The West Indian interest which opposed them, was a collected body; of great power, affluence, connexions, and respectability.

It follows that the dramatic interest is a clog on the scenic elaboration of the form, while the form is necessarily inadequate to the rendering of the content.

Amongst the immense variety of edifices and ruins of edifices which most interest the antiquarian are the Thermes of Diocletian.

If our insurers are defrauded by foreigners, the nation is then, indeed, more nearly affected, but even in that case, it is to be remembered, that the private interest of the insurers, who must be immediately ruined, is a sufficient security for the publick.

Her new interest in life was Fanny as a correspondent, and to give her a lead she wrote her a lengthy descriptive letter within a fortnight of her return.

If you want them to feel that your interests are theirs, you must let them see that their interests are yours.

Of much interest also is the old Tudor bridge that here crosses the Frome.

It is partly political, partly a philosophical book, combining two central ideas which challenge and startle the attention, namely, that self-interest is the only guiding power of humanity, and that blind submission to rulers is the only true basis of government.

As the interest of the state is politics, of the bank finance, of the school education, so the interest of the church is religion.

In the second place, if interest were a means in the production of beauty, every interesting work would also be beautiful.

As centuries passed in which the land came under the control of the Incas, whose chief interest was the peaceful promotion of agriculture, it is likely that this fortress became a royal garden.

But a dilettante interest in art is a very different thing from creative activity; and an amateur pursuit of science is apt to be superficial and not to penetrate to the heart of the matter.

They would say, as they have said of other rich women, that my interest is a 'fad' and that I could 'afford to talk religion with my pocket full of money.'

For, though he had throughout been almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities and his promptitudesnever had any interest or rent been a day late!she admitted to herself now that she had been afraid... that, in fact, she had not utterly trusted him.

Interest is here dubbed usury, "a vice most odyous and detestable."

The great interest of the summer was the Exposition Universelle which was to take place at the Trocadero, the new building which had been built on the Champ de Mars.

Usury was practised to such an incredible extent that the interest on loans in some instances equalled, in a few months, the whole capital; this was the more aristocratic mode of making money, which not even senators disdained.

Of much interest is the tapestry on the west wall representing the marriage of Henry VII.

The main interest attached to this dance is the secret of why it is the dancers do not die promptly.

The interest which men feel in the study of human character is, perhaps, the most common feeling that induces them to read at all.

For this act he excused himself to the crew, by stating to them that it was in their protection he did the act; that their interest was the other's death; and concluded by declaring himself their leader, and promising a golden harvest to their future labors, provided they obeyed him.

With his large, fine physique, his sturdy common sense, his interest in practical matters, and his satisfaction in the physical improvements of the people, Macaulay was a fine specimen of the English gentleman.

The great primary and controlling interest of the American people is unionunion not only in the mere forms of government, forms which may be broken, but union founded in an attachment of States and individuals for each other.

As though there were any one in the world to whom her interests could be dearer than John stopped short in his thoughts, and looked attentively at the doctor.

But though Yale College was at that time a center of scientific activity, and Morse showed more than a little interest in electricity and chemistry, his major interest remained art.