| 单词 | blockhead |
| 例句 | "My good blockhead, I swear to you that it was put back in my drawer. Greatest surprise I ever had in my life when I found it there." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z "Simpleton! I swear there are not two more ignorant, cloven-footed blockheads in the land." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “Do you dare to suppose me so great a blockhead, as not to know what a man is talking of?—What do you deserve?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z She told Brad, “Yes, blockhead is one word, but can’t you find a better way of expressing yourself?” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “The old lady! No, the young lady, to be sure. I shall think you a great blockhead, Frank, if you bring the aunt without the niece.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes I caught Jet giving him a look that was totally unimpressed and I could almost see Jet thinking Excuse me, but who invited this blockhead to the party? How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He keeps his voice calm, like when he’s trying to tutor someone who is a blockhead. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Morgan is a blockhead,” he wrote to his wife. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z So I hope he's got me down as a superstitious military blockhead. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “If she doesn’t, she’s even more of a blockhead than I think.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was Samuel Johnson who said, wrongly but amusingly, that no one except a blockhead writes for any reason but money. Mary Gaitskill Looks Unhappiness Straight in the Eye 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Borrowing a line from Charlie Brown's friend Lucy, the judge told Robbins, "Don't be a blockhead." 'Charlie Brown' actor to serve sentence in rehab 2013-05-08T23:00:10Z Samuel Johnson once said: “No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.” Perhaps he meant this as self-critique. Did I make it? 2012-11-18T17:01:00Z A snarky little blockhead nurse comes into the room and starts explaining the epidural procedure. My baby's being born same time my man is murdered — the beginning and end 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z “I think there must be something wrong with me,” our favorite blockhead tells his pal Linus in this 1965 holiday TV special. ‘Love the Coopers’ and Other Films About Christmas Discontent 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z I suggest you pose it that way, because you already asked and answered that question yourself — and because telling someone she’s being a blockhead tends to be bad for marriages. Carolyn Hax: Grandparents, reunions and what is really worth inheriting 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z “Oh, what a blockhead! Mother was right. Go on, please, I am all attention. One more mouthful of beer.” Trump and Clinton: The Victorian Novel 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z A printed compilation of @drsamueljohnson's tweets, Dr Johnson's Dictionary Of Modern Life, is to be published next month, in adherence with Johnson's idea that "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money." Dr Johnson's pop culture almanack 2010-08-13T23:06:00Z It’s also creative to the nth, and the world around her has gone to hell, so for the love of blockheads please leave her creative refuge intact. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A parent and daughter battle over an elaborate Lego creation 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z As Samuel Johnson said, “No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.” You’ve seen the new ‘Star Wars’ movie — should you read the book tie-in? 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Karr is smart to acknowledge both literary economics and Samuel Johnson, who famously said, “No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.” ‘The Art of Memoir’ review: Mary Karr’s advice for telling your life story 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Wilson’s Frank is a psychotic chip off the blockhead, Dwight, he plays in “The Office.” | 'Super': You Don?t Need Superpowers if You Have a Pipe Wrench (and Anger Issues) 2011-03-31T23:05:03Z We stand on the decision and dismiss nurse blockhead. My baby's being born same time my man is murdered — the beginning and end 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z The "blockhead" he conjures reads everything and blindly attacks everything, "From Dryden's fables down to Durfey's tales." Poem of the week: An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope 2013-07-08T09:59:20Z "Have fun in Charlotte, blockhead," he said before hanging up. My reading from hell: A writer's road to self-promotion is paved with live, in-person disasters 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Thus, 's latest film, , has provided some excellent knee exercise for certain commentators and critics who have deemed the film, and Winterbottom himself, "gratuitously violent", "misogynistic" and "a nasty blockhead". Why the outrage over The Killer Inside Me? Domestic violence really is brutal 2010-06-09T08:00:00Z And sometimes it’s the blockhead at the back of the room who didn’t do the summer reading assignment and needs time before being ready to start doing homework again. On ‘S.N.L.’ Premiere, Jay-Z and Michael Che Attack Trump Over Puerto Rico and Race 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z Language includes insults like “loser,” “big butt,” “jerks” and “blockhead.” What to watch with your kids: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ and more 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z On “Poor Little Fool,” by Ricky Nelson: “She sized you up, she was captivating and shrewd and lousy with lies. Oh yeah, you were an absolute blockhead beyond a doubt.” Bob Dylan on the Songs That Captivate and Define Us 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z It just has been led by an unqualified blockhead for so long that we came to think of it that way. Perspective | Don’t misinterpret Mark Emmert’s failure. The NCAA can be saved. 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Now, Twitter user @tarngerine has pushed this developing meme even further by creating a tool that lets you create your own blockhead image. You, too, can have a Jack Dorsey-like block profile picture 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z His son Billy’s family nickname was “The Blatherskite,” Dutch for “blockhead.” Review | How to fritter away a family fortune 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “They were not blockheads that were chomping down on anything they saw moving,” he said. T. Rex was fearsome but may have been a picky eater 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z It’s of recent coinage, a portmanteau of “pandemic” and “pendejo,” the Mexican Spanish term for a blockhead. Column: Don't be a 'pandejo.' Take the pandemic seriously 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z “Listen, they give Oscars to people like Charlton Heston. All the cliches about Hollywood are true. It’s silly to knock it, because it’s so obviously stupid. The movie business is run by blockheads.” Shirley Knight, Tony- and Emmy-winning actress who spoke her mind, dies at 83 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z After playing a pregnant woman who runs off with a football player in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Rain People,” released in 1969, she wearied of the Hollywood routine, terming the studio bosses “blockheads.” Shirley Knight, Oscar-nominated actress, has died at 83 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Tiny blockheads jumped around as musicians like Bean Boy and Drive 65 played their sets. I went to an American Football show in Minecraft 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z There is no bottom here — no dignity that Republicans will refuse to throw away to defend the snuffling, racist blockhead they call their leader. Why does the Republican Party exist? Mainly to clean up Donald Trump's messes 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z And the woman who was doing the work said, ‘It’s called a blockhead.’ Lee Mendelson, producer of TV’s ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ dies at 86 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z “There’s a crisis now in the mountains and the criminal gangs aren’t blockheads,” he said. Toxic mix of gangs, vigilantes fuels rising Mexican violence 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z He heard it from the station owner for having the audacity to call people “blockheads” if they didn’t meet his standards. Jim Rome can be seen and heard just about everywhere — but on L.A. radio he's tough to find 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Ziegfeld, 32, also performs at Coney Island as a burlesque dancer and a human blockhead. From Coney Island Sideshows to an Operatic Debut at the Met 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z “Now if working-level talks are deadlocked and if our officials act like arrogant blockheads, President Moon can just call me directly and the problem will be solved,” he said. Trump’s Abrupt ‘Yes’ to North Korea: The 45 Minutes That Could Alter History 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z “A blockhead. I said, ‘They told you who I was.’ Lee Mendelson, producer of TV’s ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ dies at 86 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Dunsworth described the overall effect as “faceless, soulless blockheads” above naked torsos. Women rate the strongest men as the most attractive, study finds 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z “Charlie Brown is a blockhead,” Lucy confesses, “but he did get a nice Christmas tree.” How Charlie Brown killed the aluminum Christmas tree 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Perhaps Donald will take down with him some of the blockheads that currently populate the US Senate. Can the G.O.P. Senate Majority Survive Donald Trump? 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Certain insults — for instance, the Lucy staples like “blockhead” and “failure” — may bother some parents, but they can be used to open discussion about disrespect and/or bullying. What to watch with your kids: ‘A Boy Named Charlie Brown,’ ‘Zootopia’ and more 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Trump somehow has rounded up a Hall of Shame rogues’ gallery of every sports blockhead, loudmouth and ne’er-do-well east and west of Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago. Who supports Donald Trump? Oh, just John Daly, Bobby Knight and Mike Tyson. 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z The blockheads who arrived in Nevada last year, like the faux freedom fighters in Oregon now, are drunk on dreams of revolution. They’re traitors: Let’s call the Oregon standoff what it really is — domestic terrorism 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z They may be blockheads, some of them, but at least they’re trained blockheads. Lemmy interviewed in 2004: 'People don’t know how to be outrageous any more' 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z True, anti-intellectualism is not unique to China: few political leaders, especially those in their bid to consolidate power, would find intellectuals as desirable as blockheads. The Rising Anti-Intellectualism In China: Part II 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Assuming it is proven that Sterling is that type of blockhead racist, Silver would be within his authority to suspend him. Reid: Jason Reid: If the voice on the tape is Donald Sterling’s, it’s time for the Clippers owner to go 2014-04-27T02:49:39Z Surrounded by blockheads who were more interested in hitting the club than the weightroom, Wall had no one to teach him the right way to play. Reid: John Wall and Bradley Beal are in the spotlight for the Washington Wizards 2014-02-26T22:29:47Z Management finally dumped the blockheads and replaced them with solid veterans, and it appears Wall and Beal are headed toward stardom together. Reid: Hard to build a case the Wizards are drafting the right way 2014-02-23T04:09:52Z It invites a re-examination of the rights and privileges of any paper-pushing bureaucrats, petty tyrants and doddering blockheads who happen to be occupying managerial positions. The Copernician Revolution In Management 2013-07-11T20:20:00Z "It's the attitude of those who call the people 'blockheads' and 'belly scratchers'." Insight: Erdogan wounded, not felled, by Turkish protests 2013-06-05T20:11:03Z Charlie Brown was often called a blockhead by some of the other characters on the show. Man who was voice of Charlie Brown sent to drug facility for stalking 2013-05-09T02:35:55Z There’s a new player in town, and he’s a big blockhead. Don't Call It a Comeback, Charlie Brown 2012-11-28T10:45:00Z Samuel Johnson may have been overstating things when he said “No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.” Did Woody Allen Rip Off William Faulkner? 2012-11-05T12:30:07Z Thou wretch! the little warbler cry’d, Made up of ignorance and pride; Ask all the birds, and they’ll declare A greater blockhead wings not air. Moores Fables for the Female Sex 2012-04-24T02:00:20.600Z It is true that there is occasionally a real “blockhead” among children, but such cases are quite as rare as imbecility and physical deformity. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z An excuse may be borrowed for him, because he was allowed to do so; but where is the excuse for the one who gave an ignorant and careless blockhead that authority? Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z These poor young women, broken down and exhausted by so dreadful an operation, became willing to answer such questions as this royal blockhead had prepared to put to them. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z He was a sensualist, a coward, an imbecile, and a blockhead. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z It’s for the gendarme office to scent a bird of that variety, but then the gendarme office is made up of rogues and blockheads. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z "To be sure, blockhead," he answered, in high good humour. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z "I thought thee a sharper, and I have found thee a blockhead," said he, and he signified to the damsel to wrap herself in her mantle and follow him. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z But the frightened girl returned with an angry message of refusal from the chivalrous blockhead. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Sometimes, therefore, the "Moniteur" came out with twenty of its columns filled up with the dull maunderings of some provincial blockhead, for whom servility and money had secured an official candidature. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z One father, whose son had been declared a blockhead by his teachers, wanted the Good Jew to pray that the boy might get “a good head.” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Why, you blockhead, does not your master call himself my friend? Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts 2012-02-06T03:00:17.157Z I tell you, Master Szénasi, you are an infinitely useless blockhead——" "I humbly beg——" "Don't beg anything. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z But this would merely mean that the most important Ambassadorial post that Germany had at her disposal was occupied by a fool and a blockhead. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z I am confident, as to the bell—it had the full, jarring sound, occasioned by the blockhead of a sexton, who cracked it, in 1814. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z You can beat him every time at tying a knot: he’s just a blockhead, isn’t he?” A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z Better be a villain than a fool, he implies, by quoting approvingly the boast of the Scotch family that it had produced “many a blackguard but not one blockhead.” The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z You mustn't think I'm a blockhead, mother, about these people here tonight, for instance. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z It is an excellent beginning to be fished up by this blockhead. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z One thing is certain; that if you Blow out each other's brains, 'Twill be apparent what a few Each blockhead's skull contains. Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865) 2011-11-21T03:00:13.443Z Have you been sending bouquets to your fair ones, messieurs?" queried Mouillot; "that reminds me of an experience I had with a blockhead of a messenger. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z "Shame on you for letting Isidorito be made doctor of laws these four years, while you have not succeeded in graduating as a licentiate yet, you blockhead!" The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z And now the skeptical blockheads who doubt every thing would say that what follows was the consequence of our libations. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z He who now says “Nothing has happened to me” is a blockhead. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z As she finished this tirade, Hann� cast a side-glance at me, who, in truth, played capitally the part of the most tiresome, self-satisfied blockhead of a nephew anyone could imagine. 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 I looked upon the majority of the holy fathers either as notorious blockheads or dishonest knaves. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z The Papists and priestlike blockheads always turn the darkest side, and so they did in my case. John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch 2011-10-12T02:00:44.710Z Chump, chump, an end lump of wood: a blockhead: the head.—Off his chump—out of his mind. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Fie! the blockheads, can ye ’not see that the noble duke is standing?” Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z He next approached the blackboard, and began to draw some figures with a piece of chalk, stopped in the middle, stammered and grew angry, abusing his pupil for being a doll and a blockhead. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z “But seest thou not, blockhead, that ’tis to keep us from the money,” cried the woman angrily. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z "I think just now that thou art a blockhead, so I am able to think,--but my mouth pains me." On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z “To be sure, you blockhead,” said I; “how can I make feather-flowers from a live pigeon?” Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Sure enough, Liszt kissed Carl and congratulated him on his birthday, and consoled himself with his same old observation, "You'll either turn out a great blockhead, my little Carl, or a great master." Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z I grew stouter and stronger every year and became more and more the stupidest blockhead that ever thumbed a school-book. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z "Tell, blockhead, tell," the rest encourage him, "now you've begun, tell!" Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Here he turned to his sons: "Run, some blockhead, to the cellar, bring mead!" The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z If Olle returns in the meantime, tell him he's a blockhead. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z I often think of what Tausig said once: "Oh, compared with Liszt, we other artists are all blockheads." Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z "There will be one blockhead less in the white world." With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z A squatter's son is a chip off the old blockhead. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z The acute Spaniard just named says that “every blockhead is thoroughly persuaded that he is in the right;” Cranmer was less of a blockhead than most of his compeers. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z That should convince the worst blockhead of the impracticability of his dreams. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z And do you think that any one to whom Providence has given the opportunity of collegiate education, and who will turn out an ignorant blockhead, will ever learn anything from observation? Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z A well-read fool is one of the most pestilential of blockheads. Every Man His Own University 2011-08-04T02:00:22.623Z Do you suppose that I--the Count of Reichenberg--can be sent home like a blockhead, with such an answer as that? The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z “Prove your father’s statements, dear little sister, and we shall let these foreigners know that we are not the blockheads they call us.” Molly Brown's College Friends 2011-07-16T02:00:15.700Z He was a worthy soul, no doubt, but between us, who were in the secret, an utter blockhead. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z A dull, stupid fellow; a blockhead of the most knotty material, "unwedgeable" by any possible force of common sense; a spot on the face of the earth! Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z What shall I tell you? that you are a blockhead? Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z It is rather pathetic, I think, although of course he was an awful blockhead. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z Yes, or writing an invoice in lampblack, and shining his shoes with an ink-bottle, as usual, you blundering blockhead! Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z Why does not the blockhead stir?—Well, well, my good fellow! The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts 2011-07-05T02:00:33.083Z Run, run, madam! follow a blockhead's advice, and run, or 'tis all over with us. The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts 2011-06-26T02:00:10.547Z More than half his time is spent in yawning at the chimney corner; music wearies him; reading makes his eyes ache; his cook is a dull blockhead, and has no invention! Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The immortal Newton, sir, was never capable of acting so much like a blockhead. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z Why does the blockhead stammer!—I have my reasons. Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z For the whole body were distinguished from each other, the two blockheads said, not in the existence but simply in the degree of their love for both of the two fainting subjects. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z The postmaster is an extraordinary blockhead who knows nothing. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z But come, come!' added the hypocrite, assuming a tone of friendly persuasion, 'you won't be such a blockhead, Franklin, as to lose going to the play for nothing; it's only just obstinacy. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z A blockhouse, invented, built, and governed by blockheads, or at least beings with wooden blocks instead of human hearts. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z "A critic, blockhead," said Don Quixote, "you mean." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z We have a high regard for the healing faculty; nor do we think that, amongst its ranks, there is to be found more than the ordinary proportion of blockheads. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z The blockheads think that I am like her, an ordinary Cossack.” The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z Well, I'm glad I can prove myself no blockhead at such an easy rate. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z Ah, yes; you're wondering how I could be such a blockhead as to think that possible. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Can there be any body in the world," cried he, "that can say thou art not an incorrigible blockhead, Sancho; a compound of folly and knavery, wherein malice also is no small ingredient? The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z "You are a blockhead!" said H�uning, and left the room. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z “The blockhead may eat bread only as far as I am concerned,” said his wife to herself; “then I shall have a chance of getting some coffee.” The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z God grant that you may not be the only man that doesn't think me a blockhead! Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z A hundred blockheads more make a hundred soldiers less, which is clearly enough our advantage, whenever we choose to make an invasion. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Tell me, ye rogues in a troop!—not troopers, but highway marauders, under license of the holy brotherhood—who was the blockhead that signed the warrant for apprehending such a knight as I am? The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z "You blockhead!" said Jochen again, scrambling up, while Gottlieb splashed and waded about in the deep mire, "how could you turn us over here?" Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z These blockheads of Finnish women are always clean where there is no need to be. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z What business is that of yours, you blockhead? In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z "Out of the way, ecclesiastical blockhead!" called out Master Spazzo to the fir-tree, and when it did not move, he drew his sword. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z He is sharper any day than his blockhead of a brother. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z "That you are a blockhead!" said his H�uning, and drew him angrily out of the room. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z If he were blockhead enough to tell them the truth, on pretence that it is wrong to tell a lie, it is clear that he would draw an absurd consequence from a very true principle. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z The devil take the blockhead! may I die, if it isn't the young English officer, he's sending up here. Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z They are all alike, these blockheads," he muttered, "when they take it into their heads to work they are more stupid than ever. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z He has a wonderfully pleasant way of teaching, and instead of only telling us we are dunces and blockheads, like Mr. R., he helps us not to remain so. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z "Isn't it enough to vex one, when my blockhead of a cousin obstinately persists in his silly romance, with this old hypocrite and his daughter?" Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z Ah, you insinuate that my boy is a blockhead. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z "Dolt! blockhead! have you no brains?" she said, passionately. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z I'm steering the fire-ship that will blow you all up, if I please; and you talk of flinging a squib at me, you blockhead! The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z If there is a joint loose anywhere in society, he knows of it; if the affairs of the State are going into confusion because of some blockhead’s mismanagement, he knows of it. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z "If you are only sure of it," said his dear wife, "how can you tell one blockhead from another?" Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z Allah knows there be many greater blockheads in this sublunary world than his servant the Hajji. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z I am no longer the old blockhead who supposed that, alone, he could stem the tide of a new era. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z I have been a blockhead to neglect my duty, that I might not cause pain to others;—we poor curates—we are, as may be said, ever between a hawk and a buzzard. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z And do you think they will never get their eyes open to see what blockheads, or impostors, you and your lawmakers are? A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People 2011-01-22T03:00:14.093Z "Then do as you ought!" cried the day-laborers, "down with the blockhead, he tells us nothing but what we know already." Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z Despite of all the twaddling old blockhead could do to prevent it, the haunch was nevertheless brought in, and its appearance hailed with considerable delight. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Trine and Lene, and the youngest son, Melcher, the stupidest of all, a perfect blockhead, and they were hired to do all the work of the household. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z The remainder, who seemed to be harmless blockheads, were convoys. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Have they all been mere blockheads, who never read this amendment, or knew nothing of its meaning? A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People 2011-01-22T03:00:14.093Z Do you believe, that blockhead looked me right in the face, and said he wasn't quite ready to empty the cart, and would go into the line. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z There is nothing so humiliating as to see blockheads succeed in undertakings in which we fail. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z "I have been a terrible blockhead, but, fortunately, this Bertram is a worse rogue, and his roguery will stand us in as good stead as my wisdom could have done." Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z I went on shore, for the first time, to have an official interview with the blockhead. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z D—n your squeaking!" growled Mr. Skinner, "and d—n the blockhead that let her come in! The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z Do you think so? let me tell you any blockhead can think out things, but the difficulty is to make them. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z “So I think, blockheads,” said Manfred; “what is it has scared you thus?” Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z What is to be done with these conscientious people who, from a pure sense of duty, sacrifice themselves and their dearest friends to confer happiness upon blockheads and scoundrels? Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z I'd like to get hold of that blockhead of a courier who brought you this letter. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z His brother is a trump of a fellow; but this chap is a blockhead. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z Most of them admired him accordingly, though a few blockheads turned up their noses, and insinuated that for a lieutenant his conversation savored too strongly of the farm-yard. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z The media pounced on Aso's every slip to discredit the prime minister as an aloof blockhead. Japan Is Mired in Petty Scandal 2010-05-14T23:33:00Z One point that we need to remember is that "He who has to deal with a blockhead has need of much brains." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources "But I shall be taken for a blockhead," objected the other. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Your innocence! it is shocking," cried the justice, holding up his hands; "the fellow has a letter from the sheriff in his pocket, and the blockhead relies on his innocence! The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z We shall have no trouble with these blockheads, who are sometimes difficult. A Blot on the Scutcheon "I was so big a blockhead for a minute," he confessed, laughing, "as to think that was meant for me." The Undying Past "Wood be hanged! you blockhead!" said he, raising his foot in a passion, but a smile on the corners of his mouth shoved it to the deck again before it reached me. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 "Ye dinna mean to say the like o' that?" said I. "Say that, you blockhead!" returned my acquaintance—"wherefore wouldn't you believe me yesterday?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 I will not willingly see blockheads, whom I have a right to despise, elevated above me and insolently triumphing over me. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams He reproached himself severely for having behaved like a blockhead, in neglecting to seize his good fortune by the forelock. A Divided Heart and Other Stories "I'll fight it out with you in any court you like, you stubborn blockhead!" Stranded in Arcady "No, it wasn't pity, either, you old blockhead," said Carl, laughing. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches But there's nothing fine about it, when one sees these gibbering blockheads shouting and yelling about nothing. Sinister Street, vol. 1 You stupid blockhead, don't you know your curiosity is peeking out at every corner of your eyes? The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec I have observed over and over again that in the majority of cases when an Englishman reaches a certain rank in official life, he seems to become an obstinate blockhead. Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War "No, the obstinate blockhead—he will not consent!" Marguerite de Valois "I take it that all mothers make the same sort of blunder, and never will believe that they can have a blockhead for a son till the world has set its seal on him." Tony Butler My friend, I have lived long, and he was the most incredible blockhead of my experience. Last Words I hope you will not again call me blockhead. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Of what use would blockheads be but to fuss and grope about blindly? The Progressionists, and Angela. I remember," once said this celebrated divine, "hearing my father say to my mother: 'How could you have the patience to tell that blockhead the same thing twenty times over?' John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced Bets are the blockhead's argument,— The only logic he can vent, His minor and his major.— The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses “That your forefathers were great blockheads, and that their descendant is not a whit the wiser.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. And you do not wish me to call you blockhead? The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern You blockhead, I mean there will soon have to be a partition. The Progressionists, and Angela. Thus would I live, with no dull pedants curs'd, Sure, of all blockheads, Scholars are the worst. The Man of Taste I ought to have recollected that though a blockhead's counsel may be good, it requires a clever man to execute it. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise With that blockhead I'd need twice twenty-four hours to make him grasp what I was talking about. Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts If I get angry at a blockhead, I am not angry with you. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern And because he displays the spirit of an energetic business man, because his capacity for speculating occasionally overwhelms blockheads and dunces, he is decried as a ravenous wolf. The Progressionists, and Angela. This is True Taste, and whoso likes it not, Is blockhead, coxcomb, puppy, fool, and sot. The Man of Taste Of course there are many examples of people blowing others from cannon; but that is quite a different thing; any blockhead can do that. Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times I do simplify, doubtless, if to simplify is to fail to comprehend the insanity of a passion that bewilders a young blockhead with bugaboo barriers, with hideous and monstrous sacrifices. The Spoils of Poynton I know all; everything goes on well, and I say again you are a blockhead. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern The old fool and that blockhead there are proud of it in the bargain, and show off their new clothes.' On the Heights A Novel “It would be too humiliating for France, and for all Europe,” she said, “that, for fifteen years, it had been beaten and outwitted by a coward and a blockhead.” Lives of Celebrated Women And you take any notice of this blockhead's notions? Maximina Owen I can just make out; for Owen is a blockhead. The Spoils of Poynton I departed, head over ears in love, a captivated blockhead. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second An art it is, and must be learn’d; and learn’d With unremitting effort, or be lost; And leaves us perfect blockheads, in our bliss. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes She's the daughter of the principal medical man in Shrewsbury; a pompous old blockhead, with twenty thousand pounds and a pigtail. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 The difference between the gorgeousness of the ballet and the dim air of the court was unimaginable to the blockheads outside. Carnival It was true; he had not been exactly a blockhead; but dull and unsympathetic. Landolin I was wrong, also, in confiding in my Proven�al captain, who, in addition to various other bad qualities, turned out to be the most inept blockhead to whom ever were entrusted lives and cargoes. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. This did not, of course, trouble Michelangelo, who despised Perugino and called him a "blockhead." Michelangelo "I called the fellow a blockhead at first—and I call him a blockhead still," comprehended all his performances in one general contempt. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 He must be a blockhead, who does not consider our country the finest of all lands. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series But listen: to you alone dare I confide the whole truth; yonder blockhead would ruin everything by his blind impetuosity. The Scarlet Banner Discipline is necessary, but to bear with such blockheads who disgrace you, and can do nothing but curse and swear--and this fellow did not even understand his duties--is harder than you think. Waldfried A Novel What a blockhead was the fellow to trust me with his coat! The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee Seeing that I did not understand him he suddenly roared out angrily the name of the rope in good Swedish and added: “Do you understand me now, you confounded blockhead!” Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant His tutorial business had been for many years to drive the unwilling and ungrateful blockhead through the Pass Degree. The New Warden Oh!" he sighed; "those blockheads oblige me to commit a folly with open eyes. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 As to Porthos, it is funny enough, to be sure, but I am a crazy blockhead all the same. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Colonel S. The letter, blockhead, which I sent by you to Sir Harry Wildair; have you seen him? The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee At that the Frenchman flung down the light and bolted for the door, followed by the English trader cursing between set teeth that before "that blundering blockhead had argued the matter" something would happen. The Story of the Trapper Isn’t it enough for me to be a blockhead without you entering the lists along with me?” said Cleek, irritably. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Citizens of Massachusetts, look well about you; you are beset by harpies, knaves and blockheads, who are employing every artifice and falsehood to effect your ruin. Essays on the Constitution of the United States To that we agreed—Gaston calling himself a blockhead for not thinking of the usefulness of secrecy for a time. Francezka The hood will also partially cover my bear face—mayhap the Franks have sharper eyes than those two blockheads of slaves. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Often I had half made up my mind to turn him awa from the school, for I saw that I never would have any credit by the blockhead. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 Not a tree on the banks of any one of them—yet he had been a blockhead who called them bare. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) This is the article, my countrymen, which knaves and blockheads have so often dressed up in false colours, and requested your attention to the construction of it. Essays on the Constitution of the United States I comforted myself with the reflection that such a handsome fellow must be a blockhead. Eyes Like the Sea At another time Clarke on looking out at the window saw a grave blockhead approaching the house; upon which he cried out, “Boys, boys, be wise; here comes a fool.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" "There, you can see yourself, what a blockhead you are," said Maren harshly. Ditte: Girl Alive! No better eating than a hare, though old blockhead Burton—and he was a blockhead, if blockhead ever there was one in this world—in his Anatomy, chooses to call it melancholy meat. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Well, then shall I have no power to oust this blockhead? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 How instantly Muki became the sensible fellow and I the blockhead! Eyes Like the Sea Every blockhead," writes Nicolai, "feels several inches taller if he and a few dozen millions of his kind can only unite to form a majority.... The Forerunners But she always thought with a sigh of the days when Sören still lived and she was nothing more than his "blockhead"—those were happy days. Ditte: Girl Alive! Art thou come, blockhead, to fight with me who was born in the world of men? The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason I can never be satisfied with any one who would be blockhead enough to have me!” Threads of Grey and Gold “You are a blockhead!” cries a third, furiously striking at him with his professional cane. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. "There you are again! why the deuce can't you pass over all that, and tell us what the confounded blockheads on that side did really say?" Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Our white population, too, would furnish blockheads enough to satisfy all the classical kidnappers in the land. Thoughts on African Colonization "I am a seed and you are a blockhead." The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories Ho-le!" said he, slapping his forehead; "what a blockhead I am—what was I thinking about? The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 He would far rather be called a blockhead than be told he cannot ride. Jena or Sedan? I am the fool," Mr. Heron went on volubly—"the blockhead, the idiot, that thought England had principles, and honor, and a policy, and all the rest of it! The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 It is we who make the laws, you blockheads! The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature He did not mind being called a blockhead, for, when you're a root, you have to submit to being abused. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories The latter had heard the guide’s account of the meeting; and as soon as Zimmermann had made plain what he had told her of the falling body, “Triple blockhead!” said he. Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 But yesterday you were absent, and I was a regular blockhead. Jena or Sedan? Tapping with an auctioneer's hammer on a block of granite, would make about as much impression upon it as will hint, innuendo, or suggestion, upon a blockhead. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. Now the learned Jews grew so fond of their Talmud, that they declared a man to be a blockhead if he knew only the Scriptures and not the Talmud explanation. The Bible in its Making The most Wonderful Book in the World But this country blockhead just looked Sam up and down, and remarks judicious: 'It's certainly wonderful how you know all these things. Seven Keys to Baldpate “Triple blockhead!” said he; “triple blockhead, thou art so bad as Splüthner.” Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 To make things worse, that blockhead Truchsess had hurt himself in removing the wheel that had been "destroyed," so that only four men were left. Jena or Sedan? My lady, who was behind him, said to him in a low voice, ‘What are you doing, blockhead? am I not here?’ Old Roads and New Roads Men of genius are more subject to “unnatural civil war” than even the blockheads whom Pope sarcastically reproaches with it. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors I said; "who cares anything for the ridicule of a blockhead?" My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. He struck his forehead with his clenched hand and called himself the most unflattering names he could think of, "fool, blockhead, idiot." Absolution Herr Richter must take his readers for great blockheads to dare dish up such trash to them on the subject of our gold. Woman under socialism One burglary after another, and these Scots blockheads without a man to show for it. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV They never suspected that “a blockhead of his size could do what wiser men could not,” and, as a fine comic genius, command a whole province in human nature. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors What hope that a blockhead would strike the exact middle of so fine a line? Aurora the Magnificent "What a blockhead you are, to be sure!" he shouted, slapping his thighs. Absolution As if we were all blockheads and egregious fools and could not see their logic as well as they! Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent It's all right to get rid of all the fools, idiots, maniacs, blockheads, morons, psychopaths, paranoids, timidity-ridden, fear-worshipers, fanatics, thieves, and the rest of the general, all-round, no-good characters; I'm all for it. Occasion for Disaster Hill ventured to notice this attack on his “blockhead;” and, as was usual with him, had some secret history to season his defence with. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors "And so," cried the nobleman, "you have burnt your opera, and are really such a blockhead as to believe in the absurdities of a monk!" Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches Men are Whigs or not-Whigs, and the not-Whig is less a heretic to be anathematised than a blockhead beneath the reach of argument. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) What a fool he had been to make such a blunder––what an utter blockhead. The Phantom Lover “Of whom could I be talking but that big blockhead who proposes to challenge me to a duel with revolvers at one hundred paces?” Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' Men are not born blockheads; they become such. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." It was that he was a blockhead, and had no idea of the absurdity that he was committing. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 He!" vociferated the uncle, "a proud blockhead; I heerd of his goings on. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 The blockhead thought his master would be angry if disturbed by such trifles, and this ended the experiment with the brazen head. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel You blockhead, those are the tapers in my friend's sickroom! Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend Very well; and there is something for yourself, blockhead.” The Strollers Mr. Gladstone and his set of blockheads seem quite impervious to reason, and even the constituencies of England seem to lack information. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule “I’m thinking that Smythe is a fool, and Murray is a blockhead.” The Heart of Thunder Mountain I am taking this sorry blockhead of mine to hire him out to somebody or other. Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales If all blockheads are not vicious,—and I think they are,—all wicked men are necessarily foolish. Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine “Even if he calls you ‘liar’ and ‘blockhead’?” The Strollers His gay friend Wilkes had declared that he would be out-distanced in the professional race by dull plodders and blockheads, but at the outset he appears to have started with a fair amount of zest. James Boswell Famous Scots Series If I’d had the slightest enmity to you that would have been my chance after you tried to murder me, you blockhead! Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield "Another review, and by some officer who was not a d—d lawyer blockhead, might be awkward!" Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 In the former I soon found that blockheads with better memories would soon surpass me, but for the latter I was particularly distinguished. Six Centuries of Painting “Gratitude for having been called ‘idiot,’ ‘dog,’ and ‘blockhead’ nearly all my life! The Strollers "The curse of God on thee for a blockhead!" he exclaimed. The Story of Don Quixote They had both been called into existence with the intention of being baffled and beaten, and made, with a wise adaptation of means to the desired end, consummate blockheads for the express purpose. Leading Articles on Various Subjects An ignorant rector had occasion to wait on a bishop, who was so incensed at his stupidity that he exclaimed, "What blockhead gave you a living?" 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. "Why, the Fifth Form Literary Society, you blockhead!" Soldiers of the Queen By the same token, I told the gentleman who recommended him to me, that the fellow was a blockhead, and I had done with him.’ Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges His clothes are always dirty, for he will not brush them; his eyes are dull and heavy; he looks like a clown and speaks like a blockhead. The Bad Family & Other Stories "You blockheads don't seem to understand what I want and what I am trying to do," shouted the general, wrathfully. Rodney The Partisan A fop in company, wanting his servant, called out: "Where's that blockhead of mine?" 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. Surely the old blockhead would not make himself so ridiculous. The Politician Out-Witted Oh, yes—They thought so too—for lack-a-day, Their gen'ral turned the blockade to a play: Poor vain poltroons—with justice we'll retort, And call them blockheads for their idle sport. The Group A Farce “Plague take the blockhead!” he at last exclaimed, and with this compliment began the long and sorrowful story of her wedded life. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden I never knew before that you were such a blockhead. Rodney The Partisan "Just as you please," quietly responded Pat, "fool or blockhead—it's no matter, so long as yer free to own it!" 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. Yes, it's for that;—I remember he said you call'd him a blockhead. The Politician Out-Witted It reflects and gives sensuous images of truth; but it is only the Philistine or the blockhead who can seriously ask, is it true? Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Block is an obstruction, a stop; and, finally, Block means a blockhead. Practical Education, Volume I The words "blockhead" and "booby" were the mildest which they now applied to each other. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories I enjoy the friendship of men of letters, and am therefore not to be put down by the opposition of a parcel of senseless blockheads, without brain, or heart, or soul. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. You are crazier than either, you old blockhead, or you would not make such a crazy speech: I say my constitution is a thousand per cent. better than yours. The Politician Out-Witted He was a blockhead, but he was a man, and could stand up for his love, and for his own rights as a man, independent of the world. Phoebe, Junior It only means, Belinda, that this said shepherd was blockhead enough to keep gazing upon his beloved fair, although every glance shot him through the heart,515 and killed him a hundred times. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Ye have become great blockheads, blind leaders, understanding not at all the Scriptures. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost "What a blockhead I was!" he thought, quite angry with himself. Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Let all such blockheads suppose what they choose. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 What a blockhead I am not to have put the book into my pocket; for, except in extreme cases, the traveller's person is never searched. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge "I merely hinted that you—well, you can't help seeing it yourself—" "Seeing what, you blockhead?" The End of the Rainbow You dazzle the blockhead public with a showy operation, and no one thinks of asking why it is that the necessity for this same operation recurs so often. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The man who would claim such a silly thing ought to be discarded from scientific and literary circles as a blockhead. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 “You might have said it more directly, you blockhead!” The Brothers Karamazov When Bayes thou play'st, thyself thou art; For that by nature fit, No blockhead better suits the part, Than such a coxcomb wit. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Because the style is not in keeping with her character, blockhead! Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange When you address the blockhead majority, you must not only give them your text, you must tell them also what to think of it, otherwise there will be fine misinterpretation. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Fools and blockheads! just because I've got a banking account that would buy half of them up, and never miss it. The Rhodesian “You are a blockhead all the same,” the old lady shouted to him as she drove away. The Brothers Karamazov Tell me, honest blockhead, did you ever hear such a name as Halfman?” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel By the former Klim was considered a blockhead, on account of the quickness of his perceptions; by the latter he was equally despised for the slowness of his apprehension. Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. Such is the hero's first speech, in which, contrary to all decorum and probability, he addresses the goddess Dulness, without disguising her as a despicable being, and even calls himself fool and blockhead. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 He was a blockhead, he had a wooden head. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts She simply called her a "blockhead," who believed, like all country-people, that a few days in bed means death. Germinie Lacerteux It was not written by Naomi at all, and in my heart I cursed myself as a blockhead for being so easily duped. The Birthright He imagined the child grown into a young man; he would make a companion of him; but perhaps he would be a blockhead, a wretched creature, in any event. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man And that is bad law, indeed, that recognises a natural right in blockheads to be blackguards, and gives unlimited license of brutality towards any man of genius who may have been ironical on the tribe. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Lord Chief-Justice—You blockhead, I ask you, did you tell him so? State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) "You blockhead!" cried the master, beating him, "you stupid little fool, how can you show that?" The Adventures of Daniel Boone: the Kentucky rifleman The fellow is evidently a blockhead after all. The Birthright “Indeed I am a blockhead not to pay better attention; but the truth is, Jonker—excuse me, Freule—the custom is such an inveterate one.” Major Frank Happier thy fortunes! like a rolling stone, Thy giddy dulness still shall lumber on, Safe in its heaviness, shall never stray, But lick up ev'ry blockhead in the way. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 He lives like a pig, too, excuse me, a clodhopper, a blusterer, a big-bellied blockhead, with a swollen red mug—makes me want to hit him in the eye, the blackguard. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories Nothing delights a true blockhead so much as to prove a negative;—to show that everybody has been wrong. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving It is the finest, the most rare and difficult talent that can be; but it is disgraced by blockheads, and proscribed by hypocrites. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 To the old man Gorgibus, to see his daughter who is ill; but you are a blockhead who, instead of doing what we want, might … Sgan. The Flying Doctor (Le Médecin Volant) But the "blockhead" knew what he was about, and after a half circle to test the working of the engines, he opened the throttle and shot her upwards at a terrific speed. With Haig on the Somme It is these blockheads and simpletons who thus set the mode. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) What can I do in this dilemma, of being a blockhead, a heretic, or a Jansenist? Pascal Simpleton! their governors had fallen out; and instead of shooting one another, had the cunning to make these poor blockheads shoot.' The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Well, sir, you have only come to be discharged; for I will no longer have a stupid and useless blockhead about. Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter "What for a blockhead are you?" he cried, with big eyes. Black Spirits and White A Book of Ghost Stories So my old man—the old blockhead—off he goes: “Marry, marry,” he says, “he must marry her and cover the sin,” he says. The Power of Darkness And if I admit it, as you do, so that efficacious grace is still necessary, why I sin against common-sense, I am a blockhead, say the Jesuits. Pascal Your runner is a bit of a blockhead, as I think you'll admit. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force I fancy it was in one of your most decided unobserving fits that you took me for a blockhead. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 The one thing that disturbed him was the thought of the blockhead of a chauffeur, who had got drunk before his return from Versailles. The Place of Honeymoons All who can, leave Prussia—and only blockheads or hypocrites are let in, with the exception of physical science; whoever can do so turns engineer, or goes into a house of business, or emigrates. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities "I was blockhead enough to run full tilt against Mr. Weevil when I got outside, and—and he caught sight of your letter." The Hero of Garside School Thou yellow blockhead!" he whispered to him; "what am I to do with thy gold bars that thou hast left me? don't thrust thy stupid cheat into men's eyes so … it is far too glaring. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Why, I took you for an unobserving blockhead, or I would never have trusted you so near me. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 “You are a blockhead!” exploded the younger man. The Place of Honeymoons Much less will I believe that this dull blockhead, I will not say, hates sin, but recognizes it when he sees it. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Any blockhead can go to a public meeting and bring in a report that has the words "as follows" scattered here and there down the columns. In Our Town He won't come back again, the blockhead! for I have at length given vent for once to my feelings. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Nay, e'en with blockheads pass the night; If such can read, to such I write. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) Thus all the editors, without a single comment—Oh the blockheads! The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 "You are all blockheads!" he cried to his servants. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Those superstitious blockheads of the Twelfth Century had no telescopes, but they had still an eye; not ballot-boxes; only reverence for Worth, abhorrence of Unworth. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. When the master is a blockhead, the servant must bear the blame. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck You blockhead!" said an honest farmer, Who grew with indignation warmer, "You are an owl: and are as blind, As parents, to the youthful mind. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) He would break every bone in the blockhead's skin. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time "You careless blockhead!" he shrieked, raising the injured foot from the ground, while a spasm of anguish contracted his features. The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets This poor blockhead too is born, for uses: why, elevating him to mastership, will you make a conflagration, a parish-curse or world-curse of him? Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. The sixth child, let us suppose, is a blockhead. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 You stupid blockhead!" said the carrier; "'Twixt you and us there is no barrier. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) To-day, this man is to take upon himself the name of Paul Lowther—his true name, though he doesn't know it, blockhead as he is. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time It is an absurdly easy device for getting over your misgiving with the blockheads, but I think it would be an effective one. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 The lad was adjudged a dullard and left to remain in his stupidity with the rest of the blockhead world. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 Being a blockhead, he will remain a blockhead. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 "Wake up, you blockhead—wake up, I say!" The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play Perhaps the words of Johnson may apply to them:— Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart. On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions The word the in the first paragraph was substituted for a, and this alteration these blockheads pretend makes a great difference in the sense. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I It did not matter in our dynasties of determined noblesse how many things an industrious blockhead knew, or how curious things a lucky booby had discovered. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature But you are a blockhead, and it is tiresome to have to do with you. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Seward's note and alteration to— “'Twixt the cold bears, far from the raging lion”— This Mr. Seward is a blockhead of the provoking species. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher "If I have any influence on board of this boat, such blockheads shall not be employed as waiters." All Adrift or The Goldwing Club Not all his loyalty to Capt'n Davy could crush the thought that the man who had thrown away a jewel such as this must be a brute and a blockhead. Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon "It's a thundering blockhead I am for sure—frightning the life out of people with stories fit for a funeral." The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Mr. Vinegar, you foolish man, you blockhead, you simpleton; you went to the fair and laid out all your money in buying a cow. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes “That like a pig!” each cried in scoff; “Pshaw! nonsense! blockhead! off! off! off!” The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes Ah, blockhead, thou shalt dearly abide this delay when my lord knows thereof.” Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race Sir Bear, sad blockhead, was deceived— The prostrate man a corpse believed; But, half suspecting some deceit, He feels and snuffs from head to feet, And in the nostrils blows. A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine "Get off of me, you little blockhead," said McCarty growing furious as he heard the jeers of his teammates at his humiliating reversal. The Varmint Who told you?" he said; "some blockhead, I 'll be bound, who did n't break it to you gently as I would 'a' done. The Uncalled A Novel I recast Dr. Johnson's saying: "None but a blockhead would write unless he needed money." From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life Well, if any one who does not understand Natural Selection will read this, he will be a blockhead if it is not as clear as daylight. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 His old Bouvard was turning into a blockhead; in short, "he was no longer in it at all." Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Wolfe Tone says of him: "Of all the vain obstinate blockheads that ever I met I never saw his equal." William Pitt and the Great War But in getting alongside the schooner he nearly swamped, and I was told began abusing my crew for a set of blockheads. The Call Of The South 1908 None but a blockhead would write for money, unless he had to. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life Why, of course," he thought, "I'm the biggest blockhead that ever lived! The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective To this burden women are born, they must obey their husbands if they are ever such blockheads. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote "You are a blockhead,—you have no management," replied the first voice. Fairy Fingers A Novel “Shut up, you miserable blockhead, unless you want to be kicked!” shouted Bullinger. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story You are the stupidest blockhead I ever saw, for one who knows how to keep a set of books. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk A blockhead like VanDeusen would simply be lifted to a position of higher authority, only to be replaced by another blockhead. The Highest Treason "Your graces will do well," said Don Quixote, "to order this blockhead to retire, that you may get rid of his troublesome folly." Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote You see what a blockhead I have been. Fairy Fingers A Novel “Yes, Oliver was always a plodding old blockhead!” drily observed Pembury, who seemed to enjoy the small boy’s indignation whenever any one spoke disrespectfully of his big brother. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story I felt that I was as great a blockhead as my persecutor had accused me of being, and I forgave him for calling me one. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk Two blockheads are worse than one insofar as they tend to regard each other as a source of wisdom. Greener Than You Think "Better for you, you blockhead, if they didn't." The Lost Despatch With two generals, both blockheads, face to face, one of them must inevitably be victorious. The Gods are Athirst "Drop that leg, you confounded blockheads!" he thundered out suddenly. The History of "Punch" Ah! dolt, blockhead, have you no eyes—have you no soul?' No Man's Land Do you hear that, gentlemen blockheads, that seldom hear anything but yourselves? The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Do you think I have nothing better to do than waste my time over a blockhead like you? Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise I wonder they don't become utter blockheads beneath the strain. The Day of Wrath Because they were such blockheads they were afraid Kay's invention was going to put them out of their jobs. Carl and the Cotton Gin "But look at me, you blockhead!" exclaimed Tartlet, who added example to precept. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery One would have thought that beasts and blockheads could hardly prove very formidable enemies to Swift and Bolingbroke and Pulteney. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I Some stupid blockhead inserted it in the newspapers, and it is now unfortunately chronicled in your valuable work. Notes and Queries, Number 73, March 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. That is what I don't mean to tell to the first blockhead I meet. The Day of Wrath Then," say I, ironically, "see where you can find a new blockhead, my muscular fairy! The Gray Nun It is difficult to restore Buteo; for not only now is butor a blockhead as well as a bird, but we really cannot know what kind of bird Buteo stood for. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I Yet this man was no fool, he was not even a blockhead; but he was frightened out of all propriety nevertheless. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Of course not; but you would understand that he was a blockhead to show off his learning in that way. Orley Farm "Hold hard, hold hard! you blockheads, you brutes, you stupid numbskulls!" The Day of Wrath It was idiotic of you to go to his meeting, and the conduct of a vulgar blockhead to get drunk; but in what way . The Ffolliots of Redmarley Poor blockheads!—as if we could not be useful nor happy without them! Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Last year when the boys went to Mexico he said that if he had a son instead of a blockhead he'd be sending a boy to do his share down there. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' I was a blockhead, a fool, a rascal; I was not good for a single thing; I was not worth the glass of water which they gave me to drink. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. I will not presume to deny that they may, perhaps, intend to do what you say, such ideas may and do occur at times to some blockhead or other. The Day of Wrath Why prithee, blockhead, could you be afraid, Had you abated somewhat of your right, And humor’d the young gentleman, he would not Have paid you back again with interest? The Comedies of Terence Yet these blockheads all profess that they do not wish to change the Government, though they are doing all that they can to annihilate them. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents A boy was never stupid—he lacked common intelligence; never a blockhead—his perceptions were very dull. Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student By his contempt for a bad law did he any the less encourage blockheads to despise good ones? Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. I resolved to listen, while the skipper eyed the barometer, and we all rocked back and forth in search of the centre of gravity, looking like a troupe of mechanical blockheads nodding in idiotic unison. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 “I know he’s to be a farmer, but there, even farmers mustn’t be blockheads of dunces, as Oscar’ll be if he don’t alter,” said Mrs. Grant. The Heiress of Wyvern Court They who advised her to it were blockheads. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I So you foul them up, and leave the blockheads a clear field to run the country into the ground. Supermind There is a shallow prejudice very acceptable to all blockheads, that men who are both learned and laborious must necessarily be stupid. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author If I did not sometimes change my mind I should consider myself a blockhead or a fool. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Why did that confounded old blockhead forget to introduce her to you? The Lady of the Ice A Novel You great puffing blockhead, what are you staring at?” The Gorilla Hunters There are fewer intelligent, active people around than there are blockheads. Supermind But, after all, you deserved it, you superstitious blockhead. Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land Or if, too classic for his vulgar brain, He fear'd his neck to venture such a nag on, And he must needs mount nearer to the moon, Could not the blockhead ask for a balloon? Don Juan “They’d say you were a fine, genial, hearty, good-natured blockhead,” said Lawrence, laughing. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America "Bookful blockhead ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head." Bibliomania in the Middle Ages And that means getting rid of the fools, idiots, maniacs, blockheads, morons, psychopaths, paranoids, timidity-ridden, fear-worshipers, fanatics, thieves, criminals and a whole lot more. Supermind The blockhead must imagine that Malmsey runs in a stream under the ocean, like the Alpheus. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection We may smile when he calls a blockhead, a blockhead; a dotard, a dotard; but when he attacks, for a difference of opinion, the morals of another man, our sensibility is alarmed. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Fly, blockhead! goose! what do you stand staring at?” Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer We shall do this to satisfy the blockheads who are a noun of multitude. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 In this country, the teams are looking for ways to get rid of the blockheads, and there are a lot of them. Supermind "The blockhead of a boy dropped that trunk and broke it open." Randy of the River The Adventures of a Young Deckhand The fine description by Akenside of the Pantheon, "Severely great," not being understood by the blockhead, was printed serenely great. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 There's some diversion in a talking blockhead; and since a woman must wear chains, I would have the pleasure of hearing 'em rattle a little. The Beaux-Stratagem My old schoolmaster used to tell me I was a blockhead, and I thought he was wrong; but he was right enough, or I shouldn’t be here.” Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer In Russia, you don't have to get rid of the blockheads. Supermind He continually calls me a blockhead, just to get me mad. Randy of the River The Adventures of a Young Deckhand But the tale would not be singular even were it true: it perfectly suits the character of a bigot, a barbarian, and a blockhead. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Sir Walter Scott was called a blockhead by his teacher. Pushing to the Front When it was related as a wonder that Giordano painted with his fingers, no Angelo was found to observe, "Why does not the blockhead use his brush." Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Seven things characterise the wise man, and seven the blockhead. Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources "You're a blockhead, it seems to me," went on the purser, who was in particularly bad humor that day. Randy of the River The Adventures of a Young Deckhand "And why don't you, you blockhead?" he replied passionately, with distended eyes. Brazilian Tales Young Linnaeus was called by his teachers almost a blockhead. Pushing to the Front Why, you blockhead, didn’t you see that was the wrong Wheatfield—not Wally, but the Modern one! The Cock-House at Fellsgarth Even a blockhead may respect inspire, So long as he is suitably attired; A fool may gain esteem among the wise, So long as he has sense to hold his tongue. Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources "What do you mean by running into me, you blockhead!" cried the purser, in a loud voice. Randy of the River The Adventures of a Young Deckhand It means that you are a stupid, a fool, a blockhead! A Hungarian Nabob "Mum, you blockhead, mum!" said his host "There is a stir outside the door I tell you!" Little Novels of Italy The orthodox, it appears, can call him names—call him blockhead, fool, heretic, toadstool, schismatic, and Antichrist—but they must come to me to answer his arguments.' Short Studies on Great Subjects A lively blockhead in company is a public benefit. Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources Here is a blockhead, whom I already mentioned, Sir Bingo Binks, with whom something may be done worth your while, though scarce worth mine. St. Ronan's Well But Master Jock not only did not laugh at these funny things, but actually took Miska Horhi to task for making such a blockhead of himself, and bade him divert himself more decently in future. A Hungarian Nabob I should have gone to him myself, if I had not been a blockhead; a very great man!” The De Coverley Papers From 'The Spectator' The wise enjoy the wit; the blockheads of monks take them seriously, and believe that they have been written to do them honour. Short Studies on Great Subjects Let what is really meritorious be pronounced so by the candid judge after due investigation; blockheads alone are influenced by the opinion of others. Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources I shall receive from such a blockhead as this. The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell Dame Marion pouted, and turned her head aside; the man was such a blockhead that he absolutely could not understand any attempt to aggravate him. A Hungarian Nabob "An English lady would be scornful of our kind, but an American would not be so particular, blockhead?" Molly Brown's Orchard Home In the latter respect he was beaten by all the blockheads of the school, but in his adornments he stood alone. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success The reverse of all this characterises the blockhead. Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources "If I live," wrote Rufus Choate in his diary in September, 1844, "all blockheads which are shaken at certain mental peculiarities shall know and feel a reasoner, a lawyer and a man of business." How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune It might as well stand at Charing Cross; the blockhead that it is! Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 Coleridge however thought that to parody stupidity by way of ridiculing it, only proves the parodist more stupid than the original blockhead. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 O, you're a precious blockhead to do directly the reverse of what I desired you. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Mr. Taylor, who was entering the hall just as this allusion was made to him, replied that the would rather have a sleek head than a blockhead. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis "Tut, you blockhead," replied the other, "gibbets are the making of us; for, if there were no gibbets, every one would be a highwayman." How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune Yours is to flatter women, even behind their backs; whilst I am blockhead enough to speak the truth about them, even to their faces. The Great Amulet Then he's a blockhead; and you an idler. The Stranger A Drama, in Five Acts But the world will, you blockhead: and, for your sake, for the sake of our posterity, I would cross the cart breed, as much as possible, by blood. John Bull The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts They don't know how to make blockheads tell what they can tell. The Winning Clue Scott was called the great blockhead while in Edinburgh College. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune "Am I responsible if the blockhead has got drunk some place?" Riders of the Silences They irritate one another so uselessly by calling one another fools, blockheads, liars, and so forth for no purpose. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 I think that must be the reason why there are more synonyms for blockhead in the German language than in any other—we have the largest army. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Melancholy Owl, you blockhead!—why, they are the most cheerful—joy-portending—and exulting of God's creatures! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Take your hands from your pockets, Roger; and from your head, you blockhead you! Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform "In common cases," said Uncle Tim, "those who utter nonsense are considered blockheads." The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 The feeling that made you turn me down and take him when you was a girl and I was a big blockhead of a boy was born of God in heaven. Dixie Hart And now I was getting out of patience with this blockhead. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life The blockheads have stopped spreading their maps in the captain's cabin. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward In vain did the sour old man hurl such epithets as 'fool,' 'blockhead,' 'dolt,' at his musical valet in return for the latter's attempts to minister to his personal comforts. Story-Lives of Great Musicians "And I thought you were such a lot of blockheads." The Third Violet What manner of man could possibly be worthy of her, much less the stupid blockhead who was thrusting himself upon her as Long was? Dixie Hart |
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