| 单词 | bloody-minded |
| 例句 | I saw the glimmer of bare skin, like a pale veil separating two bloody-minded adversaries. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Historians began revising, some time ago, the earlier judgments of Grant as an unimaginative, bloody-minded general and bumbling president. John McCain: By the Book 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z But – as yet, at least – he's always remained "as bloody-minded as he is beautiful". Why Jilly Cooper should not let racy Rupert grow old disgracefully 2012-08-06T14:58:54Z You know, he's too bloody-minded to make what he writes convenient for the piano. Five difficult pieces 2010-04-22T22:00:00Z "I can't make sense of it or understand why Brent are acting in such a bloody-minded way," he said. Brought to book 2012-05-16T19:48:15Z Will the Duke of Gloucester be re-envisioned as a bloody-minded assassin like the bloody-minded Villanelle of “Killing Eve?” Review: An All-Female ‘Richard III’ Makes for an Evening of Discontent 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In 2002, another New York art-rock group, Oneida, took Sister Ray's bloody-minded concept one step further with Sheets of Easter, the opening track to their Each One Teach One double album. Pop's long players: sometimes extra length makes all the difference 2012-05-17T08:46:17Z Unlike their bloody-minded American cousins, British authors of true crime seem more inspired by dirty old men with nasty little secrets, although Machiavellian young men are also good for a book. New True-Crime Books for Fall 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The last of these, he says, remains "the favourite of all my productions" – largely because its success vindicated his bloody-minded instincts. Michael Codron - six decades in the West End 2010-03-30T21:00:00Z It can take years for a director to break into the business – years that require stamina, persistence and sheer bloody-minded optimism. Want to be a theatre director? Here are my 10 top survival tips | John Caird 2010-03-23T12:12:00Z Both men were loners, though, and both embodied “integrity mixed with a bloody-minded obstinance that wasn’t acting.” Review | What kept Henry Fonda and James Stewart friends for 50 years? 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z We first meet his devoted ally, Mark Antony, played with bloody-minded machismo by Darrell D’Silva, when he storms onstage only to stagger off to vomit after a night of debauchery. | 'Julius Caesar': Cry Havoc! The Blood Sport Called Politics 2011-07-31T22:23:03Z If someone tells me I shouldn’t do something, a bloody-minded determination tells me I will. Experience: a car crashed into me in the bath 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z The near miss when a commissioned performance of “Richard II” drew the attention of a bloody-minded Queen Elizabeth. Theater Review: ?Being Shakespeare? With Simon Callow at BAM 2012-04-06T21:54:30Z In her hands, it’s not hard to imagine these songs as the creation of an especially gifted — if occasionally bloody-minded — indie singer-songwriter. Eleri Ward Captures the Longing at the Heart of Sondheim’s Work 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Like so many of Barnes's narrators, Tony Webster is resigned to his ordinariness; even satisfied with it, in a bloody-minded way. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes ? review 2011-07-26T16:15:00Z Liberty has advanced because bloody-minded protesters such as Chambers and Walsh have ignored cautionary voices, dug in their heels and fought until they forced capricious authority to back down. Simon Walsh: the vindictive persecution of an innocent man 2012-08-11T23:11:00Z Part of his allure, in addition to his super-sized musical intelligence, is his apparent lack of self-doubt, which reveals itself as a dangerous compound of passion, focus and bloody-minded insouciance. Proms 9, 10, 12 ,13: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Cadogan Hall Proms; Falstaff – review 2012-07-28T23:06:25Z But maybe it’s because he’s not well that he feels free to be so bloody-minded. Imagined Meetings With Joyce, Dickens, Hardy, and Lawrence 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Through hard work and bloody-minded ruthlessness, he hammered a new England into shape. Henry’s hooray 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z To some, sodcasting might seem like a bloody-minded imposition, a two-fingers from those who don't care what others think of them. Mobile disco: how phones make music inescapable 2010-08-12T21:30:00Z After a bloody-minded, blooded-brow win over Argentina in Marseille, England are on the up on the pitch. Upbeat England search for statement win over Japan 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z This ruse played into Trump's cultivated image as some sort of peacenik, despite the fact that he is one of the most bloody-minded public figures in American history. Trump is preparing for more American carnage 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z "She is valiant, flawed and haughty, as bloody-minded as she is brilliant, scarred by the horrors of war," she said. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power dazzling but slow, say critics 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Putin appears to think he is facing another Grozny, where the fundamental weaknesses of the Russian army can be made up through bloody-minded violence. Opinion | Putin should know: Rain hell on Ukraine and it still may not fall 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z By countenancing vile, dehumanizing, bloody-minded rhetoric, Republicans are paving a dangerous road to the future. Opinion | Trump’s violent political rhetoric is metastasizing in the Republican Party 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Make no mistake: The pole-wielding, bloody-minded rioters in whose midst Ms. Babbitt was shot were an immediate menace to this nation’s elected representatives and others. Opinion | Every lost life on Jan. 6 should be mourned. But the rioters on Jan. 6 were not heroes or martyrs. 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Wales will need that bloody-minded determination for their next assignment against Italy. Bale and Ramsey revive classic Wales combination 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Both were among an outmanned, overstretched, underprepared force that was swarmed, abused and, in some cases, beaten by a bloody-minded rabble numbering in the thousands. Opinion | Officers Sicknick and Liebengood showed what real patriotism looks like 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Halsey’s bloody-minded tirades against the Japanese had seemed to vindicate the regime’s propaganda insisting that the Allies would enslave Japan. Opinion | How Japan’s post-World War II flourishing was seeded by MacArthur 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z If Cromwell had had a phone Mantel could hack, you’d scarcely be brought closer to the inner wheels and cogs of his bloody-minded and bloody-handed machinations. My favourite Mantel: by Margaret Atwood, Colm Tóibín, Anne Enright and more 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z No matter the name on the jersey, there is a tendency for self-destruction and, at times, for sheer, bloody-minded stupidity encoded deep in the DNA of the club. At Arsenal, Rewriting the Story May Take a Bit More Time 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z The Brits used to balance this sycophancy with some pro-European blather and a bloody-minded sense of cultural superiority. Trump's spat with the UK reveals the bottomless depths of his insecurities | Richard Wolffe 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z This was a night when the gears refused to click, the circuits rarely sparked, and when taking that last step was always likely to be matter of spirit and bloody-minded certainty. Liverpool’s win is brilliant culmination of Klopp’s inclusive project 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z And each cycle they deliver the kind of surficial change that temporarily gratifies the bloody-minded partisanship of one side but leaves most people with a deeper-still feeling of unease. Why civics education matters 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Now I get bloody-minded and indignant if people try to push a drink on me. How to resist the festive 'drink pushers' 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z And the Taliban fills the power vacuum with guns, bloody-minded theology and wild prohibitions against longstanding family habits like sending girls to school and keeping pet parakeets. For all its horrors, ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ at Seattle Rep feels uncomfortably comforting 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The novel chronicles the persecution of an innocent man by a bigoted and bloody-minded town. Opinion | The Senate’s Job Isn’t to Kill a Mockingbird 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Nikita Khrushchev, in his memoirs, observed that Joseph Stalin, his despotic and bloody-minded predecessor, referred to “everyone who didn’t agree with him as an ‘enemy of the people.’ Trump and the Enemies of the People 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z And at the end of the novel it is Booth, the American—drunk, bloody-minded, haunted by his brother’s murder of Lincoln—who makes the case for tragedy, and tells Maryna how shallow she is. The Hunger Artist 2000-02-28T05:00:00Z Perhaps that represents the body count of this bloody-minded exercise. Review | ‘Blade of the Immortal’: Samurai is cursed with eternal life — and seemingly interminable sword fights 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Yet it is Pence, the former governor of Indiana, who actually has the most disturbing track record when it comes to bloody-minded exploitation of human suffering. Naomi Klein: how power profits from disaster 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z "Many of the surgeons I saw said I was lucky to even get up, really," he said, defining his return as a combination of stubborn and bloody-minded determination. Equestrian: Skelton and Big Star ready for retirement 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The country, now run by Kim’s reckless and inexperienced grandson, has spewed its usual bloody-minded threats. North Korea’s real danger to the world economy 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z In the final reckoning, Chelsea showed the bloody-minded defiance of champions - and this is the sort of result that could earn them that crown. Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Trump is a natural, bloody-minded revolutionary, no less so for the thrust of his revolution not being to everyone’s taste. Yes, Donald Trump is a monster. But his agenda isn’t all bad | Simon Jenkins 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Vollman and Roger Bevins perceive a Lincoln who now fully understands and embraces suffering, and feels a new bloody-minded determination to win the war. George Saunders Gets in Lincoln’s Head 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z The king decreed wage controls but the canon of Leicester dourly noted that “the workers were so above themselves and so bloody-minded that they took no notice of the king’s command.” Opinion | Want to reduce inequality? Try the Black Death. 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z "We were just bloody-minded. This team is coming on leaps and bounds with every week and we are over the moon with this win." Scotland 27-22 Ireland: Scots 'finding ways to win' - Vern Cotter 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z British curators can be a bloody-minded lot and the wily ways of civil servants in Whitehall are hard for a foreigner to fathom. Two new museum heads herald a generational shift in advocates for the arts in Britain 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Such bloody-minded scenarios tend to wipe away the sensuous mysticism of Wagner’s creation. A Weekend of Wagner 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Yet where does that leave capitalism, red in tooth and claw, and its need for bloody-minded nonconformists? Stealth socialism 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Never any sense that the US would be so organised, or so bloody-minded, or so propelled by the home crowd, that they would deliver 90 minutes of stunning overachievement. Argentina hammer four past outclassed USA to reach Copa América final 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z There are champagne toasts, cheers and songs, requests for the founders’ signatures on the artefact of their bloody-minded, lunatic spirit of adventure. The Independent years: ‘A lovely sort of chaos’ 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Within this ornate format, Plattner incorporated notable pictures by such bloody-minded maestros as Caravaggio. Two artists but one theme: war 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The root cause of the problem: the world’s dumbest idea Why are CEOs acting in such a bloody-minded self-interested fashion? Reward Directors' Poor Performance With A Hefty Raise? 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z The bloody-minded antinomian in all of us is more likely to transgressively click in response to being enjoined not to click. Naked photos of Jennifer Lawrence: to click or not to click? 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Hers was a different emphasis to Walters, who saw the curbing of "bloody-minded trades unions" as a useful side effect of privatisation. Sale of the century: the privatisation scam 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z England captains don’t survive troubled times without being bloody-minded. Alastair Cook risks burnout after stubbornness saw England past India 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z This does not mean that they cannot be bloody-minded or objectionable. Eight Entrepreneurial Truths 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z The anti-Labor campaign was run by “a set of bloody-minded vested interests more akin to what you find in countries such as Russia or on the right wing of the US Republican party”, he said. Wayne Swan warns of rise of business 'oligarchs' in new book the Good Fight 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Squad numbers were introduced from 1954, and in either a marvellous nod to tradition or a bloody-minded refusal to do anything differently, the English did indeed play their first game with 1-11 upon their shirts. World Cup Knowledge: players who played at World Cup without a club 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z It is the perfect combination of breathtaking ambition, technological wizardry and bloody-minded determination. Flying By The Sun - Solar Impulse Inspires A Generation 2014-04-18T13:05:00Z The journey was painful and solitary, but fortunately bloody-minded stubbornness pays off in the end. Your stories about refusing to leave bedrooms 2013-07-17T23:01:30Z I tell her I think she is being bloody-minded. The price of taking on the mafia 2013-07-12T23:15:41Z England were bloody-minded in their refusal to accept defeat but were left bloody-nosed by a New Zealand team who will be encouraged as they begin the return series at Lord's next month. Alastair Cook: 'I've got no doubt it's going to be a fantastic Ashes' 2013-05-01T13:10:00Z Amid adversity, and his declining powers, Phelps dredged up some bloody-minded heroics to win a further six Olympic medals – four of them gold. Paul O'Connell: 'I've never seen more hype about a Lions tour in my life' 2013-04-22T12:12:43Z Certainly, it bore little resemblance to the scorching of Napoli in the last 16, or the bloody-minded resilience and sheer refusal to wilt against Barcelona in the semi-final a little under a year ago. Chelsea 1-1 Sparta Prague (Chelsea win 2-1 on agg) 2013-02-21T22:10:56Z He criticizes both Islamists and Islamophobes, who are feeding off each other’s hateful clichés in a relentless, bloody-minded, and sometimes bloody frenzy. The Repentant Radical 2012-10-15T05:00:00Z Or maybe people wondered about the bloody-minded streak that manifested itself in February 2011 when he informed the Scotland camp by text message that he did not want to be selected to play Northern Ireland. Why haven't more managers courted Scotland returnee Steven Fletcher? 2012-10-03T10:02:22Z "In his bloody-minded dedication and grit, Wiggins has shown himself a truly British champion" and "joins a pantheon of greats" writes Matt Seaton in The Guardian. Vive le Bradley Wiggins! What the papers say about a winning Brit 2012-07-23T07:39:10Z He may lack the chutzpah, charisma and craziness of LeMond, but in his bloody-minded dedication and grit, Wiggins has shown himself a truly British champion. Tour de France 2012: Bradley Wiggins joins the pantheon of greats 2012-07-22T15:26:24Z I never seen such a bloody-minded animal in all my born days as you! Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z Francia will go down to history as a bloody-minded, implacable despot, whose influence and purposes were wholly evil. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z I turned with bowed head down the Minories, and something within me—I think it was that honest and beaten and bloody-minded Jeffries—whispered "The River!" In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z And, amid his big talking and often deliberate courting of controversy, Foden may remind a bloody-minded team that they tend to perform best when vilified by their closest rivals. Donald McRae meets Ben Foden 2011-08-15T22:00:01Z Photograph: Jon Tonks for the Guardian "This is one of the most bloody-minded, seditious areas of the country, and always has been," he tells me. Supermarket sweep 2011-08-05T22:01:52Z “History does not spare the memory of that bloody-minded monarch, Sunbeam, but it is absolutely silent on the deed you have just named—at least so far as my reading of it goes.” The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The new Paraguay, however, is not ruled by any bloody-minded despot, and the military possibilities of the people will never again be a menace to the liberties of the surrounding nations. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z I found him, as I told you, bound to an oak; naked from the waist upwards, and a bloody-minded peasant scourging his back unmercifully with the reins of a bridle. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z It was not that the judge-advocate was specially bloody-minded or vindictive. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z Jack Spraggon, the man that was here last night, proposed sinking them; but, though they deserved it, I was not quite bloody-minded enough for that. Christmas Stories 2011-02-27T03:00:31.413Z Whenever this is the case, he must be considered dangerous and bloody-minded, for in all probability he is meditating a call. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z And now let us lay our heads together, and consult how to capture these bloody-minded conspirators with most advantage to our own proper selves. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Flower's England were methodical and organised and, as when the last pair of Jimmy Anderson and Monty Panesar batted them to a draw in Cardiff, they could be bloody-minded too. The Ashes 2010: How calamity led to conquest for England's Andy Flower 2010-11-23T19:50:00Z Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images He's been a bludgeon, he's been a curmudgeon, he's been a purveyor of bloody-minded imperial pronouncements. Sir Alex Ferguson wins first round in PR war against Wayne Rooney 2010-10-19T20:02:00Z These qualities, combined with a bloody-minded streak of independence, ensured a professional longevity rare in his ephemeral trade, especially among those who drank seriously. Alan Watkins obituary 2010-05-09T15:08:00Z With so many joyously bloody-minded individuals working to reshape British politics, for once voters might actually get what they want: change. U.K. Election: Celebrities Promise Change 2010-04-27T20:50:00Z "Now, there's a bloody-minded and dangerous Jesuit for you," said Grasp to himself. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z There seemed to be a strange, bloody-minded determination not to recognise him. 'Mythical, universal, the Lord's anointed one' - Spain hails Lionel Messi 2010-04-07T12:38:00Z The palace of La Granja was, as he well knew, surrounded by eager and bloody-minded foes, bent on the destruction of all within its walls. The Firebrand They are bloody-minded and wicked, father; and uncle Adair's house has been the place where mischief and murder has been talked of. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Execrations sounded in my ears above the confusion of voices, and the first sentence I made out was spoken by my landlady:—'Oh, the bloody-minded young wretch!' she cried. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 "Sir Hugh Clopton," said Grasp, "your worship spoke of him as aiding and assisting in the capture of these bloody-minded conspirators." William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Nevertheless, be ye ware, my sons, for he has, indeed, a very great army of bloody-minded and wicked men, and he has, moreover, sworn to entirely eat you up. Zero the Slaver A Romance of Equatorial Africa Them two bloody-minded villains promised us rum and gold. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Perhaps, even in the history of the conduct of crown-lawyers, there is not to be found mention of an act so coolly bloody-minded as this. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend "Are either of us looking very bloody-minded or savage, Mark, I wonder? for see how the people are staring and whispering as we pass!" The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago The fact that those bloody-minded thieves have been working our long trap lines was a pretty good indication that their camp lay somewhere handy to these. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp From every point of the compass,—from Canada, Missouri, Southern Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, and even loyal Vermont, bloody-minded men had come to give the Peace candidate a red baptism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 “The bloody-minded villains have no flag to fight under.” The Ruined Cities of Zululand The mob, who had expected neither laughter nor armed resistance, took to flight, telling all whom they met that the bloody-minded lawyers were armed to the teeth and enjoying themselves. Old and New London Volume I I often wonder," said she, "at the many risks I run to shelter you, for you're a bloody-minded knave, and that's the truth. When Ghost Meets Ghost I've known a whole family of moose, bull, cow, yearling and calf, to be wiped out in one day by a bloody-minded game-hog. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp “And you would have fired at me, you bloody-minded man?” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) “He seems from all accounts to have been more desperate and bloody-minded than the rest.” The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold I was wrong to say that you were bloody-minded. The Landleaguers If there had been some Hebrew prophets about, and a tyrant or two, progressive and bloody-minded, to agree with them, polytheism might perhaps actually have been stamped out in Greece at one time. Five Stages of Greek Religion Or where else could Councillor ––– refer with such prodigious effect to Dr. Chalmers’s bloody-minded scheme of ‘executing the heathen?’ Leading Articles on Various Subjects And so this was his brigand—the brutal, the beetle-browed, the cruel, the bloody-minded, the inexorable, the demoniac, and all the rest of it! Among the Brigands We lost two men, who, however, eventually turned up safe and sound, although some of their captors had shown a strong inclination to shoot them, but, thanks to Delarey's brother, the bloody-minded minority were disappointed. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition "You bloody-minded Earthlings must have been aware of the terrible danger." Upstarts The bloody-minded heathens were so astonished and frightened by this strange Christian uproar, that they flung down their aims and ran for their lives! Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children The old fellow cursed me roundly for an obstinate, bloody-minded young fool. Athelstane Ford These bloody-minded miscreants would show no quarter; and the besieged party felt the task imposed upon them of selling their lives as dearly as possible. Among the Brigands It’s a waste of time to talk with a bloody-minded man. A Virginia Scout The man himself objected that, being a butcher, he was, by reason of the second nature acquired in his business, too cruel, and bloody-minded to be entrusted with an affair of life and death. The Vicar of Bullhampton Of all the bloody-minded, murderous notes as ever was wrote. Her Mother's Secret Before God, I could almost turn bloody-minded, and shoot the parrots of our island with as little compunction as Robinson Crusoe shot the parrots in his. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 Those small banditti, the mosquitoes, as bloody-minded as the Malatesta, began to sing and to stab. Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In Poor Sylvia loves this villain, Miss Alcott evidently loves him, but the bloody-minded reader would like to thrust a knife into him. Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies The truth in all probability is that the party, sullen and bloody-minded, rode on, waiting until wrath or whiskey should inflame them so as to give resolution for the act they all along intended. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado Now, then, what do you think of that for a bloody-minded young wilyun? Her Mother's Secret All the night, clinging together in a frantic embrace, the bloody-minded lover and the amorous girl exchanged in silence frenzied kisses. The Gods are Athirst So maybe there was a real "crime wave," making men bloody-minded and homicidal. From Place to Place But he is, strange as it may seem, in this held back and calmed by the more bloody-minded, but yet more politic, Fronto. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century Yet, such as he is, he must be the sole fence against the bloody-minded who do not scruple at robbery and murder. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado And he, being a justice of the peace, will be bound to send out a warrant to ’rest up that bloody-minded young rip of a cousin of hizzen! Her Mother's Secret But now an unforeseen difficulty came in the way of the bloody-minded Bullers. The Prairie Chief If you knew the character of the eminently holy man who punished the atrocious insolence of that bloody-minded wretch, you would be sparing of your animadversions. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Turning against your own poor father, to set them bloody-minded soldiers on him! The Carbonels Trust your brother to get away from they bloody-minded Spaniards if they gives him half a chance. The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer This usurper, this bloody-minded tyrant, has broken every oath, disregarded every treaty. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo Thou art bloody-minded, child; I scarce know thee. The Two Admirals "He's as bloody-minded an old murderer as you'd care not to meet in a dark alley anywhere." Uller Uprising "To hear him talk, you would size him up for a bloody-minded nihilist of the thirty-third degree, ready and honing to sweep the existing order of things into the farthest hence," he added. The Price Ah! the bloody-minded knaves so hated poor Eustace, that they never would have suffered him to have had Christian burial, had not the officers and soldiers mutinied just at that moment. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel "He's as bloody-minded an old murderer as you'd care not to meet in a dark alley." Ullr Uprising Don Alphonso, however, was not quite such a bloody-minded tyrant as Don Pedro: how could he be, as he was one of our ancestors? Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside She had known him for years, and thought that, of all the gentlemen that ever were born, he was the least likely to do such a bloody-minded action. Phineas Redux He had seen and marked the "bloody-minded nihilist" of Bainbridge's story when the two were saying good-by on the banquette in front of Chaudière's. The Price Six bloody-minded cavaliers had been lately turned loose upon the peaceable inhabitants. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel But sensitiveness does not do for pirates, and in a moment he had recovered himself and was as bold and bloody-minded as he had been when he first saw the now rapidly approaching vessel. Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter I think you'll make me mad: truth has been at my tongue's end this half hour, and I have not power to bring it out, for fear of this bloody-minded colonel. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Bear away that bloody-minded colonel, and hang him up at the next sign-post: Nay, when I am in power, I can make examples too. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Those were Indians of barbarous ferocity, and very bloody-minded. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 21 of 55 1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. "The bloody-minded man shall not live out half his days." Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State I like thy Vision of the Covenanters, That bloody-minded Grahame shot and slew. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood As usual, the warning is attributed to the angel Gabriel, but it is probable it was given by some Koreishite, less bloody-minded than his confederates. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 What a glorious deliverance have you had, madam, from this bloody-minded Christian! The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 I didn't see why it couldn't be done; surely old King wouldn't murder a man just for riding through that pass—that would be bloody-minded indeed! The Range Dwellers In other words: in the tale which Joe tells of his own life, is any part of it fact, or is it not all a figment of his brain, the creation of his bloody-minded authors? The Bed-Book of Happiness If he took me for a body of bloody-minded republicans, rushing forward to disarm him, I certainly thought he was some wild beast. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland Here we heard some bloody-minded reports of the Beloochees, who had been plundering the artillery and left wing of the 19th, which were here the day before. Campaign of the Indus And for surprise, two bloody-minded men Fight till they die, then rise and dance again. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 On the whole the American revolutionists were not bloody-minded men; they inaugurated no September Massacres, no Reign of Terror, no dragonnades. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration I cannot but look upon it as a happy accident, that a man who is so bloody-minded in his affliction, was diverted from this fit of outrageous melancholy. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield There are many he's in that one, lawless ship, and bloody-minded and nefarious thieves are they, to the smallest boy. The Red Rover Once in my life, you know, if you had told me this and I had been a very bloody-minded young man, who knows but Mr. Codman might have been challenged. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. I cannot but look upon it as an happy Accident, that a Man who is so bloody-minded in his Affliction, was diverted from this Fit of outragious Melancholy. The Spectator, Volume 2. And when the old bloody-minded tyrant is gone to his long account, Paraguay will be torn by revolutions, violent in proportion to the previous unnatural calm. The Voyage of the Beagle She stole on tiptoe to the window, as cautiously as if she conceived some bloody-minded villain to be watching behind the elm-tree, with intent to take her life. House of the Seven Gables "And are the villains so bloody-minded that they are called 'Red?'" The Red Rover Not only Rostocker and Aronson, but a dozen others were in the cul de sac guarded by this surprising and bloody-minded lamb. The Market-Place The people are ground down, as usual, by the oppression of hard task-masters, and bloody-minded priests. Homeward Bound or, the Chase Harrison—a bloody-minded, ranting enthusiast, who read the Bible to such purpose, that he never lacked a text to justify a murder—d—n him too. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier How bloody-minded the villains make a peaceable old man! Old News (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") I know I am not capable of suffering more than I did during those few minutes of suspense in the dark, surrounded by those creeping, bloody-minded tarantulas. Roughing It, Part 3. Tom looked so wicked and so bloody-minded that the little man was quite frightened; so says he, "Come along with me a couple of fields off, and I'll show you a crock of gold." Celtic Fairy Tales Half an hour later two bloody-minded sea-robbers slipped through the back gate of the Milford place and took their stealthy way out into the dunes. Georgina of the Rainbows As Trajan was going through Antioch, he saw this holy man, and sentenced him to be carried to Rome, there to be thrown to the lions for the amusement of the bloody-minded Romans. The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children "How now!" cried the Neapolitan, to whom buffoonery was a congenial employment, as much by natural disposition as by practice; "How now!--have we Balthazar at last, in this bloody-minded and fierce-looking traveller?" The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons The world in general, gentlemen, are very bloody-minded; and all they want in a murder is a copious effusion of blood; gaudy display in this point is enough for them. Miscellaneous Essays These people are, as we understand, or think we understand, but undeveloped, cruel, bloody-minded human creatures. The Wolf's Long Howl She presided in the councils, and her authority was without control; but she was just as bloody-minded and cruel as anybody else in Russia. The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander The Intelligent then dispersed in a splendidly ferocious and bloody-minded condition, fully primed for the election. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 34, November 19, 1870 "Now for the next bloody-minded pirate," cried Ringan, and the next with a very wry face stood up. Salute to Adventurers "By the crime of an unnatural, bloody-minded murderer," said the lady. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Not at all, sir," answered she; "I am not at all bloody-minded, only to our enemies; and there is no harm in that. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling The Siouxes are a numberless and bloody-minded race, and no one can say how long it may be, afore they will be out again on the scent of revenge. The Prairie But not a soul thought of comparing the 'bloody-minded Simmons' to the squawking, gaping schoolgirl with which this story opens. Soldiers Three Let me tell you that you are no more than a bloody-minded savage, a thousandfold more guilty than those poor creatures you are leading astray. Salute to Adventurers Them that planned that voyage has cashed in their souls to their Maker and—ah, well, as I was saying, they was a villainous crew, low and vile and bloody-minded. The Perils of Pauline "O fie, madam!" said the lieutenant, smiling; "all is rather too bloody-minded a wish." History of Tom Jones, a Foundling The sheep-killing dog is a cunning night assassin, a deceiver of his master, a shrewd hider of criminal evidence, a sanctimonious hypocrite by day but a bloody-minded murderer under cover of darkness. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations Shame! shame! you bloody-minded man," she cried, "to slaughter your own son—your only son—to come behind him and knock him down with a club as if he had been an inhuman ox! Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky I hate that braggart, that bloody-minded, cowardly bully. The Fortunes of Nigel Without a doubt they were fierce and bloody-minded, for the reader must not suppose that all the wickedness of those days lies on the heads of the Inquisition and the Spaniards. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Well," began the sheriff severely, "ain't it enough to make 'em bloody-minded? The Prodigal Judge Mistress, here are two young French ladies who have escaped from those bloody-minded scoundrels in Paris. In the Reign of Terror He is not a cruel or a bloody-minded man; and I do believe he forgets his enmities more easily than he does his friendships. The King's Highway "If their day don't come, the bloody-minded knaves!" Sybil, or the Two Nations This Valhalla was but a child's tale, invented by a bloody-minded folk who loved slaughter. The Wanderer's Necklace There are a hundred as bloody-minded cutthroats as are to be found in Christendom beneath those roofs. Sir Nigel What a slanderous world it is, thought I; the people in our village call these Republicans wicked and bloody-minded; a lamb could not be more tender than this sentimental bottle-nosed gentleman! The Paris Sketch Book This was against three bloody-minded Satyrs, who were carrying away a damsel in distress. The Vicar of Wakefield Man alive," he went on, "how can you talk such nonsense in face of the evidence, with this bloody-minded woman's victims hardly cold yet? Okewood of the Secret Service But a year had passed, and I dared not go up to Judea in person, for Herod still held the throne bloody-minded as ever. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ In the name of all the kings of Albin, who have ye closeted with you in that wooden tower that seemeth so bloody-minded? Pathfinder; or, the inland sea Some troops pursue the bloody-minded queen That led calm Henry, though he were a king, As doth a sail, fill'd with a fretting gust, Command an argosy to stem the waves. King Henry VI, Part 3 Yet let not this make thee be bloody-minded; Thy name is Gaultier, being rightly sounded. King Henry VI, Part 2 He appears to have been a man without one redeeming quality —"stern and bloody-minded, in no degree remarkable for fidelity or devotion to his employers" — the one essential virtue of a free lance. 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