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He has expressed his intention of ridding Rome of its superfluous monks, those unattached ones who make life a burden by their importunings and beggaries in Rome.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James

But generally his feeling was, 'I will finish this book, throw it at your feet, buy a rifle and spade, and withdraw to the Transatlantic Wildernesses, far from human beggaries and basenesses!'

From Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series by Macpherson, Hector Carsewell