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Meanings of pelf in English
Usage of pelf in English
1
The feverish desire for place, pelf and power was not upon them.
2
Now I have done with the pelf, which must take its chance.
3
Have ye heaped, through many wearying months, your glittering pile of pelf.
4
Fear prompts him to ask, and Greed-greed for power, place and pelf-answers
5
The ruling passion of the age: worship of self and worship of pelf.
6
The plaudits of the world sought not, but scorned its praise and pelf.
7
That Maurice loved power, pelf, and war, can hardly be denied.
8
Granville, for his part, couldn't bear to see such ingrained love of pelf.
9
Yet that parsimony sprang from a nobler motive than the mere love of pelf.
10
These are wenches and they are always seeking only pelf.
11
She cares for no "cause" but her own cause of ease and pelf.
12
Under the first Richard and the third Henry the Templars increased in pelf, power, and pride.
13
Others are young and vigorous, recent entrants in the planet-wide contest for pelf, possessions and power.
14
China is a student's paradise where the possession of learning is instantly convertible into unlimited pelf.
15
And shall I grudge the man sufficient pelf
16
How many here below allow themselves to be inebriated by the love of honours and pelf!
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