"Heap up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... there being anything unwomanly in her occupation, such an idea never entered her head. To Sarah Maitland, no work which it was a woman's duty to do could be unwomanly; she was incapable of consciously aping masculinity, but to earn her living and heap up a fortune for her son, was, to her way of thinking, just the plain common sense of duty. But more than that, the heart in her bosom would have proved her sex to her; how she loved to knit the pink socks for dimpled little feet! how she winced when her son seemed to shrink ...
— The Iron Woman • Margaret Deland
... works, so long as they continue to produce evil, heap up condemnation upon the authors, it is well for some of the wickedest writers that their works ...
— Colloquies on Society • Robert Southey
... he said, 'to heap up so much sand on the fields near the river, and narrow the bed; when the ...
— Selected Polish Tales • Various
... order that the authority to be established, by being doubled and raised to greater distinction, might be able to heap up greater calamities, he appointed Maximin proprefect at Rome, and gave him as colleague in the prosecution of these inquiries, which were being prepared for the ruin of many persons, a secretary named Leo, who was afterwards master of the ...
— The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus • Ammianus Marcellinus
... full of years and noble deeds, made answer to his Lord and asked: "What comfort canst Thou give me, Lord of spirits, who am thus desolate? No need have I to heap up treasure for any child of mine, but after me my kinsmen shall enjoy my wealth. Thou grantest me no son, and therefore sorrow presseth on my heart. I can devise no counsel. My steward goeth to and fro rejoicing in his children, and firmly thinketh in his heart that after ...
— Codex Junius 11 • Unknown
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