needy

He replied in the most natural and self-complacent style imaginable, "that he had been among his cousins, who were very poor; they had been delighted to see him; still more delighted with his good fortune; they had taken him to their arms; admired his equipments; one had begged for this; another for that"--in fine, what with the poor devil's inherent heedlessness, and the real generosity of his disposition, his needy cousins had succeeded in stripping him of all his clothes and accoutrements, excepting the fig leaf with which he had returned to camp.

He was generous, and the needy, laughing at him because he believed so naively their stories of distress, borrowed from him with effrontery.

It would scarcely be believed that a human being could die so simply--and he such a poor, needy wretch, this Gorshkov!

It was not one of the more crowded of those cheap restaurants where the respectable and needy dine in the belief that it is bohemian and the assurance that it is economical.

Could I give them to the needy, who would probably dispose of them for gin?

"A roaring, ranting, sleek man-thief, Who lived on mutton, veal, and beef, Yet never would afford relief To needy, sable sons of grief, Was big with heavenly union.

In defence of these, as time advanced and wickedness increased, the order of knights-errant was instituted, to defend maidens, to protect widows and to succour the orphans and the needy. To this order I belong, brother goatherds, to whom I return thanks for the hospitality and kindly welcome ye offer me and my squire; for though by natural law all living are bound to show favour to knights-errant, yet, seeing that without knowing this obligation ye have welcomed and feasted me, it is right that with all the good-will in my power I should thank you for yours."

The actual state of his mind-- his proud resolve to give the lie beforehand to any suspicion that he would play the needy adventurer seeking a rich woman-- lay quite out of her imagination, and she had interpreted all his behavior easily enough by her supposition that Mr.

(Now, attend here, Bella, my dear.) Rokesmith, you're a needy chap.

The crowd filed up the aisles: the aged and needy postmaster, who had seen better days; the mayor and his wife -- for they had a mayor there, among other unnecessaries; the justice of the peace; the widow Douglass, fair, smart, and forty, a generous, good-hearted soul and well-to-do, her hill mansion the only palace in the town, and the most hospitable and much the most lavish in the matter of festivities that St.

``If Richard returns,'' said Fitzurse, ``he returns to enrich his needy and impoverished crusaders at the expense of those who did not follow him to the Holy Land.

I buy goods of my needy brethren; I lend money to those who are not ready for their payments."