| 单词 | fogy |
| 例句 | “It takes more than a little snow to stop these two old fogies,” Grandpa declares heartily. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z For young fogies like the Miser, that suits just fine. Weekend Miser: In Weekend Miser, Lez Zeppelin and Saung Budaya 2013-01-03T22:24:39Z There’s a lot of this comedy at an old fogy’s expense. Review | Emma Donoghue’s ‘Akin’ sends an odd couple to France 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z But Laurent Pelly’s searing staging, produced with the Vienna State Opera, crisply played and superbly cast, showed that a fogy can burn with as much — if not more — fire as something fresh. A Hotbed of Operatic Innovation Wins With Tradition 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z It sounds as if some wine critics treat European wines like some people might treat their parents – as old fogies who are past it. You can be a wine snob too! 2013-01-02T12:45:00Z I worry about being a fogy and just writing for orchestras. Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead?s Runaway Guitarist 2012-03-10T20:47:20Z Of course, Marina Abramović is the artist with whom Biesenbach is the most closely associated, making him Public Enemy No. 1 for fogies who equate the embrace of new forms with endangered traditions. What Klaus Biesenbach Means for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Said the hipster, “It’s weird to behold: Vintage clothes leave today’s fogies cold, From checked shirts to knit ties To those hats shaped like pies. Age is wasted, it seems, on the old.” Style Invitational Week 1088: Our winning F-word limericks! (No, not that F-word.) They moved from Midtown after a realization in their old building’s elevator that all of their neighbors were “a bunch of old fogies like us,” as Silverstein put it. After 20 Years, Frank Stella Returns to Ground Zero 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Bellow was aware that his repeated insistence on our “state of radical distraction” made him sound, at times, like a fogy, a turkey gobbling at the inanities of the young. Review: Revisiting Saul Bellow’s Words, on Society, Chicago and Other Writers 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Slopen, a young fogy, explains this novel’s sensibility, somewhat, by stating that his father was technically a Victorian. Books of The Times: Marcel Theroux’s Eccentric ‘Strange Bodies’ 2014-02-13T20:41:07Z It was far more naughty nurse than old fogy. 2010-02-11T05:20:00Z Her first special was a portrait of a young fogy, but this new one zeros in on her self-protective cynicism and exaggerates it until it’s an absurd cartoon. Taylor Tomlinson: A Comic With the Confidence of a Star 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Simpson: American Crime Story” are quick to remind us old fogies, many viewers will be coming to this material fresh. FX’s ‘People v. O.J. Simpson’ is near-perfect and arrives at the perfect time 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Yet stereophiles usually dismiss such naysayers as old fogies, resistant to any kind of change. Shrek Forever After shows why 3D won't save cinema 2010-07-05T09:59:00Z He can be didactic, a crotchety young fogy. Books of The Times: ‘Four New Messages,’ Stories by Joshua Cohen 2012-07-31T12:00:00Z Simply being young does not guarantee immunity from the frustratingly crusty decisions of a stereotypical fogy. Critic’s Notebook: Andris Nelson Is Latest of Orchestras’ Young Leaders 2013-05-19T21:50:33Z Her party still genuflects to her, and a core within it — aging members of the Conservative associations in the shires and no-longer-young fogies in Westminster — reflexively venerates her. Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z “Teenagers tend to shut down. They see us as old fogies. I have to be very careful how I approach that.” Packed session offers advice and a lifesaving giveaway as local overdoses rise 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Consequently, throughout the 1970s and ’80s Wilson was viewed as a Tory, a young fogy. Review | You don’t have to be an Anglophile to love A.N. Wilson 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z In recent years, people worried about inflation were regarded as falling somewhere between fogies and cranks. Opinion | The painful lesson for inflation doves: Be careful what you wish for 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z “It gives me an opportunity to go down the Soul Train Line and show these young people these old fogies can dance, too.” At Washington and Lee, Black alumni mark milestone of ball ‘to celebrate our existence’ 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z “It was one thing when the gatekeepers, usually old fogies, controlled what kind of content was going to be put out about teens,” he said. How Do You Make Teen Comedies Today? Buy a High School. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z But in our multiple-exclamation-pointed, totally amazing, but like oh-em-gee, the worst society, this kind of over-the-top rhetoric is what passes for what we old fogies used to call “contrast” in elections. Hits and misses from the conventions 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z They are considered establishment fogies unlikely to challenge the nominee or push him to think big. Opinion | The Battle for Joe Biden 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The young and restless pundit class has an entirely different code of workplace ethics than many of the old fogies running the shows. Opinion | This won’t be the last we hear from Chris Matthews 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z It’s easy for younger people to dismiss “old fogies” like himself, he said, but they will listen to their peers. Football player rallying youth to stop the violence 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z “Here I am, an old fogy, but I wanted to do something exciting and different, and to provide a sense of beauty, a sense of peace, in an otherwise difficult world,” he says. Graffiti in the sky: NY artists make skyscraper their studio 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z For more than two years he carefully struck the balance between outsider and insider, delivering reforms and gaining leverage in Europe while lambasting “old fogies” and European bureaucrats. Matteo Renzi’s Fate Is at Stake as Italians Vote in Referendum 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z “I’ve always been very good at math,” Trump says and only us fogies guffaw. Donald Trump and the Rise of Loudmouth Politics 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z "You'd wonder that they'd be interested in a couple of old fogies like us," she says in her lovely Scottish brogue. Welcome back for a final visit to 'Downton Abbey' 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z They see dietitians as Big Food’s “proxies” and skeptical scientists as old fogies. South Africa's guru for benefits of saturated fat faces hearing 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z This isn’t, as the press suggests, because conservative voters are old fogies who’d chain their wives to sinks full of dirty dishes. The Card Carly Doesn’t Play 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Now you might be thinking that these cities are dangerous to pedestrians simply because they are laden with old fogies wandering into the streets. Why Your Dream Retirement City May Pose a Surprising Health Risk 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z She says that Wandsworth behaviour is not unusual: “I’ve spoken to families who don’t let their au pair eat with them. One mum said: ‘She wouldn’t want to eat with us anyway, we’re old fogies.’ Au pairs on a pittance: the young women minding kids for £2 an hour 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z The ironic thing is, old fogies my age are actually running the show. Why Google Could Hold The Keys To The White House 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Old fogies warned about pot, J. Edgar Hoover hated it and Richard Nixon made war against — three good reasons right there to have a toke. Richard Cohen explains to Justin Bieber that pot is not cool 2014-02-07T19:13:00Z Their social media skills are “completely native,” and in a reversal of roles, they are great at “mentoring old fogies.” 4 Observations About The New Face Of Marketing 2013-11-11T14:00:00Z In today’s universe of sleek arenas filled with microbreweries, sushi bars, and Shake Shacks, Wrigley is a comic fogy, too stubborn to admit the world is changing around him. Wrigley Field's Planned Renovation Threatens a Chicago Rooftop Tradition 2013-09-05T18:45:13Z “It’s painful for him to talk about it.”Denison occasionally teased Belton about his membership in the Eagles Lodge – it was for “old fogies,” he said. Delbert Belton, World War II veteran, beaten to death in Spokane; police arrest 1 suspect 2013-08-23T15:59:36Z But do these old fogies know what they’re getting themselves into, financially speaking? Can You Afford to Start Parenting at Middle Age? 2013-04-11T11:21:16Z Pot was OK in The Sixties because “it was a rite of passage” and because “old fogies warned about” it. Richard Cohen explains to Justin Bieber that pot is not cool 2014-02-07T19:13:00Z “Old fogies like myself are quickly becoming redundant.” In Theory: A Weak Spot in H.I.V’s Armor Raises Hope for a Vaccine 2012-10-29T15:04:16Z Let the fogies, the bitter, the barren, the Scrooges flee early in horror to Palm Beach. Big City: Oh, the Horror, the Horror of Upper East Side Halloween Décor 2012-10-21T19:44:34Z But don’t let us old fogies keep you young folks from your exercise. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z I'm not going to waste my life waiting on the pleasure of a set of old fogies. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Because all our county fogies look down on it? Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z I made the discovery this morning--what owls we old fogies are!--that it is not for the sake of my brilliant conversation that you young butterflies choose to flutter about the Priory. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z We all get old in time, and its natural that with us old fogies round him he should be a little interested in Miss Hamilton. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z The Alpine Club was a body of old fogies. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z I know that I am punctuating literature in the manner of the academic fogies. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z It's not just the old fogies, it is also young, wealthy professionals,” he says. Biodiversity: Endangered and in demand 2011-12-21T18:21:10.287Z It was too conservative, and the old fogies there were quite content to keep up customs that their ancestors had followed without trying to improve upon them, or to introduce new and better ones. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z All liked it but the old fogies who want things as they were in the ark. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z He must stand out of the way for numskulls and old fogies. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z I'm a dogmatic old fogy, and I won't let the new people have their jimcrackery; and I preach old sermons, and I've had a cold in my head for three months. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z Most of them are blue-blooded old fogies, with their souls full of fine ideals, but with no leader. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z He spoke to that old fogy surgeon of his and after a regular battle we came to terms.” The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z Did they care for anything but making us pay what the chambers had voted, and compelling us to elect for deputies old fogies who would be safe to vote whichever way the Emperor required them? The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z I was laughing because it seems so absurd for a pair of old fogies of bachelors like us to be laying down the law as to the management and training of young girls. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z The Way at Washington That and other experiences in dealing with executive departments at Washington have made an old fogy of me, I suppose. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z They may call one an old fogy, brand him as a fanatic, say he has gone crazy over religion, but at the same time they will say, "He pays his grocery bills." The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z And you must be tired of this very quiet life, unrelieved save by a couple of old fogies like yours truly and Upward?” The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z There are some old fogies who dismiss this concept as frivolous, but they should ponder some grim statistics. Why should holding office be for old people only? 2011-06-26T15:01:00Z I don't know but what, after all, I am somewhat of a fogy. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z There were coal and iron mines there also, which he could open in a way to make old fogies in that country open their eyes. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z E-mail is for old fogies, they imply with their body language. Well: Should Your Doctor Be on Facebook? 2011-04-28T10:00:06Z Not only old fogies who make speeches, but other people. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z “Where are your parents, boy, that you are left to the care of old fogy doctors and careless tutors?” The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z We got too many amateurs and old fogies. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z I go to the latter occasionally—the institute is an old fogy concern, but the grounds are fine. The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z He sees, for one thing, what an old fogy is Mr. Deats, sr. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z He’s gone and plopped himself down with all those old fogies around the fire!” Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z In the Weimar days the general objection of the "old fogies" was that his music lacked melody. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z On entering, he said cheerfully: 'Well, young gentleman, you'll admit an old fogy.' The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z He never was an old fogy, but is brimful of originality and reform. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z De young folks calls us 'ole fogies', but we knew how ta act, an' lots ob de young-un's don't know dat now. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z But I'm willing to confess I'm an old fogy and sometimes I believe, Frieda dear, I did you a great wrong when I married you at such a youthful age. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z I know that he considered those people who refused to follow Wagner as old fogies, and my colleagues used to twit me for not being as enthusiastic as they were. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z I'm dying for a whiff, and one never gets a chance in that crowd of old fogies. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z Governor Wise, again, is a reformer in his way—Senator Hunter is set down as an "old fogy" in politics. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z They stared on the next occasion of meeting, when Bloundell spoke in contemptuous terms of old Pen, said every body knew old Pen, regular old trencherman at Gaunt House, notorious old bore, regular old fogy. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z He gave her sketches of old fogies, told her stories, and devoted himself to reading books for her. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Pruckner started a little society, the object being to oppose the Philistines, or old fogies, and uphold modern ideas. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z His friends, too, such dear old fogies, like your esteemed aunt, not like your friends—you know how fond he is of them. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z But you young folks never think it worth while to give us old fogies a call to see how we are. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z There were no fogies in the throngs that heard him. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z They are all antiquated old fogies at least half a century behind the day. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z "I think you must be right; we both had put ourselves down too soon as old fogies." Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z Be that as it may, the modern Brindaban said to his old fogy of a father: ‘I am off.’ Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z Here we go gassing again like two old fogies. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z He had supposed that he would have an audience of two or three dozen old fogies and a number of short-haired blue-stockings. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Under Bai's theory, the country recovered from the psychological trauma it had felt in 1994 and was not in the mood to elect fogies by '96 -- hence, Dole's failure. No, Matt Bai, Americans aren't yearning for daddy 2010-10-27T21:19:00Z Does all of this make me an old fogy? How to Behave at Expensive Rock Concerts 2010-09-27T19:17:00Z As we old fogies die off, maybe this will no longer be an issue.” Technology Aside, Most People Still Decline to Be Located 2010-08-30T03:45:00Z It rewards innovators such as Google, and it relegates protectionist, defensive, idea-squashing fogies such as record companies to the dustbin of history. OK Go on net neutrality: A lesson from the music industry 2010-08-29T04:00:00Z He described Webb as "a rabbit dressed as a referee" and added that the "fogies at FIFA" should be questioned at length about his performance. World Cup final: World's press agree that Spain are worthy champions 2010-07-12T12:18:00Z They see it as country fare for the old fogies. 2010-01-22T08:50:00Z You know we old fogies used to have our bad habits—two bottles of port after dinner, to run down into our legs and make gouty pains, eh, Charley—eh? By Birth a Lady She says, parson, she’s glad our old fogy has gone, for it’s some pleasure to come and hear you.” The Parson O' Dumford I like these young marriages, and hang all those musty old fogies who preach about improvidence and so many hundreds a year! A Double Knot That is what the fogies of every age have always said. Labor and Freedom Besides, you are an old fogy, Sam—you are out of date, moth-eaten. The Cottage of Delight A Novel And, nowadays, hardly anybody but old fogies and back numbers, and people who have lived the kind of life Lucretia has, possesses a clear sense of right and wrong. The Preliminaries And Other Stories If they are not old fogies they will enjoy it. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins One would think I was an old fogy of ninety-five. Faith and Unfaith Whatever you may be I beg of you not to be a fogy, nor to follow a fogy's solemn advice. Labor and Freedom Also I wanted all the other fellows to have a good time; and I enjoyed getting the better of all the old fogies who had forgotten what youth was like—if they'd ever known it. Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days Such breeks would have been bogies to a lot of frightened fogies, They would just as soon have donned the shirt of Nessus. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 June 7, 1890 What a party of old fogies he has assembled; no one worth looking at! Under the Mendips A Tale He not only regarded him as an old fogy, a vain old fogy, but as a dead weight upon the Star. Hempfield A Novel "Well," replied Chester, with a burning face, yet without descending from his proud demeanor, "I suppose I transgressed some of their old fogy laws." Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation Well," I reflected, "it is perhaps good to be an old fogy with scanty hair and the beginning of crow's feet. A Top-Floor Idyl However, despite their old fogy methods, she made a good rally and was on the safe side of the crisis, when that hypodermic case was left temptingly within her reach. A Modern Wizard There stands an old fogy of the Regency. Here and There in London It is therefore not on account of superior merits, but on account of old fogy notions and prejudices that the bureaucracy, military and civil, consider themselves to be of such immeasurable importance. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant He thought that his father was an "old fogy." With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul If one waited for somebody not talked about, one would have an empty house or fill it with old fogies. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June I am not an old fogy, though I may have that appearance, and I rejoice to see the world move on. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories I had found only a few old fogies in Nassau and a banker in Frankfort who seemed to be in a disappointed and depressed state of mind. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Any one would with that old fogy, old man Harrison, worrying you to death with his old-maidish ways. The Rosie World Are all people over thirty who cling to their Dickens and their Scott old fogies? A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land He called himself an old fogy, and wished he might be twenty years younger. The Spectacle Man A Story of the Missing Bridge Do you think ministers are old fogies—that the Bible belongs to the dark ages? Sowing and Reaping Well, we begin to be the old fogies now; and it was high time something rose to take our places. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) The girl's lip curled like an opening rose-bud; she gave a nipping laugh, and I just heard "old fogy" break through it so saucily that my blood riled. Phemie Frost's Experiences "What a musty old fogy he would be, by the time he had gone half through!" said Judy. Trading Yes, I am coming to the school; though I guess I've got an old fogy of a teacher. What She Could She glanced back, her heart beat quick, she had half a mind to break loose—easy enough to over-turn the two old fogies—but—how soon "but" comes, "but" came to Amaryllis at sixteen. Amaryllis at the Fair Oh, I know my plan will bring up all the fogies in full blast, And Coercion and Protection I see looking on aghast. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 I hope that some day, when I am an old fogy, I may be allowed to know him and remind him that in old days I used to know his mother. Is He Popenjoy? Order these old fogies out into the fields and let them worship there. In a Little Town Lorenzo Dow is still remembered by some of the "old fogies" as one of the most eccentric men that ever lived. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. Could he only have swept out the rest of the old fogies! Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Well, well, the world moves, I know, and I am an old fogy; but I shall not make myself hoarse shouting 'Huzza' until I find out whether we are going to the devil or not. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 The explanation thereof may be that some of the thus called old fogies, above all in the War Department, may be unfriendly to the war without being disloyal. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 He decried himself as a stupid, ugly old fogy; and she cried him up as the wisest and most beautiful and best of men. In a Little Town "And let all the old fogies see that we are friends," he said, in his remembered playful vein. Amabel Channice Sumner may dispute with Seward the influence on English fogies. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 He thought that a majority of men who began by being reformers, ended by being old fogies, and he thought that might be the case with Mr. Hammond. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III His fall will be the triumph of the pro-slavery party, headed by the New York Herald, and supported by military old fogies, by martinets, and by double and triple political and intellectual know-nothings. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 He was too old fogy, said Slinkie, to make good in the West. The Prairie Child He ought to know more about it than old fogies like you and me, Arnold. The Master Mummer Whether I have felt myself old or not, I have not ranged myself in the category of "old fogies" as yet. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II I'm just enough of an old fogy to cut myself out of a big fee by smoothing the wrinkles without a lawsuit. Otherwise Phyllis Yes, he had a lot of old fogies there who couldn't tell the difference between oil and a tallow candle. Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation He was handsome, pleasant, good-humoured, and full of talk; had nothing about him of the official fogy; and was regarded by all his friends as a man who was just now fit to marry. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Every spring, the station agent tells me, there have been a score of such alarms, and when the people heard Nunamaker they laughed and called him an old fogy for his pains. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin Old fogy as I am, and still given to poetical quotations, I never made a more felicitous quotation than that. The Martian The comic thoughts of famous “Punch” were read, Then something dry, but suited more As wholesome food—so some old fogies said— “The Daily News,” let none deplore. A Leaf from the Old Forest On a late Queen's birthday review on the Green, the boys and girls were in ecstasies at seeing the "old fogies" dressed out in new suits. Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. She pronounces old men fogies, and young men intolerable. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) There's a fine keen courage about you Western chaps that makes a cautious old fogy like me envious. Free Air He’s got some old fogy notions about your house being a sacred spot where everybody in creation can impose on you if they want to, just because it is your house. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern This feat made not only a sensation but plenty of money; and the two swindlers now traversed Greece, Turkey, and Arabia, in various directions, stirring up the Oriental “old fogies” in amazing style. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages No one would come to such an old fogy’s as Sir Nicholas, that could help it.’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Her waning attractions are heightened artistically by the background of old fogies. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Stephen A. Douglas, who had rushed into the convention of 1852 with such reckless dash to put aside "the old fogies" of the party, was an avowed candidate. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Electra didn’t care a whoop for the old fogies who had lived and ruled in England generations before she was born. A Dixie School Girl Capt Clark is all right, we dont think he is afraid of the whole Spanish Navy. the wether is very fogy. The Voyage of the Oregon from San Francisco to Santiago in 1898 I’ll not go there to read cookery books and meet old fogies. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster He wasn't the old fogy Tabs had so persistently imagined. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel And you—you only graduated at Yale, an old fogy mediæval institution! Duffels Then you have to give dinners to every old fogy, male and female, within twenty miles of you, and before you know where you are you become an old fogy yourself. Ralph the Heir After all, what are we old fogies for, but to point a moral and adorn a tale? The Merryweathers Mr. Hamblin was one of those old fogies who could not appreciate manliness in a boy. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim A nice Solicitor never contradicts a Lady, and therefore knows the law infinitely better than the disagreeable fogies, who are so obstinate. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 13, 1887 There are ardent theorists of the progressive order, full of schemes for radical reforms, and old fogies believing in nothing except what they lament to see is fast becoming obsolete. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Above all, I am one of those old fogies you have mentioned, who secretly mourn the dying-out of romance. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle Fact is, the people down in Riverport sent a committee of old fogies up to my governor to complain. Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School How can a young fellow get a start any more, when corporations and rich old fogies own everything? The Indulgence of Negu Mah "Miss Wayne nursed her first case under him, and he thinks her popularity is due solely to the recommendation he gave her,—the dear old fogy!" Heart of Gold Why, we are becoming a trio of old fogies!” Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point There are still the "old fogies" who preach that, as there are two opponents and only one partner, all information is doubly advantageous to the adversary. Auction of To-day There are some old fogy ideas about soft and tepid water, which may help confuse the beginner: they accomplish nothing more. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse It is very kind of you, Lavender," said the other with a smile, "but such adventures are not for old fogies like me. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 Not a bad idea, was it? though no compliment, I daresay, to the old fogies.” The Heiress of Wyvern Court It may be rather slow with just two old fogies like Harold and me for escorts, but we'll leave the matrons at home and take Snap. Peggy Stewart at School They have won the annual debate right along, so that my old fogy uncle declares all the brains are in Harvard. Frank Merriwell's Races Oh, yes; but one understands the fascination so well; and it gives so much pleasure to—twenty-two, that it is almost immoral for an old fogy like myself to monopolise it. The Californians But this outcry proceeds mostly from old fogies, and those who only reverence the past, while the halo which gilds the memories of youth is the cause of its ceaseless repetition. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 “No,” laughed Oscar; “but never mind about compliments for dead and gone fogies.” The Heiress of Wyvern Court Now old fogies and disappointed spinsters can say what they please about love at first sight. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta But, after all, Barye’s lions and horses belong to an entirely different race from those which the tradition-bound old fogies were pleased with. The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890 Then, when I do come back, I'm going to just rule things, and, what is more, make all the old fogies let me. The Californians “Don’t you think, Mr Saunders, that it’s a shame that men of rank like myself should be at the beck and call of such old fogies as my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty?” he exclaimed. Paddy Finn The old fogies are the inmates of the Royal or Old Men's Hospital, the Irish Chelsea. Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc When persons wanted me to go into the project I declined and was called an old fogy. Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Then there’s a lot of old fogies who belong to a society or something, and go and measure, old Blunderbore round the chest and biceps, and photograph him, and all sorts of tomfoolery. Boycotted And Other Stories How had he, a useless old fogy, dared to blackball a man like Iver? Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House It is only the old fogy who thinks modern young people "know too much." The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book Oh, I am glad to skip a criticism from old C——, he is such an old fogy. Molly Brown's Orchard Home Hippy declares that "Nature is an old fogy." Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods Mr. Speaker Banks handed his "gavel" to Judge Mason, President of the Senate pro tempore, and the venerable old fogies took arm-chairs in the area before the table. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Hence the great mass of us settle down on the plane of mediocrity, and become "old fogy." The Mind and Its Education That marks the difference between other old fogies and myself. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques And I was old fogy enough not to have been aware of it. The Opinions of a Philosopher The domestic old fogies give him lectures if they can catch him, but he isn't fool enough for that. Can You Forgive Her? The growth of the city had been slow and labored, the real estate being generally in the hands of a few old fogies who manifested no disposition to improve or to sell. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Unless they rise above their routine, they early become "old fogies." The Mind and Its Education When a young man survived the "old fogy" methods of the fifties, sixties and seventies of the past century, he was, it cannot be gainsaid, an excellent artist. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques They say ‘Grandma, you just an old fogy.’ Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 "How can you say that you could ever be an old fogy?" Raftmates A Story of the Great River It was to Ray he promptly opened his heart, as that veteran of a dozen Indian campaigns, then drawing his fourth "fogy," came hastening out to join the commander. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier "What has the world come to," said Thackeray out loud to the table, "when two broken-nosed old fogies like you and me sit talking about love to each other!" Thackeray There are faddists and old fogies of course, as in every other band of experts. My Second Year of the War They have just left the carriage, and as usual she is escorted by her body-guard; those grim old fogies, who watch her like a pair of grey owls. Infelice Then some old fogy will spend ten years in research, and pronounce her an excellent example of the extinct race "Femina Anglica." The Parts Men Play Young blood!" laughed the elder; "no doubt you are voicing the mode of to-day: But then we old fogies at least gave the lady some chance for delay. Successful Recitations No, only old fogies would close their hearts to a machine fit for the gods, and pride themselves on being motophobes forever. The Motor Maid We old fogies in this desert place have been often seeing your name in the newspapers lately. The Half-Hearted You must pay the penalty of having—married the most beautiful woman in London, Guy, and sit out with the old fogies. The Betrayal Thackeray’s world is passing; the children he knew, the boys he tipped and took to the p. 169play, are middle-aged men—fogies, in fact. Lost Leaders We call them old fogies; but there are young fogies, too. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals He is such an old fogy in his ideas he actually makes me tired. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird The old fogies promised that I should have a husband as soon as I arrived, and they kept their word, but I wished that I'd got a larger one. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia It was not strange that the English should have come to the conclusion that the fogies were unfit to lead armies. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Are all people over thirty who cling to their Dickens and their Scott old fogies? Lost Leaders I probably shocked you a moment ago by saying that most men begin to be old fogies at the age of twenty-five. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals Now, whenever a new barrister takes the floor for the first time, there is always more or less curiosity and commotion among the old fogies of the forum. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Cousin Elizabeth is mighty nice and sweet, but she's an old fogy to talk that way. The Little Colonel's House Party The old fogies were too much for their foe, a much younger man than either of them, and a soldier of high reputation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 I am too sober an old fogy to hunt with them when I have no young blood near to spur me. His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality "It is a sad day for your fighting man," he concluded gaily, "when the only stimulant he can get is the conversation of an old fogy like me." One Man in His Time It was not long before Heller was able to state that all the old fogies and silver-grays who remained alive had been converted. Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature The youngest of them had been twenty years older than Helen, and, whereas her father was always an old dear, sometimes a hopeless and helpless old dear, they were simply old fogies. The Desert Valley Let honor be given where it is due, and let the fogies have their just share of it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Only three or four old fogies at the club. Doctor Claudius, A True Story Pausing an instant while the family hung breathlessly on his words, he continued heroically: "Now, it doesn't bother me to be called an old fogy." One Man in His Time I never felt so cool and self-possessed among the plannings and plottings of the few old fogies, and they never appeared so frantic with rage. 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 The new University man named him an old fogy, did he? The Desert Valley Is he taking this alien-spirited work by the hand simply to say defensively and vainly: "I assure you, indeed, I am not an old fogy; I quite understand it." Nocturne We old fogies"—Mrs. Pennybet laughed, for she didn't mean what she said—"are really done for and shelved. Tell England A Study in a Generation Old fogies to the papers write, Grumbling about their dust, Sirs. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 6, 1892 Good-bye," she said, stretching out her hand to Selwyn—"good-bye, my unfortunate fellow fogy! The Younger Set "My dear, I sometimes fancy I am a hypercritical old fogy!" he said, and sighed a little, while once more the anxious look crept into his face. Winston of the Prairie With one particular old fogy he got into something of a newspaper controversy in consequence. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist I never saw so many old fogies in my life, and this room is like a morgue. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories Thus far, except the old fogies who don't believe in ventilation, we can all travel together harmoniously. Homes and How to Make Them Or, one of those young scamps perhaps Who love to rig their bogus bogies, And set their artful booby-traps For over-unsuspicious fogies? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, January 9, 1892 Don't you observe how these people set up their own standards, and get them accepted, whatever old fogies like you and me may say? V. V.'s Eyes The whole people around, who laugh at the sudden warmth, we regard as old fogies, who do not understand life half as well as we do. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs The old fogy who has aimed to join experience to youth chooses youth. The Last Shot "He proposes the Republique, without offending the old fogies by saying the word." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 The Emerald Green and the "bowls" and the "jack," Are beautiful—but for that bend in the back— To those the young furies call "fogies." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 16, 1891 A creature so radiant, with the world at her feet!—and he, prematurely aged, who had seemed to her, only a few weeks ago, a mere old fogy in her path! Helena Don't pay any attention to the mistress, and I want to tell you right now, if you expect to win Juana, never depend on old fogy padrinos like your uncle and Father Norquin. A Texas Matchmaker Whence the name of 'Wiswal's Den' I hardly dare say: there was something worse than 'old fogy' about it. A Collection of College Words and Customs You don't catch me imitating any old fogy like that. Risen from the Ranks Harry Walton's Success They laughed at me because I found fault with these things and called me an old fogy. History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome If she chose to regard him as an old fogy, well and good—it was perhaps better so. Helena They thought we were a couple of fogies, and they humored us, that's what they did. Personality Plus Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock "This younger generation is a trifle--er--vehement for old fogies like me." Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts Them old fogies may tear each other to pieces, but they won't part such lovers as those. A Perilous Secret You'll have a better time with a young fellow like Archie than you would with an old fogy like me, anyhow. The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On She is a firebrand—a revolutionist, fresh back from the Old World, and armed with weapons of whose use we old fogies are utterly ignorant. The Purchase Price Old Griebler, the original gum man, had fogy notions about advertising, and as long as he lived they had to keep it down. Personality Plus Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock Young folks call us old church folks 'old ism folks,' 'old fogies.' Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 I am sick of sitting here and hearing you two old fogies argue about the War. This Is the End "Upon my soul," he laughed, so spontaneously that an old fogy at the next table said audibly to his waitress, "Bride and groom," and for some reason Bambi resented it with a flare of colour. Bambi The old fogy's wealth he would have at any rate, and Millicent with it, if possible, as a sort of bonus. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 As for old fogies he's the youngest man I know. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth I know how intolerant some dull old fogies are of youthful fire and fancy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 You may call me an old fogy, but I would rather live cheap and dress plain than shirk my burdens because I had wasted when they had saved. Trial and Triumph Well, we begin to be the old fogies now, and it was high time something rose to take our places. Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial And seeing Guy only as an eccentric fogy. Main Street My part, you know, is always that of the old fogy who sees nothing to admire in the young folks. Adam Bede I pictured to myself an assembly of old fogies crammed with all the 'ologies. Tracks of a Rolling Stone But customs had rapidly changed in Remsen City, and with the exception of a few old fogies only the poorer classes went to market. The Conflict There is nothing like the medical profession for that: one can have the exclusive scientific life that touches the distance and befriend the old fogies in the parish too. Middlemarch "A generous fellow plays for the play, a sordid one for the stake; an old fogy sits by and smokes the pipe of tranquillity, while Jack and Tom are pommeling each other in the ring." The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy My dear Devenham," continued the Earl solemnly, "being, I fear, something of a fogy and fossil, I don't know if you Bucks allow the formality of shaking hands. The Amateur Gentleman You mean it's old fogy for girls to let boys jam everything else out of their heads. Star-Dust Why, if you young people go on in this way, we old fogies should go further and live in stables! Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books No wonder the medical fogies in Middlemarch are jealous, when some of the greatest doctors living were fierce upon Vesalius because they had believed in Galen, and he showed that Galen was wrong. Middlemarch What's the "old man"—your father, at forty-five—but an old fogy who doesn't understand things at all? Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870 Probably they are old fogies, if they are in the mining business.' A Woman Intervenes Young men talk flippantly of "fossils," and "old fogies," and wonder why men who have been buried once will not remain quietly in their graves. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays She smiled and called him an old fogy. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments And the general patting me affectionately on the head laughingly said: "He thinks he has seen a pretty good-looking old fogy--that is what he thinks!" Marse Henry, Complete An Autobiography You will learn that all women are not angels, nor all people older than yourself "old fogies." Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870 And the general patting me affectionately on the head laughingly said: "He thinks he has seen a pretty good-looking old fogy—that is what he thinks!" Marse Henry (Volume 1) An Autobiography Those two boys, my schoolmates, the worst two scamps in the village, sat there like two worn-out old fogies: they did not know me. The Path of Life What an old fogy of a horse he is! The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories You old fogies are all so devilishly ambitious. The Possessed (The Devils) "Are we two old fogies beginning to wear on each other?" Bertram Cope's Year That is the element now to encourage in your career, because you are not like the old fogies in the cabinet, who, if they go out, will never enter another again. Endymion You see—the fact is—well, they're a lot of old fogies up there. The Deluge "I've been afraid you looked on me as being an old fogy!" Keith of the Border "Yes," said Percy, "and he has a lot of old fogies always turning up that want help, and all such stuff, and I expect that he is going to be a minister." Five Little Peppers Grown Up How dull it must be for poor little Minnie to be cooped up night after night with such an old fogy? The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories My friends, as you call them, are old fogies, and want to divide the spoil among the ancient hands. Endymion Snooze gently in thy arm-chair, thou easy bald-head! play your whist, or read your novel, or talk scandal over your work, ye worthy dowagers and fogies! The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family She had a dean for an uncle, and a bishop for an uncle-in-law; but she was at no pains to hide her contempt for these old fogies of the Church. The Eustace Diamonds "A generous fellow plays for the play, a sordid one for the stake; an old fogy sits by and smokes the pipe of tranquillity, while Jack and Tom are pummelling each other in the ring." The History of Pendennis Now that old fogy's gone down stairs, my dear sir, let us come to an understanding at the beginning of our acquaintance. Two Years Ago, Volume I If we permit ourselves to move in old grooves we cease to progress and become "old fogy." How to Use Your Mind A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study Where were the fogies and their respectable ladies? The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family "Old fogy teacher" or "he has the old ways yet" are expressions that are too common to require any explanation. The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany They stared on the next occasion of meeting, when Bloundell spoke in contemptuous terms of old Pen; said everybody knew old Pen, regular old trencherman at Gaunt House, notorious old bore, regular old fogy. The History of Pendennis Before I met this dear little Flora, I had a fair prospect of living and dying a respectable and respected old fogy, as you irreverent reformers call discreet people. A Romance of the Republic Then, at night, a lot of old fogies sit round that end of the room and talk about old times. The Middle Temple Murder Old fogies shook their heads and declared the country would be ruined and that a catastrophe was at hand. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) But if an old fogy may suggest something, why not forget all about the usual sort of welcome address? John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment Ah, I am only a stolid, unattractive fogy, I know; but you loved me once, and—I am the father of your child. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations All physicians get to be old fogies, I fancy, a natural sequence to a life spent in hunting down germs I suppose. A Beautiful Possibility "Well, but it's rather interesting to hear old fogies talk about old times," he said. The Middle Temple Murder I don't believe those old fogies understand her disease, and if you will go over to England and undertake her cure, I'll give you just double what you'll get by remaining here. Aikenside The man who had made the deal with me had to step aside for a couple of old fogies who can't grasp anything they can't see or handle. Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island These were stigmatized as "old fogies," who must give ground to a nominee of "Young America." Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 At ten he was a thoughtful and sober-minded young man, at fourteen almost an old fogy. Uneasy Money They were old fogies, careful of their health, and so on; but now-a-days we are wiser. Umbrellas and Their History He seemed glad to get away from those old fogies and talk with us young men. Our Friend John Burroughs The dealers at Buffalo were rather old fogy, and we got our order there from our regular customer, but when we struck Cleveland I saw the old man open his eyes. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" The only serious competitors for the nomination were the "old fogies" Cass, Marcy, and Buchanan on the one hand, and Douglas, the pet of "Young America," on the other. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 But so long as these things keep up the class spirit and make for sound lungs and high spirits, why should old fogies object? Healthful Sports for Boys Then again the recent victory of the home eleven over Marshall seemed to have electrified the entire community, which was rapidly becoming "sport mad," as some of the old fogies complained. Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums The need is emphasized, too, when we realize that many persons adopt inflexible views on so great a number of disputed questions, that they show signs of becoming old fogies quite early in life. How to Study and Teaching How to Study Are you trying to kill me I Oh, you old fogy! Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness It definitely fixed the phrases "old fogy" and "Young America" in our slang literature. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 Your fiddler's this kind of a guy," Mr. Tapping would say—"he knows he's got the goods, and he don't care whether those old fogies think he's dippy, or what the hell they think. Love's Pilgrimage "If ever I think another one is handsome and fascinating, I'll remember James Bayne, and know he's nothing but an old fogy!" Two Little Women on a Holiday In fact, we three old fogies voted unanimously that we were ready to pit ourselves against any three youngsters of the present generation in walking, climbing, or head-work, and give them odds. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Yes, Charles, the game is up; we are two old fogies. What Every Woman Knows "I shouldn't have supposed you'd want an old fogy like myself poking about and spoiling the idyllic moments of love's young dream." Further Chronicles of Avonlea Let us say those things are unpalatable to a lot of us old fogies—" "Stop! Raspberry Jam "Oh, I don't call Mr. Brown an old fogy," defended Dotty. Two Little Women on a Holiday "Half a dozen of us old fogies could have been better spared." Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 "I—a—I am getting to be quite an old fogy." Hildegarde's Neighbors "No horrid nonsense about closing," said Grasslough, "and no infernal old fogies wearing out the carpets and paying for nothing." The Way We Live Now If you mean Miss Armitage, she is just over there talking to two old fogies. Innocent : her fancy and his fact Even the old fogies of professors of sociology, who had opposed with might and main the coming of the new regime, made no complaint. Revolution, and Other Essays —Spottiswoode's illness. —vigour of "old fogies": Mentone earthquake. —habits of eels. —article on "Struggle for Existence". —on Royal Society federation scheme. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 These old fogies have been pounding on the question for three thousand years. The Blind Spot "Such a lot of fearful old fogies go there." Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo Gad, old gentleman, I've half a mind to ride you down,' said Edbury, and, espying me, challenged me to a race to run down the fogies. The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 6 These men—these old fogies, as fretful Frances styled them both—were not of those who shunned Redford because it had grown dull; on the contrary, they now—according to Frances again—virtually lived there. Sisters My good young sentimentalist, remember I am not a novice like yourself; I am an old fogy, and call things by their right names. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends Nobody was there except some old fogies playing whist who spoke to him with grave politeness and glared at him with savage contempt. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million But one old fogy puts on his green spectacles to look for her, and another his red, and another his blue; and so they all miss her, because she is a colorless diamond. A Woman-Hater He had become aware of late that all of the young, smug newcomers on 'change considered him an old fogy. The Titan Daisy is a dear, but inclined to be an old fogy; so I stir her up; and next fall she will go and vote with me. Jo's Boys Graves will probably get himself appointed, and he’s respectable if he is an old fogy. Cap'n Warren's Wards Blinker turned his back on the fogies, and said to the club steward who had come forward with some nonsense about cold fresh salmon roe: "Symons, I'm going to Coney Island." The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million Besides," with a wink that expressed comprehension unlimited, "I reckon you and Mr. Hazeltine don't care much 'bout the company of old fogies like me and Perez. Cap'n Eri Yes, but he seems a feeble old fogy. Hard Cash Ted is a weathercock, and Dolly and George, of course, are fogies in spite of the Annex, and girls at Girton going ahead of the men. Jo's Boys He had not quite liked the tone of that specially esoteric young monster-cub, who had clearly regarded him as a distinguished fogy from the army of martyrs. Framley Parsonage I am sure they could not be so dull as our club at the "Poluphloisboio," where one meets the same neat, clean, respectable old fogies every day. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh The "Clarion," for that was to be its name, was to have nothing "old fogy" about it. A First Family of Tasajara The younger men of course admired her, but I think she got her chief support from old fogies like ourselves. The Story of a Mine Of afternoons, after lunch, I say, scores of sensible fogies have a doze. Roundabout Papers Pardon an old man,—what you call "old fogy,"— Padre Felipe! Complete Poetical Works For years they did a good business and then some new competitors with up-to-date ideas came to town and—puff!—good-by to the old fogies. Mary-'Gusta So a good many old fogies in office were shown the door, and a good deal of youth and energy infused into the veins of provincial government. White Lies That stands to reason—two old fogies, like us. An Enemy of the People Of course I do;—and he talks to me as if I were some old fogy with an estate of my own. The Prime Minister Young blood!" laughed the elder; "no doubt you are voicing the mode of To-Day: But then we old fogies at least gave the lady some chance for delay. Complete Poetical Works I am become such an old fogy that I am amazed at your spirit. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 In his heart he despised these old fogies, compounds of timidity and rashness. White Lies "Have you any coffee for me, or did the old fogies finish it?" We Two, a novel There's a crowd of old fogies out there that won't listen to reason. The Financier, a novel Not a soul suspected that the trim little old fogy was smitten with Antonia; and so prudent was the elderly lover, that no rival could have guessed anything from his behavior in the reading-room. A Man of Business As for the old fogies in Cambridge, it really signifies nothing. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Do, at least, put on a black satin stock instead of that white neckcloth which makes your whiskers look so black; besides, it is so 'Empire,' quite the old fogy. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Times have altered, I am a fogey; but the ideas of honour and decency which fogies hold now were held by young men in the sixties of our century. Essays in Little There were, however, many conservatives, "old fogies" he called them, who opposed him. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum The young men at the end of the room no longer laughed; the company were old fogies, and amusement was not to be found there. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Who would have thought it of that old fogy Laguitte, who professed to be a woman hater? they said. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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