| 单词 | chooser |
| 例句 | She says she knows all about teeth and bones and rickets but beggars can’t be choosers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Beggars can’t be choosers. I wanted green, but it had all been taken.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew beggars couldn’t be choosers, as Mom liked to say, but I had to ask. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z ‘I’d never have picked him for a relative. But beggars can’t be choosers—and happens I’m a beggar. It’s on to time to get ready to go to him.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She says it’s rotten and full of white maggots but beggars can’t be choosers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Her writing wasn’t quite as clear, but beggars can’t be choosers. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z The man says, I’m very sorry, but beggars can’t be choosers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Foragers can’t be choosers,” Muskat announces to our group of 16, convened in the sun room at Laughing Frog Estate, a 300-acre retreat about 30 minutes’ drive northwest of Asheville. In Asheville, N.C., foraging for food with the Mushroom Man In fact, ultimately, choices always speak most of the chooser. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: If your friend could do so much better than him, why doesn’t she? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Cedar shingling requires greater creativity, as the shingles are not standard, and the chooser must paw through the pile to find one that is the perfect width to overlap its neighbors. Lending a Library a Hand in Colorado 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z But they decided beggars couldn’t be choosers and signed on. The Screenwriting Team Behind ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The beggars' universal cry is "spare any change", but in Zimbabwe they can be choosers on the issue. Zimbabwe's own-label dollar coins face consumer resistance 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z In this case, Michael was a chooser, and both he and Christina picked Mary! Date Lab was doubly sure of this match! 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z And Last: The Czar: I’m the king of the ink, I’m the champ of the choosers, The man in the lead of a legion of Losers! Style Invitational Week 1378: It’s (emergency) Parody Time 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z In the second dating game, the chooser and Christina picked different men. Date Lab was doubly sure of this match! 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z “Beggars can’t be choosers but I can tell you as far as coming out on the positive side of this, I think we did,” Mozeliak said. St. Louis Cardinals president confident in new bench coach 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z After making these small and not particularly important decisions, the choosers showed less physical-mental endurance than a peer group and less inclination to study for a test. Perspective | When chess is hard and cheating is easy, the next move is complicated 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z He wants to play until he is 41, says Balague, who added that someone needs to tell him that "beggars can't be choosers". 'Ronaldo shouldn't be at Man Utd but has nowhere to go' 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z “In respect to these songbirds we have in our backyard, the female is the chooser and the male is the displayed,” said ornithologist Bruce Beehler, a research associate at the National Museum of Natural History. Perspective | The birds and the bees can be tough for some birds 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Which brings us to the Dolby’s three mezzanine levels, where beggars who hopefully aren’t choosers have to, in the words of one academy member, “be OK with the thinner oxygen.” How do you get a ticket to the Oscars? Here are the basics, minus begging and pleading 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z The way Android handles links to specific apps is also changing to open your browser by default, rather than the standard app chooser dialog box. Android 12’s third developer beta helps apps get more from cameras and haptic hardware 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z “Beggars can’t be choosers. It’s making payroll. It’s a hostage situation.” Journalist leaves Christian Post amid its plans to attack Christianity Today 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Seeming villains will come to look more like heroes, and what look like moral choices might mask, even to the chooser, a power play. Watch 'The Morning Show' to the end. It's better than you've heard 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Then again, beggars can't be choosers and Tiger hasn't worn anything but a swoosh since the Clinton administration. American hero Kevin Kisner rocks '1776' hat to Open Championship practice round - Golf Digest 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Wasn’t the real mistake made by you, the chooser? Perspective | The Nationals are facing tough calls. The trick is knowing which ones not to make. 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z How wondrous it must be to consider one’s self as entitled to being both beggar and chooser. Conyers Scandal Highlights Divisions, Generational and Gender 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z “I think we know, we’re aware of it but at the same time it gives us an opportunity to be seen. Beggars can’t be choosers, I suppose,” said Duran, Lucas’s agent. It’s slim pickings for Wizards’ pre-draft workouts 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z There are times in life when your ‘chooser’ is turned off - times of trauma, grief, depression, etc. Could quest for happiness boost mental health? 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z “Beggars can’t be choosers,” said James Chin, director of the Asia Institute at the University of Tasmania, noting that Najib faces elections next year. On Duterte’s heels, Malaysia is the next Asian country to embrace China 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The chooser pays the tab, the other takes care of the tip. Appreciation of good meal comes unites retired submariners 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z She added: “In a sense, beggars can’t be choosers. There’s a fine line between asking for more and being fine with what we’ve already got. It’s still really awesome.” Spills and a Sprint at the Women’s Tour de France 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z In a lot of apps, I went looking for tabs only to bring up the font chooser. macOS Sierra preview: Siri is just the beginning 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Rather it might be a matter of maximizing stability in systems of matching up members of pairs, based on innumerable individual transactions in which all choosers must also be chosen. Lloyd Shapley, who shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics, dies at 92 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z No more twits or hysterics ruling over us, no more beef-fed murderers in ermine robes; we would choose for ourselves, a system that assumes some skill for discernment on the part of the chooser. The phony in American politics: how voters turn into suckers 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z America became the final choosers of the champion, and they responded with more than 95 million votes. 'America's Best Dance Crew: Road to the VMAs': On a Quest for the show's future 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z There isn’t one designated fawner and beggar and one designated chooser. How To Answer 'What Do You Bring To The Table?' 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z There comes a point in the proliferation of choice when, for the average chooser, paralysis sets in – the kind of blinking, slack-jawed confusion of someone lately emerged from a cave. Technology gave us a myriad of almost-equal choices. So how are we to decide? | Emma Brockes 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z "Not under the circumstances I want to be, but beggars can't be choosers. Very happy to be here and I'm doing a lot better." Bosh addresses Heat in 1st visit since blood-clot diagnosis 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z “Not under the circumstances I want to be, but beggars can’t be choosers. Very happy to be here and I’m doing a lot better.” Bosh addresses Heat in 1st visit since blood-clot diagnosis 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z From that point, the Cubs were no longer beggars but choosers. As Cubs Slowly Rebuild, There’s Shouting From the Rooftops 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z They are of one country but different worlds, and preference speaks volumes about the chooser. New York and L.A.: Together Again, in a Sports Final 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z I cringed when one actually screamed at me: "How can beggars be choosers?" The Pointlessness of Disaster Charity 2013-06-26T08:45:00Z And succession planning is a key part of a modern boss’s job: if the chosen successor makes a hash of things, that reflects badly on the chooser. Schumpeter: Boomerang bosses 2013-05-30T15:02:24Z Lenagan would not approve of the phrase beggars can't be choosers, but would concede that he has had to search for suitable union targets with imagination. Super League Set of Six: Let's embrace the NRL, says Wigan chairman 2013-04-23T15:47:41Z Apparently, in the world as Mr. Albee views it, beggars can be choosers. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘A Delicate Balance,’ at McCarter Theater Center 2013-02-02T02:23:10Z It could not have been worse, had the Devil been the chooser. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z "Prisoners must not be choosers," he answered, with an unpleasant chuckle. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z So since 'beggars can't be choosers' we had to take what we could get. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z But beggars must not be choosers, and I knew that this feeling would pass away. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z His beggars, at any rate, were often choosers. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z “I,” said he, “I like every sauce, for a hungry belly is no great picker and chooser among fricassees.” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z The individual himself is the only rightful chooser of his risk. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z This caused a laugh, and Joan added: “Anyway, a horse in camp—’specially a scout horse—can’t be choosers about bedding. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z Certainly the place would not have taken a prize for cleanliness but then, Ned reflected, beggars must not be choosers. Ned Wilding's Disappearance or, The Darewell Chums in the City 2011-10-11T02:01:05.260Z It was not, perhaps, a very wise thing to do, but beggars can’t be choosers, and I was very little more than a beggar, besides I liked Jim Dormer’s cheery, free-and-easy manner. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z If it so be that Odin hath sent the choosers of the slain to bear me to Valhalla, then welcome will be the warrior’s death. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z If the choice was first made in this country, then the unwisdom of the choice and of the choosers is now very patent. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z What a piercing pertinence there is to my case in that little proverb, 'Beggars mustn't be choosers!' The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z But a fortnight of New York had taught him this much, that beggars cannot be choosers, and, moreover, Mr. Legion's door was the only door that stood open to him. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z They must be simply the means of bringing home to the young chooser the sacred conditions of choice; which conditions, if I rightly understand them, may compactly be entitled those of intentionality, information, and persistence. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z There was some demur as to this, but beggars must not be choosers. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z I'm a picker and chooser, getting that much sense from my mother. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z A beggar asking to be chooser, I reject those things that men prize, and set my heart upon that which is cheap but impossible. The Mystery of the Locks 2011-05-29T02:00:08.800Z I thought it was small business before, but beggars mustn't be choosers, so I'm going right off to offer for the job 'round here. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z Beggars can scarcely be choosers: but still—ah, the pity, the pity!” Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z There is nothing more touching than the inability of the chooser to comprehend the choice. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z That would be plenty to start on, even for the most deliberate and calculating of choosers, which he felt himself dispositionally as well as financially fitted to be. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z “My children are 17 and soon to be 14, and they are not healthy choosers,” Mr. Comrie said in an interview. City Room: Nutrition Standards Urged for Meals With Toys 2011-04-05T18:36:49Z Beggars and choosers, in fact, sprang to mind as Smith sought to add to a threadbare squad. El Hadji Diouf could play serious Rangers role amid the pantomime 2011-02-03T14:21:26Z Ok, so it's not the full complement - there are still four live televised games spread across the weekend - but beggars can't be choosers, as West Ham know all too well. Saturday Clockwatch - live! 2011-01-22T14:00:00Z And the sleepers stir restlessly and murmur As between them pass The bright-mailed choosers of the dead. Eidola 2011-01-17T03:00:49.097Z Any object to be chosen must of course have value to the chooser. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude "You seem to forget that there is a class of people in this world whom a wise proverb declares are not to be choosers." Tony Butler It was all very well extending charity to the children of her deceased sister, Mrs. Dormer; but all the world was agreed that beggars should not be choosers. Ayala's Angel "Conscience is the chooser, not I," declared he, for once allowing himself to ignore the weighty question of dress thus propounded. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life No accuser Is the conscience then, but healing Of the wound of which we're chooser. One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue Well, the old saw about beggars and choosers holds good, but—where the very deuce is Doppersdorp?” A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance A still higher, more divine and poetic mission than that of bond breakers is assigned to the Valkyries i.e., choosers of the slain or Walmaids. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) He, too, found his quarters none too comfortable, and he did not like Anstey—indeed, he feared he never should like him; but, he reflected with something of a sigh, beggars cannot be choosers. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley He was never in favour of a six pound franchise; he believed in a household franchise; but if a seven pound franchise was offered, beggars could not be choosers, and seven pounds he would take. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) “I suppose that ‘beggars mustn’t be choosers’; and if this Harris Colesworth isn’t a perfectly proper young man to have about, father will very quickly attend to his case.” The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks Theoretically, he is the man of taste and culture par excellence; he is, or should be, in most cases, the arbiter, the dictator to his publisher, the chooser of style. The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. As they could not be choosers they of course consented. Pretty Michal The father knew that beggars must not be choosers, so he fitted out James for his new place, having indeed little to give him besides his blessing. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales Still, beggars—as Miss Anspacher might have eloquently put it—could not be choosers. Collector's Item But although the choosers had probably not had that aspect of the matter in mind, the choice, he thought, was a wise one. Health Lessons Book 1 But the bacon and the herrings came to an empty cupboard, and—as Sören said: "Beggars cannot be choosers and must swallow their pride with their food." Ditte: Girl Alive! "Are passions ever the best choosers?" asked the gentle suitor. John March, Southerner However, poor workmen receiving scant wages, may not expect to be choosers. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century "You don't look to me as if you were cut out for that job," said the hare; "but beggars can't be choosers." The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories You remember the old adage, "Beggars must not be choosers;" they must take what they can get or nothing! The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years There are two just reasons for the choice of any way of life: the first is inbred taste in the chooser; the second some high utility in the industry selected. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) We only pay 13 francs per day—3½ more than at the Pavillon on the third floor.—And beggars must not be choosers. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) An oar would have suited him much better, but beggars must not be choosers. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Beggars could not be choosers, and only too gladly would they welcome any port, however ill-named or hard looking. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida And yet I saw his quality then—Mr. Jefferson sees it—he is a good chooser of men. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman Compare the following: Parallel: Beggars must not be choosers.Confusing: The Century Handbook of Writing What each picker and chooser likes is "essential." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) In all truth, beggars should not be choosers, whether the alms be of bread crusts or of high art. The Dominant Strain No passive chooser is he of “sports” of promise, but an active matchmaker between flowers often brought together from realms as far apart as France and China. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer In Cuba, at least, beggars may be said to be choosers. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba My dear, good girl, beggars cannot be choosers. The Time of Roses We have always been in the position of beggars, as now, and cannot be choosers if we wished. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III “Then a stillness on his spirit fell, Before th’ unearthly train; For he knew Valhalla’s daughters well, The chooser of the slain!” Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas This boy had quite lost sight of the importance of selecting a destination with reference to its chooser's life-purposes, in his contemplation of the advantages of being professionally conducted to it. Somehow Good Beggars can scarcely be choosers; but still—ah, the pity, the pity! Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Can sex either qualify or disqualify a chooser, one of the people to cast a ballot for President? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II The Common Task Aunt Matilda muttered something about "beggars being choosers," and Rosemary pushed her plate away wearily. Master of the Vineyard I suppose it will be very stupid, after the life here, but beggars can’t be choosers.” In Her Own Right "Beggars shouldn't be choosers," he muttered, then turned to Mrs. Sherman. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation I wanted a lot of riotous boys, but beggars must not be choosers. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster The choosers, the people of the several States, are required to have certain qualifications to enable them to choose, and these qualifications are to be subject to State regulations. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II "Warner," said his sister, rather sharply, "just remember, if you please, that beggars can't be choosers." Luke Walton “Beggars must not be choosers,” she had called out after him. The Goose Man He who has pluck'd the one, resign'd must see The sister's forfeit bloom: Let Unbelief enjoy—Belief must be All to the chooser;—the world's history Is the world's judgment doom. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 I wish we had been picked up by an English ship, although these chaps have been very kind, of course, and beggars mustn’t be choosers. Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek He'd have preferred the Federation to joining up with Earth colonists, but beggars never made good choosers. Victory "Well, beggars mustn't be choosers," said George, resignedly, "and glad enough am I that I am to escape with my life." Under the Rebel's Reign Out of the lightning flare came the Valkyrs, daughters of Odin, choosers of the slain. Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America However, beggars cannot be choosers; moreover, Sims appeared to consider that I was unduly conscientious. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer It was then decided by the choosers, who were also the captains, to build two forts, ten yards apart, and a half hour was agreed upon as time enough in which to do the work. Christmas Holidays at Merryvale The Merryvale Boys And in truth, if I were the chooser, there be many things that I would have afore jewels. Mistress Margery We understand ourselves intuitively, and we understand men by study, yet we are made the receivers, not the givers; the chosen, not the choosers. The Love Affairs of an Old Maid ‘And were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as much the forcible hindrance of evil doing.’ Obiter Dicta Second Series “A beggar, they say, must not be a chooser,” returned the trapper. Twice Bought “Beggars, you know, mustn’t be choosers; an’ if I’m not a beggar, it’s next thing to it I am. Post Haste Good deal of bother, you know, but then, beggars—eh?—can't be choosers, can they? April's Lady A Novel “Well,” replied Humphrey, “beef is beef; and, as they say, beggars must not be choosers, so let it be a bull, if it must be so.” The Children of the New Forest But beggars cannot be choosers, and as the Long Stork was the only island of our heroes’ acquaintance within reach, they had to take it as it was and make the best of it. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life However, a guilty man can’t expect to be the chooser of his reward. Twice Bought “A beggar must not be a chooser,” said Aspel, with a light laugh. Post Haste It did not need a second look at her to tell me that she was a slaver; but beggars must not be choosers. A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story However, considered Jim philosophically, prisoners cannot be choosers; and having arranged his blankets as comfortably as was possible under the circumstances, he turned in and slept the sleep of the utterly weary. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru Yet, as Barbara said, beggars cannot be choosers even in their stratagems, and, if need were, I must hold her to her word. Simon Dale But, then, beggars must not be choosers, and Liszt gave to Wagner mighty poor stuff, musically speaking. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques "Yes; but then 'beggars must not be choosers,' I suppose," Nat answered with a quizzical look. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning "Beggars can't be choosers," said he, raising it to his mustache. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 I told him, humbly enough, that I was too nearly a beggar to be a chooser; that I'd be only too glad to get a chance at anything at which I might earn a living. Branded But, there it is; as things are I was right, and beggars can't be choosers. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Probably none of its members had ever heard the proverb that beggars ought not to be choosers. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris The Valkyrs are Odin's battle maids, choosers of heroes for his banquet rooms. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life A girl of a somewhat lighter calibre than Gertrude would have been the woman—we cannot say of his heart; but, as he very generously argued, beggars can't be choosers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 My work is tailoring I learnt that trade; but beggars mustn't be choosers. Melbourne House Or, at least, it would be becoming that he should be chosen now instead of being a chooser. Phineas Redux "I dare say not," her uncle answered; "I can believe it; but that's neither here nor there, as I said last night, beggars can't be choosers." The Good Comrade But choice is an act of the will, fixed on something to be done by the chooser. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition But then, beggars may not always be choosers, you know. Beth Norvell A Romance of the West Wherever the carcass of a fair fame lies, thither they flock, screaming shrilly in triumph, vulture-eyed, sharp-taloned—the choosers of the slain. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' Her methods," Borrowdean continued, "did not commend themselves to us, but beggars must not be choosers. A Lost Leader Julia did not, as Violet had, resent this; she was the one member of the family who was not a beggar, and she knew perfectly well she could be a chooser. The Good Comrade Likewise, whenever we speak of one thing being chosen in preference to another, it is in conjunction with some action of the chooser. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition "I am not a chooser," he answered; "but at least here I can pay my way." The Survivor For beggars cannot be choosers, and for the very clothes we stood in we were indebted to the kind hearts who took pity on us in the American States. Carette of Sark It may not be such an alternative as we should choose, but beggars must not be choosers. A Lost Leader It carries the knife, it strikes the blow, but is not always the chooser of its own victim. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia Therefore it matters not, as far as the act of choosing is concerned, whether one choose that which is impossible in itself, or that which is impossible to the chooser. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition No doubt it is worth a great deal more—at least I suppose so, as he gives that—but beggars cannot be choosers. Famous Stories Every Child Should Know "Beggars can't be choosers," answered Lane, with his old frank smile. The Day of the Beast They beg and placate—and all the time deep down, they think they are the choosers, the overlords. Captivity Beggars mustn't be choosers, said he, feebly, in his sad heart, and he thankfully took the broken victuals Jacob Van Boozenberg threw him. Trumps The latter promised gladly to go and see Miss Child and to wear the pearl-gray wrap, which she thought very pretty, reflecting marvellous credit on the taste of the chooser. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl "Beggars may not be choosers," he said coolly. Audrey And let the chooser choose, i.e. it is optional either to lift up the heels only or to jump. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala As in life and in sex man is in nature's plan no master, no chooser, but merely an incident; so, indeed, I believe that he is thus always with a woman—only an incident. The Way of a Man They set themselves up as the choosers of companions for their children, presuming that they should passively submit to their selection whatever it may be. The Christian Home But would you allow young ladies to be their own choosers, Sir Charles? said Mr. Reeves. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Miss Grundy, however, said "it was plenty good enough for a pauper," reminding Mary that "beggars shouldn't be choosers." The English Orphans My work is tailoring—I learnt that trade; but beggars mustn't be choosers. Melbourne House, Volume 1 The regard, however, for this satisfaction, which is so zealously pursued, as well as the careful selection it entails, has obviously nothing to do with the chooser himself, although he fancies that it has. Essays of Schopenhauer "But there is no help for it," she said to herself grimly, "beggars cannot be choosers." The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers Isn't it beginning to occur to you that beggars shouldn't be choosers? The Grafters "Beggars cannot be choosers," she said, with affected cheerfulness, looking anxiously ahead for the promised quiet part. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage But in this war we have not been choosers. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers Beggars cannot be choosers; I staked my all upon a single die. Baron Trigault's Vengeance It was growing late and there was some talk of choosers, when the door opened and in a rush of frosty air the Princess and Laddie entered. Laddie; a true blue story If my old friends choose to believe lies about me I shall have to make new ones, that's all; and you know beggars mustn't be choosers. House of Mirth "Doomed men cannot be choosers!" cried Helen, who had heard him. The Last Trail A willing instrument, no doubt; a representative of sinister forces; a chooser of the evil part when mere inaction would have been equivalent to a choice of the good. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 As far as I am concerned I'm not a 'chooser.' Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus The choosers began at once, and Laddie was the first person called for our side, and the Princess for the visitors'. Laddie; a true blue story "And thieves, sir, cannot always be choosers, can they?" The Amateur Gentleman When the choosers of the slain rode through the air, their glittering, shining robes and spears, and their swift horses made a strange, bright light in the North. Classic Myths As "beggars cannot be choosers," I was glad to get on board the schooner Carpenter, bound to St. Mary's and Philadelphia, for, and with, ship-timber, as a foremast hand. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast A vile muddy one, to be sure, but poor maids must not be choosers. The Highwayman I should much prefer to remain in this city and find a more congenial situation; but beggars can't be choosers, and so I have concluded to make the best of it. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin Beggars of conditions should not be choosers of conditions, nor should they be al lowed to dodge equivalent judgments where the validity of one proposition manifestly rests upon that of another. Life: Its True Genesis Look where yourself can like to be chooser, Yourself shall make price, though I be loser. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 But it's true that I am down at heel, and beggars can't be choosers. The Last Galley Impressions and Tales "Beggars must not be choosers," said the aide-de-camp. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 But beggars can not be choosers, and Cristoforo Colombo might be thankful that he could get anybody for his fool's errand! Ten Great Events in History Now, sir!"—when the old man came back—"business is business, and beggars must not be choosers. Two Years Ago, Volume I But to this James had refused to consent; and, telling the Houses that "beggars must not be choosers," he had compelled them to content themselves with a retrospective statute. The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 Wheeling round in gyres, yelled the fowls of war, Of the battle greedy; hoarsely barked the raven, Dew upon his feathers, o'er the fallen corpses-- Swart that chooser of the slain! English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World At the top of this picture was the legend, "Which will you choose?"—implying a possible but regrettable lack of taste on the part of the chooser. Up the Hill and Over Had he not learned the lesson—beggars must not be choosers? A Man and His Money Lacking the battle death, I could at least mimic it, as they did of old, that Odin's choosers of the slain might lead me to Valhalla. The Boss of Little Arcady She would have greatly preferred to interest him in Mandy Meacham, but beggars can not be choosers, and she took what she could get. The Power and the Glory Yet princesses can no more be choosers than beggars when the fare's in one pot. Beverly of Graustark "Well," replied Humphrey, "beef is beef; and, as they say, beggars must not be choosers, so let it be a bull if it must be so." The Children of the New Forest It is one of these daughters of the god, one of these choosers of heroes, whom I see before me now. The Wagner Story Book A consistent choice of blues and grays indicates a specific kind of man or woman, very different from the chooser of yellows and reds. The Principles of Aesthetics "I might have wished for a little money besides, Herbert; but beggars cannot be choosers." Herbert Carter's Legacy Yea, he desperately saith in his heart and actions, I will be mine own chooser, and that in mine own way, whatever happens or follows thereupon. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 The choosers of the unborn souls had played a strange fantasy here; they had stolen one of the daughters of ancient Greece, and set her down in this metropolis of commercialdom. Love's Pilgrimage She has even gone so far as to say, to my face, that beggars cannot be choosers, although I must give her credit for not using the expression in the scoundrel's presence. Green Fancy He's a very decent sort of chap, my dear—and, besides, we can't be choosers. The Flyers Beggars cannot be choosers, and that is what we are. Janice Meredith She was a fine strong woman when she had shed her bedraggled house gown, and Jimmie was proud of his capability as a chooser of wives. Jimmie Higgins In making first appointments, little danger is to be apprehended from want of special skill and knowledge in the choosers, but much from partiality, and private or political interest. Considerations on Representative Government Call a vaudeville man a liar and he may laugh at you—call him a chooser and you'll have to fight him. Writing for Vaudeville Beggars must not be choosers, you know, Colonel Osborne. He Knew He Was Right "Winners are choosers," returned Jones, with an enigmatic smile. The U. P. Trail "It's a pretty pass, indeed," said Miss Sarah, as the child closed the door, "when beggars become choosers!" The Lights and Shadows of Real Life We have not a Parliament fit to choose; we cannot rely on the selection of a sufficiently permanent executive, because there is no fixity in the thoughts and feelings of the choosers. The English Constitution For if you have copied even one gag or point that has been used before, you have laid your work open to suspicion and yourself to the epithet of "chooser." Writing for Vaudeville Guilt to us is an individual taint consequent on choice and cleaving to the chooser. Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society It is not uncommon for the captain to make this offer, and it is good policy, for the crew think themselves the choosers, and are flattered by it, but have to obey, nevertheless. Two Years Before the Mast Tut, but she shall be no chooser for me. Cynthia's Revels It is absurd to choose by contested party election an impartial chooser of Ministers. The English Constitution There are, of course, deliberate choosers in the vaudeville business, just as there are "crooks" in every line of life, but they never make more than a momentary success. Writing for Vaudeville "Well, beggars ain't choosers," replied the apostle of brute force and ignorance. Such Is Life But beggars cannot be choosers; he may be a cad, but he has thirty thousand a year, and we simply cannot afford to throw away an acquaintance with thirty thousand a year. Beatrice We could not be choosers in the circumstances, and she began. A Changed Man; and other tales Both these choosers choose the best men in the colony, and put them into the second assembly. The English Constitution A chooser damages the originator of the material without himself getting very far. Writing for Vaudeville "It isn't very delightful," said the major, "but beggars mustn't be choosers." The Last Chronicle of Barset There are two just reasons for the choice any way of life: the first is inbred taste in the chooser; the second some high utility in the industry selected. The Pocket R.L.S., being favourite passages from the works of Stevenson Well," said he, rather sullenly, "beggars must not be choosers. Put Yourself in His Place They know, too, that the grand elector, the great chooser of Ministries, might be, at a sharp crisis, either a good friend or a bad enemy. The English Constitution No one likes a chooser; no one knowingly will have dealings with a chooser. Writing for Vaudeville It is usual for the captain to make this offer, and it is very good policy, for the crew think themselves the choosers and are flattered by it, but have to obey, nevertheless. Two Years Before the Mast But beggars must not be choosers, and I knew that this feeling would not last. Under the Red Robe Having the world of Canada from whence to choose the site of a new town, the choosers have certainly chosen well. North America — Volume 1 But youngsters must not be choosers when they are on their first commissions. The Brick Moon and Other Stories Some of the deliberate choosers watch the field very closely and as soon as anyone strikes a new vein or angle they proceed to work it over. Writing for Vaudeville "Beggars cannot be choosers," and while personally we would all rather go on some other night, yet it is perhaps best that we do not refuse the Cromwells' generous offer. Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises I replied: “Beggars should not be choosers;” and I will do Lupin the justice to say, he looked rather ashamed of himself. Diary of a Nobody |
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