| 单词 | driveller |
| 例句 | It was bad enough to be confined in this squalid hole with an imbecile driveller, and to spend long hours without other company. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Are we ever to remain drivellers in religion? The Trial of Henry Hetherington 2012-03-06T03:00:21.680Z In consequence of the solicitation of this friend, he accepted the task, but with reluctance, as he had a mean opinion of the work, and constantly designated its author a driveller. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z My accusers, after such as these, appear to me mere drivellers. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z I will bare thee to the buff, driveller, for this. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z "And you mean to leave her in the power of that distracted driveller, her mother, that the work may be finished?" The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z This ancient driveller seemed to imagine it was a fine day, and had hung on his best coat and hat, further aggravating his appearance with a spotted kerchief and a light heart. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z Really, though, Monsignor, I’m afraid you’ll think me a doting sort of a driveller on that subject. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z As thou sayest, Sancho, thou art no driveller to be terrified by the flight of a bird, or at the presage of a drifting spar, and thou awakenest my curiosity to know more. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Not but what a driveller may be a fair character for a play, but then he ought to drivel with some kind of consistency and likelihood. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z From Marlborough’s eyes the tears of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.” History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Let us not call this man a driveller and a monomaniac. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Read, man, read; don't stand glaring like a driveller. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Is not even Pater being thrust into a second grave as an indolent driveller without judgment? The Book of This and That It is here, at school, that you decide whether, when you come to man's estate, you will be a governing man, or whether you will be a mere aimless driveller. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education I was born a young man; I have continued so; and before I end, a pantaloon, a driveller—enough again. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) His imagination was diseased, and he was himself always apprehensive of the calamity under which he became at last 'a driveller and a show.' The Age of Pope (1700-1744) His lips have moved with mutter'd sound— A pause—and still the taunt goes round; "Oh! quite worn out—'tis doting age, Why lags the driveller on the stage?" Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 Out, you driveller! didn't I leave as neat a black-ey'd girl, and as pretty a prolific potato-patch all in tears— Robin. The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage Their life was dreary enough, for they could hold but little comradeship with the invalids, whom they dubbed "greybeards, drivellers, and kill-joys." The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... All these things, in the words of the catechism, "I steadfastly believe," until I become a mere driveller, a moonstruck, babbling, staring, credulous, imbecile, greedy, gaping, wooden-headed, addle-brained, wool-gathering, dreary, vacant, obstinate civilian. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 What would poor Scott have given to have gone abroad, of his own free will, a young man, instead of creeping there, a driveller, in his miserable decay! The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete All thy poisonings and murders will have been to no more purpose p. 238if Cæsar remains a cardinal, than they would have been if yon feeble driveller had lived. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom Thou miserable fool, and driveller! and is it for this—for this, that thou hast brought the bloodhounds on my track, to restore her to him? The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 Hear me, Fathers and Conscript Senators—hear me!—who am a soldier and a man, and neither driveller nor dotard. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 "All able men," adds Macaulay, "ridiculed him as a dunce, a driveller, a child who never knew his own mind an hour together; and yet he overreached them all." A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Above all things to be deprecated is, that he should ever become a dotard like Marlborough, or a driveller like Swift.’ The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) What will she not attempt with that old driveller?’ The Flaw in the Sapphire If Pepys had written his Diary for publication he would have been left to oblivion as a driveller. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography First, I talk too much; then I talk too little; and if I talk a bit to myself, he calls me a driveller. The Stranger A Drama, in Five Acts How I shall delight to get rid of my bishops and those accursed monks: drones, drivellers, bigots, drinking my golden wine of Canobia, and smoking my delicate Latakia. Tancred Or, The New Crusade With a blasphemous oath, the false Prophet, spat in the forehead of the fulminating Priest, and hissed: "Silence, fool, idiot, driveller!" The Mark of the Beast Poor driveller!" said Napoleon, loud enough to be heard by those near him, "how could he suffer this rabble to enter? The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Don't think I'm an absolute driveller, but don't forget what I've said, if even at present the need for a warning doesn't exist. The Survivor Show, that within which passeth, 79. --, a driveller and a, 165. Familiar Quotations From Marlborough's eyes the tears of dotage flow, And Swift expire a driveller and a show? Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals Tell the Abbot of Whalley that neither ye nor the whole horde of drones and drivellers about his hive, shall take me against my own liberty and consent. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction I can smash Shakspeare; I can prove Milton to be a driveller, or the contrary: but, for preference, take, as I have said, the abusive line. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 And Swift expires, a driveller and a show. Familiar Quotations Some of you laugh at me, and say, Behold, this old-fashioned driveller, who does not even know that love is no longer in the fashion! A Roman Singer What a vile economy is this! what a waste and incompleteness! and the world full of drivellers and dotards, that it would gladly be quit of. Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio It was marvellous how instantaneously he subsided into the superannuated driveller who was to bear away the bell from Old Parr and all the Emperor Alexander's far-sought fossils. Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest Miserable driveller!" interrupted I, with a stern voice, "do you betray me into the remorseless fangs of the law, and then talk of my not being hurt? Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are Swift, race not to the, 17. --expires, a driveller, 165. Familiar Quotations I went out of my senses immediately; became a mere driveller next day, on receipt of a little lace-edged sheet of note-paper, 'Favoured by papa. David Copperfield I am as free as the wind at Martinmas, that pays neither land-rent nor annual; all is explained—all settled with the honest old drivellers yonder of Auld Reekie. The Bride of Lammermoor It may be that he was maudlin; but this only renders it more impressive, for who would see 'From Marlborough's eyes the tears of dotage flow, And Swift expire a driveller and a show'? The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 He was not rich himself, nor distinguished, nor clever; at school he had passed for a dull, slow-witted boy, sleepy, and greedy, and had borne the nickname 'driveller.' The Torrents of Spring In fact you could not get through the whole at one go; it would stretch itself out like the speech of some old driveller. Albert Durer Nay he is often little better than a driveller. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor I gave him a look, and the driveller added—'if you know.' Anna St. Ives You are an old driveller and stupid withal. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 A driveller, who with some scraps of Cicero has tagged together something, which he calls Orations, but which men of learning rather judge to be Latrations. Books Fatal to Their Authors Will he make that white-headed driveller at Westminster reverse my outlawry? Hereward, the Last of the English We do not want to see-- "From Marlborough's eyes the tears of dotage flow, And Swift expire, a driveller and a show." Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship "This will never do!" he exclaimed, leaping from his bed; "I am becoming a mere driveller with advancing age!" Temporal Power Out upon the fool! the driveller! he still savours of the golden age! The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 Hero or driveller, it meddles not in the matter. Essays — First Series But old Meg's asleep now," said another; "she grows a driveller, and is afraid of her shadow. Guy Mannering Considered as theological guides, Mr. Gladstone would probably put them below the most abject drivellers of the Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 All the able men of his time ridiculed him as a dunce, a driveller, a child who never knew his own mind for an hour together; and he overreached them all round. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Great as Pitt's abilities were, his military administration was that of a driveller. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 And, to leave this miserable driveller without a pretence for his cowardice, the Prince asks if as a personal favour of me, forsooth, not to press my just and reasonable request at this moment. Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Old drivellers know more in their little finger than you in your whole brain, and you'll never be worth us, paltry little intriguer that you are! The Lesser Bourgeoisie He was not a driveller, or a pedant, or a buffoon, or a coward. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 |
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