| 单词 | foolery |
| 例句 | “Even foolery is dangerous,” said Jasper, “in the hands of a fool.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a simple piece of foolery but it had bothered Doc ever since. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A substitute for distractions, when we go on enjoying all the old fooleries to the very last? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “O, what a scene of foolery have I seen, Of sighs, of groans, of sorrow and of teen!” Style Invitational Week 1433: Questionable Journalism 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z This means that guns will be pointed, windshields will shatter, and a lot of other noise will distract the audience from the uneven dialogue and scattershot marital foolery. | 'Date Night': Tina Fey and Steve Carell Star in a New Comedy 2010-04-09T00:55:00Z And it plays to his natural instincts as a clown, even if he overdid the foolery - glancing at his wristwatch to boast how long he was holding onto a particular high note. Big ovation as Villazon returns to opera in Vienna 2010-03-23T00:50:00Z And for all their Ray and Tom foolery, they were fascinated by, and very knowledgeable about, the mechanical functioning and structural design of cars. Tom Magliozzi of NPR’s ‘Car Talk’ helped turn Saturday-morning radio into a joy ride The whole of humanity doesn’t fit tidily into three acts, even assuming as much frame-breaking foolery as Wilder allows. ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Review: A Party for the End of the World 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z These cuts are presented as the hacking away of Labour excess, the pragmatic cure for the last lot's fiscal foolery. Coalition's cuts are final betrayal of Stonehenge 2010-06-18T15:54:00Z Her subdued performance is a welcome counterbalance to Emma’s audacious egomania and David’s simpering foolery. “Smart Watch”: From “Sally4Ever” to “This Is Us,” there... 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Introspection — or at least 5-cent sidewalk psychology — is the meat around which these shows wrap their casings of comedy, from elaborate farce to the most casual anecdotal sitcom foolery. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Maron’ Returns for a Second Season 2014-05-07T21:05:06Z True enough, but no excuse for a novelist, or his editor, failing to tone down the foolery. Book review: In ‘The Big Seven’ by Jim Harrison, a detective behaving badly 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z One doesn’t get the sense that he’s making a bid to be more commercial; it’s more like he’s got something urgent to say and no time for literary foolery. Dave Eggers’ Scathing Attack on Social Media 2013-10-02T09:45:19Z He complained about rampant "fooleries" like playing dice and cards and wearing masks. Why the Puritans cracked down on celebrating Christmas 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z This is not to imply that Maddow is an unbiased or even devoid of conspiracy-tinged foolery, but she does at the very least use facts and data as the starting point to her diatribes. Americans want journalists to fix the fake news problem. Can facts once again prevail? 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z In opposing bail, the officer told the court: "We say this is not TikTok foolery. We say this is an enforcer of a drugs debt." FonaCab: Brian Stalford charged over 'suspected gun' video 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z “Eventually after much tom foolery, the critter was captured and removed from the freeway,” the state police wrote on the agency’s Twitter page. Steer on the run for weeks lassoed, captured on Detroit-area freeway 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z It takes no less than 10 seconds for the foolery to start. Why 'Mexican Week' is a sign of bigger problems for ‘Great British Baking Show' 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z And so the notion that he is a powerless man at the mercy of almighty elites is foolery. Perspective | Oh, how the powerful wail and whine 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z “We don’t tolerate any foolery, because this is something we want to see succeed,” he said. American Legion reaching veterans inside Indiana prisons 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z "He went on an apology tour, apologizing in the black churches to black people, and black people sat there and listened to his foolery," Diamond said on the Fox Nation show. Diamond and Silk respond to Bloomberg's apology to black New Yorkers: 'He is nothing but a fake and a phony' 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z The Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo participated over the weekend in a great American tradition of lighthearted foolery. Prince George’s County man charged in fatal D.C. stabbing 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z If you do not have the taste for such foolery presented as fact, you probably will not enjoy this. ‘Tale of Tales’: Fairy tales for those with a grown-up taste for the grotesque 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Ted Cruz, especially, had the time and space to make airtight legal attacks on Trump’s assorted fooleries. The Republican Party's Trump Slump 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z His expression had been that of one who looks upon the world, and all its fooleries and foibles, with the comfortable tolerance of age. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z These "fooleries," which Erasmus calls most gross and absurd, he says are practiced not merely by the vulgar, but by "such proficients in religion as one might well expect should have more wit." Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Already made distrustful by the ingenious observations of the young duke, the sitters were determined not to be the butt of her fooleries very long, and a sitting was agreed on. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z It was one of the grand days of carnival, and the streets were full of masks, walking up and down in their ridiculous dresses, and committing every sort of foolery. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z He therefore retained his faculties up to the last moment, and the fooleries which have been attributed to him are deserving of the greatest contempt. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z In Don Giovanni he still retained the complete Italian cut and style, and moreover the sacred art should never suffer itself to be degraded to the foolery of so scandalous a subject. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z In talking about the picture many years after, Luther said, "These and the like fooleries we then believed as articles of faith." Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z M. N. at first believed that it was a piece of foolery planned either by one of his own family or by one of his clerks. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z The young men dropped their foolery at once. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z What must they think of our incredible foolery? The Trial of Henry Hetherington 2012-03-06T03:00:21.680Z "I didn't expect too much from you, but the last piece of gratuitous foolery might have been left out," he said. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z The executive agents of the National Convention commenced their legalized fooleries, upon the ashes of this poor old saint. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z It was Miss Arnold's allotted province to watch the effect of these fooleries upon Maitland; but I could not refrain from sharing her task, by stealing at times a glance towards him. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z I, also, have had my share of pride, and committed fooleries that put me to shame to think of now! The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Now these are surely but fantastical, foolish, and childish toys, devised by men who would fain live always; the like foolery is there in preserving the bodies. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z There is the grand manner; there is foolery; there is straightforward literary criticism; there is pathos, politics, and the picturesque. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Fortunately for the foolery, they stop just short of turning into fully three-dimensional characters. | Connecticut: Moli?re Meets Punch and Judy 2011-12-10T16:31:13Z And they played all kinds of harmless foolery, but the King remained sad and severe. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z The feeling of disgust and displeasure which Pavel Pavlovitch had awakened in him before, had now started into life again after the momentary distraction of the man's foolery about his bride. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Miss Bensel smiled, but did not seem to see much humor in this foolery. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z I waited anxiously, and then there came nothing but foolery. Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway 2011-10-13T02:00:43.280Z I write for men of sense; I write for lovers of their God and their country; I write not for advocates of Puseyism, or such exploded fooleries as they believe in. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z There were the two Miss Facebys, who came up here last spring, fresh from a six months' foolery in Paris. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z This year they had a new variation on their usual fooleries. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Meanwhile George IV. was going through the fatiguing fooleries which he had insisted upon reviving for his own glorification. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z Holberg's keen glance pierced through all this foolery into the very depth of the national character. Ludvig Holberg, The Founder of Norwegian Literature and an Oxford Student 2011-08-25T02:00:32.027Z His big toe is awful; no one can kiss it, unless on bended knees, and after the performance of sundry puerilities, as Bishop Eastburn, of Boston, very properly calls all such fooleries. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z I would fain hope at length the world would be awakened out of such ridiculous dreams, and be ashamed any more to own such fooleries. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z Is it not the French who set aside a special night for foolery, when everyone appears in fancy costume? Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z But the men were a jolly crowd, and the dinner hour was enlivened by jokes and good-natured foolery. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z This has often led me to think that scarcity of money is one of the fooleries invented by scoundrels to deceive the weak-minded. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z What is all this foolery in the dungeon of the Assembly House, pray? The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z I can’t say what exquisite foolery, when I lose a chance of being some one in voice, etc., not at all like myself.” Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z What in the name of Thunder and Bones do you mean squandering the precious money over fooleries like that for? A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Folks who can think on such fooleries arc not likely to be dangerous to the crown and kingdom, I fancy. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z It had been fine dinners, and suppers, and fooleries of all kinds for weeks, and more weeks, and money wasting away like water running into sand. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z But it vexed him to see Philina kneeling at her chair, and playing a thousand fooleries. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z When the musicians rested and the floor was cleared, impromptu exhibitions of foolery were staged by slapstick clowns and applauded with shrieks and cat-calls. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z All this foolery of his shows that he really cares for her. Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z It was imprudent in you, Ran�, to lead me, on such foolery, so far into the forest, at this hour. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z All great philosophers are the same, and, when they have almost destroyed themselves with thinking, revive themselves by child's fooleries, as, e. g., Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z In other respects, too, her present life was altogether to her mind: she had her separate chamber; was constantly beside the countess, entertaining her with fooleries, and daily received some present for her pains. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Mind you don't make a fool or a dolt of yourself, neighbour Oswald, with your Norman fooleries. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z “I have got to keep awake, and don’t feel inclined for any foolery.” The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z It was a piece of foolery; and I shall tell you how it happened. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z He began his play with much deft foolery at the expense of the imperially minded English, by making his villainous rajah far more wise in life and literature than his English captives. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z She knew it was all nonsense, but it was very sweet foolery and she loved to hear it. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z How could it be that Zoroaster joined so many egregious fooleries to the fine precept of "abstaining when it is doubtful whether one is about to do right or wrong?" A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z The most attractive thing about our suggestion is that though it sounds like frivolous foolery it actually is nothing of the sort. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z I must confess that foolery seems a better term. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z I like to illustrate the foolery of these society folks by stories which I invent. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z His conception was the more sure and lively, because his infancy had not been loaded with useless fooleries, which overwhelm ours. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z How hideously out of tune they and all the fooleries they recall seem with this soul-and-body-biting December dawning—with 'Master Harborough not expected to live through the night!' Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z It’s all your aunt’s doing, stuffing the boy’s head full of fantastic foolery about his descent, and the disgrace of trade. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z This was only an excuse for foolery, for he took it and, walking with it, assumed a mincing gait to the accompaniment of remarkably comic grimaces. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z Is it possible that he can thus suffer himself to be filled with these fooleries? Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples 2011-02-23T03:00:32.190Z "No more of these fooleries," he said, and at once flung himself into the work of making his army as strong and efficient as possible. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Fact is, come to look at it, the decadence of April 1st as a day of foolery for the young is no mystery, after all. The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews 2011-02-18T03:00:20.773Z All this the spell of her beauty which lured men towards her; all this without one thought of harm—simply an irresistible vanity that took delight in her influence, and was pleased with immoderate fooleries. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z Discreetly he tried none of your fooleries with dieting to reduce it; some females, you know, are not very slender-necked either; he might have taken comfort in that. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z Quit your foolery about the sun and stars. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Afterwards Arne heard that she had been raving all night, or, as the father said, "talking foolery." Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z Stop all this foolery, all this quarrelling and fighting, and stop it now—right off the reel, too. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Her husband, who characterised the picnic as foolery, was not present. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z Frederick was seized with the astonishment one feels at seeing a piece of foolery coming to a successful issue. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The Druids, tradition says, celebrated the revival of Nature’s powers in a festival which culminated on the first of April in the most hilarious foolery. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z I don’t sot no master store by witchcraft foolery my ownself. The Law of Hemlock Mountain I laughed heartily at the Irish nurse's foolery; and that very night, I mind, I had as queer a dream as mortal ever dreamed. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 “I’ve kept up this foolery of searching all day, to quiet these people, and now I insist upon knowing where she is.” The Parson O' Dumford The world is so full of such fooleries that none marks them now, nor laughs at them, nor wonders at them, for all are used to them. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim I call it downright foolery to help the very man who tried to take his life. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 The marvellous Venetian remedies and the harlequin jacket, mask, and felt cap of the Italian fool wandered over the Alps, and were added as new fooleries to our old stock. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. He is thirty-five years of age, he is a hard-headed, hard-working lawyer, he has a species of contempt for all women, as bundles of nerves and nonsense, fashions and foolery. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Her thoughts reverted to the foolery of the preceding night. The Land of Strong Men It is the same instinct really as that protective "foolery" in which schoolboys indulge when they embark upon some hopeless undertaking, or find themselves entirely outclassed at a game. Underground Man "Indeed, now, you must not scold Adèle too much; 't was only a bit of the Squire's foolery." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 There was to be no longer any foolery about it; he was going to kill him. Hempfield A Novel Sophy enjoyed gorgeous foolery as much as any other, when she was in the mood. Shadows of Flames A Novel These will be forthcoming, still you must not enter into the study of this foolery too earnestly. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle This foolery might be very good fun with some young ladies we know, but with Miss Bellew the circumstances are quite different; and, for my part, I withdraw from the bet.' Jack Hinton The Guardsman Men benumb themselves in work, in pleasure, in the foolery of morality, as it is termed. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Is that foolery destined to haunt me for the remainder of my natural life? In the Whirl of the Rising If the fooleries, which we have just heard seem to the mind of the Great Great One true, then let him slay me as I stand. The White Shield We have no record of Katharine’s thoughts as she took part here in the tedious foolery so minutely described by Hall. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History No, sir," said the Marshal; "we've had foolery enough for one morning. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen “Henry,” says he, “the next time I sleep, do not pester me with thy fooleries.” Rewards and Fairies On the contrary, it was the citizens of Paris who were compelled to pay for all this fine foolery. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) The plant of Noah was the cause of many fooleries and worse things. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Their eyes had a kind of wistful look, as though they were tired of all this noise and foolery, and wished themselves back again on the old olive-farms with their toiling mothers. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Mere toys and fooleries: O folly, thou motley, whimsical child, how prettily dost thou conduct thy favorites by thy glittering leading-strings! The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels I–I’m not in the humor for it–for foolery! Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl This brings us, naturally, to the eve of All Saints, an occasion much given over to feasting and foolery. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in We all have seen, perhaps we have some of us been foolish enough to manufacture, initials with hair, as tokens or souvenirs, or some other such fooleries. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries "I?" replied the indignant man, "I trouble myself with such fooleries, when the poor country is ruined and perishing for bread?" Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. None employed in this momentous foolery were informed of its significance; the King’s misgivings were studiously concealed; but there is little doubt he continued to cherish them in secret. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) In this very year, 1634, the demons hunted from Poitou pass over into Normandy, copying again and again the fooleries of Sainte-Baume, without any trace of invention, of talent, or of imagination. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Hence, without doubt, it becomes necessary men should replace stale fooleries by those which are novel. Letters to Eugenia or, a Preservative Against Religious Prejudices Now look here: it's just foolery to let this Dog-in-the-Manger Company hold the stage any longer. The Recipe for Diamonds My faith, already enfeebled, died of rapid decline, stifled by these monstrous fooleries. Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 “Here’s about enough of this foolery!” said Davis. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston He was jawing away about watered copra and a sight of foolery. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) The old boy, too, was so pleased at the idea of our association in this foolery, that he immediately plucked up spirit. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) It all seems a great piece of foolery when one looks back, but at the time we thought it high-minded and justifiable rebellion. The Recipe for Diamonds "Wouldn't have come back—except for your foolery." The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Why, he received us like a perfect gentleman and treated us real handsome, until you began with your foolery—and I must say I seen men shot for less, and nobody sorry! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston “Enough of this foolery!” said I. He had turned, and now faced me full, very pale, but with no sign of shrinking. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) The meeting had a grim sense of humour, and enjoyed nothing more than really elaborate foolery. Gold But now, they need only say, "Everything in the world is foolery!" and the trick's done. Fathers and Children Its clever foolery shows how big a void was created when The Lark decided to sing no more. The Purple Cow! One potentate sought to surpass the other in hollow pretentiousness, insane lavishness and expensive military fooleries. Woman under socialism I think shame to be dangling here at home, and going through with this foolery of education, while others, no older than myself, are in the field.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) None of your arts, your feigning, and your foolery; Your dainty squeamish coying it to me; Go—to your lord, your paramour, be gone! Jane Shore A Tragedy What does matter is that two and two make four, and the rest is all foolery.' Fathers and Children I have been expecting some such foolery as this for some time, and I am not blinded to the motive behind it. A Manifest Destiny These fooleries sure must be a happy employ. In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts It was mathematical foolery, from one standpoint, but it led to some fascinating if abstruse conclusions. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 “Meredith Nicholson’s is a delightful book, witty, epigrammatic, flavorsome ... recalls Frank Stockton’s bewitching foolery and perennial charm.” Robinetta Bazarov unconsciously stared along this road, picked and gnawed a blade of grass, while he kept repeating to himself, 'What a piece of foolery!' Fathers and Children Once for all, put that foolery out of your head. Angelot A Story of the First Empire But consider, Sir——" "Sirrah!" interrupted Gomez Arias, "I have no time to waste upon your foolery. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. See?" she echoed irritably, for she was annoyed by her husband's poetic foolery, "what could I see in this hall? Melomaniacs And mind, all foolery and making faces The childish simpleness of Vice disgraces. Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) A Tragedy in Four Acts "Look here, Tinkleby, we don't want any more of your silly foolery, so just stop it." Soldiers of the Queen It would have brought her a surprised, spontaneous laugh: nothing could have convinced her it was not delicious foolery. The Prisoner Roque, you may one day go too far," returned Don Lope; "I may laugh at your fooleries, but they do not always fall in accordance with my humor. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Contract—this is the Pacific slope, and we've no time for such foolery. Thurston of Orchard Valley Master Robin, if you follow me about any longer with your fooleries, my Walter shall know of it. The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage I cannot describe the desolation which fell upon us as she opened a little volume and mouthed out the verbose, sentimental foolery which it contained. Monday or Tuesday Who by a charm, which no one can withstand, Enchanting poison can command, Can make us share his pleasing foolery, And from dull reason set us free. Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness A truce, fellow, with thy profane foolery," said Don Rodrigo; "it is not seemly when the life of thy master is at stake. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. “It is sheer girlish nonsense,—I might say foolery; and the mother must be a perfect idiot!” began the colonel, angrily. Not Like Other Girls They are but Burs, cousin, thrown upon thee in holiday foolery; if we walk not in the trodden paths our very petticoats will catch them. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Making all due allowance for these extravagant fooleries, it is obvious that the event which has given rise to them is one calculated to excite profound concern, and very great curiosity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 There was more foolery yet, if I could remember it. 285Cassius. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar How you tremble, my love," said Don Lope; "this is the consequence of that rascally Roque's foolery. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. “Buckhurst,” I said, “what the devil do you mean by this foolery?” and I started for him, shouldering my way among his grotesque escort. The Maids of Paradise NATURE, and her laws, and her promptings, and her desires, spurn the trammels of form and custom, and reign triumphant over the hollow mummery of the parson and his pious foolery. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life “It's swinish, all this peasant foolery,” he murmured, moving away; “it's the game they play when it's light all night in summer.” The Brothers Karamazov “Jack, do thou put this foolery into decent English!” Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution The roads that are repaired? fountains and fooleries? Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature It is but foolery; but it is such a kind of gain-giving,66 as would, perhaps, trouble a woman. Hamlet “He wouldn't be an elder ... he would refuse ... he wouldn't serve a cursed innovation ... he wouldn't imitate their foolery,” other voices chimed in at once. The Brothers Karamazov While the ignorant man thus gorges his mind with fooleries and absurdities, he spurns at the discoveries of science as impositions on the credulity of mankind, and contrary to reason and common sense. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes Betsey's signs and Betsey's words were so much foolery, while the conversation about the buried treasure was no more true than the stories which were believed in superstitious days. The Birthright His answer was, He did remove it for two or three days, till this foolery was over. State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) “Five years ago,” he told her, “if you had tried this foolery, I would have choked you, and thrown what was left in the dam.” Mountain Blood A Novel Forgive my foolery—it was only nonsense, and there's nothing unseemly in my soul.... The Brothers Karamazov It is one of the grossest fooleries which the wickedness of man has ever led him to commit. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes If it hadn't been for your foolery in sticking up the notices we should have been friends with the Indians now. The Talking Horse And Other Tales No more ethical foolery; no more pragmatic insolence; no more mystical rhetoric. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations He was always ready for foolery with the girls, but he was not the sort to go too far. Crooked Trails and Straight Alas! that I should blot paper with the confutation of such fooleries. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Now hear me, Eleanor Powle—" the Squire spoke with suppressed rage—"No such foolery will I have in my house, and no such disrespect to people that are better than you. The Old Helmet, Volume II And last, but not least, quietly inserted among all these fooleries and harmless humbugs, are two or three recipes which promise the safe gratification of the basest vices. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages He would show her that he was not to be kept back by any such foolery! Lisbeth Longfrock Behind all this foolery there shines the light of Truth. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Nothing but foolery and childish nonsense: “May joy and pleasure be your lot . . . trot, trot, trot!” The Bill-Toppers And hark ye,—you shall give up this foolery altogether and tell me you will marry Mr. Carlisle, or I won't have you in my family. The Old Helmet, Volume II "What is this foolery?" asked Poltavo, in a mixture of blind fear and rage. The Secret House "What is this foolery, Hogan?" demanded Fletcher sharply. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia Patty was strongly tempted to say: “What, thank you!” but she refrained, knowing it was no occasion for foolery. Patty's Success Jimmy?” said Lily, indignant at all that foolery. The Bill-Toppers I can't say what exquisite foolery, when I lose a chance of being someone in voice, etc., not at all like myself. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 Do you believe in such foolery, Mr. Warren? The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play It probably answers some end, for it is difficult to conceive that any Government, even this, should spend money, of which they have so little to spare, on these fooleries while poverty overspreads the land. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I “Yes,” said Patty, demurely, for she well knew he was up to some sort of foolery. Patty's Success And to know well, as I do know, that I have but mine own headstrong foolery to thank for the danger, and am far from having any wisdom of mine to thank for the rescue. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall They had been degraded to this office for some fault, and if they refused to perform such fooleries as the queen and her courtiers desired they were whipped with rods. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality But when the doctor was gone, C�sar said to Grannie, "Cut out the bridesmaids and the wedding-cakes and the fiddles and the foolery, and let the girl be married immadiently." The Manxman A Novel - 1895 I then said I'd stopped the foolery for good, and give him my opinion of him as the worst wretch in town. Deerfoot in The Mountains "Do as seemeth to thee good," said the monk deliberately; "but think not to intimidate me with thy fooleries." Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 "What foolery have we here?" said the smith very sullenly, who, though he responded nothing to it, had by no means recovered from the rebuke of Cato. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 The very children in the streets would follow them with hootings, if these fooleries were reiterated. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 The old man was working with his foolery and it was impossible to get him to go to bed. The Book of All-Power "Now, fellow," said the captain, when the two men found themselves in the hut, "what does this foolery mean?" Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds "I know well there's mumming and foolery a-going on yonder; and I suppose ye join the merry-making, as they call it?" Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 "Leave these fooleries, Sancho," quoth Don Quixote, "and let us go directly to our homes, where we will give full scope to our imagination, and settle our intended scheme of a pastoral life." Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote Nevertheless, may his house be destroyed, for he has done me an ill-turn with his foolery. The Valley of the Kings Everyone was driven to laugh at the strange foolery of both master and man, except the innkeeper, whose mind was still sore at the loss of his wine-skins. The Red Romance Book He resolves to seek safety in shame; to thrive by foolery; and, though fallen from his captaincy, to "eat and drink, and sleep as soft as captain shall." Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 "I wish the old nurse would not put such foolery in the girl's head," said Mrs Harrington impatiently. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Douglas had grown sulky, or rather suspicious of foolery, and was inclined to keep his own counsel. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols “Go on,” responded her mother sharply, “unless thou wert after some foolery, as is most likely.” Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century "You'll get us all into an infernal mess with your foolery," he said sulkily, "and when you do, you needn't come to me to help you out." General John Regan C. I am sorry for his mischance, for with his jests, toys, fooleries, and pleasant conceits, he would have made Heraclitus himself to burst his heart with laughing. Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 I am really interested in all these fooleries,” answered Sybil evasively, but truly. Cruel As The Grave The tragic foolery of giving that name to any place! Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic He brought to their filthy fooleries something resembling wit; he brought an intelligence as far above that of his companions as that of the monkey is above that of the rabbit. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III Some curious imitations of birds were given by a comical sort of a character, who had a good deal of wit and foolery about him. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves The upshot was that he had to be asked to share the lunch which he did with relish, paying his way with his usual foolery. Laramie Holds the Range “Not I. Let her husband give her such fooleries.” A Forgotten Hero Not for Him S. Well, sir, there rest in your foolery. The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] “I trust Blanche has too much good sense for such foolery, Sir Thomas,” said the lady. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Now, I feel that it is my duty to have no hand in such a piece of foolery. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln The festival of the foolery of riches when Spring is everywhere and the sun is shining. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales After some minutes of this foolery "the force" left the piano abruptly, as if with a leap, and dropped to the middle of the table. The Shadow World The lad blows a bubble of foolery, and it glitters and floats and bursts, and who is the worse for it? Despair's Last Journey And a cruel deal of fair words, how she loved and pined to see her, and more foolery belike. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Merrihew went through the pleasant foolery of casting a line, of drawing the bait, of lifting the hook, and of reeling in. The Lure of the Mask I would suggest that you, as my father's spiritual adviser— Starkweather Enough of this foolery. Theft A Play In Four Acts Such fantastic foolery is inconceivable in a Puritan community, and the Maypole which was its emblem was the most inconceivable of all. The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth This is an unseasonable time for such foolery.” The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America To wit, that a woman must needs be wed, and that otherwise she is but half a woman, and the like foolery. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada “It is no foolery, Bob,” replied I, taking his hand; “I am going to represent the captain and fight a duel for him, or the service will be disgraced.” Percival Keene I can’t bear all this nonsense, all this finery and foolery. Jacob Faithful “Don’t talk foolery, Joses,” cried Bart, angrily, “Do you think I’m a child?” The Silver Canyon A Tale of the Western Plains “Don’t talk foolery,” said the first voice in impatient tones, and to Archy it was unmistakable. Cutlass and Cudgel The incident, in a word, is worth as much and as little as the abominable story of the subsequent pact with Lucifer or the foolery of the mystic marriage. Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer In sooth, these graces have left me so far behind in foolery that I have not a jest left in my pouch! The Armourer's Prentices “Now, boys, come and help me—Tom—none of your foolery—for your poor old father is—drunk—.” Jacob Faithful “Some foolery or other!” exclaimed the man he addressed, roughly. True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best “Don’t you care?” snarled Silk, fast losing his temper; “that foolery of yours has spoiled everything.” The Willoughby Captains “I can’t answer for any foolery the juniors have been up to; but apart from that, it’s a sheer lie, and the fellows deserve to be kicked.” The Cock-House at Fellsgarth So thou hast had hard measure to knock the foolery out of thee, my poor lad. The Armourer's Prentices To all her remonstrances the maudlin drunkard replied only by foolery, varied occasionally by an attempt at a line or two of the song of "The Thorn." The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 His moods flow from one into another with a masterly smoothness, and you are aware when he is finished that you have never seen that sort of foolery before. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets It was not flattering certainly to the two in question to have their noble protest for the honour of the school thus designated, and Game answered, rather sheepishly, “We’ve been up to no foolery!” The Willoughby Captains Precious! then it is a fate that plagues me In this mans foolery; I may be murthered, While he stands on protection of his folly. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois In one scene the bully is taken blindfolded among his old acquaintances, whom he is led to suppose are his enemies, and he villifies their characters to their faces in most admired foolery.—Shakespeare, Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Well, well, don’t be alarmed, for I’m not in the least dangerous; and to tell the truth, I am so overjoyed to-day that I may be indulged in a little foolery. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 So foolery was exchanged for foolery, and the thing throve well. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 Above the laughter and cheering and hooting he cried at the top of his voice, “Unless you stop your foolery, Parson, I’ll have you turned out!” The Willoughby Captains To end the foolery, what say you, son of the snail, to marrying my daughter? Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 What multitudes of young women waste all that is precious in life on the finified fooleries of the toilet. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. I guess that's just his foolery 'cause if she ain't no good the Old Doc most likely sell her to some of them white folks in Texas. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Its philosophic base was just as retrograde and out of season as the fooleries of the Feast of the Supreme Being. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre And no one had any money to spend on foolery. A Little Girl in Old Detroit If he met the bairns coming from school, the Glen rang with the foolery. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers In this light, how stands the tawdry foolery of Fashion? and what place does the fashionable woman take? Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. "You get us into a precious hobble through sheer wanton foolery, and then you expect me to like it." Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series I'm in no mood for that sort of foolery. The Great Amulet Where all this foolery might have ended Heaven knows. Orrain A Romance The tragic element is strong, but supported and shaded by the company of roysterers, a jester, whose foolery is a compound of bluff of that period and bluff of modern politics and athletics. Freedom, Truth and Beauty You know that follies and trifles, fooleries, fashions, foibles, and failings, would occupy their whole minds. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. "To stop all this foolery, of course," replied Barker; and he disappeared into the room. The Napoleon of Notting Hill You won't get a stroke of work done just at present; and 'that sort of foolery,' as you call it, will do you all the good in the world. The Great Amulet “Give me the book,” exclaimed Reginald, jumping upon the table, “give me the book, and let's have no more such foolery.” Louis' School Days A Story for Boys Jude had a moment of doubt as to how he should deal with this foolery. Joyce of the North Woods But such fooleries, as they are to be found in all ages and nations, and even took place during the most refined periods of antiquity, form no particular or violent reproach to the Catholic religion. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary "Send a servant with the foolery," proposed Mr. Crawfurd, seeking a little relief, and tolerably affronted at his interest in the question. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes In experiments with magnetism and hypnotic suggestion, many delusions beset the experimenters, and there is more or less intentional foolery on the part of the subjects. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 They recognize, too, the mawkish mental foolery of any plan of living together which ignores the part which physical force must necessarily play in any political or social life which is complete. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View A case like this needs very little proof—they are arrant swindlers, evidently—with all that foolery of dress about them! Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside Altogether bewilderment, softness, and indifference on the part of the men; vanity, cruelty, and foolery on the part of the officers. The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 But all that foolery was as forced as the frivolity of the French Revolution Conciergerie where the merry diners couldn't quite forget they were going to lose their heads in the morning! The Prairie Wife The two old men chuckle at the foolery of the moment. A Certain Rich Man "With antics and with fooleries, with shouting and with laughter, They fill the streets of Burgos—and the Devil he comes after." Yule-Tide in Many Lands The person whose mind is satisfied by the parlour dullness of that nightly foolery only becomes animated when he is indecent. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary Seffy grinned at this subtle foolery, and his courage continued to grow. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) What have ye to do with the alms of our fathers, which were given for the poor and the Church, and you spend for splendor, pomp, and foolery, while the children suffer for bread? The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches He began by dancing and contorting his body and spouting some Ægytian verses, then he launched all kinds of fooleries at the company. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour When a man's mood becomes really serious he has little taste for such foolery. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country In private it was called "foolery," in public "scandalous." The Bridal March; One Day In every day that passes the press of Great Britain reveals the remains of this foolery. A General Sketch of the European War The First Phase “I'll have no foolery,” he said to her, gruffly, when they were out on the road. Madelon A Novel The time has come to end this foolery! The Wrack of the Storm The young girl on the bench beside him laughed joyously, and Mr. Baron Garrow nodded round at her, then snapped viciously at me: "You don't make your case any better by this sort of foolery." Romance And therefore although Princes may wisely make use of the foibles of Religion to serve their own turns upon the silly multitude, yet ’tis below their wisdom to be seriously concerned themselves for such fooleries.” Andrew Marvell They see us affecting contempt for the very fooleries we seek to imitate; they see these, your chosen, playing the coarse ruffian to the end. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth If it wasn't for this foolery at Washington ... Class of '29 The Lieutenant, now that they were so close to the Shawnees, where so much caution and skill were required, felt provoked to see the negro, and had little patience with his fooleries. Oonomoo the Huron To be sure, he did not like women much," he said; "their artificial fooleries disgusted him. Bad Hugh They said the same of 'Lara,' which, you know, was written amidst balls and fooleries, and after coming home from masquerades and routs, in the summer of the sovereigns. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals He grinned, and said some foolery, which produced him an immediate slap in the face, to his utter discomfiture. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals I feel quite as much bored with this foolery as it deserves, and more than I should be if I had not a headach. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals Those, who depend upon the people for support, must try all manner of practices upon them, and such fooleries as these sometimes operate more forcibly than experiments of a more rational kind. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 He added these last words reflectively, as if pondering on the reminiscence, and gained the object of his foolery—that she spoke. What Necessity Knows Think what you like," Burns retorted, coolly, "so long as you keep your distance with your foolery. Mrs. Red Pepper Without venturing to ascend in his genealogy, we must admit his relationship to that ancient family of foolery we have noticed, whether he be legitimate or not. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 "Why, what has got into the girl?" said Arundel, tired of this foolery. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance "Let her be; Kitty has a sensible head on her shoulders, for all her foolery." The Voice in the Fog The Goodwin children soon got well: in other words, they were tired of their atrocious foolery; and the death of their victim gave them a pretense for a return to decent behavior.... Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 That may be all true enough of some of the country militia," said Robinson, "but in our village, there was no such foolery. The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773 These grotesque festivals have sometimes amused the pens of foreign and domestic antiquaries: for our own country has participated as keenly in these irreligious fooleries. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 "I am to have no other answer from you, then, but this foolery?" he demanded, roughly. The Lighted Way We may now drop foolery, and converse like intelligent human beings. Grey Roses I say to all facile gabblers about the "art of the short story," as the late "C.-B." said to Mr. Balfour: "Enough of this foolery!" Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 So he went outside and sat down again on the bench, and told her the exact truth about that night; how it had started in drunken foolery, and all the rest of it. The Lookout Man Here we had our boy-bishop, a legitimate descendant of this family of foolery. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 If I have any weight with you, I counsel you to drink no more, or you will commit some mad foolery, of which you will be ashamed hereafter. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Anti-Corn-Law Tracts:— "If fooleries of this kind go on, Gotham will be put in Schedule A., and the representation of Unreason transferred into the West Riding." Notes and Queries, Number 59, December 14, 1850 He worked in the Praed studio, but got the chuck over some foolery. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement These fooleries put the king into such good humour that he was more witty in his speech than ordinary. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Perhaps this dynasty in the empire of foolery closed with this Christmas prince, who fell a victim to the arbitrary taxation he levied. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Aware he had committed many fooleries, he did not desire to investigate matters too closely, and only hoped he should not be reminded of them by Sir Ralph, or worse still, by Parson Dewhurst. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest To this he promptly sends a vigorous though respectful reply, which is intended to convey that they are to have done with such impractical foolery. The Tragedy of St. Helena These fooleries put the king into such good humour, that he was more witty in his speech than ordinary. Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 False pilgrim," growled his adversary, "didst think to foist thy fooleries upon me! Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 There are in all of them a hundred more difficult trifles and laborious fooleries, which serve no other purpose than to keep alive corrupt hope and servile dependence. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Moreover, the sacred art should never be degraded to the foolery of so scandalous a subject. Beethoven King's foolery roused the spirit of mischief in the two girls, and faster and faster flew the drops of water from one to another of the merrymakers. Marjorie's Maytime S. I thought on a thousand fooleries, as children are wont to doe. A Wanderer in Holland But James did not relish fooleries wherein he was the butt. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 In that piece, our author also alludes to this foolery: Hail, son of prayers, by holy violence Drawn down from heaven!— The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 The Admiral, exasperated at so unnecessary a waste of time, bade the peasant 'begone,' adding—'The General's time is too important to be employed in listening to your fooleries.' Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1 "You shall 'ear of this foolery, my fine feller," said the distressed policeman, almost with a break in his voice. Living Alone "There's no foolery about it," said Raffles, sulkily. Acton's Feud A Public School Story Think not to foist thy fooleries upon me. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 "Yes; he's gone down the road with Kate Bernard to play tennis, or some such foolery." Father Stafford Now, I feel it my duty to have no hand in such a piece of foolery. Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 How is he concerned in the foolery of the play? Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies Let go; let be; find rest of the mind and senses; let us have no more of these fooleries, war, capital punishment, ambition; let us have self- emptiness. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 But I'm not made for that sort of foolery…. Simon Called Peter "You licked Bill twice for that, they tell me," Rock went on, quitting his foolery and coming up close again. The Uphill Climb If we are to interpret Shakespeare in this manner, where is such foolery to cease? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 Stop this foolery!" he said catching hold of her wrist, "I'm in grim earnest—the lives of all three of us are at stake—jeopardized through you—through your infernal greed and selfishness. The Sorcery Club Nouns which end in ery, signify action or habit; as, "Slavery, foolery, prudery," &c. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Look at that Boer affair, and all that foolery about the C.I.V. Simon Called Peter It's been just the last straw of all this hellish foolery.... Mr. Britling Sees It Through That it was a shameful thing to quit His conversation, to think of trifles and fooleries. The Practice of the Presence of God the Best Rule of a Holy Life "Why, the goddess was, as she is now," replied he, "mightily offended that people should have their ears open to any sort of foolery, and shut to words of truth and wisdom." The Talking Beasts Swanhilda for a while kept herself quiet; but as the luminous antic ceased not practising his harlequinade, she peevishly exclaimed—'What buffoon is carrying on his fooleries here? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 What a simpleton must I have been all day, since my own shadow makes a mock of my fooleries! Twice Told Tales War is just foolery—lunatic foolery—hell's foolery.... Mr. Britling Sees It Through That trampling, drilling foolery in the heart of Europe, that has arrested civilization and darkened the hopes of mankind for forty years. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index I cannot but bewail the exceeding rudeness of our times to suffer such foolery to be prosecuted as of some high and notorious crime. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women "You'll forget this foolery of mine?" gripping Fisher's hand hard for a moment. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories As to this new foolery, I know no more about it than yourself—perhaps not so much. Twice Told Tales Even if we were dumb and acquiescent before, does not the blood of our sons now cry out to us that this foolery should cease? Mr. Britling Sees It Through Such foolery as this and at such a time irritated me sorely; but there was no help for it now. Aylwin The shallowest and most impudent being that ever talked fooleries will assume superior airs and treat the man of intellect as an amusing but inferior creature. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Those that are the best men of war against all the vanities and fooleries of the world, do always keep the strongest guards against themselves, to defend them from themselves; from self-love, self-estimation, and self-opinion. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations This day all in masks, with all looseness and foolery: to morrow all in processions, whipping themselves till the blood follow. Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C, Volume 2 I trust this will prove no April foolery. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II "Then it has been nothing but a dream this time, after all your foolery?" Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described If we choose to address each other as "Citizen," or play any fooleries of that kind, we make no difference. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour I tell you, Lanciotto, you and I Must have a patent for our foolery! Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini They were the field, in his expressive phrase, of mock jurisdictions and mimic revenues, of difficult trifles and laborious fooleries. Burke It was mere foolery, I did not mark it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 22, 1890 They paid little attention to the fellow's fooleries, who, not liking his reception, left the hut, after he had received the accustomed fee of a few kowries. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa Why, then, said camera man to assistants, should he let those fellows go in and ball up the dramatic business and turn whole scenes into farce with their foolery? The Phantom Herd I was waiting in deep anxiety, and there came to me only foolery and laughter. A Happy Boy He did more than this; he cured Webster of all the florid foolery of his early rhetorical style. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style I'm opposed to this post-mortem foolery, any way. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot I admire at her patience and her resolution that can laugh at his fooleries and love his fortune. The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 This foolery may do while you possess the power to maintain it. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas Dignity became a form of foolery and shamelessness, as if the very essence of a fool were not a lack of dignity. The Defendant To which Philomela invariably retorted: "But suppose every strapping fellow, at your time of life, should take to novel-reading, and such fooleries, what would become of the world, I would like to know?" Round the Block Dade drunk and full of coarse foolery was a sight he had never before looked upon; but Dade's presence, drunk or sober, made his own plight seem a shade less hopeless. The Gringos I would be loth to anger him too much; what fine foolery is this in a woman, to use those men most forwardly they love most? The Scornful Lady There was no such foolery in the days of thy worthy father! The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas But enough of my fooleries; for which I am sorry you must pay double postage. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II "No such fooleries at my time of life." Round the Block Cervantes ridiculed the fooleries and affectation ingrafted upon knight errantry. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces And I thinking the chimney sweeping would be forgot and not reproached to me, if you have handled the fooleries and watches of the world, that you don't know the end of your riches! New Irish Comedies Among the attractions of this Christmas foolery a real elephant was introduced, and in due time the unweildly brute came clumping down the stage, making a prodigious figure in a procession. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield But, in reality, she was disgusted with his foolery, and ceased paying any more visits to her female friend, in order to avoid the sight of so strange a lover. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 375, June 13, 1829 The judge did not enter into this spirit of foolery, resenting, indeed, that a sound medicinal compound should be thus impugned. The Wrong Twin In her manners she mingles elegance with foolery, force with delicacy and grandeur, or even haughtiness with plainness and modesty. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Staffy: That was the way with you, Delia, from the time you could look out from the half-door, to be coveting pictures and fooleries, that would shape themselves in your mind. New Irish Comedies Nay, in a manner, Laurentius, and other grammatists, even of their fooleries, are forward to offer reasons, such as they are. The Grammar of English Grammars He scorns to enter into the fooleries and nonsense of these idiot people at Fairport. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction He peered round at her to see how she was taking his foolery; and in a moment impulsively she wheeled back, the distress banished from her face, the old steadfast courage in its place. The Obstacle Race The frauds and fooleries of the joint stock company mania are, perhaps, among the least successful portion of the volume. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 322, July 12, 1828 But the ultimate of all sane European policy, as distinguished from oligarchic and dynastic foolery, is the establishment of the natural map of Europe. What is Coming? We are all very friendly, and by “we” I mean my most sympathetic numbers, the major, the Caternas, young Pan Chao, who replies with very Parisian pleasantries to the actor’s fooleries. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent If the young man comes to be a teacher here, let him understand, at once, that we don't want any foolery about the boys. Ten Boys from Dickens The pleasure is not half so great, As when at first, around, above, With all the fooleries of love, The puppet you can knead and mold As in Italian story oft is told. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. "I can only foresee," he exclaimed, "the working-classes of Europe uniting in a great federation to cry: 'We will have no more of this madness and foolery, which is grinding us to powder!'" Essays in Rebellion It is the season of Carnival, and all these fooleries are permitted at this time. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. I am not much used to parties; but this is one of business, and such fooleries are an important part of it sometimes. Nicholas Nickleby No proud treatment to resent, no insolence, no foolery of state, no exaction of any sort! Dombey and Son Thus, to think That in those days some man apportioned round To things their names, and that from him men learned Their first nomenclature, is foolery. On the Nature of Things In the midst of these fooleries, Lady Cromwell was taken ill and died. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 "Henry," says he, "the next time I sleep, do not pester me with thy fooleries." Rewards and Fairies It's hardly worth while to pry into young men's fooleries: it wouldn't have made any difference to you, sir, if I'd not had the bad luck to lose Wildfire. Silas Marner No, sir," said the Marshal "we've had foolery enough for one morning. Round the Red Lamp All that's happened so far is through our not having the sense to keep quiet--worrying them with guns and such foolery. The War of the Worlds He was jawing away about watered copra and a sight of foolery. Island Nights' Entertainments "What do you mean by this foolery, Mudge?" she demanded, sternly. Paul Prescott's Charge "We are done with that foolery," said he. The Lost Continent I’m a good Conservative and I’ve no patience with this Socialist foolery, asking your pardon. Beasts and Super-Beasts It was her turn to scorn persuasive foolery now, and she did not waste it. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson The finery and the foolery together also attract strangers, the idlers of other towns; it makes money, it makes conversation, it makes amusement, and it kills time. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 "What is the meaning of this foolery?" the engineer demanded, angrily. Brave and Bold The Fortunes of Robert Rushton This is the final degeneration into the realm of pure foolery. The Dramatic Values in Plautus In sooth, these graces have left me so far behind in foolery that I have not a jest left in my pouch! The Armourer's Prentices No indeed! and she trusted that she had a very good and sufficient defence against all such foolery, in the slight mourning which she was wearing for one of the Marchmont connection. The Two Guardians or, Home in This World "This is foolery," whispered Sayers to his companion. The Brown Mask Amid their monkey tricks and common place foolery, their hearts had been burning with jealousy of each other. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor And what good will all this foolery do you? Mr. Justice Raffles So thou hast had hard measure to knock the foolery out of thee, my poor lad. The Armourer's Prentices "And to prove Miss Arundel's lofty contempt for finery and foolery?" The Two Guardians or, Home in This World "Be so generous, reverend sir, and you bind me to you for ever," said the cavalier; "and I conjure you not to keep malice against me on account of the foolery you wot of." Woodstock; or, the Cavalier We can all remember it in the case of the really inspiriting parties and fooleries of our youth. Alarms and Discursions I warrant that he did not call such things fooleries fifty years ago, when he went a-courting himself.' Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 For no word is strong enough to express the fooleries that have been acted to me. Anna St. Ives Boy," interrupted Lord Greville sternly, "if thou canst find no better subject for thy prate, than these unbecoming fooleries, be silent—Helen! why should you encourage his forwardness, and girlish love of babbling? Theresa Marchmont Or, the Maid of Honour A Tale Both Lear and Carroll suffered from the undiscerning critics who persisted in seeing in their nonsense a hidden meaning, a cynical, political, or other intent, veiled under the apparent foolery. A Nonsense Anthology Perhaps, after all, that's as well; one's romantic credulity is for ever misleading one into misplaced acts of foolery. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 "Here," I said, shaking his arm, "I'm going to bed; I've had enough of this foolery; I'm going to bed." The Best British Short Stories of 1922 "Let them proclaim what they please; but, in the end, we shall find that all this foolery has only made more work for the armorers and cannon-founders." Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") What a simpleton must I have been all day,—since my own shadow makes a mock of my fooleries! Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From "Twice Told Tales") The iconoclasts proceeded not with the impetuous fury of fanatics, but with the extravagant foolery of atheistical buffoons. Paris as It Was and as It Is Among the attractions of this Christmas foolery, a real elephant was introduced…. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 "What foolery, think you, is this?" he said, turning to the knight nearest him. The Strong Arm Leon," said he, "none of this foolery, You found out what I am when you were a boy. The Living Link I tell you no! but enough of this foolery. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 There was more foolery yet, if I could remember it. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Hereby may you perceive how much I do attribute to the wise foolery of our morosoph Triboulet. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 There he broke not his lance; for it is the greatest foolery in the world to say, I have broken ten lances at tilts or in fight. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 If you wish to continue this foolery of pretending to be an artist because you want an excuse for idleness, please yourself. My Man Jeeves Oddly enough, Ibsen believed, or pretended to believe, that The League of Youth was a "placable" piece of foolery, which could give no annoyance to the worst of offenders by its innocent and indulgent banter. Henrik Ibsen There is no estimating or believing, till we come into a position to know it, what foolery lurks latent in the breasts of very sensible people. Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches I could venture to accept your wager, my lord," answered Ramorny, bitterly, "but there is no time for foolery. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day How can anybody get into such a state over a piece of foolery!… Jean-Christophe, Volume I She took it at first hand, escaping thus from those petty follies and fooleries which blight and fog the real issues today. Lying Prophets For example, Fra Lippo Lippi, disgusted with the barren virtue of the monks, confesses, I do these wild things in sheer despite And play the fooleries you catch me at In sheer rage. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years "And have chosen wrong subjects to practise your fooleries upon," said the farther one, still more gruffly. Quentin Durward "You won't see me tangled up in any foolery with the girls as long as I am here." Wanderers In himself it seemed merely a resolution to put an end to such foolery as must have been going on in that prearranged visit of Deronda's which he had divined and interrupted. Daniel Deronda Confound it all, Madam; let us cast aside all this foolery. The Countess of Escarbagnas It goes on by government, and management, and discipline, and the stopping of younkers from their blessed foolery, and by the ten commandments, and the proverbs of King Solomon. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War But in my opinion it is foolery, nothing else.” Mike It was just a bit of foolery, if you ask me, his going on like that just for the time. Wanderers Believe me, pack off all those people with their ridiculous fooleries. The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman Yesterday we had some of the fooleries of the Carnival which the weather prevented on Sunday and Monday. The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 "And what do you call it now, when you prevent a man from going his own way, after he has had enough of your foolery?" Malcolm “This is foolery,” snapped Mr. Downing, as the three hundred and fifty went up on the board. Mike Will there ever be an end to these fooleries? Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories She danced among the shut daisies, wild as a fairy, and when the sun rose her shadow mocked her with delicate foolery. Gone to Earth Baser terror, the parent of baser suspicion, had hardened that woman's heart for the while; and all she answered was,— "Get up! what is this foolery?" Two Years Ago, Volume II. When his father thought it was going wrong somehow with the business, and naught but foolery, she took him up. Growth of the Soil It is not our way, ma'am, to waste our money in parties and fooleries, and fine furniture and fine clothes, and rich food, and all such abominations. The Best American Humorous Short Stories He could recognise foolery—provided it were ticketed plainly enough. The Claim Jumpers What I now tell thee, young man, is said to thee in the familiarity of a fête, as thou know'st, in which there have been some fooleries, to open confidence and to loosen the tongue. The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons As a fat body is more subject to diseases, so are rich men to absurdities and fooleries, to many casualties and cross inconveniences. The Anatomy of Melancholy "This is foolery," snapped Mr. Downing, as the three hundred and fifty went up on the board. Mike and Psmith "If you think, however, that you can alter our entire business principles by a piece of foolery like this, you are making the mistake of your life." The Profiteers Yes, you, and you, and myself with all my fantastical tricks and humours: but I trow I have fitted him with fooleries: I trust he'll never trouble me again. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 "Ha, ha! some empty boast of holy day, And prayers, and fasting, and such foolery." Under King Constantine At which, he shook his head, and said, "O, Sir! this is no time for jesting, but for repenting those fooleries, as I do now from the very bottom of my heart." An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments He knows that trappings make neither the man nor the Christian, and that elaborate suits are often the synonym of elaborate foolery. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston I wrote Laura that time was scarce, and I had none to throw away on fooleries; so dear, good soul, she consented to let me have everything my own way. Precaution The foolery of the Berlin Treaty must not be repeated. In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace He wrote in real earnest, in true zeal, for the reform of the foolery and extravagance he saw around him, not against imaginary evils. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Nothing can be so surprising than to find so wise and valorous a people as the Romans addicted to such childish fooleries. Thaumaturgia Yes," continued Carton, "and they hid your clothes, and had bull-fights and all sorts of foolery. The Triple Alliance Its trials and triumphs She wanted the money, not for new gowns and fooleries mind, but to help her old grandfather pay his debts. Aikenside Some men are celebrated for accuracy of prediction; and in times of danger, when the human mind is ever open to the "fooleries of faith," perpetual reference is made to their art. First Footsteps in East Africa “Take my advice,” said O’Hara, “and don’t try any of that foolery.” The Gold Bat These, with many other ridiculous fooleries, were imposed upon the credulous people, as they were very much attached to divination. Thaumaturgia The roads that are repaired? fountains, and fooleries? The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes He is just the subject for a cunning priest, because he sincerely believes in their foolery. Barriers Burned Away Everywhere in the house I see nothing but whites of eggs, lac virginal, and a thousand other fooleries I am not acquainted with. The Pretentious Young Ladies I was rewarded, when I had turned away with my ears full of flour, by a glimpse of an intenser life than the dingy foolery of the Corso. Italian Hours I can as well be hanged as tell the manner of it: it was mere foolery; I did not mark it. Public Speaking Sorrow," said I, "this is too bad; go forward now and cut this foolery short. Nature and Human Nature I will not repeat the fooleries with which she sought to detain him at Bute. The Scottish Chiefs I read one programme on the subject, by a fellow called Oates, and thought it the most absurd foolery I ever perused. Peveril of the Peak Make an end of this foolery, you scoundrel!" said Nigel—"Do you come hither to vent your noisy oaths and your bottled-up valour on me? The Fortunes of Nigel I guess the best thing I can do is to get back in that ravine or pass without any more foolery. In the Pecos Country / Lieutenant R. H. Jayne "Come, Sorrow," I said, "I am tired of all this foolery; either tell me how you propose to cook the clams, or substitute something else in their place." Nature and Human Nature My dear, said she, its the foolery of being Governor; if you choose to sacrifice all your comfort to being the first rung in the ladder, don't blame me for it. The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville Fiddlededee!" she retorted, her arms stuck out akimbo, "what in the world had I to do with your fooleries? The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca The jokes and fooleries, which he generally started, went on /ad infinitum/. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life Talk sense, Blanco: theres no time for your foolery now; for youll be a dead man an hour after the Sheriff comes back. The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet Dear and Honored Lady—I pray you pardon the fooleries of the night, since in this way only could I hope to escape the surveillance of these miscreants and do you service. Masters of the Guild It was a shameful thing to quit His conversation to think of trifles and fooleries. The Practice of the Presence of God But he was so gay and good-natured, so full of pranks and foolery, that it was impossible to snub him or to be annoyed with him. Patty's Suitors So much was he still at this moment Criminal Examiner, that among the first thoughts or feelings which the mysterious letter excited in him was this: It can be a trick, a foolery. Stories by Foreign Authors: Scandinavian At last, turning quickly round, while the maiden, suspecting what was coming, and pretending to be abashed, ran behind her mother, he said, 'To end this foolery, what say you to marrying my daughter? The Book of Were-Wolves "Come, come," said he, advancing upon me threateningly, "enough of this foolery!" The Broad Highway "Stop that foolery, you idiot," I muttered to Stephen, kicking him on the shins, "or you'll get our throats cut." Allan and the Holy Flower Then he went away, leaving Patty much more disturbed by what he had said than by all the gay fooleries of Eddie Bell or Kit Cameron. Patty's Suitors I thought I had told you both that I would have none of this foolery. Magnum Bonum "Boys," I said, "where is this latest foolery of Tim Murphy hung to dry?" The Hidden Children But enough of my fooleries; for which I am sorry you must pay double, postage. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 "First tinware and now this foolery "; and he kicked savagely at the offending tin, sending a shower of raisins dancing out into the dust. We of the Never-Never I don't care for gentlemen, and all that foolery, as you know. Lady Hester, or, Ursula's Narrative The superstition may have arisen from the pebbles being flung up behind by the bird’s large feet in his rapid flight, or it may be a mere “foolery of fancy.” Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 It's all trash and nonsense and foolery; I know that. The Small House at Allington "She hath a far better chance of a prison," muttered the Earl, "if all this foolery goes on." Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Ah, that evening, I tell you, all those heads in the reek of the light, the foolery of those people enjoying life and profiting by peace! Under Fire: the story of a squad I haven't had a chance of getting your way—work and social foolery. Will Warburton In a few minutes, ten to one, I shall begin talking foolery. Demos It's all very well for young ladies as can sit in drawing-rooms all their lives, but when a woman has her way to make in the world it's all foolery. The Small House at Allington At all events," cried the bridegroom, "we needn't go through the foolery of running away to hide ourselves. Our Friend the Charlatan There's more foolery and dishonesty than enough on both sides, when you come to party quarrelling; but as for the broad principles concerned, why, Radicalism of course means justice. Denzil Quarrier |
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