| 单词 | burked |
| 例句 | But, of course, it couldn't fail, unless it was burked. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z I am sorry to say that, stenographically speaking, I burked Isaiah, and contented myself with the long-hand abbreviation, Is., and as to the text itself, I thought the first three words would suffice. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z I’ve tried to get something out of Murad, but my messengers have failed; but all the same, I feel sure he knows all about it, and burked Arthur for a reason of his own.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z One or two motions for amnesty were burked by the previous question. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Finding that she was alone with her daughter, the three scoundrels 'burked' the poor women and outraged them. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z ‘There,’ says I to the people, ‘don’t you make no mistake: I ain’t burked the gent as took it into his head to dress up and come to see—’ But there! A Little World If luck favoured him he might set his own project on foot before the mayor’s messenger burked it by a civic order. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Cynthia wanted to come, but Mrs. Devar had evidently burked the excursion. Cynthia's Chauffeur They burked the fact that Sprot confessed all these, with one or, perhaps, two exceptions, to be forgeries by himself. James VI and the Gowrie Mystery Sir Charles's proposal was burked; but he had laid the powder, which was soon after fired and led to the successive explosions around the Parnell Commission. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Or to bring it directly home to Dickens, the following quotation will serve: "'You don't mean to say he was "burked," Sam?' said Mr. Pickwick." Dickens' London Every woman who dares to speak on this great burked subject seems to have "a remedy" ready to her hand. The Truth About Woman No, Mas’r Harry, I don’t; but I feel quite sure as they’ve burked him, and got him away with them bars of gold. The Golden Magnet They burked the fact that they possessed plot-letters alleged to be by Logan. James VI and the Gowrie Mystery But this proposal by no means suited his ardent backers-up, who looked upon the whole affair as providential, and by no means to be burked. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton One of the men generally threw himself on the victim to hold him down, while the other "burked" him by forcibly pressing the nostrils and mouth, or the throat, with his hands. Dickens' London He was far too shrewd to go straight back to the topic burked by his own error. The Stowaway Girl Or a rumour may be burked, or "hushed up." Stories That Words Tell Us I am sure that present Royalty would neither be boycotted nor burked. My Life as an Author Hope you havn't burked your appetites, gentlemen, so as not to be able to do justice to them—smell high—werry good—gamey, in fact. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities And she had burked the revolution—betrayed it, I suppose—and the consequences did not ensue, and Halderschrodt and all the rest of them were left high and dry. The Inheritors Even the Cholera does not menace 'a gentleman of the better ranks;' and no bodies are burked with a decent suit of clothes on their backs. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832 The victim was seized from behind, one man gagged or burked him, while another picked his pocket. Tracks of a Rolling Stone Between you and Mr. Theydon, the work of my department has been hindered and burked most scandalously. Number Seventeen I do not wish any record of mine to be garbled to suit other ends than those ostensible, or whatever may be to the honour of myself or my House to be burked. The Lady of the Shroud |
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