| 单词 | beggary |
| 例句 | So he appealed to them, one after another, going from left to right, with open palm, as though his life time had been spent in beggary. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “This was a highly advanced society reduced to beggary by the total nature of the war,” Cornish said. UK museum looks at epic, intimate sides of WWI 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Victims of enclosure could toil as day laborers, work in the woolen industry, or turn to beggary and crime. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “We started our drive against the menace of beggary three months back.” Hyderabad prepares for Ivanka Trump tour with rainbows and lookalikes 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z A Massachusetts official, writing in 1857, informed the state legislature that the Irish immigrant population was characterized by “wretchedness, beggary, drunkenness, deceit, lying, treachery, malice, superstition.” Perspective | Rep. Steve King is half-right. Immigrants really do change America’s culture. 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Let us become one prosperous happy world without poverty, beggary, corruption, selfishness, disparity or inequality. Can U.S. Remain an Island of Stability in the Global Economy? 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z He has expressed his intention of ridding Rome of its superfluous monks, those unattached ones who make life a burden by their importunings and beggaries in Rome. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z And is there a real advance in the condition of the people, not a mere rise out of beggary and starvation? The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z To this contributed in no small degree the insane laudation of poverty by the Franciscans and the merit conceded to a life of beggary by the immense popularity of the Mendicant Orders. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Those who live by beggary are flatterers and liars and detractors and thieves and avoiders of justice. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z "I don't wonder that we have come to beggary," said she, passionately. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Fiercely the flames went up from city and hamlet, and the fugitives sank with fatigue and hunger in the snow, or, escaping beyond the borders, filled the towns of Europe with squalid beggary. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Avery went again to Ireland, and from thence solicited the merchants very strongly, but to no purpose, so that he was reduced to utter beggary. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z While attempting, by means scarcely better than beggary, to obtain transient support, they chanced to call upon the Earl of Bristol, who received them kindly, and expressed great interest in the youthful calculator. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Francis was now fairly embarked on a life of wandering beggary, which he used to so good an account that he was able to restore four churches which were sinking to ruin. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z In Munich, where beggary had been reduced to a system and had become an intolerable curse, he received from all classes multiplied tokens of most grateful regard for his acts of disinterested benevolence. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z I see how ruin with a palsy hand begins to shake this ancient seat to dust . . . beggary of the soul and of the body, as if some vexed spirit had got his form upon him.” William Shakespere, of Stratford-on-Avon His Epitaph Unearthed, and the Author of the Plays run to Ground 2012-03-29T02:00:13.153Z Trash and trumpery is the highway to beggary. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He may be pardoned for hating institutions which reduce every fourth man to beggary, while a great heart beats in his bosom. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Shall these prevent me from telling the people that they are deceived and imposed upon, and that their beggary, and want, and wretchedness, are the consequences of it? The Trial of Henry Hetherington 2012-03-06T03:00:21.680Z And again he cursed the weakness of those who had rendered futile all that he, the bolder spirit, had done, who had consigned themselves and him to failure and to beggary. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Ireland, the land of splendid orators, charming poets, and brave soldiers; the land of ignorance, abjectness, and beggary; measureless in its capacities, stinted in its products, a strange anomaly, a complication of contradictions. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z The whole burden of taxation rested on their shoulders, and so ground down were they by ingeniously multiplied exactions, that thousands of them were reduced to literal beggary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z You'll rob Aldersbury right and left, bring half the town to beggary, strip the widow and the orphan, and put on a smug face! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z It is impossible not to deplore those events which have thus consigned anew these fertile regions to beggary and to barbarism. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z He was only aware that there was another Lord Glandore--who would return his contumely with interest--that his own portion was beggary and a bend-sinister. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The laboring poor sink into the arms of beggary, while surrounded by foreigners who riot in plenty. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z But they produced no impression; the professors were absorbed in theology or something else, and setting their faces with all the sternness of Calvinism against this vile beggary, they kept moving up the mountain path. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z You will frequently find them in want of employment and of food, and reduced in a vast number of instances from the slightest causes to distress and beggary. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z He wanted to take from his own brothers and sisters, wanted to leave his own blood in beggary. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z But you shall not be brought to beggary. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z "And, being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z The social settlements are substituting vital touch for the machine charity that reaped a crop of hate and beggary. A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York 2012-02-11T03:03:42.997Z My indiscretions have reduced me nearly to beggary; but I will perish in confinement —cheerfully perish—rather than owe my affluence to one dishonourable action. Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts 2012-02-06T03:00:17.157Z The restless Spirit of Man, seeking the perfect Truth, tears himself loose from the bride of his youth, Heavenly Faith, and wanders in beggary through the world. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z I know not if I've caught the matchless mood In which impassioned Petrarch sang of thee; But this I know,—the world its plenitude May keep, so I may share thy beggary. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Beggars and kings are in accord; they are all parasites, living on the same blood, stealing the same labor—one by beggary, the other by force. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z To return empty-handed to Tortuga was to be a butt for every sneerer, a victim to unrelenting creditors; to the men beggary, to Pierre a loss of fame and all future promotion. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Many a hardship have we known; Round and round the world we’ve past; Now, our limbs and eye-sight gone, Come to beggary at last! City Scenes or a peep into London 2012-01-20T03:00:10.690Z From the Spanish point of view, on the contrary, it is manual labor, not beggary, that stains the escutcheon. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z In the country, farm labourers begged of travellers, and children were brought up to beggary from their infancy. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Prayer is beggary—an effort to get something for nothing. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z A Jew of Bristol was called upon to furnish such an immense sum, that he refused, declaring that the payment of it would reduce him to beggary. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z Soon after the funeral Sir Robert was borne to the grave and the family reduced to utter beggary. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z The notion was a benevolent one; and it was the favourite scheme, for half a century, to destroy idleness and beggary in England, by setting up manufactories at the public cost. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z He knew he was ruined; to-morrow the world would know it also, and then--beggary stared him in the face, and infamy too. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z It will not be saving Cate and the rest from ruin and beggary, through this braggart brother of mine and his bridge,' burst from ungovernable Rhys. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Over a thousand lives were lost, nearly as many persons were crippled, and three thousand were in a few hours reduced to beggary. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z In the streets, barefooted beggary strikes us, running along in the wet, whining and coaxing. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z He voyaged to divers lands, and trafficked with the merchants thereof to such purpose, that before the year had gone by he was no more in dread of beggary. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z It probably means the difference between affluence and beggary. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z When he had brought her to the verge of beggary he fell into the hands of the police; as he was destined to do again at a later period in his career. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z In perambulating the city one pleasant evening about sunset, he found that the street in which he was walking terminated abruptly against a mass of wretched tenements, apparently the lurking places of vice and beggary. 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 You grow afraid to look in a pretty face or return a civil nod, lest the eternal signal of beggary should make itself manifest. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Of course, my drinking, and everything of that kind, brought my family to want—in fact, to beggary. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z I know that he is in debt, and that leads to beggary.' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z He raised some hundreds of families from beggary, by lending them five pounds a-piece only. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z The poetry, the chivalry, the bright southern romance, the fiery southern valor, have passed away; miserable want and beggary, vagabond recklessness, and sullen, obstinate, threadbare pride, are the remains of fair Italy. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z In the Catholic cantons, beggary exists and is tolerated as a thing of course; yet the Protestant element has everywhere its representation and its influence. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z "He always reminds me of the beggary from which I took him," said Samuel. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z There is nothing of the customary squalidness of beggary about him, but remarkable trimness and cleanliness.—I. Our Old Home, Vol. 2 Annotated with Passages from the Author's Notebook 2011-10-06T02:00:33.843Z And on the obverse side of the medal were two hands clasped upon a beggar’s wallet, with these words writ thereunder: “To the King, faithful even unto beggary.” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z By the dreadful fire in 1666, multitudes of people lost their estates, goods and merchandizes; and many families, once in flourishing circumstances, were reduced to beggary. An Historical Narrative of the Great and Terrible Fire of London, Sept. 2nd 1666 2011-09-22T02:00:23.960Z The door is not thrown open for beggary, ignorance, and rascality to vote themselves, in the shape of their representatives, the first places in outward dignity and efficient power. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z "He bowled like beggary," he concluded, in allusion to the discomfited professional; "but I tell you, old toucher, we were too many measles for him!" Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z But, as it often happens, and more every day, that their fund will not answer half their design, they are forced to undersell it at the first story, and are all reduced to beggary. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z Can you tell us, therefore, why you wear this medal inscribed with these words: ‘To the King, faithful even unto beggary’?” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z The prisoner’s poor wife was reduced to utter beggary. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Yet beggary is very rare in Greece, and this petitioner asked in rather a shamefaced manner, pointing to the little baby on her arm. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z I have known men with salaries of thousands of dollars per year, occupying positions which hundreds would strive a lifetime to attain, come to beggary from drink. Successward A Young Man's Book for Young Men 2011-08-15T02:00:27.860Z Laziness brings with it misery; misery beggary, and beggary is not always satisfied with asking merely—it steals. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z And why, pray, do you, you other noble Lords, seek to be faithful to the King even unto beggary? The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Why should I suffer hunger and cold and disgrace and beggary? The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z Only beggary diminishes, a little discouraged, in our rear. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z De Quincey would describe Spanish beggary as having become elevated to one of the fine arts. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z It is what we call beggary, and it exists in all societies. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z There is no allegation against him of fraud or corrupt bargaining, and indeed, his being in danger of beggary shews that he is not supposed to have made himself a purse. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z The younger brother is the Gentile, the infidel, the pagan apostate, who throws off the parental authority and reduces himself to spiritual beggary. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z There’s beggary in the love that can be reckoned. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The system of beggary prevailing in Spanish countries is very trying to all sensitive travelers. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The same with beggary; it is an anomaly, an unfortunate exception to the rule, and very sad for those who are its victims, but it does not constitute a class. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z There are many more who have come to beggary in the same way. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z There was no beggary, no humiliation, and the people were generous, considering that they had, in many cases, difficult problems of their own. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Where is God's image in this human brute who lands on our shores, full only of the insolence of beggary? Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z He had insisted upon his pound of flesh, though it meant beggary to them all. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z The evils to be dreaded were beggary and contempt. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z "If you wish me to reduce you and your family to beggary, dare to open your lips to me again unless you're spoken to." Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z So, that is my reward for saving you from beggary, is it? Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z A father was not allowed to give a Catholic education to his children; and the child of Catholic parents, if he became a Protestant, could disinherit his brothers, and reduce his father to beggary. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865 2011-04-19T02:00:18.103Z If war does destroy property, reduce individuals to beggary, and impoverish nations, then it is unwise to engage in it. War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ 2011-04-18T02:00:09.590Z The camera had gone to pay for his support during convalescence; and subsequently, reduced to beggary, most of his pictures had gone the same way. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z In this part of the Isle, many of us have been brought within a little of beggary. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z He was wretchedly poor, besides; for on the bills and securities he carried away, many being on eminent houses in America, payment was stopped, and being unable to risk proceedings, he was reduced to beggary. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z What a grand immunity there is in beggary! and Cane and Co. will, I apprehend, if called upon, vouch for me in that character. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Above all, beware of establishing a worship for vagabonds who have no merit but ignorance, enthusiasm, and filth; who have made idleness and beggary their duty and their glory. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z All now is peace and prosperity, and here, as in the neighboring towns, rags, want, and beggary are not found. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Have you come to say you will save Temple from the hammer, or that you choose beggary for yourself and disgrace for your father? The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z That cursed tax, that single and singularly iniquitous tax, that has reduced me to beggary! Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Nothing now between her and beggary but the remains of the cheque for twenty pounds, sent to her by Mr. Rosenberg. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z In the large towns there were depots where the proceeds of their beggary and theft were disposed of. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z It drives millions of workers into the ranks of the unemployed and forces large numbers of them into beggary, vagrancy, and all forms of crime and vice. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z Some cadgers save very considerable sums of money; but these are very few, compared with the great number who live by this trade of beggary. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z Nothing but debauch their minds with idle ceremonies and unscriptural dogmas,—legends, priests, monks and beggary! Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The beggary, the drunkenness, and the depravity, so apparent on every side, appall one. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z The mediator is ever employed when individual courage fails in impudent assurance or insatiable beggary. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Gold, sir, cold; bitter cold for an old man like me—dreary streets, sir, and the lamps out—dark, dark—the dull courts and the foggy alleys—misery—beggary—starvation. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z Thus, a self-supporting workingman would not be obliged to reduce himself to beggary in order to prolong the life of a dying person. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z A fourth, who was comptroller of the royal domains, presented a specious memorial, in which he justified himself for his having reduced twenty families to beggary. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z There is proportionably more beggary in London at this hour than in any continental city. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z For herself it had been easier to die, and for his sake she would not bring the shame of beggary on his babes. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z By birth and breeding a gentleman; idleness, combined with evil inclinations had led him into evil ways, and these, in their turn, had brought him to beggary. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z This, Caius Marius, the great Roman general, found to his cost: That banishment, that jail, Minturn�'s swamps, and the bread of beggary in conquered Carthage, all had their origin in a long life. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z This struck them as dreadful; one might be poor, but to eat dry bread was more than poverty; it was beggary. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z It drives millions of workers into the ranks of the unemployed and forces large numbers of them into beggary, vagrancy and all forms of crime and vice. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z Food is plenty, I allow, but we had no money; and when the question was between beggary or exertion, we merely chose the last. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Was he not the cause of her misery? of her homeless beggary? The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z That was all that interposed between us and the wide republic of beggary. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Warnings are from time to time issued on this subject by those in authority, but the custom is likely to survive so long as it is not ranked outright with beggary. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Still, he had known misery, the slavery of hired labour, to which he had bent his back with crafty subservience; still, he had felt the gnawings of hunger, the bitterness of squalid beggary. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z I asked myself all this again and again as I went out, leaving them at home in a regular state of beggary; for we had come down to the last shilling. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z "He who flings gold away with his hands seeks it with his feet," wandering forth in beggary and want. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources I had no conception of beggary but as extreme misery, and, until now, held them as synonymous terms, from what I had witnessed in Edinburgh in the early part of my youth. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 While he was firm and energetic during the war, at its close he saved the remnant of the race from beggary by securing to them the large tract of country which they now occupy. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands These are a bigoted, useless, and extremely ignorant class, generally possessing just enough inheritance to keep them from beggary, yet who are too proud of their empty titles to adopt any occupation. The Story of Malta Scores of Jewish women were dishonoured, hundreds of men, women and children were slaughtered, and tens of thousands were reduced to beggary and left without a shelter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Their eyes met steadily once—that was all; then the door of the library closed on him; Bertie knew the worst; he was face to face with beggary. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories The four sons of Nicholas Rode were reduced to beggary; the house Bruser sold in order to cheat my father actually belongs to my son-in-law. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Another charitable institution which he called into being was a home for the poor that were reduced to beggary. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 Totally unheeding your future wretchedness, the grasping deceiver deprives you of your property, and without a pang consigns you to beggary and destitution. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 Some women there are who would go with their husbands to beggary—and he's a fine fellow, too, is Fletcher; but not the lovely Marian. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Go to those whom he has reduced to beggary, for instance, to Holt over there. The Progressionists, and Angela. His widow continued his trafficking; she was, however, less cautious, and fell into the hands of scoundrels, who reduced her to beggary. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster I feel at times that if I had been suddenly reduced to actual beggary,—left without a shilling in the world,—there are many ways in which I could eke out subsistence. The Fortunes Of Glencore He has reduced several families to utter beggary, and when he can squeeze nothing more out of them himself, he sells them to the Jews. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. Do you know that there is in existence a paper which, produced in an open court of justice, would reduce you to beggary, and stamp you, besides, as an impostor? Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) "I couldn't bring myself to write Shund's name because he reduced my brother-in-law to beggary--this is what made me select the yellow ticket." The Progressionists, and Angela. The man becomes a dawdler and waiter on chances, and is addicted to the lowest vices; his children grow up worse than he, and make sharpness or crime a substitute for beggary. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them He loves me with an uprightness against which your most venturous self-sacrifices are poor as beggary! Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts He had been visiting his uncle, he wrote, and was on the verge of beggary. Lafcadio Hearn However, he went immediately to Ireland, and from thence solicited his merchants very strongly for a supply, but to no purpose; so that he was reduced to beggary. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day He is resolved to reduce us to beggary as he has done to so many others. The Progressionists, and Angela. It needs time for vice and beggary and filth to degrade childhood. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them He seems to have overlooked beggary, disease, and every form of vice or suffering. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second But he is better than you, for at least he has not brought a wife and family to beggary by his misconduct. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. Why choose beggary in the grave, Of every hope a bankrupt! and for ever? Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes He regretted that circumstances had forced him into what was beyond dispute a refined form of beggary. Thirty There is no importunity or beggary to be encountered in Scandinavia. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia If this plan were ever put into execution, your whole property would be sacrificed, and you reduced to beggary. Edelweiss A Story Dr. Medjora has taken me from beggary, and placed before me a future which would tempt any young man. A Modern Wizard After a time the captured Egyptians were released, and many died in a state of beggary in the market-place at El Obeid. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Nowhere, I should think, can beggary be a more lucrative calling. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. Exile to him would have been beggary and ruin. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 There can be no sneer at a class that can produce men who accept beggary rather than dishonor. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Your equality will yet be to you but equality of misery--your community of goods will bring you to beggary. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist Every penny was extracted from the prisoners by the lash, and all were reduced to complete beggary. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Try as I might to convince myself to the contrary, the effort to borrow money seemed to me, somehow, akin to beggary. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls Had the hand which took away his life been that of some one brought down to beggary by his machinations, a certain amount of sympathy would certainly have been wrung from national feeling. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day At the set time for the disbursement of alms, the mendicants thronged the institution, and, by the liberality of the donors, were encouraged to continue in a life of shiftlessness and beggary. Women of England They were trying to resign themselves to lives of blindness and beggary when someone visited their village who told them of a doctor in Bannu who cured all kinds of eye diseases. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches But the crown did not get a very full haul, for poor Bartie was scarce removed from beggary. Witch Stories His next attempt was with a Portuguese Jew, who offered him employment at a wage that would have meant little else than genteel beggary for him. Long Live the King All this was, perhaps, true; the only pity was that the p�an over our greatness should be also a funeral wail over thousands reduced to beggary and want! Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Hortense is deprived of both her parents, and is left in friendlessness and beggary in the streets of Paris. Josephine Makers of History I was already poor, and with the prospect of being reduced quite to beggary; Elizabeth was sickly, and the serenity of my life was gone. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors It was positively refreshing to get out of the heavy atmosphere charged with Macedoine's grandiose schemes and Mrs. Evans' premonitions of disaster and beggary for herself and Babs. Captain Macedoine's Daughter I still maintain, the really good citizen, the genuine patriot, ought not to suffer himself to be urged by a momentary emotion to support beggary. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels The aristocracy of beggary is evident in this fellow, too; for on one occasion, being offered cold meat and bread by my servant, he rode off, indignantly saying he wanted money to buy cigarritos. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 There was no employment open before her by which she could obtain her subsistence; and it appeared that she and her children were to be reduced to absolute beggary. Josephine Makers of History Will you save your brother from the scaffold, and yourself from beggary and ruin? Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I So Graham thought that, without his sustaining power, you would soon come to beggary—did he? The Lamplighter In spite of many failures she could point to individuals and families rescued from beggary and placed in a position to which it had seemed impossible even to aspire. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind Give me a week on the road, Flemming, and I’ll pen you a poem on beggary that will get warmer praise from you than this has had.” A Prince of Good Fellows Her children, Hortense and Eugene, had been rescued from homelessness, friendlessness, and beggary only by the hand of charity, and were dependent upon that charity for shelter and for daily bread. Josephine Makers of History The abolition of beggary; the institution for the support of the indigent-- P. Coun. The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts They are born with beggary in their mouths, and the British subaltern acts as if he were born to be their victim. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) In consequence of these difficulties great numbers are reduced to a state of beggary and degradation. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind Might it be the dying glare of his friend Needy, who hung himself after the Greenipluck exposé, which reduced him to beggary? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 The records of his life do not show want, beggary, or starvation urging him, but a simple desire to seem greater than he was. Old and New London Volume I When that blow fell on us, when I had implored Brazovics on my knees not to drive us to beggary, it struck me that this man had a wife and child. Timar's Two Worlds And as for what she might have in her hand, it would go for naught with me, though I might have to face beggary without her. Lady Anna I thought I must needs sow my wild oats, and day after to-morrow I pay for them all by total beggary. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 But it’s forty dollars anyway; and to think that two years ago you were almost reduced to beggary!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) Thousands of families," wrote Mr. Broderick to Lord Chancellor Middleton, "will be reduced to beggary. Old and New London Volume I After this fearful blow, which brought us all to beggary, my poor husband one night sent a bullet through his head. Timar's Two Worlds The countess, trembling in view of her dismissal, with its dreadful consequences of disgrace and beggary, threw herself at his feet, bathed in tears, and they were reconciled. Maria Antoinette Makers of History In the end the unfortunate knight was reduced almost to beggary by this mean stratagem. Legends & Romances of Brittany The Highland host came on us in want, and, but for their license to destroy, in beggary. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters Some wear their little merit on their sleeve, Which 'neath the friction of Time's troublous waves, Grows threadbare as the coat of beggary. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems There's not a wounded captive in my train, That slowly follow'd my proud chariot wheels, With half a life, and beggary, and chains. The Revenge A Tragedy There vegetated in the most sordid uncleanliness the subjects of the kingdom of beggary. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 He menaced rebellion in the name of his "counthry," vented bitter hatred against English rule; they spoke of rags, beggary, and pestilence. Shirley Reduced almost to beggary, Franklin felt compelled to furnish him with money to save him from starvation. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series Overawed by the prospect of open shame, of his wife’s disgrace, and his children’s beggary, he cows down, and slinks out of life a frantic suicide. Twelve Causes of Dishonesty Fortune sometimes makes quick despatch, and in a day May strip you bare as beggary itself. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order The poor creatures are therefore forced to sacrifice their chastity, in order to procure clothing; and beggary is the usual resource of those who are old and infirm. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha One hundred and fifty years of outlawry had made the Frochard clan a wolfish breed; battening on crime, thievery and beggary. Orphans of the Storm "And beggary with it," answered the General, bitterly. Mabel's Mistake Monks, as the name denotes, should live solitary; but they swarm in streets and alleys, and make a profitable trade of beggary, to the detriment of the roadside mendicants. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) It was a pity for himself that he did, for he and several others were shot into bankruptcy and beggary, and had to retire one after the other, leaving their cigarettes behind them.” Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I They had escaped from beggary on shore only to perish at sea and to be consigned to a watery grave. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba He had none of the habits which bring men to beggary. Bunyan She stood silent with a pitying face, and believed in all the pretences of beggary which Lucy saw through by natural insight. The Doctor's Family Those who are skilful in finding their holes can thus in a day glean a good harvest, to the detriment of the rats who are thus in their turn reduced to beggary. The Industries of Animals He was minded at times to mention this degrading beggary, but always refrained. The Man Who Wins The weakest must go to the wall—that is the doctrine of England—which thrives by our beggary and lives by our death. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule So must we all, each in his job, if life isn't to turn to beggary. Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) A Tragedy in Four Acts Ruin, beggary, and woe desolated thousands of once happy homes. Henry IV, Makers of History ‘We were ruined and reduced to beggary before,’ they say, ‘and now the gospel is taken from us.’ Leading Articles on Various Subjects There were the Four Corners, and his seat in the Board, and then—beggary. The Man Who Wins If Hervey’s financial enemies knew of his kidnaping and death they would hammer away at his stocks until they fell to nothing and his family, accustomed to fabulous wealth, would have been reduced to beggary. The Mind Master But the buildings of Rome were not burnt, though even senatorian families were reduced to beggary, and the population was diminished through misery and flight, besides those who were carried off to slavery. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I Charity, you say, is a virtue; charity increases beggary, and so far tends to produce a feebler population; therefore, a moral quality tends doubly to diminish the vigour of a nation. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies “Oh! my darling,” he gasped, “I have ruined you; my darling, for whom I would willingly have died, I have ruined and brought you to beggary.” Wee Wifie Sometimes drunkeness appears first, and when the home has been reduced to beggary, crime results. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science As a consequence, a husband may strip his wife, by mere voluntary disposition to strangers, of all claim on his estate after his death, and thus add beggary to widowhood. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Those that had not some recognized trade were compelled to labor incessantly for insufficient wages, and many were forced into beggary and crime. Patrician and Plebeian Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion I often read essays of which the weakness seems to be that while they purpose to establish equality, they give no real reason for holding that it would not be an equality of beggary. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Lords, princes, noblemen—the entire country, in fact—are ruined, reduced to beggary, for the particular reason that God's gifts are so inhumanly wasted and destroyed. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost Humanity shut its eyes in view of the hideous apparition of wan and haggard beggary and crime. Madame Roland, Makers of History Very little of poverty or beggary is to be seen by the wayside during a tour through Norway. The Land of Thor The specks upon the green were nothing to him—those dots of color moving swiftly across the scene, how odd to think that they might bring riches or beggary in their train! Aladdin of London or, Lodestar In the absence of trade there is a proportionate amount of idleness; and that idleness, in its turn, breeds beggary, vagabondism, and crime. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Poor men's sons can, if they are steady and industrious and clever, rise in the world; rich men's sons can come down to beggary. A Chapter of Adventures The degraded Assembly obeyed the mandate of the mob, and marched into the streets, where they were hugged in the unclean arms and pressed to the foul bosoms of beggary, and infamy, and pollution. Madame Roland, Makers of History Strange to say, this was the only place during my rambles through the interior in which I saw any thing like beggary. The Land of Thor This brings beggary, trickery, and quarrelling, and ends in settled craft. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Here, too, you miss that universal beggary and vagabondism that disfigure and pollute all the other countries of the Peninsula. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge You would have been sued by your stock-broker, and—who knows what wretchedness was awaiting us?—perhaps absolute beggary in obscure lodgings, and our daily bread purchased with money begged from our friends. The Scarlet Feather There is no quarter of the city exempt from this pest of beggary. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Through your extravagance, and your husband’s misfortunes, you are brought to beggary. The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. The farming classes were not reduced to beggary; on the contrary, they soon felt that, so far from having anything to dread, they had very much good to expect from the extension of railways. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson But the grand resource is beggary, especially from foreigners; and if a beggar earn a penny a day, he will make a shift to live. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Oh, let him go, though it be utterly My death, or flight from Thebes in beggary. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes It will be seen that some of the artifices of beggary in that day were very similar to those with which we are now but too familiar. Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc He besought that he might not be reduced to utter beggary, and he did his best to retain the Duchy of Cornwall and his estates at Sherborne. Raleigh These medals bore, on one side, the effigy of the king, and on the other, two hands joined over a wallet, with the inscription: "Faithful to the king even to beggary." Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day And the Papal States, lapsed into more than primeval sterility, overrun by brigandage and beggary, are the picture of what Britain would be under the Papacy. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Irreverence more complete I have not seen even in Italy, nor beggary more shameless. Appearances Being Notes of Travel When Francis humiliated himself before his conqueror after Austerlitz, his mien was distant and his salute haughty; the miserable King of Prussia was, like him, dignified and severe even in his beggary. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) At all events none of them need have on his conscience the beggary of that unfortunate person. The Explorer He gives him that which is established and well known as a source of no good, but as tending to produce beggary and wretchedness. Select Temperance Tracts It would mean ruin, absolute ruin and beggary for us both," said Mr. Darrell, "if I were to allow a single stranger, young or old, of even ordinary intelligence, to visit this place. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines That poor young girl was, while yet a child, not wholly lost and wicked, rescued from a life of sin and beggary by some good kind friends, whom God will bless for ever and ever! Stories of Many Lands Others, with less beggary of the question, affirmed that the principles were negative rather than positive. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures At any rate, it would be better that this great sorrow should not be allowed so to cloud everything as to turn industry into idleness, and straitened circumstances into absolute beggary. The Vicar of Bullhampton Every thing in those fine countries seems to be boasting and beggary. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Refined by education and travel, the planters of the region about Port Royal made up a courtly society, until war burst upon them, and reduced their estates to wildernesses, and themselves to beggary. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 All my poor people, all the hands now actively employed in this spot, would again pine away and be condemned to beggary and sloth. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Let him read them, let him blush for his arrogant temper and his pretentious beggary. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Fifteen hundred a year in such a house would mean genteel beggary, he told himself despondently. Vixen, Volume II. I saved this man from beggary, Fall; I took the dog out of the gutter, and I gave him a chance when he had already forfeited his life. The Secret House That Nature is a Phantasm, where cunning beggary or thievery may sometimes find good victual. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. Fortunes were swept away, individual credit ruined, and families brought to beggary by this reckless system of surety. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage This was so firmly acknowledged that it saved him in many a severe pinch, and shielded him from indifference, beggary, and defeat. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England And even this genteel beggary would be contingent on his wife's life. Vixen, Volume II. One would think," said his lordship, "that you would be glad to have the means of securing your mother from beggary. The Bertrams "Good Heaven!" he would exclaim, "what wild visions of prodigies of wickedness, want, and beggary arose in my mind out of that place!" The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete Early in 1604, all Jesuits and seminary priests were banished; the recusancy fines and arrears were soon after stringently exacted, and many Roman Catholic families almost reduced to beggary. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot The monks' life of idleness and beggary was not only a heavy drain upon the resources of the people, but it brought useful labor into contempt. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan The Folly of Competition.—We live under a ruinous system of competition instead of co-operation, in which the weakest sink into poverty, beggary, disease, crime, and suicide. Buchanan's Journal of Man, March 1887 Volume 1, Number 2 "We are too much afraid of what we call beggary," said Adela. The Bertrams Nor was this all—for to fill his coffers the Duke of Alva established a system of taxation that if carried out would reduce to beggary every man, woman and child in the Low Countries. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. We had never turned any away, for beggary was rare enough in Kem, and no sane person ever resorted to it except in the sorest extremes of need. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner Lord Brougham objects to the railroad mania, on account of the beggary to be induced when the employment they give rise to is over. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 If he would not, or could not, secure justice for his old ally, Cecil had no desire to see him reduced to beggary. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography How many tears will be shed, how many will be left in beggary! The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Well, I see nothing but bloodshed and beggary staring us in the face. A Confederate Girl's Diary Yet no hand was held out to me in beggary at or around Airolo. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Don Diogo escaped hanging, but was reduced to abject beggary, for he had not even the means of leaving Sierra Leone, and very soon afterwards was found dead on the beach. The Three Midshipmen I am now almost reduced to beggary myself, and whatever I can get hold of is given to the children, so that they may enjoy themselves. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship There was thus danger that the children would be turned in beggary into the streets. Hortense Makers of History Series She is a State and yet in beggary. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 The grip of beggary leaves a mark on such a character as De Maistre’s which no prosperity of after days effaces. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre My money, my letters, every thing that stood between me and beggary were in the purloined trunks. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy These opposite injunctions are summed up in the wise man's prayer, who says, “Give me neither beggary nor riches, give me only the necessaries of life.” The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary. Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 The town rang with anecdotes of their rags, beggary, and quarrels; ballad-singers made merry at their expense, and the stage resounded with uncomplimentary allusions. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce When the cares of beggary come suddenly upon a man in middle life, they burn very deep. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre Among the latter, beside the blind and helpless, many able-bodied men make beggary their profession. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 To promote an important public measure, we may deliberately break down our health, spend our private fortune, and reduce ourselves to helpless beggary. Practical Ethics On the other hand, they soon became very troublesome by their beggary, which was kept in bounds by no feeling of self-respect. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II O, you wicked child, by your ungrateful course of life you have brought me to beggary in my old age; cruel boy! Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk If two parties got into a controversy about such a question as whether Christ and his apostles lived by beggary, they understood that the victorious party in the controversy would burn the defeated party. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals I took him from beggary when he was a child. Romola "Don't let his children come to beggary because men like that choose to rob the widow and the orphan." Miss Mackenzie They forget the thousands, and tens of thousands, who in making the attempt, have reduced themselves to beggary. The Young Man's Guide This potent spirit, at the nod of our Prosperos, the cotton-planters, would arrest every loom and spindle in New England, destroy her wealth, and reduce her population to beggary. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War The Franciscans, in order to establish the primitive character of their system, asserted that Christ and his disciples lived by beggary in absolute renunciation of property. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals He had to wait for knowledge and opportunity, and while he waited he must have the means of living without beggary. Romola "To Charlotte it certainly would be almost beggary." How It All Came Round Men of immense wealth have, in some instances, entered gambling houses, and in the short space of an hour have found themselves reduced to absolute beggary. The Young Man's Guide From this misfortune he had been obliged to sell, little by little, all he possessed, to live, and was reduced almost to beggary. Italian Popular Tales The social consequences were so great that this view of poverty and beggary is perhaps the most important consequence in the history of the mores which go with the ascetic philosophy of life. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals That story about my being rescued from beggary is the vision of a diseased brain. Romola The total loss of his intellect followed; he was reduced to absolute beggary, and finally spent his last miserable hours in an hospital for lunatic mendicants. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Think how many families have been plunged by it in beggary, and overwhelmed by it in vice. The Young Man's Guide "Alas for me!" cried the priest; "in a few weeks he will reduce me to beggary." Italian Popular Tales “When I say ‘beggary,’ you know what I mean. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters What a jolly philosophy is his about the delights of beggary! A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III The thrice three Muses, mourning for the death Of learning, late deceased in beggary, is stated to be the theme of one of the dramatic entertainments wherewith it is proposed to celebrate Theseus’s marriage. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles With the fall of the capital their dollars dwindled to dust; four years of crime had resulted in beggary; still, with grasping palms, they adhered to their valueless paper, bearing it away. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War It seemed as though they were slipping week by week, day by day, deeper into the black depths at the bottom of which was actual beggary. The Fighting Shepherdess Well, when I was reduced to beggary, I had reached the lowest ebb. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters He was a shrewd man, and evidently well educated; he had been reduced to beggary by his excesses, and being too proud to work, he had not been too proud to commit forgery. Diary in America, Series One It was a mad fantastical trick of him to steal from the state, and usurp the beggary he was never born to. Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] There could be no crop harvested for a twelvemonth, and beggary looked them in the face. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War Kind friends, come and take me away ere I am reduced to beggary. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Fragonard, who had been the darling of his age, died in neglect and beggary. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. Princess Bethel was very miserable indeed, and taxed her subjects until they were all reduced to beggary in order to get the money to give him. The Enchanted Island For know, your father will redeem some wretch From rags and beggary to be your wife, Rather than see your ruin with Glycerium. The Comedies of Terence But she did not say it weeping, or as a beggary. The Burning Bridge Cooper denied all such words, but Cooper was a protestant and a heretic, and therefore he was hung, drawn and quartered, his property confiscated, and his wife and nine children reduced to beggary. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs You are keeping us in beggary and starvation. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 I wholly sacrificed myself to Thee, even earnestly begging Thee rather to reduce our family to beggary, than suffer it to offend thee. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon And let him go; go where he will; much rather Than here by his extravagance reduce His father to distress and beggary. The Comedies of Terence Rome was full of contrasts, wealth and beggary, beauty and squalor, the palace of Caesar, and the haunt of vice and shame, were close together. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles He published a treatise against able beggary, in which he lashed the friars, and proved that they were not only a reproach to religion, but also to human society. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs "And what recompense would his kind thoughts be to you," said Sandford, "were he to turn you out to beggary?" A Simple Story Already, they say, hundreds of respectable persons had been reduced almost to beggary by the precarious condition of the planting interest. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Johnson further informed Mrs. Thrale that he did not delight in talking much of his family: “There is little pleasure,” he says, “in relating the anecdotes of beggary.” Immortal Memories One can only reduce one’s victim to a beggary like one’s own.” The Daughters of Danaus The skipper whom we rescued this afternoon, along with his wife, told me that he has been reduced to beggary. Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman No; of the whole business, and the Getalls were reduced to comparative beggary. The Island Queen It is observed in almost every part of the world but ours; and prevents that populace of beggary which disgraces Europe. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 And I think that she even might be induced to see that the organ-grinder is following an honest trade, pitiful as it be, and not exercising a "fearful beggary." Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches Then, let what will happen, your daughter will not be left to beggary.” Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend In eighteen years, I thank God, I ruined my three opponents, and they all died in beggary. Rattlin the Reefer “Most certainly not; but when you mentioned the two evils, Mr Hautaine, I appeal to your honour, did you not refer to marriage or beggary?” The Three Cutters Every family constantly assisted its branches to save them from being reduced to beggary; which to them appeared worse than death. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 “Do you, then, mean to leave us here in rags and beggary, while you are amusing yourself in London?” replied Mrs Rainscourt, with asperity. The King's Own “What beggary is there in being guests, my young gentlemen?” said the master of the house. The Armourer's Prentices And oh, I can’t abide to see you throw away health and strength, and your good name and all, for the sake of that wretched drink as’ll bring you to misery and beggary and shame. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found She is spurned at every door and reduced to beggary. Brazilian Tales The indiscriminate hand of vengeance has lumped together innocent and guilty; with all the formalities of hostility, has blocked up the town of Boston, and reduced to beggary and famine thirty thousand inhabitants.... The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 At one moment, he would have recalled her—the next beggary stared him in the face, and his diabolical resolution was confirmed. The King's Own But this was not sufficient for me, unless I could submit to see my son exposed to beggary. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. With all its wisdom, will it not be reduced to beggary and starvation? The New Society But that was no distinction in Yuchovitch; the whole village was poor almost to beggary. The Promised Land "So beggary a house," wrote one of the officers, "I never see." Highways and Byways in Sussex At present the bulk of the community subsist by beggary. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala This humour61 fills several parts of Europe with pride and beggary. The De Coverley Papers From 'The Spectator' At another time they were rescued from their extremity only by the kindness of their friend, the Baroness Waldstätten, who intervened just in time to save them from beggary. Woman's Work in Music Do not speak lightly, my daughter, of that which must reduce many from affluence to beggary. Evenings at Donaldson Manor Or, The Christmas Guest My persecuting enemies seem so many pismires; and as for my debts, which have occasioned me so many brooding moments, honour and infamy, credit and beggary, seem to me alike ridiculous.' Ixion In Heaven The fair-seeming bubble burst, and the rich man of one day found himself on the morrow virtually reduced to beggary. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Pride and luxury they do devour, Do devour house keeping quite; And soon beggary they do beget, Do beget in many a knight. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide He was fully prepared for misery, beggary and his family blood attainted and rendered infamous to the last generation by the English law. The American Revolution and the Boer War, An Open Letter to Mr. Charles Francis Adams on His Pamphlet "The Confederacy and the Transvaal" Felix had not failed to make enemies in the Brickfields by his youthful intolerance of idleness, beggary, and drunkenness. Cobwebs and Cables A few years later, the country was over-run by a brood of Italian usurers who battened on the inhabitants, reducing many to beggary. London and the Kingdom - Volume I The moralist declaims against it as the source of irregularity, and the frugal citizen dreads it more than bankruptcy itself, for he considers it as the parent of extravagance and beggary. Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies The peasants who cultivate some parts of the plain come from distant villages, and fever, filth, and beggary reign in Ephesus. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity It appears a point of some mystery to the present writer that Bernard Shaw should have been so long unrecognised and almost in beggary. George Bernard Shaw If the great man in a Republic cannot win office without descending to low arts and whining beggary and the judicious use of sneaking lies, let him remain in retirement, and use the pen. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Better for them to enter into this life maimed of strength, she thought, by meager food, than tainted with the taint of beggary. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 Very soon after his installation they were reduced almost to beggary by the bankruptcy of their employers. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology They closed their chamber-doors, and waited in hunger and sorrow for the moment when the sky should be their shelter and beggary their craft. Bohemian Days Three American Tales Now, however, these luckless descendants of a fallen house, shorn of all power, and some of them reduced even to beggary, proclaim, in their distress, the consequences of the abominations which their progenitors have perpetrated. The Promised Day Is Come Pretence and grimace and sordid beggary for votes will some day cease to avail. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry All he could see in the dervishes was their tufted beards, and their palms-up religion of beggary. Memorials of the Faithful I trust you as I trust the stars; Nor cruel loss, nor scoff, nor pride, Nor beggary, nor dungeon bars, Can move you from my side. The Dog's Book of Verse For this offence, he was summoned before the marshal's court; was fined, as having opprobriously defamed the nobleman's crest, by calling the swan a goose; and was in effect reduced to beggary. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell The reformed clergy in Scotland had at that time a very natural reason for their ill humor; namely, the poverty, or rather beggary, to which they were reduced. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. The convents formerly were a support to the poor; but at the same time tended to encourage idleness and beggary. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary Each man is to enjoy about four hundred births on earth, poetic justice leading him successively through all the grades and phases of fortune, from cripplehood and beggary to paragonship and the throne. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Here together are associated, and made hereditary, poverty, ignorance, idleness, beggary, and vagrancy. Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions But I looked upon beggary as, in all ordinary cases, prima facie evidence that there was something wrong behind it. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter He remained a long time in custody; and the fine, though it reduced him to beggary, was rigorously levied upon him. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. So I counted up my letter of credit and found I had exactly six hundred and seventy-one dollars, American money, between me and beggary. The Prairie Wife They were reduced to beggary and had to go forth daily upon the streets in search of stray bones and refuse that decent dogs and cats turned up their noses at. A Chinese Wonder Book This harsh measure was immediately put in execution; and the miserable inhabitants of Nova Scotia were, in one instant, reduced from ease and contentment to a state of beggary. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Time was passing, an hour or two more would end the knight's grace, only a narrow space of time lay between him and beggary. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality It bringeth the general profit into a private hand, and the end of all this is beggary and bondage to the subjects. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. It constituted the whole patrimony of a worthy and excellent family, and the loss of it reduces them to beggary. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 To constitute a mortal sin of neglect, it is not necessary that a parent be in the extreme of privation and beggary. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals To think that you will allow yourself to be robbed, and permit the dear boys to be reduced to beggary, for a mere crochet—it is too bad. A Crooked Path A Novel I who have adventured in this voyage all I am worth, and more; who, if I fall, must return to beggary and scorn? Great Sea Stories This man, at the time, was piercing heaven itself with the cries of despondency, despair, beggary, and ruin. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) My father would easily be moulded to her purpose, and that act easily extorted from him which should reduce me to beggary. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 For, if beggary be not able to beat out pride, it cannot deserve charity. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Families, bred in opulence and luxury, were reduced to beggary. The Last Man Their reward was jealous rivalry that reduced them to beggary; injustice that compelled them to renounce allegiance to two crowns; obloquy during a lifetime; and oblivion for two centuries after their death. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark Now, he has continued two years longer in their service, and he is reduced to beggary! The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) “It has always seemed to me like sheer beggary.” An Alabaster Box In short, I saw not one single house, in the best town I travelled through, which had not manifest appearances of beggary and want. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Philanthropy is left to voluntary effort; but the list of charities is so great, and so widely spread over the whole country, that one would think wholesale beggary would be superfluous. Spanish Life in Town and Country What though the heart be purer than the snow which covers the mountain tops, can they ever claim a position among the favorites of fortune, when accompanied by beggary? The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution It was said, by an author belonging to the last century, of alchemy, “that its beginning was deceit, its progress labour, and its end beggary.” Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher Cairo is in such a state of beggary that all educated young men have fled. Letters from Egypt Many families as well as individuals were by this calamity not only bereft of friends, but of their property—some reduced to a state of comparative beggary. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 Put on the oldest, raggedest clothes you can find," he said to her, "and tie an old handkerchief over your head so't you'll look as beggary as possible. The Story of Dago See this!" she said, turning to the men, "see the result of beggary and starvation. The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution With her usual duplicity she bitterly upbraided the minister who had advised it, and throwing Davidson, her secretary, into the Tower, fined him 10,000 pounds, the payment of which reduced him to beggary. The Leading Facts of English History He must support his family, though he cannot do so, whence come beggary, deceit of all sorts, ending in fully developed craftiness. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 A population amongst whom gambling and beggary are encouraged by their spiritual and temporal rulers is not likely in other respects to be a virtuous or a moral one. Rome in 1860 Sir Robert died soon afterwards, and left his family in utter destitution, his wife dying in absolute beggary. Strange Pages from Family Papers His punishment is the just reward for his iniquities, and we record almost with regret that he is not reduced to abject beggary. The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution I have fed you and clothed you and taught you; I have kept you from beggary and made you what you are. The Survivor But the beggary of these men has a peculiar character. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 The estate was made over to him; and he put on score after score of dustuk bearers, who soon reduced Pertab Sing to utter beggary. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II Decreed, that the convention will efface the name of beggary and poverty from the annals of the republic. Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death From that day forward he became poorer and poorer, until he was reduced to absolute beggary.” Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers But reducing whole communities to beggary was not wise, so a better way was discovered, and one which entailed no disastrous economic results. A Short History of Russia The poor-rates are insufficient, vastly insufficient; the philanthropy of the rich is a rain-drop in the ocean, lost in the moment of falling, beggary can support but few among the crowds. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 I don't think a successor should be urged upon them in the present state of beggary to which they are reduced. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II As she did, the marks of age and beggary fell from him and the man stood up as tall and noble looking. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Blind among enemies, O, worse than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation The fact that this would have consigned about half the established clergy to beggary does not trouble him; nor were they likely to be greatly troubled by a proposal so sublimely impracticable. Life of John Milton Moreover, I have a pair of strong arms and some book learning; and I trow I need never sink to beggary. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot He had his brother, maternal uncle, and a servant killed by Lonee Sing, and is now reduced to beggary. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II They placed Ernst under the ban of the empire, and thus deprived him of rank, wealth, and property, reducing him by a word from high estate to abject beggary. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German Little as that capital is, yet thousands are reduced to absolute beggary for want of it; their industry finding no means of exertion. 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 Ah, of how many beautiful things have we robbed God in our beggary! Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition For laughter sin has brought horror; for munificence, beggary; and for heaven, hell. Jacob Behmen an appreciation Shame, beggary, and imprisonment, unpitied misery, the stings of conscience, and the curses of mankind shall make life hateful to him—till at last, his own hand end him. The Gamester (1753) He would have been reduced to beggary but for Hofer's son, who had received a fine estate from the emperor, and who engaged him as his steward. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German But beggary is nothing like so frightful an evil as I had anticipated. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One You can see them hanging about the depots and the grogeries and rum shops of the railway towns, degenerate, diseased, reduced to beggary and petty thievery. The Gun-Brand They then, with eight others, their property being confiscated, in utter beggary, were driven as vagabonds from the kingdom. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Why, live to shame then, to beggary and punishment. The Gamester (1753) It is true, we have accompanied him with pain and pity to penury, rags, and beggary—unreformed, unrepenting, hardened, shameless, desperate. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three It's a great trial, I know; but any change is better than to remain here till we come, like so many others, to beggary. The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Honest Solomon defrauded her out of the money, and had the satisfaction of reflecting that he reduced her and her family to beggary. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two They aimed to reduce the king to beggary, by calling in question a third part of his revenue, contesting his prerogative in levying his customs. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions These alternatives, unless he is supported by his family or relations, resolve themselves into the Union, beggary, or theft. Crime and Its Causes He and his family were once more reduced to absolute beggary, until in the course of events they found a poorhouse to receive them. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three I like my profession, but I can't be expected to care for the beggary which accompanies it. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town Maltreated, plundered, reduced to beggary, put to shame, slandered, and dispirited, the Jews have been cast out of the community of human beings. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) A perfect equality will, indeed, be produced,—that is to say, equal want, equal wretchedness, equal beggary, and, on the part of the partitioners, a woful, helpless, and desperate disappointment. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) It has been pointed out in the preceding chapter that the offences people, in a state of destitution, are most likely to commit are beggary and theft. Crime and Its Causes Among others, was the death of his former landlord, and the removal of the agent who had driven him to beggary. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three But they only produce misery to those who nurse them at home, or exile, beggary, and in the end confiscation, to those who are so impatient as to remove from them. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) Their destitution, amounting to beggary, has been firmly established and definitely affixed to them. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) As little do I mean to hazard any opinion concerning his ways and means, financial or political, for taking his country out of its present disgraceful and deplorable situation of servitude, anarchy, bankruptcy, and beggary. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) One of the principal reasons which makes beggary such a profitable occupation, and renders it so hard to repress, is the persistent belief among great numbers of people that beggars are working men in distress. Crime and Its Causes I cannot let you bring me to beggary, because it would also involve you. Verner's Pride On the contrary, they are kept in a state of obscurity and contempt, and in a degree of indigence at times bordering on beggary. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) By the order of General Weyler they were reduced to beggary. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 30, June 3, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls How I despise these wretches, and how I, above all things, enjoy their ruin, and anticipate their utter beggary! 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. We had been reduced to beggary by misfortunes, and I had become too weak and ill to work. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Their behaviour was modest and rather bashful, nor were we assailed by beggars and importunate intruders, as at the latter place, where beggary seemed quite the fashion, and proved very troublesome to us. Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh Undertaken to Explore the Coast, and Visit the Esquimaux in That Unknown Region And here it may be noted, as a fact nationally characteristic, that however desperately reduced at times, even to the sewers, Israel, the American, never sunk below the mud, to actual beggary. Israel Potter This business was, however, merely a pretense; the main object being beggary. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, Dungeons, or beggary, or decrepit age! Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations Only about five thousand persons escaped out of thirty thousand, and these were reduced to beggary and wretchedness by the loss of their dearest relations and their property. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official It was a common one: Ill-health, a vagabond son, his earnings all gone, no work, and finally beggary. Idle Hour Stories He replied that beggary would be the consequence. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader The tulip mania reduced, however, so many to beggary that it came as a stern warning. History of Holland "The thrice three Muses mourning for the death Of learning, late deceas'd in beggary,"— That is some satire, keen and critical. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations I found in Arkadelphia two blind gentlemen, who were prosperous merchants; and to me, this spoke volumes for a community who would so generously sustain the afflicted rather than allow them the condescension of beggary. The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl By further inquiries, he learns that the son is discarded, and is, with his wife, consigned to beggary, for fear of—“what will the world say?” Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 2, 1841 To listen to the vapid joke of his worship on the crime of beggary! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 14, 1841 Oh! you wicked child, by your ungrateful course of life you have at last brought me to beggary and ruin. Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know Beads, cutlery, and trinkets, had been received from the coast; but the beggary of the nobles for those things was perpetual and intolerable. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 One of the most deplorable results of blindness is the fact that so many of its victims condescend to the degradation of beggary, thus bringing disgrace upon those who try to make an honorable living. The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl Writs of ejectment were then tried; and the Irish poor had their choice between the Bible and beggary—but they chose beggary. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 The moment the strain of perpetual beggary was taken from him, the physical ruin which the terrible blow of the stone, the subsequent illness, and the ensuing poverty and wretchedness had wrought, became manifest. The Redemption of David Corson For a married couple it would be beggary. My Friend Prospero How I came to be reduced to a position little better than beggary is not known by any of you, for I have studiously avoided airing my troubles to any one. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin By ending these incessant wars ere they be aware, you shall bereave them both of force and beggary, and make them weak and wealthy. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times And I'm very fond of Dad," continued the wise child; "but the longer I live the more I don't see as one man can bring another to beggary unless the other man helps. Hocken and Hunken Evermore caring for thy poor blind head, Roving in beggary, so young, with no man To marry her,—a mark for all mischance. The Seven Plays in English Verse "Never despair," "Nothing without labour," "He who spends all he gets, is on the way to beggary," "Time lost cannot be regained," "Let industry, temperance, and economy be the habits of your lives." Thrift In an effort to retrench, my fortune was consumed, and from a position of affluence I descended to beggary, and had to join the ranks as an employee. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin The hovel was a squalid, beggary thing that might have been built over night somewhere back in the dark ages. Truxton King A Story of Graustark They might turn us from this shelter, true; they might leave us nothing but charity or beggary, that is sure enough. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Expelled from the Exchange with all the sequelae of bankruptcy,—shame, beggary! Mercadet A Comedy in Three Acts Far better for thee and it that it were not born and you never revered as mother, than that you should nourish it for spiritual beggary here, and for the eternal burnings hereafter! The Christian Home Parents sometimes when they have gotten one, or two, or three children, fear to give birth to any more, lest they reduce the rest to beggary. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) "No, my dear," said the old man; "to give lavishly without discrimination is to put a premium on beggary and to subject yourself to imposture." Gordon Keith "No one knows the misery and the beggary inflicted on me by the foxes that Bill encourages about the place!" Mount Music I shall assert all kinds of authority in my house, Miss Vernon, and you'll be in a constant state of beggary yourself. Nedra The confiscation of German property was duly carried out—not only public property, but private property also, so that the Germans in China were suddenly reduced to beggary. The Problem of China Will you interpose and frustrate that hope, leaving to many families nothing but beggary and despair? The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) From the external genteel appearance of a house, the stranger would be tempted to think the inhabitant possessed at least a thousand pounds; but, if he looks within, he sees only the ensigns of beggary. An History of Birmingham (1783) A sympathetic imagination enabled her friends to realise the misery and beggary which Mrs. Kirby's exceedingly cheerful and prosperous appearance concealed. Mount Music The cholera was behind him: trouble, beggary perhaps, was before him. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 I am too old to face beggary after living a life of luxury. Mischievous Maid Faynie Lives he still in honour and comfort among my people, or has he been driven into beggary by violent men, now that he is old and I am not near to aid him? Stories from the Odyssey Where labour is prohibited for nearly a fourth of the year by the intervention of holidays, and thus idleness is turned into a sacred merit, the nation must prepare for beggary. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 ULF We make you welcome to our town, upon which an evil has fallen, the days being bad for beggary. Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsay In his old age he was reduced to poverty, or rather to actual beggary; for shortly before his death, when fourscore years old, he was permitted, by royal letters patent, to become a mendicant. Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850 I am no longer so desperately poor as I have been for twelve years back; sentence of starvation or beggary seems revoked at last, a blessedness really very considerable. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I In a word, the cohort of beggary yielded utter subserviency to this remarkable leader. The Son of Clemenceau That Nature is a Phantasm, where cunning, beggary or thievery may sometimes find good victual. Past and Present He fell into a melancholy, apprehending that his wealth would be taken from him and that he would come to beggary. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists To what are the increasing beggary and discouraged exertions of the present period owing? The American Frugal Housewife And who, allow me to ask, lifted you out of beggary and secured your happiness? Love It was not without good reason that the agelong experience of the simple people teaches that beggary and prison are ills none can be safe from. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories They were cheated out of their small possessions and were driven to beggary or plunder. In the Footprints of the Padres But the blind eleemosynary spirit inculcated by the Romish church is notoriously the cause, not the cure, of beggary and wickedness. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries "Most certainly not; but when you mentioned the two evils, Mr Hautaine, I appeal to your honour, did you not refer to marriage or beggary?" Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 Ruin, squalor, and beggary now stalks through those once fair lands. History of Kershaw's Brigade These feasts are as utterly disproportioned to the means of the givers as the Irish wakes which reduce whole families to beggary. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern This affair was pompously announced in all the newspapers while I was nearly reduced to beggary. Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 You could have ascertained the parsimony of the wealthy only through the medium of your own beggary; otherwise to him who lays covetousness aside the generous man and miser seem all one. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 But Pitt was well aware of the serious embarrassments by which Burke was so pressed that he saw actual beggary very close at hand. Burke I trust you as I trust the stars; Nor cruel loss, nor scoff of pride, Nor beggary, nor dungeon-bars, Can move you from my side! Voices for the Speechless Perhaps he would make his fortune there, while Joe, whom he had so swindled, might, within three days, be reduced to beggary. Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake He held beggary of all descriptions in strong contempt, and seemed to think that, in this country, want and fault are synonymous. Famous Americans of Recent Times |
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