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Definition of the day : « penury »
- noun poverty
- Formerly he had never been alarmed by the penury of his little home.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- Had he learned to carp at the rich, and to make honesty the excuse for all penury?
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- If there were no penury and no pain, what would become of fortitude?
- Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 » by Various
- The life that passes in penury must necessarily pass in obscurity.
- Extract from : « The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes » by Samuel Johnson
- The Admiral had in one hour been reduced from opulence to penury.
- Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- For the badge of penury is desire, the badge of wealth contempt.
- Extract from : « The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura » by Lucius Apuleius
- They had lived as many had lived who have no different excuse to plead for their penury.
- Extract from : « The Loyalist » by James Francis Barrett
- The fact of his penury had been like a wet blanket upon him all day.
- Extract from : « The Man Who Lost Himself » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
- Rich as he was, these penalties would have reduced him to penury.
- Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- They were poor, and it pierced the young man to the heart to witness their penury.
- Extract from : « The Corsair King » by Mr Jkai