英语词汇“blarney”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

“You are right to laugh, Captain Short. For a while there, I did believe in all that under-the-rainbow crock-of-gold blarney, but now I know better. Now I know about the hostage fund.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Well, of course, Maniac knew that most if not all of that was blarney, and, just to make sure, he watched the ball extra carefully. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

To many would-be publishers, the title sounded like a bunch of blarney — even in the early 1990s, many people still considered Ireland a conservative backwater and a cultural appendage to Britain. Thomas Cahill, Popular Writer of Ireland’s History, Dies at 82 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z

It’s the kind of easy way out that he seems to find halfway into the finale, when he turns on the blarney spigot one more time to talk his way into a cushy plea deal. ‘Saul’ Great, Man 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z

His delight in it was transmitted, along with a large measure of Irish blarney, to everyone he met. Guglielmo Galvin obituary 2013-03-08T14:20:22Z

Take that incongruity as fair warning for the blarney that lies ahead. Review | As a novelist, David Duchovny is no Sean Penn 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

His own shaggy, rambling manner, and his shabby circumstances, suggest Charles Bukowski, but with more blarney and less compassion. Movie Review: Paul Weitz?s ?Being Flynn,? Starring Robert De Niro 2012-03-01T22:37:28Z

To read his account of the administration’s foreign policy is to yearn for an earlier era of American diplomacy, when blarney about the nation’s omnipotence was not permitted to substitute for realistic prudence. Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

The nearest novel to being essentially Bostonian might be Edwin O’Connor’s “The Last Hurrah”; its protagonist, Frank Skeffington, based on Boston’s flamboyant James Michael Curley, embodies Boston’s old political culture of blarney and bribery. Read Your Way Through Boston 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

“Joyride,” a grievously schematic blend of odd-couple comedy and life-affirming road movie, traverses the Irish countryside with a small degree of charm and a boatload of blarney. ‘Joyride’ Review: Irresponsible Adult 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

There’s plenty of blarney around the history of cocktails in general, and the Irish coffee is no exception. We’ve all had Irish coffee we hated. But when made well, it’s a beautiful thing. 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

His Kenwood Book Club suggests that this may be a bit of blarney. A museum honoring American writers opens in Chicago. But where are the books? 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

The charm and blarney, the threats and alibis, form a spectacular symphony of verbal belligerence, which Berlinger listens to and sorts out for viewers. Home Movies: Who’s the Bigger Criminal, Whitey Bulger or the FBI? 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

An endless stream of sightseeing coaches and hire cars drive between Cork and Kilkenny, boosting the touristy Ireland of musical pubs and shops crammed with tweed, tea towels and other blarney. Ireland’s big five adventure challenge 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

My primary form of self-care was the constant generation of blarney. What “Peanuts” Taught Me About Queer Identity 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

The characters seem a little too colorful, the blarney too cartoonish, as when Pat’s pal Huby swears, “Oh suffering mother of the good Christ on a bicycle.” Review: ‘The Man in the Woman’s Shoes,’ a Mikel Murfi Solo Play 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

Biden suffers — unfairly — by comparison with Donald Trump, thanks to Trump’s purported business acumen and the many Americans who buy his blarney about how he created “the greatest economy in history.” Column: Bidenomics just had its first birthday. Why are so few people celebrating? 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z

At moments like this, there was always a twinkle in his eye, showing what former Times columnist Chris Erskine once called his “Pennsylvania blarney.” Appreciation: Unassuming Notre Dame legend Johnny Lujack learned he won the Heisman in the Coliseum 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z

And there is a little whimsy, or perhaps a touch of blarney, in “Belfast,” though you can sense Branagh hard at work, straining to keep every impulse toward cutesiness in check. Review: Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ is a personal but muted story of childhood’s end 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

He was about 5-foot-4 and known for theatrical blarney, greeting friends with a “top o’ the morning” while on walks with his dogs. A Lawyer’s Deathbed Confession About a Sensational 1975 Kidnapping 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

Indeed, most of Mr. Biden’s blarney could be defended as misleading but essentially harmless braggadocio were it not for the “drunk driver” claim. Say it ain’t Joe: Biden has failed to curb penchant for tall tales stretching decades 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z

While Biden has gotten in trouble for blarney, he does not embrace the Irish propensity, woven through our literature and history, to let the past drag down the present. Opinion | Joe’s Fearsome Weapon Against Trump: Simple Decency 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, leprechauns may be considered quintessentially Irish, but research suggests this perception is blarney. Can we bring early Irish voices back to life? 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

With his Gaelic good looks, charisma and Irish blarney, he set up a music club, the Scene, in London’s Soho district. Ronan O’Rahilly, rebel rock broadcaster, dies at 79 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

Leprechauns may be considered quintessentially Irish, but research suggests this perception is blarney. Leprechaun 'is not a native Irish word' 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

Appropriately enough, the Three Clubs show includes not just tricks and blarney, but a range of performers who would not seem out of place in the Catskills in 1911 — ventriloquists, jugglers, comedians and other magicians. Bad Boys of Magic trade the birds and bunnies for booze and banter 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

With his penchant for poetry and blarney, the former vice president has emerged as a sort of national eulogist in chief. Biden, at Hollings Funeral, Talks About How ‘People Can Change’ 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

“Now, let’s just be honest about it,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, on the Senate floor on Thursday, his lead-in signaling he was cooking up a porridge of blarney. The big deficits in GOP tax plan aren’t a glitch — they’re the whole point 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

He is the nation's oldest living Heisman Trophy winner, and full of sass, humor and Pennsylvania blarney. Football great Johnny Lujack is still going strong at 91 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

Before they sat down Mr. Kerry made the ritual condemnation of the assault on the Jews, composed of equal parts blarney and buncombe, and bravely urged an end to “all incitement and violence.” WESLEY PRUDEN: Lies in the Middle East 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Feherty’s show was comedy and commentary, blarney and biography dished through cautionary tales of his own experiences. David Feherty's one-man show: uncensored, unhinged, and worth the price of admission: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z

The judge assumed his chair and commenced to blarney with the salon’s owner. A Little Off the Sides, Camaraderie on Top 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

And, after all, isn’t Ireland the land of embroidered truths, the land of blarney and tall tales that flow as freely as thick dark beer? Remember the Maryland All Stars? Someone might in Ireland. 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

“The Irish Pub” isn’t just about pubs, you see, but about the Irish themselves, who are arguably given more to blarney than they are sometimes said to be drawn to drink. ‘The Irish Pub’ movie review

Some of his story may read like blarney. Notre Dame Football’s Amazing Walk-On Joe Schmidt

She is turning 31 and is full of blarney, with a flash of summer lightning in the eyes. An inadvertent masterwork turns 31 (or 29) 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

O'Neill's big smile, the slaps on the back, the daily doses of harmless Irish blarney, never wavered. Trainer Doug O'Neill has no regrets after 2012 Triple Crown heartbreak 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

Pat’s heart sank within him, but he did not lose all his courage or presence of mind; and the latter quality suggested to him that he would try a little blarney. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z

Molly used to say I had more ideas than a dog has fleas, but I fancy she was just slatherin' me over with the blarney. Six One-Act Plays 2012-03-26T02:00:36.910Z

Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z

Some employers explain they need workers with a wee bit of blarney. A Saskatchewan Tavern Tries to Pull Ahead 2012-03-17T02:53:34Z

Lever places in a strong light the blarney and blunders of the Irish, and his stories generally begin in farce and end in caricature. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z

"Pat would niver permit any crocodile, wid all his blarney, to eat him; and if a crocodile ate Samba, sure Pat would have been the first to come and tell us." Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z

You don't mean what you say one bit, and it is a relief to me to know that it is all flummery--you silly, hot-pated, blarneying Pat! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z

To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z

"Yes, and I must beware of being blarneyed." Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z

Here in Dublin, at the financial institution formerly known as the Anglo Irish Bank, Mr. Quinn’s skeptical bankers say his assertions are, well, blarney. Sean Quinn and Ireland?s Boom and Bust 2012-01-07T19:07:08Z

Micky had rendered him a service only a week before, the little Irishman's blarney rescuing him from a prospective entanglement with the talons of a policeman. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z

And it isn’t blarney either that I’m trying to put upon you.” The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z

"It's a little blarney that 'll jist suit th' old lady," she said to herself, as she made her first conciliatory advance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z

Beg pardon, sir; but I can't stop to blarney any longer. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z

They are at any one's disposal, and are confessedly hollow blarney. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z

Within the mouth, that was always distended with an ingratiating smile, dwelt in amity those heavenly twins, guile and blarney. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z

A fellow, too, he’d be bound to say, that with all his easy-going blarney, couldn’t sit a bucking horse, or hit a haystack at ten yards. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z

"Don hasn't forgotten his blarneying ways, either;—just the same lad who went away from us so many months ago." Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z

‘Don’t tip me now, you lad of wax, Your blarney and locution; You’re not a giant yet, I hope, Nor I a Liliputian.’ The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z

You know I love your Irish blarney most of the time beyond anything in this world. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z

Remembering that the Canon is an Irishman and a humorist—which is tautology—we may perhaps discount his statement a little bit for blarney and a little more for fun. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z

Blarney, blarney, you might only say that to the Chinese. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z

The "keepsake charm"—I have it yet— A thing of guile and blarney; Each green leaf dares me to forget Fair Eileen o' Killarney. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z

Let me see, it is now about five years ago, When, admiring the Irish and blarney, I packed up all my traps, and my tackle also, And set sail for the banks of Killarney. The Anglican Friar and the Fish which he Took by Hook and by Crook 2011-03-13T03:00:22.773Z

No doubt with a little more blarney I could have won her consent; but in my heart of hearts I knew she was right, and I didn't try to persuade her. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z

A certain amount of blarney is supposed to be admissible to keep your sheep from straying to a rival's flock. to married Toad. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z

The little suspicion of blarney trips softly and naturally from Mona's tongue. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z

Mr. O'Hara and Chrysos and Jack Lacy were there, so in spite of your conspicuous absence the Legation maintained its gay reputation and covered itself with immortal blarney. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z

"I suppose you are going to blarney the constituency?" said Maurice, laughing heartily at his coarse conceit. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z

I have regretted since that I didn't try the blarney, for that picture would certainly have embellished the pages of this book! The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z

"Blarney,—all blarney!" muttered Crow, with an expressive movement of his eyebrows. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z

Photograph: Tom Jenkins British boxing is blessed for blarney and belts at the moment. Audley Harrison vows to destroy David Haye in their world title fight 2010-10-27T20:04:00Z

Folks in Berkeley detested 'Ray-gun,' and folks in Orange County thought Tip was a clueless lump of what the Irish call blarney. Tip O'Neill and Reagan and Model for Breaking Partisan Gridlock 2010-02-17T19:32:00Z

Come, come, Mother Testimony, give us no more of your blarney. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15

This sounds ambitious enough, but I fancy it is mostly blarney, so far as the small schools are concerned, at any rate. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z

What a good thing it is that I know exactly how to take this laughing, blarneying, incorrigible Irishman! Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune

"Come, no more blarney, but begin!" said the Skeleton. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6

Then I studied a week to gain knowledge, And waded through volumes of stuff, And I found that the only requirements Were cunning and blarney and bluff. The Autobiography of a Monkey

To its founder is traced by some the origin of the term “blarney,” since he delayed by persuasion and promises the surrender of the castle to the lord president. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea"

In any event she meant to conquer Powers, and was not without reason, or precedent, in trying to see if blarney would aid threats. The Great Miss Driver

She presented Joy-of-Life with a banana which she had blarneyed from our Italian fruit-vender, and gave me a little jar of cream, begged or bullied from the milkman in the early dawn. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road

No one but an Irishman ever succeeds in blarney. Jack Hinton The Guardsman

He is made for the cheery dispensing of liquors, for everlasting blarney, and possesses a wonderfully keen appreciation of the weaknesses of lesser human nature. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel

The name “blarney” has passed into the language to denote a peculiar kind of persuasive eloquence, alleged to be characteristic of the natives of Ireland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea"

He looked every whit as Irish as his name, and he was scolding and blarneying the birds by turn. Leerie

This was one night when his blarney had been a blessing. One-Way Ticket to Nowhere

Mike was red headed and freckle necked, a massive chap with a blarney smile and a baby face. Direct Wire

If there 's nothing but blarney or banter between us, we 'll never come to business. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly

Don't you go, Sheriff; they want to blarney you into believing their side of the story. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine

"Where is it?" said he, turning to Kerry, with a look of exasperation that defied all attempt to assuage by mere "blarney"—"where is it?" The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago

"By my sowl! it's little blarney I'd give you, av I had ye at the side of Slieve-na-vick," said Owen; and the look he threw towards him left little doubt of his sincerity. St. Patrick's Eve

“Ah, now, my dear; it isn’t blarneying at all!” laughed Wyn. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club

Then I thanked her, and blarneyed her as well as I was able, although that wasn't much, as I never have been much of a hand with women. The Recipe for Diamonds

Titmouse, however, swallowed with equal facility Mr. Tag-rag's hard port and his soft blarney; but all fools have large swallows. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1.

The air blew from the very fountains of youth with a teasing blarney. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards

Now pocket your blarney long enough to tell me why you called me a Scotchman.” The Eye of Dread

I suppose he has been priming you with blarney and yarns. The Hound From The North

“You’ve been the example of a dutiful child to me,” Tim said, turning to her, spreading his hands, the oil of blarney in his voice. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek

Waiting for their turn, the fish-women were blarneying with customs men or idlers who stood about looking at the big fish with the curiosity of landlubbers. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore

"Say, nix on dis blarney, youse!" interrupted the Monk, who was trying to wriggle out of the arm hold of Burke and Maguire. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure

Why, to have a body to look at now and again, and to blarney, just that I might not forget the trick. The Eye of Dread

"Why, they've sent me a letter from Dublin, with a lot of blarney about praiseworthy energy and activity, and all that—" "That's why they've promoted you: but you don't tell me all." The Macdermots of Ballycloran

Edith said merrily, "you must have found an Italian blarney stone somewhere." Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader

Mr. Roach is omnipresent in the lobbies of Congress, and by his persuasive blarney exerts an undue influence there. Free Ships: The Restoration of the American Carrying Trade

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's brave talk about fighting the House of Lords sounds very much like blarney when we call to mind the fact that he has beaten all records in the creation of peers. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals

So she covers her face with her hand and rocks herself back and forth, and now, lad, here’s where the blarney comes in. The Eye of Dread

Stand up, you young devil—none of your blarney. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar

It is no exaggeration to say that the common courtesies of life demand a certain amount of what is called “blarney” in a letter—especially in an eminent man’s letter—which would ruin a sonnet. Old Familiar Faces

I was too busy listening to their blarney, I guess. Christopher and the Clockmakers

From this comes the expression of "blarney" for cunning and flattering talk. Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children

But I will not be fubbed off with your Irish blarney. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45

“You had ever a sweetly blarneying tongue,” said she, and bestowed a parting caress impartially upon both the persons 247 before her. The Indifference of Juliet

The blarney to put yourself over, and the ability to back it up. Hail to the Chief

"An' have ye fergotten the blarney ye gave me the night o' the accident?" Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road

"Aha! and you brought some blarney in the other pocket," said the mother eagle; "for don't I know you came to steal my children—the darlings?" Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children

Blunt kept them quiet by subtle blarney, telling them they couldn't let white folks beat them out for stoicism. Gold Out of Celebes

Why, at Balaclava, when I was——” “Balaclava and blarney!” exclaimed Somers impatiently. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer

The mother had just finished locking the safe, and, standing up, she laughed in her gentle way and said: “Surely you have kissed the blarney stone, Mike.” The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters

It is good to hear your blarney and your brogue, Larry. The Cricket

Now go 'way wid your blarney, and don't be talking to me. Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People

She was overflowing with Irish blarney and nonsense, asking absurd riddles and making bad puns, and sending the other girls into such fits of laughter that Vivian called them to order. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life

But there are some expressions about his eyes that I cannot like; and I think there is a little blarney about them both. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm

The widow laughed heartily at this, as she replied: “I’m afraid that you have kissed the blarney stone, Mr. Muldoon.” The Flaw in the Sapphire

“Mistress Lyon,” he said indolently, but with the soft, well-anointed utterance of the blarneying islander, which does not die away till the third generation of the poorest exile from Erin, “now, misthress dear, consider!” The Dew of Their Youth

To haggle, banter and blarney were parts of the game, and parts which the buyer demanded as his right. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen

When Honor's grey eyes looked pleadingly from under their long, dark lashes, and a soft blarney crept into her voice, there were few people who could resist her. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life

The Irishman was all puff, blarney, and brag, and all the time had been in a humour either to fight or to shake hands. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves

Perhaps, though they will not yield to force, they may to persuasion, and I am thankful to say, we still retain in old Ireland, the gift of blarney. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean

The sweet gift of blarney dwelt on his broad red lips. The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899

He rivaled both Yankee-Gentile and Jew, and his blarney was a commodity that stood him in good stead. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen

I made a long speech, as full of compliments and blarney as a Christmas pudding is of plums, and concluded by touching the soft part in African royalty’s heart—slaves! Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver

He stormed, roused himself upon his legs, towered, and gave vent to a burst of blarney. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves

"Well, my love, you have got a blarneying tongue, and no mistake; but now, when I do get to Nortonbury, what am I to do?" Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World

Many a fellow has chipped away at that stone while he chatted with his girl—I suppose that is where the blarney comes in,—and left his name or initials for a sacred memory. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska

The young seaman proved to be possessed of the loyalty and shrewdness of the Yankee, together with a touch of the blarney of the genuine Irishman. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1

This honeyed blarney, to his susceptible Irish blood, was far more dangerous than any taunts; but he remembered in time the fable of the fox and the crow. The Lure of the Mask

I know he's a soft talker, and can blarney to beat the band. The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck

They therefore went through the streets unmolested, and easily passed the guards, because Kettle plied them with a good deal of that which has since come to be known by the name of “blarney.” Erling the Bold

One passes on the way to the wildwood, where everybody goes as often as may be,—a so-called "blarney stone." Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska

“Don’t be coming any of your Irish blarney over us,” growled out a sour-looking ruffian. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman

You speak slick and straight to the p’int, without any bunkum or blarney, like some of them that come over here. Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes

But, a truce to your blarney, ma’am; or, you’ll make me blush. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel

“Get out with your blarney,” said Mr Mackay good-humouredly, urging the crew on to fresh exertions by way of changing the topic. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea

Oh, yes; I don’t want any of your blarney now, Cuffee. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea

They discussed the feasibility of filing through the iron gratings, or of chloroforming Nora and stealing the key, but in the end Patty accomplished the matter by the use of a little simple blarney. Just Patty

Also more or less blarney left on the tongue. Torchy, Private Sec.

“There’s no doubt, ma’am, where she gets the ‘blarney’ from. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel

“Wait till ye kiss the blarney stone, an’ thin ye’ll know!” Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea

You must see him do the headwaiter—hear him blarney and flabbergast the complaining guest, observe him reckon up his criminal bill, see the subtle condescension of his tip grabbing. Europe After 8:15

I tell you, Maria, I don't like that brother-in-law of his who comes down from London to attend the Redcross meetings, and tries to blarney us all round. A Houseful of Girls

Astute troop commanders, like Snaffle, saved themselves many a deserved wigging by judicious use of blarney. Lanier of the Cavalry or, A Week's Arrest

"I have always heard that the English are generous foes, sir——" "None of your blarney," interrupted Maclean. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers

There’s no way out of it, so you needn’t think to try words, nor blarney, nor nothing else with me, I have a sack dress each for you, and what you have on is mine. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl

But he’s as deaf to fun as he is to blarney. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys

It is not anything he says, It's just his presence and his smile, The blarney of his silences That cocker and beguile. More Songs From Vagabondia

The letter, of course, was plastered all over with Irish blarney. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine

Moore's bow over it was positively blarneying in its deference. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars

Let me hear from you on your return from Ireland, which ought to be ashamed to see you, after her Brunswick blarney. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals

They’re bad to blarney, and I did my best, I can tell you, for my own sake as well as for the men. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys

Here in the country we don't know how to give fine, fascinating blarney like that, eh? Mrs. Red Pepper

Bertie's Irish blarney always peeped out in his dealings with women, and Lady Susan of late had been so unaccustomed to anything of the sort, that her heart began to warm to her scape-grace nephew. Bluebell A Novel

"Is your tax ready?" asked the inspector, shortly, being accustomed to the blarney of the man. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia

"What," said Joan from the shelter of his arm, "is a blarney stone?" Kenny

Some misgivings occurred to the old housekeeper, but her vanity, having been revived by Phelim's blarney, would not permit her to listen to them. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three

Thought I was all fine, warm heart and blarneying words. Mrs. Red Pepper

Was there not flattery to the dust? blarney to the eyes? heads broken? throats cut? houses burned? and cattle houghed? The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three

I asked, Mr. Brown having retired from the conversational portion of his duty in deep disgust at the idea of having his gentlemanly address taken for blarney. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia

He then changed his hand, and left Ellish to bear the brunt of their blarney. Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three

Sure the ouldest woman in the parish, if she happened to be single, couldn't miss of your blarney. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three

Jack went back with a heavy heart, as you may be sure, knowing that, whenever the black cur began to blarney him, there was no good to come in his way. The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three

Don't you ever start in making a mistake about Slavin—blarney and all. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police

"O! better not stand then; blarneying, but go away wid ye!" yelled out one of the women, with demonstrative indications of throwing hot water or potatoes at us. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia

He worried through arithmetic and algebra and blarneyed his French and German tutors into making them believe he knew more than he did, but the purely scientific aspects of learning did not interest him. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment

"We'll send Travers back with a little collection, to fix it up with the farmer, and blarney him out of taking any action." Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative

He was very tired, but the warmth of his welcome brought a merry twinkle to his eyes and the ready blarney to his tongue. Sevenoaks

When you come to know Burke as well as I do you'll find he's generally got some motive for these little things—blarney and all. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police

Persuade the colleen to put by the book: My grandfather would mutter just such things, And he was no judge of a dog or horse, And any idle boy could blarney him. The Land of Heart's Desire

"No need of that," said Walter; "she can blarney fast enough if she wants to, and that without ever having seen the stone." Elsie at the World's Fair

Without any influence whatever, save his pleasing address and his wide education, he blarneyed the State Department out of a consulate. The Goose Girl

If we get it at all, it'll be due to me and my blarney. Simon Called Peter

We have heard enough of this professional blarney. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873

Though she knew it for what it was, the fellow's blarney was good to hear. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories

"Get along with your blarney, Master Scott!" protested Biddy. Greatheart

"You surely have a wonderful influence over him," the lad with the blarney continued. Back to the Woods

I have regular blarney about their being so lovely, that it would just go to my heart to expose them to the boys.” The Three Brides

Like a true Irishman, he has given me some lovely blarney in his book. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections

You squirm when Mrs. Myers tries to be friendly with you; and I sometimes laugh at your expression when Eliza treats you to a little blarney about your looks. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage

"Well, if it were not for signs there's no mistaking I should think you had a lot of Irish blood in your veins, and had kissed the blarney stone." Trial and Triumph

He made himself comfortable in an easy chair, and continued to give me another dose of his blarney. A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914

Brendan was right, although you had to know his father well to realize it, what with the big smile, the blarney and all. Joe Burke's Last Stand

All her share of the blarney of Ireland began to roll from the mellow tip of her tongue. Her Father's Daughter

Her face is cunning and pretty, and she makes a funny, blarneying noise when I go up to her. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

The men found it sufficiently wonderful to satisfy even Freckles, who had forgotten he was ever sore or stiff, and coddled over it with every blarneying term of endearment he knew. Freckles

"Only given him a taste of blarney," was the reply. Wild Kitty

"Oh, old blarney!" she cried, now joyous, and, giving him a pat on the shoulder, moved about collecting supper. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California

"And a very becoming flower a white rose is," she continued, "though I am a bold girl to be blarneying with a young gentleman I met no longer ago than last night." The Gentleman from Indiana

There's small bad ahead of b'ys that has a bit of heartsome blarney for their mother, and love in their eyes to back their words. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys

"Oh you, with your blarney!" returned the young woman playfully, and then, with a note of eagerness in her voice, "Who is it, do you know her?" The Calling of Dan Matthews

But I don't mind; your blarney is like the sunshine, that comes through the window every day at ten. Thoroughbreds

Some have furloughs, and start at once for home, sometimes amid great chaffing and blarneying. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy

"But why shouldn't you blarney with a gentleman, when you began by saving his life?" The Gentleman from Indiana

He does affect both brogue and blarney when he thinks proper. The Heavenly Twins

They may take our mountains, our valleys, and our bogs; but, bad luck to them, they can't steal our 'blarney;' that's the privilege one and indivisible with our identity. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2

"It was horrid of me, darling, to tell you the truth and me Irish and believin' in the blarney stone," she apologized in her Pollyesque fashion. The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill

"With blarney and the buckle-end of a belt, sir," said the adjutant. Indian Tales

Yes, the pickpocket, the card-sharper, the "lumberer," the confidence man, the blarneying beggar, and the fakir of every description laid his snares on this holy spot. The Christian A Story

The smooth tones of the blarney may flatter our vanity, and please us for the moment, but who places any confidence in those by whom it is employed? Life in the Clearings versus the Bush

And while an Englishman raves of his liberty, a Scotchman of his oaten meal, blarney's our birthright, and a prettier portion I'd never ask to leave behind me to my sons. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2

He was well known and liked by the officers, having a peculiar talent for blarney; and nothing pleased him so much as a little conversation with a superior. The Bushman — Life in a New Country

A kind thought expressed in the familiar accents of "Ould Oireland" is welcome to the wayfarer in strange lands, even though it may often be "only blarney" after all. A Trip to Manitoba

He would 'make me another,' forsooth, 'in the twinkle of an eye;' and then he began to pour out his disagreeable blarney. The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier

"Now, do stop there, and have done with your blarney." Life in the Clearings versus the Bush

"There's not a bit of blarney about him." Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2

Poor Mike! his blarney could not save him; it had often before done him good service, but the savages valued it not. The Bushman — Life in a New Country

Always full of cheer and blarney, he kept our ward alive, only when the time for daily dressing came round did his countenance fall. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign

I think I have heard something like that before, my blarneying Plantagenet. The Iron Game A Tale of the War

I was perfectly astonished at their volubility, and the pertinacity of their attentions, which were poured forth in the true Milesian fashion--an odd mixture of blarney, self-interest, and audacity. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush

To woo and win the girl of your heart, give me a rich brogue and the least taste in life of blarney! Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2

Although his landlord, Mr. O'Driscoll, was his countryman, Mike managed to blarney him so that he did just what he liked, and never paid any rent either in cash or in kind. The Bushman — Life in a New Country

But I saw through his blarney, and he was added to the list of those who preferred sister's hands to my attentions. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign

"Buster knows how to lay it on; he's kissed the blarney stone!" The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for the Silver Cup

You see—well, never mind, we won't talk any more blarney in this letter, out of respect to the memory of poor Uncle James. Canada for Gentlemen

Looking at the young lady it was easy to see that this speech was involuntary Irish blarney, a compliment to her handsome face. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland

"The Irish are so filled with blarney—" Skinner began, but Cappy cut him short with a terrible look. Cappy Ricks Retires

All blarney, but it pleased me and made me remember how feeble poor Mamma was, and how little I really did. A Garland for Girls

He has licked the blarney stone; he deals in the wonderful, or tips us the traveller. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Then we argued among ourselves, coaxed, blarneyed, persuaded, and tried to bribe one another. The Ivory Trail

It was a bit of blarney, I knew. The Dream Doctor

The smooth tones of the blarney may flatter our vanity, and please us for the moment; but who places any confidence in those by whom it is employed. Roughing It in the Bush

Strong-willed woman as she was, he knew that Cedric would rule her utterly; the lad's wheedling ways and blarneying tongue had already won her heart. Herb of Grace

Now, in addition, his plucky exploit of the afternoon blazed its way through the settlement; and blarney and bravos rained upon him. Australia Felix

A trembler, with no word to say for himself, a stone without blarney, the dumbest lover that ever babbled of the weather in the presence of his divinity. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million

I like blarney; but it's rot, all the same. John Bull's Other Island

Belay all that!" said Robarts; "do you think you can blarney me, you young monkey? Hard Cash

"A husband can show his consideration without blarneying," remarked Mrs. Watterly coldly. He Fell in Love with His Wife

But the snowshoes clicked on, away from the sweet blarney, Leaving behind the little flatterers who were honestly glad to see me in the woods again, and who would fain have delayed me. Secret of the Woods

"You've certainly kissed the blarney stone, Mr. O'Connor," returned the revolutionist dryly. Bucky O'Connor

I don't want to be petted and blarneyed. John Bull's Other Island

It's words more than warts, talk more than talcum, palaver more than powder, blarney more than bloom that counts—the phonograph instead of the photograph. Roads of Destiny

Having first dosed me with blarney, he proceeded to deluge the legislature with balderdash. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1

Mr. Blick at once began to blarney the standers-by into joining, while I, sitting at a little table, in the open air, wrote out copies of a letter addressed to the local gentry. Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger

单词	blarney
例句	blarney “You are right to laugh, Captain Short. For a while there, I did believe in all that under-the-rainbow crock-of-gold blarney, but now I know better. Now I know about the hostage fund.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Well, of course, Maniac knew that most if not all of that was blarney, and, just to make sure, he watched the ball extra carefully. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To many would-be publishers, the title sounded like a bunch of blarney — even in the early 1990s, many people still considered Ireland a conservative backwater and a cultural appendage to Britain. Thomas Cahill, Popular Writer of Ireland’s History, Dies at 82 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z It’s the kind of easy way out that he seems to find halfway into the finale, when he turns on the blarney spigot one more time to talk his way into a cushy plea deal. ‘Saul’ Great, Man 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z His delight in it was transmitted, along with a large measure of Irish blarney, to everyone he met. Guglielmo Galvin obituary 2013-03-08T14:20:22Z Take that incongruity as fair warning for the blarney that lies ahead. Review \| As a novelist, David Duchovny is no Sean Penn 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z His own shaggy, rambling manner, and his shabby circumstances, suggest Charles Bukowski, but with more blarney and less compassion. Movie Review: Paul Weitz?s ?Being Flynn,? Starring Robert De Niro 2012-03-01T22:37:28Z To read his account of the administration’s foreign policy is to yearn for an earlier era of American diplomacy, when blarney about the nation’s omnipotence was not permitted to substitute for realistic prudence. Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The nearest novel to being essentially Bostonian might be Edwin O’Connor’s “The Last Hurrah”; its protagonist, Frank Skeffington, based on Boston’s flamboyant James Michael Curley, embodies Boston’s old political culture of blarney and bribery. Read Your Way Through Boston 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z “Joyride,” a grievously schematic blend of odd-couple comedy and life-affirming road movie, traverses the Irish countryside with a small degree of charm and a boatload of blarney. ‘Joyride’ Review: Irresponsible Adult 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z There’s plenty of blarney around the history of cocktails in general, and the Irish coffee is no exception. We’ve all had Irish coffee we hated. But when made well, it’s a beautiful thing. 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z His Kenwood Book Club suggests that this may be a bit of blarney. A museum honoring American writers opens in Chicago. But where are the books? 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z The charm and blarney, the threats and alibis, form a spectacular symphony of verbal belligerence, which Berlinger listens to and sorts out for viewers. Home Movies: Who’s the Bigger Criminal, Whitey Bulger or the FBI? 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z An endless stream of sightseeing coaches and hire cars drive between Cork and Kilkenny, boosting the touristy Ireland of musical pubs and shops crammed with tweed, tea towels and other blarney. Ireland’s big five adventure challenge 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z My primary form of self-care was the constant generation of blarney. What “Peanuts” Taught Me About Queer Identity 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The characters seem a little too colorful, the blarney too cartoonish, as when Pat’s pal Huby swears, “Oh suffering mother of the good Christ on a bicycle.” Review: ‘The Man in the Woman’s Shoes,’ a Mikel Murfi Solo Play 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Biden suffers — unfairly — by comparison with Donald Trump, thanks to Trump’s purported business acumen and the many Americans who buy his blarney about how he created “the greatest economy in history.” Column: Bidenomics just had its first birthday. Why are so few people celebrating? 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z At moments like this, there was always a twinkle in his eye, showing what former Times columnist Chris Erskine once called his “Pennsylvania blarney.” Appreciation: Unassuming Notre Dame legend Johnny Lujack learned he won the Heisman in the Coliseum 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z And there is a little whimsy, or perhaps a touch of blarney, in “Belfast,” though you can sense Branagh hard at work, straining to keep every impulse toward cutesiness in check. Review: Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ is a personal but muted story of childhood’s end 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z He was about 5-foot-4 and known for theatrical blarney, greeting friends with a “top o’ the morning” while on walks with his dogs. A Lawyer’s Deathbed Confession About a Sensational 1975 Kidnapping 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Indeed, most of Mr. Biden’s blarney could be defended as misleading but essentially harmless braggadocio were it not for the “drunk driver” claim. Say it ain’t Joe: Biden has failed to curb penchant for tall tales stretching decades 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z While Biden has gotten in trouble for blarney, he does not embrace the Irish propensity, woven through our literature and history, to let the past drag down the present. Opinion \| Joe’s Fearsome Weapon Against Trump: Simple Decency 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z On the other hand, leprechauns may be considered quintessentially Irish, but research suggests this perception is blarney. Can we bring early Irish voices back to life? 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z With his Gaelic good looks, charisma and Irish blarney, he set up a music club, the Scene, in London’s Soho district. Ronan O’Rahilly, rebel rock broadcaster, dies at 79 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Leprechauns may be considered quintessentially Irish, but research suggests this perception is blarney. Leprechaun 'is not a native Irish word' 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Appropriately enough, the Three Clubs show includes not just tricks and blarney, but a range of performers who would not seem out of place in the Catskills in 1911 — ventriloquists, jugglers, comedians and other magicians. Bad Boys of Magic trade the birds and bunnies for booze and banter 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z With his penchant for poetry and blarney, the former vice president has emerged as a sort of national eulogist in chief. Biden, at Hollings Funeral, Talks About How ‘People Can Change’ 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z “Now, let’s just be honest about it,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, on the Senate floor on Thursday, his lead-in signaling he was cooking up a porridge of blarney. The big deficits in GOP tax plan aren’t a glitch — they’re the whole point 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z He is the nation's oldest living Heisman Trophy winner, and full of sass, humor and Pennsylvania blarney. Football great Johnny Lujack is still going strong at 91 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Before they sat down Mr. Kerry made the ritual condemnation of the assault on the Jews, composed of equal parts blarney and buncombe, and bravely urged an end to “all incitement and violence.” WESLEY PRUDEN: Lies in the Middle East 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Feherty’s show was comedy and commentary, blarney and biography dished through cautionary tales of his own experiences. David Feherty's one-man show: uncensored, unhinged, and worth the price of admission: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z The judge assumed his chair and commenced to blarney with the salon’s owner. A Little Off the Sides, Camaraderie on Top 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z And, after all, isn’t Ireland the land of embroidered truths, the land of blarney and tall tales that flow as freely as thick dark beer? Remember the Maryland All Stars? Someone might in Ireland. 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z “The Irish Pub” isn’t just about pubs, you see, but about the Irish themselves, who are arguably given more to blarney than they are sometimes said to be drawn to drink. ‘The Irish Pub’ movie review Some of his story may read like blarney. Notre Dame Football’s Amazing Walk-On Joe Schmidt She is turning 31 and is full of blarney, with a flash of summer lightning in the eyes. An inadvertent masterwork turns 31 (or 29) 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z O'Neill's big smile, the slaps on the back, the daily doses of harmless Irish blarney, never wavered. Trainer Doug O'Neill has no regrets after 2012 Triple Crown heartbreak 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Pat’s heart sank within him, but he did not lose all his courage or presence of mind; and the latter quality suggested to him that he would try a little blarney. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Molly used to say I had more ideas than a dog has fleas, but I fancy she was just slatherin' me over with the blarney. Six One-Act Plays 2012-03-26T02:00:36.910Z Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Some employers explain they need workers with a wee bit of blarney. A Saskatchewan Tavern Tries to Pull Ahead 2012-03-17T02:53:34Z Lever places in a strong light the blarney and blunders of the Irish, and his stories generally begin in farce and end in caricature. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z "Pat would niver permit any crocodile, wid all his blarney, to eat him; and if a crocodile ate Samba, sure Pat would have been the first to come and tell us." Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z You don't mean what you say one bit, and it is a relief to me to know that it is all flummery--you silly, hot-pated, blarneying Pat! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z "Yes, and I must beware of being blarneyed." Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Here in Dublin, at the financial institution formerly known as the Anglo Irish Bank, Mr. Quinn’s skeptical bankers say his assertions are, well, blarney. Sean Quinn and Ireland?s Boom and Bust 2012-01-07T19:07:08Z Micky had rendered him a service only a week before, the little Irishman's blarney rescuing him from a prospective entanglement with the talons of a policeman. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z And it isn’t blarney either that I’m trying to put upon you.” The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z "It's a little blarney that 'll jist suit th' old lady," she said to herself, as she made her first conciliatory advance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Beg pardon, sir; but I can't stop to blarney any longer. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z They are at any one's disposal, and are confessedly hollow blarney. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z Within the mouth, that was always distended with an ingratiating smile, dwelt in amity those heavenly twins, guile and blarney. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z A fellow, too, he’d be bound to say, that with all his easy-going blarney, couldn’t sit a bucking horse, or hit a haystack at ten yards. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z "Don hasn't forgotten his blarneying ways, either;—just the same lad who went away from us so many months ago." Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z ‘Don’t tip me now, you lad of wax, Your blarney and locution; You’re not a giant yet, I hope, Nor I a Liliputian.’ The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z You know I love your Irish blarney most of the time beyond anything in this world. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z Remembering that the Canon is an Irishman and a humorist—which is tautology—we may perhaps discount his statement a little bit for blarney and a little more for fun. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Blarney, blarney, you might only say that to the Chinese. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z The "keepsake charm"—I have it yet— A thing of guile and blarney; Each green leaf dares me to forget Fair Eileen o' Killarney. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z Let me see, it is now about five years ago, When, admiring the Irish and blarney, I packed up all my traps, and my tackle also, And set sail for the banks of Killarney. The Anglican Friar and the Fish which he Took by Hook and by Crook 2011-03-13T03:00:22.773Z No doubt with a little more blarney I could have won her consent; but in my heart of hearts I knew she was right, and I didn't try to persuade her. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z A certain amount of blarney is supposed to be admissible to keep your sheep from straying to a rival's flock. to married Toad. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z The little suspicion of blarney trips softly and naturally from Mona's tongue. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Mr. O'Hara and Chrysos and Jack Lacy were there, so in spite of your conspicuous absence the Legation maintained its gay reputation and covered itself with immortal blarney. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z "I suppose you are going to blarney the constituency?" said Maurice, laughing heartily at his coarse conceit. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z I have regretted since that I didn't try the blarney, for that picture would certainly have embellished the pages of this book! The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z "Blarney,—all blarney!" muttered Crow, with an expressive movement of his eyebrows. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z Photograph: Tom Jenkins British boxing is blessed for blarney and belts at the moment. Audley Harrison vows to destroy David Haye in their world title fight 2010-10-27T20:04:00Z Folks in Berkeley detested 'Ray-gun,' and folks in Orange County thought Tip was a clueless lump of what the Irish call blarney. Tip O'Neill and Reagan and Model for Breaking Partisan Gridlock 2010-02-17T19:32:00Z Come, come, Mother Testimony, give us no more of your blarney. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 This sounds ambitious enough, but I fancy it is mostly blarney, so far as the small schools are concerned, at any rate. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z What a good thing it is that I know exactly how to take this laughing, blarneying, incorrigible Irishman! Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune "Come, no more blarney, but begin!" said the Skeleton. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 Then I studied a week to gain knowledge, And waded through volumes of stuff, And I found that the only requirements Were cunning and blarney and bluff. The Autobiography of a Monkey To its founder is traced by some the origin of the term “blarney,” since he delayed by persuasion and promises the surrender of the castle to the lord president. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" In any event she meant to conquer Powers, and was not without reason, or precedent, in trying to see if blarney would aid threats. The Great Miss Driver She presented Joy-of-Life with a banana which she had blarneyed from our Italian fruit-vender, and gave me a little jar of cream, begged or bullied from the milkman in the early dawn. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road No one but an Irishman ever succeeds in blarney. Jack Hinton The Guardsman He is made for the cheery dispensing of liquors, for everlasting blarney, and possesses a wonderfully keen appreciation of the weaknesses of lesser human nature. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The name “blarney” has passed into the language to denote a peculiar kind of persuasive eloquence, alleged to be characteristic of the natives of Ireland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" He looked every whit as Irish as his name, and he was scolding and blarneying the birds by turn. Leerie This was one night when his blarney had been a blessing. One-Way Ticket to Nowhere Mike was red headed and freckle necked, a massive chap with a blarney smile and a baby face. Direct Wire If there 's nothing but blarney or banter between us, we 'll never come to business. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Don't you go, Sheriff; they want to blarney you into believing their side of the story. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine "Where is it?" said he, turning to Kerry, with a look of exasperation that defied all attempt to assuage by mere "blarney"—"where is it?" The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago "By my sowl! it's little blarney I'd give you, av I had ye at the side of Slieve-na-vick," said Owen; and the look he threw towards him left little doubt of his sincerity. St. Patrick's Eve “Ah, now, my dear; it isn’t blarneying at all!” laughed Wyn. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club Then I thanked her, and blarneyed her as well as I was able, although that wasn't much, as I never have been much of a hand with women. The Recipe for Diamonds Titmouse, however, swallowed with equal facility Mr. Tag-rag's hard port and his soft blarney; but all fools have large swallows. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. The air blew from the very fountains of youth with a teasing blarney. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Now pocket your blarney long enough to tell me why you called me a Scotchman.” The Eye of Dread I suppose he has been priming you with blarney and yarns. The Hound From The North “You’ve been the example of a dutiful child to me,” Tim said, turning to her, spreading his hands, the oil of blarney in his voice. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek Waiting for their turn, the fish-women were blarneying with customs men or idlers who stood about looking at the big fish with the curiosity of landlubbers. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore "Say, nix on dis blarney, youse!" interrupted the Monk, who was trying to wriggle out of the arm hold of Burke and Maguire. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure Why, to have a body to look at now and again, and to blarney, just that I might not forget the trick. The Eye of Dread "Why, they've sent me a letter from Dublin, with a lot of blarney about praiseworthy energy and activity, and all that—" "That's why they've promoted you: but you don't tell me all." The Macdermots of Ballycloran Edith said merrily, "you must have found an Italian blarney stone somewhere." Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader Mr. Roach is omnipresent in the lobbies of Congress, and by his persuasive blarney exerts an undue influence there. Free Ships: The Restoration of the American Carrying Trade Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's brave talk about fighting the House of Lords sounds very much like blarney when we call to mind the fact that he has beaten all records in the creation of peers. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals So she covers her face with her hand and rocks herself back and forth, and now, lad, here’s where the blarney comes in. The Eye of Dread Stand up, you young devil—none of your blarney. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar It is no exaggeration to say that the common courtesies of life demand a certain amount of what is called “blarney” in a letter—especially in an eminent man’s letter—which would ruin a sonnet. Old Familiar Faces I was too busy listening to their blarney, I guess. Christopher and the Clockmakers From this comes the expression of "blarney" for cunning and flattering talk. Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children But I will not be fubbed off with your Irish blarney. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 “You had ever a sweetly blarneying tongue,” said she, and bestowed a parting caress impartially upon both the persons 247 before her. The Indifference of Juliet The blarney to put yourself over, and the ability to back it up. Hail to the Chief "An' have ye fergotten the blarney ye gave me the night o' the accident?" Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road "Aha! and you brought some blarney in the other pocket," said the mother eagle; "for don't I know you came to steal my children—the darlings?" Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children Blunt kept them quiet by subtle blarney, telling them they couldn't let white folks beat them out for stoicism. Gold Out of Celebes Why, at Balaclava, when I was——” “Balaclava and blarney!” exclaimed Somers impatiently. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer The mother had just finished locking the safe, and, standing up, she laughed in her gentle way and said: “Surely you have kissed the blarney stone, Mike.” The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters It is good to hear your blarney and your brogue, Larry. The Cricket Now go 'way wid your blarney, and don't be talking to me. Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People She was overflowing with Irish blarney and nonsense, asking absurd riddles and making bad puns, and sending the other girls into such fits of laughter that Vivian called them to order. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life But there are some expressions about his eyes that I cannot like; and I think there is a little blarney about them both. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm The widow laughed heartily at this, as she replied: “I’m afraid that you have kissed the blarney stone, Mr. Muldoon.” The Flaw in the Sapphire “Mistress Lyon,” he said indolently, but with the soft, well-anointed utterance of the blarneying islander, which does not die away till the third generation of the poorest exile from Erin, “now, misthress dear, consider!” The Dew of Their Youth To haggle, banter and blarney were parts of the game, and parts which the buyer demanded as his right. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen When Honor's grey eyes looked pleadingly from under their long, dark lashes, and a soft blarney crept into her voice, there were few people who could resist her. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life The Irishman was all puff, blarney, and brag, and all the time had been in a humour either to fight or to shake hands. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves Perhaps, though they will not yield to force, they may to persuasion, and I am thankful to say, we still retain in old Ireland, the gift of blarney. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean The sweet gift of blarney dwelt on his broad red lips. The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 He rivaled both Yankee-Gentile and Jew, and his blarney was a commodity that stood him in good stead. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen I made a long speech, as full of compliments and blarney as a Christmas pudding is of plums, and concluded by touching the soft part in African royalty’s heart—slaves! Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver He stormed, roused himself upon his legs, towered, and gave vent to a burst of blarney. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves "Well, my love, you have got a blarneying tongue, and no mistake; but now, when I do get to Nortonbury, what am I to do?" Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World Many a fellow has chipped away at that stone while he chatted with his girl—I suppose that is where the blarney comes in,—and left his name or initials for a sacred memory. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska The young seaman proved to be possessed of the loyalty and shrewdness of the Yankee, together with a touch of the blarney of the genuine Irishman. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 This honeyed blarney, to his susceptible Irish blood, was far more dangerous than any taunts; but he remembered in time the fable of the fox and the crow. The Lure of the Mask I know he's a soft talker, and can blarney to beat the band. The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck They therefore went through the streets unmolested, and easily passed the guards, because Kettle plied them with a good deal of that which has since come to be known by the name of “blarney.” Erling the Bold One passes on the way to the wildwood, where everybody goes as often as may be,—a so-called "blarney stone." Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska “Don’t be coming any of your Irish blarney over us,” growled out a sour-looking ruffian. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman You speak slick and straight to the p’int, without any bunkum or blarney, like some of them that come over here. Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes But, a truce to your blarney, ma’am; or, you’ll make me blush. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel “Get out with your blarney,” said Mr Mackay good-humouredly, urging the crew on to fresh exertions by way of changing the topic. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea Oh, yes; I don’t want any of your blarney now, Cuffee. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea They discussed the feasibility of filing through the iron gratings, or of chloroforming Nora and stealing the key, but in the end Patty accomplished the matter by the use of a little simple blarney. Just Patty Also more or less blarney left on the tongue. Torchy, Private Sec. “There’s no doubt, ma’am, where she gets the ‘blarney’ from. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel “Wait till ye kiss the blarney stone, an’ thin ye’ll know!” Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea You must see him do the headwaiter—hear him blarney and flabbergast the complaining guest, observe him reckon up his criminal bill, see the subtle condescension of his tip grabbing. Europe After 8:15 I tell you, Maria, I don't like that brother-in-law of his who comes down from London to attend the Redcross meetings, and tries to blarney us all round. A Houseful of Girls Astute troop commanders, like Snaffle, saved themselves many a deserved wigging by judicious use of blarney. Lanier of the Cavalry or, A Week's Arrest "I have always heard that the English are generous foes, sir——" "None of your blarney," interrupted Maclean. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers There’s no way out of it, so you needn’t think to try words, nor blarney, nor nothing else with me, I have a sack dress each for you, and what you have on is mine. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl But he’s as deaf to fun as he is to blarney. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys It is not anything he says, It's just his presence and his smile, The blarney of his silences That cocker and beguile. More Songs From Vagabondia The letter, of course, was plastered all over with Irish blarney. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine Moore's bow over it was positively blarneying in its deference. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars Let me hear from you on your return from Ireland, which ought to be ashamed to see you, after her Brunswick blarney. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals They’re bad to blarney, and I did my best, I can tell you, for my own sake as well as for the men. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys Here in the country we don't know how to give fine, fascinating blarney like that, eh? Mrs. Red Pepper Bertie's Irish blarney always peeped out in his dealings with women, and Lady Susan of late had been so unaccustomed to anything of the sort, that her heart began to warm to her scape-grace nephew. Bluebell A Novel "Is your tax ready?" asked the inspector, shortly, being accustomed to the blarney of the man. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia "What," said Joan from the shelter of his arm, "is a blarney stone?" Kenny Some misgivings occurred to the old housekeeper, but her vanity, having been revived by Phelim's blarney, would not permit her to listen to them. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Thought I was all fine, warm heart and blarneying words. Mrs. Red Pepper Was there not flattery to the dust? blarney to the eyes? heads broken? throats cut? houses burned? and cattle houghed? The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three I asked, Mr. Brown having retired from the conversational portion of his duty in deep disgust at the idea of having his gentlemanly address taken for blarney. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia He then changed his hand, and left Ellish to bear the brunt of their blarney. Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Sure the ouldest woman in the parish, if she happened to be single, couldn't miss of your blarney. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Jack went back with a heavy heart, as you may be sure, knowing that, whenever the black cur began to blarney him, there was no good to come in his way. The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Don't you ever start in making a mistake about Slavin—blarney and all. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police "O! better not stand then; blarneying, but go away wid ye!" yelled out one of the women, with demonstrative indications of throwing hot water or potatoes at us. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia He worried through arithmetic and algebra and blarneyed his French and German tutors into making them believe he knew more than he did, but the purely scientific aspects of learning did not interest him. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment "We'll send Travers back with a little collection, to fix it up with the farmer, and blarney him out of taking any action." Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative He was very tired, but the warmth of his welcome brought a merry twinkle to his eyes and the ready blarney to his tongue. Sevenoaks When you come to know Burke as well as I do you'll find he's generally got some motive for these little things—blarney and all. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Persuade the colleen to put by the book: My grandfather would mutter just such things, And he was no judge of a dog or horse, And any idle boy could blarney him. The Land of Heart's Desire "No need of that," said Walter; "she can blarney fast enough if she wants to, and that without ever having seen the stone." Elsie at the World's Fair Without any influence whatever, save his pleasing address and his wide education, he blarneyed the State Department out of a consulate. The Goose Girl If we get it at all, it'll be due to me and my blarney. Simon Called Peter We have heard enough of this professional blarney. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 Though she knew it for what it was, the fellow's blarney was good to hear. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories "Get along with your blarney, Master Scott!" protested Biddy. Greatheart "You surely have a wonderful influence over him," the lad with the blarney continued. Back to the Woods I have regular blarney about their being so lovely, that it would just go to my heart to expose them to the boys.” The Three Brides Like a true Irishman, he has given me some lovely blarney in his book. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections You squirm when Mrs. Myers tries to be friendly with you; and I sometimes laugh at your expression when Eliza treats you to a little blarney about your looks. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage "Well, if it were not for signs there's no mistaking I should think you had a lot of Irish blood in your veins, and had kissed the blarney stone." Trial and Triumph He made himself comfortable in an easy chair, and continued to give me another dose of his blarney. A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914 Brendan was right, although you had to know his father well to realize it, what with the big smile, the blarney and all. Joe Burke's Last Stand All her share of the blarney of Ireland began to roll from the mellow tip of her tongue. Her Father's Daughter Her face is cunning and pretty, and she makes a funny, blarneying noise when I go up to her. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains The men found it sufficiently wonderful to satisfy even Freckles, who had forgotten he was ever sore or stiff, and coddled over it with every blarneying term of endearment he knew. Freckles "Only given him a taste of blarney," was the reply. Wild Kitty "Oh, old blarney!" she cried, now joyous, and, giving him a pat on the shoulder, moved about collecting supper. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California "And a very becoming flower a white rose is," she continued, "though I am a bold girl to be blarneying with a young gentleman I met no longer ago than last night." The Gentleman from Indiana There's small bad ahead of b'ys that has a bit of heartsome blarney for their mother, and love in their eyes to back their words. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys "Oh you, with your blarney!" returned the young woman playfully, and then, with a note of eagerness in her voice, "Who is it, do you know her?" The Calling of Dan Matthews But I don't mind; your blarney is like the sunshine, that comes through the window every day at ten. Thoroughbreds Some have furloughs, and start at once for home, sometimes amid great chaffing and blarneying. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy "But why shouldn't you blarney with a gentleman, when you began by saving his life?" The Gentleman from Indiana He does affect both brogue and blarney when he thinks proper. The Heavenly Twins They may take our mountains, our valleys, and our bogs; but, bad luck to them, they can't steal our 'blarney;' that's the privilege one and indivisible with our identity. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 "It was horrid of me, darling, to tell you the truth and me Irish and believin' in the blarney stone," she apologized in her Pollyesque fashion. The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill "With blarney and the buckle-end of a belt, sir," said the adjutant. Indian Tales Yes, the pickpocket, the card-sharper, the "lumberer," the confidence man, the blarneying beggar, and the fakir of every description laid his snares on this holy spot. The Christian A Story The smooth tones of the blarney may flatter our vanity, and please us for the moment, but who places any confidence in those by whom it is employed? Life in the Clearings versus the Bush And while an Englishman raves of his liberty, a Scotchman of his oaten meal, blarney's our birthright, and a prettier portion I'd never ask to leave behind me to my sons. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 He was well known and liked by the officers, having a peculiar talent for blarney; and nothing pleased him so much as a little conversation with a superior. The Bushman — Life in a New Country A kind thought expressed in the familiar accents of "Ould Oireland" is welcome to the wayfarer in strange lands, even though it may often be "only blarney" after all. A Trip to Manitoba He would 'make me another,' forsooth, 'in the twinkle of an eye;' and then he began to pour out his disagreeable blarney. The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier "Now, do stop there, and have done with your blarney." Life in the Clearings versus the Bush "There's not a bit of blarney about him." Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 Poor Mike! his blarney could not save him; it had often before done him good service, but the savages valued it not. The Bushman — Life in a New Country Always full of cheer and blarney, he kept our ward alive, only when the time for daily dressing came round did his countenance fall. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign I think I have heard something like that before, my blarneying Plantagenet. The Iron Game A Tale of the War I was perfectly astonished at their volubility, and the pertinacity of their attentions, which were poured forth in the true Milesian fashion--an odd mixture of blarney, self-interest, and audacity. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush To woo and win the girl of your heart, give me a rich brogue and the least taste in life of blarney! Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 Although his landlord, Mr. O'Driscoll, was his countryman, Mike managed to blarney him so that he did just what he liked, and never paid any rent either in cash or in kind. The Bushman — Life in a New Country But I saw through his blarney, and he was added to the list of those who preferred sister's hands to my attentions. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign "Buster knows how to lay it on; he's kissed the blarney stone!" The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for the Silver Cup You see—well, never mind, we won't talk any more blarney in this letter, out of respect to the memory of poor Uncle James. Canada for Gentlemen Looking at the young lady it was easy to see that this speech was involuntary Irish blarney, a compliment to her handsome face. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland "The Irish are so filled with blarney—" Skinner began, but Cappy cut him short with a terrible look. Cappy Ricks Retires All blarney, but it pleased me and made me remember how feeble poor Mamma was, and how little I really did. A Garland for Girls He has licked the blarney stone; he deals in the wonderful, or tips us the traveller. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Then we argued among ourselves, coaxed, blarneyed, persuaded, and tried to bribe one another. The Ivory Trail It was a bit of blarney, I knew. The Dream Doctor The smooth tones of the blarney may flatter our vanity, and please us for the moment; but who places any confidence in those by whom it is employed. Roughing It in the Bush Strong-willed woman as she was, he knew that Cedric would rule her utterly; the lad's wheedling ways and blarneying tongue had already won her heart. Herb of Grace Now, in addition, his plucky exploit of the afternoon blazed its way through the settlement; and blarney and bravos rained upon him. Australia Felix A trembler, with no word to say for himself, a stone without blarney, the dumbest lover that ever babbled of the weather in the presence of his divinity. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million I like blarney; but it's rot, all the same. John Bull's Other Island Belay all that!" said Robarts; "do you think you can blarney me, you young monkey? Hard Cash "A husband can show his consideration without blarneying," remarked Mrs. Watterly coldly. He Fell in Love with His Wife But the snowshoes clicked on, away from the sweet blarney, Leaving behind the little flatterers who were honestly glad to see me in the woods again, and who would fain have delayed me. Secret of the Woods "You've certainly kissed the blarney stone, Mr. O'Connor," returned the revolutionist dryly. Bucky O'Connor I don't want to be petted and blarneyed. John Bull's Other Island It's words more than warts, talk more than talcum, palaver more than powder, blarney more than bloom that counts—the phonograph instead of the photograph. Roads of Destiny Having first dosed me with blarney, he proceeded to deluge the legislature with balderdash. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 Mr. Blick at once began to blarney the standers-by into joining, while I, sitting at a little table, in the open air, wrote out copies of a letter addressed to the local gentry. Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger
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