| 单词 | beggarly |
| 例句 | At one point he kneels before the bearded, beggarly, semi-naked Poor Tom as if he sees in him an image of Christ. King Lear ? review 2011-03-11T00:02:03Z He pursues the beggarly Poor Tom with a rabid curiosity eagerly inquiring "What hast thou been?" yet, imagining Goneril on trial, he spits at her shadow with undisguised hatred. King Lear - review 2010-12-08T00:05:00Z Unsure whether he had been duped, he sent Francis a beggarly email: “I was wondering if you have reached a decision on my Shedd Bailout/Rescue Loan proposal.” Leaks, feasts and sex parties: How ‘Fat Leonard’ infiltrated the Navy’s floating headquarters in Asia 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The left accuses him of wanting to return Britain to the beggarly 1930s, a claim Mr Osborne rebuts vigorously enough to suggest it stings. Not just a hatchet man 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z So few assistants, so pitiably few customers, such a beggarly array of goods! Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z After all, he had other things to mind than a piece of beggarly waste land dotted with Chapels that were a blasphemy of the name of beauty. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z We shall not get any before next January, and then only a beggarly hundred or so. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z Then, having gazed their fill on the Bavarian throne's wrecker and finding she could not dance, they stayed away; and Lola ended her engagement at the Broadway to the hackneyed "beggarly array of empty benches." Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The peasants wrapped in their blankets had a beggarly aspect after the dandy majo of Andalusia. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The imprisoned lion in the showman’s cage differs not more widely from the lord of the desert, than the beggarly frequenter of frontier garrisons and dramshops differs from the proud denizen of the woods. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z That sink of infamy—The Whole Team—twenty-four by eighteen, with a poet's corner, and an outside stuffed with a few beggarly advertisements. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; povertyÏstricken; mean; poor; contemptible.½A bankrupt, beggarly fellow.¸ Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z But how could people like Marguerite and D'Orsay keep abreast of the social current on a beggarly twelve-thousand-five-hundred dollars a year? Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z You want to make a fool of yourself with that beggarly, grinning, broad-shouldered oaf of an Irishman, that's always at your skirts! Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z "For your living, yon beggarly baggage!" he roared. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z She would encourage him, poor grubbing newspaper writer, with his beggarly pittance! The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It was his majesty, who lay sweating and shaking, beneath a beggarly coverlet, in a violent ague fit. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z Be a beggarly parson while I have that in my power, and in my power while I am still young! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Among his several schemes to gain influence over the boy king, Seymour began supplying him with pocket money, telling him "you are a beggarly king, you have no money to play or to give". Political donations: Lessons from the past 2012-02-23T01:21:52Z Appear like one of the base-born beggarly ploughmen with mud in their veins, with whom you love to mix? The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z "But this I know: 'tis the part of a faithful servant to keep her master from being preyed on by his beggarly kin." The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The influence of the clergy was gradually diminishing, and the beggarly elements of this life were beginning to attract the attention of the Scotch. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z In one of his many mob speeches he called the corporation of Dublin a "beggarly corporation." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The comfortless contrast between colossal wealth and beggarly want could only be thereby increased, since it is almost exclusively the lower middle class who emigrate to agricultural colonies. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z As for Keegan, he stared with mild eyes at the dawn, at the beggarly alleys and the negro porter dreamily sweeping cigar stubs out of a lopsided doorway. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Bring your beggarly actors into this town to demoralize the people? Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z He knew there was no danger of Manasseh's beggarly status leaking out; no expressions of gratitude were likely to fall from that gentleman's lips. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Shall not a beggarly duty, discharged with perfect temper, land him in "the out-courts of Glory," quite as successfully as a grand Sunday-school excursion to front the cruel Paynim foe? Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z But they believed lies, they listened to tales that the beggarly Japanese carried. Captain June 2011-12-08T03:00:26.820Z This time his protestations, on seeing that the farmer was not moved by the reduction and offered him a beggarly two dollars more, were even livelier and more gesticulatory than before. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z “If it hadn’t been for me you would have parted with a fortune for a beggarly sum long since.” Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Some of them toil early and late for a beggarly wage; many of them are denied the opportunity of even doing that. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z His debts should have ruined him, but they merely ruined his tenants, impoverished the land, and made those driven to depend on him as beggarly as their master. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Esben said it was a magnificent whistle, and that the price was a beggarly one; but seeing that she was the queen, he would let it pass. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z You will minister, if you are to minister at all, to a beggarly array of empty pews. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z He does not offer him an asylum in his own house, but a beggarly provision under the care of a stranger. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z He knows, as all the world does, that I am miserably poor; and we can't make this place look less beggarly than it is; but we must make the best of it. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z “My main purpose was to blow back the beggarly Scots to their native mountains,” returned Fawkes. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Yet his salary, small enough, it is true, when we consider the man and his career, was not the beggarly pittance that the same amount would be now. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Her son-in-law paid her debts, and settled on her a beggarly pension; then took his leave courteously, and forbade more than rare communications with her daughter. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z His duchess probably thought it a degradation to bring a gentleman among the beggarly poets.—II. Our Old Home, Vol. 2 Annotated with Passages from the Author's Notebook 2011-10-06T02:00:33.843Z Bull dog, terrier, cur, and fice, Back to the beggarly land of ice, Worry ’em, bite ’em, scratch and tear Everybody and everywhere. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z Here you are, beggarly, treacherous rascals; for years you have eaten of our bread, lived on our bounty. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z And all because she will not find a beggarly sum which she could get in an hour by turning her diamonds into paste. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z He sometimes disguises himself as a gross, beggarly fellow; but then, like stage princes, he suddenly unbuttons the coarse overcoat and reveals the glittering insignia of his rank. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Added to the shame in his bosom for the beggarly condition to which he had been reduced, there had come a volcanic outburst of hurt professional pride. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z He earns a beggarly five pounds a month. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z You have been brought in to the inner sanctuary of worship in spirit; do not decline to the beggarly elements of outward form. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z His bid was �5; which was but a beggarly offer, and angered me to see Sir William's beloved Lodge come to so mean an end. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z No wonder we argued about our beggarly brace of shells. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z But he supposed he and the beggarly neger had been idling away their time together. Samboe; or, The African Boy 2011-09-04T02:00:04.743Z To sum up all, she is poor and beggarly, and gets a sorry maintenance by pilfering wherever she comes. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z I know all about you, Wyndham; I know that you have not a penny to bless yourself with; I know that you are about to embrace a beggarly profession. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z They credited him with the most mercenary motives, and called him a beggarly upstart. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z You have unloaded Time of his wallet only to deal out his "scraps of things past," his shreds of remembrance, in beggarly, indolent fashion, over your own fire-side? Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z I did not find in America or Canada anything more wonderful, beggarly and humiliating than the policy of Protection. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z A simple journalist, of obscure origin, without rank or station, with nothing but a beggarly Irish living to fall back upon, yet endowed with heaven-born genius and the pride of an insulted god. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z A curacy in the Church of England is a beggarly profession in these days. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z “It took a beggarly mongrel foreigner five years, no doubt; but it would not take an enterprising Englishman five weeks.” Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z If he did, my Clara! he would hardly utter such bitter jestings on what he is so cruel as to call 'my beggarly dependence' on you. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z With a doubtful glance at my beggarly outfit, she said, "I'll go and call aunty," and ran off upstairs. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z But why do they continue, so meanly and pitifully, to irritate him, and withhold the beggarly islets from him? The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z It's not a clerkship, Mr. Paget, nor beggarly. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z I was not thinking so much, though, about what was due to a ‘beggarly baronet’ as to a gentleman and the son of a gentleman. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Bahaism, on the contrary, is full of the "beggarly elements." Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z She told all her callers she "had received measureless sympathy, and as for her enemies, and what they said, she just washed her hands of them—poor, beggarly scribblers, and such like." A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z May he whom the enemies call the Corsican Ogre, soon eat up the Prussians, Austrians, and beggarly Cossacks. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z He offered a mere beggarly pittance of wages, barely enough to keep body and soul together, and “lodgings,” as he called it, on a broken-down cot in a dark, cramped lumber-room. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z “What is a beggarly baronet?” cried old Glover, the coarse huckstering blood showing through the veneer of a would-be stately pomposity in his blind rage at finding himself outwitted at every point. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z The town of St. Croix Falls was resurveyed, new streets were opened, and magnificent improvements planned, but failing to consummate the purchase, the company failed, leaving a beggarly account of unpaid debts. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z My dear friends here agree that Admiral Palmer's ungraciously-given allowances are beggarly and unworthy of his high position. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z "A beggarly little while," she said, exchanging looks with her confederate. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z "I tell you, I have never had a moment's peace, ease, and quiet, and never shall have—since you and your beggarly father entered this house." Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z What do yees think I care for a few beggarly dollars?' The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z As against useless, non-producing drones getting these millions, the great mass of workers actually operating the industry were receiving the beggarly wages of from 42 to 48 cents per hour. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z I've bartered my freedom of speech for a beggarly account of empty minutes. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z But the good cannot abide where envy rules, nor is generosity found in a beggarly breast. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z "Do you know," she added, trembling from head to foot with that passion, "do you know that I could turn you out on the streets, you and your beggarly father—do you know that?" Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Timothy Trollope noticed that the man was himself but ill-apparelled, and reflected that such beggarly appearance was in itself a sufficient answer to the argument of rich pay. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z "Emerson says," said Buckingham, "men are ever lapsing into a beggarly habit in which everything that is not cyphering is hustled out of sight, and I think he is right." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z What was he, after all, but a beggarly artist? Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Some are crabbed, some beggarly, some—in short, the best of them are sure to bring more care than they are worth, and are mostly too heavy for the shoulders that have to bear them. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z And so," she exclaimed, slamming the door, and irefully addressing Rachel, "and so your beggarly father has been and broke my china cup! Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z The whole Consular service is a beggarly concern, and the only thing reconcilable about it is when there is, as in my own case, nothing to do. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z He recited the proud sums once contributed, and, amidst the laughter of the court, ridiculed the beggarly half-crowns that now represented Irish patriotism. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z And all this had happened in those few beggarly moments! The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Nonsense! yours isn’t a spirit to be broken in to a beggarly trade. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Bull-dog, terrier, cur, and fice, Back to the beggarly land of ice; Worry ’em, bite ’em, scratch and tear Everybody and everywhere. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z He had just got his half-yearly payment of a beggarly annuity, on which he subsisted; he—the rightful Viscount Verney, and the head of his family—ha, ha, ha! The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z I can’t help it; but I’m ashamed, that I am, to think that people will give such a beggarly price. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z Half-pay is a beggarly thing, but I 'd put up with it. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z “She will never forgive him for speaking as he did about the beggarly trade.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z It was a half dozen of weazeny baked pears, beggarly remnant of the day's traffic.... Hospital Sketches 2011-02-16T03:00:37.920Z One told how his governor, though rolling in wealth, kept him on a most beggarly allowance, illustrating, with many an amusing story, traits of avarice that set the table in a roar. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The house was thinly attended, presenting, wherever I turned my eyes, a "beggarly account of empty boxes." The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z Johnson, it must be borne in mind, had dedicated the prospectus of his Dictionary to Chesterfield, but he had been virtually turned away from this patron's door with the beggarly gift of �10. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z “Aunt is sick of seeing her nephew engaged in a beggarly trade.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z The house is very beggarly and base in comparison with our stately playhouses in England, neither can the actors compare with us for apparel, shows, and music.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z "Every acre—every stick and stone of it—except," added he, with a sickly attempt at a smile, "a beggarly tract, near Kiltimmon, Mary has a charge upon." The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Turnin' you off with a beggarly ten thousand dollars—and them with all that money! The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z The Germans had chosen to send away the poorest among the poor of our villages—bareheaded women, ragged children, beggarly men, sick people, cripples, idiots. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z There, then, on the third night, at twilight, by the lofty window of that beggarly room, sat Pierre in the rear building of the Apostles'. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Meanwhile they furnish us with a beggarly equipment. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z I should have had no objection to receiving, on deposit, for safe keeping, any funds that I might have found on board the said prizes, but the beggarly Yankee masters never carried any. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z I reflected: True, I have become no Nazir or Head Clerk, nor a Garibaldi; I am only the second master of a beggarly school. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z Standing in front of their houses, the people, moved with pity, watched our beggarly crowd go by in the twilight, dabbling in the mud, and not knowing where they were being taken to. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z From the lofty window of that beggarly room, what is it that Pierre is so intently eying? Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Make the best of your home, however beggarly; but, in spite of all, in your efforts to have it clean, don’t let Tom see you cleaning. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z Verily I wonder at the person who fell in love with thee in thy beggarly condition! The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments He did not wish to sneak out of the world like a beggarly bankrupt. The Undying Past The ragged army, every day more beggarly, hobbled along to one of the rallying points. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z There, on the third night, at twilight, sat Pierre by that lofty window of a beggarly room in the rear-building of the Apostles'. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z “There’s your beggarly footing,” says the young chap, shying down two half-crowns on the big bench; and then, without another word, he walked to his place and tried to go on with his work. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z I don't mean a beggarly, servile, grovelling perseverance, but the unsubdued determination of an unconquerable spirit, riding out the storm, and, while small craft sink on every side, disdaining to take in a single reef. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 The older and truer stock of the country—such as the Geddeses—despise this beggarly town-born maxim: with them nothing can be too stiff; buckram-attitudes and dresses are the very staple of their calling. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 And now you want me to get my name sullied, and the substantiality of my house shaken, and my credit disgraced, by being drawn into connection with a beggarly, low, contemptible piece of petty larceny? A Little World And so, on the third night, when the twilight was gone, and no lamp was lit, within the lofty window of that beggarly room, sat Pierre and Isabel hushed. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Say your home, through long neglect, has become bare and beggarly. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z Don’t you think I’m going to let that beggarly meddling priest come between us.” The Parson O' Dumford Scoundrel, indeed! he is no worse scoundrel than I. He is an open roué, while I stoop to all kinds of beggarly petty subterfuges to conceal the life I lead. A Double Knot If you don't I'll chuck you back your beggarly title, and get on without it. A Poached Peerage The mines should bear the blame of the prevalent faults of the saucy beggars and beggarly grandees of Spain. How to Observe Morals and Manners With all his fortunes darkened for a day,— And the eye o' his reason, sweet intelligencer, Under a beggarly patch.... One-Act Plays By Modern Authors And who do you think for his beggarly twelve francs would have undertaken to attend to his rooms,—a stranger? The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 Yes; to a beggarly dinner with an old woman at Hampton. A Double Knot Yet when Michael came to think about it, six all told seemed a beggarly number for his first terminal dinner. Sinister Street, vol. 2 The endless insecurity, the want of support, the lawless proceedings of the soldiers and of their own parishioners, made many of them petty in their ideas, cringing and beggarly. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. This was one of the other sketches: It commenced by telling how the moon came between the sun and the earth, and then went on about the beggarly elements. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl Instead of that, I'm an old maid in the fullest sense of the word, and your 'magic of sin' has no power over my beggarly pride. The Children of the World Indeed, sirs, he hath never treated me well, but spent his wages at the wine tavern, giving me but a beggarly pittance. The Firebrand All these, however, were petty economies; they would result in a saving of perhaps three hundred a year, a beggarly sum when pitted against the uncertainties of her profession. A Bed of Roses What in comparison to that is your little, beggarly nationality?” The Trembling of the Veil At best, we have but a beggarly fragment. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses You are ever fond of obliging these beggarly whigs. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The matter may be beggarly, the manner is princely. The Vagabond in Literature She made him Professor of Astronomy, but gave him no observatory and a beggarly income which he had to supplement by giving lectures on a different subject. Astronomical Discovery Poland, where the feudal system still continues to take place at this day as beggarly a coun536try as it was before the discovery of America. On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation It was not a beggarly twenty-five thousand a year that he had, but fifty, with, in addition, more to come. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident But some reject this sustenance divine; To beggarly vile appetites descend; Ask alms of earth, for guests that came from heaven! Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes A beggarly parish in Transylvania will therefore not suit me. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle So beggarly a house I never see, nor so filthy stuff. Hastings and Neighbourhood Spain and Portugal, the countries which possess the mines, are, after Poland, perhaps, the two most beggarly countries in Europe. On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation I see now what a set of beggarly hangers-on my Lenz has. Edelweiss A Story Their example was imitated by fifty others on different parts of the ground, and the chorus of their united voices formed but a beggarly requiem to the departing spirit. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. His austere language will compare with St. Paul’s description of heathenism as a bondage to weak and beggarly elements. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews It is scarcely an hour since you roused me in search of some of your beggarly prisoners who have escaped. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War I’d just as soon believe that the sun and moon had run up again’ one another in the night as that you had taken the beggarly school pence. The New Mistress A Tale But why had he taken upon his shoulders this beggarly family, so puffed up with their own ideas? Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine They accordingly went thither and he follows: after their first salutation his friends inquire how he came to lead so odd a life as that was, and so joined himself into such a beggarly company. Ideas of Good and Evil "I 'm not going to lose the best chance I ever had in life for the sake of a beggarly innkeeper." One Of Them “Know, then, that I have set hands on your comrades, beggarly Englishman!” he heard Stackanoff cry in a cruel voice. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War What, a poor little beggarly wretch of a half-breed gipsy like me, the sole heiress of an old aristocratic manor? Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" There is a sort of thin, consumptive, beggarly little leaf up here which looks something like your description. Anne "Bottled at home!" said my father, "and, like your own education, Hotham, spoiled for a beggarly economy." That Boy Of Norcott's This waistcoat has a beggarly account of empty button-holes; and as for my coat, nothing but a dim candle-light would screen its deficiencies. One Of Them I’ll have it out of you, you beggarly young sweep!” he yelled, shaking his fist furiously, safe in the conviction that the other men would not suffer Gerard to assault him. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley How, I would ask you, is a poor secretary of legation to subsist on the beggarly pittance F. O. affords him? The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Are we not pensioners ourselves? ay, by the Lord Harry, are we, and beggarly enough in our treatment too. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier "You lie, you beggarly rascal!" cried the judge, stepping up to Mat and seizing him by the lapel of his coat. Black Forest Village Stories Let him dare to mix with it, and his threadbare coat and patched shoes will soon convince him that they will extend no equality to him who comes among them in such beggarly fashion. One Of Them If this was to be judged a fair specimen of the hundreds of societies boasted of by Mr. Thompson, there would turn out but a beggarly account of them. Discussion on American Slavery What do you think of your beggarly Prussians now? Waldfried A Novel When he got me that beggarly place in the Custom House, he thought he 'd done with me out and out. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Of the more than plentiful meal she had prepared, there remained but a beggarly array of empty dishes to testify to his appreciation. The Destroying Angel What if I throw up the beggarly office at once? One Of Them No one can say I am not doing my duty to my family, and that's better than throwing away my time on a lot of beggarly folk that don't deserve nothing. Sowing and Sewing A Sexagesima Story Great be physicians’ brags, but aide is beggarly When rooted moisture fails, or groweth drie; They leave off all, and say, death comes too eagerly. Folk-lore of Shakespeare The little town of Silver Lake in south-central Oregon, to-day is in the lap of luxury, transportationly speaking, being but a beggarly ninety miles from a railroad. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making Were not all those beggarly elements wiped away by the spiritual worship of the Gospel? A Treatise on Relics You 'd say, 'Gorman O'Shea, I 'm not the man to see a first-rate fellow lost for a beggarly five hundred. One Of Them The young man was terribly humiliated by the necessity of appearing in his dirty, beggarly raiment, and the Domine looked at him with a pitying dislike. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl I used to dress in the clothes that beggarly painters wear, and here am I dressed in velvet. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 08 (of 10) Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero Instead of honoring and supporting me as your adopted mother, you paid me off once for all with a beggarly pittance that only made my mouth water for more. Pretty Michal “Ye were in bondage to them which are by nature no gods;... how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again!” The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 "How you must laugh, stranger, at seeing those miserable creatures who stupidly believe they are copying your country," the beggarly phrenetic continued shouting. Sónnica Regnard has more of that beggarly virtue of prudence than I. But, Babache, here is the devil to pay; my brother fell desperately in love with Mademoiselle Capello at first sight.” Francezka “Nay, never beggarly, my dear, except where a woman is concerned, and then we beg for favours.” A Prince of Good Fellows Besides this, Giles fell into that common mistake, that a beggarly looking cottage, and filthy ragged children, raised most compassion, and of course drew most charity. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales Are you satisfied,—you pretty piece of beggarly pride?” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part From what I've heard and read,—ay, and from something I've seen while up the Mediterranean,—a more beggarly hospitality than that called Arab don't exist on the face of the earth. The Boy Slaves “Our hospitality is beggarly to your deserts,” sighed Portsmouth, who had joined the bevy, but loud enough for the King to hear. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time What signifies the beggarly annuity your father left to me, and you, his child? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Poor in the vegetable elements of food, and beggarly in respect to the animal, the vast continental expanse of Australia supports the scantiest aboriginal population of the world, and nourishes it worst. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies She talked of everything under the sun, while I looked at Catherine, and we thought, without saying anything, "Oh! when will that beggarly minister write and say, 'Get married and leave me alone?'" Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 Our sergeants keep repeating, "We are nearing them! there will be hot work soon;" and we thought, "So much the better!" that those beggarly Prussians and Russians had drawn their fate upon themselves. The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 But just try to express the fundamental and secret things of your life, something that has happened, not in a book, but in your own soul, and see how ragged and beggarly your vocabulary is! Aliens He never set foot on the d—d, beggarly, frog-eating Continent—not he! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 This, when the lectures of the most learned professors of the university are often given to a beggarly array of empty boxes. Home Life of Great Authors He had often said that he did not fear "trash" like the "beggarly Kickapoos, Saukees, and such." Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters The regiment is totally routed; the beggarly Prussians have sabred half of it; we shall find the remainder by and by. The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 When he could not collect this beggarly sum, is it any wonder that he deserted or rebelled? Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools We must not forget that, when we discuss the matter; an elopement with the rich heiress would have been a fine thing for a poor, beggarly lieutenant.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 “What wretches you are to live in this beggarly hut,” said the lad. East of the Sun and West of the Moon Old Tales from the North Our own pitiful thousands were beggarly by comparison, insignificant, not worth considering. Gold Those beggarly Prussians and Russians want to take us on the flank with their whole force, as we defile on Leipzig, so as to cut us in two. The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 At any rate, there was more money than any one of them could ever hope to earn at the beggarly wages they were getting. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold He is angry that their ——————Base and beggarly conceits Should carry it, by the multitude of voices, Against the most abstracted work, opposed To the stufft nostrils of the drunken rout.— Calamities and Quarrels of Authors “We’ll be bound he’s just the same beggarly ragged boy he always was.” East of the Sun and West of the Moon Old Tales from the North Instead of crowded House that usually waits when Sage lunges at the Lords, beggarly array of empty Benches. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 29, 1890 I held him back, telling him that the beggarly wretches only sought a pretext for falling upon us, and that we had, besides, orders to humor them. The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 This is greatly due to the fact that he studied those he met, as men, dismissing the circumstance of birth and rank, of costly apparel, or beggarly rags. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series Nothing is more repulsive than the beggarly pride of such stupid laboriousness. Pedagogics as a System She will return to her beggarly country in somewhat different trim from that in which she left it, with all her earls and countesses, equipages, pages, valets, dressers, &c. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III Many a heavy hour must march by, thought he, before the sheriff came with his beggarly portion. The Bondboy Is my love so beggarly a thing that the only answer deigned to its utterance is a scurvy request to get beyond its hearing? The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts They knew of a dozen men, not beggarly poor either, who would be glad to come. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart Her Andrew assaulted by a beggarly bound boy! Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success It was a move away from the 'beggarly elements' towards some imagined person behind them. Five Stages of Greek Religion To answer this fittingly, our poor and beggarly human speech was insufficient for Don Luis. Pepita Ximenez Below it, until the recent subversion of the Pope's temporal power, walked the most ignorant, beggarly and criminal population in Europe. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) The lab'ring poor, in spite of double pay, Are saucy, mutinous, and beggarly; So lavish of their money and their time, That want of forecast is the nation's crime. The True-Born Englishman A Satire With these high assurances he took his leave of the Marquis as though he intended to put up with the beggarly stipend of £200 a year which the Marquis had promised him. Marion Fay Ca�eri now summoned around him his principal officers, and happy in the beggarly retinue that attended him, he paraded the wretched town of Alhacen, the capital of his scanty dominions. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Do I envy you your beggarly patients, do you suppose? The Doctor's Family He had hoped to have five hundred thousand men at his back, but they had come in by beggarly hundreds. Dreamers of the Ghetto “Well,” said Neddy, “I hope there’s a precious deal of difference between me and a beggarly thief!” The Rambles of a Rat After this the old cries of peace, retrenchment, and reform sound beggarly indeed. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Why, the like, for stillness and beggarly expression of intention, had never been known to Twist Tickle: they talked with indignation of it on Eli Flack’s stage; ’twas a day that bred wrecks, said they. The Cruise of the Shining Light "And I repeat that it is a beggarly house," said the other; "with a poor, miserable family in it." Funny Big Socks Being the Fifth Book of the Series It's perfectly true what I used to write in that beggarly prison paper. The Prisoner George III's wife was called by the people a beggarly German duchess; the British idea being that all princes were beggarly except British princes. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges It is all very poor and beggarly looking; no carving nor even any hewn stones. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit Let the beggarly daubers see how English women do these things.” The First Violin A Novel There is no use in making such a noise, good woman; I see plainly that I was a fool to suppose the owner of this beggarly house was worth five hundred guilders. Funny Big Socks Being the Fifth Book of the Series Thus did the beggarly government make money out of the small resources of those who, when the exchequer failed to fulfil its duties, endeavored themselves, as best they could, to make up for this dereliction. Pius IX. And His Time Never again will he appear as this beggarly accordion player—never will he dare to show himself in that make-up!... A Nest of Spies Your beggarly pupils shall not eat of my stores. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts I will not go near your beggarly relations; but I have a little money of my own, as you know, though you have never been able to touch it. Lover or Friend Suppose, after all, the girl could claim a right in her father’s beggarly hundred and fifty pounds a year? The School Queens Soon there'll be no distinctions between man and man anywhere, when a beggarly country lawyer dares to write to a gentleman like myself in that strain. Frances Kane's Fortune With what ease the poor, wretched people are wrested from the Word and from faith, wherein they might enjoy unspeakable grace and blessings, by the sordid, beggarly pleasures to be sought for here! Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost The Separatists are similarly cudgeled: they are "groveling in beggarly elements, imitations, and shadows of heavenly things." William Penn What a beggarly list, compared with the natural riches of the country! Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The beggarly gentleman has fallen into my claws. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 He who would return from the blissful shores of Christianity to the beggarly elements of the world can do so only on the transporting barges of Satan. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Over seventy years of age, 10,000 miles from home, a beggarly salary, with a menagerie on my hands, while bankruptcy and a humbled flag threatened to stare me in the face. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century Jack Wentworth and I; and yet here's a beggarly younger brother, that hasn't a penny—" "Wodehouse," said Mr Wentworth, with some contempt, "sit down and be quiet. The Perpetual Curate On the other hand, Shem and Japheth are blessed, but in comparison with Ham, they and their posterity are beggarly. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood You ran—you turned and ran to save your beggarly life—coward!—coward! The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War The first neglect to perform a known duty is the first step the Christian takes on his return to the “beggarly elements of the world.” The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity We dare not call our wretched baggage, by any other than the beggarly name of "duds." 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. “You are an impudent, beggarly rascal,” said our hasty-tempered purveyor of provisions to him. A Sailor of King George What is this beggarly farmer, the nephew of my bitterest enemy, that you should give up so much for him? Lorimer of the Northwest And so you went to work on some beggarly salary, instead of seeing about having your property put in shape again. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. Would not a house on the great avenue Be better than these beggarly surroundings? The Woman Who Dared Wherefore will He not deliver into my hands these beggarly Scots and these atheists of France?' The Fifth Queen Crowned But in the smaller towns, one little dirty theatre, ill lighted, with ragged scenery, dresses, and a beggarly company of players, is all that is to be found. 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. With so many brave Frenchmen to lead us we have no need of a beggarly foreigner. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France These are not beggarly and vagabond Indians, to whom the offer of subsistence would be sufficient to obtain the relinquishment of their franchises, or the cession of their lands. The Indian Question (1874) But let us understand how he proveth239 that sometimes it is expedient and necessary to conform unto such burdensome and beggarly ceremonies, as are many ways inconvenient, and occasions of sundry evil effects. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) But it is not on such beggarly special pleading as this that the claim shall be founded. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 If a cat could the power of flying enjoy, She all the world’s sparrows would quickly destroy; If power in the hands of a beggar you place, No mercy he’ll show to the beggarly race. Little Engel a ballad with a series of epigrams from the Persian They showed daily less and less of barbaric manliness; they were becoming from day to day more vicious, thievish, and beggarly. Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Thus I felt rather Despondency than Hope at being come almost to manhood, and but to a beggarly Estate of Two-and-forty shillings. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... The main difficulty was to get a place that looked clean enough to sit upon; for a dirtier palace I never saw, nor a more, beggarly. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Industry and thrift have been supplanted by laziness and beggarly poverty. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology Amid all the mountains round, and doubtless in many others likewise, there was not a miner nor a mine-surveyor who could boast that he had never in his life been down in the beggarly plain. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck The system of readers was a beggarly makeshift for the Christian ministry, and shows the sore straits to which the Reformed Church was reduced after what was supposed to be the grand victory of 1560. Chronicles of Strathearn But when Husky, opposite him, got a beggarly three, the young man's triumph was outrageous. The Huntress We must note that Ulysses still keeps up his romancing in order to explain his presence in Ithaca and his beggarly appearance. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary It is her life that all hangs upon: and I have let that slip through my fingers while I have planned and contrived to save a few beggarly hundreds. Vixen, Volume III. "Well, he can't now put his daughter on her guard, or inflame her with the magnificent spirit of the beggarly Charrebourgs." The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 If the boy has heard anything, it is lucky that I changed my name to Browning out of deference to my wife's aunt, in return for a beggarly three thousand dollars. Luke Walton "Still hankering after that beggarly scoundrel?" muttered Rupert, a sneer uncovering his teeth betrayed hideously the ungenerous soul within. The Light of Scarthey Now, the army is a beggarly profession unless a man has a private fortune; but, upon my word, I look on the church as the worst of the two. The Bertrams Was there ever such a beggarly account of empty boxes? The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 But now, after ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 “I will not be at the beck and call of a beggarly tradesfellow!” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Oh, this beggarly faith, that God has to put up with, that treats the Father above as it would treat a man of doubtful character. The Gospel of the Hereafter Some beggarly two hundred pounds a year, I suppose. The Bertrams The floors, the moldings, the shabby furniture and decorations, that seemed to her like beggarly rags, were thick with dust and filth. The Comedienne Let's have the beggarly morsel you miscall breakfast, Joe, and a swig from the breaker. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Feel now thy folly; thou hast spun the web of their destiny, and thy hungry, beggarly, miserable brood will transmit to their remotest posterity the misery of which thou art the cause. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom "But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?" The Ordinance of Covenanting Nothing more than a beggarly six thousand pounds, of which two-thirds were already her own without thanks to any one. The Bertrams Then wish once more; and mind that it be no beggarly desire. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 "Do you mean to tell me, my good fellow," he asked, "that four beggarly rebels, hiding for their lives in the wilderness, can punish me for anything that I may do to you?" The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand It came out that one of the party had called the other "a beggarly bogtrotter," for which he received in reply a blow upon his nose. Facts for the Kind-Hearted of England! As to the Wretchedness of the Irish Peasantry, and the Means for their Regeneration But indeed, Misters, I occupy but a very beggarly apartment in this Fools' Hotel of a world, and it is the moral impossibility for me to pay any damages whatever! Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. His object, he is said to have explained, was to save Englishmen from being subject to a needy, beggarly nation like the Scotch. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography To an American, accustomed to hear of deeds of generosity and public spirit, the list of moneys subscribed for such an object, against the names of millionaires, would seem incredibly beggarly and pitiful. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Will—— Tiresome flower, why did Nature give it such a beggarly few petals? Robert Elsmere I had rather serve the king in his wars abroad, than be the lackey of any beggarly courtier at home. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote He made the fortune of the beggarly Prince Karl and the whole hungry crowd of royal highnesses in spite of themselves. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude I suppose everybody feels sometimes, more or less distinctly, that they ought to make an effort and get rid of these beggarly usurpers that tyrannise over will, and conscience, and life. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John B was a beggarly Bear, Who carefully curled his front hair; He said, “I would buy A red-spotted tie,— But I haven’t a penny to spare.” The Jingle Book Not that any beggarly civilian is going to join this noble fellowship, is he? The Path to Honour They add, however, that “cabins of beggarly people, with goats, sheep, and swine, began to invade the same as formerly.” The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account Presently a white man appeared, and, in response to Mac's "Parlate Italiano," came the smiling answer, "Si, Signor," proving, as we wagered he would be, a native of beggarly, sunny Italy. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude From what I’ve heard and read, ay, and from something I’ve seen while up the Mediterranean, a more beggarly hospitality than that called Arab don’t exist on the face of the earth. The Boy Slaves Stand not here In thy own palace cloath’d with tatters foul And beggarly—she will abhor the sight. The Odyssey of Homer The agent of the Lemaître property had swooped down on the dove-cot and found a beggarly array of empty bottles and a good deal of discarded feminine gear scattered about on both floors. Waring's Peril But men of the highest talents have often beggarly understandings. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 O miserable abundance, O beggarly riches! how much do we lack of having remedies for every disease, when as yet we have not names for them? Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel Finding himself in this case and being grown not only poor, but beggarly, he betook himself, as least ill he might, to Rome, to essay if Titus should remember him. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio The latter surveyed him curiously, and, noting his woebegone features and beggarly attire, pity, perhaps, assuaged his just anger toward this starveling. Under the Rose Mignon, however, was secretly furious at the, to her, unbelievable report that "that beggarly Stevens girl could actually sing." Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman Weeks have passed since the battle of Antietam, and after repeated urgings on the part of the President, and repeated promises on the part of our commander, we have this beggarly apology for a movement. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac What a miserable, haggard scarecrow he did look, just like some poor beggarly tramp. The New Forest Spy The King had hitherto only given him what Frederick called a beggarly allowance of fifty thousand a year, and even that had not been made over to the prince unconditionally and forever. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II I never saw from the most beggarly crew of a wretched merchantman worse time kept. In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" But look here, how comes it that you, who are evidently a gentleman, are taking sides with that beggarly scum of tatterdemalions who have taken up arms against their sovereign?” Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story The fish would not rise that afternoon, and there was but a beggarly brace in the basket. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler I say down with the aristocracy, the beggarly aristocracy. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest I have nearly finished, but I should not do justice to my subject did I omit to advert to the beggarly catch-penny system on which the whole concern is conducted. Diary in America, Series One But the impudent parvenu sneered at my advice; “he knew no such person as Ali-Ninpha, and cared not a snap of his finger for a Fullah chief, or a beggarly white man!” Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver “But, Sir, these be nought save a parcel of beggarly craftsmen.” Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada She told herself that she must not gossip about the master's affairs with a beggarly priest. The Dragon Painter So down with the beggarly aristocracy, the church, and the Pope, to the bottom of the pit of Eldon, and may the Pope fall first, and the others upon him.” Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest For days and weeks after she had seen him, Eliza was haunted by the memory of his unkempt hair and beard, his red face and his beggarly shabbiness. Mary Wollstonecraft The most beggarly individual who wore the sword claimed precedence of the most substantial citizen. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette "Thou art deceived, friend Jonathan," said the Scot, "they were but two, and as beggarly loons as man could wish to meet withal!" Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North What! lend my sword to a parcel of beggarly cutthroats and vagabonds? At the Point of the Sword We remember, too, how he thought that very ordinary personage, “The Water-Carrier of Seville,” with his wrinkles, his joy, and his beggarly customers, a subject worth painting. Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer Why return to the beggarly rudiments of knowledge? The Books of the New Testament "I'll bring my frigate alongside, and sink your beggarly little craft," shouted the visitor, with a volley of oaths. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 But his honor would see that the two-fifty was nothing at all to lend out for a beggarly week or so on such a magnificent specimen. Shorty McCabe But you'll allow it's galling to have a beggarly upstart like Turner throwing our bachelorhood in our teeth. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure The government was months behind in paying the soldiers, who at best received only a beggarly pittance. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Jack, why the deuce haven't I a relation I never heard of, who would politely die to-morrow and leave me that beggarly thousand? The Lure of the Mask "Reckon we can beat off a few beggarly Apaches." The Talking Leaves An Indian Story When the new purveyor arrived, he found nothing but “a beggarly account of empty boxes;” and his perambulations in the orchard and garden, for the same reason, were equally fruitless. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer And yet the amount involved in the Bill did not exceed fourteen million dollars, or a beggarly seventy million francs. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 The saying always was "Patch beside patch is neighborly; patch upon patch is beggarly." Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History What can we expect to get out of these beggarly provincials? Hurricane Hurry I’m going to play at French and English, and you’re the beggarly Frenchman at Waterloo. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel I’ll go and tell him what a miserable, contemptible, beggarly coward he has in his troop, and that he is allowing you to drag down your wretched pupil to your own level. Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East That is one reason why I consented to serve the company in such a beggarly position. A Dash from Diamond City It wasn't Velasco—it was a gypsey, a tattered, beggarly ragamuffin, with dark, brooding eyes and a laugh on his lips, a laugh that was like a twist of the muscles. The Black Cross She did, however, keep the plate and jewels; and by way of a sop to Cerberus, allowed the “beggarly craftsmen,” whom she so heartily despised, to sell and divide the proceeds of the wardrobe. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) All had been a scheme laid amongst them for defrauding her poor fatherless child, driving him away, and taking up this beggarly brat. The Armourer's Prentices And yet there was nothing beggarly about the appearance of the old knife-grinder. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found How could a poor fellow, with a few beggarly hundreds a year, approach a girl who might be one of the biggest heiresses in the kingdom? The Fortunes of the Farrells The bitter reproaches of kinsfolk pursued him vainly as he set out in beggarly state to give service to the poor and despised. Heroes of Modern Europe If I had my way I’d give you your beggarly eighteen shillings a week to keep you away. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life You seem to expect that folks will talk of nothing but your beggarly duel for a whole twelve-month. A Hungarian Nabob Where’s there such a beggarly house as this in all the village? Frank Oldfield Lost and Found If I had the money I wouldn't be so beggarly poor as I am. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The Hôtel des Trois Faisans is also an excellent inn, and, like that at Auxerre, sufficiently well frequented to find no account in these little beggarly impositions which are practised at inferior places. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 The chief rulers, dukes, and nobility, esteem it; the lower people, the poor and beggarly, will not be destitute of it; all use it daily, and like it.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 Volume 17, New Series, June 19, 1852 People," said he, "I have knocked down a hundred beggarly pandours who respect neither sex nor infirmity. The Man With The Broken Ear He again called me upstart, runagate, beggarly dog, clinched his fist in my face, and made a motion to strike me, and declared he would break my head. Highways and Byways in Sussex The other day speaking, without prior purpose that way, of Bentham’s theory of man and man’s life, I chanced to call it a more beggarly one than Mahomet’s. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History The beggarly troop took his advice, but the earl's son would have nothing to do with them. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. The "beggarly Homer, who strolled, God knows when, in the infancy and barbarism of the world," was richer far than Crœsus and added more wealth to the world than the Rothschilds, the Vanderbilts and Goulds. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune In the midst of all the satin and lace flummery, it is pathetic to suffer in silence for the lack of a little beggarly hot water. Etiquette "It's Cornell and the beggarly allowance," thought Lansing, but it was no such thing. A Son of the Hills Then this beggarly commissary of mine, and the trafficking priest, de la Vente, they are constantly stirring up strife against me here, and putting lies in the hands of my enemies at court. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV This new man is to have enough to go on p. 27upon, so as not to be too beggarly and bring the title into contempt. That Stick She pointed to the bare walls, the broken furniture, their beggarly attire. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story He was reduced to great straits, and had to write potpourri for the cornet and piano at a beggarly price, in order to gain a living. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present I say down with the aristocracy, the beggarly British aristocracy. Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest He had simply knifed in self-defence a beggarly Brulé who quarrelled with him over a girl. Under Fire Is that all? just for a few paltry thalers and a beggarly violin, to work myself to death? Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform For no man is poor that does not think himself so: but if, in a full fortune, with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 After a time Halimah's husband, Obayd, the jeweller, turns up in Cairo in the most beggarly plight, having been plundered by Bedouins en route. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature Consider it, you provincial towns of twice, thrice, ten times Troy's size, who erected a beggarly five or six on Queen Victoria's last Jubilee, and doubtless plumed yourselves on your exuberant loyalty! The Mayor of Troy The 'beggarly dole,' indeed, brought small relief to the domestic anxieties which now more than ever oppressed Mozart and his wife. Story-Lives of Great Musicians The morning services are usually well attended, but the afternoon and evening services show a “beggarly array of empty benches.” Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Such customs did prevail in the first ages: and in consequence of these customs we find those beggarly attributes of wrestling and boxing conferred upon some of the chief Divinities. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) All he gets is a beggarly two thousand or so a year. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North "She can't really like a poor beggarly wretch who hasn't got a shilling," he said to himself. Can You Forgive Her? Mrs. Mellicent retired to her chamber, secretly pleased with the dispositions of her young charge, and inclined to believe that a parcel of beggarly republicans could not long domineer over such generous and aspiring minds. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel No man is poor who doth not think himself so; but if, in a full fortune, with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry "I sincerely hope that beggarly carpenter hasn't had an opportunity to put any nonsense in her head," she mused. His Heart's Queen It was at one of the early meetings of this body that he called the municipal functionaries of Dublin, "a beggarly Corporation." Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell "I pay my way, and that ought to give a man higher station than being a beggarly captain,—which I don't believe he is, if all the truth was known." Can You Forgive Her? Hardly a score had gathered in the low-ceiled schoolhouse, fetid with reeking kerosene lamps and wilting humanity; and of this beggarly handful two-thirds were women. The Henchman "You must be tired of this beggarly life, going about from pillar to post, living in wretched Continental hotels, with no pocket money." The Admirable Tinker Child of the World About Noon, the Hermit rapp’d at a petty Cottage with his Staff, the beggarly Residence of an old, rich Miser. Zadig Or, The Book of Fate And having clearly understood and embraced the great fundamentals of Christian faith, there was good reason to hope, they would never return again to the beggarly elements of this world. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. Tongue so noisome as yours, come chance, might surely on order Bend to the mire, or lick dirt from a beggarly shoe. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus "Library, sir?" cried my uncle; "it appears to me a collection of useless odd volumes, and a beggarly amount of empty shelves." A Journey to the Centre of the Earth When I was a beggarly boy, I lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend, nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O Judaism compared with Paganism, was a wonder of wisdom, philosophy, and righteousness; but compared with Christianity it is a mass of rudiments, first lessons, beggarly elements. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Besides my debts I have an unconscionably ancient relative whose title and a beggarly five thousand a year must come to me when he dies, if he ever dies. A Crooked Path A Novel Stands your diary fair? is any profit Enter'd given? as I to serve a praetor Count each beggarly gift a timely profit. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus I say, down with the aristocracy, the beggarly aristocracy! Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 All, even the beggarly lentil, are eagerly exploited; whilst the haricot, so tempting both as to size and flavour, remains untouched. Social Life in the Insect World To sum up all; she is poor and beggarly, and gets a sorry maintenance by pilfering wherever she comes. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish "Your pensioners have come—a beggarly looking crowd." Medoline Selwyn's Work No, I am again mistaken, and Mademoiselle Laurentia—why, she is not even going to marry a duke, there might be some sense in that, but only a beggarly artist. Marie Gourdon A Romance of the Lower St. Lawrence If the English have no imagination, they should not scorn to be commonplace; or rather they should remember that poverty cannot be disguised by beggarly borrowing, that it may be ennobled by calm independence. The Poetry of Architecture Or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character Then you have been playing fast and loose with me as you did with the handsome young planter and that beggarly captain of Austrians? The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady For—for you—-a boy—come from devil knows where—an English, beggarly.... Romance Never appear so beggarly as to retain the change, if a larger amount is presented than the price. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society But a beggarly five thousand piastres would not go very far in that direction. Halil the Pedlar A Tale of Old Stambul If he thinks that things are going all right, must he not have a most beggarly conception of what going right means? Health and Education Who would care aught for Prince Charlie or his horde of beggarly Highlanders were it not for the song of Burns and the story of Scott? British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland A beggarly fool, too stupid to be even an adventurer. Romance We have spent more money among them than their beggarly country is worth in fee simple; and they are no more thankful than if we had occupied it as enemies. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters And true enough, before the Turks extended their power so far, these two beggarly villages, fifty miles from any neighbours, were in constant hostility one with the other. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government It is but a poor one hundred paces to the nearest clout; and as that will be too beggarly a distance for you, my lords, you shall use the second. Beatrix of Clare Then let her go," cried Bonnet, "I have no time to fool with the beggarly hulk. Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter And they are destroying the submarines at a most beggarly slow rate. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II I must become like these lowly, beggarly people? must deliberately step out of my accustomed circle into this boundless misery? I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross His family is one of the oldest and most respectable in Oude; but his capital of Pertabghur, where he used to reside till lately, is one of the most beggarly. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II Had it not been for this kindly, unrevengeful soul, Vital's inner man would have been in as beggarly a condition at the conclusion of the meal as at the beginning. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories Secondly, because Carnesecchi is a better match for my daughter than a beggarly chiseller. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster You paid them a beggarly pittance, your substitute prey-of-the-sword, But, ye canny beasts of prey, they paid, in life and limb, for your hoard. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe Faith holds communion with the Saviour in all His appointments, and rejoices in Him with joy unspeakable; superstition leans on forms and ceremonies, and is in bondage to these beggarly elements. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution And her parent had just termed him beggarly! Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival Any man who can shoot as straight as you do wouldn't be sitting here telling me lies about a trifling little matter involving the expenditure of a beggarly thirty-five millions. Empire Builders At present, a few miserable huts of beggarly Arabs are scattered in the courts of its stately temples, or deform its elegant porticoes, and exhibit a humiliating contrast to its ancient magnificence. An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged Seriously he talks of hundreds a year, and—though I hate prating of the beggarly elements—his proposal may be to your honour and profit, and, I am very sure, will be to our pleasure. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals They very properly refused to continue any longer in bondage to the beggarly elements of a ritual which had long since been superseded. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution I remember now, he has been somewhat familiar with Eveline; but I had no idea the beggarly dog would dare think of marrying her. Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival Certain it is that I had but a half crop of turnips and a beggarly batch of beets to comfort me and the hogs. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm That argument has for its ground-work beggarly assumptions and for its main pillar, reasoning no less beggarly. An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles Bergens Aftenblad declares that the cutting was reckless and the staging almost beggarly. An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway Phalante is a beggarly bankrupt, who thinks himself as rich as Croesus. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 There's some difference between him and a beggarly half-pay Colonel who will very likely have to black the boots to work out his bill. The Passenger from Calais In order to save their pay, they studied economy, which caused them to make a beggarly appearance, and, in the eyes of the white men, they were often contemptibly mean. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself Harry was quite unashamedly afraid to throw the dogs their beggarly half or quarter ration; and but for Beeching, it may be the dogs had starved while food still remained on the sled. Jan A Dog and a Romance Do you think I'm afeard of a beggarly thief-taker and his myrmidons? Jack Sheppard A Romance There's a feast ahead for our brave soldiers, when they come home from this war, that will make your tables look beggarly. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy "But, my darling Kathleen, it is anything but a beggarly farm." The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two What do you stare at?" said M'Clutchy, strongly disposed to vent his malignity on the next object to him; "and, you beggarly scoundrel, what did you say to that? Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Even fate is against you; that fate which has consigned this beggarly representative of wealth to my hands, through your own instrumentality. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One She ran upstairs, and immediately one of the most beggarly, sordid, and pusillanimous knocks that ever spoke of starvation and misery was heard at the door. Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Don't, then, pitch such beggarly comparisons into my teeth. Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One It is not a beggarly journey whereon I have been despatched by those among whom I live. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians I forgot to say that if you write this beggarly devil, Hickman, a sharp letter for money, he may probably save you the trouble of turning him out. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two That, however, is, after all, but natural; and on this very account, curse me, but I shall try and shove the beggarly scoundrel up to the point of his paltry ambition. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One I am a beggar, and cannot consent, in this character, to be made more conspicuous, by being made a beggarly senator. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Crowds of Jews dressed in beggarly fashion, among them women, children, and old men, with remnants of their household belongings lying around them, filled the station of the Brest railroad. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) That argument has for its ground-work beggarly assumption, and for its main pillar, reasoning no less beggarly. Superstition Unveiled She visits the poor with her sister, and gives charities, but she will have no beggarly tricks, and can pick out a hypocrite at his first whining, howsoever clever he may be. His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality What, to a beggarly old huckster and kidnapper! The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Here he is in the common and beggarly world: yet represents he no common beggar; for, though he be often so named, he is one of rare accomplishments. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 No man shall make me believe that this was a rude and beggarly race, compared with those who now shirk and shiver about in canvass frocks and rotten cottons. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. The salaries are beggarly—considerably lower than the incomes of the teachers in the Primary Schools. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union Nor is it possible to be pleas'd with any thing that is very low and beggarly. A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717) A rag is a beggarly fellow, but that will make little better sense here. Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 And the beggarly pittance for which one class of women work becomes the standard of wages for all women, and throws them out upon the world, there to find a sure market. Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future Our reception would seem to be uncordial: we are miserably housed in the heart of the village, which is a beggarly one. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries All this was beggarly toil for a man of genius, but Diderot never took the trouble to think of himself as a man of genius, and was quite content with life as it came. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) There's the beggarly jug, ignoble and base, By adornment of art the Portland vase! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Besides this, Giles fell into that common mistake, that a beggarly looking cottage, and filthy, ragged children, raised most compassion, and of course drew most charity. Stories for the Young Or, Cheap Repository Tracts: Entertaining, Moral, and Religious. Vol. VI. He was too transcendental for The Edinburgh Review, to which he had occasionally contributed, and the payment for Sartor in Fraser's Magazine was beggarly.* The Life of Froude The presents were of course beggarly, consisting of indifferent oranges, wretched plantains, sugarcane of still worse quality, and ghee of an abominable odour. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Tommy was ignominiously beaten, making such a beggarly show that the judges thought it unnecessary to take the essays home with them for leisurely consideration before pronouncing Mr. Lauchlan McLauchlan winner. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood As a contrast, however, to this beggarly benevolence, let us look at the Protestant Charter Schools; to them you have lately granted 41,000l.: thus are they supported, and how are they recruited? Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals The American started; the contrast was too great between the heavy purse and large offers and the beggarly exterior of the applicant. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 Why turn ye back to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage again? Christian Mysticism The unhappy Laure had been forced to unwilling vows to keep her from this beggarly lover, and, when he fled to Spain, both became dead to our ville for long years. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 The patch was an acre and a half in extent—a beggarly, barren region, where the heather thinned away and the black earth shone with water and disintegrated granite. Children of the Mist He turned his great shambling body and heavy face toward the preacher, stemmed in the full tide of his eloquence by this unseemly interruption, "Ye beggarly Scot!" he exclaimed thickly. Audrey Had not the former been a beggarly suppliant at his father's gates, as dauphin? Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 The "moon under her feet," may represent the "beggarly elements" of the Mosaic ritual, sublunary things, or the ordinances which derive all their light from the "Sun of righteousness." Notes on the Apocalypse To desire fame is ignoble; it is a beggarly greed. Hope of the Gospel When business commenced on August 29th, there was a beggarly array of empty benches. Sketches in the House (1893) For six days I tasted the bread of wedlock, enjoying myself like a beggarly bridegroom in the house of a rich father-in-law. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes For I reckon nowt of your furnished houses here and your beggarly apartments there, as you know. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 A few beggarly thousands, which—" "Very well—a few thousands. Queed That Fortune is a beggarly pauper, without a brass farthing. Abbe Mouret's Transgression I would be ashamed to set down all he poured out to me in this beggarly vein, or the very short and grudging answers that I made to him. David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona Watching till their boat disappeared in the gloom, I sought the cabin, and found the table covered with a beggarly array of empty bottles and a confused mass of fragmentary edibles. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The long line of brick stables seemed made up of a beggarly array of empty stalls. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women We walked two and two along the straight roads, and I found one here and one there—but such a beggarly, wretched few, for all one's trouble. Marcella And, with some generous exceptions, in their vague, learned way, betrayed such base, beggarly notions of authorship, that Lombardo could have wept, had tears been his. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II I despise the base, rascally, paltry, beggarly, contemptible Whigs. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841 I traveled over to this hall on the evening of my lecture, and spoke to a beggarly array of empty seats. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy That beggarly Book, were there nothing else, hampers me every way. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I "Perchance thou dost think 'tis but a beggarly inheritance I have here in the Blue Mountains," said she, and sitting down on a haycock, she began chatting with him. Weird Tales from Northern Seas There were fewer bayonets now to breast—a beggarly half-dozen, all told. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians It must have seemed to Mozart and his friends a beggarly sum for the value his Majesty professed to set upon the composer's services to art. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians But at last the beggarly Dutchman came, With his lager and sauerkraut; And wherever that beggarly Dutchman went He made a terrible rout. The American Baron I am glad also to hear that that beggarly misprinted French Revolution is nearly out among you. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I The porter gazed on their patched robes and beggarly aspect and supposed them to be mimics or despised persons. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries I was to imagine absolutely the most important old master in private possession, his for a beggarly price. The Collectors The inhabitants, who are mostly Banians or Hindoos, are poor and beggarly, through the long absence of the court. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time For I believe two thirds of it relate only to that beggarly nation, and their insignificant brangles and factions. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings A beggarly Distortion; that will please no mortal, not even myself; of which I know not whether the fire were not after all the due place! The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I When the new purveyor arrived, he found nothing but "a beggarly account of empty boxes;" and his perambulations in the orchard and garden, for the same reason were equally fruitless. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer Entering it, we were very kindly received by its occupants, who, with a princely supply of civility, possessed but a beggarly array of comforts. What I Saw in California A few beggarly Indians, renegades from the Kiowas and Comanches on the west, annoyed us for the first week, but were easily appeased with a lame or stray beef. Reed Anthony, Cowman My friend Father Simon, and I, used to be very merry upon these occasions, to see the beggarly pride of those people. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) But the streets of the town itself are, as usual, dirty and narrow, and the people of the lower orders more than commonly ragged and beggarly. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 The aspect of the fields to the north of Somers-Town, between that beggarly suburb and Kentish-Town, has been totally changed of late. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 581, December 15, 1832 Yes, she had found her heart and was won—won in spite of the Dunstone dislike to the beggarly title—in spite of Miles’s well-considered cautions—in spite of all her original self. The Three Brides When moving off with the money, he was twitted at as a "mean beggarly Scot," doing for money what no Englishman would. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character The diligent lived well and comfortably and the slothful lived hard and beggarly; and so I believe, generally speaking, it is all over the world. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) It is money, sir, money," he continued, unconsciously rattling the coin in his breeches pocket, "that settles every question at the present day, and our money will bring these beggarly rebels to their senses. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession Her heart did not remain uninterested, but she was never in earnest sufficiently to discover what a thing of beggarly elements the system was, and how incapable of satisfying any childlike soul. Paul Faber, Surgeon People," said he, "I have knocked down a hundred beggarly pandours, who respect neither sex nor infirmity. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 The tattered leaves then dry up and the whole of the tree presents the most beggarly aspect imaginable. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden Take the advice of your new friend here, and cut off my beggarly monthly allowance, too. Round the Block There's as much to do about a beggarly five hundred pounds as though it were fifty thousand pounds. Mr. Scarborough's Family Finally, when I had spent my last cent for a beggarly meal, I saw an advertisement for a teacher in the reform school, and called on a Mr. Atterbury, the trustee. The Gentleman from Everywhere We will make common cause against the whole beggarly nation; and in the meanwhile we intrust thee with this particular quarrel. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 In the officers' quarters was a beggarly array of empty bottles, and a few cases that had contained cigars. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation Yet such an isolated act is surely a carnal and beggarly fulfilment. Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed That you are to cringe at his heels for a beggarly allowance which he has been pleased to bestow upon you without your asking. Mr. Scarborough's Family "Too late," was the chorus, and while he carried home but a beggarly string, the rest rejoiced in our great abundance. The Gentleman from Everywhere Doth he refuse to render to Nicholas Bottom 10 shillings per week when he can get �10 or even �11 for a beggarly play, which is nought unless it be acted? Shakespeare's Insomnia, and the Causes Thereof "How turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage." The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01 Basil to Calvin No one would miss a beggarly monk—and he, Rocca, must live. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 And now the results of all this were becoming apparent: for the financial year just ended the Australian branch had barely earned a beggarly net dividend of seven per cent. Mr. Meeson's Will Why, them old towers will be a-standing there when his beggarly bones is dust, and when his name ain't no more a name; and there'll be one of the old blood sitting in them too. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life Landor.—I do; their sculpture and painting have been employed on most ignoble objects—on scourgers and hangmen, on beggarly enthusiasts and base impostors. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 |
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