| 单词 | truckle |
| 例句 | Both the boys were in their truckle beds. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There were three blankets upon three raised beds—one large and old, the other two little more than truckle beds. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Their host, an antiquarian architect, had never truckled under to modern civilization and kept his house free of gas and electricity. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He had decided not to truckle with Might any more—to cut it out root and branch, by establishing another standard altogether. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t truckle, and I hate being patronized as much as you do!” returned Amy indignantly, for the two still jangled when such questions arose. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was only where there was this defiance, this refusal to truckle, this distrust of all authority, political or social, that institutions would express human aspirations, not crush them.” Eminent scholar of early U.S., Bernard Bailyn, dies at 97 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z “His paintings make small people large, and large people tiny,” she writes, adding, “he doesn’t truckle to either.” Review: ‘The Vanishing Velázquez’ Tells of Art Obsession 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Shoving what looks like a cheddar truckle along a gently curved trajectory? Antidepressants work – but we need to talk, too | Rhik Samadder 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Dramatists have stumbled and truckled so many times attempting true-life inspirational films and TV movies; Gibson eschewed sentiment to focus on two strong wills locked in battle. Appreciation: Arthur Penn, the Miracle Worker of 'Bonnie and Clyde' 2010-09-30T18:15:00Z We’d got all the right stuff – we had smoked salmon, a stilton in a truckle, and nobody had gone off-piste and innovated. My teenage respect for the rules led me to risk poisoning the whole family 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Now would the assembly truckle to Parliament’s authority? Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z By appearing to truckle to Trump’s political demands, Hahn is making it impossible to trust the FDA’s judgment on COVID-19 vaccines. Column: FDA boss Hahn admits error on plasma, but fails to restore his credibility 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z He truckled to Trump’s overt politicizing of his agency’s work. Column: Thanks to Trump, the FDA just had the worst day in its history 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Come hell or high crimes, Always Trumpers always truckle to Trump. Opinion | The more love Always Trumpers show, the more dangerous Trump becomes 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Customers are prepared to brave the weather to browse the stargazer lilies and truckles of cheese. Is this the secret to High Street success? 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Last week we saw Trump insult our allies, undermine our friends and truckle to the Russian autocrat. As a conservative, I despair at Republicans' support for Trump. His vision is not conservatism 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z I hope I’m wrong about all of this, that New AT&T thrives and that CNN isn’t forced to truckle to Trump by its new owners. Perspective | How the ATT-Time Warner deal looks to one investor 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z But he shows all the control of a large truckle of cheddar. Tottenham 3-1 FK Qarabag: Europa League – as it happened 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Even diehard nationalists, who wished to cleave to a distinctively British culture, could be appeased by a truckle of highly palatable Dorset Blue Vinny, in lieu of folios full of indigestible Warwickshire Shakespeare. The British vomitorium 2012-12-28T15:55:50Z The best customers don't want you to truckle and beg. 7 Things Customers Want Most From You 2012-09-20T13:02:16Z They--even such contemptible beings as they--are said to have the audacity to neglect untitled merit, and to truckle to the aristocracy. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z He was no longer beaten, chained, or starved; he lay in a truckle bed instead of a stable; the work he had to do was of the lightest. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z But he shows all the control of a large truckle of cheddar. Tottenham 3-1 FK Qarabag: Europa League – as it happened 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The citizen, the hero, the general, the poet, all these are in true relations; but what is called being a man of the world is to truckle to it, not truly to serve it. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z I believe I might have made terms if I'd truckled to them a little, but that was a thing I wouldn't do, and so I came out here. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z "The Governor of Poitou, and the Governor of P�rigord, and the four Vicomtes of the Limousin, and twenty-eight gentles in truckles." The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He took me to the very top of the mill, and there was a room with a heap of straw in one corner, and many empty barrels, and by the wall a truckle bed. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Wiltshire cheese, in the form of “Wilts truckles,” may be described as small Cheddars, the weight being usually about 16 ℔. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z He does not signify, and, which is important, he is of those that truckle. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z These were, to my Misfortune, Persons of very good Credit, who did not care to see any body in Place, but such, as they knew, would truckle to them. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-09T03:00:26.543Z This vain, haughty, and imperious Minister expected every one shou'd truckle to him. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-06T03:00:25.023Z But Nature is the best writer; she will teach us to be men and not to truckle to power.' Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Will ye, Men of Science, continue to truckle before such animals? An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z You wouldn’t cajole your friends or truckle to your enemies.” The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z Finally, he sat bolt upright in his little truckle bed in silent defiance. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z "You have had a busy time of it in dreams, Master Weasel," said Dauntrees, since you laid yourself down on your truckle bed this morning. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z What! knuckle and truckle to this infernal gang of hypocrites! The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z They went into exile while we hugged our estates and truckled to an usurper. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z On this landing was a small truckle bed, on which Joe slept. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z This does not in any sense mean that an author must truckle to his audience. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z "That crooked hag," thinks she, "has made me truckle to her!" she exclaimed, as her aunt and her niece drove off, on the night that Agnes first took up her abode with Miss Compton.... The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:15.707Z Here, in a third small bed of the truckle type, lay his defaulting wife, her face to the wall, her body composed into an excess of motionlessness. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Search the army through and it would be impossible to find a man more utterly devoid of the spirit that truckles to power. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z With this pleasant thought in mind, sitting on my truckle bed opposite the window, I gave myself up to a thousand philosophical reflexions of varying degrees of cheerfulness. The Mysterious Sketch 2011-05-03T02:00:14.907Z "Quite turn it upside down—as your old truckle, eh?" Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z It contained a deal wardrobe with a full length mirror, a truckle bed, a dressing table and a wash stand. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The latter was lying upon a low bed—the true truckle of the peasant’s cottage—a stout structure of beechen timber, with short legs raising it about a foot from the floor. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Your vanity panders to your interest, and your malice truckles only to your love of Power. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z He was lying on his truckle bed below ground, hoping, perhaps, to be asleep when death should come to him out of the tornado of fire which had swept over him for days. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Among the common people on the Wye it bears a less ancient appellation—that of "truckle." Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z There were but two inodorous rooms, the innermost of which contained a truckle bed. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Among the common people on the Wye it bears a less ancient appellation—that of “truckle.” Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z I have not learned to bend and truckle to your will, doing your bidding like a dog; and, by Heaven! Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z Now in the vulgarity of its crimson brick, in the servility with which it truckled to bourgeois ideals, in the unimaginative utility it worshipped, Michael vaguely apprehended the loss of a soul. Sinister Street, vol. 1 For this I sold myself to the monks, truckled to them, fetched and carried for them. The Firebrand Austin says that he truckled to the sinister interests and mischievous prejudices of power, and that he flattered the overweening conceit of the English in their own institutions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" “Quite turn it upside down—as your old truckle, eh?” Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z "All the same, it's sickening to be obliged to truckle to young idiots like that." A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days I began to truckle to him, much as I had truckled to Wolansky. The Long Arm The well-house was indeed a strait place, but my mother had gotten one of our retainers to put therein a little truckle bedstead and bedding, so that I was none so evilly bestowed. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway You think when she crows out her oracle, and twists her little eyes, we unbelievers must immediately truckle under. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels To-morrow, perchance even to-day, they will resume their business, and will truckle to those who set out to outrage and murder them this night! The Red Symbol And at last they came upon the man they sought sleeping peacefully on a truckle bed. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police He goes down before the foe, and truckles to her meanly. Rossmoyne Madame Elizabeth was placed in a kind of kitchen, or wash-room, with a truckle bed in it, on the ground floor. Maria Antoinette Makers of History "And would you have me truckle to them?" Shirley Alexandria would not truckle to Constantinople, nor let religion subserve imperial policy. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology It would strangely shock Marabout's worshippers to hear him mock The 'mob' to which he truckles. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 Quidnuncs will quiz, And Balfour-worshippers will smirk and chuckle, And ask if he considers it "good biz" To the Teetotal interest to truckle. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890 She told me to come to you and truckle for another big loan, which I am not capable of handling, to cheat legally and never hint to the world the truth of the affair. The Gorgeous Girl No, by the God that made us, No. Shall we truckle to Rome, shall we become slaves to Popish knaves, shall we become subservient to priestcraft and lying and roguery and trickery? Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule He would have swept into the sea the envious islanders across the channel to whom this Bonaparte truckled––this man called Bonaparte, who was no Bonaparte at all––a vulture instead of an eagle!” The Bondwoman The American, too, who is loud-lunged about democracy and shirt-sleeve diplomacy, wheedles and truckles as good as the wiliest of our pashas. The Book of Khalid The young master's friends are in the South, but the small room beyond that has the camp truckle that Sir Michael brought from the ould wars: that's dry and snug! The Wild Geese Your boast, says the Conservative, that you please the masses, is in effect a confession that you truckle to the mob. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies "It's sickening, the way everybody truckles to her," declared Maude to a few of her particular chums. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life Therefore it becomes necessary for him to truckle to Cæsar, not for himself but for his party. The Life of Cicero Volume II. They carried Mary to her chamber, and laid her down on the low truckle bed, the shepherd moving as gently as he could, and doing his best to prevent her from suffering. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney In the heyday of his London success he has not truckled to Rank, or Influence, or Affluence. The Dop Doctor He wanted to know how primogeniture, the Bishops, the House of Lords, and the Crown itself were to be maintained, now that the leader of the Conservative party had truckled to the League. Lord John Russell I think it's sickening to try and truckle to her because she's so rich. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life First, that he lie upon the truckle bed, Whiles his young master lieth o'er his head. A History of Elizabethan Literature Once again I was astounded, for I could now discern that 'Brownie's' figure lay upon the truckle bed instead of that of my uncle, which I had seen before. Border Ghost Stories One little mansarde, with a truckle‑bed and wash‑hand stand, did for the family of Veronese; another, smaller still, for Barty. The Martian Teach me to chuckle, sly as you, At gods that now I truckle to, To doubt the New Republic’s bent, And jeer each bookish Supplement. When Winter Comes to Main Street It is pure incoherence, a chaos, a nulliverse, to whose haphazard sway I will not truckle. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Maggie leapt out of her truckle, and wrapping the plaidie round her, for she was a modest girl, she ran to the window. Terribly Intimate Portraits I shrank back after peering through the small aperture, for there was my uncle stretched out on 'Brownie's' truckle bed. Border Ghost Stories So he told his servants to put a mean truckle bed in the room in which Jack was to sleep, knowing that no noble would put up with such a thing. Europa's Fairy Book An ancient British truckle or boat, constructed of wicker-work, and still in use amongst Welsh fishermen and on the Irish lakes. 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. Sergeant Wiltshire saw she was so thoroughly cowed she would be apt to truckle, and soften her evidence to propitiate the prisoner; so he asked her but one question. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Yours is a higher lot, never to have lied and truckled, than to have shared honours won by dishonour. Romola Most northern congressmen truckled to the South or wasted their energies in fruitless attempts at compromise. History of the United States, Volume 3 He shook his head and motioned his father to get away from the side of his low truckle bed. The Dew of Their Youth We have no opposition party to fear nor to truckle to. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Joan sang appropriate words in the sweetest tones of her rich contralto voice, her eyes, like those of the audience, riveted on the face of the little invalid as he lay on his truckle bed. The Love Affairs of Pixie But I’m not going to truckle to anyone, and least of all to him. The Nebuly Coat I do hate a fellow who truckles and minces his words like that Sparks. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient Which, indeed, is witnessed to by the whole goggle-eyed populace in the truckle bed. The Dew of Their Youth They slept on truckle bedsteads, often undressed; their food was cooked in the roughest manner; without wages, they robbed; miserable, they were drunken. The History of Tasmania , Volume II "Come out, you robber!" said Andy, making a lunge under the truckle. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Never let it Be said that we still truckle unto thrones;— But ye—our children's children! think how we Show'd what things were before the world was free! Don Juan The bed, being a truckle one, and lower than the chairs, was already submerged, and old Liz herself was coolly, if not calmly, seated in two inches of water. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood The Cornet himself, though he sat up talking with the farmer for some time, at length turned into the truckle bed provided for him, and was soon as fast asleep as his men. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow In one corner was a truckle bed, covered with a cloth and a pile of loose straw. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham She was glad he had not truckled to the spoiled Mrs. Huntington, but had let her know exactly where he stood. Molly Brown's Orchard Home The people of the North still support by their suffrages the men who have truckled to Southern domination. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. Two truckle beds, not altogether luxurious in appearance but, at any rate, a good deal softer than the ground on which we have been sleeping, for months past. Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War On the first night of his service, when it was time to go to bed, he was shown a low, truckle bedstead, under the counter, made to pull out and push in. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money Two truckle beds, a table, and two chairs formed the sole furniture. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War I called Jacopo Antonio, a boy of fifteen years of age who acted as my servant and slept in a truckle bed, and bade him look for my rings. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study The sternest despotisms, in every region and every age of the world, are and have been under perpetual control; compelled, as Burke expresses it, to truckle and huckster. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. Iris came back from the void to find herself lying on a truckle bed in a dimly-lighted hovel. The Stowaway Girl Long time I remembered some of those dreams which visited my truckle bed, placed on rollers a foot from the floor and thrice as many from the ridge pole. Confessions of Boyhood Wagner, Millet, Rembrandt, William Morris and Ruskin are examples of men who were incapable of anything but their highest and best creative work, and refused to truckle to the mercenary horde. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers Never let it Be said that we still truckle unto thrones;— But ye—our children's children! think how we Showed what things were before the World was free! The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 Of that old hardy Tribe of Israel borne, Fear their Disdain, and Flattery their Scorne, Too proud to truckle, and too Tough to bend. Anti-Achitophel (1682) Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden They frankly welcomed the new-comer, and if they did not, as Ingred had bitterly prognosticated, exactly "truckle" to her, they certainly began to treat her as a favorite. A Popular Schoolgirl Our bishops in England truckle to Rome—and, Rome itself is employing every possible means to tamper with the integrity of the British constitution. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches But there is a worse direction than any above mentioned, in which Aristophanes truckled to the low taste of his day. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Do you place your men as I told you," said the Earl, abruptly, "and bring me a truckle bed out of the guardroom. The Black Douglas They are fawned on, truckled to, cajoled, subjected to the most seductive influences, sometimes bribed with woman's smiles or manager's money—and why? How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art I expect she'll be ever so conceited and give herself airs, and the other girls will truckle to her no end. A Popular Schoolgirl We truckle to France in all things, to the prejudice of our honour. Andrew Marvell Toward its close James truckled meanly to the power of Spain, hoping thereby to marry his son Charles to a Spanish princess. The Leading Facts of English History In the living room a truckle bed had already been made up. The Mormon Prophet Quest was on his hands and knees, fumbling under his truckle bed. The Black Box After that, she was chained to a miserable truckle bed. Joan of Arc She meant to leave town, as I mean to go back to town, and, like me, truckled weakly to expediency. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) We may assert, that never, even when his life was at stake, did he truckle to the base, covetous, and sanguinary passions which displayed themselves on all sides. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men The prophet had lain down with it on the truckle bed. The Mormon Prophet "He that is beaten may be said To lie in honour's truckle bed." Amusements in Mathematics He pointed to a truckle bedstead in the corner; and Nan seated herself and made a determined effort to banish her depression. The Odds And Other Stories And was his grandson to truckle and make deals with this hideous octopus that was sucking the life-blood from the city's veins? The Exiles and Other Stories Up a narrow stair sped Soapy and, opening one of the numerous doors, crossed to a truckle bed wherefrom a tousled head upreared itself. The Definite Object A Romance of New York There were five truckle beds ranged against the wall; 'twas clear that each of us would have a bedfellow. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow As for Sam, let him pass; he'll not grind the poor, nor truckle to the rich, when he gives up his stewardship in the kingdom come. The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three "No," said Beatrice, "I think you the last person in the world to truckle to the great,—but no more of this; what kind of a being is this Frederic Eardly?" A Book for the Young No sordid pallet, or truckle mean, Of straw, and rug, and tatters unclean; But a splendid, gilded, carved machine, That was fit for a Royal Chamber. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Every one truckled to her shamefully, receiving her lightest remarks as if they were to be inscribed on tablets of bronze. Judith of the Plains Indeed Cabinet Ministers or those who aspired to become such at the next turn of the wheel truckled to him. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Poor Erasmus truckled all his life for a hat. A Wanderer in Holland Thou couldst never dole out food to men, when, lying in thy truckle bed, thou wast not to be found, while men were fighting. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson It was really refreshing not to be truckled to, but it is rather startling to meet the first man who does not want to win his way to my visiting list. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him The quaint word is the same as used in truckle or trundle bed. The Complete Book of Cheese It was not in him to truckle to the tradition that ordains that unfortunate young poets shall starve in garrets and die in hospitals. The Divine Fire Associated word: truttaceous. truce, n. armistice. truckle, v. cringe, knuckle, submit, yield. true, a. correct, exact, accurate, veritable, authentic, real, genuine, actual; veracious, truthful; loyal, stanch, steadfast, unwavering; incorruptible, trustworthy, faithful, honorable. Putnam's Word Book What people then, are these in a corner, to whom the constitution must truckle? The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer They are envious of my position as the supporter of the right of petition; and they truckle to the South to court their favor for Webster. Daniel Webster Is he to be pitied if he have to contend against his time, he is deserving of contempt if he truckle to it. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English You trim and truckle to every one that comes along with a gold brick, and that's why you have to sit up nights to nurse the profits. The Phantom Herd All for having set up a truckle bed in a wretched garret in the roof. The Man Who Laughs Candidates fear his influence and either truckle to him or advance against him with the weapons of reform—failing, as a rule, to accomplish anything. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) If a man is well off they will truckle to him no end, though he laughs at all their teaching. Love and Mr. Lewisham It was a large room, with several truckle beds standing against the walls. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War England treats us as she would not dare to treat any European power, making an exception in our case to her general policy, which has been, since 1815, to truckle before her contemporaries. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 And she wasn't going to truckle to any woman who lived in a small house down beyond Park Avenue… Undine was fiercely independent and yet passionately imitative. The Custom of the Country His pointing to the truckle bed in the corner, seemed gradually to bring that poor couch to Bradley's wandering remembrance. Our Mutual Friend In absolute governments the great nobles who are nearest to the throne flatter the passions of the sovereign, and voluntarily truckle to his caprices. Democracy in America — Volume 1 Each of these cells holds a small truckle bed, in which one prisoner sleeps; never more. American Notes When Lingard ordered him to receive Joanna into his house, he had a truckle bed put into the office—the only room he could spare. An Outcast of the Islands All the men who had truckled to Francis while he was in power left him and went with the crowd. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 Envy said that the Sigma Alphas truckled to his wealth; perhaps the exacter truth was that his wealth forced an earlier recognition of his real capacity. The Cost Who would not truckle for his sovereign's grace? A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China I will never truckle to the men whom I have eclipsed for fifteen years. The Count's Millions None better than she remembered how his dearest ambition, that of political preferment, had been thwarted by his refusal to truckle, to connive, to compromise with his ideas of right. The Octopus : A story of California They have within their own circles the same social ambitions and prejudices; they intrigue and truckle and crawl, and are snobs, like ourselves, both of the snobs that snub and the snobs that are snubbed. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Like any other good American, Newman thought it as well not to truckle to the foreigner. The American The house might be a good one, but Mr. Wrench was not going to truckle to anybody on a professional matter. Middlemarch They deemed it an honor to be noticed civilly by a respectable negro, and would fawn and truckle to the behests of any one who had the physical courage to command them. Biography of a Slave Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson Why truckle to a God who, so far from rewarding thy services with marks of his favor, seems to take pleasure in making thee miserable and scourges thee without any provocation? The Woman's Bible He bid good night to his faithful attendant, who deposited himself on his truckle; and both monarch and subject were soon fast asleep. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier The tyrannical control of the English press is a shame; and yet these officials who truckle to the English government want to try it on here. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin I said, the fault was in the men—men who truckle to lies and folly. Middlemarch One of the men servants slept in his clothes on a truckle bed in the corridor, ready for service in any emergency. The Golden Calf In absolute governments, the great nobles who are nearest to the throne flatter the passions of the sovereign, and voluntarily truckle to his caprices. American Institutions and Their Influence If he would crouch and truckle to his persecutors, he might not only be set at liberty, but all that they have robbed him of would be returned. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 He claims that in the first week of your administration you have basely truckled to the corrupt majority. Remarks His discretion, like the truckle of His repentance, like the carriage a pulley. of a double cannon. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 In art it truckled under to the Academies and the Academic Schools. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House It was a carpetless, bleak-looking room, scantily furnished with a small truckle bed, a campaigning chair, and a plain deal table, on which were scattered numerous papers and books. The Mystery of Cloomber A Truckle-bed, is a small bed placed upon truckles, so that it may be readily moved about. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire During all this period, in spite of his better knowledge, he truckled with sorry servility to the King and his unworthy favorites and lent himself as an agent in their most arbitrary acts. A History of English Literature He will not hastily rebel: but neither will he truckle basely and cowardly to the ways of this wicked world. Discipline and Other Sermons In 119 B.C. he was tribune, and had by the measures previously noticed won the reputation of an upright and patriotic politician, who would truckle neither to the nobles nor the mob. The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History I hope Pollock won't be squeamish, or truckle to the hysterical party at home. The Mystery of Cloomber These are the primary and the common meanings in the West, of To truckle, v. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire The right-hand truckle in one of these friendly recesses, at present vacant, was preparing, I understood, for Mr. Irving. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 A committee-man properly should be the governor's mattress to fit his truckle, and to new string him with sinews of war; for his chief use is to raise assessments in the neighbouring wapentake. Character Writings of the 17th Century He was too courageous to propitiate a rival, and too proud to truckle to a superiour. Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 "I will risk it," I said, and without another word dashed into the tiny bed chamber and tore an old brown blanket from off the narrow truckle bed. The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love Instead of that he had consulted her and truckled to her: truckled: yes, he had truckled, and he was astonished at himself. Queen Lucia "Sleep," said the apothecary, "is, in the opinion of Galen, a restorative and febrifuge, and is most naturally taken in a truckle- bed." The Fortunes of Nigel It developed the next morning, when he found himself for the first time for many months on the truckle bed, between linen sheets, with a cool, bamboo-twisted roof between him and the relentless sun. The Great Impersonation Nor is it always wise to truckle to sensibilities that may be foolish; blunt truthfulness, even if unpalatable, is often in the end the best service. Problems of Conduct I cried, dismayed, rushing into the little room, where I found the truckle couch empty, and the door leading outside wide open. The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love Any prejudice whatever will be insurmountable if those who do not share it themselves truckle to it, and flatter it, and accept it as a law of nature. Considerations on Representative Government "He is welcome to my share of the truckle," said Jenkin,—for in the said back closet were the two apprentices accommodated in one truckle- bed,—"I can sleep under the counter." The Fortunes of Nigel It contained a small truckle bedstead, two chairs, and a washstand, but no attempt at pictures or ornaments of any description. Dreams and Dream Stories I'm not going to truckle to rascals because I'm afraid of them. Harry Heathcote of Gangoil His tone was changed; he truckled to me no longer—he began to threaten. Basil Not only our reason, but also our conscience, truckles to our strongest impulse—the tyrant in us. Beyond Good and Evil In a poor and dirty room, he made shift to dine on such food as could be offered him; then lay down on the truckle bed, and slept for an hour or two. Veranilda She's pretty, you know; besides, she makes herself a regular slave to him, and truckles to him in everything, as I could never do.' Nuttie's Father In the Royal Academician may be buried a facility For prosecuting Chemical Research, But he knows that if he truckles to the Curse of Versatility, Competitors will leave him in the lurch. The Days Before Yesterday How I'd have sneaked and truckled, and fetched and carried for him! Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn Why truckle to a handful of disloyal North of Ireland traitors? Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy Folks don't like the man that truckles to 'em, whether it's in the sellin' of a box of pills or a principle. The Argonauts of North Liberty Off with your cap, Snob; down on your knees, Snob, and truckle. The Book of Snobs We are no niggards of our rewards and honors—we have no hireling votes to truckle to—we know our friends! Clarence In one corner of the plainly furnished room stood a small truckle bed, and in it lay the invalid. Under the Redwoods That you truckled to the mean prejudices of your neighbors and kept that poor, defenseless girl from the only honest roof she could find refuge under? From Sand Hill to Pine I will not endure to be left in the corner while all these nobodies are being truckled to. The Prophet of Berkeley Square Shall we be so vile as to truckle to the enemies of France and show that we can fear them? Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners) One, an old stool of the sort that is used to stand a cask of beer on; and the other a great big ricketty straddling old truckle bedstead. A House to Let Mr Milksan, being of a timorous disposition, truckled to the insolence of a termagant. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker He lay one June morning on his little truckle bed in the alcove behind the academy, considering a passage that he had read last night in Danet on double and triple feints. Scaramouche When a man truckles to him he is angry at his insincerity; when the other disputes his statements, or even offers other views, he finds himself confronted by one who has taken deep offense. The Foundations of Personality Looking in, I saw a lighted candle on a table, a bench, and a mattress on a truckle bedstead. Great Expectations He took me to the very top of the mill, and there was a room with a heap of straw in one corner and many empty barrels, and by the wall a truckle bed. The Cloister and the Hearth Our hunchback throws herself down on a rickety truckle bed, says her prayers, thinks about her hemp, and is dropping off to sleep. The Country Doctor "Come in," said a voice which he recognized as that of the mendicant, whom he found lying on a kind of truckle bed. Twenty Years After |
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