 ... sound of a sum in millions', she writes, 'tickles the ears of an Englishman; no man so rich, but endeavours to become richer' (i, p. v). And yet, she avers, it is the false philosopher who regards money with supposed contempt. In The Moneylender (1843)...  The Money-lender - Sida 100efter Catherine Grace F. Gore, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1843Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1842 - 834 sidor
...is indeed POWER, — the " Open sesame" to the seemingly impervious rock of human destiny ! — Of all the masquerading guises in which false Philosophy...his mother to her straitened means by assurances of big indifference to the dross of this world ; nay, had even deceived himself by frequent protestations... | |
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