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Sentences ending with purse

Caesar has made your father, and your neighbor Skopas, and every free man in the country a Roman citizen; but it is a pity that, while he gave each man his patent of citizenship, he should have filched the money out of his purse. [10]
He also vowed to the convent and its saint--which, come what might, should also be his--a rich gift whenever the Emperor or the gaming table again filled his purse. [10]
Politics are expensive they sap the purse. [11]
The market gives them facts enough; politics, lies enough; art, affectations enough; criminal news, horrors enough; fashion, more than enough of vanity upon vanity, and vexation of purse. [4]
Still, it was their official duty to entertain their influentials after some sort of fashion; and they did the best they could with their limited purse. [5]
It must make the neck uncommonly stiff, methinks, to have a knightly escutcheon on door and breast, and yet be able to fling florins and zecchins broadcast without offending the devil by an empty purse. [10]
We even heard that juries were purchasable here, and that a man's success in court depended upon the length of his purse. [4]
The North American sucker is not an engaging animal in all respects; his body is comely enough, but his mouth is puckered up like that of a purse. [4]
See this little purse! [10]
And Abdul Huseyn prevailed against Shelek Pasha--at a price; for Hope, seeing no need for martyrdom, had not hesitated to open her purse. [11]

Short sentences using purse

The purse was not there. [2]
A very pretty little purse. [12]
The purse is here! [2]
She drew out her purse. [9]

Sentences containing purse two or more times

His purse was at his side, his mantle was for me, For any who passeth were his mantle and his purse, And now like a gourd is he withered from our eyes. [11]

More example sentences with the word purse in them

His purse overflowed with zechins; but with the red gold, Art withdrew from him her powerful ally, necessity, the pressing need of gaining a livelihood by the exertion of his own strength. [10]
It was not wholly easy for him to part with her, but the prospect of riding out into the world with a full purse, highly honoured by his imperial master, gratified the old adventure-loving heart so much that he could feel no genuine sympathy. [10]
His purse containing what was left of the ninety pounds--two- fifths of it--disappeared. [11]
With a curse Wassef felt in his vest for his purse, and called to the kavass--the being more dreaded in Egypt than the plague. [11]
But his purpose was not fulfilled, for suddenly, flaming with passionate wrath, she thrust the purse aside, groaning: "Not an obol of the accursed destruction of souls shall come back to Hanno, nor even into the family store. [10]
The full purse was drained to its last 'zecchin' only too soon, and Heinz, laughing, turned it inside out before the eyes of his comrades. [10]
We made him up a purse of fifty pounds,-- for the crew got to like him,--and left him at Port Darwin, sailing away again in a few days to another pearl-field farther east. [11]
Then, as she turned away, from her hand slipped a little gold-bound purse, and as I picked it up a clipping from a newspaper fluttered out. [9]
Tetzel had come to Augsburg about a year after her husband's death, and, as she knew how many sins he had committed, she put her hand into her purse to free him from the flames. [10]
It was a time of idleness, and if a farmer at an alehouse, in a bravery to show what he had, slapped down his purse with six shillings in it, all the rest together could not match it. [4]
He sent with this letter a purse well-filled with gold pieces. [10]
I would be there, too, if my purse allowed. [10]
He intimated that there would be a vacancy in this congressional district next year, that Grierson was going to resign, and that a man with a long purse who belonged to the soil might have a chance. [9]
He also remembered the time when, after a rich capture on the highway which had filled his purse, he had ridden to Nuremberg in magnificent new clothes at the carnival season in order, by his brothers' counsel, to win a wealthy bride. [10]
The beginning of the new year found him really poorer in purse than he had ever been in his life, but certainly not crushed, or even discouraged--at least, not permanently--and never more industrious or capable. [5]
It was well that Mrs. Hawkins held the purse otherwise the treasure would have lasted but a very little while. [5]
But the man that holds the purse holds the reins. [8]
Without the Maharaja's sympathy and purse these beneficences could not have been created; but he is a man of wide views and large generosities, and all such matters find hospitality with him. [5]
I found her still handsome, though somewhat matronly in appearance, seated, with her daughters, in the box of a fashionable nobleman, younger than herself, rich in purse but poor in intellect, and who was openly and notoriously her cavalier servante. [4]
Yet thou hast something from thy father, and down in Virginia, where my friend Dinwiddie is Governor, there's a plantation for thee, and a purse of gold, which was for me in case I should have cause to flee this troubled realm. [11]
A person's appetite should be at war with no other purse than his own. [6]
He was suddenly seized by a new-born anxiety, for he had been so long used to the open purse and the unchecked stream of gold, had taken it so much as a matter of course, as not to realise the possibility of its being withdrawn. [11]
I have often seen you open your purse, friend Lienhard, and this is right. [10]
One day he seemed to have exhausted his store, for he turned his purse upside down and shook it, but not the smallest coin fell out. [10]
Another thought it risky to drop a purse on any road. [4]
If it was really good fortune in love that snatched the zecchins from my purse yesterday: "Then," cried Biberli eagerly, "to-night is the very time, ere Countess Cordula teaches you to forget what troubles you, to win them back. [10]
Rostov thrust the purse under the pillow and shook the damp little hand which was offered him. [2]
Mandane kicked the purse away, rushed after the carriage and clung to it firmly. [10]
He became a printer's apprentice at twelve, but as he received no salary, the need of a purse could not have been urgent. [5]
He searched the pockets, but instead of the purse, found only a few large silver coins, which he knew he had not possessed at the time of his capture. [10]
But what a pleasure it is to show the bloated fellow the door when he pulls out the linen purse! [10]
He had his own fortune; he was not drawing upon a common purse. [11]
I must go over to the gold tent, where everyone goes now who has any money in their purse, to speak to the mistress--" "What do you want with her? [10]
Prince Andrew took out his purse and gave the soldier three gold pieces. [2]
The Englishman took out his purse and began counting out the money. [2]
She was at one, now, with the prosperity that surrounded her: her purse no longer limited, her whims existing only to be gratified. [9]
To the credit of human nature, let me here record that the fellows were touched by this remark reflecting upon my memory, and immediately made up a purse and paid the bill,--that is, they told the old man to charge it over to them. [4]
He was suspected of having murdered Moor and of having stolen his money, for a purse filled with ducats was found on his person. [10]
But the sense of dependence on Jethro and the fear of straining his purse never quite wore off. [9]
His purse was now and then replenished by a lucky windfall, which enabled him to extend his travels and seek more adventures. [4]
Our lives are no longer our own, a borrowed purse with damaged copper coins. [10]
But, I would my taxers were as ready to adventure their purses as I, purse, life, and all I have; or as diligent to permit the charge, as I know they are vigilant to reap the fruits of my labors. [4]
I will throw my purse over to them. [10]
I cannot empty my purse of its contents, and crowd my bookshelves with all those volumes. [6]
If you lack money, take this purse, I beg of you, and bribe the servants to let you pass. [5]
Out of sheer love, when I went to the High School she kept my purse filled; then, as I grew older, our uncle did likewise, though for other reasons; and now that I have redenied Ann, to do his pleasure, I loathe myself. [10]
Who would to Love make no replies, Nor drink the nut-brown ale, While throbs the pulse, and full's the purse And all the world's for sale? [11]
Who would to Love make no replies, Nor drink the nut-brown ale, While throbs the pulse, and full 's the purse And all the world 's for sale? [11]
To put a large bill in the plate on Sunday, to open her purse wide for the objects of charity and relief daily presented, was indeed a privilege and a pleasure, and a satisfaction to the conscience which occasionally tripped her in her rapid pace. [4]
Her silks and laces went but ill with the low estate my uncle claimed for his purse, and Master Philip's wardrobe was twice the size of mine. [9]
He had ever known full well that when we did him any Samaritan service it had been to no end save to draw from his purse the money to ransom my brothers and Ann's lover. [10]
Besides, we both know that the fullest purse in the city, and a man worthy of all respect to boot, are attached to the bouquet. [10]
And his purse is loaded with many talents. [10]
Probably his life in London had been as idle as unprofitable, and his purse needed replenishing. [4]
They took lodgings in Edinburgh of a sort answerable to their purse, which was about empty, and there their life was a happy, one and grew daily more so. [5]
But I am in as close a place to-day as ever I was; $3,000 due for the last month's machine-expenses, and the purse empty. [5]
In vain did I seek to explain that if a young man was but well-born, and had a full purse and a turn for high play, his principles might go hang, for all Mr. Fox cared. [9]
The state of his purse was evident from the fact that the landlord of The Pike had once been obliged to detain him because he could not pay the bill--though it was by no means large--in any other coin than merry tales. [10]
But he keeps his purse open to her, and she is kind-hearted and obliging to a degree----" "Equalled by few," interrupted Wolff, with a sneer. [10]
He fumbled in his purse and brought forth a gold-piece. [11]
He went to his bed, drew a purse from under the clean pillow, and sent for wine. [2]
The next morning he went with a full purse into the city, returning elegantly dressed, and with neatly-arranged locks. [10]
As a friend he had few equals, his purse being ever at the command of those he loved. [9]
The quieter he has become, the deeper my hand will sink in my purse. [10]
A full purse hangs behind the sick, and the sound one has ten times more than she needs, so they may pay. [10]
His heart, his hand, and his purse were always open. [5]
The Lord Chamberlain had scarce got to his place when the Chancellor, bearing the seals in a red silk purse, entered, flanked by two gorgeous folk with the royal sceptre and the sword of state in a red scabbard, all flourished with fleur-de-lis. [11]
So, with mingled grief and hope, he dipped deeply into his slender purse when, at Neumarkt, where the travelling musicians spent the night just at the time the annual fair was held, he met a quack who promised to help him. [10]
If you want gold apply to Komanus, or, better still, take this purse. [10]
Is this the gentleman's little purse? [12]
The officers were full of sympathy for her in her trouble, and made up a little purse for her. [5]
But Stephen was from New England, and poor, and he thought of the size of his purse. [9]
From his marriage-day forth, Aleck's grip had been upon the purse, and Sally had seldom known what it was to be privileged to squander a dime on non-necessities. [5]
When Telyanin had finished his lunch he took out of his pocket a double purse and, drawing its rings aside with his small, white, turned-up fingers, drew out a gold imperial, and lifting his eyebrows gave it to the waiter. [2]
Every day had filled his purse, because there was no lack of people and he understood how to extort money by the terror which horrible outbreaks of his feigned malady inspired among the densely crowded pilgrims. [10]
May no contractor fill his pockets by undertaking to fill thee, thou granite girdled lakelet, or drain the civic purse by drawing off thy waters! [6]
Often as the duke has offered me his purse, I never borrow from my peers when the prospect of repayment looks so uncertain. [10]
Only yesterday he dipped into his purse deeply enough for another remedy. [10]
It was Margaret Debree--how often I had seen her thus!--sitting on her little veranda, swinging her chip hat by the string, glowing from some errand in which her heart had played a much more important part than her purse. [4]
Not a tongue could wag now in abuse; every pair of young lips which had dared utter a scornful cry or purse up to whistle at the sight of Caesar, was silenced forever-and, with the few guilty, a hundred times more who were innocent. [10]
Even on his couch Heinz found but a short time to think of his empty purse and the lovely maid who was to make the old castle among his beloved Swiss mountains an earthly paradise, for sleep soon closed his eyes. [10]
He knew the condition of Dyck's purse. [11]
Perhaps it was by their advice that Laura had interested herself in the unfortunate criminals who shared her prison confinement, and had done not a little to relieve, from her own purse, the necessities of some of the poor creatures. [5]
With shifting eyes but eyebrows still raised, Telyanin handed him the purse. [2]
It wraps the brain in its hard, insensible folds, and the heart itself beats in a purse that is made of it. [3]
If you had been a real wife to him he wouldn't have seen that he'd be using your money; he'd have taken it as though it was his own, out of the purse always open and belonging to both, just as though you were partners. [11]
He obeyed, and as he picked up the purse he thought to himself: "I may buy ship and vineyard back again; but I would send four more after those if I could undo this luckless deed. [10]
It is the arsnehal, the spectacle's hall, the Cusiomhouse, and the Purse. [5]
The little vineyard and the purse of gold are for thee, Robert. [11]
With the purse and sword, the army and navy and treasury, in our hands and at our command, you could not do it. [7]
His purse was always empty because it was open to everyone. [2]
Nay, she collected all the coins in her little purse, and had a goat and a cock sacrificed in your behalf. [10]
As they found a purse full of money in his girdle, they think he must be a Persian spy. [10]
Then he continued, "And the King has sent a chorus to the play, with eyes for the preposterous make-believe, and more, no purse to fill. [11]

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