| 单词 | dolt |
| 例句 | “Clumsy dolt,” Hannah scolded as I knelt to clean the floor with rags. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You don’t solve every problem with a sword or a fist, you big dolt! I can handle these Graecus scum!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Well, she should be, you dolt! Don’t let her get away. You need strong women in your life, if you haven’t noticed. Now, to business.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Never before had I seen my family as such half-wits, such hayseeds, such dolts. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z There was no response to this comment from the other men, all of whom thought Cloon an insufferable dolt. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was scarcely able to believe that we had reached our destination, but the stranger dismounted and snapped, "Don't sit there like a dolt; get down!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z In films and on the vaudeville stage blacks were portrayed as comic dolts, stupid and lazy, unable to speak proper English, much less sing fluently in foreign languages. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I rode home, calling myself a dolt but rejoicing nonetheless. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He still felt like a dolt, but he preferred not to dwell on the feeling. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It couldn’t be Toby already—the dolt had only just left for the morning’s luggage pickup an hour ago. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And perhaps the corporals weren’t such complete dolts—Mace with his straw mattresses, Nettle with his gift for the brothers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Cersei's famous declaration to dear dolt Ned that "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die; there is no middle ground" is a succinct summary of right-wing strategy. On the Iron Anniversary of "Game of Thrones," here's hoping Joe Biden doesn't go Ned Stark on us 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Pratt brings the right amount of swashbuckler to his prototypical boyish dolt. Good fun is now a key plot point 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z “Never mind aloe vera, it sounds like it’s goodbye Sarah,” he told one hapless dolt on Wednesday, looking for all the world like a fire-damaged Zoltar Speaks machine that just received some especially bad news. It's time for The Apprentice to clear its desk and go 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Speaking of dolts ... as the show perks, Christopher Hopkins-Ward's baleful portrayal of the inept suitor Slender is redeemed also. Review: A wise Mistress Page and a well-rounded Falstaff shine in Seattle Shakes' 'Merry Wives' 2011-04-27T21:33:07Z As is the pivotal romance: Arturo is a dolt and Flora a cipher. Review: ‘The Mafia Kills Only in Summer’ Is a Comical Look at the Mob 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The central protagonist of the royalty portion of this upstairs-downstairs comedy is the type of clueless, privileged dolt we've seen a thousand times before. Sweet but unchallenging, "Miracle Workers: Dark Ages" dresses our modern ignorance in medieval garb 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Shamos isn’t entirely sure why all these dolts and ninnies come his way. Jeremy Shamos Prepares for ‘The Qualms’ 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z There’s nothing a girl likes more than an unsmiling humorless dolt. Science Explains Why Men Get Wasted Together 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The cretins in this case are four English teen dolts on holiday in the sunny Greek isle. 'The Inbetweeners Movie': Four boys behaving badly on holiday 2012-09-06T20:24:04Z Dirk is a “bit of a dolt,” Maguire writes, but not usually the funny kind. If you liked ‘Wicked,’ you’ll be enchanted by ‘Hiddensee’ 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z It tells the story of a farm-life-fixated dolt who kills his wife rather than sit still for her plan to sell off her land and move to Omaha. Netflix Originals That Don’t Get to the Theater 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z “Review” can be difficult to stomach in spite of its cleverness; it’s only a comedy insofar as one can enjoy reveling in the misery a cheerful dolt inflicts upon himself. An unexamined life: “Review” returns for one last joke on its sadly hilarious host 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z There’s the thief and his dolt of a sidekick, ironically nicknamed “the Brain”; a newly arrived doctor faced with a daily parade of petty hypochondriacs; and a barber who doubles as a D.I.Y. dentist. Stream These Five International Films Now 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Like a prize dolt I'd left mine in the press room. Oscars 2012: Nominees' diary 2012-02-20T10:40:23Z But the finest wigs and tattoos can only take the audience so far in viewing Lee, a man dripping with sleaze, as a short-fused dolt who is honestly and obviously in love with his wife. "Pam & Tommy" is the greatest, hugest love story ever told about an unauthorized celebrity sex tape 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Simon helped transform Homer into a lovable Everyman dolt with terrible parenting skills. Sam Simon, co-creator of ‘The Simpsons,’ dies at 59 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Would she be a charmer, a rocket scientist or a bumbling, tail-chasing dolt? Dog Feats Reach New Heights 2014-04-11T22:23:16Z Online, the 35-year-old comedian, until recently known only by the moniker “Ken M,” plays a good-natured dolt, posting hilariously inept remarks to outrage people who don’t realize the joke is on them. Meet the 30 Most Influential People on the Internet 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z The people in charge are dolts—masters of manipulation making testosterone-fuelled, incendiary moves on the world stage. What “M*A*S*H” Taught Us 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z For instance, when I did “The West Wing,” by and large in pop culture, our leaders in government are usually portrayed either as Machiavellian or dolts. ArtsBeat: Back to You: Aaron Sorkin Returns to Television With 'The Newsroom' 2012-06-06T13:24:54Z Instead, he presents them as borderline dolts, barely functioning adults defined by behavioral quirks and psychological soft spots. Review: Finding Unwanted Fame in ‘The Clapper’ 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z A matching Barbie-pink car pulls up and two women glide away, leaving the Saudi dolts deflated and agog. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z Even the biggest dolt who ever walked would know, before going to Italy, that the currency there isn't pesos. "Jersey Shore" recap: 4x1 2011-08-05T12:30:00Z His all-purpose put-down for dolts was to call them “hockey pucks.” Don Rickles, lightning-fast launcher of comic insults, dies at 90 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z In Big Love you think of Seyfried as the smart girl tormented by the polygamy mess her dolt of a father has gotten her mother into, not the pretty girl. 2010-02-05T18:55:00Z Frances McDormand may win the Oscar for how she channels her character Mildred’s grief into violence; Sam Rockwell may win another for imbuing a racist dolt with a soul. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘This Close’ and ‘When We First Met’ 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z They’re hard to talk about without sounding like an aspiring guru or credulous dolt. Michael Pollan Drops Acid — and Comes Back From His Trip Convinced 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z It’s less fine with him when people are dolts, like the security guy in the airport who said, “What’s your name, sweetheart?” then recoiled from Ben as though he’d suddenly found himself hitting on RuPaul. Motherlode Blog: My Son Looks Like a Girl. So What? 2012-05-14T21:27:24Z Or is he maybe just a rich dolt? | 'Timon of Athens': A Dinner of Water and Stones for Those Friends Who Don?t Come Through 2011-03-02T03:01:04Z Sturges specialised in chumps, but "dolts", "bozos" or "buffoons" would be a more apt term for the principal characters here. Overlooked classics of American literature: The Feud by Thomas Berger 2011-08-04T08:00:02Z SpongeBob is still a silly guy who lives in a pineapple under the sea and who, with his dolt of a best friend, Patrick Star, bothers their curmudgeonly neighbor Squidward Tentacles. How ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ invaded our brains 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z It’s painful, in a fun way, to watch her mentally weighing good sex against everything else about this dolt. 'Girls' Recap: Hannah and Adam Try to Rebuild 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z “I didn’t want to be the dolt father who keeps getting the family in trouble,” he said. David Davis, a Force Behind Memorable 1970s Sitcoms, Dies at 86 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z In popular culture, potheads are no longer portrayed only as glazed-eyed dolts, but everyday professionals with children and mortgages. High Times Wants to Be the Playboy of Pot 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z We came so close to losing our democracy due to some real dolts. "What We Do in the Shadows" prepared us for the disbelief that met the latest Jan. 6 indictment 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Previous seasons present Greg as the hapless dolt who acts as the idiot's edition of a Greek chorus. Cousin Greg was the feckless joke of "Succession." Now he's the idiot who abets democracy's fall 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z The cast of dolts and blunderers – Mrs Allen, Mr Collins, Mary Bennet, Miss Bates – is entertaining enough, though some of the comedy is inadvertent. Jane Austen, Game Theorist by Michael Suk-Youg Chwe – review 2013-06-12T09:01:01Z One even has a name that sounds like "dolt". Overlooked classics of American literature: The Feud by Thomas Berger 2011-08-04T08:00:02Z Without the intimidating spectacle of the machine gun toting masked men surrounding him, my fear of this man started to recede a bit, and I began to think of him as a kind of dolt. My Prague nightmare: I had never even attempted to kill anyone — why was I under arrest in this foreign city? 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Neither is he the president whose office confers such immense power that even a dolt like Trump is automatically given more deference than he deserves. Donald Trump keeps confessing to new crimes 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z The wives’ decision to journey to Lourdes is met with great resistance by their husbands, all of whom are portrayed as clueless dolts. ‘The Miracle Club’ review: An authentic if predictable road to redemption 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Now I can sense more than a few people calling me a dolt. Here’s why the Mariners can beat the Astros in the ALDS 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Is it a dolt who cares more about boosting unrealistic presidential ambitions with distorted information than making the Senate, for once, look like a dignified body? Opinion | Real Justice: Justice Jackson 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z A Latina writer friend of mine once stated on social media that she didn’t “get” Didion, and got whitesplained incessantly for it, as if she were a dolt for not grasping Didion. Column: Joan Didion, California and the enduring power of 'our special history' 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Review: Was Andy Warhol a saint or scourge, genius or dolt? The newest L.A. and O.C. museum exhibitions to see in December 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Iago’s wife calls Othello “a gull! a dolt!” because he’s ridiculous in his jealousy and stupidity. Feedback: Times coverage of 'Rust' shooting tragedy 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Well, these dolts are almost certainly going to get their wish: it’s hard to imagine that the SEC continues with just eight conference games once Texas and Oklahoma enter the fold. Another conference realignment wrinkle: SEC must balance schedule with revenue 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Oh, the Sixers were called much worse than a group of dolts when the franchise embarked on the strip-for-parts rebuilding seasons known as the Process. 76ers trust playoff process leads to 1st NBA title since ’83 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z Sadly, Jules Rivera, the new illustrator of this Americana classic, has transformed Mark into a hapless dolt bumbling through a landscape of insipid sketches resembling old “Archie” comics. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: This Barrett photo caption could have used more context 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Eager and lonely, he is all too aware that he’s reliant on the other three dolts to succeed and meet the award’s requirements of “teamwork, foraging and orienteering.” Review: In 'Get Duked!,' a deranged trip across the Scottish Highlands leads nowhere 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Trump, by his own admission, has hired a brilliant string of world-class advisors — “only the best people” — only to discover they were dolts. Column: Trump's tough talk on China isn't a strategy. It's not even real 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Yet he was still capable of sounding like a misguided, insensitive dolt. Perspective | Drew Brees was the saddest kind of wrong 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z In the NFL, there is a fine line between being considered a genius and a dolt. Perspective | Kyle Shanahan is the young mind behind the 49ers’ old-school march to the Super Bowl 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z On the surface, the Sideshow Bob defense might sound reasonable to the majority of dolts in Springfield, U.S.A. Perspective | One of the defenses of Trump is — literally — a TV-cartoon joke 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z It will say that the orange-domed dolts wrote a note, taped it to a box and gifted Seattle a victory. Yes, the Seahawks had luck on their side — but they earned their tough road victory vs. the Browns 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Sorkin In popular culture, our leaders, by and large, are portrayed as either Machiavellian or dolts. We got Obama elected! West Wing stars relive the parties, pranks and power games 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The long-nosed fire chief of a Washington ski town helps a dolt woo the astronomer he loves. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 21 - 27, 2019 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Guess she was right after all: I am a dolt. That’s not a flower vase. That’s my margarita glass 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Other prominent voices pointed to Trump's "misspelling" as further proof that he is a dolt and a fool. Donald Trump spell-check: Why does Our Leader insist on capitalizing “Country”? 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z “I’m white, so I could make the whites total dolts; I’m gay so I can trash the gays.” Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk on his book becoming a bible for the incel movement 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z And an answer to all the dolts who comment “what about Syria?” under every restaurant review or recipe. Anthony Bourdain was a man's man who supported women | Suzanne Moore 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z At this, the dolts laughed, as if the joke were on somebody else. John Kelly schools White House press corps 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The book, as it stands, feels ominously loveless, more hospitable to dolts than to eligible beaux, yet at least seven writers have sought to flesh it out and, in so doing, to warm it up. Reading Jane Austen’s Final, Unfinished Novel 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z By implication, his voters are fools and dolts as well. Donald Trump spell-check: Why does Our Leader insist on capitalizing “Country”? 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z He has to slime her to and treat her like some mindless dolt incapable of her own self-determination. Democrats can’t hide their contempt for military 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z What we’re finding is that it also brings out the height of our humanity, our better spirits, and summons, even in dolts like me, hidden reserves of courage. Grateful for prayers and pep talks: 'If the Cubbies can win it all, so can Posh' 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z “Yes @AsraNomani I’ve written you off as a human being. Your vote helped normalize Nazis in DC. What don’t you understand, you clueless dolt?” Georgetown professor accused of ‘relentless abuse’ against ex-colleague who voted for Trump 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Even for my sister’s new boyfriend, who everyone thinks is kind of a dolt? Our insider’s guide to the proper Thanksgiving golf outing - Golf Digest 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z To assert your identity as part of the enlightened America, you need to disassociate yourself from the racist hillbillies, rednecks, and suburban dolts supporting Trump. Two Americas: Why Donald Trump Still Has a Lot of Support 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z His bearish frame may have protected him from physical bullying, but combined with his severe dyslexia and his social awkwardness, it had also cemented his image as a dolt. The spy who couldn’t spell: how the biggest heist in the history of US espionage was foiled | Yudhijit Bhattacharjee 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z I know this marks me as an uneducated and irresponsible dolt, but might it not have been a good idea to tell your readers just who Ana... Ana Navarro Wants Republicans to Stand Up to Trump 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z I thought, feeling like a dolt for believing my free OS upgrade wouldn't cost anything. Ok Google, why is iCloud storage so expensive? 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z I thought you said your sister’s boyfriend was the dolt. Our insider’s guide to the proper Thanksgiving golf outing - Golf Digest 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z “They think he’s a dolt,” she said of the way many suburban voters, particularly the college-educated, see Trump. In Pennsylvania and nationally, Trump's problems with suburban voters blunt his ascent 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z He treated her silence as evidence that she was either a dolt or a stooge. To the Go-Along Republicans 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z I know this marks me as an uneducated and irresponsible dolt, but might it not have been a good idea to tell your readers just who Ana Navarro is. Ana Navarro Wants Republicans to Stand Up to Trump 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Stephen Amell joins as Casey Jones, an earnest dolt who’s pretty handy with a hockey puck, but who needs a little work on his one-liners. Review: ‘Ninja Turtles’ sequel is a cartoon on steroids 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The tension doesn’t relent from there, even when these dolts goof off. Thrilling 'Crush the Skull' never lets up 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Cruz is an ideologue with the personal appeal of heat rash, and Trump is an authoritarian dolt who alienates just about every key voter demographic. Kasich or bust? The Ohio governor is the GOP’s only hope to beat Hillary, but he isn’t “conservative” enough for the stubborn Republicans 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z His accomplice is a dolt with dandruff issues; their contact in Delhi is a useless snob. An Intimate Novel of a Terror Attack 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Ted Cruz took the prize for dolt of the day, however, with his call for U.S. law enforcement to “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.” Camille Paglia: This is why Trump’s winning, and why I won’t vote for Hillary 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Occasionally there would be regime change, a new family of dolts and psychotics in charge, but for the mud-dwellers of the 99%, life was largely a cowering slog through the nether regions of obedience. The phony in American politics: how voters turn into suckers 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z And there is little evidence supporting the theory that undeclared voters use the open primary system to cause mischief by supporting a dolt in the party they most dislike. The independent, all-knowing New Hampshire voter and other election myths 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Despite its modest price tag, there’s a hefty amount of enthusiasm for the $2.5 million sci-fi comedy about a group of dolts bestowed with alien technology. With restraint, YouTube rolls out original programming 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Do they bring back those toothy dolts from "Up With People"? Do we revert to marching bands? Fan of the House: Welcome to the Super Bowl, where nothing is out of bounds 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z It’s just red meat for the Obama-hating dolts in the audience. Marco Rubio is not a moderate: If the Florida senator represents mainstream conservatism, the GOP is screwed 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z If the king was a warmongering dolt or half-mad egomaniac, it wasn’t our, the people’s, fault. The phony in American politics: how voters turn into suckers 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Fury spoke like a dolt either side of his world title bout in Dusseldorf last month. Tyson Fury: the boxer who picked a fight with the world 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Reagan often sounded like a dishonest and disinterested dolt. The real reason George Will is fuming at Bill O’Reilly: The Fox Newser told the truth about Ronald Reagan 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z But Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker dropping out was a shocker to virtually everyone in the political profession despite the fact that he was clearly overrated and a bit of a dolt. How the f*** did we get here?! Why Trump & Carson have demolished all comers—and why you should keep an eye on Rubio & Cruz 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Computer engineer Barbie had an accompanying book that made her look like a dolt: “I’m only creating the design ideas,” Barbie says, laughing. Barbie will not become a feminist anytime soon, don't get your hopes up | Jessica Valenti 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z “Here’s where I stand on this: All cops aren’t dumb dolts who shoot mentally ill people carrying knives, and not all Latinos are bad people.” Man in U.S. illegally was released before Ohio crime spree of which he's accused 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z He was a fresh voice, the man most able to save the GOP from the dolts destroying it. Bobby Jindal reaches peak stupid: One-time GOP savior embraces hate speech to appease bigots, wingnuts 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Remarkably, Davis asked for forgiveness on the dolt’s behalf, e-mailing the school to petition for his reinstatement. SNYDER: Little League star Mo’ne Davis shows maturity, leadership at young age 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Fallon’s demographic, or so it feels, is comprised primarily of the same dolts that Leno used to interview for his “Jay Walking” bits. Fallon Is the King on YouTube but Not on the Night's Talk Shows 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Plus there’s an implicit reminder not to be a judgmental dolt. 9 Actually Decent Pieces of Advice From the Worst People on TV 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z “Just get a Good to Go pass, you dolt,” advised a third. $8,346.82 bill! 520 toll bridge not so Good to Go 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z These dolts voted in Hamas and still support them. Gaza's refugees tell tales of clashes 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z It's a reason a company would buy something, even if a boss is a dolt with no economic rationale for what he is asking to be achieved. How to Identify Client Pain Points 2013-06-17T19:00:00Z I'm sure there were a fair share of dolts too but we never counted. 39% Spike in Military Sexual Assaults Triggers Obama Response 2013-05-08T22:20:25Z But the Bears still managed to get exposed as dolts and backstabbers. Bears fumble ball with clumsy Urlacher exit 2013-03-21T15:12:00Z The more generic and jargony you are, the greater the likelihood you will be perceived as an insubstantial dolt. How to Send Investors Running for Their Lives 2013-03-19T16:35:00Z I decide to buy the company today from the incompetent dolt who was running the company yesterday. Feeling Stuck? 3 Ways to Get Moving 2013-01-22T16:13:24Z Bank managements are presented as ignorant dolts, fooled by rogue traders. Bank rate-fixing scandals reveal the rotten heart of capitalism 2012-12-23T00:05:00Z And the military lacks the best of conditions, given its stresses, its work-hard, play-hard ethos, and the fact that the service attracts its fair share of dolts. 39% Spike in Military Sexual Assaults Triggers Obama Response 2013-05-08T22:20:25Z These ratings come courtesy of dolts like me: liberals who choose, every day, to click on their links and to watch their shows. Riff: Liberals Are Ruining America. I Know Because I Am One. 2012-06-08T22:10:00Z "This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, Still walking like a ragged colt," &c. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z "Were ye told to unhand him, dolts?" he shouted. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z So many traps are set for ignorance in this country that a child can scarcely hope to get by them all, and escape into maturity an absolute dolt. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The fact you took the time to write “and the fact that the service attracts its fair share of dolts” really baffles me because I bet you had to look up the word dolts. 39% Spike in Military Sexual Assaults Triggers Obama Response 2013-05-08T22:20:25Z A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z I was a dolt, and deserved your sharp words. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z But the boy was found in the room at seven, dolt. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z "You are right," says the dolt of a magistrate; "we ought to get them for nothing." Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The thought of money and the pleasures it will buy makes cunning the stupidest of dolts; and Steve was ordinarily a dolt. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, … And oft out of a bush doth bolt. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Of course, you could not: he is fat and foolish; and I a dolt to ask so vain a question. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z You dolt! you zany! you are sold yourself! Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z If ye hadn't been a dolt, ye'd have found him long ago. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Luther was an enthusiast for music, and called any man a fool, a dull, heavy dolt, whose blood was not stirred by martial airs or softer melodies. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Imagine the number of respectable dolts who felt above them. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z "Sometimes," said he, "I sat as dux—sometimes in the middle of the class—and I am obliged to confess, that on some unfortunate occasions, I was absolutely dolt!" The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z What dolts husbands must be to blunt women like that. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z I was very glad to get away from the sight of the dolt who had spoiled my morning. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z My beautiful France, I have offered you the Empire of the World, but the dolts and idiots you have chosen to govern you have refused it. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z "And what have I to do with soldiers, you dolt!" replied the master in an angry voice. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Now, any blind dolt could see substance in this for the overthrow of a rival. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z His letter to the Paris Constitutionnel was intended exclusively for Americans, whom Jesuits know by the name of "dolts, double dolts." Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Though you miss the renown Yonder dolt wins with ease, And you're mocked by the clown You've a fancy to squeeze. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:16.737Z "Haven't we been beaten enough for complaining, dolt that you are?" The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z "Fools, idiots, dolts!" he muttered to himself, stamping his queer, misshapen feet on the floor. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z And chad not had the better wit, chad been made a dolt. Gammer Gurton's Needle 2011-09-24T02:00:15.643Z Well, indeed, may I apply to such individuals the language of the Jesuit Rodin, in the Wandering Jew:—"Fools, dolts, double dolts." Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z If you think all the peril between us twain is yours alone, Jack Drogue," she said, "you are a very dolt. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z What dolts they made men appear in trying to conform to their whims and vagaries! Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z “Go in there and unloose her hands—dolt!” and he boxed his son’s ear soundly. The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z I asked, fairly puzzled at her behaviour, stupid dolt that I was. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z Pools, "dolts, double dolts," as the Jesuit Rodin calls all who contribute to the support of Popish nunneries, are you not ashamed of yourselves? Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z When I said that we had nobody but the neighbors and our friends in the company, I didn't mean to give the impression that they were either dolts or chuckleheads. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z O heart, be at peace, because Nor knave nor dolt can break What's not for their applause, Being for a woman's sake. Responsibilities and other poems 2011-07-28T02:00:10.517Z If he laugh, or resent, or speak, or think, if he be neither a coward nor a dolt, he is a mutineer: he must be tamed, beaten, broken � Biribi.' Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z By the Lord, dolt that I am, I think I almost love you for the grit that made you show your scorn. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z And our Protestant Jonathans—poor dolts—sent their daughters to these poor little women—these Sisters of Charity—to be educated in the principles of Christianity! Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z "Fool, dolt, mad-man!" he exclaimed, striking his forehead, and running like one possessed along the silent road. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z But it seemed that the dolt never cared for the Papacy, but only for saving souls! Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z Does that prove that the things they described did not occur, and thus prove a generation of the fathers to have been, as a whole, either dolts or liars? Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z "And now," said the Governor in tones somewhat strained, as the officer's dejected footfall died in the distance, "we've got rid of that dolt, let us consider, my Lord, the purport of this outrage." The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Give them time to get out of hearing, thou dolt. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z Mind you don't make a fool or a dolt of yourself, neighbour Oswald, with your Norman fooleries. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z "My conscience, 'tis that dolt," thought his bride-elect, giving her hand with her false smile. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z "Go in and see that burro of a dolt who is trying to take Don Pascual's place." The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z I thought perhaps it was that dolt, Detective Riley, from headquarters. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z And as for that other stupid dolt, he's worse than ever.'--Now, An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. I (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:43.727Z Fool and dolt that I was to place myself in the power of so unscrupulous a villain! The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z He’s but a dull-brained dolt; though knave enough for that, or anything else. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z "Perfect dolt, that fella!" he threw over his shoulder to Miss Greta. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z If so he was a dolt raised up and sustained by all that was powerful in the United States. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z He now heard himself—not some dull, blundering, brutal dolt—saying something vague about its being strictly an "impersonal" sort of present. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Ah! what a dolt I must be, not to see it! The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z She had passed, and I had stood like a dolt and let her go! A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Why, unless he's a dolt, a blind bat, they mean a find, a discovery, a future card of great commercial value! A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z "Why do rivers run down to the sea, thou dolt?" he asked—and made a mystic sign, a sign that is known to few. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Certain dolts of your subjects, imagining, no doubt, that we were on fire, have been rash enough to break through those doors which had hitherto remained inviolate, for the sake of bringing up water. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z He thought he would play the traitor, did he? fool and dolt that he is! The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Wealth, social position, mere intellectual attainment, no more deserve deference or homage, than do the tatters of a pauper or the ignorance of a dolt. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z Lord Triesman was characterised as a dolt after warning that clubs were spending beyond their means. English football should have heeded Lord Triesman's debt warning 2010-10-19T23:05:00Z But it took Wall Street chief executives, a bunch of feckless dolts, to light the bonfire. ?The Big Short? by Michael Lewis; and ?The End of Wall Street? by Roger Lowenstein 2010-04-17T02:17:00Z Well, see for all your sly offers that great blond dolt gapes and gapes over your bait, never closing to it. The Unknown Sea "When the wine is in, the wit is out;" Only to dolts the adage reaches. Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories The hippopotamus-headed dolts who pinned their faith to Molly Mustard must have learnt their lesson by this time. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 26 1890 In the aftermath, Triesman was characterised as a dolt who did not understand finance, who could not read a balance sheet. English football should have heeded Lord Triesman's debt warning 2010-10-19T23:05:00Z The shavings and store of logs in the hut burned like tinder, promptly creating a raging furnace wholly beyond the control of the unthinking dolts who started it. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 He gained seemingly firm foothold, and, turning half-way about, swore redly at his companions for dolts and careless fools. Last Words "I'm a dolt—a fool!" he cried, bitterly. Under Fire For Servia And your dolt head must be taking offence at my looking at you! Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency But, señora, your Excellence must not therefore think me ill-disposed, for a dolt like me is not bound to see into the thoughts and plots of those vile enchanters. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Our English cooks are dolts at vegetable dressing. Love's Usuries Hadn't the king spoken to her, and had he ever spoken to such a dolt as he? On the Heights A Novel Under existing conditions I should think any man, unless he were a dolt or an idiot, would be troublesome. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York Nothing is a better boon, when embarrassed, than to see some one there a bigger dolt than yourself. First Fam'lies of the Sierras He gives Common Sense to each colony by copyright, and the poor, ignorant dolts of that age and this age wonder why he did not make himself rich in the sale of it. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence For a moment I stood like a dolt. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois For want of some other safe topic of conversation, they listened to various droll stories about Walpurga and her dolt of a husband. On the Heights A Novel It seemed that I, Alistair Ralston, the dolt, the ignoramus, longed to try mental conclusions with this brilliant and opinionated divine. Bye-Ways Many a man of fine mind—even genius—is with the dolts and the brutes in the great army of the fallen, owing to a miserable, weak, and disappointing body. Anne It wasn't hard to find some superstitious dolt trying to summon something, since word had got around in your world. No Strings Attached I was the only dolt and idiot and liar who had no instincts of danger, and who had failed to rescue the woman I loved when she had appealed to me. Eleven Possible Cases I had been four times passed over in promotion, distinct acts of service left unnoticed, and my claims as much ignored as if I was the veriest dolt. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Don't you think that I see clearly enough, that you take me for a silly dolt? Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors I asked her what she meant: no doubt I looked like a dolt. Anne Yet, dolt that I was, I still thought I should find bliss here on earth. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II A heavy sigh struggled across Miss Jane’s unsteady lips, as, removing her glasses, she wiped her eyes, and said, slowly,— “Yes; I am a stupid, unsuspecting old dolt; but I see it all now.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part “Y’ are the shrewishest old dolt in Tunstall Forest,” returned Hatch, visibly ruffled by these threats. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) No doubt I looked but a poor boor to her—a giant and a dolt. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. It is also said these dolts, When they reached the ocean-shore Where the azure skies lay glassed In the watery plains below, Fondly fancied that the sea Must be Heaven. Atta Troll The man who is insensible to the power which money brings with it must be a dolt; and Daniel Thwaite was not a dolt, and was fond of power. Lady Anna Had not Röse, dolt that he was, cunningly managed to disappear from a scene which was, in a certain sense, as unbearable as his master’s at this juncture? A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day And so, forsooth, you are in ill-humor with me because I am not dolt enough to sign away the liberties of the Gallican church, as Louis XIV. did. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. And yet he, dolt, idiot, coward, had in the moment of triumph turned cautious. Seven Keys to Baldpate A minister newly settled in a charge, for instance, often finds that it is the dolts of his flock that first force themselves upon his acquaintance. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. “Run, Harry, run!” he cried; “run, you dolt!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) Of the sensual papistical dolts at Rome, cardinals, bishops, priests and the like, it is not necessary to speak here. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent I remembered, too, my patient, Mrs. Faith, and her boy, and that dolt of a Henry's helpless face—the whole thing came to mind, vividly. The Gates Between O heart, be at peace, because Nor knave nor dolt can break What’s not for their applause, Being for a woman’s sake. The Green Helmet and Other Poems If her suspicions were false, she would be exposed as a combination of dastard and dolt. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards "You are more than right; I am a dolt: I have contributed, in great part, to this work of Lucifer." Pepita Ximenez If you make a stricter enquiry after their other endowments, you shall find them mere sots and dolts. In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts I was a fool, a dolt, even for one moment to doubt it. The Ivory Snuff Box My curse on plays That have to be set up in fifty ways, 21 On the day’s war with every knave and dolt, Theatre business, management of men. The Green Helmet and Other Poems Cursing himself for a lazy dolt, he sprang up and walked over toward her. The Harbor of Doubt And here I have been judging from his appearance that he was a mere common dolt. The O'Ruddy A Romance That play is a hummer, Vandeford, if I can just make the dolts put it across. Blue-grass and Broadway Is it necessary that he should be a dolt in order to be fitted for his vocation? Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866 They voted him an ill-natured brute, a stupid dolt—in short, a perfect donkey. Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly "Run, Harry, run!" he cried; "run, you dolt!" The Boy Scouts Book of Stories "Oh, pater's an old dolt!" exclaimed Howard impatiently. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life He called the Jews a generation of vipers, children of the devil, hypocrites, blind dolts, liars, and so on. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost “Then you are a dolt if you don’t go in and win.” A Modern Cinderella "On the contrary," said I, "I've been thinking ever since what a dolt I was not to shoot." Hurricane Island What a dolt I had been all these years! The Love Story of Abner Stone The cause of Germany! what a dolt he was not to have thought of that before! Cleek, the Master Detective I've run up an account with her I shall never be able to settle, but at all events I can acknowledge my debt, dolt that I am! The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius “This dolt, my Lord of Northumberland—they must have missed rocking of him in his cradle!—this patch, look thou, hath taken offence at the canting name men have given to these new shillings.” Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution The world consequently judged Noah to be a dolt for believing such things, ridiculed him and, undoubtedly, made his ship an object of satire. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood "Known in every liquor-saloon, and familiar to every constable, and a standing butt for the clumsy jests that the most utter dolt of a Police Magistrate might splutter from the Bench." The Dop Doctor Because that fool, dolt though he was, would never have seen this wretched confession of her crimes, and not slain her the next minute. The Art of Disappearing If hulking, brainless dolts like Oliver, thought Doggie, like to fool around in schooners and typhoons, they must take the consequences. The Rough Road What! was he the only man that allowed them? and who could have thought the commons had been such dolts? Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution He said that his lieutenant was a sheepish dolt, and that his corporal was covetous, treacherous, and cowardly. Lafayette With a shock she realized that there she was standing like a dolt, quietly watching Lyveden cudgelling his brains for the password back to Insanity. Anthony Lyveden The children hunted for this Mouse, But she was not a dolt To wait ’till she was caught, but made Right through a hole—a bolt. The Mouse and the Christmas Cake Instead of being a stupid dolt, this Fran�ois was really a clever fellow, who had tricked me admirably. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France Yonder dolt of a shoemaker hath pinched me like a pasty. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution No, I am a dolt; the spirit of lies had entered me! The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 For sure, a dolt like you would have been stripped more clean till you had neither nails to your toes nor hair to your eyebrows.' Privy Seal His Last Venture I have been taunted with my inaccuracies; I have been called a fool; an idiot; an uneducated dolt; and an illiterate cow! Terribly Intimate Portraits Truly, I had myself been a stupid dolt! My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France How quickly I would have won her approval by proclaiming myself the greatest dolt in Virginia and her father the wisest man in the world! A Virginia Scout Clownish dolts, don't thrust in your tongues, when people are debating about matters of art and science; stick to your straw and your chaff; they are things you are better skilled in handling. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck It will be a great day for education when we all have learned that the genius and the dolt can only be educated—at different rates of speed—in exactly the same way. The Lost Art of Reading When this stage is reached, it is easy for him to imagine himself a social outcast, a useless encumbrance that nobody loves, a clumsy dolt that nobody likes to have about. The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young But I haven’t got them—cowards, dastards, dolts, and snivelling fools——” His decision was instantly made. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan "Does the dolt take me for a tramp?" Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 "He is a dolt!" whispered Songbird to Tom, and the latter nodded. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch Why, truly," exclaimed Sir Adrian, striking his forehead, "we are a very pair of dolts! The Light of Scarthey An awkward unseamanlike fellow; from a northern word implying a clownish dolt. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. They are dolts," he continued airily; "if they possessed a grain of sense they would have kept on friendly terms with me. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days They are sometimes keen sportsmen, but a good many scamps, dolts, and cads are that. The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 This would tend to throw the enemy off the trail, if the dolt should go back and relate what had occurred. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch “Well, what a dolt I am,” he laughed. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Come then, and I will give Pedro some money to buy drinks for the stupid dolts,—they can drink my health: it is none of the best these days, Robledo. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play M�rya Dm�trievna, who was always susceptible to endearments, and had not expected such amiability from "the dolt," was touched to the soul, and consented. A Nobleman's Nest Ah, well, the dolt was done for now! The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 "Oh, oh! let me go!" screamed the dolt. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch And the dolts reckon it shall please us to know that they take us for such fools! Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall So obvious a one that only the veriest dolt could be deceived by it. The Secret Witness Why did not you go and talk to that brute of a boy, and that dolt of a woman? The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 It is better to wait this year and next, and many years, rather than, for the sake of appeasing the popular cry, to throw yourself away on a dolt, or a villain. The Young Maiden Now, as it happened, eating was one of the dolt's weak points, and he readily consented to accompany them. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch I do hope Eugene isn't going to make a dolt of himself, and I am sure Violet is as fond of admiration as any one. Floyd Grandon's Honor And the amazement of finding her suddenly outside of it, oblivious of it, unconscious of it, left me, for an awful minute, stammering at her like a graceless dolt.... The Long Run 1916 Sweeter it is, my friends, if he Howl like a dolt: 'tis meant for me! Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse If you do not believe it you are a dolt, a fool, an idiot! The Book of Humorous Verse "That dolt may not be telling the truth, Tom." The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch Ah! dolt, blockhead, have you no eyes—have you no soul?' No Man's Land Just you give me that basket—men be such dolts!” Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow "Your gift would match the piece I already have and which—dolt that I was!—I overlooked to include in my chain of reasoning." Under the Rose Fool, dolt, idiot! she wanted to benefit you, so she pretends she cannot play and takes lessons she does not need. The Music Master Novelized from the Play "The poor fishing pole—it will be drowned," went on the dolt. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch Now, if you take a good view of these sweet companions, you shall find them, not only dolts, idiots and buzzards; but likewise contemners and haters of all good learning. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery As he stumbled toward the door, the thought crossed his mind that the boy who had won the love and respect of Persis Dale was not the poor dolt he had thought him. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale “Go to, now, what dolts be men!” quoth Mistress Rachel Enville, addressing herself, to all appearance, to the dish of flummery which stood before her. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada "Fancy anybody being such a dolt as to rehearse without a minister!" she scoffed. Apron-Strings "I am sorry that you let that dolt get away from you." The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch And yet I must confess, That I deserv’d this, being such a dolt, A very idiot, to commit my fortunes To a vile slave. The Comedies of Terence "You are dolts, imbeciles, worms without brains and walking bellies filled with carrion!" he said magnificently. Supermind To endure the unendurable, this was his burthen; to be yoked through time with this dolt and fool. Despair's Last Journey Such a stupid dolt as I was, not to know when it was upside down! Rollo on the Atlantic They had to ford the stream where the dolt had been captured, and here the horses obtained a refreshing drink. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch "I wish I could fathom whether you are dolt or deep one." Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure The German took in all that was going on, but who cared for him? poor, stupid dolt! The Expressman and the Detective "What a dolt I was not to think of it." Mary Rose of Mifflin Learn this, ye prigs of morality, that no work of genius ever yet demoralised a dolt or ignoramus. Memoirs "Say, perhaps this dolt isn't telling the truth," cried Songbird. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch The people were such dolts, that I determined to set out myself for the city, and either send a doctor or fetch one. The Lady of the Ice A Novel He had spoken no syllable of gladness or affection—triple dolt—quadruple fool—prize-winner among idiots! Patsy Mary Rose said indignantly, although she hadn't the faintest idea what a dolt was. Mary Rose of Mifflin ‘Your affectionate’—dolt! wh–why—what do you glare like that for?” The Big Otter The managers may be stupid dolts, only so they do not interfere with the usurious principle in its eternal pull on the resources of mankind. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View As these dolts of surgeons could not fully understand the diagnostics of my disease, I suppose I must do my duty for the leetle while longer that I have to live. Rattlin the Reefer "Rich, vain, and stupid;—there never was such a dolt." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 She’d be as happy as the day is long, might she dwell with them, and had that cantankerous dolt off her hands for good. All's Well Alice's Victory We are not geniuses, and we trust we are not dolts. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life I suppose even they—dolts as they would prove themselves in such an event as you mention—would not be idiots enough to suppose that they could compensate for their disappointment by becoming pirates, eh?” The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn You are a stupid dolt, made to be taken in. A Hungarian Nabob Those blank green eyes of hers, that waxen face, that scarlet impenetrable mouth, her even gait and look of ruminating, look of a dolt—who knew Bianca Maria? Little Novels of Italy You ignorant dolt!" said a Raven wise Who sat on the wall bright in feather— "You must have been blind. The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses I have been in but an hour, and busy enough with these dolts in unloading. A Little Girl in Old Detroit I struck a tongue-tied dolt or two," remarked his son Chester, "but dolts aren't uncommon anywhere, even when not tongue-tied. Under the Country Sky And so he went away deeply despondent, despising himself as an absolute dolt. A Short History of Greek Philosophy When we came to pay our bill, the dolt of a husband took the money and put it in his pocket. Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian I went about it like a dolt, I do not doubt. Simon Dale Lastly, L is for u, as old, cold, gold, fold, bold, colt, bolt, not in dolt. Magazine, or Animadversions on the English Spelling (1703) Fools!—dolts!—open your cows' eyes; there are two! The Napoleon of Notting Hill The performance of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet omitted, and Mahomet's unhappy coffin, these are illustrations that have long been the prerogative of dolts and dullards. Tancred Or, The New Crusade They can endure as many hard buffets, and come out as tough and strong, as the veriest dolt whose intellectual bark foundered in the unsounded depths of his primer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 And so one night he sat down and cried to think he must always be a dolt. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls But the marvel of his comprehensiveness is his mode of dealing with the vulgar, the vicious, and the low,—with persons who are commonly spurned as dolts and knaves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 "Either," said he, "you are a great dolt, or the best actor I have ever seen." Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag In vain did the sour old man hurl such epithets as 'fool,' 'blockhead,' 'dolt,' at his musical valet in return for the latter's attempts to minister to his personal comforts. Story-Lives of Great Musicians Look at that fool," said Mary, "he thinks his horse as great a dolt as himself. By What Authority? How, then, could I be the dolt to say or imply that the celibacy of the clergy was a part of the definition of the Church? Apologia pro Vita Sua "We must wake up that dolt of a watchman and get the place made fast once more." Dick Lionheart "No; I am only a dolt, but I wish to become clever," was the reply. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag All, self-sufficient dolts, as far removed, as immeasurably divided from her whom he loved, as the gloomy lanes of this close city lay below the clear loveliness of the snow-peaks! The Long Night And Sir Thomas Overbury wittily said about a dolt who took credit for the merits of his ancestors: "Like the Potato, all that was good about him was underground." Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Harry Jardine represented a different theory; he would be a dolt, a brute, unpardonably vindictive, if he did not cherish all friendly feelings to the Crawfurds; if he did not visit them openly and frankly. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes He had no belief in the infallible wisdom of the common people, but regarded them as inflammatory dolts, and tried to save the republic from them. Damn! A Book of Calumny He was a dolt who confused genuine passion with the milder preferences of callow youth. Flood Tide For, clearer, more distinct, came threats, curses, goblin laughter; and 'Fool! dolt!' was the cry. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 "You dolt," she whispered back, "have you not learnt yet that the lady of the house should be introduced to her guests not last, but first?" The Poor Plutocrats And whether he turned out to be a machine-made genius, an over-powered dolt, or an introverted monster it was still his own personal reason for being alive. The Fourth R "Was ever such a brainless dolt in our possessions?" Tales of the Chesapeake What a dolt I must have been to snub away the possible codicil of a millionaire! My Life as an Author How stupid, what a ninny, what a dolt, what a donkey you are, to have sat there on your seat like a post all night. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 "Look here, Caleb Trotter," he concluded, after a full minute of profanity, "how do you think I'm to get my living and pay a set of lubberly dolts like you?" The Astonishing History of Troy Town The same permissive school that graduated dolts so that their stupid personalities wouldn't be warped would keep him back by virtue of the same idiotic reasoning. The Fourth R Dear me," said Gertrude, "I will not go to Saratoga, and be obliged to see Frank make a dolt of himself with this plebian Kentuckian. Tempest and Sunshine It will not buy taste or the finer feelings, without the possession of which one becomes a dolt, a thing that creeps about the face of the world. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton "Come on, and get up, you dolt!" growled Radwin to the driver. The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise The Young Kings of the Deep With that dolt of a father in his hands, a man wearing always around his neck the hangman's noose, he would hold the card which would give him the game. Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter It supporters deplore the dolts and the sluggards who either cannot or will not be educated. The Fourth R By all accounts this giant is a dolt. English Fairy Tales Fool," says his wife, "and dolt, and us with no food to put in our mouths. Old Peter's Russian Tales As a matter of curious experiment, I made the attempt once, in a case of a handsome dolt, who was, nominally, a domestic in my employ for a few months. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) I could have been a bass chorister's wife or a Baronet's wife, the wife of an Honourable dolt, and the wife of a dishonourable dramatist. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Goldoni considered Harlequin as a poor devil and dolt, whose coat is made up of rags patched together; his hat shows mendicity; and the hare's tail is still the dress of the peasantry of Bergamo. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Oh! coward, fool, dolt, that I have been, to delay my just revenge on the word of that old pirate. Edward Barnett; a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,—and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams or, The Earle's Victims: with an Account of the Terrible End of the Proud Earl De Montford, the Lamentable Fate of the Victim of His Passion, and the Shadow's Punishment Yet as we are brought to seek goodness, being sinners, so we shall be brought to seek the last perception, being dolts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 I'm interested in the place now I manage it without that dolt Lambarde, and Hythe isn't too far for the phaeton if I want to See Life. Joanna Godden Bean, I say, had once suffered vicariously with this altruistic dolt. Bunker Bean It differs where the past experience is different, as in the savage and the civilised man, the dolt and the talented, the fool and the genius, the criminal and the saint. The Basis of Morality The base wit of the workshop he comprehended less, and realized more slowly, than before; and the gaffer cursed him for a sleepy dolt. Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages But with my verses he his mistress won, Who doated on the dolt beyond all measure. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris A man's intellect grows by learning whatever accident throws in his way, and the man who, from foolish conceit, refuses to take advantage of his opportunities remains a dolt. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Now for the moral of this story: When we came to pay our bill, the dolt of a husband took the money and put it in his pocket. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years What a dolt you must have thought me! Idle Hour Stories Perhaps he might not be the absolute dolt that Hurrell pronounced him. The Life of Froude Sure, an' it's a dolt I am, not to know what the tallest one meant when he whispered to me: "When the South is free, I am for Jim McGarvy for any office he wants." That Old-Time Child, Roberta From a dolt he had become a hero. The Truce of God Is the editor of the Athenian a dolt, Buddha? A Daughter of To-Day "Take the oars again, dolt!" commanded Tchelkache shortly, restraining himself from pouring forth a string of fierce oaths that rose in his throat. Twenty-six and One and Other Stories Where such a dolt no outlet sees or knows, He thinks he's reached the end at once. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe I'll make a clean breast of it," he said; "I promised that dear old dolt Martin to come straight to you, and ask you if you loved me, in so many words. The Doctor's Dilemma What a dolt he was not to have thought of that before! Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces M. de Grammont is as dull a dolt as ever I met, yet clever enough to gull you. Helmet of Navarre I have fought the battle of property in this country—the battle of every squire in Cumbria, if the dolts did but know their own interests. The Mating of Lydia "He did, monsieur, but he said I was a stupid dolt, with no more sense than one of my own casks!" and the old man broke into a hearty laugh. For The Admiral Reproaching himself fiercely for a fool, a dolt, he posted himself at the approach to the dock and strained his eyes and ears for the first sight of Grace Vernon. Nedra George flushed, and for a moment felt a bitter anger surge within him; then he called himself a dolt for caring a straw what they thought of him. With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne But, added she, it was the uniform's fault; all the lads who donned the uniform became sad dolts. A Love Episode The alchemist, who wasted his life in vigils over his crucible, but stood uncognizant of the gold when it gleamed lustrously before him, was not more a dolt. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Some dolts there be, no doubt, who would detect Anodyne influence in a barrel-organ; A febrifuge in a flat German Band, A prophylactic in a street-piano! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 4, 1891 Am I a savage, a dolt—" "But you do not know what it is to be unhappy. The Fortieth Door "They are dolts, they are mules, they are swine!" said Adone. The Waters of Edera Where are the glib parasites who came to fawn on the poor dolt? The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Mary is worth three of Agnes, to begin with; but it would be just as bad if she were a doll or a dolt. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 Do you see that stupid dolt over there? Stage Confidences Why are you a dolt and whatever else it was? Jason Should ye who enter here profess in jubilation Our gospel of elation, then suffer dolts to curse! Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine What a dolt you must be to imagine that any man in the world could possibly tell you which of those two brutes was likely to be the winner! The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour "A miserable, ignorant, inexperienced dolt, idiot, and brat of a boy." The American Baron Certain dolts of your subjects, imagining, no doubt, that we were on fire, have been rash enough to break through those doors, which had hitherto remained inviolate, for the sake of bringing up water. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Tofano, on his part, told, dolt that he was, just what had happened, and was mighty menacing. The Decameron, Volume II Moreover, did you not lay it upon me to beguile the dolt? Judith, a play in three acts Founded on the Apocryphal Book of Judith Hundreds of thousands of dolts rushed to wager their money on this chance, and the horse's owner, who is anything but a fool, proceeded to back his own property lavishly. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour PHILOSOPHER.—I have been thinking why a dolt is called a donkey. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull The fellow who is doing the fisherman act must have all the brains, while the fellow at the oars may be a real dolt, for all he has to know. The High School Boys' Fishing Trip The dolt had not known that he was assisting at a solemnity recognized as such by experts throughout the clothed world. The Roll-Call She was not so narrow as all that; she had had enough of learning; she had forgotten all that she had learnt; any dolt could be crammed to pass examinations. The Shadow of the Rope And as for that other stupid dolt, he's worse than ever.' The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes PH.—The essential quality of a dolt is stupidity. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull "Is it a ship or a brig, Master Carnaby—you have the advantage of position, for I would not willingly be seen—speak quickly, dolt;—is it ship, or brig?" The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas It is true that all this may be for their good, but, my dear dolt, what of that? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 Purblind dolts that you are, not to find this out. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance "But I deserve it for trusting in such an idiot: dolt and fool that I was for doing so." The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney "As a Judge, you are a stupid, self-sufficient dolt; but so long as my client, the solicitor, gets his costs, it doesn't matter a jot to me or him what you decide!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 2, 1890 But then again there are times when he sees his bad points only, and then of all the unutterable dolts in the universe, he gets the notion that he is the worst. Ashton-Kirk, Investigator The dolt, his son, I find used her ill, and then did the same thing. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II Why did you not do so in the beginning, you dolt?” Chivalry The lucky dolt would send anything at all along, whatever was available, cheap; and circumstances always seemed to favor him with an empty market and prices sky-high regardless of quality. The Torrent Entre Naranjos So with the dolt and the man of brain, so with Mrs M'Swat and me. My Brilliant Career There he gently cursed himself for a fool, a dolt, an idiot. The Man from Brodney's Then he sat himself in his large arm-chair before his escritoire, and began transacting his affairs with the usual— "But where is that idiot, that dolt, that sluggard, that snail, with my mail?" Balcony Stories I therefore place the responsibility for so great a ruin on those who look on impassively and force us to those extreme measures which they then condemn like dolts and hypocrites as they are. Cuba, Old and New By so doing he disgusts the old man, who exclaims, "Oh, that I should ever had been such a dolt as to take thee for a man of larnen'!" Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook You were too curious in your inquiries of the dolt who declares he was robbed by us of his provisions and sails. The Red Rover Witness that burst of plain speaking in Dobbin's favour to the little dolt Amelia, for which we forgive her many a sin. Famous Reviews I called myself fool, dolt, idiot, for thus running my head a second time into the noose. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Do not bestow another thought on the senseless dolt who can prefer Amabel's sickly charms to your piquant attractions. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire Weep, weep, weep and weep, For pauper, dolt, and slave!Hark! from wasted moor and fen,Feverous alley, stifling den,Swells the wail of Saxon men— Work! or the grave! Andromeda and Other Poems You can pity a dolt of a servant for breaking a dish; but you have no compassion for me when my head is split in two and all on fire with this consuming fever.’ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall They were dolts and idiots for their pains. Martin Chuzzlewit He is no such dolt as you suppose.' Our Mutual Friend Weak-pated dolts they are, and a great deal of mischief they do to their cause, however good. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people And yet, in spite of the killing pace and the stony track, who but the sluggard or the dolt can hold aloof from the course? Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Haven’t I seen you kiss your dolt of a husband scores of times?—and do I ever complain?’ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall “Y’ are the shrewishest old dolt in Tunstall Forest,” returned Hatch, visibly ruffled by these threats. The Black Arrow He really is a dolt, I suppose, in other things; but it answers his one purpose very well.' Our Mutual Friend Run, Harry, run!" he cried; "run, you dolt! New Arabian Nights Volcanoes have a splendor that is grim, And earthquakes only terrify the dolts, But to him who's scientific There's nothing that's terrific In the falling of a flight of thunderbolts! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan For dolts are ever prone That to bewonder and adore which hides Beneath distorted words, holding that true Which sweetly tickles in their stupid ears, Or which is rouged in finely finished phrase. On the Nature of Things Against you, fool, dolt, idiot, against you, against everything! Hermione's Group of Thinkers "I should like to rap with a good stick on the empty pates of the dolts who circulate such nonsense!" House of the Seven Gables Rinaldo there had dolt and left his own, And on his back a Pagan's harness tied, Perchance he deemed so to pass unknown, And in those arms less noted false to ride. Jerusalem Delivered We are not a parcel of graziers come to market, dolt! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Then indeed shall men be changed from what they are now, and they shall be sluggards, dolts, and cowards beyond all the earth hath yet borne. A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson She went to the window again with something like an inward oath at the dolts of commonplace women who had all the best chances, but was back in a moment, laughing nervously. Frances Waldeaux "Don't stamp on those bramble flowers, you dolt!" she retorted, springing to her knees. Summer He nodded his head and waved the papers in the direction she had indicated, and the veriest dolt could have read the words his lips formed: "Take him along!" Freckles Second comes the supervised board, where the sysop breaks in every once in a while to tidy up, calm brawls, issue announcements, and rid the community of dolts and troublemakers. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier "But," retorted the dwarf, "my injurer is smaller than I am."—A dolt sat on a stone. The Book of Delight and Other Papers Bo'sun, how can I thank you!" said he, "these letters have given me new hope—new life! and—and here I leave you to stand, dolt that I am! The Amateur Gentleman "I must have been a dolt not to have noticed it before," Gurdon said. The Mystery of the Four Fingers You could have stood a rooted dolt like all the remainder of us. Freckles Saw you ever the like of this doubting dolt? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 And now he saw it clearly—dolt that he had been not to have divined it ere this! The Black Bag A dolt, sir, a dolt; so much the worse for me. The Highwayman I say we ought to have it—that it is our right—and you men are dolts not to give it us. Delia Blanchflower "But what a dolt of a born ignoramus must that sheriff's fellow have been, not to know Naboclish when he saw him!" Tales and Novels — Volume 06 Satisfaction, like the praise of dolts, is the compensation of the aesthetic cheese-monger—the popular novelist, the Broadway dramatist, the Massenet and Kipling, the Maeterlinck and Augustus Thomas. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages A's a dolt indeed that will part with money, and not have money's worth. Anna St. Ives What, ye dolt, ye be ever in one song! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 I think nothing more happy than that generation of men we commonly call fools, idiots, lack-wits, and dolts; splendid titles too, as I conceive them. The Praise of Folly Eligible boys have been passed over, and the most incapable dolt set up above them; all because his friends were in a good position, and hand-in-glove with the head-master. The Channings He was a boor, a dolt, a dirty lout, a narrow-minded churl, but he did all sorts of kind and generous things. The Bride of Dreams What is it that a be about, dolt? Anna St. Ives The thing was hopeless, and Miss Rylance felt she was wasting herself upon a dolt. The Golden Calf Malice, above all party-malice, is indeed a blind passion, but one can scarcely conceive the chief priests such dolts as to think that Christ could raise Lazarus again. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge I set that dolt of an apprentice of mine to play the folks out of college, this afternoon, when service was over, and—of all performances! The Channings Like genuine dolts, they would have an army of supporters, one-minded with them in everything. Lord Kilgobbin I tellee it is but ask and have—And how do I know that?—What's that to you, Dolt?—No, no—You are a no dolt now—You are a good lad. Anna St. Ives There is a sad, disconsolate look upon her face, and well there may be, since she is united to such a lazy dolt of a husband. The Secrets of the Great City Yet I destroy to build anew, and Rome shall fairer shine— But out, my guards, and slay the dolts who thought me not divine. Poems "Now, dolt you spoil this for us," remonstrated Snap. Guns and Snowshoes Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters He merely shrugged his shoulders, as though giving me to understand that it was no use talking to such a dolt. The Jew and Other Stories Why do you pull out the wick, you little dolt? The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 The people of London were far from being the sluggish dolts present-day writers would have us believe. The Face and the Mask Young Cassis, with the casual wit of a born Parisian, called Golden Mouth a dolt. L'Assommoir How pleasantly they talk, of la guerre, of Paris, of the bad service; talk in agreeably modulated voices, leaning a little forward to each other, not wishing to disturb the dolt at my right. The Enormous Room The auld dolt! he must be fallen to his dotage. The Christian A Story Had I then really turned into a complete dolt since I could not even add up the price of a piece of Dutch cheese? Hunger The idiotic penitent that he had been a few moments ago, the soft, well-meaning dolt, was so far from him now as to be scarce within the reach of his contempt. A Modern Instance She limped, the dolt, but all the same she had some pluck. L'Assommoir While others who viewed the grave farce with a grin— Seeing counterfeits pass thus for coinage so massy, By way of a hint to the dolts taken in, Appropriately quoted Budaeus "de Asse." The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes But what a dolt am I to obtrude my counsel. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. And she chatted on about these individuals, describing a series of dolts, their achievements and personalities, with a great deal of girlish fun. The History of David Grieve It was a sign, you stupid dolt, engraved the ships upon. The Frogs They didn't care to be laughed at by a whole dancing hall again for the sake of bringing such a dolt home. L'Assommoir You ought first to ascertain whether I am disposed to listen to you or not, you dolt. The Storm Are you a monk-monger into the bargain, as well as a dolt? Hereward, the Last of the English That is your revenge; you recommit me to my commonplace self; you restore me to my tinsel career, practically a dolt. The Fighting Chance Mirah's anger had waked in him a new perception, and with it the unpleasant sense that he was a dolt not to have had it before. Daniel Deronda The first house to burn shall be Zebedee Tugwell's, that conceited old dolt of a fishing fellow, who gives me a nod of suspicion, instead of pulling off his dirty hat to me. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War He gained seemingly firm foothold, and, turning halfway about, swore redly at his companions for dolts and careless fools. Men, Women, and Boats If you have it not, then the work is merely a brutal exercise, in which a dolt might excel. My Tropic Isle "I am a dolt and a fool's head not to have thoroughly examined it last night," and he rushed across into Betty's chamber to find a candle with which to investigate the treacherous exit. An Unwilling Maid Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott The dolt had seen absolutely naught but a conscientious female beginner learning the duties of the post which he himself had baptized as that of 'editorial secretary.' Hilda Lessways Oh, don't flatter yourself I am like that fat dolt of a Dupont, to be taken in by a pair of round eyes and innocent ways. Red Masquerade That dolt destruction is she without doubt, That hales her forth and feedeth her with nought. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 "I wasn't going to eat her up, you dolt!" said the Monster in a cold and scratchy voice. The Forest Monster of Oz And now our self-confessed dolt turned back from a half-hour's walk, concluding there might be an answer to his note. Old Creole Days He is president of the club; the pet of women; the admired of all the dolts and gawks who are taken with his style, his easy laughter, and his knack at getting at men's hearts. The House of the Whispering Pines Every body not a dolt admits conscience to be a good thing, though a thing every body cannot boast of possessing. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870 I would sooner a hundred times become a fat old woman, a dolt, a cabbage, a lantern, a wehrwolf, and that Satan should twist your neck! The Blunderer A dolt can see the Tower walls and see no more than crumbling bricks and stone. This Freedom "Absolutely," said the millionaire so significantly that Robin would have been a dolt not to grasp the situation. The Prince of Graustark Sailor and merchant, worker and idler, scholar and dolt, steerage and first cabin, wealth and poverty, shared alike in the disposition of quarters and shared alike in attention. West Wind Drift "Now I hold every trump in life, and Clayton, the dolt, has thrown away his fortune and made mine." The Midnight Passenger : a novel Is it that dolt of a cousin's doing? A House of Gentlefolk "Hold thine unmannerly, loutish, stupid tongue, wilt thou, thou dolt," said Annot, deeply offended. La Vendée But for Lorry's positiveness he would have laughed heartily at the other's simple credulity, or branded him a dolt, the victim of some merry actress's whim. Graustark The dolts have allowed them to escape, and now are afraid of the wrath of the people!” I Will Repay No man is genuine who is forever trying to pattern his life after the lives of other people—unless, indeed, he be a genuine dolt. On Being Human The world says I am a fool, a dolt, almost a criminal—but no one believes I am a man. Brewster's Millions Impossible, save from Clarenham, or from Ashton himself; and, dolt as he is, I trow he has sense enough to keep his own counsel. The Lances of Lynwood Tell me WHERE, dolt! idiot! driveler! before I twist your neck for you!' Vendetta: a story of one forgotten It was a plot, and any but a dolt must have traced the soprano's hand in this vulgar assault upon his senses. The Valley of Decision By him accursed, forsaken by my friend, Awhile stern England's prisoner, then unloosed Like some poor dolt unworth captivity, Time serves me now for ceasing. The Dynasts This remark is rather enigmatical to the average member, who would, ordinarily, look upon the author as a dolt or pretender. The Mirrors of Washington In looking about us, we often see men of success and reputation, who are simply dolts, without any merit except their perfect insignificance. The Widow Lerouge It's the penalty one pays: only the dolts and the 'all-too-many' are friends with the whole world. Maurice Guest |
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