Of course, we both applauded our mother's resolution; Mary cleared away the breakfast things; I brought the desk; the letter was quickly written and despatched; and, from that day, we heard no more of our grandfather, till we saw his death announced in the newspaper a considerable time after--all his
worldly possessions, of course, being left to our wealthy unknown cousins.
Nobody was visible in the elevated road which skirted the ascent save the lad whom they had sent on before them, sitting on the handle of the barrow that contained all Tess's
worldly possessions.
"And I need not tell you, my dear Lady Southdown," Pitt continued, in a low voice, and without heeding the interruption, "how fatal a little want of gentleness and caution may be to any hopes which we may entertain with regard to the
worldly possessions of my aunt.
Of all my
worldly possessions I took no more than the few necessaries that filled the bag.
"That may be; but you know how it was decided for Casimir Perier as to age; and as to
worldly possessions, des Lupeaulx does possess something,--not much, it is true, but the law does not take into account increase, which he may very well obtain; commissions have wide margins for the deputies of the Centre, you know, and we cannot openly oppose the good-will that is shown to this dear friend."
Copperfield, that I am not altogether destitute of
worldly possessions, and that my daughter is my nearest and dearest relative?'
They de- parted, carrying all my
worldly possessions (except a little money I had in my pocket) slung from a long pole.
He told them that no
worldly possession competed with the education.
Aware of the risks they face every day, thousands of refugees or migrants from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Syria, and Iraq venture, some with the shirt on their back as their only
worldly possession, to uncertain regions outside their homes.
The Prophet of Islam and his devoted band of followers had patiently endured untold hardship, tyranny and oppression for 13 years and ultimately had to abandon their hearths and homes, sacrificing whatever
worldly possession they had.
"Often children are the only
worldly possession the parents have and stark poverty pushes them to sell their girl child for as low as Rs500," said Runa Sen, who runs a charitable organisation near the India-Bangladesh border.
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