My dear, pray do not call yourself by such distressing names,' pleaded Miss Harriet, gently. ' Oh ! I don't call myself a spendthrift. I call myself generous, indifferent to base considerations of pounds, shillings, and pence ; superior to the love of... The Wages of Sin: A Novel - Стр. 128авторы: Lucas Malet - 1891 - Страниц: 595Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| 1826 - Страниц: 590
...money ; as if this were all that is ever due from one man to another. — This error is probably owing to the love of money, which is the root of all evil, iind never fails to germinate in every selfish heart. It is not strange, that those who serve Mammon,... | |
| John Scott - 1826 - Страниц: 490
...conscience, doth very much expose them to apostasy from true religion into gross and impious errors. Thus to the love of money, which is the root of all evil, the apostle attributes men's erring from the faith, 1 Tim. vi. 10. And that which exposed those silly... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - Страниц: 618
...if they have none, they are tempted to steal or get by some unlawful means. And so it tempteth them to the love of money (which is the root of all evil) because they love the lust which needeth it. 5. And it maketh them utterly unfit for suffering (which... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - Страниц: 616
...if they have none, they are tempted to steal or get by some unlawful means. And so it tempteth them to the love of money (which is the root of all evil) because they love the lust which needeth it. - 5. And it maketh them utterly unfit for suffering (which... | |
| Lucas Malet - 1902 - Страниц: 640
...end of the previous week, and that the Rector had expressed no intention of coming to London. In fact a journey of any description seemed as remote from...that most objectionable thing named stingy,' the girl answerd, brightly. 'It is dear Sara Jacobini who calls me a spendthrift.' 'And your uncle,' suggested... | |
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