| 单词 | wild oat |
| 例句 | In the spring the tall grass grew along its sides— wild oats and mallow weeds and yellow mustard mixed in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The heads of the wild oats were so heavy with seed that they hung over on their stalks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The wild oats had headed out barely six inches above the ground, as though with knowledge that if they didn’t make seed quickly they wouldn’t get to seed at all. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Very likely some Mrs. Grundy will observe, “I don’t believe it, boys will be boys, young men must sow their wild oats, and women must not expect miracles.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s wildness suits you, but it is a small flower, and bashful. For that as well as other,” I cleared my throat, “more obvious reasons, I think we’ll pass the wild oat by.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the pasturage along the road the wild oat heads were just clearing their scabbards. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It smelled of the brown hills of wild oats. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Unusually spare ones based on freesia and wild oats look appealing in photographs but are too large, signaling a frequent scale problem. Art Review: ‘Jewels by JAR,’ Joel Arthur Rosenthal, at the Met Museum 2013-12-26T22:08:45Z That formulation makes her sound as if all she's really asking for is a bit of time to sow her wild oats before succumbing dutifully to her required fate. Brave by name, bland by nature 2012-08-20T10:03:02Z ‘I was a 40-year-old virgin when we married. I never sowed my wild oats’ Terry, 67, one partner Right from the start, I was sensitive and a bit of a nerd. The magic number: how many people have you slept with? 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z In Season 2, Gwen has attempted to sow her wild oats as a D.J. in Bali, and she returns home with a fresh, if not always welcome, perspective. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z But I never sowed my wild oats, you see, and I regret that. The magic number: how many people have you slept with? 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Her domesticity was limited to the sewing of wild oats and the barbecuing of sacred cows – entire herds. My hero: Mae West by Kathy Lette 2013-04-12T15:00:05Z In the bad, late-'90s cable version of this story, Minda's sowing her wild oats but eventually realizes he's the one, and then they get married and have babies and whatever. How to survive—and thrive—in "The Heartbreak Years" 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z There's a sexist myth that only men want to sow wild oats, but of course, women also have sexual fantasies. What triggered Boebert's sexy adventure 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z After we split, I took a couple of years to “sow my wild oats” and to find out who I am without him. Advice | Ask Amy: My wife decided we’re not having kids without talking to me 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Miles of rolling fields blanketed in faded wild oats and yellow starthistle line the gently curving roads into this isolated enclave an hour’s drive south of Redding. It was California's forgotten mass shooting. But for victims, the 'hell' never ends 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z What’s more, I was a guy, and as a guy had been conditioned into thinking I was born with saddlebags of wild oats to sow. L.A. Affairs: I didn't want to get married. Until she told me she didn't, either 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Still, where there is discord, let Boris sow his wild oats. This was a stunning victory for the bullshit-industrial complex | Marina Hyde 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The previous winter’s meager rainfall contributed to the seedling mortality, as did crowding by a medley of non-natives: mustard, red brome, wild oat and foxtail. Southern California's ecosystems evolved to survive fire. But not like this 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z When the first ranchers arrived in Boulder, they encountered nearly ideal rangeland: dense with bluegrass and bunchgrass and wild oats, veined with natural troughs to channel the rain. Why Two Chefs in Small-Town Utah Decided to Sue President Trump 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z On California's pear orchards such as the ones Zoller leases, farmers let native plants, including wild oats, rye grass and morning glory, grow between the tree rows. CRISPR, microbes and more are joining the war against crop killers 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The publication also includes the first assessment of crops including wild oats, barley, mango and other wild relative plants. Giraffes facing 'silent extinction' as population plunges - BBC News 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z “There was a young fellow from Ankara Who was a terrific wankerer Till he sowed his wild oats With the help of a goat But he didn’t even stop to thankera.” 7 Times Boris Johnson, Britain’s New Foreign Secretary, Was Anything but Diplomatic 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z In this way, a team maximized dedication to the game and minimized predilections toward wild oats. 2014 Preview: Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka Epitomizes the Japanese Approach to Baseball 2014-03-29T21:24:11Z Researchers found leftover pine nuts, juniper, pistachio, wild oats, and—particularly popular—carbohydrate-rich acorns. Pre-Agricultural People Had Cavities Too 2014-01-07T02:15:00.537Z I must sow a few more wild oats before my face is plowed with wrinkles to receive the respectable seeds of a flourishing old age. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Great masses of detached plaster still lay among the nettles and wild oats where they had fallen. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Later, while some wandered to a distance and bathed and swam, others clambered over the hills, among the flowers and waving wild oats for which the country is celebrated. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Happy is he who hath sown his wild oats betimes. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z His heart had remained spotless, the wild oats he had sown during the first weeks of his stay in the capital notwithstanding. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Well, he said with a sudden transition, he had sown his wild oats—one had to somewhen—and now he fancied he had mentioned it earlier in the evening, he was happily married. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z He's of your own blood, and if he's wild ideas 'tis better than wild oats, and he'll give them up. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z There must be no wild oats sowed through its past for my little girl to help reap, for no man ever gathers such a harvest alone. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z From fourteen to eighteen he was loose about London, under a bad influence to start with, and that he sowed a fine lot of wild oats was no wonder. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z "But he's a very good chap all the same, and has finished sowing his wild oats." The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z It's only what they call—wild oats, you know. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z I have sown my wild oats; henceforward I am to be regarded as a prudent and sagacious statesman.' Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Several kinds of grass are to be found: the fine kangaroo variety; a species of wild oats; and a coarse jointed grass, all of which stock eat with relish, and thrive, it is said. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z I had always looked upon his special friendship for me as an honour, of which I felt that my new departure, in deciding that I had sown wild oats enough, made me more worthy. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z Weeds lay uprooted in the ruts; trefoil, wild oats, plantains, pimpernels, broom, its yellow blossoms already mixed with brown pods, brakes folded back on their long stems like young oaks cut down. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z The more innocuous they may be now, the more they love to boast—especially to their wives—of these phantasmal wild oats. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Could anything, even mercifully, write “wild oats” over his heartlessness? Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z Melon had been entrusted with the harvesting of the young nobleman's wild oats. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z It never occurred to me to ask myself or anybody else whether his wild oats were sown. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z Above the Mascoutin village, the Fox begins to narrow, being hemmed in, and often choked, by broad swamps of reeds and wild oats. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z Marrying early as he does, he knows nothing of “the wild oats” that are so promiscuously and so religiously sown by the youth of Europe. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z But the formula is incomplete; it ought to read: "And likewise with the fruits of my wild oats." The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z There are ways and ways of doing things—even of sowing wild oats—and among these are the way of the gentleman and the way of the fool. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Vegetable Flies.—Bearded seed of the wild oat and a silvery willow leaf have been used successfully as artificial flies for brook trout and black bass. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z We must all sow our wild oats some time or other, and I hope you have sown yours, and are done with them.' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z You may sow your wild oats if you like, but they're not going to blossom in the garden of a little girl who belongs to me. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z Well," said Elizabeth, "I shall sow all my wild oats now, and when I am an old maid I will be as steady, but not quite so stingy as Dorcas. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z Ah! yes indeed—her wild oats were all sown! Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z Oh, Pater and Materfamilias, disturb not yourselves so unnecessarily about the crop of wild oats which your young ones are sowing broadcast. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z This is not the teaching of those vile proverbs which declare that wild oats must be sown if one would reap good corn, and that the greater the sinner the greater will be the saint. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z If I must ride, I demand a tired horse, who has cropped his wild oats and has come to a slippered state. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Well! it's no great matter if I did sow all my wild oats then, for there is too little cleared land to do much at it here. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z Very likely some Mrs. Grundy will observe, "I don't believe it; boys will be boys, young men must sow their wild oats, and women must not expect miracles." Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z The soil of the forests is at this season covered with wild oats, growing to a height of four feet. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z She thinks that because I was a soldier I went about sowing wild oats by the cavan.” The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z His vow of self-correction, when he had sowed his wild oats and reaped the usual harvest of smut and tares, was, as we have intimated, retrospective as well as prospective. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z This sowing of one's wild oats means, in plainer words, that a young man should have his "fling," as it is called; that is, he must "see the world." Successward A Young Man's Book for Young Men 2011-08-15T02:00:27.860Z Wild sarsaparilla, wild oats, Solomon's seal and a host of understory plants die off; grass-like species such as Pennsylvania sedge take over. The Real Story of Globalization 2011-08-05T23:59:24Z I then camped in the forest at a spot where the most splendid wild oats awaited my horse. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z My wild oats flew thicker and faster—I reaped the same crop that I sowed, And now I am going to market—I'm taking it over the road! City Ballads 2011-08-04T02:00:21.027Z The Christian fathers calculated that he sowed his wild oats and persecuted mortal women with his affections through seventeen generations of men. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Now, it has always seemed to me a great misfortune that the man who framed that sentence of "sowing wild oats" did not die before he constructed it. Successward A Young Man's Book for Young Men 2011-08-15T02:00:27.860Z The crop of wild oats sown by some of these young fellows is really astonishing. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z They did not follow me, and I granted them time to bid adieu to their fallen comrade, while I led Czar into the wild oats which grew luxuriantly here. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Fools sometimes say, my son, that a man can sow his wild oats and be all the better for it. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Some are deliberately sinful; they want to “see life,” to “sow their wild oats;” others are thoughtless; others again are simply ignorant of Jesus Christ and His work. Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study 2011-07-09T02:00:14.273Z For what is called "sowing wild oats" is nothing more nor less than self-degradation to any young man. Successward A Young Man's Book for Young Men 2011-08-15T02:00:27.860Z Are we then to conclude from his example, that had there been no wild oats sown, there scarcely would have come “The grain by which a man may live?” A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z Their bread is likewise made of wild oats, or sunflower seeds. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z He had been reserved and silent in his youth when he had sowed his wild oats before his marriage. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Brand, although twenty-six years of age, had never strayed in the fields where the wild oats grow. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z To my mind no young man need seek this "darker side of life" which the sowing of wild oats means. Successward A Young Man's Book for Young Men 2011-08-15T02:00:27.860Z It had its wild oats to sow, and was not indisposed to emulate its contemporary Punch, then also a young joker. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z The brief immature spring was scarcely yet over; there were flowers still to be seen on the outlying hills around San Francisco, and the wild oats were yet green on the Contra Costa mountains. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Men sometimes wait until they're past forty before they begin to sow their wild oats. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z I'll grant you I might have sowed a few wild oats myself, when I was your age. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Girls will be girls, and must sow their innocent wild oats I suppose. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z He was much surprised at the air of comfort at Sandy Lake, where potatoes were grown in great quantities, fish and game abundant, while the Indians furnished in trade maple-sugar, wild oats, and rice. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z But the wild oats were hidden under a dim India-inky veil, and the wild flowers accepted the joyless embraces of the fog with a staring waxen rigidity. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Many hopes turned to the chief of his staff, Rossel, a young Radical, twenty-eight years old, self-restrained, puritanic, who was sowing his revolutionary wild oats. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z In that white vellum volume were harvested all the wild oats of the intellect that he did not leave to later gleaners. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z The young soldier had been sowing a considerable crop of wild oats. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z As for me, you see, I know that wild oats must be sown. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z So what do well-wishers throw if they ever decide to tie the knot — rice or wild oats? No lockout in baseball, it's all happy millionaires 2011-03-09T03:19:03Z Our menkind always seem to have gone on sowing their wild oats most vigorously after middle age. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z He is sowing his wild oats with a free hand,--a regular spendthrift,--but he gets that from me. The Eichhofs A Romance 2011-02-19T03:01:37.327Z If he would only sow his wild oats, what an estimable man and honoured member of society he would be. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z We see at once the elderly father, all his wild oats sown, walking home from church with stately tread, followed by the wife who is not deceived if she stops to think. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z Suddenly they came to a hillside covered with wild oats, on which several dark objects that the boy made out to be ponies were hobbled. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z In the dry season, the surface was brown and parched, but as soon as the rains began, the wild grasses and wild oats gave it a rich carpet of green, sparkling with countless field flowers. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z A young fellow must sow his wild oats and that sort of thing. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Polly saw the danger, and spoke of it; but Mr. Snow only answered absently,— "Tut, tut, my dear; you are over-anxious, and forget that young men all have a few wild oats to sow." Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z "Having sown their wild oats," said Milos, "they can come back home and settle into the humdrum ways of married life." The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Now that you have sown your wild oats, I want you to come here and take your position as my heir. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z "He is sure to profit by our example," said old Rety; "and when he has once sown his wild oats he will be a credit to the county." The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z Hang it, sir, I've been very proud of you and very fond of you, but for your confounded follies and extravagancies, and wild oats, sir, which I hope you've sown. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z He's a dear, you know, but he must have his little wild oats.... Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z It's true my crop of wild oats was plentiful enough. A Blot on the Scutcheon The way had been made plain, the ground had been cleared, the wild oats of adventure and knight-errantry had been sown, and the peoples were sobering down to steadier and more prudent enterprise. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Whoever doesn't sow his wild oats in youth, must commit his follies later, when they are less easily forgiven. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History If it were the straw of wild oats three times threshed, it would still hold more value than the chaff that blows about in your empty skull. A Yankee from the West A Novel They talked now, in ancient terms, of his permanent exit from the field of wild oats. The Guarded Heights But when the stars have sown their wild oats, then the serious task of their life begins, they develop their inner resources. Underground Man One does not readily think of a girl as sowing her wild oats. The Social Gangster He sows all his wild oats when he is very young, while he has the freedom to roam at will. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. No, I'm not going to a revue, a music-hall, or to sow my wild oats. Patricia Brent, Spinster No sooner released from the restraint of the University than he plunged into every form of dissipation, sowing his wild oats recklessly, blindly, utterly indifferent to the deadly crop they might one day yield. By Right of Conquest A Novel A day or two later our fledgling began to sow wild oats. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Also he endeavoured to keep them from sowing political wild oats: there was nothing Galer loathed more bitterly than carrying up Radical or Socialist newspapers. Years of Plenty Some took its counsel, as the sequel showed, Sowed their wild oats, and reaped as they had sowed. Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 After a moment's silence he continued: "Been sowing wild oats there?" Patricia Brent, Spinster When I had sowed enough wild oats, my father sent for me. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine What is the best place to sow wild oats? The Handbook of Conundrums Rainsford took for granted the ordinary reasons for hard luck and the harvest of wild oats. Fairfax and His Pride They make their bread of the Indian corn, wild oats, or the seed of the sunflower. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts In like manner he would halt to pluck any stray ears of wild oats that grew along the hedge sides, and occasionally slake his thirst at convenient streamlets. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance All congratulated me on having sowed my wild oats, as it is termed, and that I was now to become a respectable husband and the head of a family. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Their bread was sometimes made of wild oats, or the seed of the sunflower, but mostly of corn. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia He was thoroughbred too, and the worst that could be said of him was that he had sown some wild oats. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland But the progress wasn't as noticeable as it had been on previous occasions because apparently The Brain had entered that period where in human terms young men are sowing their wild oats. The Brain Feeling all the while like wild oats amid the wheat, I take my stand by a pillar close to the door and pretend not to stare. Seeds of Pine Can boys or young men, girls or young women, sow "wild oats" and reap blessing later on? With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul This was the eldest son of the queen,—heir to the throne,—who, rumor says, is still engaged in that agricultural pursuit so fascinating to young men—the sowing of wild oats. An American Girl Abroad Bayfield was not a man to adjudge another a blackguard because he had sown some wild oats, and this one he acquitted entirely—and he said something to that effect. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Everyone thought he’d come out all right in the long run, and when he lost his money and settled down seriously to the law, his friends supposed his wild oats had all been sown. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients Instead of the smiling grassy deserts, gaudy flowers, and narrow canals of spring, I beheld parched earth, large patches of wild mustard, and miles of wild oats. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia If we sow "wild oats" what must we reap? With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul She felt an assurance of the merely temporary damage of wild oats; she believed it was just as well for a boy to have his freedom and his fling. Strangers and Wayfarers But far more dangerous is the tendency toward the sowing of wild oats which is so often evident. Training the Teacher The valley here is wide and filled with abundance of excellent grass, clover, wild oats, wheat and red top. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 Many men have sown wild oats in their youth till they have tired of them, and have in riper years become model husbands, applied themselves to business and died leaving millions. Their Son; The Necklace People sometimes say, "Oh, well! let us sow our wild oats while we are young." With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul There are a variety of causes for this: one that marriage falls short of women’s expectations, as I said in the opening chapter, another that they have had no feminine wild oats. Modern marriage and how to bear it He was expelled from college, and sowed whole crops of wild oats. The Girl in the Mirror In the spring they are covered with a great variety of flowers, wild oats, and clover. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 Here, having sown his seditious wild oats and broken free from the lawyers, Hone continued his occasional clever political satires, sometimes suggested by bitter Hazlitt and illustrated by George Cruikshank's inexhaustible fancy. Old and New London Volume I Now the Bible tells us that if we sow wild oats, we must reap wild oats. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul Men too should keep the details of their wild oats severely to themselves. Modern marriage and how to bear it “Ah,” said he, “Tom’s a lad of spirit; he’ll sow his wild oats, and come to his senses presently.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Yes, and I presume that you expect your boys to sow their wild oats with my daughters, and that in return you will expect my sons to dissipate with your daughters. Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life Here I am harvesting my wild oats; and that deed done, I expect to feel what a regular but rather humdrum sinner must feel as he returns from Confession. Pot-Boilers Four or five handfuls of wild oats will produce a whole bag full of wild oats when gathered in the harvest of after life. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul I shall instruct my son to be sure to marry a woman who has got her wild oats safely over, or select a wife of the more old-fashioned type who does not require them. Modern marriage and how to bear it Let each small statesman sow his weak wild oat, Or turn his coat to decorate his coat, Or take the throne and perish by the throne. Poems In 1806 Haydn had just sent out his pathetic “visiting card” announcing that he was past work; Weber was still sowing wild oats, and Schubert was only nine years old. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" I thought I must needs sow my wild oats, and day after to-morrow I pay for them all by total beggary. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 Well, yes, they say when I feed on rice and wild oats I am perfectly delicious. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897 Young Markland, it was understood, had sown his wild oats somewhat plentifully at Oxford and elsewhere; and it was therefore supposed, with very little logic, that there were no more to sow. A Country Gentleman and his Family Whenever I hear a young man talking in a flippant way about sowing his wild oats, I don’t laugh. Sowing and Reaping It was high time for him to be done with your apron-string, my dear: he has all his wild oats to sow; and that is an occupation which it is unwise to defer too long. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV His chief products are wild oats and cynicism; his chief industry is dodging matrimony; his undeviating policy "Protection!" and his watch-word, "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl I earned nickels to tip off where to go, so's they could sow wild oats. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 If there had been escapades in his youth, these were happily over, and as his wild oats had been sown on the other side of the Atlantic, no one knew anything about them. A Country Gentleman and his Family Only ten or fifteen or twenty years will pass before he will have to reap his wild oats; no man has ever sowed them without having to reap them. Sowing and Reaping The United States has sown its wild oats. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations There was a scanty vegetation on it, and here and there much wild oats, which is, I believe, good food for cattle. The Truth About America Many a man had sown his wild oats and lived to a hale old age. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 I wanted Nancy to sow her economic wild oats. Outside Inn I don't deny that I've planted a wide field of wild oats. Money Magic A Novel Yes, he made a devoted husband, never a wild oat to sow after his marriage. The Romance of a Plain Man He apparently sowed his wild oats, like hundreds of other young men who were afterwards lauded by the orthodox. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) He is referred to as a "gay bachelor" or as one who is "sowing his wild oats" or some other phrase, which in no way affects his social standing. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex I don’t call them wild oats, though, but paradisaical oats. The Strollers The company knowing his lordship's pursuits to be very different, stared a little at the declaration; but he explained it, by saying, he had sowed a great deal of wild oats. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. Clemente Island towered with its steep slopes of wild oats and its blue cañons full of haze. Tales of Fishes He was lying there in the wild oats, upon his back, and above him in the sky a hawk circled free. The Trimming of Goosie Surely May would see that he had sown his wild oats, and was ready, eager even, to marry into a respectable family and live respectably. People of Position Cannot a man have—to use the cant phrase—have sown his wild oats, and have done with them? Daisy's Aunt No doubt he sowed at this period a tolerable crop of wild oats, but at the same time he began to plant his laurels. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History He has gone to a bad school to learn manners; and wild oats and tares and the husks that the swine did eat are poor crops, after all, Miss Ross,' finished Priscilla a little vaguely. Lover or Friend He saw often, now, a land which was as a pool of gold beneath a turquoise sky; and a boy in the wild oats watching a circling hawk. The Trimming of Goosie On every hand wheat and corn and clover had taken the place of the wild oat, the hazelbush and the rose. A Son of the Middle Border Mind, I know nothing definite about those wild oats, but before now it has been a matter of gossip that he has been very—very susceptible, and that women find him charming. Daisy's Aunt Those who would lie down in green pastures must not sow too many weeds and wild oats. Oklahoma Sunshine That which is her ruin, they call, as Anna Dickinson says, sowing their wild oats. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III He never saw, now, a land that was as a golden pool beneath a turquoise dome; nor a boy in the wild oats watching a circling hawk. The Trimming of Goosie Why, dear, all young men must sow their wild oats. A California Girl The plains and slopes lie bare and brown; the low hills that break away from them are yellow with dead foxtail or wild oats, gray with mustard-stalks, or ashy green with chemisal or sage. Our Italy They can say all they want about wild oats, but in this city it’s a mistake to sow them all at once. The Readjustment Few of them cultivate land; but they chiefly live on the production of the chase, and on a kind of bread which they make from wild oats. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Therefore Thaddeus brought home to his native heath a pure soul, a lively imagination, and an innocent heart, but at the same time no small desire to sow his wild oats. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 As to footprints, they would soon be effaced; and as to the harvest, nothing would crop up but a few wild oats. A Vanished Hand "He, of course, like many other boys, had to sow a few wild oats," said the doctor to himself, when he had been thinking of the subject, "but he will come out all right." Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life Youth sows wild oats, it may be; too many men in more advanced life seem to me to sow no crop of any kind. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Some of your "gentlemen rovers abroad" are finding that sewing the tears in one's tunic is a far different and more difficult matter than sowing one's wild oats at home. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition I don’t believe in any wild oats business. Winning the Wilderness Horses and cattle find exhaustless supplies of grass in the prairies; and pea vines, buffalo grass, wild oats, and other herbage in the timber, for summer range; and often throughout most of the winter. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Their bread is made of Indian corn, wild oats, or p. 94the seed of the sun-flower; they eat it alone, and not with meat. The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew King of the Beggars; containing his Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and many Entertaining Particulars of that Extraordinary Man The captain listened very attentively, and put in a word only now and then about boys being boys and young men sowing their wild oats. Humorous Ghost Stories In all the wild range of accepted British maxims there is none, take it for all in all, more thoroughly abominable than this one, as to the sowing of wild oats. Tom Brown at Oxford You are the prodigal returning from sowing his wild oats in the backwoods: the fatted calf shall be killed for you, in moderation, as per contract, and the home brewed ale drawn mild. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice Yes, the wild oats crop is a bumper crop. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition During the months of September and October, the weeds and wild oats swarm with them. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 2 August, 1897 He is now mending, and his friends say he has sown his wild oats. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II The one only thing to do with wild oats, is to put them carefully into the hottest part of the fire, and get them burnt to dust, every seed of them. Tom Brown at Oxford Behind the house the wild oats were dotted with brodiæa, waving on long, glistening stems. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories What reasonable person heeded what a young man might have done when he was sowing his wild oats? Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster "It is part of the bitter harvest of the wild oats he has sown." Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade “Yes, to whisper about ‘wild oats’ and to see a young man who wants to marry one’s daughter in a dive are two very different things.” Little Lost Sister Here's to Oats—oatmeal, rolled oats, wild oats, and Titus Oates. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters The language is of this sort; “they have sown their wild oats, they must now reform, and be regular.” A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. He had seen the day of wild oats, and had sown them, but had drawn back ere they sprung into life and choked out all else. Six Girls A Home Story Men, at least, don't lose their breeding if they choose to sow wild oats. Black Oxen Yes, but don't you think a fellow can sow his wild oats and be done with them, and become a good man and an honest citizen. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The Moth and the Flame He admits he sowed his wild oats in his youth. Blue Ridge Country The idea has been advanced that early marriages will tend to preserve youth from sowing wild oats. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies They had sown their wild oats years before, and all that they did was to trudge solemnly on, quiet and sure-footed, if not swift. The Golden Magnet It has been even held that a youth who did not "sow his wild oats" was of doubtful stamina. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 2 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies Oh yes, I know you prefer Alan, that's perhaps natural, but he's not sown his wild oats yet and you'll have a long time to wait before you can get him to the post. The Rider in Khaki A Novel But when the child has become a young man his mother says, 'He must sow his wild oats.' Spontaneous Activity in Education "Berty, I think I have sowed all my wild oats now." In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant. It was impossible to believe that even in his youth he could have sown any wild oats; terrible to think that these wild oats might now be coming home to roost. Once a Week The effects of the wild oats' theory are too tragically evident to need any argumentative refutation. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 2 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies We say, “She is a fallen woman;” and yet we speak of a man who breaks the seventh commandment as one who is “sowing his wild oats!” Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet "I don't care a bit for his wild oats," Isabel had said, almost playfully, when the idea had first been mooted to her. Cousin Henry Below these trees grew wild oats of prodigious height and size. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure If he will not listen to Duncan—” “Ambrose Catterall says that young men must always sow their wild oats,” I said, when she stopped thus. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow Wherever you find pauperism, crime, drunkenness, insanity, idleness, immorality, vice and disease, you will find that the sower of wild oats has traveled the path and left his stain and his footprints there. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 2 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies Seneca hoped against hope that, now that Nero's wild oats were sown and the crop destroyed, all would be well. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Had he not sown his wild oats, and become a reformed character? The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century Young men must sow their wild oats, and may be he won’t make the worse husband to Mary for it.” Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading Something was to be excused in the son of such a father; some wild oats were surely to be sown in the soil of a childhood so dully and so sourly cultivated. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III I sowed some rather wild oats in my youth, and waked in middle age to the knowledge that my materialism had led me astray. Mistress Anne Life is not found in fields of license; it is not found among the wild oats of a dissipated youth. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year But Lieutenant Sherman and Mr. Grigsby, and a few others familiar with the country, explained that the yellow was immense fields of wild oats, already ripening. Gold Seekers of '49 Sowing wild oats is an almost universal piece of farming; and the crop is as luxuriant in the mountains of Virginia as in the overflowed lands of Louisiana. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Thus in Ireland I have known an outgoing tenant, in spite at his eviction, to sow wild oats in the fields which he was leaving. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Look at the golden plough of the wild oat, with every spike and hair so set that it slips forwards and will not be pushed backwards. Parables of the Christ-life You may play the butterfly; sip life's sweets and sow your wild oats now, but pay day will come and may be you will be unable to pay. Dollars and Sense We are wont to accept our European noblemen as husbands with no question as to the wild oats, immediately behind them—or without considering too closely the wild oats that are to be strewn—afterwards. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport He was next heir to the Gineral; but he'd ben a pretty rackety youngster in his young days,—off to sea, and what not, and sowed a consid'able crop o' wild oats. Oldtown Fireside Stories The thoughtless youth who has grown up in what one may call the "wild oats" theory is, we suggest, utterly incapable of appreciating the absolutely inestimable blessings which wedded love might have brought him. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles In fact, however, this was the youthful giant sowing his wild oats. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author But I was bound to have my fling, and sow my wild oats and now I can have the pleasure of harvestin' my crop. Peggy Stewart at School Whatever may be said about the policy of sowing a man's wild oats, nobody, so far as I know, ever hinted that the crop should be perennial. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General They ascended the rough hill, and pushed their way through weeds and thistles and wild oats to the dilapidated stones under the oaks. The Californians Large tracts of the valley were covered with wild oats and rich grass, affording excellent pasturage for the deer that roamed about in large herds. The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West Large tracts of the low grounds were covered with wild oats and rich grasses; affording excellent pasturage to the deer, which could be seen roving about in herds. Digging for Gold Adventures in California In all the wide range of accepted British maxims," said Thomas Hughes, "there is none, take it all in all, more thoroughly abominable than this one, as to the sowing of wild oats. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power College men have been reckless in sowing wild oats, and have suffered serious physical consequences. Society Its Origin and Development He returns to Athens, applies himself to the study of philosophy, becomes public reader in the University, and, as crowning evidence that he has finished sowing his wild oats, produces three volumes of lectures. The Bibliotaph and Other People Do not be led away by talk about having your fling, and sowing your wild oats. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Mr Burke bore with him for some years, hoping that he would sow his wild oats and reform. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War The only thing to do with wild oats is to put them carefully into the hottest part of the fire, and get them burnt to dust, every seed of them. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power It happened that the ancestor of the Kallikak family, after he had sown his wild oats, married well and had about five hundred descendants. Society Its Origin and Development The gentleman colored up to the roots of his hair, and stammered out,— "That was in my boy days, General, when I was sowing my wild oats." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 And some of you young men, away from the restraints of home, and in a city, where you think nobody could see you sowing your wild oats, have got entangled with them. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Chantry had sown so many crops of intellectual wild oats that even the people who came for subscriptions might be forgiven for thinking him a mental libertine, good for subscriptions and not much else. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Ultimately, it is found that Sir George’s father is his creditor, the young man is saved from ruin, marries, and becomes a reformed and honorable member of society, who has “sown his wild oats.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Grasses grew high: wild timothy and wild oats and gama grass, mingled with flowers. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies George LeMonde was a youth about seventeen years of age, well-built, good-looking, full of life and vigor, and at this time engaged in that serious occupation, common to many young men, sowing his wild oats. The Kentucky Ranger You probably have seen wild oats growing here, as in the States. The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island He had sown his wild oats, and of necessity there was a harvest. Sermons on Biblical Characters Probably Don Juan, having sowed his “wild oats,” might become a not unfit match for the beautiful orphan.—Byron, Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 They may do worse than do as well as he I have spoken of, though he too has sown some wild oats, and paid for doing so. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 And that, thought I, is why the west gets all the credit for the wild oats gathered in old lands and sown in the new world. Lords of the North I have to consort with him for the sake of Father Tom, whom I entertain vastly by stories of your wild oats sown at Salamanca. The Miraculous Revenge Little Blue Book #215 The American college student has the gravity and mental habits of a Supreme Court judge; his "wild oats" are rarely spiritual; the critical, analytical habit of mind is distrusted. A Preface to Politics It was then but a bit of wild oats, no hanging matter. Journeys to Bagdad He appeared to have had no "wild oats" to sow, being at all times highly valued by his employers, and acquiring in their service habits of careful industry, punctuality, and orderliness. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money They are extremely numerous in the provinces depopulated by war and slavery, enjoying the wild oats of the deserted hamlets without fear of molestation from a returning population.—Notes on Central Africa. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) Formerly it was considered that only boys sowed their wild oats. Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves But he has sown his wild oats now. Henrietta Temple A Love Story Age came upon him rapidly, and he had sown his wild oats, such as they were, while still a young man. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series He considered the horse-interest greatly promoted by the practice of sowing wild oats, which he warmly commended. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 That was kid stuff; it was your way of sowing your wild oats. The Plunderer These Australians are shaping into Marines in double quick time and Cairo high jinks are wild oats sown and buried. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I "I hope I have sown my wild oats." Bohemian Days Three American Tales The beans of King Alfred's day seem to have closely resembled the wild oats of our own. A Mother's List of Books for Children Well, if she loves you, she'll forgive your wild oats, especially as every one sees now what a steady, straight fellow you've become. The Girl with the Green Eyes A Play in Four Acts The banks of this basin were clothed with a sort of wild oat and interspersed with a small blue wild flower. The Border Boys Across the Frontier He threw hot air about a youngster and wild oats. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon We need not doubt that he had sowed wild oats. Platform Monologues The Moors believe in "sowing wild oats" when young, till their energy is extinguished, leaving them incapable of accomplishing anything. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond I little looked to harvest my wild oats. Krindlesyke Young men who sow their wild oats early are all the better husbands for it afterwards. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance A girl sows her mental wild oats, if she has any mind, just as a boy does. The Miller Of Old Church "His wild oats aren't very wild—and every boy must have his fling." Contrary Mary He was a famous "macaroni," as they called it, in his youth—and cultivated an enormous crop of wild oats. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors What were a few wild oats sown by a man of his promise? The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow The beautiful girl fascinated him, but would not consent to be his wife until all of his "wild oats" were sown. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 When the desert was being set upon the table, he said: 'No, I rather liked him; none are perfect, and he has sowed his wild oats, and settled down. Infelice "The business world doesn't take into account the wild oats of a man, General," he had said. Contrary Mary It led him through yellow pasturage, deep with stubble and wild oats. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 It is, for example, a singularly happy touch that the wild oats that Uncle Simon tries to retrieve are not of today but from the long-vanished pastures of mid-Victorian London. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 We call this the period of sowing wild oats. Religious Education in the Family I am inclined to think these pose novels the wild oats of authorship. Certain Personal Matters To other people he was a luckless sort of fellow, who had sown his wild oats early, and met disappointment at every turn. Ole Mammy's Torment "At your age you ought to have sown all your wild oats." Berry And Co. It is too late to begin sowing one's wild oats. The Black Cat A Play in Three Acts What of the relation of "wild oats" to directed work? Religious Education in the Family She had begged him to come home, but he was sowing his wild oats and ashamed to face his mother. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures My wild oats are not sown yet, any more than Val's; only you don't hear of them, because I have money to back me, and he has not. Elster's Folly Monsieur Linders had, in fact, sown his wild oats, so to speak, and settled down to the business of his life. My Little Lady "It was the only inheritance I wasn't able to squander in my wild oats days," he returned. The Voice of the People O-liver's wild oats and wilfulness cut him off, he ruled, from parental consideration. The Gay Cockade He spoke with a certain air of depression, which Sophia judged to relate to wild oats she supposed this Alec to be sowing. What Necessity Knows And when I said I didn't want you to marry an uncaught criminal, he just looked me over and said, 'You've sown your wild oats. The Odds And Other Stories He now began to be tired of sowing wild oats, and became less irregular in his mode of life. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 I make no doubt that you were even one of the first to do homage to the Swedish Richardson, Frederika Bremer; though, having sown your wild oats, you keep your own counsel anent novel reading. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 The wild oats, from which they derive their name, grow spontaneously in their country.... Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 "I hear my father say that he sartinly was down in this counthry when he was sowin' his wild oats:" and with this observation he passed on with the horse he was leading. The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two You are too severe on Dunroe, my lord," replied the baronet—"It is better for a man to sow his wild oats in season than out of season. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One No, Helen, he never sowed a peck of wild oats in his life. Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One I believe in wild oats to a certain extent. The Ship of Stars The first nation we came to was called the Folles-Avoines, or the nation of wild oats. Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 He was generous and kind-hearted, and believed that every young man must sow his crop of wild oats, and that he would be the better for it. In Friendship's Guise He says Dunroe is only sowing his wild oats, as, with false indulgence, he is pleased to term it. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One "No, sir, I sowed my wild oats in the right season, when I was hot, young, and impetuous; but long before your age, sir, that field had been allowed to lie barren." Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Her wild oats must be decently gathered into the barn, even if they gave her bitter bread to eat. Joanna Godden The one place where he should not be allowed to sow his wild oats—if the modern anæmic young man has enough red blood in his veins—for that sort of thing. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India The young fellow was still sowing his wild oats, but more with his hands than with his soul. 'Doc.' Gordon I don't know whether he ever sowed any wild oats; if he did, it was so long ago that he has quite forgotten I must sow mine some time. Polly Oliver's Problem He sowed his wild oats, and died before he could reap them, died a good man, I believe, and went to heaven. Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering This bed of herdsgrass and wild oats was spread Last year with nicer skill than monarchs use; A clover tuft is pillow for my head, And violets quite overtop my shoes. The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics These vices of youth are varnished over by the saying, that there must be time for 'sowing the wild oats,' and that 'wildest colts make the best horses.' Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. "That's what I said about being married and not sowing wild oats, I suppose," he said glumly. The Real Adventure But what interested me particularly was his next admission: how different you were as a lad—rather more than the ordinary wild oats—eh? Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement "Are they wild oats," queried the youth, "that you've got to sneak up on 'em in the dark?" More Toasts And Howel's a decent chap too; will be, at least, when he's sown a few more wild oats. Gladys, the Reaper It was, Lucy thought tenderly, so characteristic of Tony to have sown such legitimate wild oats. Balloons A bushy island, beloved of wild ducks, parted the water, lying as Moses hid in osiers, amidst tall growths of wild oats. Lazarre You sowed your wild oats—perhaps we both exaggerated the sins of the wild years—at any rate you have made a noble reparation. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Sugar-barley is a comparative failure; but that description of oats, called wild oats, promises well in the neighbourhood of Oxford. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 14, 1841 He had tried every game of chance and gone through all other operations collectively known as "sowing one's wild oats." All He Knew A Story When verdant youth sees life afar, And first sets out wild oats to sow, He puffs a stiff and stark cigar, And quaffs champagne of Mumm & Co. Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry I saw Eagle tangled in the wild oats of the river. Lazarre I'm cutting up now, sowing my wild oats, but that's nothing. Twelve Men He has sown his wild oats, and got a title and estate, which makes a very great difference. Christian's Mistake Jack and I went to school together, and sowed our slender crop of wild oats together; and, indeed, in some sort have been together ever since. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852 The miserable talk about sowing wild oats, about getting through the necessary conditions of life before a man comes to solemnity! Addresses by the right reverend Phillips Brooks "I do love her with all my heart; and, Aunt Margie, I'll quit sowing wild oats, turn over a new leaf, and be a good man if I succeed in this." True Love's Reward It would be a good thing for you—you have sown wild oats enough, Louis, and it is time that you began to think of settling down in life. Mona But quite probably he would tone down, for he was only a youngster, these were Isadore's wild oats. His Family In the meanwhile he takes his degrees, and profits by the occasion to sow his wild oats. The Roman Question It is very sad, my dear boy, to have sowed all your wild oats. Atlantida The animal is strong and plump, having been feasting upon the wild oats growing luxuriantly around. Christopher Carson On his own years of the wild oat St. Augustine dilates in a style which still has charm: but Knox, if he sowed wild oats, is silent as the tomb. John Knox and the Reformation It was more than sowing a mere handful of wild oats, it was a disintegration, a scattering of Rickmans to all the winds of the world. The Divine Fire The wild attempt to reform a rake, or to marry a man of a "gay" life, in the hope that he will sow "his wild oats," is always dangerous, and should never be attempted. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs Don't believe the saying, "A fellow must sow his wild oats." Dave Ranney The animals found, for them, a paradise in the luxuriant pastures of wild oats. Christopher Carson Again there was a moment of terrible silence, and when a gentle wind swept over the wild oats and through the tree, there seemed to sound on the air a sigh and a shudder. Romance of California Life We allow them to sow too many wild oats. The Jericho Road My father had a spice of the devil in him, and did not seem to like me the worse for my freak, which he termed "sowing my wild oats." Tales of a Traveller "Anything short of the absolute control of thought, word and deed is only sowing wild oats," said Vivekananda. The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga The resting eye broods o'er the running grass, Or nodding gestures of the bowed wild oats; Watches the oleander lancers pass, And the bright flashing of the oriole notes. The California Birthday Book I have seen too many of these, to the exclusion of corn, in modern town churches, and even wild oats, which, though very pretty, are not exactly typical of thanksgiving. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor But wandering from place to place, they camped in the summer along the rivers, where fish was plenty and the wild oats gave them grain. Stories of California The grazing lands abound in wild oats, very nutritious, but apt to run out where the pastures are overstocked. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands I am not sorry, for it may be a sign that he has sown all his wild oats. The Firm of Girdlestone In The Naval Officer we had sowed all our wild oats; we had paid off those who had ill-treated us, and we had no further personality to indulge in. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer Our route has continued over a flat plain, generally covered with luxuriant grass, wild oats, and a variety of sparkling flowers. What I Saw in California This meal, or that from wild oats, was also mixed into a dough and baked on hot stones into bread. Stories of California Just because a man has sown a few wild oats in his youth, does that condemn him for all time? A Texas Matchmaker If he had any wild oats in his composition, they were not sown in the days of his youth. Famous Americans of Recent Times Samuel is a standing rebuke to those who think "wild oats" a necessary crop in the lives of young men. In His Image The hills surrounding this beautiful valley or plain are gentle, sloping, highly picturesque, and covered to their tops with wild oats. What I Saw in California In early days herds of a very large deer, called elk, fed on the wild oats and grass. Stories of California It's natural a handsome boy like ours should sow what they call his wild oat. The Vertical City He came of sound English stock, of a family who would not have regarded drunkenness and debauchery as "sowing wild oats," but recoiled from the thought of them with horror. Famous Americans of Recent Times Parsifal used to be a fast horse, but quite some time ago he stopped eating his wild oats and now leads a slower life. You Can Search Me Leaving Dr. Marsh's about three o'clock P.M., we travelled fifteen miles, over a rolling and well-watered country, covered generally with wild oats, and arrived at the residence of Mr. Robert Livermore just before dark. What I Saw in California For no one raised anything but cattle then, and all summer long cows cropped the rich clover and wild oats till they were fat and ready to kill. Stories of California With such a matzos face like poor Leo, from where he broke his nose, I guess it ain't so easy for him to have his wild oat. The Vertical City It was Antonio's voice, it was José's arm, it was the field of wild oats, the sky above his head,—all unchanged. Frontier Stories How many times do we see with crops of winter tares wild oats seeding in them? or Carduus mutans standing so high above those crops that they might be thus extirpated with great ease? The Botanist's Companion, Volume II We passed through large tracts of wild oats during the day; the stalks are generally from three to five feet in length. What I Saw in California Men," replied Lorraine, "would merely shrug their shoulders; women would say you had been sowing your wild oats. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted But as yet my wild oats were green and flourishing in the field of youth. The Morgesons There was a real pathos in the contrast offered to this family line by that other which sprang up, as slenderly as a stalk of wild oats, from the loins of Demosthenes De Grapion. The Grandissimes During our walk we noticed the wild oat in great abundance. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. The hills and valleys are becoming verdant with fresh grass and wild oats, the latter being, in places, two or three inches high. What I Saw in California The snuffy old fossil, however, made no reference whatever to either old New York or wild goats,—the nearest he came to it being wild oats. By Advice of Counsel "You are sowing your wild oats with a vengeance." The Morgesons "I say that we all sow our wild oats, and no one knows the meaning of that phrase better than you, Mr.----." Collections and Recollections The man is rather the better liked because he has sown his wild oats broadly. John Caldigate Proceeding on our journey, we travelled fifteen miles over a flat plain, timbered with groves and parks of evergreen oaks, and covered with a great variety of grasses, wild oats, and mustard. What I Saw in California There is much hilly land back of the canyon proper, covered with wild oats and evidently devoted entirely to pasture. Out of Doors—California and Oregon He had been known before he met Jen as a rather industrious sower of that seed known as wild oats. Cheerful—By Request Present my compliments to the old gentleman and tell him one of 'the boys' thinks seriously of following his advice, which you know is 'to sow our wild oats and get a wife.' Maggie Miller My wild oats, of which I had had but scant measure, I considered sown. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator From this plain we entered a hilly country, covered to the summits of the elevations with wild oats and tufts or hunches of a species of grass, which remains green through the whole season. What I Saw in California When we meet the woman we wish we'd sowed fewer wild oats. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth That young men sow their wild oats, and that I was more nice than wise, and that I would frighten the gentlemen away from me. Trial and Triumph The Captain listened very attentively, and only put in a word now and then about boys being boys and young men sowing their wild oats. The Ghost Ship And as we sow, so must we reap, and as to saying about young men sowing their wild oats, I think it is full of pernicious license. Sowing and Reaping "Sow your wild oats in your youth," so we're always told; But I say with deeper sooth: "Sow them when you're old." Ballads of a Bohemian He is particularly grieved at me, because, forsooth he had fallen in love with you from his sister’s reports, and meant to have married you himself, as soon as he had sown his wild oats.’ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Mothers with marriageable daughters condoned his offences against morality and said, "oh, well, young men will sow their wild oats; it is no use to be too straight laced." Trial and Triumph He wants gravity and steadiness; he must sow his wild oats, and then perhaps he'll become in time a respectable member of society.' Nicholas Nickleby A young man has no more right to sow his wild oats than a young woman. Sowing and Reaping Presently she came out, with a chuckle: `MacKeller found him sowing wild oats in London, I believe. Alexander's Bridge Father always says Oswald will sow all his wild oats at the university, but he said to-day that he was not going to the university, but would study mining, and then perhaps law. A Young Girl's Diary Dense chaparral covered the exposed hillsides but in the creases of the canons huge spruce trees grew, and wild oats and flowers. Burning Daylight It washigh time for him to be done with your apron-string, my dear: he has all his wild oats to sow; and that is an occupation which it is unwise to defer too long. Plays of William E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson However, Mr. Michael Warden has sown his wild oats now - there's their crop, in that box; and he means to repent and be wise. The Battle of Life "He will sow his wild oats," she would say, "and is worth far more than that puling hypocrite of a brother of his." Vanity Fair The trouble appears to be that the youngster was pulled before he was ripe—before his political integrity had time to harden, or his crop of wild oats was well in the ground. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 In the rotation of crops there was a recognised season for wild oats; but they were not to be sown more than once. The Age of Innocence Very likely some Mrs. Grundy will observe, "I don't believe it, boys will be boys, young men must sow their wild oats, and women must not expect miracles." Little Women He had been known before he met Jen as a rather industrious sower of wild oats. One Basket Only I wish you had sown those wild oats of yours, George. Vanity Fair Pauline had known that Dumont was "lively"—he was far too proud of his wild oats wholly to conceal them from her. The Cost There was yet a fertile strip of time wherein to sow my last handful of the wild oats of youth. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance Let the boys be boys, the longer the better, and let the young men sow their wild oats if they must. Little Women "I suppose a boy's got to sow his wild oats sometime." One Basket "I hope Osborne has sown his wild oats," said Mrs. Magenis to Mrs. Bunny. Vanity Fair And I guess Sam's only sowing the usual wild oats, getting ready to settle. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise On the Road to Nowhere On the road to nowhere What wild oats did you sow When you left your father's house With your cheeks aglow? General William Booth Enters into Heaven : and other poems Then, too, my mother said I had sown my wild oats and it was time I settled down to a regular job. John Barleycorn The hills were huge rolling hummocks of bare ground, covered only by wild oats. The Octopus : A story of California "What you need," said Sandy to me, "is to get away for a little and sow some wild oats." Dear Enemy Where the plump barley-grain so oft we sowed, There but wild oats and barren darnel spring; For tender violet and narcissus bright Thistle and prickly thorn uprear their heads. The Bucolics and Eclogues He believed—although it must be added that he had not quite the courage to declare it—in the doctrine of wild oats, and thought it a useful preventive of superfluous fears. The Europeans He loved to saunter through fields of wild oats and corn-flowers, and busied himself with clouds nearly as much as with events. Les Misérables In the eyes of the world you're entitled to your wild oats. Star-Dust All young men sow their wild oats of course, and are probably none the worse for it. Lo, Michael! Then I have birth,—not that good birth ensures anything but bad habits though, for you will observe that, by some curious freak of nature, an old family-tree very seldom produces anything but wild oats. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking Perhaps his reasoning and reflective powers were developed unusually early, so that he sowed his mental wild oats in his boyhood. Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings But really Mr. Fairfax and Geraldine will be almost poor at first; only my sister has fortunately no taste for display, and George must have sown all his wild oats by this time. The Lovels of Arden That's what I am, a wild oat to be sown at your pleasure. Star-Dust Michael looked him straight in the eye with his honest, clear gaze that showed no sowing of wild oats, no dissipation or desire to get away from friendly espionage. Lo, Michael! When a man has come to his senses respecting the sex, or, according to the vulgar adage, sown his wild oats, he naturally seeks a sincere friend to whom he can unbosom himself with confidence. Paris as It Was and as It Is Many years' patient and painstaking sowing of his wild oats had left him at fifty-six with few pleasures; but among those that remained he ranked high the discomfiting of his neighbors. The Gem Collector The wild oats on the bank of the creek were four feet high. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart He had sown his wild oats and had already reaped a crop of knowledge. Tales from Bohemia I'm afraid a mighty big crop of wild oats is on show in your Garden of Eden. The Far Horizon True it is, a man must sow his wild oats even though he honour his cloth; but 't is not well to sow them in a harmless girl's acre, Jonathan. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty These easily-pleased, confectionery-eating students, who fancy they are sowing their wild oats in truly Continental style if they tickle a sempstress under the ribs! Hunger He wanted to be his own master, and to get away into a place where he thought he could sow his wild oats and no news of it ever reach the father's house. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke He was rather a good instance of what they say about its being a good scheme for a fellow to sow his wild oats. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories "Oh, well," I said, "of course, I suppose she's prepared to find that a man has—er—sowed his wild oats, don't you know, and all that sort of thing, and——" He seemed quite irritated. Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories Perhaps that will happen again, although they sowed their wild oats long ago: in any case their embarkations are never for long: very soon they return to their age-old companion: the earth. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Some day, please Heaven, we shall visit Europe, and the places where my wild oats were sown, and where I committed so many extravagances from which my dear brother rescued me. The Virginians And those-those wild oats—those irregularities—those excesses, if you like—you call "a dissolute life"? Ghosts Even if a man 'sobers down' after 'sowing his wild oats,' which is a very problematical 'if,' what bitter memories of wasted days, what polluting memories of filthy ones, will haunt him! Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII Reginald galloped a year or two over seven hundred miles of colony, sowing his wild oats as he flew, but is now a prosperous squatter, very fond of sleeping in the open air. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day Lawton is dead straight, but his partner is sowing wild oats in his old age—good old S.F. style, and I guess it ain't wise to tempt him too far. The Avalanche He had sown his wild oats,—he at least was endeavouring to amend; but George was a young prodigal, fast careering to ruin, and his name was only mentioned in the family with a groan. The Virginians She may have sown her little crop of wild oats if she likes. The Vision of Desire You say, 'I will have my fling, sow my wild oats, will wait a little longer, and then'—and then what? Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII He found himself in a small hut built of the straw of wild oats, interwoven with long, slender sticks, while the roof was treated in the same way. Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America He has sold his horses, and sown his wild oats. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Bless you, my dears, the quantity of wild oats your father sowed and my own poor Mountain when they were ensigns in Kingsley's, would fill sacks full! The Virginians "Wild oats in a woman are a very different thing from wild oats in a man," remarked Eliot, pouring himself out a whisky. The Vision of Desire We are impetuous, he is passionate; we generous, he lavish; we are clever men of business, he is a rogue; we sow our wild oats and are gay, he is dissipated. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Hang it, sir, I've been very proud of you and very fond of you, but for your confounded follies and extravagances—and wild oats, sir, which I hope you've sown 'em. The History of Pendennis Mine has been vested in an Odessa venture, sir, in a large amount of wild oats, which up to the present moment make me no return. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Show me Mr. Washington's wild oats, I say—not a grain! The Virginians One of them was the wild oat or Avena fatua which rapidly supplants the cultivated oats in bad years in parts of the fields. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation There also grew the nightshade, with other solanaceous weeds, bearing little clusters of green and purple berries, wild oats, fox-tail grass, and nettles. The Purple Land A young fellow must sow his wild oats, and that sort of thing. The History of Pendennis He had sown his wild oats, and spoke with regret and reserve of that season of his moral culture. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Yes, yes; certainly I do," the old man said, shortly, with a quick gleam in his eyes; "a highly respected gentleman now, though he may have sown his wild oats like the rest. Erema — My Father's Sin From the flippant remarks Wilbur made it was plain he was sowing his wild oats with a reckless hand. The Hero of Hill House "Which is better off, the roving young fellow who is sowing his wild oats, or the man who has settled down, and become a respectable landowner with a good house over his head?" Two Years Ago, Volume II. Out of the region of fennel we passed into one of red and white clover, timothy grass and wild oats. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain Lord Highgate, having succeeded to his father's title and fortune, had paid every shilling of his debts, and had sowed his wild oats to the very last corn. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family I was sowing my wild oats last summer, Mary, and they brought me a crop of sorrow But I am wiser now—wiser and happier. Phantom Fortune, a Novel God help us all if some such modification of censure is not extended to us, since most men have sown wild oats enough! A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 Now does my good Lord run over his bead-roll of proverbs; of black oxen, wild oats, long lanes, and so forth. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 The sea of grass and flowers in which they stood was sprinkled with thick tufts of wild oats--another point of resemblance to the latter country. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain Kew will sow his wild oats, and they'll marry her to him; or if not to him, to some man of high rank. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family He sowed his wild oats late in life,—alack for him!—and he never finished sowing them. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 Came, too, a friend of the farmer who had not yet reaped the crop of wild oats sown in his youth. Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories The capsule of the geranium and the beard of wild oats are twisted for a similar purpose, and dislodge their seeds on wet days, when the ground is best fitted to receive them. The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. Others might view it as the completion of "sowing his wild oats." Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders They heard the chimes at midnight like other young men, they enjoyed their fun and frolics as gentlemen of spirit will do; sowing their wild oats plentifully, and scattering them with boyish profusion. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family I want to see you married, for you will never sow your wild oats until you are. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 He had no large or remarkable experiences, no wild oats to sow, no great successes or reverses, no business cares or public offices. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World It was a terrible and very daring accusation directed against a gentleman who, in spite of his many wild oats sowed in early youth, was a prominent and important figure in Irish high life. The Old Man in the Corner Youth ne'er aspires to virtue's perfect growth, Till the wild oats be sown; and so the earth, Until his weeds be rotted by my frosts Is not for any seed or tillage fit. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 The Princess will slip out of window by the rope-ladder; the Prince will be off to pursue his pleasures, and sow his wild oats at the appointed season. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family As for kicking over the traces, sowing wild oats and that sort of thing, there was nothing in it for him. Tutt and Mr. Tutt Just what happens every day—that he had to sow his wild oats for himself, and eat the fruit thereof, and the dirt thereof also. Yeast: a Problem He looks round him for an accomplice—clever, unscrupulous, greedy—and selects Mr. Edward Skinner, probably some former pal of his wild oats days. The Old Man in the Corner He will sow his wild oats and make a grand man in time. Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories Sow thy wild oats; and take the best luck that fate sends thee. Boys and girls from Thackeray Yes, the boy is sowing his wild oats," he said; "but what can you expect, Governor? The Battle Ground Then, drinking and gambling were looked upon as the wild oats a young man might sow, without losing caste. Observations of a Retired Veteran I must say for him that, like the rest of the Morley men, he sows his wild oats like a gentleman. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill Then, secondly, why are wild oats evil things to sow? Men Women and God He is very handsome and tall, and he may be very good, but show me his wild oats I say—not a grain! Boys and girls from Thackeray He ended sadly, for he had been a gay young blood in his time, and the enchantment of his wild oats had increased as he passed further from the sowing of them. The Battle Ground Thus beautiful, symmetrical, spiritual organisms are built up, not by "sowing wild oats" during youth, and disobeying the divine commandments during the subsequent period of life. Personal Experience of a Physician Green grass, actual green grass, covered its floor and wild oats grew on the hillsides in fair plentitude. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings But his guardians never believed in the wild oats pilgrimage he threatened. The Little Lady of the Big House The wild oats drooped idly in the morning heat or wrestled with the afternoon breezes. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers "Before he went to Michamac he almost cornered the market in wild oats." Out of the Primitive You say you've had enough; well, so have I. I have sown my wild oats, Marie, but they have grown to a jungle around me. The Desired Woman The wild oats are golden once more on the hills of Lagunitas; the early summer breezes waft stray leaf and blossom over the glittering lake in the Mariposa Mountains. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance "It's the finest thing in the world that you sowed your wild oats early and learned control." The Little Lady of the Big House It may be that he sowed some of the wild oats with which youth is endowed; but not in the gardens of others; nor with that cold self-indulgence which transforms passionate impulse into sensual habit. The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales Well, sir, I trust you have sown your wild oats. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness Shortly before his marriage—at forty-three—he abandoned an extensive crop of wild oats in the very heart of New York City—announcing that he intended to retire from active business and go to work. Mr. Bingle Far to north and south the foot-hills stand shining with their golden coats of wild oats, a memorial of the seeds cast over these fruitful mesas by Governor Caspar de Portala. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance I don't claim to know what sins may be included in the phrase 'wild oats.' Sylvia's Marriage |
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