We know that the exigencies and Frugalities of life in these backgrounds beget men and women to be serious and steady and to know the value of every hour and of every coin that they earn; and whenever they are properly trained, these folk recognize the holiness of the earth.
"The Holy Earth"
L. H. Bailey
He took it from his pocket, and read as follows: "'I exclude my daughter, Jocelinda Wells, from any benefit or provision of this my will and testament, for the reason that she has voluntarily abandoned her father's roof for the house of her mother's brother, Morley Brown; has preferred the fleshpots of Egypt to the virtuous Frugalities of her own home, and has discarded the humble friends of her youth, and the associates of her father, for the meretricious and slavish sympathy of wealth and position.
"Openings in the Old Trail"
Bret Harte
She had been educated by a succession of small and hunted governesses, mostly Swiss, whose remuneration had certainly counted among the Frugalities rather than the extravagances of the family budget.
"The Marriage of William Ashe"
Mrs. Humphry Ward