The main chance

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the chief opportunity; that upon which reliance is had, esp. self-interest.

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chance eye main chance			Bad" in the master-morality must be applied to the coward, to all acts that spring from weakness, to the man with "an eye to the main chance," who would forsake everything in order to live. Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context After which kind of speeches, in which fashion and the main chance were blended together, and after a kiss, which was like the contact of an oyster--Mrs. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context Bududreen, the Malay mate was equally harassed by conflicting desires, though of a different nature, or he had his eye upon the main chance that was represented to him by the great chest, and also upon the lesser reward which awaited him upon delivery of the girl to Rajah Muda Saffir. The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			The land league The land of Nod The Larger Catechism The last cast The last chance the Laurentian the lay of the land The learned the least bit The let-alone principle The liberal arts The Liberty Bell The light of the countenance the like the likes of The living The long and the short The lord chamberlain of England The Lord's Anointed The Lord's Day The Lord's Prayer The Lord's Supper The Lord's Table The Lowlands The Magdeburg Centuries The main chance The many The marvelous The masses The merry dancers The Mid-sea The ministerial benches The Monroe doctrine The more The more - the more The more and less The most feck The Mountain The mouth waters The multitude The Nativity the Nazarene The Netherlands The New Jerusalem The Night Before Christmans The Nine The nude The Oaks The Ohio buckeye The Old Boy The old masters			The Magic Flute The Magic for Less Travel The Magic Is Gone The Magic of Television The Magic School Bus The magician The Magician (disambiguation) The Magician (Film) The Magician (Movie) The Magician's Eye The Magna Carta The Magna Carta The Magna Carta The Magnetic Recording Conference The Magnificant Paintings of Henri Rousseau The Magnificat The Magnificat The Magnificent Marble Machine The Magus of the North The Mahaprajna Buddhist Society The Mahdi The Mahdi of the Sudan The Mahotella Queens The Mailing List Centre The Mailman the mails the mails the mails The Main Attraction The main chance The main character The main character The main character The main character the main drag The Main Ingredient The Main Street Academy The Mainland The Mainland The Maintainer The Maintainer The Maintenance Authority The Maintenance Excellence Institute The major The major The major The major The Makar The Makati Collegian The Makuta of Metru Nui The Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula The Maldives The Maldives The Mall The Mall The Mall (Washington DC) The Mall (Washington, DC) The Malta Press Club The Malton Zookeepers

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