Confused Words: hoard
1.
The frequency of treasure-trove, or of treasure found, of which no owner was known, sufficiently demonstrates the frequency, in those times, both of ing and of concealing the .
2.
Begone from my presence, thou born monster, storehouse of lies, of untruths, garner of knaveries, inventor of scandals, publisher of absurdities, enemy of the respect due to royal personages!
3.
In those times of violence and disorder, besides, it was convenient to have a of money at hand, that in case they should be driven from their own home, they might have something of known value to carry with them to some place of safety.
4.
This coin spanned hundreds of years, starting from the Seleucid era and ended with the same kind of coins from reign of Septimius Severus in 210 CE.
5.
The individuals, who whatever money they can save, and who conceal their , do so from a distrust of the justice of government; from a fear, that if it was known that they had a , and where that was to be found, they would quickly be plundered.
6.
In the other the miser is forced to reward a merchant who rescued his from a fire with the whole of it.
7.
The programme presented Hungary's evidence for the likely origin of the being near the town of Polgárdi.
8.
Here a man keeps his in a sea-encircled tower until a pet monkey amuses itself one day in throwing the coins out of the window.
9.
In this way he acquired a vast of all sorts of learning, and had it pigeon holed in his head where he could put his intellectual hand on it whenever it was wanted.
10.
Further pieces reached the market, and what is believed to be the complete was acquired by a consortium headed by Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton.
11.
The existence of the first came to attention in 1980, when a single piece in the possession of two antiquities dealers from Vienna was offered for sale in London.
12.
They could not well, indeed, do any thing else but whatever money they saved.
13.
The Sevso Treasure is a of silver objects from the late Roman Empire.
14.
However, the archaeological and numismatic nature of the silver coin burials suggests that the coin s may have been buried in the early 3rd century CE.
15.
The only significant find was a of 3rd and 4th century gold coins found between Hornsey and Muswell Hill in 1928.
16.
The same violence which made it convenient to , made it equally convenient to conceal the .
17.
The - which has since gained mythological status - is today presumed to have once been the property of the Karenas.
18.
By and bye, when the military camp broke up, and Company C was ordered a hundred miles north, to Napoleon, I secreted my small of money in my belt, and took my departure in the night.
19.
He rushes to some secret , where he has accumulated the fruits of his beggary, and he stuffs all the coins upon which he can lay his hands into the pockets to make sure of the coat's sinking.
20.
A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to money or other possessions.
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