unthrift

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Of Irish stagnation, Irish unthrift, Irish destitution, Irish misery, the world has heard enough.

From Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Greeley, Horace

For douteles, to doon his wo to falle, 430 He roughte not what unthrift that he seyde.

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey

Lulled by smooth-rippling loans, in idle trance He lay, content that unthrift Circumstance Should plough for him the stony field of Chance.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various

He mentions as a mark of the general unthrift that the day he arrived there was no bread in town until two o'clock in the afternoon, "and no one was astonished at it."

From Castilian Days by Hay, John

Through unthrift and extravagance he had failed to lay by any store from his earnings; he had wasted his own and his lord's substance.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward