I have greater pride in mypoverty and meanness, than I should have in dress and finery.
I do nothing but long to go back again to my poverty and distress, as he threatened I should; for though I am sure of the poverty, I shall not have half the distress I have had for some months past, I'll assure you.
Opposed to this display stood a crowd of poor shivering wretches, with all the marks of poverty and struggle, and, in many cases, of famine and extreme destitution, about them and upon them.
During the time of Austrian rule in Venice, Memmi lived there in poverty and obscurity.
Mrs. Adding how good and great Burnamy had been in this characteristic instance, while Lili waited with the tray to add some pathetic facts about Augusta's poverty and gratitude.
Oh," Burnamy replied in kind, "he buys mypoverty and not my will.
Primarily it is due to poverty and a hard habitat.
In the book of Proverbs idleness is denounced as the cause of poverty and want.
It is another social phenomenon due to poverty and to a specious argument of protection to women in a good position.
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.
A yawning ruin hangs and nods in air:'--Here in one bed two shivering sisters lie, The cave of Poverty and Poetry.
Is it the cause of poverty and misfortune, or have poverty and misfortune caused it?
He assured me {19} over and over again that the family was in a pitiable state ofpoverty and in urgent need of help; and we at once set to work to ascertain the real financial position.
It is none the less true that, of all personal habits, the drink habit stands next to licentiousness as a cause of poverty and degeneration.
Tell him that I prefer a life of poverty and want by his side, to abundance and riches in a splendid palace with that detested creature--but no, say nothing about it, he knows it well!
You will undoubtedly sell your property, and go to Paris, to revel in luxury and pleasure, while your defrauded creditors may, through you come to poverty and want.
The king was very gracious, and among other things, asked me about my life; and as I explained to him my poverty and want, he most kindly promised to help me.
Into many a heathen household has it already carried the blessed light of the gospel--to many a burdened heart has it come to lighten the load of poverty and care.
The story of the success of the lives of Lincoln, of Moody, of Mozart, of thousands of the world's great men is the story of work and hope, of poverty and inspiration.
Two of these had formerly moved in very respectable circles, but now they are in the most miserable state of poverty and disgrace.
Problems of Poverty and Childhood as Affected by Immigration.
And the day following all this theatrical pomp, when the lights and the censers were extinguished and the church had recovered its ordinary aspect, began this miserable life of poverty and intrigue to earn one's bread--seven duros a month!
On my return to Spain, pressed by poverty and persecution, my life has been a hell.
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