| 单词 | wiseacre |
| 例句 | He was acting so different, all glum, and wiseacre answers. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Bacall confessed that however wiseacre and cool she appeared, she shook with nerves on set and suffered from recurrent stage fright for the rest of her life. Lauren Bacall: the studio product who toughed her way to independence 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z The idea radiates, and Seiden’s actors show great affinity for the wiseacre style and heated debates. Odets still in full voice with ‘Awake and Sing!’ at Olney Theatre Center He is, in this novel, Borges’s rebel son, Cortazar’s wiseacre nephew. Book review: ‘A Little Lumpen Novelita,’ by Roberto Bolaño “This show has been a particularly special opportunity,” says Casey, who only a few months ago was singing and dancing as the wiseacre Benny Southstreet in the Olney Theatre Center’s “Guys and Dolls.” The married life with ‘his’ and ‘hers’ hits 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Some wiseacre will say that C-Span already serves this function, but sleep is too important to be entrusted to politicians. Critic’s Notebook: Sprout Channel’s ‘Snooze-a-Thon’ on Christmas Eve 2012-12-23T22:47:32Z Jeff Rawle brings huge hangdog appeal to the part of a wiseacre, dispensing wisdom on the seafront; he doesn't bring the vocal chords of a nightingale. Ditch; Marine Parade 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z The injury was not, as some wiseacre suggested, the result of something inflicted upon him by his wife, Kellyanne, with whom he is famously feuding over President Trump. Sushi, cocktails, roasts and one lawyer’s plan to deal with ‘a national emergency’ 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Is there any authentic feeling in Miller’s Crossing, or is it just a couple of wiseacres trying on period garb for size? Miller's Crossing at 30: the Coen brothers' unknowable gangster drama 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z I like smart but kind of wiseacre writing. The Jayhawks return with “Paging Mr. Proust”: “They’re gonna call me a pompous ass, it’s gonna be fantastic!” 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z That hit television series, on which he played the wiseacre Chandler Bing for 10 seasons, sticks to him like a sweaty shirt. Review: In Matthew Perry’s First Play, a Chandler Gone to Seed 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z This has been the stock-in-trade of wiseacres, smartasses and iconoclasts from Chaplin to Groucho to Bill Murray to Robert Downey, Jr., to, on the female side, Barbra Streisand and Melissa McCarthy. Donald Trump is The Joker: Forget Mussolini and Hitler, the GOP strongman is an authoritarian populist straight from Hollywood 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Her comic hero was Bob Hope, who also specialized in wiseacre one-liners. ArtsBeat: Phyllis Diller and Her Comic Craft 2012-08-22T16:23:43Z The requisite two-tier demographic appeal of animated movies is in effect, and the wiseacre writing roused the children at my preview screening less than the SpongeBob theme song. In New SpongeBob Movie, Bikini Bottom Goes ‘Mad Max’ 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z It features smart, wiseacre conversation over lunch – and the lunch scene is a signature Ephron trope. Nora Ephron was serious about comedy 2012-06-27T12:12:07Z But Jacobi skilfully shows that beneath the artful dodging and wiseacre aperçus lurks a profound awareness both of his own mortality and of the nation's death wish. Heartbreak House – review 2012-07-13T11:23:05Z Watching it now reveals an altogether different Fallon, more sarcastic wiseacre than chipper enthusiast. What if ‘The Daily Show’ Used Guest Hosts Permanently? 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Outfitted with the bright look and dopey hairdos of a generic teenage movie, “Premature” bops along with a wiseacre self-awareness and a nimble cast. ‘Premature,’ a Teenage Comedy, Mixes Sex and Sci-Fi 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z His gradual maturing, from jocular wiseacre to loyal and honorable subject, traces an intriguing arc. ‘King John’ and ‘King Lear’ at the Stratford Festival 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z It was an entertainingly subversive lob at," he wrote, "the wiseacres who repeat the parrot cry that art should never be didactic. Seattle Shakes delivers a fine 'Pygmalion' 2012-02-28T23:02:04Z Yet von Trier, a serious man when he isn't being the most ill-advised ironic wiseacre this side of a visiting planet, creates startling moments of beauty. Cannes, Day 8: That's Lars! 2011-05-18T14:28:01Z He occasionally drew animals, but they behaved like wiseacre people. Michael Crawford, Wiseacre With a Pen, Dies at 70 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Insouciance goes a fairly long way in “Confess, Fletch,” which revives the wiseacre investigator once played by Chevy Chase and featured in a series of novels by Gregory Mcdonald. ‘Confess, Fletch’ Review: Solving a Crime, Eventually 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z While “my statue was the butt of wiseacres and witlings, I never in word, or thought, swerved from my principle,” he wrote. The first statue removed from the Capitol: George Washington in a toga 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z You just know some wiseacre will be screaming “Get out of the hole!” the next time he putts. Sideline Chatter: Think of the vacation they can take with their airline miles 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z “At a bus stop!” a wiseacre from the dimming grid says, lobbing the evening’s running gag one last time. Getting high with strangers on Zoom didn’t sound like fun. Then I did it 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Here is where a wiseacre would note that it makes sense for Winston to play for the Saints — who also play in the N.F.C. Jameis Winston’s Next Act: Where Else but New Orleans? 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z He proved so skillful at blending “the apparently antagonistic roles of wiseacre and smart alec,” as he put it, that he was soon invited to appear on television himself. Clive James, Australian-born TV host, writer, critic and all-around wit, dies at 80 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Some wiseacre in Millbury, Mass., celebrated the Patriots’ Super Bowl triumph over the Rams by replacing the sign for Goff Street with a Brady Street version. Gronk Avenue is often closed because of issues with its elbow turn 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z One wiseacre suggested waiting to see what history books will call it. Bettors need to know: Did the shutdown even happen? 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Brown pointed to Green, the wiseacre forward/guard/center and the team’s basketball savant. From the Cradle of Innovation Comes a Self-Driving Team 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Regardless of how they choose to do so, most people who contact Congress have legitimate concerns—but, as any staffer can tell you, there is a small but enduring subgroup of wiseacres and crackpots. What Calling Congress Achieves 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z American wiseacres used to sport a bumper sticker after the last Obama victory that said, “Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Romney”. Richard Ford: Blame me. I voted for Hillary, and I got America all wrong 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Attempts sometimes fall short to make Slim a quirky wiseacre. Review: Brutal plot of ‘Red Dog’ not for the faint of heart 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z It won Album of the Year at the Grammys and was memorized by every wiseacre in the country. What the world looks like when you look like Obama 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Yes, it’s worth listening to these wiseacres riff about cartoons and the story. Blu-ray review: Dracula and clan shine in ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Within two years, he was a hero to wiseacres everywhere. David Letterman, Revolutionary 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z “Maybe it’s the band from the Titanic,” a wiseacre on the stairway sniped, to an eruption of laughter. As Oil Prices Fall, Alaska’s New Governor Faces a Novel Goal: Frugality 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Part of what makes this book enjoyable is the wiseacre tone Melinek often affects. Review: ‘Working Stiff,’ on life as a medical examiner, by Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell Or as some wiseacre in the CBS accounting department cracked, “In the hole!” Canuck has been hunting for the right wedding spot 2014-04-20T01:07:36Z A youthful 47, his Dennis the Menace features might suggest more "wiseacre" than "wise." This Pro Has Found His Niche 2014-03-25T04:00:00Z As “The Art of Rube Goldberg” shows, he was also an all-around cartoon man, not to mention an authentic American eccentric and wiseacre. Books: Exploring an Inventor’s Cartoons in ‘The Art of Rube Goldberg’ 2013-12-09T20:19:48Z The new brand mascot may be wise, but he is certainly not a wiseguy or wiseacre. Advertising: Campbell Bets on the Wisdom of a Child 2013-09-09T23:40:14Z Some wiseacre was saying that the world was going to stop to watch it. New Zealand v England – live! 2013-03-05T20:41:14Z The wiseacres query how he will fare outside of India. In Cheteshwar Pujara India find another Wall to build their future on 2012-11-16T13:48:24Z Like most parents, I've given my children plenty of advice over the years--some good, some bad, and some that my three wiseacres just flat-out ignored. 4 Lessons From a CEO Dad 2012-06-15T15:32:53Z How would that wiseacre be esteemed, who, looking seaward from different parts of our coast, saw nought but ocean, and thereon immediately built a theory that no land existed in the direction of his gaze? The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Arthur's departure, quickly followed by Clement's--after dark and in a post-chaise, mark you!--had not passed without comment; and a wiseacre had been found to explain it. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Come, then, dear wiseacre; have I ever deceived you? With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z "Oh, what a wiseacre!" says Dorothy, confiding her opinion to the rocks about her. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z O Love! what fools will you not make of us poor masculine wiseacres! Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Those wiseacres who had so summarily declined any examination of the provisions before starting now came to me with very long faces, confessing their error when it was too late to be remedied. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Already this had attracted in a passing way the attention of the authorities, and some even went so far as to shake their wiseacre heads over him, and dubiously hint that he might be dangerous. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Forbidden Books.—One should never read anything written by those arrogant wiseacres and puzzle-brains who have the detestable vice of logical paradox. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z A wiseacre first," says she, ticking off my qualities upon her fingers, "and now a humorist! Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z He called one then in withered leaf and sere, And sent a warning, so wiseacres said, By causing apple blossoms to appear In winter, and the old man soon was dead. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z Keen eyes had noted this even while the wiseacres of the law were urging the pursuit of Graham; and then came the inexorable watch on every move that Frost might make. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Mr. Ziegler, therefore, if you please, has fallen under the ban of suspicion from these wiseacres, and is supposed to be murderously inclined towards the poor Duke. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Men—wiseacres—who would judge Nature by their printed books, talk grandly of the benefit of Protective Resemblance, and the Survival of the Fittest. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z "What a wonderful perceptive wiseacre! how Miss Curwen is honoured with his acquaintance!" Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z I believe some wiseacres pretend that it is good for the digestion, but what is that compared with encouraging the poor planters in Ceylon? A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z This explanation would no doubt be derided as, I presume, wiseacres would have derided the first photographers when they insisted upon the necessity of darkness whilst developing their plates. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z It is said by the wiseacres of the world that you should always set a thief to catch a thief. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z "You yourself are the ghost who have frightened the unhappy wiseacre into piety: you are the villain who have brought his pretty wife to such a state that she inclines accompanying him." Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z I don't begin to believe that he means to offer himself to her, whatever wiseacres may say. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z The wiseacres swore that these two simultaneous crimes had been committed by the same hand. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z The wiseacres, and the sort of people who always see farther than their fellows, attributed the King's orders to fear, and said so too, openly and unreservedly. 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God 2011-05-26T02:00:15.987Z Don't you listen to those wiseacres who are going to put everybody and everything right. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z The Hon. Chairman and the magisterial wiseacres who surrounded him scouted the idea of yielding to the settlers' wishes. The Last Laird of MacNab An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada 2011-04-14T02:00:54.620Z Of this languishing-looking wiseacre I shall have to say more, presently. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z So while Fulton was waiting to give the signal to start, these wiseacres were getting ready to jest at his failure. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z But what she, she of all girls in the world, could find to attract her in him,--this was what puzzled the brains of all the wiseacres in Lemberg. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z But as one coup after another jostled the Street, the wiseacres wagged their heads and said "Some day!" The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z A great many wiseacres, male and female, were now able to shake their heads, and say they had known all along how it would turn out. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z "She shall not be in till morning light," quoth a wiseacre. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Instead, all details of raids are kept, or are endeavoured to be kept, a profound secret by our wiseacres in authority. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Our little canoe, so neat and strong, drew a favorable criticism from all the wiseacres among the tavern loungers along the road. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z The young wiseacre had pledged away his all for this: signed his name to endless promissory notes, conferring his heart upon the bearer; bound himself for life, and got back twopence as an equivalent. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Never, therefore, in the opinion of these solemn wiseacres, had been found or could be found a woman who had achieved distinction in science. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z All his quotations are as apt as this one would be, and the wiseacre imagines he is adorning his drivel with the multitude of his quotations. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z Surely, that much all readers may be presumed to know, some wiseacre will remark. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Lindy wasn’t afraid just because nobody had ever flown the Atlantic alone before, and the wiseacres said that it couldn’t be done. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z The accepted wisdom from most of the wiseacres was that it is impossible for a failing bowler to rediscover the magic without bowling in a proper match. Australia find their own Fab Four 2010-12-19T07:59:03Z A. Who knew some wiseacre from Sugar Land would be my Mariano Rivera? When it comes to closers, no one's close to Mariano Rivera 2010-05-17T04:00:00Z The wiseacre has now, of course, foreseen that I killed all the young buds. The Idyl of Twin Fires I would not give up even my sorrows, for the dull happiness of commonplace wiseacres, who in their limited sphere think all things perfectly natural and cling closely to their clod. The Children of the World “But it will be a long contest,” said the wiseacres in the crowd, “and accidents may happen at any time.” The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship Your face is your fortune, my dear—though a pretty face is not infrequently a misfortune, so the wiseacres say. Nancy of Paradise Cottage But this movement has not yet gained much ground in England. wiseacres. Stories from Tagore As the wind blew against her ragged feathers she drew her wings over her breast like a cloak, making herself look like a poverty-stricken wiseacre. A-Birding on a Bronco Some of the passengers, inexperienced in weather signs, thought the worst was over, but the wiseacres shook their heads. By Right of Conquest A Novel The wiseacres said that a cargo of pig-iron had been badly stowed in the ship's entrails, and was trying to knock a hole in its side, and so it sounded. Fragments of an Autobiography But methinks we hear some wiseacre, who is no wizard, exclaim:—"Oh! to be enjoyed, it must be read in the original!" Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 But the childish conduct of that set of wiseacres soon disenchanted the national enthusiasm. Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 Many a wiseacre might shake his head at Phil’s cogitations, and more emphatically still at his determination to abandon a certain livelihood for an extremely uncertain one. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War Some of the prophetic old wiseacres would give their ears now for shares in our rusty old iron company. The Sapphire Cross With me the wiseacres never could settle which of my voices I ought to have developed—my bass voice, my tenor, or my soprano. Fragments of an Autobiography The prosperous wiseacre whom the Germans call a Philistine, and the French an épicier, will tell you that study does not pay. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde Some wiseacres predicted that the teacher's zeal would not be of long duration. Black Forest Village Stories It was brought in by the Helpman Expedition, familiarly known to the local wiseacres of the day as "The Helpless Proposition." Seeds of Pine "Brain fever," said the wiseacres about the post, "superinduced by sunstroke abroad and scandal at home." A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade “Well, old wiseacre,” said Yezibaba, “what brings you back so soon?” Czechoslovak Fairy Tales Some of those wiseacres who want to convince us against the evidence of our senses will call this superstition. Folk-lore of Shakespeare The wiseacres refuse to be fooled by such sights. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North The error of our progenitors was quite analogous with that of the wiseacre who fancies he must necessarily see an object the more distinctly, the more closely he holds it to his eyes. Eureka: A Prose Poem Indeed, it might also be said that many persons have been hurried into each other's arms by the interference of wiseacres, when perhaps, if left to themselves, they would have drifted apart. An Artist in Crime Very often the king recklessly offended those whom he should conciliate, but even the wiseacres were compelled to admit that his jaunty kindness frequently smoothed out what looked like a dangerous quarrel. A Prince of Good Fellows But the wiseacres hadn't come to convert us to wisdom. Eyes Like the Sea The preface of Mr. Howells to Tolstoy's “Sebastopol” has been declared by wiseacres to be the symptom of his decadence. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy Now this is one of those wiseacres who are in a community, but not of it, who materially are present, but can never mentally, so to speak, get themselves inside the skins of the inhabitants. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) But his refusal was thought vastly suspicious by the many wiseacres who knew the business of everybody better than their own. Under False Pretences A Novel The king was as genial as ever, and the wiseacres surmised from his manner that he meditated going off on tramp again. A Prince of Good Fellows The chorus of wiseacres, the bar-parlour politicians, whom chance or misfortune has led to favour one side rather than the other, are less cautious without being less platitudinous. Pot-Boilers When she said that, and was warned by conventional wiseacres that money did not produce happiness, she sneered at the timid ones. Coquette The magicians of old were supposed to be skillful interpreters of dreams, which, like the wiseacres of Christendom, they viewed under very contradictory aspects. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. "I warrant," said a wiseacre, contracting the brown leather of his brow in suspicious wrinkles, "some scalawag is doing this!" The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 In short, there was no want of talk, back and forward; and some of our wiseacres took up a strong opinion. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) The same faithful gomeril is to despatch this letter by the express along with those of the wiseacres, so that you may hear Tom Fool in company with Solomon. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) Influenced by the startling government report showing enormous losses in the spring wheat crop, prices soared even more sharply than the wiseacres had anticipated. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories It was given out that we were going camping, between Werrina and the coast; and, no doubt my father was credited by the local wiseacres with the possession of some crafty prospecting scheme or another. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography And so they droned on, those three wiseacres–two oldish gentlemen and a middle-aged man, thinking they could change or check or dam the course of true love. In the Heart of a Fool Well, the horse-dealer rises by virtue of "mounts," The thing in mid-March to keep hope well alive Was the prospect, in June, of a jolly full Drive, The wiseacres Long-Acre stir with delight. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 12, 1890 One of the favorite objections of these wiseacres was, that Hope Mills was founded on a wrong basis. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart We see now the folly of the vaticinations against the endurance of our liberty which were uttered by many foreign wiseacres and some weak-kneed natives. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 You sit over there making wiseacre remarks and do nothing! Hanging by a Thread I shall interview the social science wiseacres, and do their proceedings, of course, but the thing that I'm onto is Northwick. The Quality of Mercy And oh! don't we hope the wiseacres are right! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 12, 1890 Some wiseacres said that the earl's proposal was as extravagant as it was visionary. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba This question our Chamber is taking a lead in Composed, as you know, of the Flowers of Dunedin, Intelligent Druggists, rhetorical Quakers, Broad acres—a few—but no want of wiseacres. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 I must know the device––the clever political trick––by which the wags and wiseacres of Twist Tickle had been discomfited. The Cruise of the Shining Light As yet the railroad wiseacres did not seem to be equal to the emergency, and matters drifted along in the old channel. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Shakespeare, so say the wiseacres, is the strictly impartial dramatist. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war Those Congressional wiseacres proved how easily the West Point Engineers humbugged them. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 The same ridiculous claim of being the corner-stone of human society has been made by some wiseacre in behalf of the goat. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 The predictions of the wiseacres were not to be trusted; and, at any rate, every forecast was made with a wag of the head that implied a large mental reservation. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys It's a three-horse race," said the wiseacres, "and the others are outclassed. Old Man Curry Race Track Stories And he described himself as stronger than ever, and poured scorn on the medical wiseacre who had tried to refuse him. Ghetto Comedies In its sublime presence, down, down upon your knees in the dust, all you European wiseacres! Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 The most contemptible flunkeys on the face of the earth are the wiseacres, and the thus-called framers of public opinion. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Life was earnest and grave, as the wiseacres said; but life was, on the whole, sublime and poignantly sweet. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China This girl hath been told by a council of wiseacres that she must marry some Saxon noble. Robin Hood Let some Pantheistic “wiseacre” grapple with this thought. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, June, 1880 As there is not, in reality, a single point of similitude, the comparison is well selected, and does great honor to the judgment of the military wiseacres. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 All this confusion is specially produced by the wiseacres and doctors of routine. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 We often hear the wiseacre scoffers say that Christ could have enjoyed peace had he desired to. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost That Germany has vanished, the wiseacres say, the dreamy unworldly German is no more with us, it is sheer sentimental folly to believe in him and to waste your time looking for him. Home Life in Germany There seems a vast conspiracy against happiness—the withered, dreary wiseacres in opposition to the joy, the daring, the beauty, the reckless vitality of souls still under the spell of spring. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange What your military wiseacres show you as an organized army, would actually thrill, as with the death-shudder, any European military organizer. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Scheme what you like, you schemers, wiseacres, politicians, and would-be statesmen, nevertheless slavery is doomed. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 So he came out—alone—upon the advice of the well-intentioned wiseacres, knowing nothing of the country, to live on his two hundred a year until the end. The Dop Doctor “I would like to show it to those wiseacres just to convince them that the thing was all right, and to get the laugh on them.” The Hilltop Boys A Story of School Life In modern times, some wiseacres have called the strongest and healthiest of women 'hysterical,' which is their way of accounting for her Voices. The Red True Story Book Think of it, you wiseacres and organisers of American armies. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 O, wiseacres! if both of you had only a little knowledge of human nature—not of that one embodied in lobbyists—and of history, then you would be aware that if Jeff. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 “They come,” ran the wiseacre’s comment; but their buzzing ceased, as again the gate swung back to suffer two ladies to peer forth. A Victor of Salamis The cool calculating wiseacre said, 'Steady, lad,' so—he had to go. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia My own impression is that Mackenzie is a humorous writer, and that the wiseacres who want the novel to be ‘serious’ are barking up the wrong tree. When Winter Comes to Main Street "In spite of all his misdeeds he is a noble fellow, and I am confident will eclipse in the eyes of posterity all the crowned wiseacres that have crushed him by their overwhelming confederacy." Stories of Authors, British and American How repeatedly I warned the Sumners, Wilsons, and other wiseacres, that such will be the end, that the people at large will become exasperated by Lincoln's administration! Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 “The gods,” said every Agora wiseacre, “had rewarded the villain with their own hands.” A Victor of Salamis From the last passage: 'Many are called, but few are chosen,' wiseacres draw various false and ungodly conclusions. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Now the Hartford wiseacres found that tremendously far down under their city, there was a sort of sandstone, and they were sure that it was the sort. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages It took no wiseacre to divine the condition of the Indians. The Fighting Edge Oh, why has he established his headquarters in the city, among flunkeys, wiseacres, and spit-lickers? Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 “It’s getting too cold for the little fellows,” says the wiseacre, who sees you watching the smaller birds as they pass southward. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Therefore, the gossips and wiseacres of the Calvert decided that young Roland Bayard must be a messenger from “his first wife.” Her Mother's Secret We travel so fast that it is not surprising that there are wiseacres among us quite convinced that we are standing still. James Watt The Moscow wiseacre was perhaps unaware that during hard seasons in Arctic Siberia the outfit of an expedition must be strictly limited to the carrying capacity of dogs and reindeer. From Paris to New York by Land History mostly teaches the contrary; but speak to American wiseacres about history! Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 The regulars were soon to come and replace those volunteers, said the wiseacre of his cabinet, therefore strike now before the trained and disciplined troops arrive and sweep these big boors into the sea. Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters If I were something more of a fool and something less of a wiseacre I would champion her myself.” The Proud Prince The mere sight of the small wiseacre had a comforting effect upon her. Vagabondia 1884 Which to all appearance it did, for in a minute quoth my wiseacre,—‘Then an’ it like you, Mistress, it was the light.’” Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall So speaks the people, and they are right; here among the wiseacres not one understands the superiority of the people over his own little brains. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 An order had been issued by the wiseacre in command of the Army of the Potomac that all guerrillas taken should be put to death. Duffels The wiseacres contended that it was visionary, impracticable, and impossible. An African Adventure They had no courier, the wiseacres had ascertained, and they had brought a neat English serving-woman, who seemed to know her business marvellously well and be by no means unaccustomed to travelling. Vagabondia 1884 Sad will it be for England as a nation when our boys do not dream impossible dreams, and think thoughts which wiseacres call foolishness. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War It is maddening to read all this ignoble clap-trap, written by European wiseacres concerning this country. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 If fraud and humbug may certainly be excluded, the wiseacres will say that the results must then have been a matter of chance coincidence. Psychology and Social Sanity Telepathy, the wiseacres may call it, the sympathy of two subconscious minds. Mufti "The pretty English girl," remarked the wiseacres, "does not even drive out on these days, and the doctor calls every morning to see her." Vagabondia 1884 The name has an attractive sound, and some have seen in it that same approach to a warlock which Gibbon saw to a wiseacre in the surname of Robert Wiscard. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine The constitutional advisers are deaf to the voice of the people, who know more about it than do all the departments and the military wiseacres. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 "This man, who was powerful and could easily have overpowered a little creature like Norman, came to rob," said these wiseacres. The Opal Serpent The learned ignorance of the wiseacre always compels him to laugh at the man with an idea that is new. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg "We need some one to keep us all straight, we Vagabonds; but it seems queer that such a small wiseacre as you should be our controlling power." Vagabondia 1884 The village wiseacres of Cumberland, to whom the habits of the poet Wordsworth and his eccentric friend Coleridge were a mystery, had decided that they must be terrible scoundrels. Chatterbox, 1906 The knowing ones, the wiseacres, will be the ruin of this country. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 The owl is the wiseacre of Nature, the vulture is a vile harpy, and the eagle is the embodiment of everything great and mighty, and glorious and free, and swooping and catoptrical. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Again the wiseacres in their learned ignorance laughed and derided. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg On these occasions the most abstruse subjects were often discussed, and all we young wiseacres present contributed our modicum of knowledge towards the elucidation of problems that sorely perplexed the thinkers of the epoch. The History of "Punch" This was said with a kind of contempt which was quite a floorer to the new wiseacre. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 The wiseacres of the city of New York nicknamed his canal 'Clinton's Ditch.' The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy "There you are!" shouted one wiseacre, "the corn in the granary was poisoned!" The Day of Wrath But Time has a habit of vindicating the pioneers while consigning the scoffing wiseacres to oblivion. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg Colonel Roosevelt says he has found a bird that lives in a cave, eats nuts, barks like a dog and has whiskers; and the political wiseacres in Washington are asking who it can be. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 Enclosed was the following, which these wiseacres had concocted—and I have no doubt it was their pride in the composition, and in the penmanship, which induced them to send the copy to the Curate. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 He wanted graven records, so that no wiseacre like Harris, here, could say: 'Oh, the thing never moved. The Shadow World Some wiseacre in the House of Commons has said that Lord Chatham declared that not a gun should be fired in Europe without his leave. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents Now and again we seem trembling on the brink of humour, when the young wiseacre is brought into contact with his weak-hearted friend, but the line is seldom actually crossed. John Lyly Already wiseacres were figuring out the probabilities of a Republican victory. Union and Democracy Rather, we think, it was inspired by certain wiseacres among you hoodwinked by Sunnanväder and the like. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa On returning to that point in the beginning of winter, Colonel French found that the barracks were not ready for occupation, some wiseacre having started to build them amid granite boulders on a hill. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police I deal, and love to deal, with the rustic exceptional, the village notable and wiseacre. Aunt Rachel To come in plain clothes, with a long face, as a wiseacre, only makes one a discomfort to himself, and a blot upon the scene. The Confidence-Man For once in a way I mean to act the wiseacre. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale Of course there can be only one Blondin, and some wiseacres at once applied the proverb about "Give him enough rope," &c. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 14, 1893 Before the family would undertake to receive these final instructions we had to wait while some elderly persons were fetched, reputed wiseacres evidently, and it was like teaching a class. Southern Arabia Tables turn as usual, and the ghost-trade appears to be thriving instead of being merely audible, the ghosts are becoming tangible, and shake hands under the tables with living wiseacres, who solemnly attest the fact. Gryll Grange "How d'ye know, old wiseacre?" demanded Bob Tice, of the second patrol; for at the time they were marching without the least semblance of order. The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain "I hope," said Blaney, in a mournful way, "that you don't agree with those wiseacres who think the only good poet is a dead poet." Patty Blossom You may leave the wiseacres to wonder which were told in China or India, Arabia or Persia, and whether the first manuscript dates back to 1450 or earlier. The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales "If you are a bridesmaid the third time, you will never be a bride," said some of the wiseacres. A Little Girl in Old Salem Only he was often seen in a graver mood, when he pushed back the curling locks from his forehead and looked like one of the old wiseacres who belonged to the emperor's council. Roumanian Fairy Tales It is naturally allied to intellectual scepticism, as in Rabelais or Montaigne; and Sir Thomas shared the tendency sufficiently to be called atheist by some wiseacres. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) More than one young wiseacre had gloomily prophesied that Jim Bacon was the thin end of the wedge. Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War But my friend, like other worldly wiseacres, had many theories which he himself failed to put into practice. Dross Worldly reasoners and great financiers, wiseacres and successful editors prophesied its failure, but what mattered this to George W. Childs? Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail But wiseacres at Washington said the Indians were peaceable, and all that was needed was a new post and another little garrison at Warrior Gap, in the eastward foothills of the range. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. Or, if some wiseacre did prepare such a book, would it be very useful to children? Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity To own but one kîrât, in this concern of property, is sometimes better than to own all the remaining three-and-twenty, as witness the affair of Johha, the greatest wiseacre this country has produced. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 He found the room crowded with the wiseacres of the place, the Bohemian, drinking element perhaps predominating. Captain Jinks, Hero And this name was supposed by some wiseacre to be that of the gooseberry, and thus became attached to the said fruit. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure "Desert rats—mining folks," observes a wiseacre to his friend. The She Boss A Western Story The measurement of the atmosphere exterminated the wiseacre proverb, "Nature abhors a vacuum," by the burlesque addition, "but only for the first thirty two feet." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The question was first thrashed out in the classroom; and after Galileo had slyly gotten all of these scientific wiseacres to commit themselves, he invited them, with their students, to the Leaning Tower. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists He is just such an old hobbling wiseacre as may be found supporting his rheumatic joints with a thick stick in any Dorsetshire village. The Growth of English Drama It would be curious to ascertain why the wiseacres of eastern Bavaria are held throughout South Germany in such contempt as to be a byword for dulness and stupidity. A Cigarette-Maker's Romance Are all men fools for admiring them, except these wiseacres who stand for the theory that it makes no difference and who ought not to admire them at all? Our Unitarian Gospel "So it seems; though some people set themselves up for wiseacres!" sniggered Kitty. A Popular Schoolgirl We are all—Governments, people, and weather—going to the bad as fast as we can go, according to the croakers, the wiseacres, and the self-appointed prophets. Stamp Collecting as a Pastime Then some enterprising individual set up a line of steamers, in the face of the usual predictions from the wiseacres that he would ruin himself and all his kin. Russian Rambles I'm going to carry it to the village to convince the wiseacres there. The Luckiest Girl in the School The wiseacres of Yale got busy and the new Yale took a hand also. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine Now, I do not intend to repeat all the stale old saws of out-of-date wiseacres. Certain Personal Matters I know not to what wiseacre we owe that pronouncement: but what do you think of it, after the lyric I have just quoted? On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 "Trust old uncle wiseacre over there for that," said Hanson vaingloriously, and nodding as he spoke toward the sheriff, who leaned big and calm and watchful against the door at the back of the room. The Black Pearl One wiseacre in command in London declared his belief that the Tower was no longer “tenable.” Andrew Marvell The wiseacres who point warningly to the exchanges as a reason for firm action on fabric gloves never ask how a falling currency relates to the process of purchasing raw materials from abroad. Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 And so the children continued, like little wiseacres, to discuss in detail the theme of "happy marriages." Atlantis He will dootless be among that crowd o' young wiseacres wha are certain the safety o' the Provinces is in their keeping. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York This is always the question of the wiseacres and the knowing ones. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age "Now, Cap, take this from me," muttered Eph, with the air of a wiseacre. The Submarine Boys on Duty Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat Whether he was one also to Beulah her guest had not yet learned, but it took no wiseacre to guess that he wanted to be. The Sheriff's Son Despite all the wiseacres on earth we care more for the duel that Burr and Hamilton fought than for all their individual achievements, good or bad. Greenwich Village It is because I am fond of rifle and pistol shooting, I believe; for they took the alarm at the quantity of cartridges I consumed,—the wiseacres! Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals Kothner's delivery of the rules of the art are good-natured fun; Wagner, with his parody of eighteenth-century mannerisms, laughing at the wiseacres who wished to tie down modern musicians to the procedure of their forbears. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas Well!" said Mr. Dubois looking at his child with a fond pride, yet as if doubting whether she were not already half spoiled, "it seems you are the wiseacre of the family. Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick In restoring power to the people, they find that a hundred useful things can be done which the political wiseacres declared to be impossible. Humanly Speaking The boat which Fulton was building while the wiseacres wagged their heads and prophesied disaster, was named "The Clermont." American Merchant Ships and Sailors In what a posture would England have been now, he cried, if those wiseacres had been listened to, who were for trusting the defence of England solely to the militia and the fleet! Daniel Defoe But the wiseacres have traced the custom farther back. Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas And yet with this evidence, of perhaps the best practical authority on the subject, before their eyes, let us see what the wiseacres of certain rural districts did to encourage economy and inland transit. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 Old city walls that have defied the attacks of time and of Cromwell's Ironsides are often in danger from the wiseacres who preside on borough corporations. Vanishing England The holidays are robbed of half their life because some wiseacre will persist in telling him who Santa Claus is, while yet he is hanging up his first pair of stockings. Around The Tea-Table Not the strong arm of the mob, quoth these wiseacres, but the strong arm of the law it shall be. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist They are half Philistines and half wiseacres, not much to my taste. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 A wiseacre has said that he left a sterile monument. Purcell Some wiseacres, the vicar and churchwardens, once determined to pull down their old church and build a new one. Vanishing England Whereat both Boers laughed softly and shook their heads with the air of a wiseacre, saying, 'You will know better when you're as old as me,' a remark I constantly endure from very worthy people. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria They bade the prolyx Caucasian gentlemen not to misconstrue their inexorable demands, while they dined on acclimated anchovies and apricot truffles, and had for dessert a wiseacre's pharmacopoeia. 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading A century's gone, and still wiseacres plan A future for the Economic Man; But one fatality strikes us as comical,— That—up to now—he is not economical! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, January 9, 1892 "Oh," says some wiseacre, "talk as you will, the law of demand and supply will regulate these things until the end of time." New Tabernacle Sermons The same faithful gomeral is to despatch this letter by the express along with those of the wiseacres, so that you may hear Tom Fool in company with Solomon. David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona Under the clothes lay buried Ketchup the blacksmith; under the wiseacre face was Ketchup the ignoramus. The End of the World A Love Story Both men had previously held the Premiership, and, as they represented different wings of the Whig-Liberal party, it was prophesied by political wiseacres that personal friction would soon lead to a new disruption. Great Britain and the American Civil War One wiseacre held that the missiles were antique and obsolete relics of the 'eighty-one struggle. The Siege of Kimberley Why then, no more have I," answered Halfden; "for he is a wiseacre and an honest one, and maybe meant kindly. Wulfric the Weapon Thane The professional wiseacre, however, made shift to recover himself. The Frontiersmen The problem he had to solve was as easy as that set by Columbus to the wiseacres, when once it was worked. Haydn I suppose it is because he rarely uses a lead pencil that the wiseacres are able to fulfil their destiny. Since Cézanne Still, sceptical wiseacres refused to come outside to see the sight; they guessed it was "the sun." The Siege of Kimberley During the Great War some controlling wiseacre evolved precisely the same scheme for bringing about an imaginary increase in the supply of mutton, by prohibiting the slaughter of any lambs until June. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor He outlasted all these wiseacres, however, watching through mild, spectacled eyes the shifting changes of the college world, which always left him as immovable as the old elms before the library door. Hillsboro People How can any person manufacture a tempered sabre from base iron; nor can a base-born man, O wiseacre, be made a gentleman by any education! The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 If good is desirable, people ought to be encouraged to it by material success—so reason these officially good wiseacres, who subconsciously wish to dictate to God how He should run His world. Quit Your Worrying! "That's as may be," James Ollerenshaw replied, in his quality of the wiseacre who is accustomed to be sagacious on the least possible expenditure of words. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) "If they do acquit her," whispered one of these wiseacres to another, "she will make her fortune on the stage!" The Shadow of the Rope The German has nothing for which to battle, and when he began to realize that there might be things worth striving for, his philosophizing wiseacres taught him to doubt the existence of such things. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes It is for wiseacres and charlatans to declaim and domineer. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe The intention was to follow the line of the Grand Trunk through Lansing, Battle Creek, and Owosso, but, over-persuaded by some wiseacres, a turn was made to Jackson, striking there the old State road. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" Some light is thrown on the question by the following account of measures which rustic wiseacres in Suffolk are said to have adopted as a remedy for witchcraft. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul We smile at the little wiseacres; we know better. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 The prevailing notion that love is a species of selfishness—a "double selfishness," some wiseacre has called it—is deplorably untrue and shows how little the psychology of love has heretofore been understood. Primitive Love and Love-Stories And they maintain, the wiseacres who have analyzed love, that there is much to be said in favour of a calm affection. Tommy and Grizel The old wiseacres shook their heads, and the elders of the old school wondered at this new departure in church work. Russell H. Conwell The faults which some wiseacres find in his works I deduce from this source. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Well, he could afford to smile at the wiseacres. Mary Wollaston The only clear idea in the heads of the robed and wigged wiseacres was, that the case, Napier versus Napier, was a puzzle which no man could read or solve. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII The wiseacre who invented these modes of flying in the air seems, some would say, to have been more in want of very strict confinement on the earth than of the freedom of the skies. Wonderful Balloon Ascents Dreams, say all the wiseacres in Christendom, are to be interpreted by contraries. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Who had in a trice converted him into a wiseacre? The Golden Sayings of Epictetus The critical jargon of the wiseacres always irritated her. Mary Wollaston It was of such revolutionary design that wiseacres shook their heads and said that any pilot who used it would be constantly in trouble with it. The Mastery of the Air Such sayings themselves grow harder and adhere more firmly with age, and it would take many blows with a trowel to clean an old wiseacre of them. Walden Here, again, his love of disputation made him enemies: the theological wiseacres of that city asserted, that St. Anne had three husbands, in which opinion they were confirmed by the popular belief of the day. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 "You must think us a pretty pair of wiseacres," said Bernard. Confidence The wiseacres down here told me I'd be done for before I got back; but nobody lifted a finger to hurt me. Summer A barrel may sound hollow, but not a bird—this wiseacre acquaints us. De Libris: Prose and Verse Even in antiquity the wiseacres took our royal buffoon too seriously. The Dramatic Values in Plautus I will cut them out still, those wiseacres at Berlin! Hauntings Collingwood, curious to know what the village wiseacres had to say, rose, and followed the landlord into a small room at the back of the bar-parlour. The Talleyrand Maxim The original jet of inspiration having been in dialect, it is clear that to amend this inspiration at the suggestion of wiseacres at the Café would have been to ruin it altogether. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic He was described now as a daring man; and the wiseacres shook their heads as they talked of him. Charlotte's Inheritance Do you know, Hamish," he presently said, "I begin to think we were all a set of wiseacres. The Channings Proceed, Polly, proceed with that catechism—prove yourself the little wiseacre you are. Villette What is this wiseacre stuff you are telling me? The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 The wiseacres of the village had, it seemed, made Mr. W. the subject of their serious conversation. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey "One of the next to go will be Sheldon," said the wiseacres; but in these days of commercial epidemic there was no saying who would be the first to go. Charlotte's Inheritance These wiseacres are as far from the truth as his libellers and slanderers. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire We are almost drawn into the dispute ourselves, and are disposed to ventilate a score of outrageous paradoxes, for the mere satisfaction of contradicting such wiseacres. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics His remarks, which sufficiently revealed this fact, unfortunately struck the keynote of the talk of the political wiseacres in Denmark. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth So when Sam Eastman cut his foot over in the "east woods," all the wiseacres in the neighborhood declared that that foot must be done up in powder-post. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories Sir," replied the old wiseacre, "he was a fool. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography The 'wiseacres' he was thinking of were professors and theologians of his circle at Wittenberg. Life of Luther "Hold your tongue, idiot!" cried Sir Charles, and thrust him out; but the wiseacre had not spoken in vain. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day "I was a wiseacre to answer you seriously." Daniel Deronda Some wiseacre says that listeners never hear good of themselves, and upon my word he was right enough this time, so far as I made out. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War The young wiseacre had pledged away his all for this: signed his name to endless promissory notes, conferring his heart upon the bearer: bound himself for life, and got back twopence as an equivalent. The History of Pendennis Among even his adherents and friends—especially the 'wiseacres' of whom he had spoken—there was much astonishment and shaking of heads. Life of Luther As he rose, however, de Baure caught Stanhope's eye with a glance which the latter says "spoke as plainly as a glance could speak, 'Now I am about to have some fun with these wiseacres!'" The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 Beautiful visions came to him, instead of sermonizing ladies, patronizing money-changers, aggressive upstarts, grimacing wiseacres, and that large class of amiable, well-meaning persons that makes up the bulk of society. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Confidential for a consideration, he told all the secrets of his employers, and it is my firm conviction that he was liberally paid for so doing by both parties of wiseacres. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 There were hours in which she was more hopeful, and defied the wiseacres. Phantom Fortune, a Novel The wiseacres of Washington had nightly predicted, that the site of the hundred-million-dollar gulf naval base would be decided on in March, after the excitement and gayety attending the presidential inauguration had subsided. A Gentleman from Mississippi This is one of those false dilemmas which supply the wiseacres of the world with a plausible case for distrusting the logical faculty. Supply and Demand Hundreds of her like may be found any evening after the theatre in the cafes and restaurants of the "wiseacres" known as the "Tenderloin." The Sorrows of a Show Girl If Van is a fool, I prefer simpletons to wiseacres. Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories Little as Mary know of the world by experience, she had at least heard the wiseacres talk; and that which she had heard was calculated to depress rather than to inspire industrious youth. Phantom Fortune, a Novel But to us the temples and the sacred pools seem nothing by comparison with the mighty monuments of Buddhism, which local wiseacres have erroneously named the Pandu-Lena or caves of the Pandavas. By-Ways of Bombay Some wiseacre has been trying to demonstrate, through the public press, that POE did not write "The Raven." Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 23, September 3, 1870 They troubled the wiseacres; for while they might mean a world of good, they might also stand for several worlds of bad. The Prince of India — Volume 02 That is how things go on board your ship, sir wiseacre; and who shall count the wrecks? Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 None but his wife knew whether he was a wise man, or a wiseacre. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale Although Fray Salvi made little use of violence, yet, as an old wiseacre of the town said, what he lacked in quantity he made up in quality. The Social Cancer Nature is trying all she can to drive the humour out, while some wiseacres are doing all they can to drive the humour in. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children It began to dawn on the wiseacres of the camp-fires why we were now here and now there. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker It was then that the younger wiseacres smiled. Princess Maritza To the intense chagrin of the wiseacres he prospered despite an unprecedented disregard for the teachings of his father and his grandfather before him. Quill's Window Failures of such magnitude as those of Mr. Gye in London, Colonel Mapleson at the Academy of Music, and Mr. Abbey at the Metropolitan Opera House, naturally set the beards of the wiseacres a-wagging. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time A smart little doctor from Dr. Fiddler's staff made occasional visits to the Bronx and looked the part of a wiseacre when Mr. Bingle appealed to him for encouragement. Mr. Bingle It was not He that he betrayed—but you—you wiseacres, you, the powerful, you he betrayed to a shameful death, which will not end, throughout the ages. The Crushed Flower and Other Stories There is, so our wiseacres tell us, the same amount of happiness and sorrow in every station. Emile That I am no wiseacre is pretty well known. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Moreover, if such a right of arrest were proposed, some wiseacre or politician would probably rise up and denounce the suggestion as the first step in the direction of a military dictatorship. Courts and Criminals But did you wiseacres of crime ever stop to think that perhaps they do actually exist? Constance Dunlap The Hammon-Lynn affair was already notorious; Lorelei's part in it led the stage-broken wiseacres to doubt her innocence, and their altered attitude soon became apparent to her. The Auction Block He generally wandered from the question at issue, rambled, as the wiseacres expressed it. The Fortune of the Rougons All the wiseacres here make such a fuss on that point! The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Three tiny tepees in a row—" There was a general laugh as Broad began to shift the walnut-shells, but Kid Bridges retorted, contemptuously: "That's the trouble with all you wiseacres. The Winds of Chance I cannot tell you how profoundly irritating these wiseacres were. The Upton Letters "You will be happier when you are quite a slave, and so I shall save you from being snapped up by some country wiseacre, and marry you into our own set." Love Me Little, Love Me Long A notary, the wiseacre of the party, remarked that he was running to certain death. The Fortune of the Rougons What's the use of a fellow wasting himself on a lot of savages?" and another wiseacre opined: "Oh, he went off because there was friction at home. The Hermit and the Wild Woman The idea of us calling ourselves wiseacres and doing circus stunts like this! The Winds of Chance In too many cases, the wiseacres are dunces of a sort, who lose sight of the simplicity of things, and stifle and obscure it with formulae and trivialities. Under Fire: the story of a squad To train two boys is more than I bargained for, and over and above to hinder this wiseacre Ashton from ruining himself, or being ruined by le Borgne Basque! The Lances of Lynwood Go down; see Toby; see the wiseacres and wire-pullers; get your name in vogue! Denzil Quarrier Starved, sore, and discouraged, we straggled home, jeered at and ridiculed by wiseacres who are always ready to say, 'I told you so!' and by enemies who had no liking for us. Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales Victor Hugo's 'Quasimodo,' who never lived, is the only person the wiseacres associate with such a deed. The Master-Christian I ventured to disagree with the wiseacres who made such a remark, and asked myself, 'Who was this woman who died at Mother Guttersnipe's?' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Editorial wiseacres," says Mr. LeRoy, "may preach that such efforts as Hubbard made are of no great immediate value to the world, even if successful. The Lure of the Labrador Wild The wiseacres to whom I showed my invention were generally of the opinion that the man-eaters would be too cunning to walk into my parlour; but, as will be seen later, their predictions proved false. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures Some wiseacre has guessed the secret which I had fondly imagined was known to God and to myself only. Joseph II. and His Court In fact, the wiseacres have fully determined that we are all drowned. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn "Well, try to wear my skin for a day or so, and turn around in it, and then we'll see what you'll be like, you wiseacre, you!" Mother Knowst not that the wiseacres thought me too dull for teaching till I was past ten years? The Dove in the Eagle's Nest Perchance, master wiseacres, when you have read it, you will appreciate how egotism may also lead men into fatal errors. The Tavern Knight "I came very near not reaching your majesty's presence at all, for those two wiseacres in the anteroom refused me entrance, because I had neither red stockings nor a dagger." Joseph II. and His Court Is not this a pair of wiseacres well matched? Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners Says the wiseacre—"Ah! but if each of us was individually perfect Society would be perfect!" The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) If the deceased had enemies, said these wiseacres, it was probable that he would have talked about them to the skipper. The Green Mummy Cinqbars is no great wiseacre; but, indeed, it requires no great wiseacre to know THAT. The Fitz-Boodle Papers The Washington wiseacres set great store on this new mine of theirs. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray Why, did not a wiseacre in Blackwood's Magazine lately fall foul of "Tom Jones?" Roundabout Papers I only advise; I don't dictate; you shall settle it together, you two wiseacres. A Simpleton If the truth must be told, the sage Leibnitz had a wisdom which now looks dreadfully like that of a wiseacre! History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 They wonder why I am not ready to abet and whet their wisdom: as if they had not yet enough of wiseacres, whose voices grate on mine ear like slate-pencils! Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Equally of course, it afterwards drew down the wrath of the wiseacre public on their own representatives. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray CALLICLES: Well, get on, and don't keep fooling: then you will know what a wiseacre you are in your admonition of me. Gorgias They are chronological tables of cosmic time, and relate to eras of the past, of the Sun's motion, and not by any means to living creatures of antediluvian creations, as some wiseacres have imagined. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 It is a great mistake—one of the greatest ever wiseacre made! Lilith, a romance The wiseacre owls who started it did not see fit to put in an appearance before the committee. The Brick Moon and Other Stories Some wiseacre scoffed at us as the people with only one sauce. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft They regarded it as a sea-captain might regard the proposal of a scientific wiseacre to knock a hole in the ship's bottom in order to make her sail faster. Russia Eh! eh! that word happiness, unhappily, seems to us to mean something absolute, a delusion which sets so many wiseacres inquiring what happiness is. The Firm of Nucingen Those by-words—"atoms," "affinities"—are facts surviving in modern languages for the confusion of philosophic wiseacres who amuse themselves by winnowing the chaff of language to find its grammatical roots. Father Goriot |
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