On Avarice

• 作者: Abraham Cowley 李勤
• 来源期刊: 英语自学
• 学科: 文学
• 年，卷（期）: 2000,（10）
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: H319.4

摘要

There are two sorts of avarice:the one is but of a bas-tard kind,and that is,the rapacious appetite of gain,notfor its own shake,but for the pleasure of refunding it imme-diately through all the channels of pride and luxury;the otheris the true kind,and properly so called,which is a restlessand unsatiable desire of riches,not for any farther end oruse,but only to hoard,and preserve,and perpetually in-crease them.The covetous man,of the first kind,is like a