Word: selfishly
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...critics and others that Shakespeare loved a rogue, but this is not true, since his moral attitude toward Falstaff was one of disapproval. He represents Falstaff as he was and gives him credit for his wonderfully brilliant wit and sense of humor, but he also shows him as unprincipled, selfish, egotistical and vulgar, and, in the end, the prince sees through Falstaff's frivolity and sham, recognizes his utter worthlessness and condemns him as unfit for the society of true...
Professor Macvane believes that the Boers are utterly in the wrong, that they have broken every agreement with the British, and that they have tried to hold the majority under the control of the minority in a selfish and oppressive way. They have shown themselves an ignorant and corrupt oligarchy and all the evidence goes to prove that they were about to attack England at the first opportunity. The fact that should have weight with Americans is the oppressive and cruel apprenticeship, so-called, under which the blacks are held, forming a condition practically equalling that in America before...