The part of you that suspects the lure of filthy lucre is the the unChristian one, assuming the worst about people. From Wordnik.com. [John Joseph Adams » Ask The Slush God 8/22/05] Reference
They kidnapped the sons of Ham from Africa for lucre; with the. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
The desire of this family to obtain filthy lucre was too great. From Wordnik.com. [The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries] Reference
This means that lucre is not the only motivating force in politics. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Of The Global Warming Movement] Reference
I'm often asked what I miss about my old world of lucre and business?. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Boyle: Mark Boyle's 'Moneyless Man': Why I Live Without Money (VIDEO)] Reference
Griffin deals with tons of goo daily, and that's a lot of filthy lucre. From Wordnik.com. [Grease Crooks: Living Off The Fat Of The Land] Reference
Stephen, and thereof made a vineyard to their great commodity and lucre. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)] Reference
The cackle, the frisson, the journalism lucre all come from exposing it. From Wordnik.com. [In The Time Of The Tabs] Reference
Erie, and narrows his ideas down to the requirements of filthy lucre, like. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860] Reference
Last of all, no man can prove that I committed that fact for lucre or gaine. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Asse] Reference
It's an adorable show about young Brooklynites in 1929 seeking love and lucre. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Moment] Reference
The drunken Chin Kang makes light of lucre and shows a preference for generosity. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Has she not that which some people term "filthy lucre," but never really think so?. From Wordnik.com. [Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow."] Reference
It is a work of love, not of lucre; and, as such, is commended to the brotherhood. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.] Reference
The convict promised not to engage again in this pleasant pastime for filthy lucre. From Wordnik.com. [The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries] Reference
Ministers are enjoined not to be worldly minded, and not to be given to filthy lucre. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884] Reference
So far this year, the city's casinos have handled 18 percent less lucre than last year. From Wordnik.com. [Bluff The Listener] Reference
An important clause in the official oath is "to delay no man's cause for lucre or malice.". From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition] Reference
The aim of her education must be both high and wide, higher than lucre, wider than the nation. From Wordnik.com. [Cambridge Essays on Education] Reference
But over and above mere lucre there was the certainty that in a few days 'time I should~ see the. From Wordnik.com. [The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002] Reference
Rather, he parades an ostentatious horror of filthy lucre, only paralleled by his distaste for food. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
I, a devoted servant, have brought hope, not obedience, and have come as a beggar, and not for lucre!. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2] Reference
Perhaps even more so, for you'll be getting to the heart of the holiday -- not the love, but the lucre. From Wordnik.com. [Letter From New York: Hallmark Is on the March!] Reference
But there, shall not be the two things, the desire of one for filthy lucre, the desire of the other for love. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
Shame on sordid wife-seekers, or, rather, money-seekers; for it is not a wife that they seek, but only filthy lucre!. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
He had converted the power of his great place, that of Speaker of the House of Representatives, into lucre, and was exposed. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
Most colleagues on the authority at the time, notably the women, refused to make any decision with the taint of filthy lucre. From Wordnik.com. [In the name of purity, public funds are wasted on the rich] Reference
I did not reply, "Perish the lucre!" but said that I would be content, in the early part of my career, to labor for reputation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference
If you are rooted and grounded in the love of lucre, the successful millionaire is the man that you will fawn upon or worship from afar. From Wordnik.com. [Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters] Reference
Filled with vivid performances by a slew of fine character actors, Counsellor is a rapid-fire drama of class and privilege, love and lucre. From Wordnik.com. [John Farr: The Best Movies That Talk Business] Reference
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