| 单词 | bungler |
| 例句 | “Get up and run for it or stay there, fool. I don’t carry cripples or bunglers.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Mr. Kumar returns again and again to his small people and his bunglers. Books of The Times: ?Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb? 2010-08-05T22:00:00Z But he’s also a bungler who apologizes constantly for such antics as disrupting a symphony orchestra’s performance or letting a youngster watch “Saw.” ‘Parental Guidance’ a waste of Billy Crystal’s and Bette Midler’s talents 2012-12-24T16:49:41Z The son of Yemeni immigrants, he grew up street smart and aimless in the seedy Tenderloin district, an inveterate loafer, sponger, bungler and charmer. ‘The Monk of Mokha’ is Dave Eggers’s Latest PG-13 Story About the American Dream 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z He suggests that America, unaware of the image it is projecting in the Muslim world, has been the biggest bungler of all. Books of The Times: ?Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb? 2010-08-05T22:00:00Z This is a film in which suicide bombers are not powerful enemies to be hated and feared, but ridiculous bunglers. Guardian First Film award: nominations 2010-12-23T22:44:00Z “Huckleberry Finn,” on the other hand, exists in more than 30 unabridged versions and has attracted admirable readers and only a few bunglers. Review | Don’t let a bad reader ruin your audiobook experience. Here are recordings to savor — and to avoid. 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z But in this lightly comic context he’s portrayed as an amiable bungler, while his wife seems coldhearted by comparison. Video: A Master?s Baby Steps 2011-03-19T01:24:54Z But the reader still sympathises as, one by one, these petty bunglers are caught up and crushed by the events their venality set in motion. Queen, thief, wife, lover 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z This season's closer shows Hank as a survivor driven by passion as opposed to a happy-go-lucky bungler who somehow manages to survive by accident. "Barry" star Anthony Carrigan on the finale: "Something lights up inside of Hank" 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Rob is more bungler than burglar, with a virtuous dog named Bob, and Pickford writes with gumption about this contrasting pair. Picture books for children – reviews 2013-07-27T13:00:01Z The ancient Egyptian pharaoh who enslaved the Jews was indisputably a villain, but you wouldn’t call him a shlemiel, the Yiddish term for an awkward bungler. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z They later committed the crime that would establish them as bunglers of historic proportions — the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. Daniel Ellsberg, former defense analyst who released top-secret Pentagon Papers, dead at 92 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The name bunglers were usually white colleagues, but in rare cases, they were people of color. The Cost of Being an ‘Interchangeable Asian’ 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z He would bring competence and expertise back to federal agencies hollowed out by the grifters and bunglers Trump installed. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z One tabloid denounced the side as "donkeys", with Robson later labelled a "traitor" and "bungler Bobby" when it emerged he would join Dutch side PSV Eindhoven after the tournament. 'It was like herding cats' - World in Motion revisited 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z A vain, venal, vacuum-packed embodiment of political ego, Meyer lives in a world of bunglers, schemers and jaded professionals whose collective main goal is political survival at all costs. Trump fatigue? 17 political TV shows to watch if you're totally over politics 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z The show’s Ford was Chevy Chase, a lanky slapstick comedian who portrayed the commander in chief as President Pratfall, a genial bungler stumbling across the world stage with a complacent grin. SNL has skewered every president since Ford. All of them reacted the same way — until now. 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z They included Irish paramilitaries, al-Qaida operatives, far-right extremists, incompetent bunglers caught up in something they didn’t understand, and highly dangerous operatives. The scientists persuading terrorists to spill their secrets 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z That it will also enrich countless contractors and lobbyists and bunglers and wreckers is just a bonus. Are those my words coming of out Steve Bannon's mouth? | Thomas Frank 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z There are plenty of crime movies about comically incompetent bunglers, but the gag starts to wear thin if there's a body count, involved. TIFF Days 3 and 4: bad people making bad decisions, in (sometimes) bad movies 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Deflategate was his defining moment in history, and it firmly established him as a political bungler and a dunce. Why Roger Goodell, not Tom Brady, is Deflategate’s real loser 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z It is a ruthlessly competitive field, susceptible to fantasy and correspondingly sensitive to bunglers. The Stem-Cell Scandal 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z There was one place, though, where the overthrow attempt made perfect sense, and its failure was lamented as a tragedy – where the conspirators were not derided as bunglers, but lauded as freedom fighters. The reckless plot to overthrow Africa's most absurd dictator | Andrew Rice 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z For years, Madrid's second team suffered from a severe inferiority complex as neighbouring Real ruled the roost and the rest of Spain derided them as hapless bunglers who always managed to somehow mess everything up. European football's most wanted? 2014-04-09T23:31:20Z Yet today, Antioco is now widely assailed as a fool, a bungler and worse. The New Age Of Disruption 2013-09-21T06:38:00Z The prosecution simply hasn’t been able to disprove his claim that he killed Trayvon Martin in self-defense, and Zimmerman has looked ever more the overzealous bungler than the bigoted murderer. Viewpoint: Just Because Zimmerman 'Started It' Doesn't Mean He's Guilty 2013-07-12T10:50:28Z Thousands, it was estimated, walked the earth unsuspected, unapprehensive, serene and content—contemptuous of failures and bunglers, as are the masters in any art. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z Writers had been careless, audacious innovators had inserted their interpolations, honest but mistaken bunglers had added and taken away whenever the sense seemed to require it. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The shot was fired, but fell short of its aim, and the gunner was cursed as a bungler. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z "Not by the bunglers they call doctors," the astrologer answered scornfully. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z By attending poor concerts you encourage the bungler to continue in his crimes against good taste and artistic decency, and you become his accomplice. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Carlyle is ever a bungler in his own business; for his creations or rather combinations are the most discordant and awkward possible. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z I'd very gladly leave you here to your fate, you fat bungler!" said he, with irrepressible bitterness, "if it weren't that you'd turn informer on us. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z However, the happy omen appeared, when the delighted bungler exclaimed that the gods preferred his execution and taste. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z He showed Ralph the true merits and economics of the wiper's avocation in a quick, practical way that proved Ike Slump was a novice and a bungler. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z "The old head was out of this business; for some reason it has been entrusted to underlings, and bunglers." Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z We hunt down and exterminate the exposed bungler, who, if he bungles, and would yet save his skin, must take precautions not to be found out. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The first attempt was a failure, an egregiously contemptible and inartistic failure, and all due to that inveterate bungler. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Those bunglers murder our bodies," he said, "and defile our souls by making us swallow the drink of heathens. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z Tink′ler: the act of doing tinker's work: a botcher or bungler: a botch or bungle: a young mackerel.—v.t. to repair, esp. unskilfully.—v.i. to do tinker's work: to make a botch or mess of anything. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z It was only bunglers and clumsy fools who got caught; he knew that a man of his intelligence and ability would not make such an idiot of himself as—well, as common ruffians always do. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Not a dishonest man in ordinary life, not even an unintelligent man, he was the greatest bungler ever sent by a friendly nation to another. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z Immediately all her fears vanished, for they had hardly gone up the short side of the room before she knew that if any one was the bungler it was she. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z Slade’s handling of the situation had exposed him as a bungler, but for Mr. Shei’s ingenuity and resourcefulness The Phantom had a high respect. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Some of the greatest Anglers are the poorest fish killers, but to them one fish correctly captured on chivalric tackle means more than a tubful of butchered victims means to the unenlightened bungler. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z But the bungler hired a paid D.E.A. informant posing as a cartel hit man instead. Op-Ed Columnist: The Saudi Ambassador of Sangfroid 2011-10-23T02:17:15Z There is a moral every where, and the veriest bungler cannot fail to seize it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Bernadotte had behaved so badly at Wagram, that Napoleon sent him to Paris with the stern rebuke, "A bungler like you is no good to me." Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z Possession of this capacity makes the difference between the artist and the intellectual bungler. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z On this point we are at one, that our old religious system is false; but I cannot say with you that it is a patchwork of bunglers and half philosophers. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z He was no rough bungler, but a clever practitioner, well known for his professional and human sympathy. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z There is genius in the perpetration of crime, Mr. Grayson, just as there must be in its detection, unless it is the shallow work of a bungler. The Leak 2011-08-23T02:00:33.460Z Miserable bungler that I am, I have been trying to make matters better, and I have made them a thousand times worse! Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z You know that I have cultivated music as a science, from my earliest youth; that I am an enthusiast here, and not altogether a bungler in my own execution. The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z That religious system which is now offered in place of the old is a patchwork of bunglers and half philosophers.” Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z He seems to have been a speculative bungler in a new-found art, which he mysteriously hinted was to make a man’s fortune. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z In Diepsloot, where a sea of shanties covers much of the expanse, police officers are often derided as bunglers at best and crooks at worst. Magazine Preview: Watching the Murder of an Innocent Man 2011-06-02T14:40:59Z Did you assume for an instant, Mrs. Challoner, that I was such a bungler as to release your husband at the first trial—for all the world to know—to suspect? The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z And Barrett Bays, the bungler, held her up When she was stricken—like the man, I think! Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z But he had to admit that he was the merest bungler compared with his companion. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z They pledged their lives to protect yours, the bunglers. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z The police are bunglers anyway, and only make scandal and publicity. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z Her satisfaction knew no bounds, and she made daily progress in exclusiveness; the Countess Ilsenbergh, as compared to her, was a mere bungler. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z The worst aspect of it all was that to Virginia, to whom nothing could be explained, he must seem merely a hopeless bungler, a person unable to manage a simple expedition like this. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Cupid has proved in the past a sad bungler, whose mistakes and failures grimace from every page of our divorce court records. The Super Race: An American Problem 2011-03-01T03:00:46.193Z The bunglers had all grown above his head. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z The wound of a sharp arrow is never very painful till some inexpert bungler endeavors to withdraw the weapon. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Rather it confirmed him in his distrust of himself, for it seemed to him that the Colonel, too, must look upon him as a bungler, a waster of men's lives.... The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z If you disarm him twice, you can call him a bungler, and refuse to continue the duel. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z I have even feigned to believe you a bungler in order not to believe you a traitor and unfaithful to me. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z “To do evil that good may come of it, is for the bungler in politics as well as in morals.” The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z But they were such bunglers, that they committed the most glaring mistakes. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z You bungler!" exclaimed the latter, under his breath; "you only fall from one blunder into another. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Leeds were now dominant with the Arsenal loanee Watt, in particular, a bungler turned marauder. Nottingham Forest 1-1 Leeds United 2010-08-15T14:21:00Z The And the from what the paper dubs the "council social services bunglers". Failings over rapist father examined 2010-03-11T05:50:00Z I had scarce time to slip aside, ere the next man had flung Jocelin by for a bungler, and the third trampled him down. Idonia: A Romance of Old London A bungler is a man who lets his artistic temperament get the better of him. Whispering Wires How have I deserved this thing that has come to me?—sad bungler that I have been! The Valiants of Virginia Any one who enters the guild not according to artisan law, is treated as a bungler, and persecuted with a hatred, the intention of which is to exclude him from their society. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Upon my word, my dear marquis," exclaimed Rodolph, "our enemies have shown themselves bunglers after all! The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 He would inquire after him, like enough, and wherefore he had not returned into Spain, to which Spurrier would answer him astray and then lie to mend it; a paltry bungler as he is! Idonia: A Romance of Old London Now he had collaborated with a bungler and harvested a dilemma. The Tempering But do not let us talk of the petty souls, the bunglers and the underlings! In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. I implore you, my dear Prince, in the names of the great masters, not to give these wretched bunglers so proud a name! The Children of the World Whoever works with symbols only is a pedant, a hypocrite, or a bungler. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 This strikes me as being a bungler’s job. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus My own individual case was sufficient to show that they were bunglers. The Unveiling of Lhasa And what a bungler you must think me! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 They're no bunglers, but rather very skillful mechanics or artisans, who have learned all the rules of their trade, and feel a pride in their guild. The Children of the World That is just it; neither can I. When I come to that I am a wretched bungler. Edelweiss A Story But I’m an awful bungler, I am afraid. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War The fast livers of Paris and London are bunglers compared with the Yankees. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine He has not fancy or imagination—they had both—they were consummate masters in their art: he was but a bold bungler after all. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 There was one, the most ridiculous bungler in the world, a certain K�nig, whom his colleagues called the zaunk�nig, because he exhibited old hedges or fences adorned with a few weeds, as landscapes. The Children of the World Sound sense seems abundantly lacking In Courts and in Cabinets too; And Public Opinion will grapple With bunglers like Matthews and you; So Newton, my boy, 'ware the apple! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 16, 1887 Do you think I am such a bungler? Black Diamonds The old man was excessively merry; and clinking glasses with Roland, he said:— "Yes, yes, we are all bunglers compared with your father." Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Yet he was such a bungler, even in this language, that his blunders furnished infinite merriment to the people of Flanders, who took some revenge for their wrongs in the ridicule of their oppressor. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 In many things, flower-pieces for instance, I am a bungler to her. The Children of the World You knew it could show you and your whole organization up as a bunch of bunglers and incompetents. Twelve Times Zero The theory would tell terribly against fellows like us; for, let us do our very best, we must be bunglers at the game. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly He told himself that he had been stupid, hard—a bungler. Fidelity A Novel My God! but I have been a bungler at living. Seeds of Pine I reckon I c'n make him understand something, even if I am such a big bungler at this thing. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine The bunglers, why, they must have glued the wrong label on the bas-relief. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions To extract a temporary tusk after it has reset is somewhat difficult, and is not to be undertaken by every bungler. The Dog Why, the bungler forgot the best part of it. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries And this Saturninus is a bungler," groaned the Illyrian, "and a wounded man, too. A Captive of the Roman Eagles Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing To fork out his penny and pocket your shilling.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Are you going to be a bungler all your life? An Artist in Crime He told him to his face that he was a clumsy bungler. Pretty Michal And it is only right that this should happen to those who desert good and eminent masters, and mix themselves up with bunglers. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 07 (of 10) Tribolo to Il Sodoma It is only weaklings and bunglers who paint allegorical pictures. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Your Stradivarius, his pupil, is only a bungler in comparison with him. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Things have different sides: that which in common life, you call honesty, is bungler's work in politics. The Nephews: A Play, in Five Acts. The hands that wrought these paintings on the walls were not the hands of bunglers. Through Our Unknown Southwest I am a stupid bungler, spoiling canvas and wasting paint, or else you are as obtuse as the critics who may one day hover hungrily over it. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part I don't pretend to compare with you in the useful arts, and I am only a bungler in ornamental ones. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine Many a one has thought this, and has remained a miserable bungler all his days. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II I thought I had done my work effectually: I did not know I was such a bungler. Under False Pretences A Novel But in rage broke out the landlord, O'er their laughter rang his scolding: "Stupid fellows, bunglers, numskulls!" The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. Hoary Time is a beginner, Life a bungler, Death a dunce. Poems Were not the Spartans allowed to steal from one another, and the bunglers only punished? Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 You are a clever surgeon, and perhaps will never be more than a bungler at painting. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II The one attains perfection in his art by a process which in the other would produce an ignoramus, a bungler, a narrow-minded, conceited charlatan. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education Every genuine and sincere artist smiles at the naivet� of this bungler's error--sadly perhaps, but he does smile. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 “I am a bungler, as usual!” he said. The Moving Finger “But you know, Morris, you always were such a bungler.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Love, like the drama, being so rigidly limited in technique, is no field for the bungler! Clark's Field I’ve had occasion to see some little of their handiwork—broken cabinets, broken shutters, broken doors—and I find them bunglers. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV Marx was a mere bungler and the whole matter must be set right without delay. The Art of Lecturing Revised Edition Addison was a bungler in talk, but every sentence from his pen was elegant. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series For the first she doubted herself; felt like a bungler. At the Crossroads Yes, this I care, bungler: I care because of all three of thee, thou alone wert covetous enough to obey my conditions. The Pirate Woman Only I don’t like to kill bunglers, even when they deserve it.” In the Shadow of the Hills There were people outside, civilians, who confidently and contemptuously declared him to be a bungler; a patient, hard-working bungler. The Law-Breakers Franklin was by no means a bungler in his speech, but he was not fluent. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series I have always had a weakness for official detectives, and have resented the term "Scotland Yard bungler" almost as if it were a personal affront; and now I feel that my resentment is justified. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914 Beside him, I am a mere bungler—I realise it more deeply each time I meet him. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue The sloven becomes the bungler, and the bungler is on the high road to failure. Rural Life and the Rural School “I have only tried it once before,” I remarked, “and I am a dreadful bungler.” The First Violin A Novel To fail of arresting the desperado was to brand himself a bungler and to expose himself to the contempt of other sure-shot ruffians. They of the High Trails Rules were invented to tell lies from the inspection of the hand, in which the poor Gypsies were accounted mere bunglers. A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies Whatever the people may do, the same quacks and bunglers will over again commit the same blunders. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 My dear Godfrey, you are simply splendid," she went on, "the dearest old bungler I know. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate Here as elsewhere a bungler can ruin the very best of flour or meal. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South This word was used of a coarse workman, or a bungler, in any mechanical trade. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar Then, too, they are such duffers—such bunglers—that they are quite capable of giving that Jules his liberty!... Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas It is to hope for a miracle to expect any thing for the better at the hands of the bunglers. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 These "dissolute, brutalized, heartless bunglers," as Jules calls them, attack with quick, clever, merciless tongues whatever savors of idealism, aspiration, purity. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning The public does not know the reason why, but it will instantly realize that the work of the artist is in some mysterious way superior to the work of the bungler. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression The alchemistic quacks are generally called “bunglers” and “messy cooks” by the masters of the art. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts They’re all bunglers—they will be sure to make a mess of it, and, then, no man can foresee what will happen. In Her Own Right Will the shallow rhetors, will the would-be leaders in the Congress, be as subservient to the bunglers as they have been up to this hour? Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 He, forsooth, take up his portion with these dissolute, brutalized, heartless bunglers!—so he was heard to call us all: now, is Schramm brutalized, I should like to know? Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Oh, very well," fumes Beckmesser, "Now you have heard him: Sachs offering a loophole to bunglers, that they may slip in and out at will and flourish Page 213 at ease. The Wagnerian Romances Those who would seek so to confine it are the bunglers who have missed the mark themselves, and "they like"—the great critic adds malignantly—"they like to be together." Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations He finds himself a bungler in the attempt, is mortified at his failure, and settles it in his mind forever that the attempt is vain. Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching Empty rhetoric — The future dark and terrible — Wadsworth defeated — The official bunglers blast every thing they touch — Great and holy day! Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 My self-respect returns; I am not a bungler. The Diamond Coterie His admiration for the English ship-builders was high, he afterwards saying that but for his journey to England he would have always remained a bungler. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality However, Clavering was no lover of unamended nature, holding nature, except in rare moments of inspiration, a bungler of the first water. Black Oxen If you hurt me, it’ll serve me right for being such a bungler. The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War Empty rhetoric — The future dark and terrible — Wadsworth defeated — The official bunglers blast everything they touch — Great and holy day! Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Another is that under a monarchy the posts of honour are occupied by bunglers and rascals who win their promotion by petty court intrigue. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics This is extremely rare, and, as Fergusson says, we hear more of these from bunglers who have operated only several times, than from those who have had large experience. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Therefore when I speak, You will, for justice's sake, concede I am No absolute bungler, no coarse-palated Plebeian, as to paradises. Mr. Faust The amateur sinner, the mere bungler whom we meet with, alas! so frequently, is perpetually introducing consecutive fifths and octaves into his music, perpetually bringing wrong colour notes into his painting. The Green Carnation And the consequence is, that, avoiding it wherever I can, I have not yet entitled myself to pass muster in the first class of bunglers. Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II He was no vulgar bungler to break into the store, or enter into an alliance with burglars. The Telegraph Boy And the words were no sooner out of his mouth than Richard cursed himself for a bungler, and a slightly vulgar one at that. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance There every one is so expert that I used to feel like a great bungler. The Governess Leopold immediately began to realize that he had no talent for concealment; that he was a sad bungler in the management of any business which was not open and above-board. The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock “This is no place for bunglers like you an’ me. Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago Davy," she said with a deep sigh, "I reckon I'm just a bungler. Janet of the Dunes He had always said that a fellow had shown himself a bungler at love-making if he were not practically assured of the result before he came to the point of the declaration. Deserted 1898 O comely fool!" the Queen said, not ungently, "I contrive, it may be, but to demonstrate that many tyrants of antiquity were only bunglers. Chivalry The Lord's people are not meant to be bunglers, in any line. Tired Church Members Yeasky read this last sentence again and then the thought that he would be confirmed as a bungler in his superior's mind occurred to him. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport He carefully returned every thing to its place, after having used it: compared with him the most methodical clerk would have been but a bungler. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I On receiving Sandercock's message and instant appeal for help, he cursed his Under-Sheriff for a drunken bungler, and reluctantly prepared to ride West and restore order. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales And if that cute little bungler don't improve pretty soon, I just don't know what I'm agoin' to do with him. Chums of the Camp Fire It has a probability about it which cannot fail to make it be believed—an essential point too frequently overlooked by bunglers in lying.” The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea Everyone knows whether you are an artist or a bungler. Pushing to the Front The Church, the State, the Social System come tumbling ruinous over the heads of bunglers, who cannot uphold, because they never could have built them, and the rubbish obstructs every path in life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 There were many reasons, but the chief was that reported judgment of the "crowd of us," as "dissolute, brutalised, heartless bunglers." Browning's Heroines The authors of ancient embroilments of the text were sad bunglers. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels As for testing, know now that only mechanisms built by bunglers require testing. Skylark Three Most of us are bunglers in our conversation, because we do not make an art of it; we do not take the trouble or pains to learn to talk well. Pushing to the Front If a bungler tries and fails, let him be Anathema, Maranathema; but let not his failure deter from trial a genuine artist. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. You would have gone, then, to a man of sawdust, a chicken-livered bungler! Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo I fancy I am not so great a bungler as to overshoot my purposes and baffle my own designs; and, woman," said he, raising his arm threateningly above her head, "I caution you to beware. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems He did not want to run the risk of being shown up as a bungler. The Winning Clue A bungler would have bored us with ever so many ramifications of the same idea, on one of which, in our weariness, we might have wished him hanged by the neck till he was dead. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Playing a hunch, Tom said to him, "You know what your government does to rebels and bunglers, Mirov." Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung The beginner and the confirmed bungler alike fail in this prime essential—they do not make this mental picture of tone before singing it. Resonance in Singing and Speaking Tom was a hopeless bungler in some ways. Tom Slade with the Boys Over There If I could but find the cheating bungler," thought Richard, "who slighted that little shoe in making, I'd pile fortune upon him for the balance of his life. The President A novel I would give something to know, for instance, who were the stupid bunglers who set this stone in the wall. A Mummer's Tale I'm afraid I'm rather a bungler, but you'll understand everything if you read the papers. A Popular Schoolgirl "My grandsons are no bunglers, as you know," said the proud old grandsire. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure You and Dr. Alvarez will remain on duty and conduct the ship's program without a Red Doctor until a man is sent to replace this bungler. Star Surgeon There are so many bunglers in life, so few efficient characters, and he felt Molly to be entirely efficient. Great Possessions It was an ugly gash high in the back, to the left of the spine—a bungler's or a coward's attempt at the terrible heart-stab. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories The thought that such a bungler as this stranger should be preferred to himself, intensified his pangs of humiliation. The Harbor Master I fear that I should only be a bungler in your profession, Mr. Quest, but if there is anything I can do to help you to discover her whereabouts, you can count upon me. The Black Box No two countries upon earth have so many points of common interest and friendship; and their rulers must be great bunglers indeed, if, with such dispositions, they break them asunder. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 The fox is a poor bungler compared with the wolverine. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale In my inmost heart I know I am a bungler and an absolute failure. Musicians of To-Day They would say that the saints were against his enterprises and ambitions; that his luck was gone; that he was a bungler and so not fit to give orders to full-grown men. The Harbor Master For a licentious maker is in truth but a bungler and not a Poet. The Arte of English Poesie These christians are mere bunglers; they procreate nothing but out of their own wives, and these have all the looks of eldest sons. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Kill it?—no! he is no short-sighted bungler; he has refinement, foresight, understanding. Idolatry A Romance I turned—all in a cold shiver—to retrace my steps and pick up the toys at the blind children's feet, and as I did so, felt myself a bungler past pardon. Corporal Sam and Other Stories We had had too many bunglers already out there; it was now time that men of a different stamp should be forthcoming. French and English A Story of the Struggle in America Oh, of course she is off to the rescue of those poor bunglers. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town A singleness of design and a unity of action, could not be deviated from during the period of its infancy by the most ignorant and inexpert bungler in political science. Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America In short, these works are rather studies of style in an age when the greatest stylists were but bunglers and beginners, than valuable histories. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots This is no place for bunglers like you an' me. Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata On being answered in the negative, he remarked: 'Those rascally detectives are bunglers, and oftentimes would rather let the culprit escape than catch him. Tracy Park None but bunglers ever undertake a job like this. Sevenoaks Any projector can contrive new impositions; any bungler can add to the old. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) I'm distressed to have been such a bungler, such a miserable bungler, such a blind fool, indeed. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse The men who assume the name are mere thieving bunglers, builders devoid of all individuality and learning. The Cathedral But their excitement threw them into confusion, they lost the stroke, and Barney was such a bungler himself that he could not get the boat about. All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake A Sequel to "The Boat Club" I would not trust such a bungler to shoe a goat. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader The English are but bunglers with a gentleman's blade, and should restrict themselves to pike and quarterstaff. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall In fact, only bunglers resort to killing; and if the killing be known it ends one's career in the service. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse Anna-Felicitas was a born dreamer, a born bungler with her hands and feet. Christopher and Columbus Few know how to jog; Hasty tongue and pen, Many a bungler bog, Steady! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 9, 1892 If I miss thee again, I am an arrant bungler. Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) With a sudden sag in his spirits he felt what a bungler he had been. His Family She was not such a bungler; though that she was the directing spirit in the entire affair he had not the least doubt. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse That can only happen to bunglers; there is not the least necessity for landing where danger is to be apprehended. Willis the Pilot He would have liked, if he could, to regard him as a culpable bungler; but even this consoling view was closed to him by Lucia. The Divine Fire "Oh, what a bungler I am!" she exclaimed with half-amused regret. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories His trained intelligence, his wide experience, his genius were being given to cutting a canal thousands of miles away while the streets of his own home were being cut up and undermined by half-trained bunglers. Andrew the Glad Only if a Portrait is to be, I confess I should rather avoid going abroad under the hands of bunglers, at least of bunglers sanctioned by myself. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. Had German spies gone to the insect world for a lesson, they might not have been the inefficient bunglers they showed themselves to be. The Pleasures of Ignorance If, then, a work be morally bad, this proves the author more a bungler than anything else. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England The sentry who was here was a bungler with a bow. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex She meant well—" "Oh, every failure, and bungler, and mischief-maker means well. The Wild Olive Antonyms: tyro, bungler. explain, v. expound, elucidate, unfold, interpret. explainable, a. explicable, interpretable, solvable. Putnam's Word Book All of which would be a score against the husband, would brand him as a brute, or a bungler, and so tend to make his "sun-aimed arrow alight in the mud." Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living Some Things That All Sane People Ought to Know About Sex Nature and Sex Functioning; Its Place in the Economy of Life, Its Proper Training and Righteous Exercise The officials of my estate are mere bunglers. Tales of Old Japan This revolutionary spirit is expert in pulling down; it is a sorry bungler at rebuilding. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography I make her play at shuttlecock with me, and she is the veriest bungler at it ever you saw. The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 It had been modelled by a wretched bungler in a moment of inattention. Kimono The order was obeyed, but the shot fell short of the intention, on which he jumped up and cursed the fellows for bunglers who had fired the gun. The Pirates Own Book He will then wish to say everything—a false tendency of young geniuses, or an instinctively correct prejudice of old bunglers. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes I contrive, it may be, but to demonstrate that many tyrants of antiquity were only bunglers. Chivalry Moussa Isa wished to shriek to him that he was a fool and a bungler; that throats were not to be cut in that fashion, with hackings and sawing at the gullet. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life How his fellow-workmen were pitying him!—a poor blockhead of a bungler who had thus brought to a pitiful climax his failure to learn a simple trade. The Second Generation People have often said of me, not to my face, but behind my back, that in most things I was but a botcher and a bungler. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes I twitched softly at my wrists, and then at my ankles, but whichever of the two had secured me was no bungler at his work. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard But you are right: I am a coward and a bungler, because I can create no life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Classical art was the only art; all painters before the age of Raphael superstitious bunglers. Literary and General Lectures and Essays The general who succeeded him was a bungler. The Story of Mankind The child died in one and a half hours afterward from extreme hemorrhage, and the medical bungler was compelled to appear before a coroner's jury in explanation of his ignorance. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine I've had occasion to see some little of their handiwork - broken cabinets, broken shutters, broken doors - and I find them bunglers. Plays of William E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson Rachel was a botcher and a bungler, a very cobbler, beside Anne Turner. She Stands Accused Lop-Ear, struggling with the second puppy, scowled at me and intimated by a variety of sounds the different kinds of a fool and a bungler that I was. Before Adam We have seen that bungler from Dresden play master to my New Testament. An Open Letter on Translating Oh, my dear Madame," murmured the artist, interrupting Presley's impatient retort; "I am a mere bungler. The Octopus : A story of California Lecoq was a miserable bungler," he said, in an angry voice; "he had only one thing to recommend him, and that was his energy. A Study in Scarlet Am I such a farcical bungler, Watson, that I should erect an obvious dummy and expect that some of the sharpest men in Europe would be deceived by it? The Return of Sherlock Holmes Am I such a farcical bungler, Watson, that I should erect an obvious dummy, and expect that some of the sharpest men in Europe would be deceived by it? The Return of Sherlock Holmes I ain't never bin no bungler at my trade, but I hed to bungle this time 'cause I couldn't shoot your girl! Lo, Michael! "The little actress plays her part well, it must be owned,—it is her trade; but thou art a bungler, my gentle Calderon." Calderon the Courtier, a Tale Be of good heart, therefore, for you shall not fall into the hands of a bungler.' Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 The Judge was not such a bungler in the art of directing the strength of the Ally in serving his own ends. The Calling of Dan Matthews "The bungler, the greenhorn!" he exclaimed out loud, as so often in such self-communings. Casanova's Homecoming He was no bungler to attempt other than the most gently delicate methods. Thoroughbreds If this was so, the booksellers must have been great bunglers, for the book ran through three editions in six or seven months. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 On the other hand, the forger, if forgery there be, is assuredly no clumsy and ignorant bungler, as the makers of the Moabite pottery were confidently alleged to be by those who disputed its genuineness. Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 "Now, look here, you don't think I'm any such a bungler as that, do you?" The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love She bungled her work to such an extent that the mistress had reduced her wages to two francs a day, the price paid to the clumsiest bungler. L'Assommoir He is such a clumsy bungler that he does whatever one wishes. Cord and Creese "Commodus," I interrupted, "is not altogether a bungler when he gives his mind to the duties of his office." Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire "Thank you! my dear Cecilia," said Lady Davenant, smiling; "I am, indeed, a sad bungler, but still I shall always maintain a great respect for work and workers, and I have good reasons for it." Tales and Novels — Volume 10 We are agreed that our old religious system is false; but I cannot say with you that it is a patchwork of bunglers and half-philosophers. Among My Books First Series I told her that she must have found me something of a bungler there, too, and reminded her that I couldn't play the accompaniments of my best songs at all. Bertram Cope's Year It is we the bunglers who adore the occupation in the abstract. Tremendous Trifles Keep your men off, Sir Charles; they are noisy bunglers, and do more harm than good. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day "A bungler had better stick to the traps," he assented, ignoring the badinage. The Fighting Chance "You bungler," he cried, and his voice rang through the long quiet corridor. Windy McPherson's Son He kept his eyes on the yellow head, this unfortunate bungler, who had been in love with Norah since he had worn knickerbockers, and Norah held her own head higher in the air. Life at High Tide A master spirit had invented it, and its mystery was far too deep to be penetrated by a common bungler. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece "I thought him a clever fellow, but it seems that he's a bungler after all." The House of Whispers He is yet but a bungler, and knows not how to cut up a man without tearing, but by a pattern. Character Writings of the 17th Century It is true I am but a bungler in Italian, and your lordship was generally obliged to interpret for me. Four Early Pamphlets We should not even have risen to the modest level of a Scotland Yard bungler. Mike and Psmith It is not my fault that these bunglers unleashed their hound, but at least I shall have the credit of having made a single-handed capture of one very desperate and dangerous conspirator.' Uncle Bernac A Memory of the Empire At anything of this sort I was likely to prove a sorry bungler compared with such an artist as Cairns. A Rogue by Compulsion But not by every bungler and ordinary text-divider; but by a man of great cunning and experience. An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments Yet any swindlers we have known are novices and bunglers, as is attested by their ill name. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 They were terrible bunglers when it came to scouting, and they even laughed at themselves; that was the best part of it. Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp I am a sad bungler in this great work, Miss Worth. The Winning of Barbara Worth "Capital!—think twice before you speak once, and before long you won't be the worst bungler with your tongue that lives west of the Alleghenies." The Lost Trail I am neither a coward nor a bungler. The Prince of India — Volume 01 The painter did not like to answer what he thought, which was as follows: "Because those canvases are the work of an artist, and you have never been anything but a vile bungler." Theresa Raquin And Burt on his mettle was no bungler. Nature's Serial Story "We detectives do not like to speak with certainty until we have clapped our hands upon our men; we leave that for the amateurs, the bunglers— the quacks of our profession." Once Aboard the Lugger It is a reproach to any man to be but a bungler at his profession, to be but a sloven in his profession. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 The only real destruction was caused by a barrel of powder, which some bunglers blew up by mistake. The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 A story of this kind, however, must be made as well as told by an artist; for in the hands of a bungler it is quite as likely to be a failure as a success. The Story Hour Moreover, the detected murderer is considered a bungler who has fallen into the pit dug for his brother. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Wearying of this, because, as he said, it was poor work fencing with bunglers, he kept us closer company for the rest of the journey, and was most entertaining. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca "What a bungler!" exclaimed the adjutant, still holding out his hand for the glass. Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian "Ah, bungler," said Henri, raising his sword, "you are no good for either King or nation," and he struck the unfortunate man dead at his feet. La Vendée What a bungler in dissimulation! how short-sighted was this big, strong man and remarkable artist! Arachne — Complete What a bungler in dissimulation! how short- sighted was this big, strong man and remarkable artist! Arachne — Volume 04 A skillful workman gets double the pay of a bungler, and deserves it. The Stillwater Tragedy A purple dromedary; a bungler in the art and mystery of thieving. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue I see a number of wretched bunglers who make a livelihood, and why, with my talents, am I to fail? The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Of course, he was a bungler and took a hundred rash chances. Courts and Criminals Have we always been bunglers in this fair land of ours? The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters I remembered what an old Boer had said to me at Buluwayo: "The Zulu with his assegai is an enemy to be feared; with a gun, he is a bungler." Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose I'm a bungler, when it comes to saying things to women. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Locksmiths are bunglers in the East compared to patrols and eunuchs. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Then in matters of art he would carry the difficulties of a beginner or a bungler to a proficient, and the latter would help the former. It Is Never Too Late to Mend I'm only a bungler at commerce, but I've worked hard, and I have a certain amount of knowledge. The Crown of Life Compared with such a man, Peak felt himself a bungler. Born in Exile Oh, you bunglers, presumptuous pitiful bunglers, what have you done! Beyond Good and Evil Moreover, she knew that Clem was a bungler, altogether lacking in astuteness, and her soul was pained by the thought of chances being missed. The Nether World Oh, what a fool I was to side with such a bungler as you against Mr. Levi. It Is Never Too Late to Mend A miserable bungler, a wretched dilettant—or have you another word for it? Maurice Guest "To be sure—I am not a bungler." Under Two Flags Sticks and grains of rice make it plain that the caddis worm is not the bungler that one would expect from the monstrous buildings in the pond. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography You must have been sad bunglers if it is so," said the archdeacon; "and indeed, to tell the truth, I think you have bungled it. Barchester Towers First, he was kept here stagnant and bored; and second, they must be a pair of bunglers; he'd have robbed a parish in less time. It Is Never Too Late to Mend He became an actor by the side of whom those comedians that played impromptus for his delectation were the merest bunglers with the art. The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro In the arts of peace Man is a bungler. Man and Superman There was not a word of opposition to the union of Irene and Stanhope: Penelope was not such a bungler as to make that mistake. Their Pilgrimage Bunglers, bunglers, to defeat Kornilov; and back of the bunglers are the German agents. Ten Days That Shook the World "If you can bear to stay with a miserable bungler like me—that, of course, is a question." The Great Hunger A common bungler would have painted her in her best clothes, with crown and sceptre, just as our Queen has been painted by—but comparisons are odious. Little Travels and Roadside Sketches Much to my chagrin, I was a born bungler. The Rise of David Levinsky But this intelligent Me, who steps forward as the senior partner in our dual personality, turns out to be a terrible bungler. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 It won't be standing,—the Master said.—We are poor bunglers compared to those old Egyptians. The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Do not these miserable bunglers see that this noble ship of the fathers is foundering because of her uneven load? Confiscation; an outline Reduced to itself, abandoned by the other arts, because human thought is abandoning it, it summons bunglers in place of artists. Notre-Dame De Paris Sir, we shall have to lie from morn to night; and you will be a bungler at that, saving your presence. Put Yourself in His Place You all mean well, but you're bunglers, here's a little delicate matter as none can handle like the Smiler. Black Bartlemy's Treasure I must disappear someday, and all this community of bunglers with me. Pillars of Society You are yet but a novice and a bungler, friend Giuseppo. The Daughter of an Empress A profound and sure affection, which I was foolish enough to allow to be lost to me, like the bungler I am. The Nabob We should not even have risen to the modest height of a Scotland Yard bungler. Something New Compared with him I am only a bungler. Egmont You were a fool and a bungler not to make sure of it. A Millionaire of Yesterday The invisible foes seldom vouchsafe to make themselves visible where they can frustrate the bungler as they mock at his toils from their ambush. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English They have carried off Natacha," he cried in a surge of anguish. "bungler that I am, that is my fault too—all my fault—all my fault! The Secret of the Night He said that he had left a few birches to screen the line of the upper switch, for fear some nervous bungler, driving an engine down, might be frightened, and "blow" about the switch. The Brick Moon and Other Stories Brodie was a sorry bungler when at work, but a perfect artist at the gallows. A Book of Scoundrels The villain—bungler as well as knave—had killed the wrong man, somebody of no importance whatever. Paul Kelver, a Novel Let us pass over, and see this bungler at work.' A Voyage to Arcturus The Oulton seamen had given me a taste for doing clever neat work, such as plaits or pointing, so that I was not such a bungler at delicate handicraft as most boys of my age. Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger I did try, but was presently swept off the stool and denominated “a little bungler.” Jane Eyre He was but a bungler on the road, with no more resource than he might have learned from the common chap-book, or from the dying speeches, hawked in Newgate Street. A Book of Scoundrels Our profession is ruined by bunglers who understand neither the epoch nor their art. Unconscious Comedians "We others are gropers and bunglers, but he is a master." A Voyage to Arcturus So they, the Lacedaemonians, visit penalties on the boy who is detected thieving as being but a sorry bungler in the art. Polity Athenians and Lacedaemonians If only I could do everything myself, and not have to trust to fools and bunglers! Rupert of Hentzau Nor in his inspired youth was plunder his sole ambition: he cultivated the garden of his style with the natural zeal of the artist; he frowned upon the bungler with a lofty contempt. A Book of Scoundrels Also, it has meant death for many a bungler. The Night-Born If Cartouche was a sorry bungler at prison-breaking, Sheppard was unmatched in this dangerous art. A Book of Scoundrels |
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