materialism

“He’s in the court,” he replied, “talking to Doctor Kenneth; who says uncle is dying, truly, at last. I’m glad, for I shall be master of the Grange after him. All her nice books are mine; she offered to give me them, and her pretty birds, and her pony Minny, i...

She must own that she was tired of great houses: after going over so many, she really had no pleasure in fine carpets or satin curtains. “If it were merely a fine house richly furnished,” said she, “I should not care about it myself; but the grounds are deligh...