10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «CLOSE-FISTEDNESS»
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Mattie:-a stray, by the author of 'High Church'.
Certainly, there were but small signs of " close-fistedness " about the premises on
that particular evening ; the shop had been closed at an earlier hour than
business men would have considered suitable. They were wasting the gas in Mr.
Frederick William Robinson, 1864
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Mattie. A stray. By the author of “High Church,” etc. F. W. ...
Certainly, there were ut small signs of “close-fistedness'” about the premises on
that particular evening; the shop had been closed at an earlier hour than
business men would have considered suitable. They were wasting the gas BOOK
...
Certainly, there were but small signs of “ close-fistedness ” about the premises on
that particular evening; the shop had been closed at an earlier hour than
business men would have considered suitable. They were wasting the gas in Mr.
Frederick William Robinson, 1864
Edgerton (Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary, p. 89) defines this term as "close
fistedness of a teacher, keeping things (particularly instruction) back from pupils."
Bodhisattvas are made neither proud nor arrogant by their attainments; nor are ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
noun miserliness and greed are quicklyfollowed byfear of losing the money:
avarice, acquisitiveness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, penny-pinching, cheese-
paring, thrift; meanness, niggardliness, close- fistedness, closeness,
penuriousness, ...
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The Mid-Victorian Generation, 1846-1886
... sauce also for the Anglican gander.12 Though Welsh farmers, no less than
others, disliked paying taxes of any kind, it was religious differences more than
close-fistedness as such which gave the Welsh tithe disputes their particular
charge: ...
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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Hydriotaphia. Brampton urns. ...
... to put an end unto sin ; and there may be a night-book of our iniquities ; for
beside the transgressions of the day, casuists will tell 3 sleeping hand of
Antonitia.] Who awake was open-handed and liberal, in contrast with the close-
fistedness of ...
Sir Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin, Samuel Johnson, 1658
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The Church magazine [afterw.] The Church advocate and magazine
But for the state of things at B , many of your readers, at least, will scarcely be
prepared. In addition to the above symptoms of voluntary close-fistedness-, I am
assured, on unquestionable authority, that some of the people used to enter the ...
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The American Monthly Magazine
And then as to the money ; in this respect, to be sure, the reviewer's satisfaction
depends in a great measure on the liberality of the editor ; but yet, let the close-
fistedness of that gentleman be what it may, if he pays anything, the reviewer's ...
Nathaniel Parker Willis, 1829
The Irish woman called angrily after her, cursing her for her close-fistedness, but
Maribel did not turn round. The lobby of Cadogan Mansions was dark after the
brightness of the afternoon. She stumbled across the chequered floor, one 437.
