Extravagances

Extravagances like these make me hesitate to blame the British altogether for clipping the wings of such native rulers in one of the poorest regions of the world.

Conspicuous Consumption David Littlejohn 2011

Extravagances she had, once upon a time, been able to afford.

Carolina Mist Mariah Stewart 1996

Extravagances she had, once upon a time, been able to afford.

Carolina Mist Mariah Stewart 1996

Extravagances she had, once upon a time, been able to afford.

Carolina Mist Mariah Stewart 1996

Littlenesses of Vanity, and Extravagances of Imagination, labouring to do good rather than be rich, to be usefull rather than make a show, living in a modest

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 April - 9 June 1783 1993

Errors to which the public opinions of the People, were liable in times of great heat and danger, as well as of the Extravagances of which the Populace of

John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 1961

Extravagances of the Apocalyptics, Preadamites, who would base extravagant opinions on Scripture will, for example, base them on this.

Pens��es 1623-1662 1944

Extravagances obviously unnatural and merely for the sake of fun.

The Dramatic Values in Plautus Wilton Wallace Blanck�� 1916

Extravagances obviously unnatural and merely for the sake of fun.

The Dramatic Values in Plautus Wilton Wallace Blanck�� 1916

Extravagances of the latter kind have still, their heyday of reaction not being quite past, a better chance than extravagances of the former.

The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) George Saintsbury 1889