1 At my behest the miser leaves his hoard untouched; at peace the mother sees her children play.
2 She went upstairs and took from a locked drawer a little box, out of which she poured a hoard of broad unworn guineas that had lain there many a year.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day 3 At all events, his hoard had been reduced by various local levies to the sum of one hundred and nine francs fifteen sous, which had been counted out to him on his departure.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX—NEW TROUBLES 4 Society, the State, by diminishing his hoard, had robbed him wholesale.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX—NEW TROUBLES 5 His tone and look assured her he had not been the discoverer of the hoard.
6 She had her little cotton, she had food, she had a horse, she had her small but treasured hoard of money.
7 And indeed it was a foolish thing, as well as dishonest, to hoard up more than he could make use of.
8 It would bring a little in Confederate money and that little would help her to save the hoarded greenbacks and gold in the Yankee's wallet until they had to be spent.
9 Half of what she made every month went to Will at Tara, part to Rhett to repay his loan and the rest she hoarded.
10 Pirate gold isn't a thing to be hoarded or utilized.
11 Yes, they barred the music, and massed and hoarded; and prevented what was fluid from overflowing.
12 "I hoarded it to purchase my freedom," said Gurth.
13 She also allowed her to roam about the great house, and examine the curious and pretty things stored away in the big wardrobes and the ancient chests, for Aunt March hoarded like a magpie.
14 He had hoarded, all these years, I found, to good purpose.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 31. A GREATER LOSS 15 Pygmalion's hoarded wealth is borne overseas; a woman leads the work.