| 单词 | trifler |
| 例句 | Then he has fenced himself off with no stiffness of manner; the only dignity he has assumed has been the natural seriousness of ardent sincerity, warning off triflers only. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z It is very common with Clement's modern critics, when making what our French allies would call "an appreciation" him, to set him down as a solemn trifler. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The opinion of such triflers is worth nothing; it is merely an echo. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z In most cases of irregularly attended or poorly prepared lessons the lack of sympathy means nothing more than that the pupil is a trifler and the teacher's honesty of purpose is not to his taste. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z They must be no dullards nor simpletons, who would enter into the Divine Master’s plans; no triflers, no creatures of sentiment and impulse, who are to be the agents of His will. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z The triflers and the dogmatists of the day used Plato's myths to confute the Christian doctrine of the resurrection. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z In deciding whether Clement was a "solemn trifler," or not, there is another consideration which must not be omitted, and that is his sense of the humorous. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z And to his father and to those who judged him by the bank standard, and felt for him half scornful liking, he seemed to be an inefficient, a trifler. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z What did that trifler know about rare books? The Unpublishable Memoirs 2012-02-03T03:00:18.447Z Auber was a gay trifler, scattering his bright effusions with absolute insouciance, teeming with melodious ideas, but lacking depth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The officers, almost all nobles, rarely showed much concern for their men, and were often mere courtiers and triflers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z There is another epithet bestowed upon Clement, more widely and with better authority than that of "trifler." The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z There he was unstable, indecisive, happy-go-lucky, a trifler, a procrastinator; hopelessly unpractical himself, and what was much more tiresome, a consistent caviller at the practical in others. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z We must also avoid trifling, and, above all, "the straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel," as is the habit with triflers. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z Is it possible, thought Juliet, that common humanity, nay, common sense, will not tell these careless triflers, that their complaint is a lampoon upon themselves? The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z I was firmly resolved that if he insulted the Countess by the least familiarity, I would make a rush for the piled-up muskets, seize one of them, and shoot the villainous trifler dead. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z To say nothing more severe here, upon the traditional theory he is an elaborate trifler. Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z This young fl�neur—and drunkard!—this petty trifler with his profession! The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z On hearing this, a certain old physician Coming from Sicily interrupted them As but a pack of triflers. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z This is the scepticism of the scorner and trifler. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z It rankled more when she realised that there was nothing about the speaker to suggest the trifler or the prig. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z He has continually sought and enjoyed pleasure and satisfaction; and let no man imagine that these foretell only a future trifler. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z Born for! retorted Collins, why to dress and dance; to sing and play; and, like pretty triflers, to divert the lords of the creation, after their toils and studies. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z The embroidered mantle, however, but ill concealed the trifler. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The daughter set too much value upon time willingly to waste it upon trifles and triflers. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z I do believe," she answered smiling brightly, "that you would rather I thought you an altogether wicked person than an average trifler. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z It is also used in reference to the trifler and dabbler in art and science. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z It was no time for a trifler's argument, and I pushed on in silence. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z Your conversation seems to declare as much, and the very title of that little work of yours which you mentioned, assures me that you are no empty trifler. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z For the first time it occurs to her to compare this affected trifler with her husband, and the comparison is sadly to Fainacky's disadvantage. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z He, just as little as all the other triflers who swarm around you. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z His productions, therefore, though incomplete, are not those of a literary trifler. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Would the City crush him into a trifler, with artificial emotions, or was this a Daniel come to interpret her evil dreams?... She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Many were in love with triflers like themselves, and many fancied that they were in love when in truth they were only idle. 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 This reads a "trifle" like a hoax of some male trifler. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z I am not sure nature ever intended that I should stand high as a scholar; but I was no trifler, and so passed through the classes with tolerable eclat. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 The purchased applause of the recitation hall merely gratifies for an hour the vanity of the literary trifler. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Natural history has been so frequently the pursuit of studious triflers, that it is difficult to exempt it from the charge of trifling. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Then what could Christian do, harassed and miserable, but return to brotherly guardianship to keep a dear heart safe from the tampering of an arrant trifler. The Unknown Sea He would be a coward, if he shut his eyes to what he could do; as much a trifler in displaying reserve as ostentation. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. In short, I became a most accomplished trifler—an effect, perhaps, of my very imperfect love of my profession. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Is it not possible that the gay elegant trifler may sometimes have scorned himself as he scorned his time? Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Had I been, all my life, merely one more romanticist, one more sentimental trifler in a universe whose ways were not those of pleasantness, nor its paths those of peace? The Book of Susan A Novel Aristocratic triflers are simply vicious, but democratic triflers are corrupters of ideas. On the Heights A Novel He is one of those triflers called poets, me-thinks—a versifier, a scribbler of jingling rhymes. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 The thing was so remote, and in itself so certain, sure, inexorable; a play of issues that held no part for a trifler like me. Where the Pavement Ends Are all her laws suspended, that she might transform, in an instant, a puling trifler into a perfect woman? Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Courtier and trifler though he was, however, he showed himself so true a poet of nature that his felicities of phrase seem to anticipate the sensuous realism of Keats and his successors. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Johnson says it is the proper emblem of a busy trifler, because it skips up and down upon the surface of the water without any apparent purpose. Folk-lore of Shakespeare However, the free lands are overridden with gamblers in values, with incompetents, with triflers. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making I do not know how these things could have been obtained, for it is certain that the Apostles and first Christians were not such triflers as to amuse themselves in this way. A Treatise on Relics “No, no, I am no trifler; and I advise you to walk up-stairs again, lest I prove this to your cost.” Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 "I cannot deny," continued Chicot, always speaking in the name of the King, "that I am very effeminate, very lazy; a hopeless trifler, an incorrigible hypocrite." Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 How ill did the habit of Death become the pretty trifler? The Tatler, Volume 3 Burns, Byron, Morris and the others who contributed toward these high crimes and misdemeanors were dead, and so escaped the wrath of the angry gods, who switch triflers in Love's domain. Cupid's Middleman The world has no place for the trifler, the coward, or the liar. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas I am afraid Punch meant that they were triflers who looked upon colour in dress as important, and colour in pictures as a thing which would do for a dull day. Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass Plainly, they are but triflers who, when they cannot explain a thing, run back to the will of God; this is, truly, a ridiculous way of expressing ignorance. The Philosophy of Spinoza Sir Walter in his poetry, though pleasing and natural, is a comparative trifler: it is in his anonymous productions that he has shown himself for what he is!— Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature I fear you think me a visionary, monsieur, or even worse, a trifler with men's lives. The Recipe for Diamonds With all my fair promises and pretended loyalty I seemed to be an idle trifler. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas It is a matter of the greatest interest to see the letters of every busy trifler. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Ne’er have thy hands for jaded triflers twined Sick flowers of rhetoric and weeds of rhyme. Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today That polite trifler is fond of a word which he coined himself—'Serendipity.' Miss Cayley's Adventures Well, this one is better dressed, and p’raps a trifler taller; and in the face he don’t favour him noways at all, sir. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) I was not young, I had no ambition, I was a trifler; and you despised me, I dare not say unjustly. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) There were several other branches of my education going on at this time outside the pale of the school, in which, though I succeeded in amusing myself, I was no trifler. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. Many of these triflers had, it is true, exhibited for a time some leaning toward the reformed faith. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 Here, smudged and corrected to distraction, is a passionate defence of the former, occasioned by some academical trifler dubbing him a mere echo of Carlyle and Coleridge. An Ocean Tramp Yet a sincere man seldom knows these things, which a trifler is so quick to see. Claim Number One Our hopes are lost: lost by one miserable trifler, ignorant, fretful, fitful—who will have disappeared to-morrow, who knows? to his boorish pleasures!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) I forgot all about Eleanor and ideals; not because I was a trifler with the hearts of women, but simply because in this matter, as in everything, I did not know my own mind. Confessions of a Neurasthenic The popular lecture has fallen into disrepute with many worthy persons in consequence of the admission of buffoons and triflers to the lecturer's platform; and it is an evil which ought to be remedied. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 Erudition figures him as shallow and a trifler; culture condemns him for pushing his hatred of spiritual falsehood much too seriously; Christian charity feels constrained to unmask a demon from the depths of the pit. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 But while the Patagonian naturalist secures recognition and is decorated, every jaunty man of letters feels at liberty to scoff at the liturgiologist as a laborious trifler. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer We would not have the day made tedious, and it can only be so to triflers; to the true Christian it will ever be characterized by thoughtfulness and repose. Due South or Cuba Past and Present He never heard Grisi, never saw Rachel; they were triflers, 'life was too grave, too short;' but he escorted me occasionally to lectures and orations. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy But the career of triflers is always short. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 Of what?—Your ideas are too mean and frothy to let you admire anything but my dress, or some other trifle as empty and superficial as the trifler I am speaking to. The Politician Out-Witted The Governor of Massachusetts is a trifler, the State-House in Boston is a play-house; the General Court is a dishonored body, if they make laws which they cannot execute. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Oh, Brent," she cried, with a brave pretense at lightness, "if only you weren't such a trifler! Sunlight Patch "I am but a sad trifler, after all," she would say to Madam Wetherill. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia A race of triflers arise, who think only of the present hour. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge You will find her at Swampville, no doubt, selling her cheap kisses to triflers like yourself. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Dr. Johnson remarks that a water-fly skips up and down upon the surface of the water, without any apparent purpose or reason, and is thence the proper emblem of a busy trifler. Hamlet The eternal trifler breaks your spell; But we—we learnt your lore too well! Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold The English king had been proclaimed in Paris, and the "native prince was a dissolute trifler, stained with the assassination of the most powerful noble of the land." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 While, therefore, it is a profound mistake to regard Bacon as a great constructive philosopher, or even as a lonely pioneer of modern thought, it is quite unfair to speak of him as a trifler. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" The lovers of the school of good sense which Waller founded regard the poets of this chapter as extravagant concettists; the lovers of the Elizabethan school proper regard them as effeminate triflers. A History of Elizabethan Literature As long as you are no trifler you will be welcome at my wagon. Desert Dust Man, under the growing influence of western thought, civilization, and faith, has largely lost his moorings and is growing increasingly insincere and a trifler with religious beliefs and institutions. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ In fact, he suddenly finds to his astonishment that he must either propose—which is out of the question—or be considered a cold-blooded trifler with female hearts. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Last night, and most of the time to-day, you were the trifler, the incorrigible jester. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice If dark electric glances shot from the covert of bent brows could have slain those two happy triflers, assuredly neither of them would have lived to the end of that dinner. Vixen, Volume II. The literary trifler was not aware of the poverty and low station of his correspondent, and so was courteous; he is "grateful" and "singularly obliged;" bowing, and perfumed, and polite. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 C. M. I come to seek some high and gifted bard, Whose fiery genius with just judgment temper’d, May vindicate my rights; and with strong satire Whip the vile ignorant triflers from the stage. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 If authority be cited in great moral questions here is one that must compel reverence from all but the poor trifler with his “hollow smile and frozen sneer.” Great Testimony against scientific cruelty He never became a trifler or a tease. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage I’m not thinking of my worst faults, but, you see, I’m a careless trifler, impatient of restraint. Prescott of Saskatchewan Ingenuous triflers lie around on the oven and do nothing, because they do not know how to do anything; and they think of nothing. A Nobleman's Nest Now if the Bull had kept in mind his strength of neck, and had contemned an ignoble foe, the vapouring of the trifler would have been all in vain. The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes This lasted till a violent cough, seizing and laying him up, delivered me from this most innocent and insipid trifler, for I never heard more of him after his first retreat. Memoirs Of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) He had always loved his mother; his father had ever been remote, a dignified trifler, a poser. A Son of the Immortals He was no trifler, and yet beneath his look of determination and energy something was lacking. Roger Trewinion And more than that, all of you, all the people of your sort,"—pursued the obstreperous Mikhal�vitch:—"are erudite triflers. A Nobleman's Nest I will correct this stupid clan Of busy-bodies, if I can, By a true story; lend an ear, ’Tis worth a trifler’s time to hear. The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes Such extreme and manifest sensitiveness provokes the trifler to fresh follies. The Young Maiden Let it be said, however, that Condorcet showed himself no pedantic nor fastidious trifler with the tremendous movement which he had contributed to set afoot. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 3: Condorcet I looked into their stern, expressive faces, and I saw that they were no triflers. Mushrooms on the Moor "But I think he probably is right,"—he said to himself, as he reentered the house:—"probably I am a trifler." A Nobleman's Nest Nothing here advanced is intended to make you a mere trifler, or to sink the dignity of your own sex. The Young Man's Guide The father of Girolamo Savonarola was a trifler, a spendthrift and a profligate. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators They would like him better if he were not popular; if he concerned himself, not with Puccini and Leoncavallo, but with those pretentiously subtle triflers, Debussy and his followers. Nights in London Yet on the facts as I knew them he might have been a dangerous trifler or a downright scoundrel. Chance A Tale in Two Parts It is evident that he delighted in passing himself off on serious and heavy people as a mere trifler, paradox-maker, and cynic. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II The trifler can scarcely amuse you for an evening. The Young Man's Guide So Bruce became more and more confirmed as a trifler and an idler, and he suffered that terrible ennui, which dogs the shadow of wasted time. Julian Home Yet personally I have an infinite tenderness for these unknowns, for they have done me more good than any other triflers with art-forms. Nights in London There is a chapter of cynical humour in which the intolerant contemptuous old rustic is confronted by the art-loving triflers who gather in his son's drawing-room. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 15, 1916 He cannot afford to be a trifler or a loiterer on the way, but must push on continually. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Mr Innes was no trifler, and would not be trifled with; but if an accident happened he made no remarks. Cattle and Cattle-breeders And behind all Lever's conventional types there is a real fund of observation and knowledge which is absolutely wanting in Lover, who simply lacked the brains to be anything more than a trifler. Irish Books and Irish People "If you are as weary of your lives as I am, I will find time and place to pledge mine against one or both; at present, I have no leisure for the dispute of triflers." The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III But for your ambidextrous apologist or theologian, the fellow who can make words bear double meanings, and even infallible oracles tell contradictory stories, we have nothing but contempt, because he is a trifler with truth. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles If doing small things well be trifling, then the French are triflers. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 But, alas! the vain young triflers Sometimes disobey—and die! St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 Picture to yourself a band of sworn triflers, dedicated to the wildest philosophy of pleasure, teaching bears to dance, playing blind-man's buff, holding juggling and boxing matches, and dancing. The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth It was impossible that a man of the Governor's blood, his vigor of mind and oddly manifested chivalry could ever have been more than a trifler with iniquity. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! "Listless triflers," "busy idlers," "purposeless busybodies," are seen everywhere. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power The writers of these Gothic fables, lest they should be considered as mere triflers, pretended to an allegorical meaning concealed under the texture of their fable. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 He is no trifler, then, to be thrust aside by the doctors with their sciences, or the economists with production and use. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 "Why shouldn't they?" said Patty, coming up out of her fur cave; "it might be better if we all took ourselves more seriously,—such a lot of triflers and sillyheads as we are!" Patty Blossom Rose is not worth half of Marie, and I do not see how I shall ever get the trifler trained to take Marie's place. A Little Girl in Old Detroit The Baron, being himself no trifler with his victuals, regarded this feat with sympathetic approval, and began to feel a little less alone in the world. The Lunatic at Large The learned Huet asserts that, like the rest of the world, he considered as a fiction the story of that indefatigable trifler who is said to have enclosed the Iliad in a nutshell. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 He would see her then merely as a trifler. The Triflers But the lackeys had already removed the plates; every trace of the giant fish had disappeared, and while they were serving another course, the diners, elegant triflers, had taken up their chat again. Ten Tales His host considered this as if he found a serious flaw in it; after which he began again: "I never supposed you a trifler." The Tragic Muse Herr Keller did not want to be bothered with triflers. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life It has been well observed of these minute triflers, that extreme exactness is the sublime of fools, whose labours may be well called, in the language of Dryden, Pangs without birth, and fruitless industry. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Worse than that, he might see himself as merely a trifler. The Triflers And I intended to land that stab so's they'd see I was no trifler. Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters She was a stickler for precedent; any departure from the beaten paths was in her decalogue the unpardonable sin, but when she had arrived at a decision she was no trifler. The Cow Puncher Even now no Jew in fiction is ever a weakling or a trifler. Platform Monologues For each member there was an initiation, strict and severe, the intent of which was absolutely to bar the transient triflers. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers But much less would I like to see you triflers—butterflies—living only for amusement. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside The unhappy trifler having reread the reproachful lines, took up the ring which had fallen upon the table when the letter was unfolded. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett The clown at a theatre, the mountebank on the stage, are not so badly employed as theological triflers, who darken counsel by words without knowledge. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story The great city was a city of triflers. The Arian Controversy The mind that accepts this wealth with no thought, no sense of responsibility, is a trifler with riches that are about us for God-given purposes. A Girl's Student Days and After He had been called a dawdler and a trifler and a do-nothing. Under Handicap A Novel The idler fails to make any contributions to the well-being of society and thus lowers the average of citizenship. 70The trifler and dawdler lower the level of democracy by reason of their inefficiency. The Vitalized School By nature he was a jester, trifler, and waster of time. The Leading Facts of English History And having lived a trifler, die a man. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age "If a man be a gallant once, need that condemn his words to disbelief forever?" he asked… "May not even the most confirmed trifler have, some time, an honest passion?" Beatrix of Clare The one person whom the public will not have in politics is the trifler. A Lost Leader But now, triflers that you are, boys, mere boys, back with you to your silly games, back to the thoughtless throng. The Disentanglers Remember that I am no trifler with words. The Betrayal S: They said: Have you brought to us the truth, or are you one of the triflers? Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side With all this it was not easy to suspect him of acting, as it was next to impossible to mistake him for a trifler. Poison Island "One against a troop of Bedouins," the trifler laughed. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt You call me trifler, fainéant, And bid me give my life an aim!— Point Lace and Diamonds They have learned to mistrust them all, as triflers with our reputation, if not predetermined calumniators. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 O gracious Harry, let me sound thy name, Lest this old rust of war, this knotty trifler, Should raise me to extremes. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Montesquieu quitted the brilliant circles of Paris for his books, his meditations, and for his immortal work, and was ridiculed by the gay triflers he relinquished. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Have I then been usually so flippant of speech—a trifler—when we have spoken together before?—the self-assured fopling, with fancied superiority, seeking to impose upon the vain spirit and the simple confidence? Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia He is the sweetest trifler in the world, my dear Bell: but in what does he not excel all mankind! The History of Emily Montague The philosopher would have condemned the poet of the Graces as an intolerable trifler, and the author of "The Prince" as a dark political spy. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions "You incorrigible trifler, can you disguise yourself as well now, as when you palmed yourself upon us all for the minstrel Guigo?" The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century To speak once more of Miss Willard, no one enjoyed a really laughable thing more than she did, but I never felt like being a foolish trifler in her presence. Memories and Anecdotes I don't doubt she thought I was a mere trifler. Heart's Desire She was not painfully conscientious, nor was she an intentional trifler; therefore she was good at that social game of lead on and hold off. A Few Short Sketches The workings of their imagination were perpetually emancipating them, and one deep loneliness of feeling proudly insulated them among the unimpassioned triflers of their rank. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions But as a thinker he was little more than an optimistic trifler, too content with the conditions of his time to question its assumptions. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham Mr. Queed, proprietor of the famous Schedule, a butterfly and a trifler! Queed For himself he scorned "la curiosité," and its devotees, as mere triflers and shell-gatherers on shores bathed by the great ocean of science. The Mating of Lydia Mary, youngest of the three, Laughing idler, full of glee, Arm in arm does fondly chain her, Thinking, poor trifler, to detain her— But she's going. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 Till then they were but triflers—mean souls—fit neither for heaven nor for hell. The Marriage of William Ashe "A solemn trifler," Lord Morley has called him; and it is difficult to know why his easy declamation was so long mistaken for profound thought. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham And Hugh degenerated immediately into a scoffing trifler who wished to give up science for art. Mr. Britling Sees It Through I shall prove to you that I have not been altogether an idler and a trifler. The Mississippi Bubble The statesman slipped in for an instant between the trifler coming and the trifler gone. Lady Rose's Daughter Such a talent in verse as mine is like a child’s rattle—very entertaining to the trifler that uses it, and very disagreeable to all beside.” The Art of Letters Despite all that has been said by triflers who pretend to decide upon the fate of empires, this war was, in the main, well conducted. The Art of War It does not harm a man to be certain before opening the books that Whitman is an obscene ranter or that Stevenson is a mere trifler with style. Robert Browning Something however induced you to come—you are not one of those triflers who go hither and thither without a motive. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850 This trifler, this arch-contriver of words and sophisms, I know not to whom he can be formidable: tiresome he possibly will be. Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities That he was no sceptic but a disciple as regards Shakespeare and Milton and Pope and Gray suggests, on the other hand, how foolish it is to regard him as being critically a fashionable trifler. The Art of Letters He was a man who combined in a most surprising manner true philosophy and a deep knowledge of political economy, with the outward appearance of a fop and a trifler. International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850 The quiet comments breathed from the darkness were composed either of praises or curses; these were good and clear-sighted officers; those were triflers or skulkers. Light He is no churl nor trifler, And his viceroy is none,— Love-without-weakness,— Of Genius sire and son. Poems Household Edition The eternal trifler breaks your spell; But we--we learnt your lore too well! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 They imagine that the book amounts to little more than the attitude of a stylist, a trifler with Celtic nomenclature and fairy legend. Old and New Masters Nay, faction's ante-chamber Were fitter place for him, A trifler transitory, To gasconade of "glory"! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 20, 1890 This is some trifler with the revenue, or perhaps a buccaneer from the islands. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas Some men make a point of talking commonplaces to all ladies alike, as if a woman could only be a trifler. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette Where scorn shall foreign triflers brand, Where all are foes whose deeds offend, Where every noble soul's a friend: Be this the land, All Germany shall be the land! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 The youth felt an unutterable pity for these mummies buried in their elaborate hypogeums of wainscoting and grotto work, for these tedious triflers whose eyes were forever turned towards a hazy Canaan, an imaginary Palestine. Against the Grain "And I an elegant trifler, it appears," I said. Father Payne The experience of a few years makes plain to him that, in social matters, the serious person goes down before the trifler. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 27, 1890 Mr. Strachey, in his preface, seems to be under the impression that in the popular estimate Chesterfield is reckoned an elegant trifler, a man of no serious account. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays Once the poets and the sages were held to be pleasing triflers, fit for hours of relaxation in the lulls of war. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 Speaking of the poetical triflers of the times, who had declared against him, he makes a sudden transition to Addison. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. Empty-brained triflers who have never tried to think, who take their creed as they take their fashions, speak of Atheism as the outcome of foul life and vicious desires. Annie Besant An Autobiography As political affairs are the highest and most extensive of temporal concerns, the mimick of a politician is more busy and important than any other trifler. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler I fear her heart is but too true, and has not forgotten the trifler who destroyed her happiness. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel As such a trifler with holy things how should I dare rise up? The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01 Basil to Calvin Her accurate and extensive acquaintance with the scriptures gave a richness and impressiveness to her conversation, which awed the trifler, edified the thoughtful, and shed light and comfort upon the minds of anxious inquirers. Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York "If they but knew what triflers these beings are whom they look up to as their superiors, their respect would be transformed to contempt." Calvert of Strathore No. 17, Richardson himself is moping along like an invalid beneath the trees, and avoiding the triflers. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 383, August 1, 1829 They say the most hopeless truants and triflers have come to it. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 Thus she might preserve those sportive triflers in their everlasting childhood by the warning of her sad devotion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 He raved at the sex for their delay: 'twas well that business of consequence seldom depended upon such parading, unpunctual triflers! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 You've always been so unique as a trifler that one rather hates to see you swallowed up in the troop of serious-minded young women. The Visioning And why presume I care to know More triflers in their world of show? Poems Let these triflers put us out of conceit with petty comforts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 Sir Walter in his poetry, though pleasing and natural, is a comparative trifler: it is in his anonymous productions that he has shewn himself for what he is!— The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits What triflers, on any other ground, were Socrates and Plato. Literary and General Lectures and Essays No woman really loves a trifler; she must at least convince herself that he who trifles with others is serious with her. Malbone: an Oldport Romance These dainty triflers made sulking as impossible amongst them as philosophy in a ballroom. Gulliver of Mars O Wagner, westward bring thy heavenly art, No trifler thou: Siegfried and Wotan be Names for big ballads of the modern heart. The Poems of Sidney Lanier Sworn triflers of a lifetime, they would not venture among the sober truths of life not even to be truly blest. From Twice Told Tales She was not a trifler who could play with meanings. The Shuttle I might have been and may be foolish; but I am no trifler. The Woodlanders Had there been a man beside me, had there been but two or three of all those silken triflers, too late come on the terraces above to watch, we might have won. Gulliver of Mars "If you are as weary of your lives as I am, I will find time and place to pledge mine against one or both; at present, I have no leisure for the disputes of triflers." The Bride of Lammermoor I was not young, I had no ambition, I was a trifler; and you despised me, I dare not say unjustly. Prince Otto, a Romance But where any of those shallow bedizened triflers about the court would have been glibly in his element, I stuck for lack of a dozen words. The Lost Continent He is a good fellow; but he is a mere trifler. Confidence I have had my pen in my hand to begin a letter to you almost every day since you left Bath, but have always been prevented by some silly trifler or other. Northanger Abbey The women of fashion," observes this writer, "are just as great and as insipid idlers, in their way, as are the male triflers. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Our hopes are lost: lost by one miserable trifler, ignorant, fretful, fitful—who will have disappeared to-morrow, who knows? to his boorish pleasures!’ Prince Otto, a Romance The triflers think your varied powers Made only for life's gala bow'rs, To smooth Reflection's mentor-frown, Or Pillow joy on softer down.— The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 The pretty trifler let me off as easily as I could have wished. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 Dally not with me, friend," continued Oliver; "I profess to thee in sincerity I am no trifler. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier "And Harry counts me a mere trifler, a literary exquisite, an amateur of elegances." The Highwayman I had been amused by trivial and superficial affections, like the gay triflers of whom Rasselas says, 'They fancied they were in love, when in truth they were only idle.' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 He was not a profound student; a literary trifler rather, caring for only a limited number of books, and reading those again and again. The Lovels of Arden He is unpolite, cruel, insolent, unwise, a trifler in his own happiness. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 I myself, in these first days, saw a little incident which impressed me that the man was no trifler. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 I am no trifler, believe me; I love you. Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales Where now's the trifler? where the child of pride? The Farmer's Boy A Rural Poem On the whole, he looked down upon him, as very properly the slow and ponderous people in life do look down upon their more volatile brethren, and vote them triflers. Lord Kilgobbin He was no longer a trifler and a Hedonist. The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson You shall perceive that I am wholly unlike any such trifler. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Exquisite triflers and deceivers rare, Tender of heart, but little tied by vows, Deliciously we dally 'neath the boughs, And playfully the lovers plague the fair. Poems of Paul Verlaine Some are triflers, some are timid, only a few stand firm. Caesar: a Sketch Philosophers and artists, and cultivated triflers, and sincere worshippers of Pallas and Zeus, and all 'barbarian' people, are alike here. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts The veriest trifler that ever trifled through this vale of tears has, in that last solemn hour something to teach of the secrets of mortality. Our Master Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord "Nevertheless," urged Paul, "if you won't consider me a trifler, I should like to see a further manifestation of the power." The Ghost of Guir House If you want to deceive this woman, my dear sir trifler, you must disguise your mockery more artfully. Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories This is not surprising, for the earnestness and heroic simplicity of Sidney were as incomprehensible to the affected trifler of Strawberry Hill as the fresh enthusiasm of his nephew Arthur to Major Pendennis. Literary and Social Essays As for this Sir Basil," Imogen went on, "I used to wonder if he were another of these triflers with the sanctity of love, and of late I've wondered more. A Fountain Sealed I have been amused with a farce, in which one of these systematic old triflers is represented. The Crayon Papers He knew the man to be no trifler. The Ghost of Guir House He was now thirty-seven years old and his mind, always of a serious cast, was intolerant of trifles and triflers. The Great God Success "Why yield your thoughts to such silly subjects, lovely trifler!" said Barnstable, "when the time and the occasion both urge us to be in earnest?" The Pilot The comedy of rank is played out; the life of the trifler is at an end; all that went out with the Bourbons. In and out of Three Normady Inns Why do we talk of her, or of any other trifler of the court, when there hangs over us so great a sorrow, Endymion, as our separation? Endymion Pray have you ever found me such a trifler? The Female Gamester A Tragedy Even now, if in one large pardon I could include the undoer, the earth, myself, and again be human,—human, even as those slight triflers or coarse brawlers that pass yonder! What Will He Do with It? — Complete Even now, if in one large pardon I could include the undoer, the earth, myself, and again be human,— human, even as those slight triflers or coarse brawlers that pass yonder! What Will He Do with It? — Volume 04 They appear, as it were, crushed by its weight, and become learned triflers or uninteresting pedants. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Let them beware of interspersing their own frivolities in the words they copy, nor let a trifler's hand make mistakes through haste. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization I ask for the $1 with order only to protect myself against triflers. Business Correspondence He had an inspiration to simple speech that no practised trifler with love could have bettered. The History of Mr. Polly Assuredly, Mr. Clowes was no trifler, but lived habitually a life of power, though in a world of religious mysticism and of apocalyptic visions. Autobiographical Sketches He may be named only to be cursed as wanton and mocker, poseur, trifler and vagrant. Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry After that, she could forget ever having owed this trifler the feeling of gratitude for a favor done. Over the Pass About the middle of the seventeenth century women romancers, like women poets, were elegant triflers, content to add the lustre of wit to their other charms. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood That elegant trifler, Horace Walpole, was enthusiastically fond of gardening. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 350, January 3, 1829 Many were in love with triflers, like themselves, and many fancied that they were in love, when, in truth, they were only idle. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes They love not thee: of them then little seek, And wish for readers triflers like thyself. The Anatomy of Melancholy To gratify the leaders of the ministerial party, the most despicable triflers are exalted to an authority, and those whose want of understanding excludes them from any other employment, are selected for military commissions. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I These insufferable triflers are the curse of a table. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Yet he could hold his own in wit with the light triflers of the court of Charles the Second. Sermons on Evil-Speaking Clever and brainy, he may be a good all around trifler, or his specific gift for some line of achievement may make him more effective. The Glands Regulating Personality Go, for thee with what trust and belief There beat not ignobly a heart That has strength yet to strive with the grief To have worshipped the trifler thou art! The Poems of Schiller — First period He is not an insignificant trifler, whose object it is to raise a laugh at his own expense, or that of any other. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Pope must have been well aware that, amongst all the poetic triflers of the day, there was not one more ripe for the 'Dunciad.' Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 You are not content with attacking the whole pantomimic art, practical and theoretic; we too, the pleased spectators thereof, come in for our share: we have been lavishing our admiration, it seems, on effeminate triflers. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 We have all known men of great intellectual gifts and wide experience who when "the ladies" appear promptly put on the garb of mere triflers. Men Women and God One day Rossiter and the purple parasol escorted the pretty trifler over the valley to Bald Top, half a mile from the hotel. The Purple Parasol May it not be a consequence of this that so many of you are a generation of triflers with God, with one another, and your own souls? Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers You cannot think worse things than I think myself, but you must not imagine that I am a cold-blooded, deliberate trifler, for that has never been true. Nature's Serial Story The trifler is roused into a hero, and the hero again reposes in the trifler. More Pages from a Journal You imply that I am a trifler, a light-o'-love. The Prince of Graustark So far there was nothing to distinguish Mr. W—'s papers from the papers of other triflers. Biographical Essays I have longed so to find one such man, among the effeminate selfish triflers who pretend to listen to me. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face Telly's such a swell; Telly doesn't love you; Telly is a trifler; Telly's running round with Some other fairy. Tobogganing on Parnassus But I'm only a beginner and a trifler yet. Philistia I was no trifler—I could not suffer to be trifled with—and the ordinary friendships of man or boy can not long endure the exactions of such a disposition. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story I am sure I know not, dearest lady," said Margaret, looking down; "but I suppose that, when I was a trifler, I was only thinking of trifles. The Fortunes of Nigel As I've said before, it is my fault entirely that you are triflers and spendthrifts. Her Weight in Gold He is a moth singed, that is all—the trifler with women thought he was a wasp. The Gilded Age, Part 5. Poor trifler with Destiny, who ever had so much to dread? Tales of War Even that will not justify a man in becoming a trifler. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story It would be wrong, however, to think of Burke as a trifler even in his youth. Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America You're a trifler, and I decline to discuss the subject seriously with you. Raspberry Jam She regarded his attentions, glances, tones, as mere well-bred persiflage, indulged in for his own amusement, and she put him down as a trifler for his pains. Miss Lou "A man who esteems trifles for their own sake is a trifler, but one who values them, rather, for the deductions that may be drawn from them—he is a philosopher." The Broad Highway But as he warmed Susan froze, as much as to say, "Somebody must play the fool to amuse these triflers—if you undertake it I need not." It Is Never Too Late to Mend "Our lucky star has sent us a lawyer who is no trifler, and who, if I am not very much mistaken, would like very much to leave Saigon with a loud blast of trumpets." The Clique of Gold You are still a trifler with serious matters, Charles. Home Lights and Shadows I hated and despised all womanhood; and even in Paris I became notorious as a heartless trifler with the affections I won and trampled under my feet. St. Elmo Eustace was no trifler; he had brains, and saw his way to make use of them to the one end which addressed his imagination, that of social self-advancement. The Crown of Life Odo had heard many tales of his singularities, for in a generation of elegant triflers his figure stood out with the ruggedness of a granite boulder in a clipped and gravelled garden. The Valley of Decision Though natural beauty made little if any appeal to her, she interested herself greatly in Vesuvius, regarding it as a serio-comic phenomenon which could only exist in a country inhabited by childish triflers. The Emancipated No one can be satisfied to see him a trifler.' Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 He is a pure trifler; tell the Bishop of Clogher so. The Journal to Stella Her native prince was a dissolute trifler, stained with the assassination of the most powerful noble of the land, whose son, in revenge, had leagued himself with the enemy. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo "And no doubt you have become such a learned little lady, that you will be quite formidable to such triflers as we," said the duchess, with a smile. Prince Eugene and His Times "I am no trifler!" cried the enthusiast for Italian unity and regeneracy. The Emancipated My mother discovered, when too late, that there had been foolish, impertinent jokes of that unfortunate trifler, poor Henry Frost, that made her imagine herself suspected of designs on me.' Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 Then, more quickly than one would have expected from so careless a trifler, his mind was made up. Arsene Lupin "An idle trifler with time—an aimless wanderer!" Thelma Because, if you omit this mere business precaution, it may well be that you, too, without knowing it, are little by little joining the triflers who read only because eternity is so long. Literary Taste: How to Form It With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature The race of triflers to whom he was then allied, spite of their Roman haughtiness, deferred to him in their councils, and confessed among their legions that he was brave. Antonina This severe labour, so imperious and so active, in which the insect's whole life is spent, manifestly demands a bodily strength which would be quite useless to the male, the amorous trifler. More Hunting Wasps If then women are not a swarm of ephemeron triflers, why should they be kept in ignorance under the specious name of innocence? Vindication of the Rights of Woman So they plunged into another regiment, and Rachel decided that nothing was so wearisome as to hear triflers talk shop. Clever Woman of the Family But when a lamb of their flock is in question they are no triflers, as they have shown by carrying away Lygia. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero When the imperial trifler had exhausted his store of grain, and satisfied the cravings of his voracious favourites, he was relieved of his silver vase by two attendants. Antonina You think I'm a mere trifler; I can tell by the expression of your face—you've got a wonderfully expressive face. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 Not a bit more so than yourself, you trifler! Treatises on Friendship and Old Age The Baron was no trifler, and would as soon choke a prince as a beggar, to revenge an insult to his personal honor or the honor of his house. The Golden Dog Still half a child herself, her child laughing to her laughter,—two soft triflers on the brink of the grave! Zanoni Have we a chance of rising from the degradation forced on us by our superiors until this den of heartless triflers and shameless cowards is swept from the very earth that it pollutes!' Antonina In vain did journals and speakers of the opposition represent him as a lightminded trifler, who amused himself with frivolous story-telling and coarse jokes, while the blood of the people was flowing in streams. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 How ill did the habit of death become the pretty trifler! Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer What was to be done in Ireland was not work for a trifler or a dupe. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Yet, how bitter was his mirth; how full of contempt for the triflers present, and for the trifles which made their life! Zanoni He was no longer the light, amiable, smooth-tongued trifler, but a moody, reckless, desperate man, careless of every obligation and pursuit which had hitherto influenced the easy surface of his patrician life. Antonina They can only be displaced at the cost of corrupted consciences and broken lives—a futile game for arrogant philosophers and sanguinary triflers. Under Western Eyes The knowledge and the industry of these gentlemen is a perpetual marvel to the "bellelettristic trifler." Oxford It was determined to wage only a defensive war; and even for defensive war the vast resources of England, managed by triflers and public robbers, were found insufficient. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 My townspeople began to look upon me as a citizen of some consequence instead of the merry trifler I had been when I clerked in the hardware store. Waifs and Strays Part 1 "What hath detained thee, thou desponding trifler?" said he. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner “What,” replied the first, “for that trifler, who consumes her time with a giddy child, immersed in softness, and who at best can make but an enervated husband?” The History of Caliph Vathek Henry Adams was Darwinist because it was easier than not, for his ignorance exceeded belief, and one must know something in order to contradict even such triflers as Tyndall and Huxley. The Education of Henry Adams In no other age could such a trifler as Buckingham have exercised any political influence. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 He was allowed plainly to perceive that it was the graceful, elegant young trifler from St. James's, Lord Julian Wade, to whom her every moment was devoted. Captain Blood Go and make your elegies and your acrostics, you trifler! Catherine De Medici His trophies were trifles: But trifler he was not. Lucile Society spies, triflers, and politicians, weary of the strife, ended by ceasing to concern themselves about the mystery. Sarrasine He now saw clearly in his fatuous visitor the conceit of the lady-killer, the egoistic complacency of the successful trifler. Whirligigs They can never be understood by moral triflers. Study of the King James Bible Yet on the facts as I knew them he might have been a dangerous trifler or a downright scoundrel. Chance A Tale in Two Parts I. The Poets pour wine; and, when 'tis new, all decry it; But, once let it be old, every trifler must try it. Lucile No other country could produce a tragic poet equal to Racine, a comic poet equal to Moliere, a trifler so agreeable as La Fontaine, a rhetorician so skilful as Bossuet. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 On the other hand England, which, since the battle of Hastings, had been ruled generally by wise statesmen, always by brave soldiers, fell under the dominion of a trifler and a coward. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 |
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