Gathering in Green River valley Visitings and feastings of leaders Rough wassailing among the trappers Wild blades of the mountains Indian belles Potency of bright beads and red blankets Arrival of supplies Revelry and
extravagance Mad wolves The lost Indian
Their ardor alternated between a vague ideal and the common yearning of womanhood; so that the one was disapproved as
extravagance, and the other condemned as a lapse.
He felt shy with her and in his heart he resented her great beauty: she dressed more magnificently than became the wife of a hardworking surgeon; and the charming furniture of her house, the flowers among which she lived even in winter, suggested an
extravagance which he deplored.
Mynniscus used to call Callippides 'ape' on account of the
extravagance of his action, and the same view was held of Pindarus.
Her neglect of her husband, her encouragement of other men, her
extravagance and dissipation, were so gross and notorious that no one could be ignorant of them at the time, nor can now have forgotten them.
Previously to July, 1830, this estimable class of citizens had not dared to indulge their native tastes for
extravagance and parade, the grave dignity and high breeding of a very ancient but impoverished nobility holding them in some restraint; and, then, THEIR fortunes were still uncertain; the funds were not firm, and even the honorable and worthy Jacques Lafitte, a man to ennoble any calling, was shaking in credit.
New York presents so many temptations for one to run into
extravagance. She had her lunches in the department-store restaurant at a cost of sixty cents for the week; dinners were $1.05.
Having obtained this prize we were determined to manage it with eoconomy and not to spend it either with folly or
Extravagance. To this purpose we therefore divided it into nine parcels, one of which we devoted to Victuals, the 2d to Drink, the 3d to Housekeeping, the 4th to Carriages, the
The moment he saw I could enjoy myself without him, and that others knew my value better than himself, the selfish wretch began to accuse me of coquetry and
extravagance; and to abuse Harry Meltham, whose shoes he was not worthy to clean.
How often (for example) have I thundered with all my heart and soul against the wicked
extravagance of dress among women--against their filthy false hair and their nauseous powders and paints!
During the past year I had not managed my professional resources as carefully as usual; and my
extravagance now limited me to the prospect of spending the autumn economically between my mother's cottage at Hampstead and my own chambers in town.
But Tom's
extravagance had, previous to that event, been so great as to render a different disposal of the next presentation necessary, and the younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.