Burns in this letter speaks of the pecuniary present which Thomson sent him, in a lofty and angry mood: he who published poems by subscription might surely have accepted, without any impropriety, payment for his songs.
She almost groaned when, pressing him as to his pecuniary means, she found his old terror of debt seemed fading away, and the solid healthful principles he had taken from his village were loosening fast.
Such I conceive to be the character of the present question; were there no pecuniary interest, no individual feeling at stake, I should still conceive it a duty to hold on the present occasion the position in which I now stand.
Remember, that I should consider it a duty to assist you, in any pecuniary difficulties which might result from a defeat.
Hazlehurst himself really appeared better prepared for the misfortune than any of the party; in fact he conceived Mrs. Stanley's position to be more painful than his own, though so much less critical in a pecuniary view.
I have no wish to parade a stoical indifference to the pecuniary interests at stake to-day; they are such as must seriously affect my fortunes for years, possibly for life.
Of the exact pecuniary value of books during the middle ages, we have no means of judging.
They managed the pecuniary matters of the fraternity.
He displayed also great liberality of spirit in his benefactions to Gloucester College, at Oxford, besides great pecuniary aid.
In the monasteries of course the services of the librarian were unrequited by any pecuniary remuneration, but in the cathedral libraries a certain salary was sometimes allowed them.
He informed the town council that he was willing to leave Amsterdam if they would enable him to do so by furnishing him with the pecuniary means.
Lilian was his only child, and would not suffer any pecuniary loss even if there were no will.
Therefore in these guileless minds, with all the pecuniary advantages of extreme penury and forlorn position, the Comedian obtained the respect due to prosperous circumstances and high renown.
Masters, I conceive, are under obligations to act with reference to the comfort and happiness of their slaves; and not solely with a view to their own pecuniary interests.
There are a class among the abolition party, whose leading object ispecuniary gain.
A compliance with your unreasonable demands will materially affect my pecuniary interests.
The liberality of Southern people too often leads them into recklessness in the management of their pecuniary transactions, which frequently results in embarrassment and ruin.
Most men, in this world, consult their own pecuniary interests.
He forgot that Major Bridgenorth was already in possession of a fair third of his estate, and had various pecuniary claims affecting the remainder, to the extent of one-third more.
Even the inferior classes and the merchants of that day, living in or near Kyoto, attached more importance to the dictates of integrity and honor than to questions of pecuniary interest.
He made large pecuniarysacrifices to effect the repairs of the emperor's palace and the reconstruction of one of the principal shrines in Ise.
There were penalties of a pecuniary nature--the exaction of fines, the confiscation of property.
But, neither with regard to the action of the secular princes nor of the Inquisition, is it desirable to over-estimate the significance of the pecuniary penances and penalties suffered by the heretic.
There was no pecuniary sacrifice they would not make to her, to avert such a connexion; but all was fruitless--Kate was resolved to be a viscountess, and her mother was equally determined that she should be rich.
Lady Harriet Denbigh had brought the Baron a very substantial addition to his fortune; and as his sisters were both provided for by ample settlements, the pecuniary distresses which had existed a twelvemonth before had been entirely removed.
Cooper behaved liberally towards his antagonists, so far as pecuniary damages were concerned, though some of them wholly escaped their payment by bankruptcy.
The effect produced on the state of parties by the passage of the shadow of Pecuniary Interest, was so singular as to deserve our notice.
The shadow of vanity and political intrigue will first be deepened by the approach of prosperity, and this will be soon succeeded by the contact of a great pecuniary interest, at 10 h.
It was melancholy to remark how the lustre of the ordinary virtues grew dim, as the period of occultation continued, and the eye gradually got to be accustomed to the atmosphere cast by the shadow of pecuniary interest.
Legislation, during the occultation of the great moral postulate Principle by the passage of Pecuniary Interest, is, at the best, but a melancholy affair.
But certain proof of the prevalence of the eclipse, and that the shadow of pecuniary interest lay dark on the land, was to be found in the language of what are called the "few.
After trying all our united rhetoric, and doubling the amount of the pecuniary offer, Dr.
On its pecuniary penalties, he touched by exhibiting a tax-sheet.
And yet even the teacher may fall from his high estate, and, forgetting his immeasurable responsibility, yield to the temptation to estimate his work by its pecuniary reward.
Rooms should be opened where men can meet with wholesome surroundings and free from the temptations that are ever present where men meet in a room provided by one who has a pecuniary interest in cultivating an appetite for drink.
The pecuniary rewards of the teacher are usually small when compared with the rewards of business.
The official who uses his position to secure a pecuniary advantage at the expense of those for whom he acts is an embezzler of power--and an embezzler of power is as guilty of moral turpitude as the embezzler of money.
But a representative is not liable to knowingly misrepresent his constituents unless he haspecuniary interests adverse to theirs.
He has two temptations to withstand, first, the temptation to substitute his own judgment for the judgment of his constituents, and second, the temptation to put his pecuniary interests above the interests of those for whom he acts.
He hinted that she was involved in pecuniary difficulties; to which Talton's name was annexed.
Pecuniary distresses,' he continued, 'are but the secondary causes of her affliction.
Mission is excellently manned, but suffers much from want of pecuniary support.
Put me down at what you please," said John Effingham, whose charities in a pecuniary sense were as unlimited, as in feeling they were apparently restrained.
The number of instances recorded on the Transactions of the Society, in which that excellent man referred objects of charity to the houses of other members for left-off garments or pecuniary relief is almost incredible.
He lingered under this roof for three weeks, and then, without any professions of gratitude, or offers of pecuniary remuneration, or information of the course which he determined to take, he left them.
Your conduct was not influenced by the prospect of pecuniary recompense, of service, or of gratitude.
He marries far and near, brings planetary eclipses into conjunction with pecuniary penumbras, and his treatise on the perturbations of Mars reveals equal perturbations in his domestic economy.
As sole executrix, she managed with great ability the extensive landed and pecuniary business of the estate.
It is mentioned in the tour to the Hebrides, that M'Donald then contemplated a removal to America, on account of pecuniary embarrassments.
Complete and immediate emancipation is sometimes granted to a slave gratuitously, or for a future pecuniary compensation.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pecuniary" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: capital; economic; pocket; sterling
