| 单词 | stripling |
| 例句 | "I remember another stripling who was given com-mand of Storm's End. He could not have been much more than twenty." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The shout came from the west side of the hall as a handsome stripling of a boy strode forth boldly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The knights you have chosen to follow me are stout fellows and bear the command of a stripling with good humor. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, both brothers, Castor and Pollux, were often called “sons of Zeus”; indeed, the Greek name they are best known by, the Dioscouri, means “the striplings of Zeus.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The stripling had been stronger than he looked; his blade bit through die lobstered steel of the captain’s gauntlet and the padded glove beneath into the meat of his palm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A pair of striplings followed her, boys no older than fourteen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nisus and Euryalus were their names, the first a valiant and experienced soldier, the other only a stripling, but equally brave and full of generous ardor for heroic deeds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The other sellsword—a stripling, hardly more than a boy, with fuzz on his cheeks and hair the color of dirty straw—scooped up Penny under one arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "That stripling . . . wretched boy . . . not speak that name to me, your duty . . . your mother, she would , . ." Lord Hoster cried as a spasm of pain washed over him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The notion of a privileged elite immune from social convention is there in the striplings' endless put-downs of their father's horsey set. The Young Idea ? review 2011-02-16T18:17:47Z While the North American ski season begins now, fastidious learners should start planning for September, springtime in Chile, a stripling of a country 2,600 miles long and an average of 110 miles wide. Explorer: Skiing in September? Head South 2013-12-20T16:57:02Z Are producers choosing shows with strong mothers to exploit our wealth of mature female talent, giving actresses above ingenue age a chance to steal the spotlight from the usual stripling romantic leads? Wild mothers and mild daughters in theatre | Molly Flatt 2010-03-30T14:43:00Z Yet it's also very clear to me that publishers would far rather I were some stripling of 25. Experience enriches fiction, but it doesn't reward authors 2011-02-03T12:21:38Z Now he is embracing the very class that the rioting French students were determined to bring down in 1968, when Mr. Gaultier was a stripling of 16. Special Report: Fashion: The Discreet Return of the Bourgoisie 2011-03-06T18:55:47Z A blind stripling drifts in and out of the novel, a reproach, in part, to the finality and moral guarantees of seeing. 'Ulysses' and the Moral Right to Pleasure 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Daniel Norman traces Joshua's development from anxious stripling to grand elder statesman, though Handel's florid coloratura rarely sits easily with the tenor voice. Joshua – review 2013-05-01T12:55:42Z And if my math is correct, you met yours when you were a mere stripling of 14. Social Q’s: Take It to the Grave 2012-09-15T00:35:24Z While most women in the spotlight are intent on appearing as small as possible – and Gaga is certainly physically tiny, a 5ft 2in stripling – her costumes are often bulky, lumpy, tough, hard, impenetrable. Feminist icon? 2010-09-17T07:00:00Z Not since 1996, when Roy was a stripling of 24, have all 12 required appropriations bills been separately signed into law. Opinion | Quadrillion-dollar national debt? Chew, don’t nibble, on this math. 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z HL Tau, a mere stripling of a star no more than 1 million years old, was swaddled in a surprise. Planets probably lurk in the gaps of these stellar disks. But how did they form so fast? 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Mbappé’s age suggests he’s a boy, a young stripling with plenty to learn, but anyone who has watched him play will tell you he already looks like a man, in body and temperament. International football: 10 things to look out for in World Cup 2018 qualifying 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The format will be round-robin, and the hope is to have prize money in the neighborhood of $1.5 million—a fortune for tennis striplings. Glimpsing the Future of Men’s Tennis 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z A few are elderly giants, their thick trunks coated with fibrous matter; many others are striplings, with a few tufts of green atop a short trunk. Death Valley Is Alive 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z IN THE pharma business, Juno Therapeutics, a small firm based in Seattle, is just a stripling. The trials of Juno 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Occasionally, however, he overdid the youthful bit: after all, at the age of fifty-two, he is hardly a stripling. Democratic Debate Offers Up No Winners, but a Clear Choice 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The 35 varied in age from 25 million to 100 million years old, striplings compared with the much more elderly stars all around them. Astronomers find disk of young stars near center of Milky Way 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z It’s been fun watching Republicans in Congress recalibrate their opinions of stripling senator Tom Cotton’s effort to derail nuclear negotiations with Iran. The new Ted Cruz: How Tom Cotton made GOP’s showboat problem even worse 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z It's not just the BoC's relative youthfulness – at 78 a mere stripling next to the 318 years of the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street – that explains the lack of haughtiness here. Mark Carney: Bank governor's journey from wilderness to heart of the City 2013-06-13T17:48:23Z And Birmingham stripling Jack Butland is still up for sale to anybody willing to stump up the cash: the club are apparently ready to "listen to offers". Football transfer rumours: Barcelona to sign José Reina from Liverpool? 2013-01-22T09:29:56Z Even the Busby era teams were a regional mishmash, albeit Busby's policy of moulding and indeed playing his striplings in the first place was unprecedented at the time. Nick Powell fits in well so far in Manchester United's youth tradition 2012-11-21T18:05:46Z "One tender stripling, the baby of the team, scaled 14 stones," noted the Observer. The Joy of Six: Former Olympic sports 2012-07-06T10:51:10Z First, at Edgehill, when I, a mere stripling, lay under the hoofs of Rupert's horse. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z It’s another kind of injustice when a boy, a stripling, dies. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z His next thought was, "Shall I endeavour to pique this stripling upon his honour, and generosity, and loyalty, and all those fine words?" Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z They wrestled with the joy of striplings at a village fair. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z It was in moral stature that the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah felt that they were outgrown by the stripling whom they carried with them as their drudge. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z They would shake their heads and utter solemn truisms on the rashness of youth, and would ask if it was not a shame to entrust a stripling with such power and responsibility. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The same spirit accompanies the stripling when he ascends the wall to act the soldier in his turn. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z This garrison of striplings had behaved nobly, and notwithstanding the brutal order of the British commander to give no quarter, exhibited that humanity without which bravery is not a virtue. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Yet Master William, a mere stripling, was upon the waters, in a boat which required at least two stout men to manage her, and at the mercy of the storm. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Another consumero had a stripling vine that he was carefully training up the trellis over his shed. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Greatly astonished must Jesse and his other sons have been to see Samuel pouring on the ruddy stripling the holy oil, and anointing him for whatever the office might be. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z This made a man in an hour of a stripling. An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life 2012-03-21T02:00:30.747Z This mere stripling, not old enough to be frightened, like Hull and Wilkinson, coolly replied, that when he got possession of the fort, there would be none left to massacre. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z To think of a handful of striplings keeping cabinet ministers in a perpetual state of terror.” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Where heroes o’er their cups romancing, And our young striplings stones are flinging, And our delighted brides are dancing, And our gay maidens songs are singing— ’Twas then I saw thee, lovely flower! Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z The commission given to him was to enquire “whose son the stripling is.” The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z This early acquaintance with the responsibilities of life exerts a sobering influence on the most constitutionally volatile of Eton or Harrow striplings. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z The unskilful stripling struck again and again, only producing faint groans from the sufferer, till at length the father, in showing how a blow should be planted, ended the tragedy. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z In reality, however, that handful of striplings who “kept cabinet ministers in a perpetual state of terror” had stirred up a curiosity in her that sprang from anything but indignation or contempt. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z In his low-toned voice he pictures his early home, his parents, and his first ventures into the world; with evident relish he narrates his ludicrous experience when he—a stripling school-master—"went boarding 'round." Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z But Robin, when he first came here to my door, a stripling, he was her very self. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z The stripling shepherd wand'ring thro' the wood Startles the linnet from her downy nest, Or wreathes his crook with flowers, The sweetest of the fields. A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z Cullen, on the other hand, was a stripling with a soft face like a girl's, exquisite in his dress, urbane in his manners. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z You were a stripling then, a boy of fifteen, and,' here he smiled and laid a hand on Wogan's shoulder, 'you have grown into a baby in four years.' Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z The audacious stripling at once took it to a jeweller’s, to whom he offered it for two hundred crowns. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z A poor little stripling of a soldier and myself carried him about a quarter of a mile through a terrific storm of bullets, and he groaning in a most piteous manner. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z For this he selects by preference young trees or striplings or branches of poplar, hazelwood, or alder tree, and he burns them in an open fire. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z He had hit the nail on the head; that young stripling was her lover, and she was suffering on his account. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z A hard veteran, full of cool valour and ring-craft, could give ten or fifteen years and a beating to most striplings. The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring 2011-12-31T03:00:19.660Z What foolish enthusiasm! worthy of a stripling of sixteen, as he told himself. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z A sire of port God-like as Zeus, to whom on either hand A tender stripling clung. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z First the servants gave him a wash, which changed him from a stripling to a black-bearded man, whose face was bronzed by exposure to the sun. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z One stripling, named ‘Abdu ’l-Raḥmán, fled to North Africa, and after meeting with many perilous adventures founded a new Umayyad dynasty in Spain. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z True, I might but gain Small honour by their seizure, hence I've given The stripling his desire; yet mark me, Fabian,— I watch them closely.—— The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z But the latter, although himself a mere stripling, had implicit faith in Goethe, and a firm conviction that his genius could be utilized in other fields besides literature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z I stood before him a free man, in the prime of life, full of energy, and this stripling alone interposed between myself and liberty. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z "But I couldn't be outdone by a mere stripling," he said, "and the boy certainly enjoyed it." Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z Blows were exchanged, and ‘Amr cried out, "O shame! on the day of my glory a stripling has insulted me and struck my face." A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Two Caravels to sea were gone, Two striplings passed the city gate; A shattered hull returns alone, A brother wails a brother's fate. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z Why is this stripling invested with an important dignity in the church? Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z Among others who came to grief in the third round were Tom Richardson, "the Dyer"—then a stripling in his teens, and Joseph Bird of Holm Wrangle. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z Here’s another; a lad—a mere stripling— Picked up on the fields almost dead, With the blood through the sunny hair rippling, From a horrible gash in the head! Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z I heard him say, and Hoggett growled that he said he had; whereupon Wabberley continued, "Well then, I ask you again, didn't we leave they two striplings on this very island?" Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z From all directions flocked new crowds of workingmen and striplings. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z And with that he left the stripling in the hands of the groom who marched him off to his corner of the compound and assigned him his duties. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z I have had war enough; as a stripling I began to practise, and now my mustache is gray. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z The person so presented was a tall, handsome stripling with blooming red cheeks and no trace, as yet, of a beard. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z What a childish thought, you will say, for a mere stripling, with a twopenny-ha’penny cutlass! O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z A ragged stripling pulled out of his pocket a stone and hurled it with all his strength into the open window. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z "I will attend to it," said the stripling, and with that he marched out again and down the street to a shop with a gaudy gilt front and a massive counter covered with blue cloth. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z He was certain, however, that his son would always respect him, would give him his due; but would he yield always like wax, would he endure everything as he had endured when a stripling? Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Of the whole of his suite only two dared to imitate him, the stately Amazon and the gentle stripling. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z From the years of a stripling I have served the country; I have not put the sabre out of my hand! The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Before the window flowed a black human stream, among which were a large number of striplings, and young girls with cheeks covered with blushes. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Yet this stripling not yet eighteen could write. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z You see that I am no stripling; but my Basia is almost of your age; therefore I am thinking that at times she should have some pleasant amusement, proper for youthful years. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z There were glades of stripling oaks, and big slopes with oak trees, and on the right a saw-mill buzzing, and on the left the town, white and close, nestling round a baroque church-tower. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z He is a veteran yet fended off the heat and humidity as well as any stripling. Udinese 1-2 Arsenal (agg 1-3) 2011-08-24T20:55:45Z He asks therefore “How long time is it since this came upon him?” and the answer shows that he was now at least a stripling, for he had suffered ever since he was a child. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z But I am sorry for you; you are a stripling, and though a cunning fellow, cunning cannot save you in the Saitch. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z There remained with her the remembrance of him as a passionate stripling, who was half comrade to her brother, and half serving-lad. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Moreover, they were men and not striplings, and were averse from being commanded by young officers who were absolutely without South African experience. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z An unfledged stripling like thee is not for a maid like Wally! The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z A strong conviction is confirmed by attack; it takes up a firm position on its bases of support; while a stripling faith bends and quivers at every gust of disbelief. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z One of them was an old man; the other a stripling, perhaps fifteen or sixteen years of age. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z These are the words:—'Akin to the offence for which Holyoake has been committed is the crime for which Francis, also a mere stripling, is likely to forfeit his personal liberty, if not his life. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z Septuagenarians and striplings were drafted into the commandoes, while at Burghersdorp the Town Guard was composed of lads of about thirteen years of age. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Lend not the ear to ev'ry stripling, child, Because he's smooth of mien, but look behind The outer gloss, and seek for solid gold. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z This stripling that I used to be seemed bent on hiring a horse and carriage to show me about. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z She said, 'You please me; though you are a stripling, you please me.' With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z For three days this weekend, some 1,500 men—from 11-year-old striplings to improbably muscled Goliaths—donned long, thick, black pants made of water-buffalo and cowhide. How Do You Dress a Turkish Wrestler? In Olive Oil and Leather Britches 2011-07-11T02:31:34Z And then the stripling, shepherd lad had four more stones to kill four more giants if necessary. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z Just like a stripling—and how fine a man; How courteous, too, and what a merry eye He has for all his favourites. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z As the pilgrim with his staff wends his way to Mecca, so I went to that place to meet that particular stripling. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z The stripling stood before the face of his lord barely alive, and thought that the ground was opening under his feet. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z She gave some encouragement to the gawky youth, but rather with a view of getting him to aid her in her escape than out of any regard to the over-sensitive stripling. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z For what do you take me, young man? a gossip or a stripling! The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z For thee, rash stripling! who dost brave our vengeance, Prepare to meet it. The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts 2011-07-05T02:00:33.083Z His guardian looked acidly at the tall, handsome stripling before him, and began a severe lecture. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z “Nay, I will go, since I am chief;” and there came to the great Zulu a stripling, with his eyes gleaming, and the hand that held the assegai thrown back. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Thou dost avow it then, Boast it even to my face, audacious stripling! The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-07-03T02:00:12.153Z When you were a stripling you were all for surgery, and Dr. James thinks you will yet make a fine surgeon. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z "We hold thee and thy bow in scorn," said they; "shall a stripling like thee bear a bow before the king's archers, that is not able to draw the string?" Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z The chauffeur appeared a stripling by comparison with the man lounging beside him, huge arms folded across thick chest. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z Here, as a stripling, he had fought battles for his lady love, and Jade Beddow had sought in vain to supplant him in her affections. The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z Now, there was a stripling at the court called Beaumains, who served in the king's kitchen, a fair youth and of great stature. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2011-06-20T02:00:02.907Z The larger and stronger—the brute, as Tom mentally called him—appeared to be middle-aged; the other was a stripling. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z The Bay of Pigs debacle left Khrushchev convinced that Kennedy was a callow stripling whom he could bludgeon at will. Did J.F.K. Lose Berlin? 2011-06-10T16:36:26Z Entering the Agency when mere striplings, they had at once formed a friendship that had been strong and lasting. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z The tall stripling was brave, but his youthful face showed him to be but a boy, and the consciousness of a well-filled purse in his pocket made him anxious to escape. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z His brother, whom he had left a stripling, was now a hoary man. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z The stripling, meditative and gentle, had become a man, haughty and impassioned. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z Where heroes o'er their cups romancing, And our young striplings stones are flinging, And our delighted brides are dancing, And our gay maidens songs are singing— 'Twas then I saw thee, lovely flower! An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z The lieutenant is quite young, a mere stripling, little more than a child. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z This stripling with his harp must, therefore, go into that tent alone. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z There is the only son of one family, who left home a stripling, now back for the first time, a stalwart man, with his young wife and three children. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z And then, his eyes falling upon the figure of the bashful youth, he added: "Prithee, who is the stripling at your heels?" The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z Born to all earth's splendour, Cradled by a throne, He in very childhood Knew God's love alone; Nazareth's holy stripling Boyhood's pattern made; Through the years of manhood By his Saviour stayed. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z So he shook the dust from his feet, and walked out of the city-gate, leaving the stripling Rhine, having but just issued from the lake, on his right hand. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z This was why the stripling was on his return to the paternal mansion; and why the king had shown displeasure at parting with him. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Germany had a fearful time after the publication of Goethe's "Werther" because striplings began to contract the habit of suicide through the influence of the book and went about dying all over the place. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z He had liked young Edmonstone always—respected him as a mere stripling. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z “What! the young stripling who used to be at Court—one of the gentlemen ushers?” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z “Only a stripling,” he said, “about as high as the top of that candle,” and he pointed to the mantelpiece. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z He was still only a stripling—a youth of nineteen—though well grown for his age; and in point of size might have passed muster among men. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Phis stripling, without rising or taking the least notice of the old gentleman, gave him some papers with a haughty and careless air, and then dismissed him. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Twelve were age 50 or older, with the oldest age 67; another 17 were relative striplings, ages 26 to 40. Well: When Exercise Is Too Much of a Good Thing 2011-03-09T05:01:15Z Think of him,” and she nodded towards a gaudily-dressed stripling of some ten or twelve, seen coming towards them. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Do what that stripling commands if thou betray not holy secrets. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z I don’t think she cares about that stripling—farther than as a cousin. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Down from their rocky fastnesses pour the old and the young, the untried stripling, and the stern veteran with a thousand scars. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z You're back with me here, where I brought you up as a stripling, and yon's the Abbey. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z It was on one of these coasting trips that von Loringhoven then a stripling of seventeen—was within an ace of losing his life. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z So the priests looked on him as a frivolous stripling, though he, thanks to Sarah, would become a father to-day or to-morrow. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z In truth, the stripling but ill understood it. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The trees in the playground have grown from striplings into big shady things. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z When I was a stripling youth around the tents, before I was of age to be made brave, often would I cast eye of longing on some fair maiden as she passed. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z The assemblage was composed of all who were capable of bearing arms, from gray-headed veterans of the last war, to the striplings who had not yet been mustered on a training field. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z The artful Tyrian gave himself out before them as very proud of his relations with Rameses, and the prince with no less success played the rôle of a riotous stripling. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Lecture? lecture? such a stripling as I lecture to fifty benches, with ten gray heads on each? five hundred gray heads in all! Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z A stripling was murdered for having served a master who had come under the ban of the League. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z "No doubt!" said the stripling, whose countenance beamed with joy. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z So did Helen tremble in her heart, and little Laura—Laura had grown to be a fine young stripling by this time, graceful and fair, clinging round Helen and worshiping her, with a passionate affection. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z “In every case he did not sell the secret to a stripling, but to some one more important; and that is dangerous.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Shall a mother abase herself before her stripling boy? Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z It takes a man, and no mere stripling, to take a bull out of the herd, and this Ferko Lacza was a master of the art. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z Yet a far more pathetic tale The Pawnees told the pioneer Of dusky maid and stripling pale Who found in death a refuge here. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z First, as a soldier in the British army he was heard of, a stripling with a girl's waist, a pigeon breast, and the soul's divinity breathing itself awake within. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Since the world became the world, no pharaoh has ever uttered so many blasphemies as we have heard to-day from that stripling. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z "A goodly stripling," he said, turning to Sir Jacob Astley, of Hill Morton, one of the gentlemen with him, "a goodly stripling, and a bold looking withal." William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z “She is preposterously sighing after a stripling with languishing eyes and soft hair, who loves her,” said the caliph.—“Where is he?” asked Carathis. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z I was a mere stripling, and I believe I could have stood in one of the legs of the trousers. The Life of Roger Langdon Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen. [With a preface by H. Clifton Lambert.] 2010-12-21T22:55:56.210Z So once more that morning, watching Derry, I seemed to be watching, not the Derry actually by my side, but a Derry who had been a stripling when I had been in my middle twenties. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z “Thy head would ache, and thy stomach also, should human lips repeat the blasphemous words which we have heard this day from that giddy stripling.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z As he did so, the forester lowered a cross-bow, with which he had been taking a steady aim at the stripling, from his shoulder, and stood and watched him till he disappeared. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z All that seems certain is that while Manchester United's cast of eager, leggy striplings seemed a strangely intriguing proposition without their talisman, they do look a lot better with him on board. Wayne Rooney, Americans and the terrible burden of ambition 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z It entailed the choice of eight striplings with a combined total of 28 previous starts for the club. Accrington Stanley 2-3 Newcastle 2010-08-25T20:40:00Z That afternoon at the Lyonnesse Club she had admired him for the beauty of the prime of his manhood; and as a stripling youth his beauty had again engaged her eye! The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z “Moreover this stripling has insulted me grievously in my religious practices.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z What was the uncle's astonishment at finding the stripling a match for his deepest combinations, and what the father's surprise on discovering a very Philidor in his son of ten years! The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion Then there was the young heir of Neuhaus, an extremely fair, plump stripling, whose clothes, according to "Hinterwald" modes, were too narrow and too tight. The Undying Past Nevertheless, in a few moments, this preparation was accomplished, and, with Abdalla, the stripling stood trembling from weariness or timidity at the side of the group. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Across the lake a stripling figure stood on the diving-stage with a towel about his shoulders. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Only a pharaoh may act thus, or a traitor, or—a frivolous stripling, who with the same heedlessness will do hasty deeds or belch forth words of blasphemy.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Glenning ran towards the engine, which had halted in the center of the highway, and at which some striplings were tugging in a vain effort to move it. The Man from Jericho His eldest son, George, who had been my schoolfellow at Rostock, was only a stripling when he caught a nameless disease through frequenting a certain class of women. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster The amazement with which the warlike cavalier heard these words, and beheld the stripling throw himself manfully before the door of the apartment, entirely disconcerted him for a moment. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico So far he resembled our Gerona guide Jos�, but the one had grown to manhood, the other was a stripling, though a bright and interesting lad. Glories of Spain In a week the troops came—part of a company of infantry and a young lieutenant, a tall stripling fresh from West Point. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches At nightfall, just as the stripling moon sank behind a spinney of firs that crowned the farthest visible dip of that rolling way ahead across the wold, they turned down into Wychford. Sinister Street, vol. 2 In the lavatory, Michael and Alan would souse with water all the kids in reach, and the kids would be duly grateful for so much acknowledgment of their existence from these stripling gods. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Perhaps it is not true," said the stripling, innocently; "and, at the best, 'tis not remarkable enough to have many repeaters. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico It seemed to him that they excluded him, that she was still a child unable to distinguish between a stripling and a man, still without need of any deeper emotions than a light-hearted romping comradeship. Making Money It might need only a short lapse from a new concept to an inherited and ancient code to make heroes of "killers" for this stripling. The Tempering The stripling who sought me Suddenly peeped through the door. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 When she stood at the top of the staircase, and he a few steps lower, she just reached to the tall stripling's forehead; she threw her arms tenderly about his neck. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales On two or three occasions, also, greatly to his surprise, he caught the stripling weeping; which was the more wonderful, since he seemed not only reconciled, but greatly pleased with his state of easy servitude. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Bill hastened to cut him down, but, to his unspeakable surprise, the unhappy young stripling cried, 'Don't, don't! the keys! the keys!' Bill the Minder I, who live here a life without change, who mark time for the years and watch the striplings become old men, see many things, and see them truthfully. The Missioner In the days of Joshua there were whole regiments of giants; but one stripling from the Lord’s hosts defeated the giant of Gath. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses But of a sudden one of the two striplings who had spoken for Sister Humphreys left his place by the window and ran to the door. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play A word," said Allen to Henry, as they met; "you are but a stripling. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Truly, in sooth, and in good deed, la, madam, The stripling is in love: deep, deep in love. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 The king then offered him his own armour, which would naturally be the best suit of armour in the camp, that the stripling might in some measure be protected. Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day Within the spacious rooms Were banquets spread; and menials, beautiful As wood-nymphs or as stripling Mercuries, Ran to and fro, and laid the chalices, And brought the brimming wine-jars. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 Divine Aurora, the goddess with the saffron veil, was already descending the heights of Guadarrama, when the stripling awoke in the same prophetic state of mind. Maximina What was it that was done by this youngest of the V.C.'s this stripling of eighteen who, before he enlisted, was a messenger-boy to a greengrocer? The Irish at the Front A mere stripling—a mere stripling of nineteen. East Angels Was it possible that this handsome, confident stripling was his peer? The Orphan He was a tall stripling, rather slightly built,—after the model of the Randolphs,—but extremely well-knit, muscular, and agile. Thomas Jefferson The Franciscan thought he beheld in him the elements of a character well adapted for a religious order; and after some further conversation, he finally consented to take the stripling with him to Ascoli. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 In common, no grown brave bothered himself over the petty squabbles of striplings; unless, indeed, it might be to incite them to further conflicts. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn In its earliest days it rocked the cradle of our liberties, and still it guards them, though the stripling has long become a giant. Here and There in London Like as not, now, some toe-dancing stripling of a retiarius will entangle me in his net this very afternoon, and no mercy signal has been or will be given this day. Triplanetary My husband, as already said, was beyond the age of military service, my eldest son but a stripling; my youngest was a child of not more than two years. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Already under the teaching of the god, the inhabitants of Latium had learned to wed the vine to the young stripling elm. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels He had done a man’s work, even though a stripling, and she would accord him a man’s honor. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn That stripling is to blame for all your misery. The Tower of Dago I remember, myself, a marquis of gigantic proportions, who had kept his prescription by him from the time of his being a stripling till he weighed twenty stone. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands I have been talking to a stripling from Nova Scotia, who has been here these four months. Seeds of Pine "But if there should be fighting, think you not there would be many a stripling," asked Goodwife Kendall, "of even seventeen or eighteen, who would enter the ranks on our side?" Maid Sally Philip is said to have fallen in love with Olympias while both were being initiated into some religious mysteries in Samothrace, at a time when he was still a stripling and she an orphan. Greek Women But if this were so, Phin Dady must have realized that he could have little or nothing to fear from one stripling of that species; for he immediately relapsed into his former careless attitude. The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners "The tartar!" exclaimed Uncle Lorincz, turning to the stripling with interest; "so we have a bridegroom here! come, man, let us look at you a little nearer." Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 They were sitting austerely upright with grave faces as became the occasion, when it came upon them suddenly that the police stripling was intoxicated. Seeds of Pine Thou art a stripling: he was a man, I say. Barclay of the Guides And there was young Siddons, a stripling just out of his apprenticeship and uncertificated, the son of a well-to-do merchant in a country town. Captain Macedoine's Daughter He was admired at a distance by striplings who wondered how he had ever accomplished such great results. The "Genius" Come, my friend," says the conceited stripling, with fresh arrogance, "Be kind enough to move for a moment. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 The policeman who was sent out was only a stripling, but there was no yellow in him save the streak on his trouser-legs. Seeds of Pine But only consider what glory this stripling must have acquired, to have actually fired a gun and broke a pigeon's leg! The Bird and Insects' Post Office He was only a stripling, but noted for his rare skill in the chase and endurance on the trail. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon Yes, royal stripling, the bishop is mightier than you. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Martin;" cried the doctor aloud: "where then do you hide yourself? yes, that's true indeed, you are both indebted to the stripling. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. II. When Bishop Tach� looked over the slender stripling he said: "I asked for a man; they sent me a boy." Seeds of Pine Off fly a dozen jackets—and a devil's dozen of striplings from twelve past to going sixteen—firmly wedged together like the Macedonian Phalanx—are yelling for the fray. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Eight and seventy names are written On the muster roll of striplings. The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County. Curse on the stripling! how he apes his sire! Cato A Tragedy, in Five Acts "Service is no longer as it was formerly," observed Dubois, "the old, genuine soldier-like gallantry must give place to new fashioned boasting, and venerable age and experience are of no value among the raw striplings." The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. II. Farther on, the floor of the valley is flat and green, and dotted here and there with stripling coco-palms. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) He was an agile stripling, skilled in all gymnastic exercises. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) Perchance the aspect of such a stripling moved her womanly heart to a special throb of sympathy, he looked so young to have achieved such deeds of valour. A Little Hero He thought of the handsome stripling who used to wander about the grounds at Cawdor, trying to conceal from my lady the fact that he smoked cigars. A Mad Love Drawing George Deaves up to a shop window as if to show him something inside, he called his attention to the stripling with the pale and watchful face. The Deaves Affair Some are desperate fellows; some mournful women—mothers and wives; some stripling girls. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) I'm well," quoth he, "but thought just now: If only lightning flashing, Down there, would strike that stripling dead, Him and his trumpet smashing! The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. For many years, ever since he had entered the army as a beardless stripling, it had been his aim to attain to a commanding position. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day By his side there stood a stripling youth, A boy in battle who boldly drew The bloody brand from the breast of his chief. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose The stripling looked straight ahead, affecting to be unconscious of his coming. The Deaves Affair A stripling young man scrambled on top, stood there, seized the buckets passed up to him, doused the blaze and amidst cheers leaped down again. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters How grown men raged at Austria’s wickedness, And smoked,—while fifty striplings in a row Marched straight to Piedmont for the wrong’s redress! The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV Let the Field striplings bless their destiny that they live in no medieval age, when each baron had to defend his possessions by his strong right arm successfully, or be compelled to relinquish. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times “Ah, Seigneur,” entreated the stripling, “if you love me, grant my prayer; let me fight along with you.” Legends & Romances of Brittany He was the father of four brave sons, the youngest of whom, a stripling of some thirteen or fourteen years, was at his back: the other three came in afterwards. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters He was a delicate-looking fellow, a mere stripling compared with the broad-shouldered inspector, but there was a dangerous gleam in his eyes. Absolution A likely stripling—not ill-born—and of her own choosing too? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) The bloodthirsty stripling persisted in the Republic’s name. The Missourian He was a stranger to Venice, newly come from Rome—known in Venice years ago, it was whispered—a mere stripling. Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists Not then knowing this I halted, dubious if I should go forward; and while standing in a swither at the corner of the Stockwell, a cart came up from the bridge, driven by a stripling. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters This legal stripling brought almost as much comfort as Mr. Prigg himself; and it was quite a pleasure to hear the familiar terms in which he spoke of the bigwigs of the profession. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit This boy is a stripling of fifteen—slight, and tall of his years. Shirley Their stripling chief thrust out his stomach, and he handled his large sword with an unaccustomed flourish. The Missourian But she had recognized Horace Spotswood in the tall stripling of perhaps fifteen who stood in riding-clothes at the side of a pawing gray horse. A Manifest Destiny If I canna fight wi' men," replied my brave stripling, "I can help my father; but I'm no fear't. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters People whom we looked upon as of great antiquity, in childhood, turn out to have been mere striplings. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 The author—"wonder-working Lewis," was a stripling under twenty when he wrote The Monk in the short space of ten weeks! Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches "I will take Quebec," replied the fiery stripling, "if I stay here till November." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The fatal die was cast at length; and tears filled every eye As forth a gentle stripling slept and gave himself to die. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 In saying these words, the worthy gentleman opened his bag, which, instead of being filled with game, as the marvelling stripling had supposed, contained a store of provisions. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters Between the handsome stripling of sixteen and the grown man of twenty summers there is a greater difference than the same lapse of time will produce at any other period of human life. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 Oh, father!" answered the stripling, "they have robbed us—they have taken advantage of me. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 He was flat and slim in the waist as any stripling might have been. Once to Every Man The Taufusi people, as foreigners, were not liable to the levy except for two striplings by way of rent, both of whom were subscribed with unwillingness, though neither was O'olo. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas While they were sitting together in the vintner's apartment, a stripling came several times into the room, and looked hard at my grandfather, and then went away without speaking. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters Two or three weeks ago, spending an evening at Mrs. R——'s, her daughters showed me a suit of clothes belonging to a stripling brother, just gone away to the war. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Slowly the stripling quits the pensive scene, And burns and sighs and weeps to be what he has been. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose From the stripling he had become the man. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 But he, a feverish, clamorous, obstreperous stripling of a Beduin, what chance has he in extricating his barbaric instincts from such thorny hedges of philosophy? The Book of Khalid Observe yon stripling bath'd in purple gore, He bleeds for Freedom on his native shore. The Battle of Bunkers-Hill He would not look at, much less speak to, such a sloppy stripling as you. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 The stripling De Soto displayed skill with his weapon which not only baffled his opponent, but which excited the surprise and admiration of all the on-lookers. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots This stripling you are all so afraid of hasn’t cut all his wisdom teeth yet. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West Tall, athletic, and well-featured for his age, he was a typical stripling of the town. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel The man, a tall stripling in a silver-studded belt, looked up, flattered. Tharon of Lost Valley “Why, it seems to me that a stripling like you 205 had best stay behind, and keep out o’ danger. The Cabin on the Prairie But swiftly swimming at my stern Came Ainlie bold and Ardan tall; Those faithful striplings made me turn And brought me back to Nasa’s hall. The Song of Deirdra, King Byrge and his Brothers and Other Ballads Friend," said the stripling, gravely, sitting up, "you dealt me that blow most skilfully. Robin Hood I have seen a brawny fellow, with no lack of ordinary courage, fairly quail before this slender stripling, when in one of his furious fits. Typee He had too much official pride to allow himself to be instructed by a stripling in Virginia. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services That slight stripling, Mr Thomas Sidney, is a very David in the heat of the battle.' Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney Rainey was well over the average himself, but he was only a stripling beside this hulk, this stranded hulk, of manhood. A Man to His Mate Also there was a stripling page, who turned into a maid. Robin Hood But it had come hard; for the unmoral half of her perceptions was noting how big and beautiful he looked, how his blush, as of a stripling facing reproof, became him. The Readjustment The cool effrontery of this mere stripling was unlike anything he had heard at the bureau in all the years he had served authority. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar The tall stripling looked down on the little morsel of humanity with a puzzled expression. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney I had escaped the rain, but they had not; they came in dripping: a stout man, and a tall, lank stripling. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France "Now will I trounce you right well, stripling," cried the tall man, grasping his cudgel. Robin Hood My companion failed to recognize in the man turned of forty the smooth-cheeked stripling of eighteen, with whom he had wrought so long before. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland He laughed lightly, for the idea of this mere stripling being of any use to his Government amused him greatly. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar I was a stripling lad den and boy-like I got to see and hear everything. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 But David was a stripling when he slew Goliath of Gath. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier This "stripling" jumped from one side to the other so lightly and unexpectedly, and parried each thrust so surely, that presently the giant relaxed a little from the fury of his onslaught. Robin Hood Dr. Faustus was now in his twenty-fourth and last year, and he had a pretty stripling to his servant, which had studied also at the university of Wittenburg. Mediaeval Tales It is the Tillingbourne, here a stripling, and never much bigger for that matter; but here it is the meadow-brook in its ideal form. Highways and Byways in Surrey To be a law-student was to be a stripling of quality. A Book About Lawyers But David was a stripling when he slew Goliath of Gath. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier "In a manner, stripling, you have now the better of this adventure, and yet do forbear," returned Master Nailor. Robin Hood Or was’t the stripling Youth, whose roundelay Awoke the echoes of the throbbing day And changed to gladness all the world’s dull mien, Glad roads of Spring? The Rose-Jar Then, indeed, the captive turned his face towards the light, and looked down on the stripling with an expression that was superior to contempt. The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 The Saxon stripling who could keep accounts in Norman fashion, and speak French as fluently as his mother tongue, might hope to sell his knowledge in a good market. A Book About Lawyers That rank which I had earned They gave to striplings. The Treason and Death of Benedict Arnold A Play for a Greek Theatre "Be not too sure of it, stripling," said he, as he returned to Robin's side. Robin Hood On seeing the minister, the stripling was about to retire. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. She, however, plodded on resolutely through the drizzle, until three striplings who came with linked arms down the pavement of a quieter street barred her way. Hawtrey's Deputy A justice of the supreme court had declared, on hearing of the legislature's choice, that the stripling could not fill the place because he was no lawyer and had no law books. Stephen Arnold Douglas The Indian lad, though showing promise of great future strength, was still only a stripling, and they bore his limp body in their arms without difficulty. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades "How dare you shoot the King's beasts, stripling?" asked Robin, very severely. Robin Hood It might be that this is the “Dance of Selection,” for it undoubtedly has the result of bringing forth a number of striplings from the ranks of the onlookers. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies I wonder whether any one would recognize in you the fresh-faced and somewhat callow stripling with whom I talked about the Dominion that day on Starcross Moor. Lorimer of the Northwest Now with a solemn pride, Lord of the future's limitless expanse, The Stoic stripling tolerates the dance Weary, yet dignified. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 27, 1893 In the short time since they had seen him last he had changed from a care-free stripling to a thoughtful chief whose word was law with his people. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades At the gate of Boreas the youthful Parthenopæus takes his stand, a fair-faced stripling, upon whose face the youthful down is just making its appearance. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes The post-nati, understand thereby such striplings born in England since the death of monarchy therein, conceive this land, their mother, to be in a good estate. A History of Elizabethan Literature He left us an obstinate stripling, and this country has hammered him into a man. Lorimer of the Northwest Then it was Ugh-lomi, the stripling, proved himself to have come to man's estate. Tales of Space and Time Meantime the new conscription had been carried through, and ever larger numbers of French striplings, dignified by the name of troops, appeared at Bayonne, and crossed the border. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) If Page 138 you knew me, bold stripling," the suffering god speaks, still gently, "you would spare me this affront. The Wagnerian Romances If my opinion had been asked, I should have said that I thought it more suitable for her to have a heavy middle-aged dog of good manners than a harum-scarum young stripling like Trap. Pussy and Doggy Tales On yon tall rock's projecting side, See where the stripling bends his way, To hang with rapture o'er the tide, And tune a sweetly rustic lay. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 Thus a stripling, who had just completed his thirteenth year, was accepted by the nobles and by the populace as the absolute and untrammeled sovereign of France. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series She was now a beautiful grown girl, and I had become a stout stripling. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales “Here, Zeno,” cried the Bishop of Patras to the virile young stripling. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure He was a refined-looking stripling of not more than twenty-four, not tall, but well-made, and with an air of breeding, intensified rather than hidden by his rough clothes. Northern Lights For he was a big man of forty, not one of the light striplings of the young classes of this year or last. The Backwash of War The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse Is this our antagonist's great Achilles, who is thus falling down and succumbing to me, a silly stripling? The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Off Sivard throws his gloves, like snows The stripling’s hands appeared; And with all his force he girded the horse, For to trust the groom he feared. Grimmer and Kamper The End of Sivard Snarenswayne and other ballads The Chilian officer who bargained for it was a delicate-looking stripling, who, with both hands, could scarcely raise the heavy weapon. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests He is sure of the particular spot, but the king stands sullen in the shadow, robbed of his golden mantle which is now divided to bedeck two or three striplings in the background. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures For civil discord rent the land, His warrior sire, afar, Against his sovereign raised the brand, The leader of the war: By honour fired the stripling draws His weapon in the royal cause. Enthusiasm and Other Poems Business, I tell you, is going to die here, and who would want to read what a stripling like you would write outside of business? True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Saul, apparently forgetful of his former favorite and armor-bearer, inquires whose son the stripling is, led proudly into his presence by Abner, the captain of the host. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History "Will any editor in the world," Herr von Bunsen pithily remarks, "hesitate to confirm my belief that no MS. of the last unfledged stripling of an author was ever offered on similar conditions?" Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History I was going to count up when I was saved the trouble by coming to a sentence that said he was then "an unproved stripling of thirty-two." The Convert She would troll thee a ditty i' th' voice o' a six-foot stripling, but for a' that, as sweet as bells far away on a still noon in summer-tide. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales How could this stripling have learned what he had taken such pains to conceal? Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success No nearer am I to a knight's estate than, when a stripling page, I listened to the minstrel's tales.' The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation The delights of the capital made a strong impression on the mind of the stripling, and he ardently wished to remain there. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 "But I am bound to admit that she is certainly a stripling." Charles Frohman: Manager and Man A volunteer of the first-class, and a general epithet for a stripling in the service. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. At six months he was a stripling youth, two thirds pup, one third grown dog. Frank of Freedom Hill Then Ederyn sighed, for well he knew his stripling form could never wage fierce combat with a dragon. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation Friend of my youth! when young we roved, Like striplings, mutually beloved, With friendship's purest glow, The bliss which winged those rosy hours Was such as pleasure seldom showers On mortals here below. My Recollections of Lord Byron There was in such language from a stripling something so surprising that the man looked on Miss Cochrane for an instant in silent and unfeigned amazement. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Or again, a slight young stripling goes away to India and returns in twenty years a big, bearded, broad-shouldered man, with practically no outward resemblance to the boy that went away. The Gospel of the Hereafter How the crowding people must have eyed him, as he rode along, the slim stripling, so young, so helpless, in the midst of all these bearded men! Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets While Roland was yet only a stripling, the great emperor, Charlemagne, passed through the town of Sutri, and while there dined in public on the village green. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds As a stripling, he saw at Southwell a poor woman sally mournfully from a shop, because the Bible she wished to purchase costs more money than she possesses. My Recollections of Lord Byron The two elder brothers were great big, strapping fellows, but the youngest one, Ivan, was a mere stripling. Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations As for this fine stripling who has so disgraced himself, the fault is mine. Blackbeard: Buccaneer From now on it was torture, pure, unadulterated, exquisite torture, such as only the self-conscious stripling of the first sixteen awkward years can experience. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World A young stripling or two may drop in, stagging it. Blue Ridge Country Accustomed throughout his life to be feared and obeyed, it was unbearable thus to be flouted to his face by a stripling, whom he felt able to crush like a bird's egg. Deerfoot in The Mountains The stripling, rubbed with oil, wrestled, quite naked, in the full light of day. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul They brought him into the mess-room, a tall stripling with shaven head and blue laughing eyes, and he took the coffee they offered him with a courteous little bow and a click of his heels. Tam o' the Scoots While yet a tender stripling, fame Shall bruit abroad his warrior name, And brightly shall his glory shine For exploits worthy of his line. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse One still lived in his memory as a red-haired girl with a pert, malicious face, and the other as a stripling youth in a ragged gray uniform. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights Not now, as Kipling too truly had said of the fight for South Africa: "When your strong men cheered in their millions, while your striplings went to the war." The World Peril of 1910 The man for Nova Scotia had not yet arrived, as he was only a stripling at his father's home in Amherst, and was still a stranger to the grace of God. William Black The Apostle of Methodism in the Maritime Provinces of Canada A supreme God was wanted, and Zeus, the stripling of Creta, was raised to that rank. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion A stripling, in Pembrokeshire, joined a fairy dance, and found himself in a palace glittering with gold and pearls, where he remained in great enjoyment with the fairy folk for many years. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Left him for a stripling of a slave—a mere creature from the public market. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The student of character would have declared the stripling to be self-reliant and secretive; ambitious and calculating; masterful, but kindly. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) "Where is the wretched stripling who dared to slay my dove?" she cried. The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance By the light of the camp-fire the stripling heard, with kindling eye and throbbing pulse, the tales of the heroic dead; and he early formed the ambition to become a leader of his race. Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada Many of them were mere striplings; indeed, among them was a boy of thirteen, an incorrigible young rebel who had run away from school to take part in the fighting. A History of the United States "He was twenty-four then, and sort of settled into manhood, while I was a rather green stripling." A Little Girl in Old Boston "He strikes him!" said another seaman, a mere stripling, but also with a spy-glass. Captain Boldheart & the Latin-Grammar Master A Holiday Romance from the Pen of Lieut-Col. Robin Redforth, aged 9 At the Hollis Street Church this stripling of twenty-four now found himself being compared with the foremost preachers of America. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators It was share and share alike amongst men and officers, and many of the latter were mere striplings, who had but lately left the comforts of their English homes. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 My noble master, the emperor, hath—regarding me still as but a stripling from his own vantage point of age and wisdom—represented me a young man in his proposals. Under the Rose "Moreover this stripling has insulted me grievously in my religious practices." The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt But the rank and file were pines; gray grenadiers, still upright with the years; young stripling pines, eager to be on the march. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp Boston was a college town—filled with college traditions, and when one thinks of sending out this untaught stripling to address college men, we can not but admire the temerity of both Chapin and Parker. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators What!" cried the stripling defiantly, "do you mean to say you don't know? The Day of Wrath Mr. Drinkwater looked at the beardless stripling, smiled and explained that he wanted a man, not a boy—a man who could take charge of a mill at Manchester, employing five hundred hands. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen "In every case he did not sell the secret to a stripling, but to some one more important; and that is dangerous." The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt A stalwart, active, soldier-looking stripling, Handsome as Hercules ere his first labour, And with a brow of thought beyond his years When in repose, till his eye kindles up In answering yours. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry In the long course of persevering years I might sit in the cushions of the night-editor, or speak of the striplings around me as "my reporters." Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War “Yes, indeed I do; though you are greatly changed from the stripling you were when I knew you,” answered Pearson, stretching out his hand. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea The entertainment was to consist of talk among the older ones, chatter among the slips of girls and striplings of men, with music for all. Old Ebenezer "Thy head would ache, and thy stomach also, should human lips repeat the blasphemous words which we have heard this day from that giddy stripling." The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt "It came to me yesterday," murmured the stripling. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day I am deeply in earnest, Zuleika, and could not bear to be treated as a thoughtless, headlong stripling, who did not know his own mind. Monte-Cristo's Daughter I cared not much for that, for surely I was a match for the stripling we meant to chase. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse “Why, sir, in our taking this English stripling along with us on the morrow?” The King's Esquires The Jewel of France Since the world became the world, no pharaoh has ever uttered so many blasphemies as we have heard today from that stripling. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt His father seems to have been rather proud of his mulatto stripling, and dispatched him to England to be educated. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Some fleet stripling always ran ahead, and the dogs followed. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska Men like them, who have the election of their own officers, do not trust their lives to the guidance of either stripling or coward. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse I would I had been there to have seen you, you stripling, standing sword in hand in that lane to meet that ruffian’s charge with three horses abreast. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France So the priests looked on him as a frivolous stripling, though he, thanks to Sarah, would become a father today or to-morrow. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt I implored the brute to desist, but my interference seemed to augment his choler to such a degree, that he seized a handspike to knock the stripling down. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver "That young stripling thinks that if he succeeds he can carry off my wife too, so as to have her for his mistress one day, Czipra, your daughter, the next." Debts of Honor As for this stripling, if he once begin, His brother’s is but jest and children’s play To his mad fury. The Comedies of Terence For seven years had Perseus been away, and now it was no longer a stripling who stood in the palace hall, but a man in stature and bearing like one of the gods. A Book of Myths The artful Tyrian gave himself out before them as very proud of his relations with Ramses, and the prince with no less success played the role of a riotous stripling. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt I found him to be but a pale stripling, with slender limbs and brilliant eyes. The Shadow World In this way the obscure stripling protests himself the friend of the first man in the land, and that, too, when he is, perhaps, a comparative stranger and asking a favor. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. He was a slender stripling with high forehead, long, straight nose, and a face chiefly marked by an imperious expression. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport When all Israel were on the run, David faced Goliath--alone ... with God--and he but a stripling, and well scolded too by his brother for having come to see the battle. The Chocolate Soldier Heroism—The Lost Chord of Christianity Do what that stripling commands if Thou betray not holy secrets. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Now by Christ His cross, how comes it that this snipe of a stripling may speak from his mouth of what lieth beyond the grave? Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain The strain was terrific for a mere stripling of his build, and only old seasoned veterans could stand under it. Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast Local patriotism is but a stripling David in face of the Goliaths of modern commercialism. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield As they lived alone, and away from other Indians, the curiosity of the stripling was excited to know what was passing in the world. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends For, in this big sunny kitchen five men lounged about in addition to the white-coated chef and his beardless stripling of an assistant. The Radiant Shell At Worcester I was but a stripling, but I fought by the side of my father. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia He speaks of David in words more suitable to a man of established renown than to a stripling. The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms The elder of these, when he was still little more than a stripling, had married Ella Beaufort, the daughter of another ruined planter in his State. Dr. Wortle's School The stripling was deeply vexed by this observation; it seemed to touch him to the very quick. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends And in a moment it chanced that the stripling assistant chef came toward him with a tray. The Radiant Shell "When a stripling I served under one who took the bitter with the sweet, the danger as well as the reward, who led the soldiers from whom he took his throne." Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia He was apparently thunder-struck by the cleverness displayed by this stripling in clinching the guilt of the party who had stolen his spring chickens. The Boy Scouts of Lenox "We're not going to hurt you, old man," remarked Frank; for he had seen that the Indian was no stripling. The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave Dames and thrifty greybeards dread Lest you turn a stripling's head; Poor young brides are in dismay Lest you sigh their lords away. Ionica The raw young stripling had hoped all things; the mature, seemingly well-poised rector was having some little difficulty to prove them good. The Brentons In the present case you are perhaps right, but there are some striplings whose wisdom is sufficient to guide men. The Hot Swamp “It will blow harder yet, I think,” said Charlie Christian, who had grown into a tall stripling of about seventeen. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers The stripling who did this brave deed was none other than our friend Guy Foster, who chanced to be lodging with his mother in the neighbouring town at that time. The Lifeboat Ah I would there were some one that I could aid, Though lacking the simpleness, lacking the worth, Yet wanted and trusted by right of birth, Some townfellow stripling, some Torrington maid. Ionica Afterwards, when Joseph became a stripling, the captain, being a director in the Grand National Trunk Railway, procured for his protégé a situation on the line. The Iron Horse “He is a stripling; and says he has urgent business to communicate to you alone.” The Hot Swamp About the time that Charlie left school, while yet a stripling, he had the shoulders of Samson, the chest of Hercules, and the limbs of Apollo. Charlie to the Rescue The latter had become a tall, handsome stripling during his residence abroad, and bid fair to rival Bax himself in stature. The Lifeboat The Captain looked at the handsome stripling for a few seconds in silent surprise. Rivers of Ice It was no longer an infant, but a powerful stripling—though still far from its full growth; as far as six tons is from sixty! The Iron Horse “Truly, no, for taking the advice of a mere stripling like me, is not a sign of wisdom in a man.” The Hot Swamp So saying, the stripling pitched the jumping-jack into the lap of Skipping Rabbit, and strode out of the lodge with the pomposity of seven chiefs! The Prairie Chief For there, upon the narrow new-made road, between the stripling pines, was a mediæval friar, fighting with a barrowful of turfs. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) “What’s that you say about expenses, cousin?” exclaimed a tall handsome stripling who entered at the moment, and seated himself on the sofa at his mother’s feet. Rivers of Ice Bold as they were, they felt abashed before the outspoken rebuke of this stripling. For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem And how happens it,” said he, turning fiercely to the companion and the nurses, “that my patient was thus left alone with this stripling?” Rattlin the Reefer Listening eagerly to my “yarns,” the youthful ardour of these striplings kindled, and they longed to emulate my deeds. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer Above and below, you may hear it wimpling over the stones, an amiable stripling of a river, which it seems absurd to call the Loire. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Years had passed—from a stripling he had grown a man; but his face was not to be mistaken. The Little Savage Two striplings, lads more like to run Than to commit such slaughter. The King's Own Yes, boy; even the ancients, whom I have venerated, have not done me so kind an act as thou, a stripling, whom I have fostered. Jacob Faithful At last they seemed ashamed at allowing one man, a mere stripling too, so to daunt them, and with loud yells and shrieks they threw themselves on me. Mark Seaworth A fat, cunning Shylock, in spectacles, sat at a counter just inside the entrance, and sold wax-tapers to men and women, old and young, bearded officers and thin striplings. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar “Instead of a soft stripling full of sap.” Patience Wins War in the Works But a very peppery, fidgety, unhappy old man was Colonel Stevens for many days, prating about this independence of action of stripling officers right under his nose. A Wounded Name There was something so droll to the great band of workmen in a mere stripling shouting to them in so commanding a way, that they all burst into a hearty laugh. Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp Wehling was fifty-six, a mere stripling in a population whose average age was one hundred and twenty-nine. 2 B R 0 2 B Good now, Nurse Joan, what have I denied these rash striplings that my father would have granted them? The Armourer's Prentices "You have, you have," said Derry Duck, grasping the offered hand of the stripling in a gripe that would have made him wince with pain but for the bounding joy of his heart. The Boy Patriot To them entered presently Master Pat, white knight no longer, but an ordinary shabby stripling with pensive eyes and an innocent expression. Pixie O'Shaughnessy The hero, a graceless, amorous, stripling, goes wandering from Spain to the Greek islands and Constantinople, thence to St. Petersburg, and finally to England. Brief History of English and American Literature The stripling, however, disclaimed the soft impeachment, and looked very guilty as he did so. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch If the Queen were moved to pray your Grace to pity the striplings, then could the Spaniards make no plaint of too much clemency being shown.” The Armourer's Prentices The slender stripling, tall for his years, was yet in the blossom of his youth. The Boy Patriot At this a gay young stripling rode up. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess He was a tall, lanky stripling, with a large hooked, aquiline nose, and a long moustache triply twisted at the ends and well stiffened with wax. A Hungarian Nabob “Did I understand you to bid four five, sir?” said the auctioneer to an innocent-looking stripling near the door. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch The obedient stripling came eagerly, and knelt as close to his master as he dared—just so as to touch him. Little Novels of Italy There had been a younger man, a mere stripling of seventy-odd; he had been worried, and excused himself at once. The Cosmic Computer Was this stripling of newfound liberty to possess the very earth? A Little Girl in Old Detroit She stood tall and slender before him, dressed like a stripling youth in one of Deforrest Young's riding suits, boots on her feet and a cap in her hand. The Secret of the Storm Country See where the lovely stripling all on the floor is laid. The Peace Egg and Other tales And then the time comes for Latin Grammar, and Cicero de Senectute, and Cæsar's Commentaries, and the bewildered stripling privately resolves to have no more than he can help to do with these antique horrors. Joyous Gard And if not, what is the origin of the modern term "Hobble de Hoy" as a designation for a stripling? Notes and Queries, Number 189, June 11, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. They had been boy and girl, pretty maiden and bright stripling together, without the Squire suspecting—he could not, even now, conceive clearly so wild a thing as their affection! Old Man Savarin and Other Stories This stripling, who was at least five years my junior, proposed to me out of sheer gratitude. Grace Harlowe's Problem Who is he that brushes away a tear to gaze upon his stripling brother beside the guns, soon to be exposed by his command to such a fearful danger? The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV What could have been more complimentary to college striplings? Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Some few were men well on in years, others mere striplings. Under Fire You were but a stripling then, though you gave wonderful promise of size and strength. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS So great was the fame of the young hero that striplings from distant lands, thirsting for glory, came to Dietmar's court that they might be enrolled Page 379 among the comrades of Theodoric. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation I like a good debate; and, when a stripling, used sometimes to be stifled in the Gallery, or enjoy the easier privileges of a member's son. The Young Duke Did not his great ancestor, as young and as untried, a beardless stripling, with but a pebble, a small smoothed stone, level a mailed giant with the ground, and save his people? Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity He was the feeblest of striplings at eighteen. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 He was a mere stripling, short of stature, shabbily clothed, and with a keen look on his pale face that betokened a want of food and rest. Story-Lives of Great Musicians Faces with bars of blacking, like the shadows of small gridirons—faces with woful bruised peepers—faces with fun-flashing eyes—faces of striplings, yet so old and haggard—faces full of evil and deceit. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City He would be confronted with a mournful fact in our social life: the men who “go out” are nearly all silly striplings who, on reaching a sensible age, discreetly remain at home. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 No stripling sub can give such orders in this regiment. Lanier of the Cavalry or, A Week's Arrest You are showing a great deal of authority for a stripling. Frank Merriwell's Chums To preserve the principles of the royal stripling, the King parted with several of his most faithful advisers. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel I fear otherwise, sir; on the skirts of the domain I encountered a stripling with his gun; but I darted into that thicket, and so avoided him. Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden Beside him is a youthful stripling who opens his heart to the professor, catches every word of response as if it were a priceless diamond, and treasures each utterance for future use. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology Through Basile she had early discovered three striplings of the circus ring, the "Brothers Ambrosia." Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi Some were old men with white hair and flowing beards, while others were young striplings scarcely out of boyhood. The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained The fact that he weighed nearly one hundred and sixty pounds, and was no stripling, despite his youth, made not one whit of difference. The Young Pitcher You told me indeed that they were young, but I had not pictured to myself that they were still beardless striplings, although in point of size they do credit to their native country. Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main The differences between her stout, veteran liege and the smooth-faced stripling had given her text to start with. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier On a raised dais, seated upon a throne covered with cloth of gold, and sheltered by a canopy and awnings of crimson brocade, sat the reigning maharajah, a puny and sickly-looking stripling. Tales of Destiny Bruce, even in the desperation driving him, and with a gun in his hand, was little more than a stripling in the hard hands at his wrist and throat. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure Even the players of preceding years, what few were in or near the city, had declined to help develop Wayne's stripling team. The Young Pitcher If I could bid thee, pleasant shade, farewell Without a sigh, amidst whose circling bowers My stripling prime was passed, and happiest hours, Dead were I to the sympathies that swell The human breast! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan "Yes, sir; we are going that way," politely replied a stripling, who stepped forward, followed by another youth with a law book under his arm. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett It was the voice of authority commanding the urchin on the curb; of seasoned seniority chiding the heedlessness of the stripling of twenty-two. Winner Take All The President lifted his hat to the stripling, crying: "To a hero of the South!" The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis When I was a small girl I likened the hemlock to you, sir, and there was I, leaning and huddling close to you, like the ghostly stripling of the woods. The Place Beyond the Winds Dream they here To find such Danaan striplings, weak as they Whom Hector baffled till the tenth long year? The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor But close by the strand a stripling stood And he was heartsore and heavy of mood. The Feast at Solhoug Mayne, while a mere stripling, was no unsuccessful wooer of the Muse; and in his sixteenth year he produced the germ of that poem on which his reputation chiefly depends. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Nay, 'tis no jest, fair sister; the Countess of Buchan and I have met before, though she knew me but as a wild, heedless stripling first, and a moody, discontented soldier afterwards. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History I can't conceive of anything that would now enable me to concentrate my attention more fully than when I was a mere stripling boy, and it was all done by whipping,—thrashing in general. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth And the fifth: "He hath taught a stripling the gifts of a God to give: He hath reared up a King for the slaying, that he alone might live." The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs Tis true I was no mere stripling when I courted you. The Feast at Solhoug The West Point stripling saw in his empty shoulder-straps a single bar, as the man above him saw two tiny bars where he had been so proud of one. Crittenden A Kentucky Story of Love and War Meanwhile the stripling may laugh thy parental care to scorn, by escaping from iron chains and stone walls, and seeking out the arch rebel Bruce, make up at the sword's point for lost time. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History "Not so fast, young sir," objected the sentry, who was hugely amused and interested; "what proof can you bring of this, stripling?" The Adventures of Akbar This is why young men, and even striplings, provided they are energetic and persuasive, will be listened to with attention at such eras. Life of Father Hecker Thus then I should meet this titled stripling—the son of my father's friend. The Last Man |
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