10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THRIFTLESS»
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thriftless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The nature of things: a didactic poem : in two volumes
His. weary. head. ;. his. thriftless. pains. bewails,. Thriftless. too. sure. : and,. while
. his. wand'ring. thought. Prateritis, laudat fortunas saspe parentis. Tristis item
vetulas vitis sator,. animals and new vegetables of the same orders and species,
...
Titus Lucretius Carus, 1805
Thriftless. Ambition: The. Tyrants. of. Shakespeare. andJonson. Shakespeare.
and Jonson portray tyranny by showing how sexual and political desire both
shapes an ambitious tyrant's image and undoes it. More specifically, Richard III
and ...
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Fallen Forests: Emotion, Embodiment, and Ethics in American ...
Don Mariano explains the land—grab history to Clarence: The cry was raised that
our land grants were too large; that a few, lazy, thriftless, ignorant natives, holding
such large tracts of land, would be a hindrance to the prosperity of the State, ...
Thriftless ambition that will ravin up Thine own life's means. Then 'tis most like
The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth. 30 macduff He is already named and
gone to Scone To be invested. 21 Why,] Pope; Why f 28 ravin] f (rauen) 19–20
They.
William Shakespeare, A. R. Braunmuller, 2008
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Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White ...
Therein he paints the Mexican rancheros as "thriftless, proud, and extravagant,
and very much given to gaming."" While traveling in California in 1835, Dana
disapprovingly lamented the absence of industry in the territory and made special
...
Professor Tomas Almaguer, 2008
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Regions of Identity: The Constructions of America in Women's ...
The settlers want the lands of the lazy, the thriftless Spaniards. Such good-for-
nothing, helpless wretches are not fit to own such lordly tracts of land. (175,
emphasis added) Rehearsing U.S. rationalizations for taking Californio land, the
Don is ...
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Major Thinkers in Welfare: Contemporary Issues in Historical ...
Not unexpectedly, the poor came to be increasingly seen by the authorities as '
the “thriftless poore”, and conventionally associated with filth, disease, crime and
sedition' (Wrightson, 2000, p 148). Poor relief given to the 'thriftless poore' was ...
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Thrift and Thriving in America: Capitalism and Moral Order ...
When we realize that thrift consists in spending money wisely, instead of
unwisely, we shall very easily see that the thrifty man spends exactly as much
money as the thriftless man, provided he has as much money to spend. Moreover
, in the ...
Joshua Yates, James Davison Hunter, 2011
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The Works of James McCune Smith: Black Intellectual and ...
“The mass of the blacks are ignorant & thriftless.” &c &c.78 Mr. Greeley a few
days before had said “There are more blacks in this city who seek to live by
harlotry, rum-selling, and modes of pandering to their vices than by downright
honest ...
James McCune Smith, John Stauffer, 2006
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Lost Treasures of the Bible: Understanding the Bible Through ...
1.151 In marrying a thriftless wife, in begetting a thriftless son, an unhappy heart
was assigned to me. 1.154 A thriftless wife living in a house is worse than all
diseases. 1.157 A disorderly son, his mother should not have given birth to him.
Clyde E. Fant, Mitchell Glenn Reddish, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THRIFTLESS»
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thriftless is used in the context of the following news items.
US Army Ends a Costly Mistake
Thriftless Pentagon programs are all too frequent reminders of how the military-industrial complex can easily run amok, leaving taxpayers on the hook. Averting ... «Progressive.org, Jul 15»
Bucks pay hefty price for reserve guard Greivis Vasquez
Landing a marginal upgrade over Bayless for $6.6 million in cap space, a future first-round pick and an immediate trade chip is remarkably thriftless. Toronto, in ... «SI.com, Jun 15»
Berkshire Hathaway 2015 Annual Meeting Highlights
You can't create a business partnership with your thriftless, drunken brother.”—Charlie Munger; Warren responded, “Praise by name, criticize by category. «Pulse, Jun 15»
Two Years Before the Mast
“The Californians are an idle, thriftless people, and can make nothing for themselves. … The people hardly [seem] to earn their sunlight.” He also had little use ... «Santa Barbara Independent, Jun 15»
10 great quotes from the 2015 Berkshire Hathaway meeting
That's madness” – Buffett; “You shouldn't form a business partnership with your thriftless, drunk brother-in-law” – Munger on weak economies joining the Euro ... «Intelligent Investor, May 15»
Would You Eat a Restaurant Meal Made from Trash?
And they're putting their thriftless intention on full display: WastED's menu boasts specialties like "dumpster dive salad with damaged apples and whipped ... «Shape Magazine, Mar 15»
Elmira History: How the Neighborhood House came to be
... to “gather into such school vagrants and idle children … to teach the rudiments of learning in different branches of industry … to instruct the thriftless of all ages ... «Elmira Star-Gazette, Feb 15»
From the archive, 28 November 1929: Church stance on birth control …
If the present rates continued, the thrifty would be replaced by the dole-fed thriftless. Our system of social services undermined the moral fibre of the population ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
Brewer's Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbirds don't perch at my bird feeder; instead, they prefer to pick from the grass the seeds and whatnot scattered to the ground by the thriftless ... «The River Journal, May 14»
Review: 'The Tyranny of Experts' by William Easterly, on global …
... thriftless, excitable person, lacking in self-control, discipline, and foresight.” Of the South in general, he wrote, “We are dealing with the child races of the world. «Washington Post, May 14»
