| 单词 | avaricious |
| 例句 | Colonel Cathcart brightened instantly at the thought and began rubbing his hands with avaricious zest. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It was roughly four times what even the most avaricious moneylender would charge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Finally, Colonel Meecham began his descent, every step a deliberate one, tortoise-slow, designed to augment the impatience of his giddily avaricious offspring. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Away from the avaricious bubble of Hollywood, this year’s summer solstice falls on June 21st. From "Ant-Man" to "Pitch Perfect 2": A Summer Movie Preview 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z For years, there was a mumbled consensus that A Tribe Called Quest, with its socially conscious lyrics and avaricious sampling, was hip-hop for college-educated white people who were frightened by Ice Cube. The Tribe Flies High Like a Dove 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Lords need their vassals, of course, and the founders are portrayed as curiously avaricious in terms of their "human resources". I'm Feeling Lucky by Douglas Edwards ? review 2011-07-28T11:23:22Z K Street is to lobbying what Wall Street is to finance and Rodeo Drive is to luxury shopping: an address synonymous with one of the more avaricious aspects of American capitalism. Hotel Review: Eaton DC, Washington 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Virtually all ethnic and religious stereotypes are represented, including one that hasn’t been seen much in movies lately: the avaricious, hook-nosed Jew. Act of Valor: Trained SEALs 2012-02-25T17:11:06Z I thought for certain his avaricious receptionist was going to be taking over the family business. “Breaking Bad,” Season five, episode one: The end begins 2012-07-16T11:15:00Z And though the problem is widespread — pervasive, even — Dan Kennedy, a Northeastern University professor, described Digital First as “the most avaricious of the newspaper chains these days.” Perspective | Cancel in protest? Or stay with a local newspaper that’s being strip-mined for profits? 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z A black American with a murderous past and an avaricious present, he’s a former Pullman porter. Review: Emperor Jones, Fearsome and Fearful in a Roaring Revival 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z It plays in a massive 3,800-seat house and necessarily becomes avaricious in its needs for audiences and funds. A predicament right out of a melodramatic opera 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z “He would have done a year or two and people would have embraced him because the whole city operates on avaricious class aspirational indentured servitude,” Mr. Corcoran said. The Wine Thief 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Zorro has outwitted avaricious governors, truculent men-at-arms and evil oligarchs trying to seize California’s riches and foment discord between Mexico and the United States. Zorro at 100: Why the original swashbuckler is still the quintessential American action hero 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Will Toby and Kit uncover the truth, bring the duplicitous to justice, throw wide the dusty curtains of avaricious corporate abomination? John le Carré’s ‘A Delicate Truth’: a dark mix of motive and opportunity 2013-05-15T22:58:58Z He describes her as “excitable, malicious, malignant, vengeful, unforgiving, selfish, stingy, avaricious, coarse, vulgar, profane, obscene, a furious blusterer on the outside and at heart a coward.” Mark Twain?s Unexpurgated Autobiography 2010-07-10T01:43:00Z The viewer’s avaricious inner collector will drool over these and dozens more marvelous objects of desire on display. Art Review: To See a Universe in the Tiny Details of Chinese Artifacts, Boxes to Birds 2010-12-31T23:22:04Z It’s hard to imagine Florence, cradle of the High Renaissance of early modern Europe, without its avaricious, venal, culture-conscious first family, the Medici. For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Mounted on a bejeweled metal stand, the head has one side portraying half of the handsome visage of a certain General Wallenstein, who, the wall label tells us, was famously avaricious and power driven. Art Review: At the Rubin Museum, ?Remember That You Will Die? 2010-05-06T20:57:00Z The widow of a warlord, Beatrice is now in a loveless marriage to Filippo, the avaricious Duke of Milan. Music Review: Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-07T20:57:38Z Both slave to an avaricious master and willing participant in a lucrative trade, Baartman has some control over her destiny. Film on 19th century "freak" impresses in Venice 2010-09-08T13:21:00Z Is the most avaricious Santa the one with whose suite of photos is priciest at the high end or the one who charges the most for the least? Who's the Greediest Mall Santa? 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z In Mr. Harnar’s “Could I Leave You?” the song’s threat was issued by an older man’s angry, avaricious younger male partner. KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar Reflect a New Era 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Almost without exception, the scientists and programmers who work within the vast capitalist conglomerate of Delos are avaricious and sneaky. Is Westworld an anti-human fable? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z A quartet from Synergy Vocals formed the avaricious family who conspire in her ruin. The Threepenny Opera/ The Seven Deadly Sins – review 2013-03-04T18:21:00Z Ms. O’Hara infused “Glitter and Be Gay” from “Candide” with an avaricious glee. Music Review: Back at Midcentury, When Broadway Knew Romance 2011-03-22T20:15:03Z A best-seller code, packaged and licensed to wannabe authors and ambitious/avaricious/or some such publishing houses, could be very useful. “The Bestseller Code” Tells Us What We Already Know 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The extravagantly hooked nose devised for the avaricious crook led to accusations of antisemitism, the vehement protests even preventing the film from being shown in Berlin. Stuart Freeborn 2013-02-08T14:14:35Z Puttering around with strongbox in hand, Kelsey Painter paints a droll version of the avaricious Bernard Bottomdollar, who arrives at the Hotel MacGuffin on a dark and stormy night. Review | Constellation Theatre conjures up a sensory-rich ‘White Snake’ 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z The book explores ways to think and talk about money with children, and offers some best practices for bringing up kids who are financially savvy without being entitled or avaricious. How to Raise Children Who Are Financially Savvy and Grateful 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The question of what the hijackers want lingers well into the series, though their concerns appear more avaricious than ideological. ‘Hijack,’ With Idris Elba, Is a Throwback Thriller 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Cowardly, avaricious, annoying, territorial, deceitful, opportunistic: There aren’t enough shady adjectives in the dictionary to describe the narrator of Andrew Lipstein’s “Last Resort.” In ‘Last Resort,’ a Writer Turns a Friend’s Story Into a Smash Success 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z It is a familiar story: a talented child, exploited by avaricious adults, often family members, suffers in later life. Edith Fellows obituary 2011-07-07T17:11:50Z The neighbors pool their profits, hoping to reinstall a local jazz fest, until a group of Harvard students inexplicably emerges as avaricious adversaries. ‘Jerry & Marge Go Large’ Review: You Don’t Know Jackpot 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z If his building went up and stayed up, Jocelin would remain cruel, and vain, and foolish and avaricious – but perhaps not so broken. Reading group: What does William Golding's Spire stand for? 2013-04-09T12:35:20Z Both those roles won Oscars for the actor, and so did his turn as an avaricious oilman in “There Will Be Blood.” New Trailer: Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Phantom Thread’ 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Perhaps the monkey is a comical reflection of the viewer’s avaricious self. High-End Works Toying With Politically Loaded Signifiers 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Retired teachers Ronnie and Bridgette are in need of a roof over their heads, having ceded the family home to their daughter and her avaricious husband. Beautiful House 2010-04-28T22:00:00Z Lin portrays Khodorkovsky as an avatar of the opportunism with which a new generation of avaricious businessmen manipulated the nation’s industries and filled their pockets with astronomical profits. Is Vladimir Putin box-office poison? In a new play, he’s certainly toxic enough. 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z The Bling Ring - video review Henry Barnes reviews Sofia Coppola's tale of avaricious teens gone awry, which opens the Un Certain Regard category of the 2013 Cannes film festival. The Bling Ring - video review 2013-05-16T17:16:06Z Have they noticed any of the foolish, arrogant and avaricious black characters in his films? “Chi-Raq”: Spike Lee’s blistering, outrageous satirical assault on a society consumed by violence 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Whether it’s Ms. Parsons’s amiably avaricious landlady or Ms. Goldsberry’s reflexively compassionate suburbanite, there’s nothing pure about the goodness or badness of the folks who inhabit this play. | 'Good People': Been Back to the Old Neighborhood? 2011-03-04T03:09:46Z It was colonialism at its most naked and avaricious, and the battles were largely fought at sea. As Scorsese preps his "Flower Moon," David Grann's new book takes to the high seas 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, the Pop Smoke LPs earned the ire of some fans and reviewers who said it made “avaricious creative decisions” as part of an “obvious cash grab.” A hip-hop sendoff like no other: How Thes One turned tragedy into an extraordinary album 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z As I’ve written before, he’s not an avaricious Mr. Burns or Scrooge. Column: What $104 million could buy, instead of a failed mayoral run 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Named for Queen Victoria, the road traced the shoreline of an avaricious colonial power. ‘Everything in Hong Kong Has Changed’: A Road to Reinvention 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z For decades, this Southern California archetype — conspiratorial, bigoted and avaricious — helped transform the party of Lincoln into the dumpster fire of today. Column: John Eastman's journey from respectable O.C. Republican to Batman villain 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Oligarchy and democracy are incompatible, and we increasingly live in a world controlled in every important way by unaccountable, irresponsible, avaricious multi-billionaires. Elon Musk, Twitter and the future: His long-term vision is even weirder than you think 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Panicked people run screaming when they see this mob coming, which brings fang-filled grins to their avaricious faces. ‘The Bad Guys’ movie review: Animated villains are all good fun 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z "For Logan, it is a different thing. Those kids have so much and they are ruined by that. They are avaricious and they are spoilt." Brian Cox: Succession role makes me swear more 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Tuesday Weld was seen regularly as the beautiful, avaricious Thalia Menninger, the financially unattainable object of Dobie’s affections; Warren Beatty had a recurring role early in the run as a blue-blood classmate. Dwayne Hickman, TV’s Lovelorn Dobie Gillis, Dies at 87 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z “The whites,” he said, “have always been an unjust, jealous, unmerciful, avaricious and blood-thirsty set of beings, always seeking after power and authority.” Opinion | Of all the conservative bans on teaching about racism, the one in Texas is the worst 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z They might be no less avaricious or cynical in their thinking than the rebel clubs. Outrage About European Super League Is Muffled by Our Cheers 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Her increasingly estranged husband, Prince Charles, portrayed by Josh O’Connor, calls it “an ugly, avaricious piece of self-advancement.” New York Has a Cameo in ‘The Crown.’ Here’s What Really Happened. 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z In this case, Facebook’s success seems to be in part due to the fact it’s been able to frame its motivations as altruistic while painting Apple as an avaricious monolith. Apple will temporarily stop taking a 30 percent cut on Facebook event fees 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created to shield borrowers from avaricious lenders, has been neutered. The Money Behind Trump’s Money 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Even after making a fortune on Wall Street, Mr. Volcker never lost his distaste for bankers, whom he often criticized as avaricious and fond of risk-taking at the public’s expense. Paul A. Volcker, Fed Chairman Who Waged War on Inflation, Is Dead at 92 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Craig’s trial has supplanted any image of Washington’s elite as sage Brahmins with a vivid picture of the ruling class at its avaricious worst. Trial of High-Powered Lawyer Gregory Craig Exposes Seamy Side of Washington’s Elite 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z It is also a rare depiction of the most influential, avaricious and manipulative woman in 17th-century Rome. Baroque feminist, pope’s lover … the woman behind a lost Velázquez 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z At the same time her home, a small but fiercely independent mining station, faces annexation by the avaricious empire. Stellar sci-fi: India's 'Game of Thrones,' killer cars and the Teixcalaanli empire 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z There, before the House Oversight Committee and a national television audience, Cohen showed himself to be adept at insult, avaricious and boastful even in disgrace and capable of lying as easily as he breathes. Opinion | Michael Cohen is the monster Trump created 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z “Digital First is really the most avaricious of the newspaper chains these days,” and is “unique in the degree to which it is willing to cut” costs and jobs, Kennedy said. Bid for Gannett latest challenge for newspaper industry 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z In fact, when you put the most avaricious in charge, they use the tools of governance to further enrich themselves. Opinion | The Case Against Meritocracy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Even some of the businessmen around President Trump, the avaricious sword dancers of yesteryear, might hesitate to do deals with such a clod. Opinion | Young leaders aren’t the solution. They’re wreaking havoc on the world. 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z While environmentalists worry about avaricious logging companies leveling the nation’s forests, Mr. Westerman said the problem is actually the opposite: There are now too many trees. Bruce Westerman faults forest-management bill blocks on Democrats 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Anger is an avaricious emotion; it takes more credit than it deserves. The Perils and Possibilities of Anger 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z According to the Viennese, Bratislava was, at best, a staid backwater; at worst, the border point of a nebulously defined “Eastern Europe,” all communist tower-blocks and avaricious taxi-drivers. Escape to Bratislava: A Secret Charmer on the Danube 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z “The great industrial expansion subsequent to the Civil War created legislative prizes beyond the dreams of an avaricious legislator a generation earlier,” Weiner noted — particularly the power to award franchises to streetcars. Albany to City: Drop Dead 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z No wonder Trump loves him--in Putin he sees a fellow avaricious grifter, and a more effective one at that. Opinion | The Poison Putin Spreads 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Hamstrung by avaricious ownership, let down by the football authorities, full of their own self-importance, living off past glories, subsumed by the vast ego of a whining, self-pitying, responsibility-skiving manager ... even the same surname. Newcastle United v Manchester United: Premier League – live! 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z The city’s manufacturing jobs had disappeared, and the white middle-class flight from the neighborhood was underway, helped along by avaricious real estate brokers who issued alarmist warnings about East New York’s future. The Case for the Subway 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z This practice isn’t reserved for avaricious billionaires and Gulf monarchs, either. Opinion | Who Loses When a Country Puts Citizenship Up for Sale? 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Still I find it interesting that in one of the great drivers of income inequality--the field that provides much of the takeover money for avaricious capitalism--women are demanding fairness and equal treatment. Steve Jurvetson Quits Venture Capital Firm Amid Investigation 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z The collapse of Africa's colonial order set in motion the almost Shakespearean trajectory of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe: from fiery liberation hero to avaricious dictator to seeming victim, in frail old age, of his own misrule. In Zimbabwe, Mugabe's fall appears to mark the end of Africa's postcolonial 'Big Men' era – LA Times 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z And, thus, in an avaricious attempt to co-opt another of our diminishing calendar days, the NFL has spiraled downward. Perspective | A lesson the NFL hasn’t learned: There really can be too much of a good thing 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z The effect is lively and avaricious and intensely self-absorbed, a tone not uncommon in colonial cities, and the principal reason I find such cities invigorating. Slouching towards Biloxi: Joan Didion on life in America's south 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Among the magazine’s pranks was to mail checks of smaller and smaller quantities to celebrities and wait to see who was avaricious enough to cash them; Mr. Trump redeemed a check for 13 cents. Graydon Carter to End 25-Year Run as Vanity Fair’s Editor 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Beau Willimon, who developed the Netflix series “House of Cards,” has updated the story about an avaricious political wife to contemporary Washington, D.C. — but kept the original play’s name. Springsteen and SpongeBob lead Broadway’s fall season 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Beau Willimon, who developed the Netflix series “House of Cards,” has updated the story about an avaricious political wife to contemporary Washington, D.C. - but kept the original play’s name. Springsteen and SpongeBob lead Broadway’s fall season 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z More likely is a token across-the-board tax cut: the losers will be future generations, out-lobbied by today’s avaricious moguls, the greediest of whom include those who owe their fortunes to scummy activities, like gambling. Donald Trump's tax cuts for the rich won't make America great again | Joseph Stiglitz 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z But consider how the story could have gone if the avaricious, rash, self-absorbed rogue of the opening scenes actually chose to throw in with the beautiful immortal who’s offering him godhood. The Mummy would have been so much better if Tom Cruise were the villain 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The range of reactionaries who might welcome his elimination include a wide array of landowner-politicians, venal politicians and ministers, corrupt bureaucrats and avaricious subcontractors. The mysterious murder of an NGO worker in Pakistan 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z For Rousseau, only a militaristic, patriotic spirit — a forerunner of cultural nationalism — can combat avaricious elites and harness the “incendiary appeal of victimhood in societies built around the pursuit of wealth,” Mishra writes. Review | Inside the anger that gave us Trump — and that will long outlast him 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z In the meantime, we will be left with the weak and the merely avaricious, agents who will cut a deal just for the money, the worst kind of sources. Opinion | Former CIA chief: Trump’s travel ban hurts American spies — and America 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Previous—and poorer, less avaricious—presidents approached such matters like Caesar’s wife, so they would be beyond reproach on issues of conflict of interest. Congress Should Investigate Russia Along With Donald Trump’s Finances 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z In contrast, today’s widely held caricature of an avaricious, selfish and manipulative crook is to me just plain wrong. ‘I’m with her’: The strengths of Hillary Clinton 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z He would not be at home in a society in which money had been abolished, though he’d have no trouble fitting in with the avaricious, big-eared Ferengi – aliens who pursued naked capitalism. Star Trek’s 50-year mission: to shine a light on the best of humankind 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Others think the promise of payouts will create an “avaricious mentality among employees and agents”. Whistle while you work 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Financial skulduggery, avaricious priests and suspected corruption at the Vatican are detailed in two books out this week, suggesting that Pope Francis faces an uphill struggle as he weeds out sleaze at the Holy See. Fraud, greed and corruption — new books depict skulduggery in the Vatican 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The 7.2 million people of Hong Kong are highly educated and avaricious consumers of media of all kinds and yet they are not allowed to choose their own leader. Calls For More Autonomy, Or Independence, Grow in Hong Kong 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Our motivation wasn’t avaricious; it was to shock the world into action.” German paper Bild removes all photos in protest over Aylan Kurdi complaints 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Yet the problem of identifying failing, corrupt or avaricious police departments remains. Lessons from Ferguson 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Instead, farmers say they were forced to look for new buyers and often fell prey to avaricious middlemen. Special Report: For Islamic State, wheat season sows seeds of discontent 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z There is solidarity between many United and Liverpool fans over many of the big issues for those who watch English football - the escalating cost of tickets, the mistrust of avaricious overseas owners. Man Utd v Liverpool: Best of enemies 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z There's even a whole subset of the youth population who are brokers between desperate students and avaricious administrators. The students who feel they have the right to cheat 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Capitalism is often portrayed as avaricious, greedy, rapacious and heartless, the cause of much that is wrong with America. The Demonization Of American Capitalism 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The analogy with biological threats is not perfect; adversaries in cyberspace are man-made dangers that can be agile and avaricious. A CDC for the Internet could help cut down on misbehavior “The neglect of the customers and his labor relations will seal his doom far faster than an avaricious quick-dollar stockholder or director,” he said. The Do-Good Corporation 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z It left the door open to price-gouging by avaricious officials, but on the whole, people seemed content with it. How We Pay Government Workers Has Changed Greatly Over Time -- And Why That Matters 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Indeed, it has portrayed itself as the victim of avaricious, dishonest employees. Glock Intrigue Revs Up Again With Lawsuits Against Gun Maker 2014-04-08T17:13:19Z While there are some ethical suppliers of hand-gathered civet coffee, recent investigations, both by journalists and animal-rights activists, have revealed a cruel and avaricious industry. The World's Most Expensive Coffee Is a Cruel Scam 2013-10-02T08:05:24Z Instead, they did form a party but in an avaricious, greedy attitude they not only kept their organization, but also kept its secretive, clandestine structure and mentality. The Lede: Latest Updates on Egypt’s Political Crisis 2013-07-02T15:24:04Z But like most geniuses, and like most people, he has a dark side; he can be stubborn, selfish, avaricious and duplicitous, and there are some things that it's tricky to forgive. Sir Alex Ferguson retires: a Manchester United fan's view 2013-05-08T18:21:30Z So, continuing the Sugar line, Stella English was no more than an avaricious, deluded gold-digger. Alan Sugar's attitude to apprenticeships is all too typical in Britain 2013-03-10T00:06:24Z All that, and a nice break from football to allow us to recharge our batteries and maybe rediscover a smidgin of affection for the childhood sweetheart who has turned into an avaricious self-obsessed hag. The Fiver 2012-07-20T14:54:27Z It will make the story more plain by explaining that the old man had been a mandarin, who had been notorious everywhere wherever he had held office for his avaricious, grasping disposition. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z If he imitate the dress, he is liable to envy the wealth of the Englishman, and in schemes of laying up for the future he easily becomes avaricious, perhaps fraudulent. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z Will it be believed that passengers actually prefer to engage this avaricious blackleg, the Out-Porter, instead of employing us! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, November 18, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:26.587Z The hero is cast into the sea by an avaricious uncle of the bride, again a weakened trait. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z Word of its existence came to Quito, from the lips of savage aborigines prone naturally to exaggeration; but, though party after party of avaricious, bold adventurers crossed the mountains, the Peruvian settlement remained undisturbed. 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 The authority of the prison ought to do its duty, and secure the confidence of the prisoners; and thus prevent the unprincipled and avaricious interference of these lawyers. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z The regent, without his father’s coarseness, had a full share of his arbitrary and avaricious temper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The father-in-law was an avaricious man, and clamored so loudly for his money, that Ixion, to be rid of his importunities, slew him. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z One gives us the avaricious man bending before his coffers. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z We speak of persons as covetous in getting, avaricious in retaining, parsimonious in expending, penurious or miserly in modes of living, niggardly in dispensing. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The dissatisfaction of the people with industrial conditions which prompted the uprising of 1381 was accompanied by an almost equal discontent with the shortcomings of the selfish and avaricious clergy. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z But all were not of his mind; on one or two of the crimson savage faces--the faces, for the most part, of honest men maddened by their wrongs--flashed an avaricious gleam. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Unfortunately for him, the vessel upon which he had embarked was manned by an avaricious, piratical crew, who, having heard of his treasures, resolved to murder him to obtain possession of them. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z In spite or because of all this, they bear a very bad character as sullen, avaricious, abominable dissemblers, cringing or domineering according to circumstances. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z The avaricious eagerly grasp after it at the expense of others, though not of necessity with a design to save, since a man may be covetous and yet a spendthrift. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Pizarro rather impresses one as mean-spirited, avaricious, and cruel, so that we hold lightly his undoubted courage, his persistency, and his endurance. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z The avaricious man is like the state which is governed by rich men. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z And I know that I am not avaricious. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z Maria was with them, and, if possible, dirtier, and more avaricious than ever. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z He was an avaricious man, always devising some new scheme. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Demades was avaricious and unscrupulous; but he was a highly gifted and practised orator. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The peasants are grossly ignorant, hardy, dirty, bigoted, domestic, industrious, avaricious, sober, and tractable, and ages of misrule have developed in them many of the faults of oppressed Oriental peoples. 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 The believers in the blessedness of poverty became rich, avaricious, and grasping, and those who had said, "Sell all, and give to the poor," became the ruthless gatherers of tithes and taxes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Nor are we to wonder at their becoming objects of jealousy and aversion to both the clergy and the laity, and exciting the fears and the cupidity of an avaricious and faithless prince. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z Again, an avaricious lover might, with some difficulty, secure both horse and rider, but he could hardly travel far with an unwilling girl and a stolen horse, without becoming uncomfortably conspicuous. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Naturally impetuous, self-willed, and unscrupulous, she had received neither firm guidance nor wise advice at the hands of a coarse and avaricious mother. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z The Spaniards, already half-beggared, disagreed about the ransom; the bolder and the more avaricious refused to pay a piastre, the old, the timid, and the more generous preferred poverty to such a loss. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z It was not the mother who perpetrated the fraud, but the avaricious eldest sister. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z They are in general poor, indolent, and sordid, but avaricious; and what few have property, in horses and herds, are proud, haughty, and insolent. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z They were, he tells us, "deceiving as foxes, proud as bulls, avaricious and insatiable as the minotaur." The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z He dies at last in the utmost agonies of despair, after agreeing with an avaricious Undertaker to intomb his bones. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z The Baron Vanboeren is reputed very wealthy, but he is by no means liberal in his dealings, and is said to be insatiably avaricious. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Lord Waldegrave said of Hardwicke that “he might have been thought a great man had he been less avaricious, less proud, less unlike a gentleman.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Has any one ever before attempted to claim honorable dealing for companies pursuing invariably the same selfish and avaricious course? A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z His father was avaricious, secluded, and disliked; Frederick laid himself out to be thought generous, accessible, and popular. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Avarice is always suspicious and full of alarms, and Salabert grew more and more avaricious. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z She was not avaricious, and did not fear her father losing his practice from any pecuniary motives, but it was pride that influenced her. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z It is not merely that he was ambitious, cruel, revengeful and avaricious, for these vices have existed in men far less antipathetic than Guicciardini. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Cardinal Mazarin passed away in 1661, avaricious to the last, and counting with dying fingers the treasures to which his heart still clung. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z The mother of Guido, a proud, avaricious woman, who governed the household despotically, took to stinting it even in the necessary food. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z ‘Gentlemen,’ said Alexandre, ‘I am sorry to tell you that my father is, without exception, the most avaricious man living.’ The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z The sons of Don Salvador, men as rich and avaricious as their father, cried poverty because this piece of land remained unproductive. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z We are too devoutly idle to be ambitious, vain, or avaricious, to desire the burden of sumptuous living or the fatigue and excitement of a gay social life. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Gray was regarded by his contemporaries as an avaricious, but patriotic man. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z His ambition must have been more gratified with occupying one of the first posts, even amongst beggars, than of cringing in an infamous and dishonourable capacity, under avaricious, haughty and disdainful priests. Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z I have already remarked, gentlemen, that my father is, I regret to say, an exceedingly avaricious man.’ The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z The avaricious old miser proved himself to be inflexible. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z Why do so many persons, who are neither ambitious nor avaricious, toil with such untiring ardour? The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z They differ much from the Irayas in character, for they are inhospitable, avaricious and greedy, and of a gloomy disposition. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Humble, mild, patient, tolerant, and disinterested whenever they have been weak, they become haughty, quarrelsome, intolerant, avaricious, and rebellious subjects to princes whenever they were certain of their empire over the people. Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z The Scythians condemned the use of gold and silver so that they might not become avaricious. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z She said afterward she never saw a more avaricious expression on any human face. The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo 2011-11-15T03:00:18.930Z The gold fever seized like a frenzy upon the avaricious, and the early colonisers turned their backs upon any country that lacked precious minerals. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z In short, France begins to grow, for a moment, avaricious of navigation and seamen. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z But the temptation was too great for the avaricious representative of the king. 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 A large landholder like his son and successor, Gilbert, Gloucester was the most powerful English baron of his time; he was avaricious and extravagant, but educated and able. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Thus he finally becomes envious and avaricious—and only then is he unbearable. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z But it is the only way to produce an effect on the avaricious nature of my father.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z His final income was large, but it was earned by incessant literary toil, which naturally rendered him avaricious of the rewards that might come to him. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Ambitious, and avaricious, he sought for power not only to gratify his individual lust of personal glory, but as a means of enriching himself and purchasing the instruments who might sustain his authority. 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 Artful, intriguing, avaricious, and more licentious themselves than any other body of men in the world, they soon discover all that is vulnerable in the American character, and take advantage of it. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z What if his government were proved to be one of the most corrupt, avaricious, tyrannical, that ever existed upon earth? Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z The avaricious character of their religious principles enabled them to accept without scruple the spoils of plundering expeditions, and to augment the stores of their wealth by artful tricks and pious frauds. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z If no man ever thought himself to be avaricious, or cruel, can it be expected that any person should ever discover that he is too self-conceited? Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z In 1764, their inveterate foe, the Duke de Choiseul, minister of Louis XV., had driven them from France; and, in Spain, their possessions were regarded with an avaricious eye by some of the needy courtiers. 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 "And you found nothing else at the same time,--nothing but the baby, eh?" said the steward, fixing upon the old man his piercing, avaricious glance,--a glance which was almost terrifying. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z He was avaricious, and had a large family. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z So avaricious is man, that few persons will exert the needed firmness and perseverance to remove the excess which the beautiful vine annually affords. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z His royal highness was too well aware of the general disposition of the queen, and her avaricious character, not to affect satisfaction at the high price her majesty paid for silencing this unpleasant affair. 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 Partaking of the avaricious qualities of this personage's father, he seems to have possessed but few of his virtues, and probably accepted the viceroyalty of New Spain with no purpose but that of plunder. 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 Even the philosophers here are avaricious and venal. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z His avaricious son had succeeded in having his wants supplied for nothing. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z During the delay, they had continued to devour the substance of the princely orphan, aided it must be said by other Normans not peasants, who did not show themselves more scrupulous or less avaricious. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z It is the treasure-seeker’s golden opportunity, but woe to the avaricious wretch who lingers over the spoil. 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 We blush to record that Cort�z consented to this iniquity, but it was probably owing to an avaricious and mutinous spirit in his ranks which he was unable at the moment to control. 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 Now is the Sun, erst spendthrift of his rays And lavish of his largesses of light, Become a miser in his latter days, An avaricious dotard, alter'd quite. Sonnets and Other Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:08.503Z He was wealthy and avaricious, and the sole heir to his possessions, a lovely daughter, he kept locked up in a high tower, under the care of a cross governess. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z I saw Isobel's eye light up as she fixed it on the diamonds—their glare had entered her soul and made it avaricious; and envy threw her red glance to fire the passion. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z He was suspicious even of his sister, though she was perhaps more avaricious and thrifty than himself, and outdid him in sordid inventiveness. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z She admired his strength and virility, his temperamental and intellectual force; even his position as a man of wealth and social standing appealed to the latent ambition of her avaricious nature. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z She did not see the glisten of the eye, or the avaricious clutch of the hand, as that miserly woman thought, "I will have that." Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z There was no disappointment in her voice, and therefore Taylor knew she was not 82 avaricious—though he knew he had not expected her to be. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z I might not become avaricious, but the fascination of the game would absorb me, and God only knows whether I might not become cruel and hard in course of time. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z The news that the prince was out that night spread like a flame from the pleasure-park outside throughout the whole town, and before long avaricious persons were searching in the streets for his valuable head. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z Labelling clubs such as Lincoln City, Forest Green Rovers or even the saintly AFC Wimbledon as 'snide and avaricious' is a step too far, and I believe a retraction is in order. The Fiver 2011-07-29T15:09:20Z It is your due and much more from that avaricious woman who deceived you so bitterly. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z She had the charge of two small nieces of the Countess and was patient in her duties, in spite of the hardness of a harsh and utterly avaricious woman. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z This picture was painted at the age of twenty-eight: he was then suffering from that bitter domestic curse, a shrewish, avaricious wife, who finally broke his heart. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z She was the wife of a margrave of Thuringia, who was a fierce, avaricious man, while she herself was all made up of tenderness and melting pity. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z The top echelons of football may well be a 'snide, avaricious, self-important fiasco' as quoted in yesterday's Fiver, but surely that does not apply to the rest of the English footballing pyramid? The Fiver 2011-07-29T15:09:20Z His share of what we have obtained is, after all, but trifling for an avaricious man who cherishes a grudge against you, and desires the whole. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z It is enough to make one hate him, for the Wildenau cousins are extravagant and avaricious men who have already squandered one fortune. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z I'm not an avaricious man, so I'm waiting on here till I feel in the humour to tackle digging in earnest.' Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z I am old," he said, seriously, "but I do not think I am niggardly or avaricious, although I may set greater store by outward fortune than you approve of. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z He proved to be an extreme partisan against Cortés, and so avaricious that he soon won the hatred of almost everyone except a few favorites. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Still, considering the blend between the worthy missionaries' teaching and African superstition which, while it would probably astonish them, accounted for his momentary hesitation, Rideau is either braver or more avaricious than I supposed him. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z And she, the avaricious mother, had been niggardly with her love--till the child died of longing. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z He was very much a reproduction of his father, though without his father’s calculating and avaricious temperament, for he was a good-natured fellow enough in his way. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z Here are tormented the prodigal and the avaricious. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Unlike his avaricious predecessors, he was generous even to prodigality; but, inheriting his father's eccentricity of character, he was whimsical, liable to act from impulse instead of reflection, headstrong and impatient. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z "You are growing avaricious," declared Miss Chatterton, and let her eyes fall a little under the man's gaze. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z All other vices," he says, "bring their pleasures; but the wretched avaricious man is the slave of his goods, not their master; he enjoys neither this world nor the next. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z These two men illustrated his theory, and had my tendency been avaricious I think their unselfish love and example would have made me otherwise. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z He was known to be a hard man at a bargain, and extremely avaricious; nevertheless he was poor. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z You see I am generous instead of being avaricious, for all parties are in Hayti, where the value of, the articles must be settled. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z It is a most unfortunate movement, for two pair of eyes are peering down from directly above her, and two pair of avaricious hands itch to clutch the shining treasures. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z "Who can doubt," said Christopher, "how the conflict will end, between all learning and honesty and truth on the one side, and a few contemptible avaricious monks on the other?" Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z She was horribly avaricious, and the Salamanders who courted her favor paid her, whenever possible, in specie. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Another such criticized ‘digression’ tells of the toilers yoked in all quarters of the world to the service of these avaricious merchant brothers. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z He accordingly made his declaration of love to the richest and most avaricious father of a beautiful daughter, whose love for another--an officer--had already led her to take the last step. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z Several ladies cast avaricious looks at these gorgeous vestments, and especially at the blouse, which was heavy with dragons woven in gold thread. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z His temperament should undoubtedly have been at once harsh, sternly unyielding and bitterly avaricious. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z My glance was arrested by the utterly avaricious look which had come over his face at my words. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z He noted with satisfaction the increasing amiability of Fingie's expression, and the avaricious glint in the ferret eyes of the man at the concluding words. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z The duke was well received at Modena; inordinately ambitious, strong-willed, immensely rich, avaricious but not unintelligent, he soon proved one of the most reactionary despots in Italy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z We all hated him cordially and looked upon him as a miner so avaricious that he was denying himself the common comforts of life. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z These chiefs were as fickle as they were avaricious, and as dilatory as they were exacting. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z "You avaricious old jacky!" said I. "Here is as much as would buy the Bank of England, and you are searching for more." Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Merchants of the South, slaveholders! you are the avaricious assassinators of your country! The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z The world said I was a noble man, because being avaricious and greedy, I was successful in acquiring riches. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z The earth too, once so bountiful, was now as avaricious of parting with her treasures as the English themselves. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Notwithstanding an avaricious individual or nation may occasionally in war acquire by plunder from their brethren a little wealth, yet they usually lose on the whole more than they gain. War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ 2011-04-18T02:00:09.590Z Dubois was an avaricious, lying, licentious creature, yet clever and industrious, and able to make himself very agreeable where it suited his interest. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Has he been generous in small things, but avaricious in great matters? The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z As a matter of fact, six years of separation had brought about other more important changes: Byron had grown more selfish and avaricious, Hunt more helpless and vain. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z They slip in everywhere, shamelessly, jostling one another, greedy of place and honor rather than avaricious. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z Mrs. Jones was in moderate circumstances, and her purse was not sufficiently well filled to satisfy Mrs. Sanford's avaricious demon; hence, she made a thorough search for other plunder. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z At Girigehalli in the Anantapur district, there is a temple, concerning which the story goes that the stomach of the goddess was once opened by an avaricious individual, who expected to find treasure within it. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Was it possible that Capriani, the least imaginative, the most avaricious of men, could succumb to this personal charm? 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Arens, the only son, was now master of his vast, ill-gotten wealth—a plantation with some three hundred slaves upon it; and it was said that this had only made him more avaricious than ever. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Babouc was insensibly brought to excuse the avarice of the farmer of the revenues, who in reality was not more avaricious than other men, and besides was extremely necessary. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Why, it seems as if not more than half an hour had elapsed since day had begun to deal out her avaricious dole of light! and now she is again withdrawing it. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z My grandfather's cynicism could not always have been so pronounced as at present; they say he was not naturally avaricious, but that he became so in behalf of my father, his only son. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The doctor, who was naturally grasping and avaricious, would not have burdened himself with the care of those two had it been anything out of his own pocket. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z He was not so avaricious, as we had supposed. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z The Jews have suffered as well from their historical rôle of intermediaries between a most avaricious nobility and a bitterly exploited peasantry. Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. LIX, No. 4, 1914 2011-03-01T03:00:45.597Z Men may be of a selfish, contracted, and even avaricious disposition, who are not what we should denominate hard-hearted, or unsusceptible of sympathetic feeling. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Françoise, despising her German mistress, nevertheless had the avaricious soul of a French peasant, and was amassing a small fortune by attending to her. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z You are not rich, but avaricious; there is nothing you would not do for money. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z She is not at all jealous, only avaricious, uncommonly avaricious. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z The recovery of the avaricious father in The Roman Actor285 is due to Paris acting in the part of a doctor. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z The eye of the avaricious king brightened with satisfaction at the liberal gift of his vassal, and the words were spoken more kindly than usual—“What is the desire of the Abogáz?” The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The Dartmouth, when completed even to the satisfaction of her avaricious owner, was undoubtedly ahead of the time. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z He scarcely felt the storm, for a talisman in the shape of a well-filled pocket-book lay pressed to his avaricious heart. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z It is content that makes men rich; Mark this, ye avaricious, who traverse the world: He neither knows nor pays adoration to his God Who is dissatisfied with his condition and fortune.” Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental 2011-02-22T03:00:06.247Z In short, their lives and property were held on the same precarious tenure, the mere will of their capricious, cruel and avaricious taskmasters. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z But the important functionary thus selected was of all others arrayed in the most open hostility, and, unlike the majority of his avaricious colleagues, his enmity had been proof against overtures and advances. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Humans, being the avaricious little lineage that we are, held onto both. Of lice and men: An itchy history 2011-02-14T17:15:00.247Z The next day he took canoe to the mouth, caught the boat as she passed, and journeyed south, with joy at his avaricious heart. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z The present king might be unscrupulous and avaricious, but he was cautious, intelligent and economical; no one would have wished to recall the r�gime of that “crowned saint” Henry VI. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z The bond insurer continued to depict him as an avaricious short-seller, and Wall Street seemed to agree. Bill Ackman's Soft Power 2011-02-10T22:00:00Z Misunderstandings are adjusted, and the avaricious chieftains have at last, the Lord be praised! got all the dirt out of their bellies. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Yes; once an avaricious nawab got together several elephants and many men, and, fastening to the cable, started to pull the boat up. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Take a few of them who are known to be the richest and most avaricious, and hang them.” The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z "Fifty sovereigns, lovey," she mumbled, her eyes glowing with avaricious delight. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Rosy thus held the lord of the castle in perpetual thraldom, reducing him almost to despair in forcing him to satisfy her avaricious greed. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z But the beggars were disappointed, for they had hoped that he would turn out to be avaricious, and endeavour to elude them by walking through narrow and lonely streets, where they might catch him. Khaled, A Tale of Arabia 2011-01-16T03:00:23.317Z "Exactly—but she's such a mercenary, avaricious little baggage, she struck for more; said she had the most dangerous part to perform, and by Gad! they allotted her three-fourths." Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z Some have become the prey of avaricious tourists, while others, because of their owners' little regard for their value, have been relegated to ash heaps and thrown away. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Mrs. Tunks ran to the rescue, for the mention of jewels stirred her avaricious blood like the call of a trumpet. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Moreover, if the pope can grant dispensations from his avaricious and tyrannical laws for money's sake, then every Christian can grant dispensations from them—for the sake of God and the salvation of souls. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z At length, recovering from his stupor, his eyes sparkled with an avaricious light at the divided treasure on the ground, and his skinny fingers opened and shut convulsively. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z Had they been less covetous and restless, less avaricious and rapacious, they might have avoided contact with the ferocious tribes of the interior, and perhaps have prospered. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z For the Gypsy Queen saw a chance to make a few dollars and, as Margit Salgo had said, the woman was very avaricious. The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League 2010-12-27T03:00:15.633Z Granny Tunks is still in the hut, and she is very avaricious. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z All who are avaricious and make haste to be rich, and do any of those other things by which a neighbor's property is withheld or taken away. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z A gamester, as such, is the cool, calculating, essential spirit of concentrated avaricious selfishness. Gamblers and Gambling 2010-12-26T03:00:19.913Z You think the baroness, what she really is, an ambitious, proud, avaricious person, stupid in spite of her reading; the baroness thinks you, what you are not, an immensely conceited, supercilious fool. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Why did not fortune take other people, the purse-proud, the scheming, the vicious, the arrogant, the avaricious, instead of us—drag them from their places, and batter and trundle them in the gutter? Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z The sheer scale of their giving is inspirational, particularly at a time when the rich are routinely assumed to be uncaring and avaricious. It will take more than Bill Gates to save the world 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z So far, however, the gemstones have been more curse than blessing, seducing desperate and avaricious Zimbabweans and foreign mercenaries with horrific consequences. Counting the cost of Zimbabwe's 'blood diamonds' 2010-07-23T16:56:00Z In the debate over whether the foreclosed are deadbeats or victims, co-conspirators with the avaricious banks or merely collateral damage, the agent nearly always takes the benign view. Agent of Eviction Tells Homeowners It?s Time to Move 2010-05-06T22:14:00Z Gone are the days when irrational, avaricious, petty people take inordinate risks for evanescent gains. Book review: 'The Devil's Casino' by Vicky Ward 2010-04-18T04:00:00Z Charybdis was an avaricious woman, who, stealing from Hercules, was slain by him, and became one of the divinities of the sea. Heathen Mythology “Then I want that grey silk dress of Miss Mary’s,” said the woman, with the avaricious look growing in her face. A Double Knot It could never be urged against Simpson that he was avaricious. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine We abound with designing Tories and ignorant, avaricious Whigs. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams The avaricious were plunged by daemons by turns in three lakes, one of boiling gold, one of freezing lead, and one of hardest iron. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The whole treasury of an avaricious king, a predecessor of the late captive, walled up in former days, and discovered by a happy chance, was there displayed among the meaner gleanings of conquest. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Returning from Tarentum to Corinth with rich treasures, the avaricious sailors resolved to murder him. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli We are often called avaricious when we are simply prudent. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Though a priest, he was possessed of very little true religion, and was inclined to be somewhat avaricious. Brother Francis Less than the least The avaricious, the ambitious, the sensual, live in a vain show. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius You yourself avaricious but destitute would have liked me to salute your avarice and praise your destitution. Woman Many avaricious creditors were as destitute of mercy as the pirate is of compassion. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution But the monks grew stiff-necked and proud; waxed rich and powerful, grasping and avaricious. Glories of Spain "And a fiver?" stipulated the chauffeur, avaricious but cautious. The Gay Adventure A Romance They are an active, hardy race, and though as avaricious as the Pathans, are more trustworthy and less turbulent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Through eyes clouded by such happiness Lambert couldn't be expected to see very far into the dangerous and avaricious discontent of the majority. The Guarded Heights It required discretion, experience, nerve and decision to comprehend and expose the corrupt plans of an avaricious and reckless ministry. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution If you were very avaricious and put your five or six hundred thalers in a savings bank, the paltry interest you would receive would not make you happy. The Children of the World What can be more unlike a narrow, selfish, unlovable, and avaricious man than his splendid offering of a fortune to keep eternal watch upon the stars? A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 Though probably not personally avaricious, he was justly accused of nepotism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The owner of this house, Tullus Agrippa, was avaricious, cruel, vain, and sensual. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance He was prepared to act advisedly and was resolved to resist unto blood the illegal advances of the designing and avaricious ministry. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution One could fairly catch the avaricious glint in his eyes as he squinted rapidly over the new aeroplane’s outlines. The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship Do not give way to despair, because an avaricious, presumptuous, ignorant father refuses to marry his daughter respectably. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Then she looked across at the small shop where, though it was Sunday, a tailor sat cross-legged almost on a level with the street, painfully collecting with weary eyes the avaricious light. A Bed of Roses I'm an avaricious sort of beast, and the prospect of a quick haul tempted me to take Captain Brant's practical joke lying down. A Traitor's Wooing Why, then, Your difficulty ceases; for a snare Implies an avaricious, cheating Jew, And not an upright man. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise She had already received many substantial proofs of parental partiality, which her avaricious brother would fain have claimed for himself. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 Do not think I am avaricious; thank heaven, that is not my defect; but I cannot endure to see money squandered. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern He openly boasted of his profligacy, was exceedingly avaricious, and his bad faith became proverbial. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" He was afraid that Van Ryk would offer the Bechuana chief a large sum for his tradition, and he knew Chuma’s avaricious spirit too well to believe that he would refuse it. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa In some ways he is extraordinarily simple, and does not appear to know how shamefully he is being exploited by his avaricious and grasping master. Russian Life To-day The Leang-Tai-Sue is the most avaricious man imaginable; he never dressed better than a palanquin bearer; he eats tsamba like a barbarian of Thibet. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 And, alas! lamentable was the fate of the young pilgrims, falling into the avaricious hands of those, who perchance had heard of their childish visions to draw them thus forth into their power. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 It simply shows the spread of the practice to workers who have no other claim upon it than their own avaricious impulses—and the extreme docility of the public. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America Cunning, hard-hearted, and avaricious, without pity, and without remorse; a creature so hardened in the ways of sin, that conscience had long ceased to offer the least resistance to the perpetration of crime. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. The avaricious owner had been compelled to load with some regard to the safety of sailors. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. Paganini, the elder, was an avaricious and unnatural father. Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 The riches of an avaricious man go either to naught or to an heir. Arabian Wisdom They are greedy, avaricious, very dirty, and passionately fond of alcoholic drinks, but we were told that serious crimes were very rare among them. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia His eyes, very deep brown and closely set, had a twinkle of money, and the ragged mustache probably concealed a cruel and avaricious mouth. Carnival It isn't often I have the pleasure of meeting people as avaricious, as greedy, as mean, as you two have been. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales Luckily, it was a very store-house of European goods, which Shiminya, being of an avaricious turn, had exacted from his clients and dupes and kept hoarded up here. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising An avaricious man is more lavish of his life than of his money. Arabian Wisdom His wife was a singular and most avaricious woman, engaged in many speculations upon the island, and shamefully abusing her husband's official influence for the purposes of pecuniary emolument. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time Your imperialism, beneath its veneer of civilization, seems to me no less ferocious than Czarism towards everything that ventures to oppose its avaricious desire for universal dominion. Above the Battle The more he accumulated, the more he wanted, until people were whispering behind his back that he was miserly and avaricious. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales The queen, though beautiful and passionately loved by Sobieski, was an avaricious, despotic, jealous, revengeful woman. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Hence the doors of those who have places to dispose of are furiously besieged by an eager and avaricious mob. Here and There in London She is an excellent teacher," continued the other Frenchwoman, "and so closely avaricious that she will be glad to take you even for the small sum you will pay. Anne Among the earliest of the satires against social abuses we find those against hypocritical, avaricious, gluttonous, or licentious monks and nuns; and the stream of satire runs throughout the Middle Ages. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) He's avaricious to the last degree, And thinks his wife and children make too free With his dear idol; this creates his pain, And breeds convulsions in his narrow brain. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series The sentences are tortured as if born in agony; the highly selected detail is reluctant, avaricious, as if Mr Onions hated giving the world anything. A Novelist on Novels Argall's character has been variously represented; he appears to have been an expert mariner of talents, courage, enterprise, and energy, but selfish, avaricious, unscrupulous, arbitrary and cruel. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Even as Jan Boom had said, the damage proved to be very slight; but Magebe, an old man and avaricious, set to work to make the most of it. A Frontier Mystery Every motive was plied to stimulate the bold and the avaricious to persevere in an undertaking where glory and wealth held out such attractions. Hernando Cortez Makers of History He knew no more of the arts and sciences than he required, was not in the least avaricious, and never took more than his rightful share. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. Yet, though so superb a queen, she was all the more a woman-fickle, passionate, avaricious of authority, and intensely jealous of preserving the power she had. Women of Early Christianity Effingham, no less avaricious and unscrupulous than his predecessor Culpepper, by his extortions and usurpations aroused a general spirit of indignation. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia But I thought the professor was so avaricious that he could be made to bid up the old desk. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks At first the promised reward had tempted a few avaricious and daring men to venture out at night. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 There are some who have taxed him with being avaricious, but they are mistaken, for both with works of art and with his substance he proved the contrary. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings The brothers, being avaricious by nature and jealous of the superior qualities of their sister, treated her with neglect and cruelty in her distress. Women of Early Christianity While Mamm�a was not jealous of public honors and titles, she was avaricious in regard to the affections of her son; there she could not endure a rival. Roman Women "He does not throw away such immense sums for nothing," said the avaricious Albinus warningly; "we must not trust him too far." A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 One day a plan occurred to him by which he might perhaps win their hearts, for he knew that they were miserly and avaricious. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace Stating directly that any person is good or bad or brave or avaricious may give a reader a key to his acts, lending them point, but direct statement is the most infirm mode of characterization. The Technique of Fiction Writing He fought with distinction under his father in Franche-Comt� and the Low Countries; but he was heartless, avaricious and undoubtedly insane. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Besides being fickle, she is avaricious; from which fault Tibullus tries to save her, possibly not altogether without a thought of the limitation of his own means. Roman Women That avaricious Gáspár Gregorics began to wish the boy had the quarter of a million after all, for he might in a few years' time marry his daughter Minka, who was just eleven. St. Peter's Umbrella Nevertheless he cast avaricious glances at Douglass's portion of that comestible and later took advantage of his abstraction to filch the savory morsel. The Song of the Wolf They are nothing, it is true, yet they have a little Castilian, they are better than the avaricious fools at the United States Club. The Bright Shawl As, moreover, he had lost a large part of his treasures in the burning of his house, he became avaricious likewise. Pretty Michal “Miserable avaricious one!” exclaimed the demon, “I have no money.” Devil Stories An Anthology Julius C�sar ... the most famous of the Roman generals, as also the most avaricious and the most debauched man of all Italy. The Gold Sickle or Hena, The Virgin of The Isle of Sen. A Tale of Druid Gaul There is nothing but falsehood and treachery in their selfish and avaricious nature. Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution Our avaricious hero instantly wished for an enormous amount of ready money, which she kindly promised, but which he has not yet seen the color of. The Witches of New York Now I am not so avaricious as my grandfather, nor so lavish as my father, and I told the ambassador that I would depend on Scottish gold. A Prince of Good Fellows That his whole conduct completely excluded the idea of his being avaricious, didn't matter. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II In this and certain other transactions Claudius seems to have acted from avaricious motives,—a result of his early poverty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" His nature was a curious one; he was honest enough, although avaricious, while his own ends were served. In the Brooding Wild On the remaining one, Mary Mitchell, the wrath of the avaricious hag now fell with redoubled severity. Old and New London Volume I He was arrogant, cruel, avaricious, and vindictive; but the wrongs he did were always accomplished in a plain, open-handed way, and never by stratagem or treachery. The Boy Slaves For the avaricious man generally desires to swallow as much meat and drink as he can, provided only it belong to another person. The Philosophy of Spinoza Though free from the grosser vices of his predecessors, a man of taste, and economical without being avaricious, Clement VII. was essentially a man of narrow outlook and interests. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" His usual expression of good-fellowship had passed; and in its place appeared a hungry, avaricious look which, although always there, was generally hidden behind a superficial geniality. In the Brooding Wild You begin with A. "An artful cat," one player may say; and the next, "An avaricious cat." What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Ambitious, shrewd, unprincipled, and avaricious, she held the weak-minded king entirely under her control, and spread throughout the court an influence so contaminating that the whole empire was infected with the demoralization. Maria Antoinette Makers of History Coss� was avaricious, and would sell all his friends for ten crowns. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 Just now his eyes, normally moist and avaricious, were parched dry by fear, as though a flame had passed over them. The Missourian Townsmen and farmers, too, are extremely avaricious, extortionate and treacherous; they fearlessly perpetrate every sort of insolence and wickedness, and without shame and unpunished. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent But when he saw the church would be built, it vexed the avaricious man so much to have to give the bells, that he went and hung himself. A Danish Parsonage Perhaps there remained manliness enough in him to cause him to withdraw his avaricious scheme to oust Dr. Slavens in return for a service like that. Claim Number One Guttler, a very rich man too many avaricious, commonly he was travel at a horse, and single for to avoid all expenses. English as she is spoke or, A jest in sober earnest She had thought of the matter all night with an avaricious longing for the interest that she expected to get out of Mark, and she had no thought that her offer would be declined. Mark Mason's Victory The far-away city on the borders of the world was no longer to be abandoned to the avaricious whims of a trading company: the King himself would now take it under his royal care. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France Governor Berkeley, embittered by the humiliation of the Commonwealth period, and growing avaricious and crabbed with advancing years, soon forfeited that respect and love which his former good conduct had gained him. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 His past history was as follows: He was the only son of a very wealthy but avaricious sugar manufacturer of Malabon, who was unwilling to spend a cent in his education. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' Nothing was more common than drunkenness after the greedy and avaricious traders of the Wabash got into their midst and bartered them brandy for their most valuable peltries. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 Certainly some of them are not so avaricious. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Many avaricious men had already on various pretexts "expulsed" the priests or incumbents and taken the emoluments for themselves. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 It wasn’t, so to speak, a spooky ghost, neither; it was an avaricious one, and it wasn’t after no folks, but ’twas after that money, sharp. Jessica, the Heiress Over the town, at last free of its avaricious masters, free of the savage spirit of an outlaw time. In the Shadow of the Hills His face, when at rest, had a sanctimonious expression which was sadly at variance with the avaricious, grasping look which it instantly assumed when animated. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West A fine prize for an avaricious and ambitious worldling. Graham of Claverhouse Many of the spectators, however, were secretly pleased at the distress of the avaricious landlord. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Society would be transformed if the distinction were reversed, if admiration were no longer rendered to the luxurious and avaricious and were accorded only to talent and virtue. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Gomez Arias, however, erroneously attributed these symptoms to the avaricious disposition of the wretch who appeared willing to undertake any service for gold. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. "People say she is so avaricious that she expends for herself and household only ten thousand francs a year," continued a passenger. A Romance of the West Indies We know him to have been ambitious, cruel, heartless, avaricious, and false. Aztec Land There is something about the smell of sheep which robs men of their humanity; they become greedy and avaricious; the more they make the more they want. Hidden Water His wife was the daughter of his instructor, Jan Wils, and was so avaricious that she allowed him no rest. Six Centuries of Painting What Mordaunt said to you about me was true—my sudden good fortune had turned my head; I flung my earnings right and left, spending them on the most foolish extravagances, and still remained avaricious. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin From that time forth the oppressed poor people rejoiced many a time as the avaricious merchants and extortionate money lenders lost their treasures. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan In those unhappy times, when the struggle for existence seems to have destroyed all thought of God, the people of Israel suffered the double oppression of the ambitious Herod and the despotic and avaricious Romans. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery I'm not avaricious, and desire money only as means to an end. Thurston of Orchard Valley Much to his surprise the avaricious captain readily accepted it. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots He would come fawning, industriously wagging his hinder parts, like puppies of more favoured degree; but all the while his black eyes were alert, hard, infinitely suspicious and avaricious. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys A little later, having been rebuilt by Fath-Ali-Shah, it recovered by degrees its ancient prosperity, thanks to a capable and at the same time avaricious and strict governor, Vekil-ul-Mulk. Les Parsis He was hindered from ascending the sunny hill of heavenly aims by the speckled panther of sensuality, the gaunt, gray wolf of avaricious selfishness, and the fierce lion of wrath and ambitious pride. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History He was a middle-aged man, with a pale, puffy face and avaricious eyes. Thurston of Orchard Valley "My soul rises indignant," exclaimed a member, "at the avaricious and moral turpitude which so vile a conduct displays." James Madison The avaricious and rapacious are ready to reach out for gain; the parsimonious, miserly, and niggardly prefer the safer and less adventurous way of avoiding expenditure. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions In fact they were not unlike the old fence himself—daring, avaricious and discourteous. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street They count other men their prey, being grasping, greedy and avaricious. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character The master of that lumber wagon is a blame avaricious insect! Thurston of Orchard Valley And I’ll lose by it, too,” said the butcher, but with an avaricious sparkle in his eye. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret Don't be avaricious; it is a shameful vice: be not avaricious; avarice is an abject vice. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 To please the avaricious Hreidmar, this youngest son fashioned for him a house lined with glittering gold and flashing gems, and this was guarded by Fafnir, whose fierce glances and Ægis helmet none dared encounter. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas It has been said of him by his enemies, especially by Dr. King, a renegade, that he was avaricious and ungrateful. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Plutina’s avaricious stipulation concerning money pleased him as a display of feminine shrewdness. Heart of the Blue Ridge Nor did the act of 1692 make reference to "rigorous though unskilful" or "griping and avaricious" physicians and surgeons as had the earlier laws. Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 Know that one day an avaricious man fell into the river. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Frequently their garments were of the scantiest character and in some cases even these were claimed by the avaricious brokers. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century But while Bernardone was a hard, avaricious man, the son differed from him greatly in disposition; being fond of dress, of song, and feasting, gayety, and gaming. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History To further his own avaricious ends, Farrington had devised a villainous plot to send the man to the penitentiary. Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail He is a miser, mean, deceitful, avaricious, spiteful, everything that’s wicked. The Scarlet Feather Here, as in the case of the avaricious and the wrathful, the spirits of other sinners take a part in the infliction of the punishment. Dante: His Times and His Work Elizabeth’s face clouded as he repeated Katie’s words about “those avaricious Holts” which had brought him to a sense of the indiscretion he was committing in listening. David Fleming's Forgiveness Galloway had that passion, too—I have yet to meet the millionaire who is not avaricious and even stingy. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 She was the daughter of an avaricious farmer who lived at "Les Marches," in the parish of the Forest. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story This attracted the avaricious spirit of our neighbors; so that our market was filled, not only with vegetables, but animal food. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. The quantity of singing birds was very great, for the farmers and gardeners were less cruel and avaricious than they are now—though poorer. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville But, Davie, it is my duty to help grannie to make all the money we can to pay the debt, and get grandfather out of the hands of those avaricious Holts. David Fleming's Forgiveness Not only the sordid and avaricious, but even those whose virtue of frugality, by the force of habit, had been imperceptibly sliding into the vice of parsimony, felt the alarm. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes But," he added by way of consoling himself,—for his avaricious heart was already revolting against this useless expenditure of money; "it's well worth that, it's the very likeness of my 'Daisy.' The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story But besides being a very jealous old woman, she was naturally avaricious in the extreme, and she kept all Fé's earnings, and only gave him very scanty food in return. Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young He called the animals his cousins, and reminded them that his protecting influence was the reason they remained unharmed, while so many avaricious traders were prompting the Indians to take their lives. The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 He was devoid of every sordid and avaricious feeling, and indeed carried his generosity to an excess. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Few or none are avaricious in very early life. A Manual of Moral Philosophy It is always the same old story; a greedy, avaricious, grasping father, sacrificing his daughter's happiness for the sake of his pride. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story Isaac, the last of the old parsimonious school, pushed on by his avaricious wife, cheats his brother and seizes the inheritance of his nephew, who is supposititiously killed by accident in the dark. Bones in London It was consistent too—that must be admitted—with considerable hardness and "coarseness" of feeling; a man might be avaricious, loose, dirty, quarrelsome, and not offend much against the essential peasant code. Change in the Village They were avaricious and penurious to the last degree, and grudged every halfpenny to the labouring man. The Toilers of the Field They rushed in upon him with more irresistible fury than before, and, amidst stifled cries of protracted suffering, Bishop Hatto at length rendered up his cruel and avaricious soul. Folk-lore and Legends: German The French are indeed miserably poor, but they are also miserably avaricious. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. But a generous, talented man like Lyndsay, by industry and prudence may become rich, and then the most avaricious worlding would applaud the step I had taken.” Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life When the way in which a man is good or cheerful or avaricious is differentiated for us from the way in which another man is good or cheerful or avaricious, he is so far individualized. The Writing of the Short Story Stunned, confused, and moved even to tears at the goodness and generosity of this great man, who had been called avaricious, severe and pitiless, I wished to pour forth my gratitude. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 This avaricious patrician must not be confounded with the celebrated orator, of a preceding age, who was so celebrated for his elegance and luxury. Ancient States and Empires Jaime held the tiller, while the old man, clasping the fish-basket between his knees, began counting and fingering the catch with avaricious delight. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan The cardinal was a heartless, avaricious man, of but little ability, and yet endowed with a very considerable degree of that cunning which sometimes proves to be temporarily so successful in diplomatic intrigues. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series Without being bloodthirsty by nature, he was cruel by habit; without being naturally avaricious, he was a universal spoiler; and without savagely hating mankind, he spurned the feelings, the sufferings, and the life of man. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 The avaricious man will gratify his passion with his wife's fortune; the vain man with his his wife's beauty; and the epicure with his wife's ragouts. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 Character is assuredly corrupted by avaricious dreams of marriage as a road to material opulence and luxury. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) William IV. was not an avaricious sovereign, nor did he share the spendthrift inclination of his brother. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Haughty, domineering, avaricious, there was nothing in his character to win the kindly regards of any one. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series Nick took a roll of bills from his pocket as he spoke, and laid it on the table before the avaricious glances of the old man. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts The heir-at-law to the estate, now that the Esquire's son was dead, watched her madness with a cautelous avaricious desire. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... The soil is fairly productive, and rice, yams, guavas, earth-nuts, and bananas might be grown in plenty, but for the lazy, vicious, and avaricious character of the inhabitants who vie with each other in roguery. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century The avaricious love of gain, which is so feelingly deplored, appears to us a principle which, in able hands, might be guided to the most salutary purposes. Pearls of Thought The avaricious light in his eyes as he noted the money she carried on the train, had first warned her against him. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City The King was cruel and avaricious beyond all belief, and in his opinion fast going mad. The Life of Gordon, Volume II This grasping greed for gain is blighting the most promising young men of our avaricious country. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man They are generous, courteous, and hospitable, yet avaricious, insolent, and always thoroughly insincere. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Now Girlie had told me what a greedy, avaricious person the Doctor-in-Law really was, despite his benevolent appearance, but this cool cheek almost took my breath away. The Wallypug in London He looked up at her slily, his avaricious little eyes twinkling as they had aboard the train when he had looked over her shoulder and caught her counting her money. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City They are avaricious people; but they are fond of me in their way, and they will shelter you faithfully enough, when they know that my father will pay them handsomely. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales This picture was painted at the age of twenty-eight; he was then suffering from that bitter domestic curse, a shrewish, avaricious wife, who finally broke his heart.” Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture The inhabitants, who are lazy, slovenly, stupid, fierce, cowardly, and avaricious, do not exceed twelve or fifteen hundred in number. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century In the last place, he refutes the system of the avaricious, who constitute riches the supreme good. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History We know that he was possessed of indomitable courage, endurance, and persistency of purpose; avaricious, perfidious, devout; and conspicuous for his cruelty even in a cruel age. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Immediately the other dervishes surrounded him, and screamed out, as from a cave, "Glutton! impudent creature! avaricious man!" Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers Therefore, Aemilianus, if you wish me to be regarded as poor, you must first prove that I am avaricious. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura It was not easy to get information from the natives, who were avaricious, untrustworthy, insolent, and deceitful. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century It has been said of this avaricious, extortionate and cruel statesman, that "the dark shades of his character were not relieved by a single virtue." The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad The Vicomtesse was both proud and avaricious, and her nature rebelled at the smallest check to her secret aspirations. The Son of Monte-Cristo The Vizier of Nourgehan was avaricious; but for fear of displeasing his master, he concealed that vice with the utmost care. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers So avaricious hopes are checked, And so proud man may lack respect; And so ambition may be foiled Of the reward for which it moiled. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) An avaricious brother opposes Jacques’s passion and ultimately confines him in secret, spreading the report in Moulines of his faithlessness to his love. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century Never before had such an opportunity for reaping a golden harvest been presented to the avaricious minions entrusted by the Emperor with the administration of justice amongst his subjects. Chinese Folk-Lore Tales She was not avaricious; she did not look to money as the summum bonum;—certainly not to marry for money's sake. The Bertrams The first of those classes consisted of the selfish tyrants who upheld an unjust supremacy by systematic delusions, and of grovelling mountebanks who quenched their avaricious thirst at the fountains of credulity and ignorance. The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler He was a cool, ready-witted, avaricious man, who had found industry profitable, and he had no intention of leaving the farm he had spent so much work on. Prescott of Saskatchewan He was naturally a very avaricious man, and the sight of the gold awakened all his greed. Tales of Folk and Fairies Therefore says Seneca, "I have become more avaricious, and more cruel, and more inhuman because I was among men." The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises The man of the world is personally known for such; as also are known the cruel, the griping, the avaricious, the unjust. The Bertrams He was a strong, worldly man, ambitious of power, and sufficiently unprincipled; avaricious, too, like most ministers of the age. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 A few moments and the crime would be carried out to its end, and he would be equally guilty with the avaricious old man who was the nearest one he had in all the world. The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras The eyes of the avaricious Romans rested on the golden and glittering ornaments of the Temple, and they sought more fiercely than ever to hew their way through flesh and blood to these alluring treasures. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The first player says, "The minister's cat is an avaricious cat," using an adjective which begins with "a" to describe the cat. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium The Prince of Tarentum was very avaricious and pretended that the gift was intended for him. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds Bank-notes filled his portfolios, piles of gold his coffers; but, like all avaricious men, he grew sour, selfish, inaccessible to every thing but money—cold-hearted and penurious. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Her avaricious eyes are fixed on the kingdom of Corea, and the whole of Manchuria may yet become Russian soil. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Such open disdain of the majesty of Rome no man, however avaricious, dared support. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The avaricious man will show his avarice as he gets into years, because avarice is a passion compatible with old age,—and will become more avaricious as his other passions fall off from him. Ralph the Heir He had been told that "gentlemen should be above being careful and saving"; and he had unfortunately imbibed a notion that extravagance is the sign of a generous, and economy of an avaricious disposition. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes To this abominable end he, Tchartkóff, but a short time before so avaricious, became reckless in his expenditure. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 He was not greedy or avaricious; but to have a serpent for a son-in-law was, for a king, clearly impossible. Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations This Fable may be applied to the avaricious, and to those, who, born to a humble lot, affect to be called rich. The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes Hennery, don't let the sight of this wealth make you avaricious. Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 "She hath a treasure in her body," Bethinks the avaricious noddy. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes He knew instinctively that she was avaricious by nature, and would be likely to do anything for gain. The Day of Judgment The feeblest, Robin, could hardly recall his parents, peasants in the highlands, who being too poor or too avaricious to support him had deserted him in the forest. The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas 1920 "The Farmer-Legislature, then, as I remark, takes care of itself, but is niggardly and avaricious when its own interests are not concerned?" Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland She was not avaricious, nor intriguing, nor ill-tempered, nor unjust. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 "Thinkest thou that I may get no share of the reward for his apprehension?" inquired the avaricious betrayer. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Among the lukewarm, the cowardly, the meanly selfish and avaricious, and the habitual grumblers, such doctrines are readily made plausible. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Happily for me, an opulent and ancient avuncular relative has lately departed to reside with the morning stars, and left me wealth outside the dream of an avaricious! Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. Then the down-trampled millions of France arose, and with avaricious haste strove for a like treasure. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) Chopart proved to be as avaricious as he was arbitrary, and agreed to accept this offer. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality They are exceedingly phlegmatic in temperament, greedy, avaricious, suspicious, very indolent and filthy, and by no means celebrated for strict adherence to truth. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 He was to an extraordinary degree avaricious, a quality everywhere odious, but especially in a land where generosity measures love—where in the highest and in the lowest stations liberality is the moving spring. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Shall the undutiful man be left unchastised—the malignant man, or the avaricious, or the man with no self-control, or the cruel? The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Hawk-eyed Kaibuka—one of the most avaricious old fellows I had ever met with in the South Seas—shook his head and said I was trying to wrong myself. The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton 1902 We ought also to sympathize with one another, and not be avaricious. A Source Book for Ancient Church History |
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