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desires in Malbecco, who
appears in
cantos 9–10. He is torn
between his
miserliness and love for his wife ****enore.
Wishing to
escape with a lover, she...
- The
Miserly Knight, Op. 24, also The
Covetous Knight (Russian: Скупой рыцарь, Skupój rýtsar’), is a
Russian opera in one act with
music by
Sergei Rachmaninoff...
- phonetic: serna) is a Buddhist/Hindu term
translated as "stinginess" or "
miserliness". It is
defined as
being incapable of
enjoying one’s own possessions...
- more information.
Other psychologists also
argue that the
cognitively miserly tendency of
humans is a
primary reason why "humans are
often less than...
-
misunderstanding of the word ****rdly, an
adjective meaning "stingy" or "
miserly",
because of its
phonetic similarity to ****, an
ethnic slur used against...
- Scrooge's hob in ****ens's 1843
novel A
Christmas Carol emphasizes how
miserly Scrooge is.
Gruel is also Mr. Woodhouse's
preferred and
offered dish in...
-
touch of the spur. He was a
taciturn and
morose character,
known for
being miserly with money,
hence the
nickname "Tin Man". He made
shrewd investments of...
-
wants Samantha to
return an
expensive coat,
Endora turns him into the most
miserly person in the world. This
pleases an
equally cheap client Mr.
Bigelow (Parley...
- " —
Maimonides "What is
wanted is a
balance between extravagance and
miserliness through moderation, with the goal of
distance between both extremes."...
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purchased by his
father in 1717. The
greatest influence on Elwes' life was his
miserly uncle, Sir
Hervey Elwes, 2nd Baronet, of
Stoke College and MP for Sudbury...
