Curiosity had been her ruling motive, far more than cupidity.
Deciding, however, that his valuables were sufficiently protected, and that nothing was left out to excite the cupidity of a man to whom he had not been properly introduced, the person from Hartford went forth with a final retort.
The sight of so much wealth arouses the cupidity of the knaves, and they at once brew a plot to murder the huntsman in his sleep.
The wealth of her merchant princes had often tempted the cupidity of the despots of Asia.
This colorless face expressed patience, commercial shrewdness, and the sort of wily cupidity which is needful in business.
Examplesofcupidity
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Her theme is that a mixture of ignorance andcupidityon both sides produced a great many boomerang effects.
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Other allegations had been motivated bycupidity, 819/2/39.
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The motives of his backers were hardly more edifying, moved as they evidently were by a mixture of political ambition andcupidity.
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The circumstances were unique and it is hard to judge to what extent inexperience,cupidityor a combination of the two were to blame for the dificulties.
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I do not think it is merecupidityand the desire to possess a valuable part of territory which they have not hitherto possessed.
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They think they have something up their sleeve which is far better—something that will appeal to thecupidityof mankind.
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Then as the men'scupiditywas raised so was the output diminished.
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What is that but an appeal to thecupidityof certain classes?
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It could not be said that it was due to a mercenary attitude, orcupidityon the part of the legal profession.
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You will not succeed in carrying conversion through by appealing merely tocupidity.
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They seemed to me to symbolise a measure of speculativecupidityand bad planning which has hardly been equalled this century.
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But the misdemeanours of these people would not have been possible without thecupidityand willing compliance of certain merchant banks.
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Of these the most important is its appeal tocupidity, but it may also justly be described as a self-regarding and essentially uncreative activity.
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If they help steer a company into healthy profitability they are charged withcupidityand favouring the interests of a particular class.
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These men again and again condemncupidityin the rich, and appeal to precisely the same feelings in the poor.
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