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And he who is not prepared for this sacrifice does but waste his breath in celebrating the honour of a pauper's grave. As there is no merit in living rich, so there is no virtue in dying poor. That a millionaire should desert his money-bags at his death is not a reproach to him if they be honestly filled. He has small chance of emptying them while he is on the earth.
Indeed you may. A. Certainly, for you see they obtained their Commissions by brains, and not through money-bags. Q. And now you have to complain that the Generals' Establishment has been reduced from 275 to 68? A. A scandal and a shame! For this means that only a certain number of us can hope to wear sashes round the waist, instead of hanging down from the left shoulder.
After a day or two they lighted on another part of the wreck, where they found a great many bags of silver dollars. But nobody could have guessed that these were money-bags. By remaining so long in the salt-water, they had become covered over with a crust which had the appearance of stone, so that it was necessary to break them in pieces with hammers and axes.
On further thought she deemed it advisable to tell Christian precisely what the two bags contained, that he might be fully impressed with their importance. Christian pocketed the money-bags, promised the greatest carefulness, and set out on his way. "You need not hurry," said Mrs. Yeobright. "It will be better not to get there till after dusk, and then nobody will notice you.
But the clatter of hoofs, the neighing of a horse, or some other untoward circumstance, aroused the landlord; a window in the second story shot up and out popped a head in a night-cap. "Here! What are you about?" cried the man. "Leaving!" said the manager, laconically. The landlord threw up his arms like Shylock at the loss of his money-bags. "The reckoning!" he exclaimed.
You have already done too much where nothing was merited." "Peace, man, peace," said Lord Huntinglen, "and let old Heriot and I puzzle this scent out. He is about to open hark to him!" "My lord," said the citizen, "the Duke of Buckingham sneers at our city money-bags; yet they can sometimes open, to prop a falling and a noble house."
Here, as the story ran, amid floating gardens of rarest flowers and richest fruits, lay, in olden time, another Venice a Venice in an inland mountain valley a Venice upon whose Rialto never walked a Shylock with his money-bags; for in this market-place the most delicious fruits the world produces, the loveliest flowers, rich stuffs resplendent with Tyrian dyes, and princely mantles of feather-work, were bought with pretty shells, and such money as the sea produces.
Instead of frenzied curses and imprecations shouts now rose of "Hail, hail!" mixed with appeals: "Help us, save us, give us council. Long live the sage!" "Help us with your magic, Father!" "You know the secrets and the wisdom of the ancients!" "Save us, Save us! Show those money-bags, those cheats in the Curia the way to help us!"
If his nephew really is a scoundrel, and you can prove it, you could not want a better lever than that on the old man's money-bags. 'By Jove! said Wentworth, 'I believe I shall try it. I want to let him know, anyhow, what sort of man his nephew is. I'll go and see him. 'I would, said the other, turning to his work.
At this tremendous uproar the servants peeped at the doors and windows; and Tom Boteler, peering in from the buttery hall, and seeing the two round money-bags plumping on the table, crept away with such a look of amazement upon his face that Mollikins, the scullery-maid, thought he had seen a ghost, and fled precipitately into the pantry.
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