt: The fall of the king of the grifters 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The plaque reads: “This species became extinct through the avarice and thoughtlessness of man.” Opinion | The sad fate of the passenger pigeon 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z It was pilloried by politicians for appearing to profit at the expense of clients, and became synonymous with Wall Street avarice. Goldman C.E.O. Blankfein Is Likely to Step Down in December 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z We can fight the greed and avarice in this country. Trump Calls Comey ‘Untruthful Slime Ball’ as Book Details Released 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Hackers with no apparent motive other than curiosity and avarice indiscriminately scan the web for vulnerable servers and networks, and all too often find them. Hard Choice for Cities Under Cyberattack: Whether to Pay Ransom 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The Atlantic called him “the perfect and very hateable combination of arrogance, youth, and avarice,” after he gained notoriety for acquiring the rights to generic drugs for rare diseases and then jacking up the prices. Shkreli vs. Holmes: 2 Frauds, 2 Divergent Outcomes. Were They Fair? 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z So I doubt generations of future angry white men are going to find in "Chicago" much to inspire their capitalistic avarice. Hard-drinking newspapermen and tough-talking brutes populate David Mamet's novel 'Chicago' 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Francis denounced the “false gods” of the gold rush Friday and said that these “idols of avarice, money and power” corrupt people and institutions and ruin the forest. The Latest: Traditionalist blog questions mid-flight wedding 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z And the republican party has made a deal with ... 'the devil' ? - it's not that grand, it is merely a deal with cowardice, banality, avarice ... to what end? House Passes Short-Term Spending Bill, Setting Up Shutdown Battle in Senate 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z And when there's an emergency it is the real people in the real crisis area who suffer the impact of this Trump type of political avarice. E.P.A. Officials, Disheartened by Agency’s Direction, Are Leaving in Droves 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Wealthy GOP donors, Congress and the Trumpocracy will be the primary beneficiaries of a cynical GOP tax plan woven of greed and avarice. Opinion | Ivanka, Louise and the Little People 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Ancient Stoic philosophers railed against greed and luxury, and Roman historians such as Tacitus lay many of the empire’s struggles at the feet of imperial avarice. Perspective | Being rich wrecks your soul. We used to know that. 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z It was believed that religion alone was able to check the passions – from avarice to ambition – that would otherwise unravel the country’s republican form of government. Distrust of the non-religious runs deep in American history 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z It is a study of the American dream twisted by ego and avarice. From "Sunset Boulevard" to 'Manchester by the Sea,' movie flashbacks spice up and enrich the plot 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z It is also a timely reminder that the forces of avarice, corruption, self-delusion and mendacity remain a constant in human history. 10 Historians Pick the Best History Books of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The case appears to be a straightforward tale of avarice, but there may be more to proving the charges than meets the eye, perhaps portending a more difficult prosecution for the Justice Department. Kickback Case Questions Whether Valeant Was Victim or Participant 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z The impact on high school football is not the only downside to the Big Ten’s avarice. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Both pursuits are rooted in avarice and only serve those who seek power through violence of one kind or another and are to be condemned equally. Shooting Scares Show a Nation Quick to Fear the Worst 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Yet scientists studying the sites today say these cryptic features are anything but haphazard: Instead they represent colossal monuments to human ingenuity—and avarice. Giant ‘Arrows’ Seen From Space Point to a Vanished World 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Beyond Mr. Schneiderman’s avarice, all of this raises a question about America’s business climate. The Looting of Volkswagen 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z It is unclear whether any political idea leavens the avarice of Trump and some of his accomplices regarding today’s tormented and dangerous Russia. How entangled with Russia is Trump? 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Again, it's easy to be a cynic and see nothing but the problems of the world and the avarice and self-dealing of corporate executives. The 7 Classic Virtues of Investing 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z “Wild, inexplicable avarice took hold of everyone,” he said. Wildness, confusion and regret after the collapse of the Soviet Union 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z His candidacy is contrasted with the avarice of the plutocratic/oligarchic corporate state. Ralph Nader to Bernie Sanders: 'It Ain't Over Til It's Over' 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z His famous “greed is good” speech from the film was reportedly inspired by an actual Wall Street arbitrageur’s own paean to avarice. The 18 Most Influential Fake Companies of All Time 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z He is therefore rich beyond the dreams of avarice. The only living Trump supporter in Silicon Valley | John Naughton 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s also preferable if you have acquisitive ancestors and possess a certain degree of avarice yourself. The Internet of Old Things 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Don’t worry about Democrats or Congress or the courts, Trump declares: all will cower before his personal magnetism and negotiating genius, delivering riches beyond the dreams of avarice. Trump like Bernie? Don’t be fooled by lazy comparisons — Sanders stands for all that Trump hates 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z He said that he liked the film “The Big Short” — a vivid portrayal of the 2008 crisis with a special emphasis on the avarice of its main architects — but not its ending. President Obama Weighs His Economic Legacy 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z “Because we know what you give Uber, which are profits that are beyond the dreams of avarice.” How Uber conquered London | Sam Knight 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The history of postcolonial Africa is brimming with tales of greed, avarice, corruption and thuggery that would produce envy in the heart of even the slickest Chicago pol. Keep the Candle of Freedom Burning in the Congo 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Looking on the bright side, you can argue there have been moments when avarice delivered as well as took away. A Point of View: Can you tell if you've got too much money? - BBC News 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Our money is huge, so avarice will be huge. Panama Papers Leak Casts Light on a Law Firm Founded on Secrecy 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z That’s a con, and cons are built around avarice, not rational thought. David Brooks, sad and deluded, just keeps trying: Bless his heart, but he lost his mind again today 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z While a manufacturing economy was driven by avarice, a republic resting on the yeoman farmer would keep “alive that sacred fire” of personal liberty and virtue. How the Rivalry Between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton Changed History 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z The protest did not go unnoticed in the US, where FSG officials are understood to have been taken aback by the strength of feeling and accusations of avarice. Premier League: 10 talking points from this weekend’s action 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z However you want to describe it, avarice, the original biblical term for man's appetite for excessive wealth, is woven into the human psyche. A Point of View: Can you tell if you've got too much money? - BBC News 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z They comb through recent history in disbelief, condemning the short-sighted avarice that fueled the economy's collapse. The party's over: Madoff, Billions, and a sober new wave of financial dramas 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z This is a story of violence, avarice, politics and valor. ‘In a Different Key’: a cinematic, sweeping story of autism 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z A TV show can make you feel disgusted by a character’s avarice, but only a game can make you feel ashamed of your own actions. Playing video games doesn’t make you a better person. But that’s not the point 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z But the drama started long before any acts of auricular avarice. Evander Holyfield looks to come to terms with Mike Tyson in new documentary 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Savage’s usage reframes the curious heterosexual couple’s fantasy as an incredibly difficult acquisition, cheekily turning their desire into a subtle form of sexual avarice. Silicon Valley’s Most Elusive Beast 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z In 1993, however, he said it had become clear that rising malpractice insurance premiums were the result of "insurance company avarice" and not, as the industry had claimed in the 1970s, soaring legal costs. An issue potent enough to divide Brown and Nader: the malpractice damage cap 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Censorious Presbyterians attacked greed and avarice with a special vengeance, as the sins that prompted Eve to reach for the forbidden fruit and exile us all from the Garden. The Christian Roots of Modern Environmentalism 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Do say: “Whatever you think of the music, you’ve got to admire her determination, hard work and undiluted avarice.” Katy Perry: now the world’s richest (famous) woman 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Lee sat down on a chair and tugged off his work boots, flushed with the yellow avarice of 4 A.M. “The Prospectors” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z “Welcome to avarice in business,” one of my longtime mentors noted. Can You Predict An Integrity Meltdown? 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Have you been following the accusations of her avarice and global conflicts of interest when it comes to the Clinton Foundation? Clinton Takes Center Stage at Correspondents Dinner Without Being There 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Roosevelt believed government must protect nature and natural resources against the rapacious forces of self-interested avarice. The Christian Roots of Modern Environmentalism 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Ten years and a lifetime ago, Mr. Kozlowski reigned as the archetype of avarice. Dennis Kozlowski’s Path From Infamy to Obscurity 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Rather, it assumes a Hobbesian vision of a world in which man is almost always wolf to man, in which cruelty and avarice hold sway. The Bad News About Good News 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z It may or may not be adequate to deter other public servants from following the dictates of their avarice. Former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell’s real punishment is disgrace 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z The fact is that earmarks didn’t just reflect avarice and corruption in Congress. To Help Break Gridlock, Congress Should Bring Back Earmarks 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Horrible,and I wonder how those involved can face themselves clearly,blinded as they are by avarice. Downbeat Legacy for James Brown, Godfather of Soul: A Will in Dispute 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Putin’s critics see a corrupted system motivated as much by avarice as ideology. Putin’s Friend Profits in Purge of Schoolbooks 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z It is right in arguing that the behaviors feeding the crisis were not just the failings of human nature — avarice, complacency, conformity. The new era of muddle-nomics Patriotism, ambition, faith, avarice — all are equally valid reasons for contributing, according to Citizens United. Book review: ‘Corruption in America,’ by Zephyr Teachout Rivers also ruthlessly sent up – or celebrated – her own self-absorption, avarice and superficiality, and by association, the world she lived in and seemed most luridly to represent. Decorum, decay and impending death – Joan Rivers' standup 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Its halting progress is only the result of Jammu's ruthlessness, itself buttressed by the myopic avarice that is so endemic to the way America runs its cities. Grasping Ferguson Through Franzen: St. Louis and Its ‘Tragic Glory’ It is easy to dismiss them all as just so much advertisement and avarice, contributing yet more buzzy white noise to the already crazy-making din of health care. Top Doctors, Dead or Alive 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Union power in the workforce curbed the avarice of corporate CEOs and captured boards. Obama should set his sights higher But for the World Cup and Fifa, the competition in Brazil is beginning to look like a turning point where popular discontent at the profligacy with state funds and avarice could have far-reaching consequences. Sepp Blatter: why football deserves better than Fifa's toxic president 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z “It is the effect of avarice, supported by force or fraud. If the government which authorized slavery or permits slavery is dissolved, slavery is dissolved with it.” Looking back at 231 years of legal work 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z How did drug manufacturers, known for their avarice, develop more of a conscience than politicians like Mary Fallin? GOP governor’s ugly bloodlust: Why Mary Fallin should account for state-sanctioned torture 2014-04-30T15:41:00Z Now, depending on who is doing the talking, the case has become either an example of wrongful imprisonment, naked avarice or how feuds among multiple heirs can undermine justice in Holocaust restitution cases. Legal Twist in Bid to Reclaim Nazi-Looted Hospital 2014-04-19T22:42:29Z When people talk about greed, it’s clearly not a good thing, but avarice has an even worse flavor to it. 9 Great Things to Read in (Roughly) 9 Minutes 2014-03-19T17:41:15Z American businessmen and politicians saw too much value in the new property to constrain their avarice. We must give the land back: America’s brutality toward Native Americans continues today 2014-02-17T12:44:00Z Fidelity, , , et al Interpolated somewhere among these maxims is the angst and avarice of diving back into the market now, following a 200 percent total return from the lows nearly five years ago. Dear Ma, Dear Pa: Welcome Back ... Watch Your Back 2013-11-25T20:47:02Z Here, amid the jubilation and laughter, surrounded by his colleagues, he drank in the smug display of naked avarice. Alone 2013-08-21T17:50:38.497Z But so too are avarice and corruption, on such a scale that instead of enjoying significant investment in healthcare, education and agriculture, Africa is again being plundered. Economic malpractice: time for a moral crusade against tax scams 2013-05-11T23:03:04Z Love always departs from the dwelling place of avarice. 9 Great Things to Read in (Roughly) 9 Minutes 2014-03-19T17:41:15Z For most people, a bonus that doubled their annual income would seem like riches beyond the dreams of avarice. Letters: Bankers' bonuses at a time of healthy losses 2013-03-03T21:00:02Z Chronic food shortages—which followed the fall of the U.S.S.R. and are the result of the avarice and mismanagement of the military-first dictatorship in Pyongyang—are a fact of life, especially in rural areas. 5 Things We Hope Dennis Rodman Learned About North Korea 2013-03-01T01:50:24Z Even if the worst happens, and the bankers claw back all their bonuses in increased pay, the reform would at least succeed in pushing their avarice into the open. Bankers' bonuses: Europe right, Britain wrong 2013-02-28T22:44:20Z But lawyers for the Barclays said the multimillion-pound terms that had been discussed with the Qataris would "make avarice itself blush". Quinlan v McKillen: Celtic tigers fight it out amid the ruins of a property empire 2013-02-03T00:06:29Z Apostles of “Bakken gold” insist that what’s different this time is that this time is different, the history of frontier avarice notwithstanding. North Dakota Went Boom 2013-01-31T12:00:12Z The module for cooperation is in conflict with the one for competition, as are the modules for altruism and avarice or the modules for truth telling and lying. The Mind s Compartments Create Conflicting Beliefs 2013-01-12T15:15:00.230Z That hardly qualifies as avarice, let alone as a reason to pounce on Mr. Bloomberg. City Room: The Day: Two Sensible Decisions: A Call to Race, Then a Call to Cancel 2012-11-05T13:33:09Z It is defined by endemic conflicts of interest, systemic amoral behaviour and extreme avarice. Let's end this rotten culture that only rewards rogues 2012-06-30T20:00:00Z And yet, though I burn at the character flaws of otherwise flawless athletes, the avarice of owners and the arrogance of national teams, I can't hate the games. Opinionator: The Schadenfreude Sports Fan 2012-06-22T01:40:02Z "Just like the interest in sustainability which all sensible people have these days, we are guided to avoid avarice and practice fair dealing," he said. Ampleforth monks mix history, religion and malts in unique new beer 2012-06-19T15:11:34Z Prosecutors have said that Mr. Taylor was motivated in these gruesome actions not by any ideology but rather by “pure avarice” and a thirst for power. Charles Taylor Sentenced to 50 Years for War Crimes 2012-05-30T11:34:04Z When the Imperial city was captured and plundered by the hosts of Alaric, a Christian church remained a secure sanctuary, which neither the passions nor the avarice of the Goths transgressed. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z We are told that the presence of the relics worked the miracle of relieving the city of its three leading sins—avarice, heresy, and discord. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Yet the evil was more apparent than the good; the humble workers passed away unobtrusively, while pride and cruelty and lust and avarice were demonstrative and far-reaching in their influence. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Henry appears to have been brave but not cruel, and tolerant but not weak; possessing “the superior courage to oppose, in a superstitious age, the pride and avarice of the clergy.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Joseph, however, rose superior to every obstruction the avarice of my grandfather presented, and shone unrivalled in every branch of literature. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z The man was now blinded by his own greed and avarice. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z As Æneas says, “Capistrano had despised the pomps of the world, he had fled from its delights, he had trampled down avarice, he had overcome lust, but he could not contemn glory.” A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z The prelates are ravishers of the churches; their avarice consumes all that it can acquire. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z From the beginning of his reign he had been accumulating money, mainly for his own security against intrigues and conspiracies, and avarice had grown upon him with success. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The gentle passions of the mind How avarice controls! Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Money flowed in, beyond his wildest dreams of avarice. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z This strange character presents another remarkable instance of inconsistency; of avarice and liberality, of cruelty and kindness, of meanness and integrity, of misanthropy and benevolence. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Then said Christ, “The world is full of pride, avarice, and lust; I have borne with it too long, and with these darts will I consume it.” A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z The very worst motives, “pride, disappointed ambition, sensual lust, and avarice,” are recklessly imputed to the heretics; and no possibility of morally innocent doubt, difficulty or difference in thought is admitted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Dreading the avarice of his fellow-citizens, Atticus sent at once to Nerva, the then emperor, telling him of the discovery, and requesting his orders as to what he was to do with the treasure. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z In his wildest moments of avarice he had never dreamed of possessing such a sum. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z The old, the ignorant, and the indigent,—such as could neither plead their own cause nor hire an advocate, were the miserable victims of his credulity, avarice, and spleen. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Another informs us that the leading arguments of the heretics were drawn from the pride, the avarice, and the unclean lives of clerks and prelates. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Well was it expressed, “Her maddened grasp of passionate avarice.” William Shakespere, of Stratford-on-Avon His Epitaph Unearthed, and the Author of the Plays run to Ground 2012-03-29T02:00:13.153Z The manner in which this achievement is effected is commonly illustrated by the passion of avarice. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Jacob’s fears were not so powerful but that his shrewdness and avarice had full scope in a sort of half-vow, halfcontract, made in the morning. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Call it avarice, greed of gold, or the nobility of a supreme endeavour, it is all the same--it means that there was something in him of the earthly hero. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z A lover of roving and adventure, of the frolic and the dance, he is little troubled with thoughts of the past or the future, and little plagued with avarice or ambition. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z To desire money for its own sake, and in order to hoard it up, is avarice. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z But the best and the strongest example of this, and of the customary progress of association, is in the passion of avarice. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z Power should never be trusted in the hands of an impious selfish man, and one that has more regard to the gratification of his own unbounded avarice than to public peace and justice. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z Where once the Goldman culture encouraged employees to serve their clients for mutual benefit, now, Smith said, the driving force was rapacious avarice. Greg Smith's Resignation: Are Wall Street Traders Psychopathic? 2012-03-18T06:05:26Z Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Thus thrift becomes avarice, generosity extravagance, courage foolhardiness, openness want of consideration, gentleness weakness, and chastity celibacy. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z He claims to be and evidently aims at being independent of fortune, superior to luxury, exempt both from the sordid cares of avarice and the coarser forms of profligacy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z The Lieutenant-Governor moved doubtfully in his chair, the fear--which Tavannes had shrewdly instilled into his mind--that he might be disowned if he carried out his instructions, struggling with his avarice and his self-importance. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Yet a book has been written on Voltaire’s avarice. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z If this is so one 282 should rejoice, though on more human grounds I regret the presence of the boy, whose avarice detracts from the charm of the grotto. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z A residence in the manufacturing districts had unveiled to him a world of misery—contention—competition—avarice—oppression—and suffering—and famine—that he had never supposed to exist! Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z The city was cowed; the priest knew that no dependence was to be placed on Montsoreau, whose vice was avarice and whose object was plunder. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Good—but prithee say, Is every vice with avarice flown away? The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The chosen people of God were destined solely to be the prey of the priesthood; to satiate their avarice and ambition; and to become the instrument and victim of their passions. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z Each of them had the characteristics opposite to those of their race; she was without the duplicity and choleric spirit of the Japanese, and he was destitute of the avarice and loquacity of the Chinese. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z Even nature is malignant there, and man is steeped in lust and avarice and cruelty, but in spite of this Watson Nares was an optimist as well as an American medical missionary. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z This price, and the insatiable avarice of the Chinese, often produce cheating, and an adulteration of the article. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-01T03:00:24.137Z Clear away from your thoughts sadness, fear, desire, envy, avarice, intemperance, etc. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Without renouncing Christianity, which they always regarded as a divine religion, they renounced Romish Christianity, which they considered a superstition corrupted through the avarice, influence, and passions of the clergy. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z They kept back nothing, not even precious things which might have been applied to holy works; for in this way only was it possible to undeceive the Indians, and to avoid the impression of avarice. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z He had not the love of details which is essential to the descriptive naturalist for instance, which sometimes becomes intellectual avarice for copper coinage, but he was instinctively an �tiologist, an interpreter. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z This, in some respect, abated the gathering storm, but tranquillity was never completely restored, as the avarice of the factors set at defiance all laws, human and divine. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-01T03:00:24.137Z When a man boasts of moral progress, of his freedom from avarice, what, asks Horace, of other like matters? The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The Squire's avarice rose in arms as he thought of it. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z You can make the case that a rising tide of avarice is a threat. Duncan?s equity commission and the ?rising tide? of avarice, hostility, testing 2012-02-24T09:00:00Z The avarice of the ecclesiastics in thus adding to their treasures conduced almost as much as the military genius of the age to the more general introduction of arms. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z By these desirable arrangements, the royal revenue was improved, and the interest of the factors so much injured by their own avarice, that from hence arose the proverb, “Avarice bursts the sack.” An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-01T03:00:24.137Z He should, however, learn to be moderate in his avarice,—or does he plan to govern all the Northlands alone? Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z Such was the man whom Ovington was going to meet, and from whose avarice he hoped much. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z She had never handled such things before, and scarcely ever seen them, but with intuitive avarice she knew their value, and loved them, and clutched them to her breast. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z Neither his vanity nor avarice must be played on by the chancellor for the furtherance of that wicked end. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The fault of all these social philosophies is that they ignore the natural selfishness of man, his pride, avarice, and ambition. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z It forfeited his assured prospects at the Bar, and it fastened on him the odious imputation of an insatiable avarice. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z Did I not know enough of his avarice, his needs, to have made sure that he would turn it to his own account? A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z As she turned it to and fro, and the light which trembled in the man's craven hands played quiveringly on the burnished surface of the metal, her eyes glistened with avarice. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z Intense avarice seems to be a characteristic of the Syrians of the Persian plains, and they fully share with other Orientals in the failings of untruthfulness and untrustworthiness. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Perhaps her avarice or her vanity proved her destruction. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z That he had the claw of his avarice in the flesh of a United States Senator and in the flesh of a Second Assistant Postmaster-General. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z He therefore escaped from the imputation of avarice by suggesting that the check should be handed to Hilda, who, as housekeeper, would know how to employ it best. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z All the sacred relations of life were trampled beneath the bloody feet of brutality and avarice. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z The generosity of the unbeliever is, in fact, avarice. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z For two hundred years every human tie was rent and torn asunder by the bloody, brutal hands of avarice and might. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z The time will come when it will be utterly impossible for a man to go down to death, grasping millions in the clutch of avarice. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z With some of these the chief object was money; others may have craved distinction and influence; others may have sought the gratification of passions more degrading even than avarice or ambition. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z All this while the young man stood trembling, his cheeks resembling death; he expected to become an unhappy victim to avarice and superstition. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z But I know that he did not win Blackladies, though whether a suspicion of his treachery is accountable or the avarice of the Hanoverians, I cannot tell. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z We have the honor to pay it, and we do not pay it on account of the avarice or greed of the bondholder. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z His affability and masterly address endeared him to all ranks of people, and a peculiar greatness of soul made him superior to vanity, envy, avarice or revenge. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z Prodigality is less odious than avarice, less irreconcilable with certain virtues, but incomparably more detrimental to a nation's economy. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z No hate can match the hate of injured avarice and frustrated cupidity. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Fear, hatred, and avarice generated crimes, till the prisoners grew as vile as their persecutors. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z When Lincoln shaped and welcomed to himself this preference, he was handling nothing less than the affronts of human arrogance, the greed of human avarice, the cruelty of human slavery, and a confederate's disloyalty. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z He bequeathed ten pounds, apiece, to three men, remarkable above their fellows, for avarice, and dulness, on condition, that they should join in the composition of his epitaph, in rhyme and metre. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z So, too, avarice is a repulsive vice, extravagance a seductive one. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z He proved a cruel governor, unforgiving in his resentments, and insatiable in his avarice. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Children fled from parents, and parents from children; rich old age was left to die in spite of all the inducements of avarice. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z His ordinary acuteness of mind seems to desert him in that passage39 where he resolves the passions of ambition and avarice into the fear of death, and that again into the dread of eternal punishment. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The same avarice or love of money which made Philip the Fourth drive them out of France, made Louis the Tenth, who became king a.d. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z Every part of Gentile life was flavoured by the spirit of the false worship—the passions of the young, the ambitions of middle life, the avarice of age. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z And yet I'm sure it never could be avarice. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z He promised a reward to all who distinguished themselves, exciting all the strongest feelings of their nature—revenge, avarice, and self-preservation. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z The emperor's letters were not communicated to her, and she even heard rumours that she was accused of personal avarice and of having been unsuccessful in her rule. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z It occurred to me that some groundless report must have misled Lord Frederick, who was thus outwitted by his own avarice. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z I have shut upon myself the door of avarice, and am thus free from obligation to those who are men and those who do not merit the name. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Lincoln gave me my half, and much as we deprecated the avarice of great corporations, we both thanked the Lord for letting the Illinois Central Railroad fall into our hands. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Behold a different scene—not thus employed Were Cortez, and Pizarro, pride of Spain, Whom blood and murder only satisfied, And all to glut their avarice and ambition!— The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z It vexed him to think of submitting to the avarice of that wicked old extortioner; but to that submission, reluctant as he is, it seems probable he will come. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Before he was thirty, the death of his uncle had put him in possession of a noble independence, and left him chief partner in a concern which promised to realise the wildest dreams of avarice. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Let not base avarice enslave thy mind, Nor vain ambition in its trammels bind; Be sharp as fire, as running water swift, Not, like earth's dust, the sport of every wind! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z While Mr. Lincoln was no financier and had no propensity to acquire property,—no avarice of the get,—yet he had the capacity of retention, or the avarice of the keep. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z His chief fault was avarice, which perhaps makes it the more creditable that, though a colleague of Walpole, he was never suspected of corruption. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z The Baron Vanboeren's insanity was avarice; and his solitary expenses caused him all the sordid anxieties which haunt the unfortunate gentleman who must make both ends meet on five-and-thirty pounds a year. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Let it rather be remembered that avarice, oppression, cruelty, all the iron vices which harden the heart of man, are not more rigidly selfish, more wantonly regardless of another's feelings, than unrestrained, active vanity. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z We cannot, even on Thomas's own showing, blame the uncle in these rather petty transactions, and William's besetting sin was certainly not avarice; but neither can we blame the son for siding with the father. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z He did not have an intense care for any particular or individual man—the dollar, property, rank, orders, manners, or similar things; neither did he have any avarice or other like vice in his nature. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Polybius merely says that he was accused of cruelty by the Romans and of avarice by the Carthaginians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z This explosion of vanity had blown to the winds all the sordid anxieties which the cost of the ball had caused him—the deadly struggle with his own avarice. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z The criminal was arrested for the murder of an old woman, who had no money to tempt his avarice, and he resisted all inquiries touching the motives which induced him to commit the horrid deed. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z But the real ground for the charge of avarice in the eyes of his British subjects was that he accumulated a great treasure in Hanover. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z He knows the master's reputed avarice, and watches his eye gloating on the treasure as he goes on. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Prodigality devotes itself too much to the satisfaction of present wants: avarice postpones too much the present wants to the possible wants of the future. 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 For a time he lived with his elder brother, but it was not long before they quarrelled, since the elder, who was economical to avarice, could not endure Pepe's wasteful extravagance. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Burton refused to abjure, and was burnt alive; the inquisitors seized his vessel and its freight, thus proving that avarice was the principal motive of the Inquisition. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z George's avarice, if such it was, was a public-spirited avarice. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z "Ah, Giulio!" cried Beatrice, her face lighting up, changed in its whole character—"those were words that might make the demon that tempts to avarice, fly from your breast in shame." Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z When one thinks of wealth and poverty jostling each other in the towns; oppressive avarice and sullen discontent instead of helpful cooperation! Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Love is but rarely a single-minded impulse; various other passions often contribute to suggest it and vivify it: vanity, avarice, sensuality, and ambition. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Though any one forsake great possessions, and forsake not avarice, he forsakes not all things. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z If that be avarice, it was the avarice of the kings who made Prussia, the famous Frederick and his father. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z This truth ought to remove indolence and avarice from those who are named by the name of Christ. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z Thus the man who was at first neglected by government has become wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice, and his name is immortal in the annals of our manufacturing industry. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z His widow abandoned them, not so much out of avarice as from intense conservatism, even in matters which most needed reform. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z But the angel withstood him, saying, “He did not receive them through avarice, but in order to save his soul.” Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z Love and avarice were fighting a battle to the death in his heart, and his long-standing habits were being subjected to a cruel shock. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Between him and the truth the avarice of a sordid landlady interposes the curtain of a lie. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z This was one of the futile provisions by which Spain attempted to control both the ambition and the avarice of her colonial captains. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z In business matters, however, his faculties showed no signs of deserting him, nor had the mainspring of his nature, avarice, run down. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z The Illyrian is blinded and constrained by her fervent temperament, by the climate, by poverty and credulity; the Italian errs through ambition, avarice, and caprice. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Thus it is that avarice finds its own punishment. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z And yet, when the intellectual qualities are brought to the test of reality; when one's view of them is not clouded by pride, avarice, or passion, then how amazingly does their value shrink and shrivel! Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z It suited the languor of some dispirited politicians like Fox, and the avarice of some lawyers in large practice like Erskine; but sensible politicians at once condemned it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Anxiety may hasten this inevitable change, while ill health, worry, an ill-conditioned mind, grasping and avarice are all capable of imprinting their own particular marks on the features. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z For the present, it is enough to add that Signer Simeone C——'s infatuation for this corsair of Venus rapidly declined, as is the wont of passions begotten by masculine appetite and feminine avarice. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z She argued this way; if her father died then Nora would be a rich woman, immensely rich; rich, possibly, beyond the dreams of avarice. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z It was the tenacity of avarice which desired to be in contact with its property at all hours; the persistency of the usurer, who has pending accounts to settle. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z But the avarice of her father separated them, and Marie's tears and prayers prevailed upon her lover to fly, to escape the plot formed by a treacherous rival against his life. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z Lane was a man without either anger or compassion—an incarnation of cunning and avarice more terrible to human welfare than any legendary monster of the olden time. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z If there be any interior, it can only belong to one of these three—passion, superstition, avarice. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Of course, like any other function it can be abused; just as hunger may become gluttony, sleeping may become sluggishness, getting the money to pay one's way through life may become ferocious avarice. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z He had no friends; he could see that well enough; all of them were only ingrates, equal to don Salvador in avarice; he did not wish to sleep here; he was suffocating. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z What guide can we expect to find in turbulent priests whose ambition, avarice, and intriguing and persecuting spirit are every where visible? Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z Increased production and export enriched the people, a gold coinage was introduced, and the friars allowed avarice to possess their souls. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Likewise, when another man, blinded by a passion for gold and silver, makes war upon a wealthy people, we ought not to blame the metals but transfer all blame to avarice. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z That's true enough; but don't you know that these traders are blinded by avarice? The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z All the arguments of the two old bachelors, furious at seeing themselves opposed in their avarice, were useless. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z From that friend I learned of the surprising things which had happened to you; how you had come into a fortune--a fortune beyond the dreams of avarice. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z His unconquerable avarice prevented his supplying me with money, and a remnant of shame caused him to avoid me. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z From these examples we see that it is not metals that are to be condemned, but our vices, such as anger, cruelty, discord, passion for power, avarice, and lust. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z He was a great treasure-hunter and invoker of demons, and, it is said, would not scruple to have recourse to the most disgusting brutalities for the gratification of his avarice and debauchery. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z We’ve once again been given a set of incredibly talented players who were swayed by avarice and greed, wanting to earn the quick buck. India Ink: In Pakistan, the Disheartened Cricket Fan 2011-11-06T09:54:25Z I am trying, in my small and humble way, to uplift the drama from the sordid depths into which it has fallen through the stupidity and avarice of managers. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z By an eminent member of the opposing party, he was declared to have perpetrated "an infamous act," an act "stamped with avarice and corruption." Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Moreover, those who have been so addicted to avarice as to be its slaves have always been regarded as mean and sordid. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z With these cheap ceremonials, however, he satisfied his hypocritical piety and absorbing avarice, but he never bestowed a farthing upon the collegiate church of the Virgin. 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 Ye do mightily covet a bishopric in respect of avarice, but not for spiritual convenience and for the good work which is suitable to the place, ye want it. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z The seven gentlemen will pay Mr. Shei’s price, and within a week we shall all be rich beyond the dreams of avarice.” The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z But the demon of avarice had entered into his heart, and he exclaimed: 'What! shall I not have the whole of it?' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z The weaker families would soon be consumed by the stronger in the wars of avarice and religion. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z The reckless but capable soldier, whom he designed to mould into the pliant tool of his avarice and glory, had suddenly become his master. 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 On the one side, grasping avarice; on the other, open-handed beneficence. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z The avarice of greed and the rapacity of war have long since stripped every obelisk of its metal covering. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z I was not a bad man, neither malignity, avarice, nor ambition forming a part of my nature. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z All show the implacable depth of his avarice or his ire. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z This was an appeal that rekindled the combined enthusiasm and avarice of the despondent murmurers; and the reply was a universal shout: "To Mexico! to Mexico!" 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 It is opposed to avarice, which grasps all it can reach, keeps all it obtains, and "sayeth not it is enough." Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z The strongest of human passions, avarice, ambition and worldly interest now bound the South closer than ever to slavery. A History of the Republican Party 2011-10-14T02:00:29.980Z Though she is mild, soft, kind and flexible, yet she belies her nature when sordid self and mean avarice exert a dominant sway over her mind. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z And never has it reappeared, except among those nations who have become debased from avarice, or depraved by ambition. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z He tried, at times, but vainly, to conceal his avarice, while his pretended love for the "Virgin of Guadalupe" and for the royal family, was incessantly reiterated in familiar conversation. 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 Every move and advance which O'Connell makes in remans a step gained towards this object, and upon this his ambitious eye rests with intense avarice. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z It is time to repress the audacity and mercantile avarice of these pirate tyrants of the sea, and of the commerce of nations. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z They will reverently bow to a priest without thinking it is possible that under the guise of his chaste and holy profession, avarice, lust and murder may reign supreme. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z For as they receive a stipend, and are maintained by their works, if they can act with such duplicity for a few drachms, they confess themselves guilty of the most sordid avarice. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z His office and emoluments placed him, at that period, high above the ordinary temptations of avarice. 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 Many of those countries, which they now possess, and where God and nature have scattered plenty, have been made barren by Popish avarice and the licentiousness of its priests. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z The Jews have often been held up to contempt for their avarice and rapacity. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Every species of absurdity, art, hypocrisy, avarice, ambition and despotism, under the guise of sanctity was embodied in their organization, and illustrated in their conduct. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Some satirical poems of the same period were much keener, and unmercifully ridiculed the blunders of the government, the general extravagance, and the increase of avarice and ostentation among the citizens. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z This is a singular illustration of Santa Anna's characteristic avarice. 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 The Jews understand business, have money, skill, and avarice. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z What an unprecedented example of avarice and undutifulness was here manifested by a son to his parent, who would have travelled the same distance any time to have gratified his passions! Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z Splendid palaces and gorgeous church edifices alone are not adequate to satisfy the cravings of her avarice, she must have lands and every species of wealth. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z It means that the cares of business should neither chill the heart with avarice, nor inflame it with passion; and that a man should be more spiritual as he becomes more practical. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z Montezuma was the dupe of his own credulity, and only inflamed, by the very means he imagined would assuage the avarice or ambition of his Spanish visitors. 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 Nothing beautiful and wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice ever tries to pick me up. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z War might probably be considered by those in power a legal trade; but was it not continued for the untenable purpose of avarice? Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z When it had exhausted the gold of a penitent, its covetous eye became fascinated by his land; and, what avarice craved, financial sagacity quickly perceived an available method of obtaining. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z But avarice often over-leaped the bounds which the Imperial laws prescribed. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z In the Life, Defoe defends the general from the charge of avarice, the most plausible charge that the journalists were propagating. A Short Narrative of the Life and Actions of His Grace John, D. of Marlborogh 2011-09-24T02:00:14.813Z Blood and gold," she nodded, "and the deathless bravery of avarice! Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z After a few years, Turnbull, as is alleged, either from avarice or natural cruelty, assumed a control the most absolute over these colonists, and practiced cruelties the most painful upon them. The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the notable settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 2011-09-24T02:00:14.187Z The Jews had arisen in Spain into considerable political influence; they had become farmers of the revenue; and their characteristic avarice had rendered them obnoxious to the people. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z But certainly more than a thousand princes were treacherously slain, on account of avarice or frivolous interests, by the dagger, by the sword, and by the poison of nobility and priests. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z There one can learn how wonderful were the cures 121 and the over-coming of death for all who accepted Christianity, up to the time when it became defiled by greed and avarice and earthly taint. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z And there was envy and avarice in the juggler’s look. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z In this connection, we have a story which would show that the poet was not believed to have forfeited the favor of the gods by his avarice. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Now advert to Gregory VII., elected in 1075, and see what baseness, trickery, avarice, and insolence have been consecrated as holy in the character of a vicar of Christ. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z We hardly know whether to style it fortunate, that any circumstance should save these victims of avarice from a watery grave, after escaping that which, to the sense, seems more terrible. Samboe; or, The African Boy 2011-09-04T02:00:04.743Z Every one was saying that he had wealth beyond the dreams of avarice—which is, of course, awful rot when you come to think of it, because there are no bounds whatever to avarice. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z The passion of avarice is in a latent state; those who are strong do not thrive at the expense of those who are less so, while the latter depend upon aid from the former. Insanity Its Causes and Prevention 2011-08-29T02:01:05.400Z I would never take advantage of any interest I may have excited in her, to speak to her of a passion that the world would tell her was only another name for avarice and selfishness. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z I was goaded by an actually sordid avarice, and I flattered myself that it was a healthy matrimonial ambition. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z She was immediately put on board the ship, and means of resuscitation used with both her and her child, as well as several other equally miserable victims of avarice. Samboe; or, The African Boy 2011-09-04T02:00:04.743Z It is because there are cities like London, full of avarice and pleasure, that the best men grow into criminals without knowing it. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z For three centuries this practice subsisted, constantly evaded, no doubt through the avarice or poverty of individuals, sometimes probably disused altogether, but still the custom of London up to the time of Queen Anne. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Margaret explained to him that St. Bees did not need his money, having plenty; and the old man—prompted too by avarice—sent a gruff kind of apology, and asked Felix to call again. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z As this fine is not defined by law, the judges and questors display great earnestness and avarice in exacting it, through hatred of our holy religion. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 2011-08-13T02:00:20.940Z But may the kind contagion widely spread, Till, in its flame, the unrelenting heart Of avarice melt in softest sympathy, And one bright ray of universal love, Of grateful incense, rises up to heaven!” Samboe; or, The African Boy 2011-09-04T02:00:04.743Z In both cases, the established order being undermined has suffered as much from the reactions of fear, frustration, avarice and opportunistic cynicism that have arisen as the underlying factors that sparked them. Mob Mentality: Are London's Rioters Any More Destructive Than Stock Market Traders? 2011-08-12T01:31:21Z Who overturns the old order of things, puts the farmer upon a pinnacle of prosperity and places his well-deserved earnings beyond the reach of avarice and greed? Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z In the last decade of a century of life his avarice prompts him to risk heavy sums on this horse. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Use of external goods.—They are means and not ends: avarice, cupidity, prodigality. 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 If by avarice or greed of money you ever play false to the trust that I am going to repose in you that God will surely punish you. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z His avarice and piety have been my misfortune. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z To be sure, the insider trader Ivan Boesky once defended greed at a forum in Berkeley, Calif. But an undertow of avarice is surely a human constant. Why We Deregulated the Banks 2011-07-30T03:31:12Z But his soul had become so steeped in avarice that he could not endure it; it had struck him as heavy a blow as if it had been the whole accumulation of his life. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The two vices, extremes themselves, prodigality and avarice, namely, are opposed to each other, not only in degree, but in kind. 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 The young man glanced up with a faint warming of avarice in his sleepy eyes. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z But his piety and avarice will not let him rest. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z The craving wants, the grasping avarice of man alone exceeds the unbounded liberality of nature's free gifts. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z By what perverse destiny?—was it avarice on our part, or force or fraud on that of others? Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z It is here that Aristotle’s formula asserts itself, and that we must finally come to recognize that the virtue of economy consists in a certain medium between prodigality and avarice. 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 Brute passion and unreasoning avarice were stamped on his face. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z He had credited him with a good deal of avarice and falsehood, but not with such dastardly conduct. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z There is a modern custom in Italy which is typical of the havoc made by avarice and indifference and commerce running together hand in hand. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z Not, if we have been right, those of pride or ambition; nor yet those of envy, hatred, or revenge; and still less that of avarice. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z This vice, however, should not appear as blameworthy as that of avarice. 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 Listen and gauge the evil in the man, for it is deep as his avarice and relentless as his purpose to enjoy the riches which he considers his due. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z The salary was raised to fifteen hundred dollars, which seemed to me quite beyond the dreams of avarice. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z Original sin, the innate corruption of man’s heart, is illustrated says the poet, by this girl’s avarice. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Human passions are in him for ever struggling with, and combating, what may be called, in their strength, superhuman avarice and ambition. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z The desire for gain engenders the fear of loss, and this latter passion developing into a vice and mania, becomes avarice. 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 As for your talk about the expense of a nurse, such folly can only be explained on the score of your incredibly avarice, which has become a mania with you of late. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z His avarice and piety are both strong, and the former sometimes gains a temporary advantage. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z It's all rather unsettling, and there's a crude avarice to this app which is far from appealing. Food apps on test: chefs and recipes 2011-07-08T08:40:00Z How can a man of your liberality of sentiment descend to be the advocate of my uncle's family avarice? The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z But the love of gain for gain’s sake is, no less than avarice, a servile subjection to the goods of fortune. 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 This pashun iz like avarice, it eats up all the other good ones, and spends its old age, racked with the horrors of an ill digestion. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z The social affections," says the economist, "are accidental and disturbing elements in human nature; but avarice and the desire of progress are constant elements. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z But that would not satisfy Balzac, who is notorious for his avarice. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z 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 Shall we, in order to avoid cupidity and avarice, run into dissipation and prodigality? 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 Probably avarice was at the bottom of all this sordid business; privateer owners had a very keen eye for the main chance, and did not set too much store by heroism—without profits! Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z For it is not avarice but contention for riches, leading to this double misuse of them, which, in Dante's sight, is the unredeemable sin. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z He is accused, and not without reason, of arrogance and avarice. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z More than one poor parish priest welcomed him as the deliverer from the avarice of the great abbeys or the prelates. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Religion is made a mark to cover avarice and arrogant ambition, Christianity, to veil a god more material than the Golden Calf. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z Jessie's laughter had stung him unreasonably, and in his avarice of the praise of his kind, he grudged the loss of a moiety of Roy's affectionate admiration. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Those of avarice are, from their very nature, notorious; but perhaps no motive has ever prompted men to such varied and singular actions as that of fear. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z It was really the shock of recognizing in the face of the newcomer the manners and avarice that he shared with his father. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z Oh, the greed, the avarice, that shines from Mamma’s eyes! Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z There is in man a terrible tendency to avarice. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z Well," said Rupert filling his pipe, and wondering what this out-burst meant, "Byron says that avarice is a fine old gentlemanly vice. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z The splendour of your establishment will excite the envy of the king of Basra, and the avarice of his ministers. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Oh! as one who enters hell I entered here—a steaming hell of avarice; not life—but a sickly poisoned dream of gain, gain—always gain. The Ghetto A Drama in Four Acts 2011-06-04T02:00:13.903Z Is the gay panther the type of luxurious pleasure, the lion of ambition, the she-wolf of avarice? Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z If the money were offered his avarice would receive it, in spite of all the pleas that she should urge. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z The crowding hopes of avarice and self-interest had suddenly received a douche of cold water. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z His horrible conduct, his avarice and cruelty combined, have inspired me with horror, and have shown me to what lengths an inordinate love of gold may lead. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z I, to whom the stench of avarice is the breath of morning and night—I, who have seen a man sell his soul on the scales—— Sachel. The Ghetto A Drama in Four Acts 2011-06-04T02:00:13.903Z His love of influence and authority resembled the avarice of the old usurer in the 'Fortunes of Nigel.' The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z Besides, not being a popular and saleable instrument, it would probably be contemptuously rejected by the ignorance and avarice of M'Crea. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Jacob's fears were not so powerful but that his shrewdness and avarice had full scope in a sort of half-vow, half-contract, made in the morning. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z For heaven's sake, my father," said the weeping girl, "stifle this feeling of avarice, seek not to despoil this man of what is his own. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Moreover, pity and fear are useful emotions, while such passions as avarice, lust, anger, are certainly not. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z This vote seems to have been obtained under false pretences, to benefit the King, whose "cardinal passion," says Phillimore, "was avarice." The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z Food was no less indispensable; and, their credit being gone, not a loaf could be extorted from the avarice of the bakers in the neighbourhood. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z The watcher's steady eyes narrowed and grew savage, for black envy and avarice filled his heart. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z There was at Bagdad a merchant very notorious for his avarice, and his name was Abou-Cassem-Tambouri. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Pride often bows to avarice, but dictators seem to have a psychological propensity to fight for their titles at all costs. Any attempt to diagnose a defining psychological feature of dictatorship would be facile. The Psychology of Tyrants: Why Gaddafi Won't Leave 2011-05-27T10:15:35Z So government cannot be severe against falsehood, intemperance, imprudence, levity, avarice, egoism, except when these vices become prejudicial to others. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Still the gratuitous gift of fifty dollars sat uneasily upon his avarice. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z During the interval the Government had been in the hands of Adam Loftus, the indispensable Archbishop of Dublin, whose power was as great as his cupidity and avarice. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z The shoemaker becomes a penitent, and earnest Christian, whilst the Jewish nation has still the veil upon its heart; the wretched wanderer eschews money, and the avarice of the Israelite is proverbial. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z By this interest we must govern him, and, by means of it, make him, notwithstanding his insatiable avarice and ambition, cooperate to public good. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z If they of the East would reflect they would have to conclude that it is not avarice that moves us; that there must be a less ungenerous and deeper reason. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z Barbara's avarice was moved; she consented for this ransom to liberate her prisoner. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z The egoism of the upper classes held military duty in contempt, while their avarice depopulated the countryside, whence the legions had drawn their recruits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z The Rev. Samuel Wesley, formerly vicar of Epworth, and another friend were entertained to dinner at Temple Belwood, by a host noted as a strange compound of avarice and oddity. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z Where avarice or revenge enters into any seemingly virtuous action, it is difficult for us to determine how far it enters, and it is natural to suppose it the sole actuating principle. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z “Humanity revolts at those odious oppressions that result from avarice.” The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z Is it the curse of God’s indignation, or the curse of man’s selfishness, avarice, and neglect, under which those thousands are lying? Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z Passion, lust, avarice, etc., are generally the impelling influences, and seldom is witnessed a union from purely spiritual causes. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z Thus did the avarice of a renegade save the future author of Don Quixote from being strangled with the bowstring. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z In any case What avarice is this that made him anxious About the comfort of his wife and family? Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z See the wide-spreading ruin which the avarice of our ancestral government has produced in the South, as witnessed in a sparse population of freemen, deserted habitations, and fields without culture! The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z In so doing, he is actuated by avarice rather than by ambition. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z If you appeal to the Pope without bringing an immense sum of money, it will be useless: nothing can satisfy the infinite avarice and luxury of the Romans. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z On the other hand, his overweening self-esteem led him to think that what he knew comprised what was chiefly, if not solely, worth knowing, and his avarice occasionally overrode his native talent for business. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z This he does, not from positive avarice, but because he feels ever more and more strongly that money is power. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z |
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