Example Sentences

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Niggardliness of gold and of life excites as much disapprobation as their lavish use is panegyrized.

From Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Nitobe, Inazo

And then, with so much Niggardliness, and so little Conduct, that he became the Scorn both of the Generals and the Officers of State.

From The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol by Crébillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de

Niggardliness and greed were the common vices of the rich.

From Tales of the Argonauts by Harte, Bret