"Pelf" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was ever truly great Who sought to serve himself alone, Who put himself above the state, Above the friends about him thrown. No man was ever truly glad Who risked his joy on hoarded pelf, And gave of nothing that he had Through fear of ...
— Over Here • Edgar A. Guest
... that man may make sport and amuse Us, in battling for phrases or pelf, Now that each may know what forebodeth woe to his neighbor, and ...
— The Certain Hour • James Branch Cabell
... etc.) sxelo. Peel sensxeligi. Peep rigardeti. Peer nobelo. Peer esplori, sercxi. Peerage nobelaro. Peerless senegala, nekomparebla. Peevish malafabla, cxagrena. Peevishness malafableco. Peg (a hook) krocxilo, lignanajlo. Peg sxtopileto. Pelerine manteleto. Pelf mono. Pelican pelikano. Pelisse pelto. Pellet kugleto, buleto. Pellicle membraneto. Pell-mell intermiksita, e. Pellucid diafana. Pelt felo. Pen plumo. Pen (to enclose) barcxirkauxi, enfermi. Pen (sheep fold) sxafejo. Pen-name pseuxdonomo. ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes
... glory, not for pelf, Not, be sure, to please myself, Not for any meaner ends,— Always "by request ...
— The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
... corpse was leaded down; His decent heirs enjoyed his pelf, Mourning-coaches, many a one, 680 Followed his hearse along the town:— Where was the ...
— Peter Bell the Third • Percy Bysshe Shelley
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