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Every night it flew round the Glass Mountain keeping a careful look-out, and no sooner had the moon emerged from the clouds than the bird rose up from the apple-tree, and circling round in the air, caught sight of the sleeping youth. Greedy for carrion, and sure that this must be a fresh corpse, the bird swooped down upon the boy.
When an eccentric traveller is asked to pay a price, and deliberately raises that price against himself, where is the sensible woman especially if she happens to be a widow conducting an unprofitable business who would hesitate to improve the opportunity? The greedy landlady raised her terms. "On reflection, sir, I think I ought to have ten shillings a bottle, if you please."
After a while, Raïssa, haunted by remorse, commits suicide, and Dorimedonte is killed by some revolutionists. All the interest of the book, however, is centered in the picture of the police institutions. From the chief Philip Philipovich to the agent Solovyev, Gorky presents, with consummate art, the mass of corrupt and greedy agents who wearily accomplish their tasks.
One table appeared to be heaped high with strange-looking books; ancient writings, Zoraida told him, heiroglyphs on the mauguey that is so like the papyrus of the Nile. "And look," laughed Zoraida. "Here is something that would open the greedy eyes of your friend Barlow." She opened a cedar box and poured forth the contents.
Solomon found time to reflect that Jonah was undeserving, and Jonah to abuse Solomon as greedy; Jane, the elder sister, held that Martha's children ought not to expect so much as the young Waules; and Martha, more lax on the subject of primogeniture, was sorry to think that Jane was so "having."
Nor is there equality of opportunity where some will not play fair and others have a long start. The individualistic struggle makes for the selection of a type of greedy, self-centered man, with little sense of social responsibility.
As if anybody would take three if he was let to have four! Which ones had the most raisins? She knew of course it wasn't so very nice to pick and choose that way, but she knew Mother would let her, only just laugh a little and say it was a pity to be eight years old if you couldn't be a little greedy! Oh, how happy she was! How light she felt! How she floated back up the stairs!
Those who censure him for this should consider that his discovery was not profitable to himself for more than ten years, that he was deeply in debt when he began his experiments, that his investigations could be carried on only by increasing his indebtedness, that all his bargains were those of a man in need, that the guilelessness of his nature made him the easy prey of greedy, dishonorable men, and that his neglect of his private interests was due, in part, to his zeal for the public good.
"Now, my Queen," said he, "the bargain is struck betwixt us, and thou mayest light down off Silverfax; as for me, I will go fetch water from the lake, that we may wake up this valiant and mighty youth, this newfound jewel, and bring him to his wits again." She answered nought, but rode her horse close to him and lighted down nimbly, while his greedy eyes devoured her beauty.
They were ever greedy after nice things to eat, and when they got them, made themselves often sick by eating too much of them. Once Master Tommy actually ate up " In this place Bessy stopped to turn over a leaf with her thumb, and then went on, first repeating the last words of the first page. " Master Tommy actually ate up the real moon out of the sky." "What! What!" cried Mrs.
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