6 QUOTES WITH «PALTRY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
paltry.
President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction.' But, clearly, the small growth in jobs isn't even keeping up with population growth, much less returning the workforce to a healthy level.
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.
Instead of destroying an area for a paltry amount of oil, we should be increasing fuel standards for automobiles and focusing our efforts on biofuels and other alternatives.
My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library open to all - from which poverty of purse cannot exclude me - in which the meanest and most paltry volume is sure to furnish something to amuse, if not to instruct and improve.
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALTRY»
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paltry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
paltry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Paltry Thing: Memoirs of a Geezer Dad
Memoirs of a Geezer Dad Larry L. Meyer. f)O paltry Memoirs of a Geezer Dad
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Haggard Hawks and
Paltry Poltroons: The Origins of English ...
From ancient place names to unusual languages, and obscure professions to military slang, this is a fascinating treasure trove of linguistic facts.
Paul Jones, Paul Anthony Jones, Paul Jones, 2013
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The parish leech; a medical metrical medley, by a 'parish ...
The Board humane are never seen to frown, The doctor doing labour not his own,
— A lumping sal'ry is his recompense, Per case but yielding merely some few
pence.82 Such paltry pence, these men of little soul, With niggard hand do to
their ...
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
Jamieson gives paltrie, peltrie, vile trash; Halliwell has paltring, a worthless trifle;
Forby explains Norfolk paltry by'rubbish, refuse, trash;' and Brockett gives palterly
asthe North. Eng. formof the adj. paltry. It stands for paltery (North. E. palterly) ...
Were objection urged only against what is paltry as well as deceptive — so
obviously spurious as to amount to no deception at all, or against the abuse of
imitative materials by employing them for what is paltry in design, it would be well
...
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Shaping American Catholicism: Maryland and New York, 1805-1915
I am ofthe same mind—so much ado about a little paltry property. The English
Parliament was ofthe same mind in another case: So much ado about a paltry
Stamp Act! But, ifthe offset to such a paltry thing was an American republic, it is
not ...
Robert Emmett Curran, 2012
Paltry phrases. Away with your paltry phrases: show me how you stand in regard
to the will to get and the will to avoid: if you do not fail to get what you will, or fall
into what you will to avoid. As for those paltry periods, if you have sense you will ...
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Reasoner: Or Controversial Magazine
If you decide without prejudice, without party,' private, or national feeling, and
merely from the merits of the poets, you must decide for Byroo— -if you decide
from a paltry article by some paltry writer, actuated from paltry motives, and
printed in ...
Thirteen other eleventh grade students, whose names have been called, stand
on the stage behind Mrs. Ann Paltry. Mrs. Paltry is a science teacher at Plainview,
and sponsor of the school's chapter of the National Honor Society. She is ...
He stared dumbly at them for a long time, while Ralphie's old man crappled on
like he was reading a book, about rational appraisal indicating, and paltry sums.
He resented that about paltry sums, because they didn't look so paltry to him, and
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALTRY»
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paltry is used in the context of the following news items.
UnitedHealth Still Undervalued Despite Big Runup
So far this year, the health care index through July 6 was up 9.2% vs. the paltry 0.5% gain by the S&P 500. In 2014, the index jumped 23.3%, ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
Does weeklong tear mean Desmond is back?
In his first 87 games, he drew 17 walks, a paltry 4.8 percent rate that was the worst of his career. But during these six games, he has drawn four ... «Comcast SportsNet Washington, Jul 15»
Greek store closures spike as recession, austerity return
... with a paltry 60-euro ($66) a day limit on daily withdrawals from ATMs. Though banks reopened this week for the first time in more than three ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»
Report: Feds To Hit Fiat Chrysler With Record $105M Fine Over …
The fine is quite a bit more than the $70 million NHTSA hit Honda with for not reporting injuries to them, and the comparatively paltry $35 million ... «Jalopnik, Jul 15»
Giants 90-man roster breakdown: Mixed bag for RB Andre Williams …
He lead the Giants in carries with 217 and rushing yards with 721, but averaged just a paltry 3.3 yards per carry. Some of that was due to an ... «Big Blue View, Jul 15»
Ashes - Wood: England must forget Lord's thrashing
Alastair Cook's side were dismissed for a paltry second-innings 103 in 37 overs last Sunday afternoon to collapse to an embarrassing 405-run ... «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Jul 15»
Pay packages for area CEOs climb 21 percent
That was a good payout for running a company that reported only a 2.9 percent increase in revenue and saw its shares gain a paltry 0.7 ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
Grateful Dead farewell concerts set Pay Per View record
The previous record for PPV success was held by The Backstreet Boys, at a paltry 160,000 subscriptions. The Grateful Dead and their fans ... «A.V. Club, Jul 15»
Rand Paul super PACs raise paltry $5 million
Washington (CNN) The two super PACs supporting Rand Paul raised less money than many of his Republican rivals in the first half of 2015, ... «CNN, Jul 15»
How today's paltry savings-account rates actually rank vs. other …
There has been talk for years about a war on savers as the Federal Reserve's efforts to stimulate the U.S. economy have kept interest rates low. «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
