"Do you believe that a miser is a morally diseased man?". From Wordnik.com. [Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories] Reference
It will be readily conceded that the miser is a worldly man. From Wordnik.com. [Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters] Reference
And she was -- she was a genuine miser, which is a very rare psychological phenomenon. From Wordnik.com. [The Business of America] Reference
The life of a miser is the constant exercise of human power put to the service of self. From Wordnik.com. [Eug�nie Grandet] Reference
The miser is a social type; but there are no case studies as sympathetic and discerning as George Eliot's. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
The philanthropist donates for fear of being labelled a miser just as the miser hoards for fear of donating. From Wordnik.com. [spectre12 Diary Entry] Reference
A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Finance 101] Reference
A topical memory makes him an almanac; a talent for debate, a disputant; skill to get money makes him a miser, that is, a beggar. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860] Reference
It's one of the reasons that Henry VII was known as a miser, such was the state of the Treasury when he came to the throne in 1485. From Wordnik.com. [Is there more to life than shoes?] Reference
The Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, "The miser is the one in whose presence I am mentioned but he does not supplicate for me.". From Wordnik.com. [MuslimMatters.org] Reference
The rationale behind the new frugality is not to become a miser (the word "miser" comes from the same root as the word "miserable"). From Wordnik.com. [John Robbins: The New 'Good Life': Redefining Our Relationship With Money] Reference
It was strenuously withheld: but while she continued speaking, reiterating the word "miser," the hold relaxed. From Wordnik.com. [Rhoda Fleming — Complete] Reference
I could have sworn spendthrift meant the opposite of your use of it ... what is more fun is you use its antonym "miser" immediately after. From Wordnik.com. [Gamers With Jobs -] Reference
(rhymes, in part, with "miser," if you catch my drift) for. From Wordnik.com. [ResurrectionSong] Reference
"Why, sir, he was very fond of money; was, in fact, a-- a-- kind of miser in his way. From Wordnik.com. [The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One] Reference
"And that's the psychological moment for raiding our 'miser's sunless coffers' -- if he happens to have any. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Justice Raffles] Reference
"Did you ever see such a miser as Ebenezer Brown?". From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
The old miser kept grubbing and saving and starving. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
The prodigal robs his heirs; the miser robs himself. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
So the miser, clasping me to his heart, fell asleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
"I guess he's a miser as well as a hermit; isn't he?". From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
Roberts -- the miser who repented before it was too late. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
In this building, Dennis Kozlowski is a penny-pinching miser. From Wordnik.com. [The Rich Are Different] Reference
People say that old Marais, the miser of Vatteville, means to make. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
Desvarennes would be thought a miser and would be covered with shame. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A miser don't seem no good to us, as they wants change out o 'nothing.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
As the miser followed the movements of his nephew with anxious notation. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
The miser was not at home in a tempest, and this was already beyond his depth. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
It's certainly not a fuel miser; the last one we tested got only 14 mpg overall. From Wordnik.com. [Toyota Land Cruiser - Aging gracefully] Reference
She folded her-daughter in her arms, and clasped her as a miser holds his treasure. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
If he'd been an out-and-out miser, it would 'a' been better for everybody concerned. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
She would not have the old miser, if he sat buried in gold up to his ears, she said. From Wordnik.com. [East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon] Reference
You have closed the door, you miser; you debate with yourself behind locks and bolts. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The old man was wealthy, and a miser, each of which characteristics may be corollary to the other. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
He isn't at all what you consider a miser must be and look like; yet he is always hoarding money and never spends any. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
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