She had gone there whenever she wanted to escape from the intolerable pain of seeing Lingard's absorption in Athena Maule.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
He means the passion for material comfort above all other things, which he describes as the peculiar passion of the middle classes; the complete absorption in the pursuit of material well-being and the means of material well-being, to the disparagement and disregard of every ideal consideration and interest, as if the chief end and whole dignity of man lay in gaining a conventional standard of comfort.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
It is a mistake to represent him, as Mr. L. Montefiore has done, as a savan who turned politician as if by accident and against his will, for the stir of politics was as essential to him as the absorption of study.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae