| 单词 | fishwife |
| 例句 | Stannis rubbed the back of his neck, “You haggle like a crone with a codfish, Lord Snow. Did Ned Stark father you on some fishwife? How many men?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I tried to buy you from Anne after I first met you. She refused and we argued like a pair of fishwives. I rather lost my temper.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Farther on the fishwives were crying the day’s catch, and a boy was beating time on a drum as a shabby old bear danced in a circle for a ring of river runners. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Once safely on the north bank, I asked a cheerful fishwife the way to The George, where I found Falconer eating his supper—fish, again. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Along the span were shops and stalls of every sort; weavers and lacemakers displayed their wares cheek by jowl with glassblowers, candle- makers, and fishwives selling eels and oysters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Questing Beast ran into them behind, knocking the King flat “Beware! Beware!” cried all the retainers, fishwives, falconers, farriers, fletchers, and other well-wishers who were assembled within. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Do they not hear me hollering over the fence at my sons every day in the habitual, maternal accents of a native-born fishwife? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I had my share of fishwives and crofter's daughters, before and after I was wed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was growing old ungracefully, and she cried or made scenes like a fishwife. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mordred said, in his equivocal musical voice, that he could understand a fishwife, but not a fish mistress. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. van D. wheeled around and gave me a tongue-lashing: hard, Germanic, mean and vulgar, exactly like some fat, red-faced fishwife. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I’m not a very loyal fishwife,” she tells Lu when they meet, then proves it. ‘Dirt Music’ Review: Damaged Lovers and Dreamy Landscapes 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z But that was the Ryan Women: fishwives to the marrow, they were always ready to fight and knew the places that would cut deepest. The Guardian first book award: the shortlisted authors introduce their work 2012-11-09T22:50:02Z A Canadian waitress who swears like a fishwife goes on holiday to Boracay. Travel: Philip Marsden’s ‘Rising Ground’ and More 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Built in 1792 to allow fishwives to carry the catch to market, there are 337 stone steps zigzagging down the steep cliff at Ulbster to a sandstone amphitheatre of a harbour. Scotland has been voted the world’s most beautiful country – here’s why 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z In addition to Brecht’s typical didacticism, there is a haunting passage for a fishwife whose son died in one of Lucullus’s campaigns. A New Album Reflects a Composer’s Stubborn Versatility 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z In one fishwife’s basket there was a score or more of lovely striped rainbow fish that I was pining for; she was charging a lot. T Magazine: France Nouveau 2011-11-17T17:04:21Z Correctly seeing off some fishwives's wisdom, their oyster and shellfish stand is open year-round with unfailing quality. Top 10 seafood restaurants in Paris 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Whoever the speaker is, male or female, fishwife or schoolmaster, there is nothing literary in the voice. Poem of the week: A Fire Shared by Peter Didsbury 2010-06-28T11:43:00Z Alloa-born artist David Allan created drawings of ordinary people going about their daily lives in Edinburgh, including soldiers, coalmen, fishwives, sedan chair porters, firemen and officers of the city guard. Gallery acquires early image of black woman by Scottish artist 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z There is nothing sentimental in the depiction of fishwives in several paintings, and “Wreck of the Iron Crown” illustrates the dangers of the harsh environment in which fishermen strove for a living and drowned. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Winslow Homer’s paintings of Cullercoats were hardly sentimental 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Dorothy "Dolly" Peel was a fishwife and smuggler who protected local sailors from the press gangs. Listed status bid for lost memorials 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Mr Anderson said fishwife simply meant "someone who shouts a lot". Mayor under fire over 'fishwife' remark 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z "Big Lil" was a fishwife, and her husband, father and son all worked on the trawlers. Why Hull fishwife is Maxine Peake's hero 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z The manuscript featured the collation and distillation of comments from about four hundred readers: A.A. members, doctors, and ministers, plus, in Bill W.’s words, “policemen, fishwives, housewives, drunks, everybody.” Travels of the Original A.A. Manifesto 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z In Part 2, we turn to the story of glamorous and inaccessible Mathilde—who, we learn, was born in France, as Aurélie, her mother a fishwife in Nantes, her father a stonemason. Lauren Groff and the Mythology of Marriage 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Children scamper in the shallows pouncing on fish dropped from the crates, old women - fishwives - argue over the price of octopus tentacles. The Saharan nation of ocean fishermen 2014-05-03T23:18:47Z The definition of fishwife in the English Oxford Living Dictionaries is a "coarse-mannered woman who is prone to shouting". Mayor under fire over 'fishwife' remark 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Her high-profile roles have been peppered with projects like a concept album about the Pendle Witch Trials, playing Hamlet on stage - and now writing a play about a Hull fishwife. Why Hull fishwife is Maxine Peake's hero 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z She hurled at us words of foul abuse, so that one might have thought her a fishwife; she threatened us with death, and every kind of torture, in revenge for the murder of her husband.... The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z The same man who could scold like a fishwife could be as gentle as a tender maiden. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z The figures darting among the landaus, in and out of which they leaped with confident impudence, were almost invariably grotesques—smirking fishwives, staring chimney-sweeps, pucker-mouthed babies, and scarecrows of every variety. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z "I made the reference to a fishwife as someone who shouts a lot," he added. Mayor under fire over 'fishwife' remark 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z For instance," said the preacher, "the other day I was walking over London Bridge, when I saw a fishwife standing with a basket of red-herrings. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z They were harmless, yet the kingfisher rushed upon them, clattering and scolding like a fishwife, and harried them all away into a quiet bogan. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z She kept away from the shore and the old sailors now, and from the garrulous fishwives of the town. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z Have you two women gone mad, that you behave like drunken fishwives? A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z The Mayor of Liverpool is to be reported for sexism for calling a female councillor a "fishwife" during a council meeting. Mayor under fire over 'fishwife' remark 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z But when I got to the other end of the bridge there was no other fishwife to be seen. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z The quarrel, if such it could be called, died down as quickly as it had flared up, for it was impossible for these two well-bred ladies to fall out and fight like fishwives. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z They talked with the fishwives also in the town, and made friends with the bairns, who, as the days grew milder, came in flocks to their favourite playground, the sands above the town. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z On her the eyes of the fishwives alighted. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z And down to every meal, if you please, where I’ve displayed the appetite of a fishwife. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z So I resolved to turn back to the first fishwife, for, after all, I reflected, the herrings were really very cheap, and I had only complained in the way of business. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Leaning on a stick, an aged fishwife who had drawn near and overheard part of the dialogue between the thrifty rogue and the girl, now shook her withered head. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z But if you were in the market, my darling, I thought you'd shout louder than any fishwife there.... White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z There'll be fishwives, you know, and Socialists and highwaymen and plumbers and reporters and everything. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z Yet the Dyver Canal is delightful, with its strange old towers and its poplar trees, and the market on its bank filled with Dutch fishwives in bright costumes.... Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The especial scene she had in mind, I think, was that draggled procession of shrieking fishwives which escorted the king and his family in from Versailles. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z In the foreground are groups of conventional, and altogether too picturesque, fishwives and squaws: in the distance is the junction of Hospital Street and Front Street, with the tapering building between. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Possibly the fishwives, sorting out sea food and bait under little awnings, might strike him as more or less familiar. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z The village has always been a fishing-place of importance, the “fishwives” in their picturesque garb being, till recently, conspicuous figures in the streets of the capital. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Mrs. Bindane stood perfectly still, her hands upon her hips in the manner of a fishwife. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z In the Middle Ages there was something like a connected system of ideas in Christendom, so that the Pope and the devout fishwife did in a sense march together….” Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z The ladies were scandalised, and especially the fishwife, the mother of a young girl of whom she wished to make an honest woman. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z I, who resented a vicious influence upon my unborn child—I, its mother, had descended to the level of a fishwife!... My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z He promptly sent a coacher out to relieve Wilson, and his oratory to the young catcher would have made a Billingsgate fishwife sore. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside He turns as a rule through the "Marché" cool, Where the noisy fishwives call; And his compliment pays to the "belle Thérèse," As she knits in her dusky stall. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Scarcely had I alighted when a fishwife ran out of a cabin and addressed me in Basque. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) Then the two women, despite the warning of the doctor that his patient must not be disturbed, as it might prove fatal, go for each other like a pair of fishwives. Ivory Apes and Peacocks She is no more a mate for him than a great poet would be mate for a handsome fishwife; an Elizabeth Barrett Browning for a champion pugilist.' The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography This reminds one of the answer of the old fishwife, when one remonstrated with her on the habit of skinning eels alive, "Oh, they don't mind it; they are used to it." Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It “Bea will look like a fishwife when she is forty,” he told Trudy soon after the villa was under way and the first anniversary drew near. The Gorgeous Girl A longshoreman wouldn't have called a fishwife what I called you, you blessed child. In a Little Town Also in jolly old fishwives, squatted under arches, obscene old women, how deeply they laugh and shake and rollick, when they walk, from side to side, hum, hah! Monday or Tuesday When he had nearly poisoned himself with vile absinthe and sickened himself with the conversation of fishwives, he sent for me in despair. The Belovéd Vagabond These fishwives and their husbands were industrious, hard-working people, forming a community of their own in the village of Newhaven, close to the sea, and about two miles from Edinburgh. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville I looked narrowly round the low-roofed and ill-lit stable, but no sign of a big roan horse anywhere did I see, only a jack-spavined cob, such as a fishwife might hawk her fish about with. Border Ghost Stories My madness dresses itself in logic like a fishwife hanging rhinestones in her hair. Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath But now, should I nowadays declare myself the son of the Eternal Father, there isn't a fishwife who would not hiss me. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe To this topmost ledge fishwives sometimes scramble by day; but when a wind shall search the crannies of the night, then no villager would dare to climb so high. Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates Does not that sturdy fishwife with her little daughter trotting along by her side present a pretty picture? Won from the Waves He was eight years of age before he realized that the names his mother called him by, were of contempt and not of endearment—"Wall-Eye" and "Mud-Sucker"—literally the vocabulary of a fishwife. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen And yet Pott with an ineffable effrontery that would do credit to a fishwife in and from Billingsgate, clamours about this Pickwick and his virtues, and drops his maudlin tears upon his coffin! Pickwickian Studies Dashwood was a vulgar fool, who, as Horace Walpole said, with the familiarity and phrase of a fishwife, introduced the humors of Wapping behind the veil of the Treasury. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III To this topmost ledge fishwives sometimes scramble by day to seek a belated sail against Lundy's Isle. Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates Early in the morning one sees only fat market-women and fishwives. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers On their way Tom told him that he had seen him go down, and hearing from a fishwife the direction he had taken, he had come after him to bring him back. Washed Ashore The Tower of Stormount Bay “Of me! of the old fishwife?” exclaimed the astonished widow. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean Christine cast at her the look of a well-bred woman insulted by a brawling fishwife, and with Roddy's hand tightly in hers, walked out of the veranda without deigning to answer. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa An army of fishwives, and other women of the lowest orders, had marched to Versailles, and threatened the King and Marie Antoinette, if food was not given them. Paddy Finn As he descended the steps of the hotel he evidently created some sensation among the market people, fishwives, the butter-sellers, and others who thronged the streets. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin And at the last, when I stood at the gate of life, a weazen-faced fishwife, who had not wit enough to support herself, came near shutting me out. The Promised Land Dermot carefully conducted Miss O’Reilly back to the vicarage, and this was the first of many visits which she afterwards paid to the fishwife’s hut. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean A vulgar termagant"—the General indicated that would do—"who would call her husband an idiot aloud before a dinner-table, and quarrel like a fishwife with people in his presence. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers They quarrel like fishwives and scold about the number of "sides" each other has, and refuse to play up prettily, and I'm heartsick over it all, Sally. Jane Journeys On The primitive fishwife within me rose to the surface. Everyman's Land It was bad enough to have him touch Amy, and bad enough for the old fishwife to clasp Betty in her horrid arms, but Betty thought she surely would die if that man approached her. The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand The fishwife again and again urged her brother to hasten his work, so eager was she to reach the wreck. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean "Stop! stop! don't be going off that way!" interposed the fat fishwife. Bohemian Days Three American Tales She wanted to rave like a fishwife—though there were no fishwives in Mayfair. Robin "A ranting tough of a female who brings a breath of the stables with her and scolds like a fishwife.…" Judith of Blue Lake Ranch "If it isn't some one she's brought by her yells," snarled the fishwife. The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand The boy was placed at the helm, and the fishwife and her brother took the oars. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean A large fishwife, with a basket on her head, was standing beside her comely grown daughter, who had put her large basket down, and both devoured Agnes with their eyes. Bohemian Days Three American Tales She knew then that she had raved like a fishwife—that, even though there had before been no fishwives in Mayfair, he saw one standing shrilling before him. Robin It would be suggesting to fishwives that they should study conic sections. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary She looked back toward the sand dunes, possibly for a sight of the old fishwife, but no one was in view. The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand They did not forget either the old fishwife, the Widow O’Neil. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean When the passengers crowded to the side, pressing and jostling to effect an early landing, and the fishwives were scrambling from the paddles to the deck, I came upon Daker and his wife once more. The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' The fishwives net and swore with granes, And to the Fiend saul flesh and banes; They gave them, with ane shout on hie. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country It was about this time that Giorgione's ladylove won fame by discarding him in that foolish, fishwife fashion. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters The fishwife, carrying the limp figure of Amy, peered beyond the line of sand dunes. The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand Several times they paid a visit to the old fishwife, Widow O’Neil. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean He scowled at that and cursed me back again as heartily as any fishwife. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady On one of these last occasions, a huge sturdy fishwife exhorted the mob to keep to their places, when Buonaparte had almost persuaded them to disperse. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte They carry the wood, and almost everything else in large baskets, hung to the shoulders, like the Edinburgh fishwives. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi "I could give you a drink of milk," the old fishwife went on. The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand His strength gradually returned, and supported in the arms of the old fishwife, he sat up. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean The first money taken each day by fishwives and other dealers is spat upon to ensure increased drawings. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Mary became a Greek slave, or a Billingsgate fishwife, with amusing unexpectedness. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes The poet must describe, as the painter sketches Irish peasant-girls and Danish fishwives, adding the beauty, and leaving out the dirt. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe "There you are, my dear," leered the fishwife. The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand As the fishwife and her brother looked up, they saw two human beings still clinging to the remaining fragments of the ship; one was waving his hand as if to urge them to greater speed. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean The fishwives of Scheveningen, I am told, carry the art of petticoat wearing to a higher point than any of their sisters. A Wanderer in Holland At this style of language the fishwives are said to be extremely proficient. Queed She told us the other day she had forty grandchildren—all the males, men and boys, sailors and fishermen and "mousses"—many of the girls fishwives and the mothers married to fishermen or sailors. Chateau and Country Life in France I could see the fishwives carrying great trays of lampreys and lambrequins toward the fish market. Shandygaff Patrick was summoned, and with his father and the fishwife, the boat was launched. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean "She behaves like a fishwife's daughter," said Lady Grace. Greatheart "Buck," said the Doctor, clearing his throat, "have I ever—ahem—told you of the famous reply of Dr. Johnson to the Billingsgate fishwives?" Queed Professors still have their crotchets like other people; but we can scarcely conceive a professor of our day coming out like Adam Smith, and making fishwives to pass such observations on his demeanour. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Can it be possible that the brush which worthily painted Christ's agony, can be the same that descended to eternize redundant red fishwives, and call them goddesses? Nancy You will not have the old fishwife as your mother; if I thought so, I would gladly take myself away where you would never see or hear of me more. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean The poet must describe, as the painter sketches Irish peasant girls and Danish fishwives, adding the beauty, and leaving out the dirt. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 It is related that on one occasion Dr. Johnson approached the fishwives at Billingsgate to purchase of their wares. Queed Does he not, in pursuance of that method of his, draw his arguments and illustrations, to the horror of the big-worded Sophists, from dogs, kettles, fishwives, and what not which is vulgar and commonplace? Phaethon The wit of the Newhaven fishwives seems to me, however, like that of our western boatmen, to consist mainly in the ready application of quaint sayings already current among themselves. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America There were belles from Leyden, and fishwives from the border villages; cheese women from Gouda, and prim matrons from beautiful country seats on the Haarlemmer Meer. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates There was no appeal too base for him, and none too august: by some subtle alchemy he blended the arts of the prophet and the fishwife. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies Quick!" said the fishwife, "or we are all lost. Gulliver of Mars The fishwives were a most sturdy and independent class, both in manners and language. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography When he realized this he lost all his self-possession, and, as the Buffalo Courier put it the next day, "went up and down the platform raving like a Billingsgate fishwife." The Story of a Pioneer Yet this creature, with the soul of a strumpet, the tongue of a fishwife and the "proud heart" of a queen, was the crown and flower of womanhood to Shakespeare, his counterpart and ideal. The Man Shakespeare Again and again he returned upon them railing like a fishwife. Caesar: a Sketch And foul personalities came from his lips, according to the bad controversial fashion of his day, which permitted a licence to scholars that we now forbid to fishwives. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts Their skins were clear and ruddy, and many of the young fishwives were handsome and pretty. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography "He scrapes a fiddle," Koch had explained to the inquiring fishwife. Barlasch of the Guard The low houses were like so many rows of pale faces; the caps of the fishwives, as they nodded a farewell, seemed to put the village in half mourning. In and out of Three Normady Inns Did I get my strength to write The Captive that day when those fishwives moved in next door to me? The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow His pudgy form, builded like a pear, bustled to and fro, while he swore in fishwife fashion. Men, Women, and Boats And thus did the fishwife retaliate on her niggardly customer. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography The fishwife looked thoughtfully down the Frauengasse where every house has a different gable, and none of less than three floors within the pitch of the roof. Barlasch of the Guard Some of these things we have learned, since, in Normandy Inns, we have sat at meat with her peasants, and have grown to be friends with her fishwives. In and out of Three Normady Inns He finally stopped looking at the fishwife—he met his companion's enquiry. What Maisie Knew He had been chaffering with the fishwives this very day, and was bringing back his provend with him when he visited our school. Moonfleet A great plague makes him, what with railing against such as leave their cures for fear of infection, and in friendly breaking cake-bread with the fishwives at funerals. Character Writings of the 17th Century You all lie: A fishwife hath a fate, and so have I— But far above your finding. England's Antiphon Across the river-beds, peasant women and fishwives, with bared legs and baskets clasped to their bending backs, appeared and disappeared—shapes that emerged into the light only to vanish into the gulf of the night. In and out of Three Normady Inns Well, he assured me she was not a fishwife. Temporal Power He may have great volubility, and so has a Billingsgate fishwife. From Wealth to Poverty When the mob demolished the Whitby rendezvous in '93, it was the industrious fishwives of the town who collected the stones used as ammunition on that occasion; and when, again, Lieut. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore By his side sat his queen, a coarse sensuous woman "with a tongue like a fishwife's." A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. And not drawn, as Hypatia's were, exclusively from some sublime or portentous phenomenon, but from some dog, or kettle, or fishwife, with a homely insight worthy of old Socrates himself. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face A Wife, here, has no sex; she is neuter; so, according to the grammar, a fish is HE, his scales are SHE, but a fishwife is neither. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 Now, boys, the best thing you can do is to take a walk out of town, and settle the matter dacently; but don't stop here, scolding like a couple of fishwives. From Wealth to Poverty Lastly, it is bought for sale to the public by the POISSARDE, or fishwife. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken The fishwives of Paris, the laborers, the gamins, even the beggars had as much right to see the Queen of France delivered, as the highest dignitary of the land. Joseph II. and His Court And he struggled in vain to pierce the dense mass of Parabolani and monks, who, mingled with the fishwives and dock-workers, leaped and yelled around their victim. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face Here a young fishwife, with a box in her hand, who had followed them, pulled Jean by the coats. Christie Johnstone "Let us go to Versailles!" roared the great woman, who had posted herself among a group of fishwives. Marie Antoinette and Her Son "It is terrible that they should send these little ones," said kind-hearted fishwives. Now It Can Be Told With the first hint of dawn stout fishwives, who had tramped all the way in from the piers of Newhaven with heavily laden creels on their heads, were lustily crying their "caller herrin'." Greyfriars Bobby I like as well, however, to look into its entrance from the little marina, where the old fishwives arc weaving nets. The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 2 Suddenly a clamor was heard on the shore, and soon after a fishwife made her appearance, with rather a singular burden. Christie Johnstone She was quite innocent, but it had to be done, for the satisfaction of the fishwives of Paris. The Idiot Peace, old crone," said a tall, grave person, stopping up his nose on the side towards the fishwife; "a mass had to be founded. Notre-Dame De Paris We are a bad-tempered pair, and we behave rather like fishwives when we are in a rage. T. Tembarom A fishwife from Finstone with a creel on her back, had given him all his hands could hold of the sea-weed called dulse, presumably not from its sweetness, although it is good eating. Sir Gibbie "She canna lie in the wind's eye, for as clever as she is," answered a fishwife. Christie Johnstone For the calm, guarded, and sternly courteous language which governments had long been accustomed to employ, were substituted puns, interjections, Ossianic rants, rhetoric worthy only of a schoolboy, scurrility worthy only of a fishwife. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 For this, Clio has abused me in language less befitting a Muse than a fishwife. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story "No, I'll buy a basket," replied the fishwife, more anxious about what she expected to carry away than what she was about to bring home to the pauper. The Lesser Bourgeoisie When the gentlemen had put her to flight she had scarcely begun undressing and was rapidly taking off her fishwife's costume. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola To this aspiration the young fishwives deigned no attention, doubting, perhaps, its sincerity; and Christie, with a shade of severity, inquired of him how he came to be a vile count. Christie Johnstone The young fishwife inquired if there were any more griefs. Christie Johnstone "The fishwives unite the colors of the rainbow—" Lady Bar. Christie Johnstone No fishwives or painters shall intrude upon his polished scenes; all shall be as genteel as himself. Christie Johnstone |
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