| 单词 | humbug |
| 例句 | Most demons thought that the Wrights were humbugs. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A black broad-brimmed one; perhaps a homburg . . . humbug? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Much of her lore was mere rubbish and humbug, nor did she know the true spells from the false. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A black broad-brimmed one; perhaps a homburg . . . humbug? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He married a woman called Irene Ferrett and quickly frittered away his inheritance on a failed confectioner's shop in Mumbles – Hayward, in one of his better jokes, calls him a humbug merchant. Double Agent Snow by James Hayward – review 2013-01-04T22:55:13Z In this year’s Christmas special, the Doctor, heartsick over losing his last companions, lands in the England of 1892, feeling very “bah humbug” about life in general. ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas special has scary snowmen — of course 2012-12-22T01:12:55Z The New York Times‘ long-time film critic, meanwhile, dismissed the movie as “heroic humbug.” Spartacus: Behind the Scenes Photos From a Stanley Kubrick Classic 2012-03-07T16:15:17Z Heroic detective, pilot, poet, magician and victor over all bullies and humbugs, animal or human, Freddy remains a model to us all. Adam Hochschild Says Books Can Change the World. He Has Proof. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z It’s no surprise, considering that in various letters he described the monks as “grim,” “lazy” and “a piece of sheer humbug.” Footsteps: Following Dickens Through Switzerland 2012-07-06T16:19:17Z The Queen's existence means that a flabby "Bah humbug!" emotion is given a rational constitutional backbone and transformed into a credible opinion. The Queen's jubilee should be a time of rejoicing for our spoilsports 2012-06-02T23:05:41Z No humbug here: Every year, the library displays the original manuscript of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol.” Events for Children in NYC This Week 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z But only Mr. Underwood made me forget my resistance to the play’s humbug, at least for a while, so thoroughly and compellingly does he enter into the damaged spirit of his character. | 'Equus': Alec Baldwin Stars at Guild Hall in East Hampton 2010-06-24T22:00:00Z Classic lines like “Bah, humbug!” and mentions of “making merry” are mixed with pointed anachronisms. ‘A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa’ 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z But Scrooge didn't originate the term humbug — and he meant something more specific than "I hate Christmas!" when he uttered it. What does "Bah, humbug!" actually mean? 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Barnum’s first humbug sideshows, the history of the hoax has been connected to race in Western culture, Young shows. Best books of 2017: The best nonfiction 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The fainthearted will stoke your fears with tales of people being ejected from their seats, and cars flying off the rails, but I say bah humbug — the Cyclone will never die. T Magazine: If You Can Vacation Here ... 2011-08-17T16:03:06Z Any great humbug, Young tells us, relied on chutzpah. Liars, hucksters and fake news are nothing new: a history lesson in hoaxes 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The essay, which is always worth revisiting, specifically addresses political writing and attacks such bad habits as “stale or mixed images,” “prefabricated phrases,” “needless repetitions” and “humbug and vagueness generally.” George Orwell was not a language fascist: Why we keep misinterpreting his words 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z I'm OK if I keep my head down and get on with what I'm doing, but invariably someone will mention the flowering of children's theatre and I come over all "Bah, humbug". A boom in children's theatre? Bah, humbug 2010-11-23T16:59:00Z When Scrooge repeatedly calls Christmas "humbug," it's because he believes the holiday fits the bill in more ways than one. What does "Bah, humbug!" actually mean? 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z “Why cannot we now have a great popular museum in New York without any ‘humbug’ about it?” asked The New York Times after Barnum’s museum burned down in 1868. Wonder and Awe in Natural History’s New Wing. Butterflies, Too. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The Pulitzer Prize descended down a major rabbit hole this year and the awarded prize is strictly Barnum humbug and an embarrassment to the organization , previous award recipients and Columbia University. Kendrick Lamar Shakes Up the Pulitzer Game: Let’s Discuss 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Basically, Dickens's curmudgeonly antihero considers Christmas a financial and emotional scam on a global scale — a humbug any way you slice it. What does "Bah, humbug!" actually mean? 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z We all like humbug, we couldn't get on without humbug. Howard Jacobson on taking comic novels seriously 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z In fact, thanks to the cultural impact of the Victorian Christmas classic, that's often how humbug is used today. What does "Bah, humbug!" actually mean? 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z The wizard is just a humbug; how typical that we should turn him into a hero. The blizzard of Oz 2010-05-21T20:29:00Z Their Will Shakespeare is an arrogant genius and unflappable cynic, played with excellent dry wit by Lawler as a stage Scrooge with writer’s block, given to riffing on the expression “Bah, humbug!.” Shakespeare meets Dickens in ‘Holiday of Errors’ 2013-12-12T05:21:04Z The only way Scrooge doesn't use the word humbug is in reference to the striped, peppermint-flavored hard candies of the same name. What does "Bah, humbug!" actually mean? 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z It's hardly an original choice but there's every hope that in the hands of Rachel O'Riordan – who directed Grimm Tales for the Library last year – that this will be considerably more than humbug. This week's new theatre 2010-12-18T00:07:48Z When he says, “Bah, humbug!,” he’s cursing under his breath, not grandstanding. ‘A Christmas Carol’ Review: God Rest Ye Merry, Plutocrats 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Slight and sweet, and without much of an edge, “Yes, God, Yes” uses the pursuit of climax as an opportunity to take a gentle dig at religious humbug and holier-than-thou hypocrisy. ‘Yes, God, Yes’ Review: Sin and Sensuality 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z That said, humbug was used widely enough that its definition, at least, is clear. What does "Bah, humbug!" actually mean? 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z As the scene is written, amid the general jubilation Hans Sachs warns the people of Nuremberg that evil from false foreign rulers and all manner of foreign humbug threaten the sanctity of German art. Katharina Wagner Envisions a New Bayreuth Festival 2010-08-13T17:37:00Z Resplendent in a tinsel cape with her band dressed as humbugs, Alison Goldfrapp sounded great when she played stomping electro-glam anthems such as Train and Strict Machine, less so on her lukewarm recent tracks. LED festival 2010-08-29T21:46:00Z I thought of the tourist scrums pushing each other off the pavements, jostling for souvenir humbugs and windup Beefeaters. Book Excerpt: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z The first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale — a merry Victorian-era scene that scandalized some who denounced it as humbug when it first appeared in 1843. Cheers! Or not: ‘Scandalous’ 1st Christmas card up for sale 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z The unredeemed Ebenezer Scrooge would probably think that Gilbert and Sullivan tunes were pretty much humbug. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The great themes of her work are threaded on a narrative string that is as manufactured as the works themselves, which is not to say that Bourgeois was a liar or a humbug. Louise Bourgeois's greatest work of art 2010-06-06T21:29:00Z Chronicling the history of such fakers as Smelcer, Young offers a long history of the hoax, beginning with a series of famous humbugs from P. T. Barnum’s sideshow. How fake news, hoaxes and humbug are about race 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z "We needed a sad Christmas song, didn't we? In the 'bah humbug' of it all?" The solace of Joni Mitchell's "River," a holiday song that defies merry and bright expectations 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z She added: "She was 43 years without my father, 30 years without a cigarette and 20 years without a drink but never without a humbug." Coronation Street actor Barbara Young dies in Cambridge aged 92 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Whether you live for the holidays or you’re more of a “bah, humbug” type, there are plenty of TV shows, movies and specials to help you get into the spirit — or avoid it completely. Perspective | 16 shows, movies and specials to watch this holiday season 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z However, far from feeling bah humbug about having to do their job while on holiday, they all love being able to take the stress and strain away from others. Top chefs' tips: Cooking for Christmas on a budget 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z In her more measured than humbug review, Bahr said “Spirited” “comes up short as a musical,” but “is still pretty enjoyable.” New this week: ‘Spirited,’ Pokemon, ‘Nope’ and ‘Slumberland’ 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z While it is likely an exaggeration to dismiss the ideas about plant consciousness as "pure humbug," it is fair to say that they remain unproved. Why some scientists believe plants may have consciousness 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Even a Fairleigh Dickinson University study that found Americans believe there’s a War on Christmas more than ever before revealed that Latinos buy that humbug more fervently than any other ethnic group. Column: Hold on to your donkeys, Democrats: Latinos going GOP in 2024 isn't that far-fetched 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z But for charities that spend less than 65 cents of the donated dollar as advertised — or flood my mailbox and call incessantly — bah, humbug. Look before you leap when it comes to holiday charitable donations 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z He’s all baa and no humbug in the new animated adventure “Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Waltons,’ ‘CMA Country Christmas,’ Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Johnson faced criticism for replying to her: “I’ve never heard such humbug in all my life.” Margaret Hodge criticises ‘Bullingdon Club’ atmosphere of politics; MPs to pay tribute to David Amess – live 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The National Association of Beverage Importers called the new tax a “bah humbug” from the Trump administration to small businesses in the wine trade. Wine resolutions: Shop online, upgrade your pours and don’t wait to drink those prized bottles 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z The first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale - a merry Victorian-era scene that scandalized some who denounced it as humbug when it first appeared in 1843. Cheers! Or not: ‘Scandalous’ 1st Christmas card up for sale 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Who knows what humbug awaits us between now and then? Why movie fans still have reasons to be thankful this holiday season 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z His response: "I've never heard such humbug in all my life." The day Brexit hit boiling point 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z He tweeted: “This humbug totally misses the spirit of Notting Hill Carnival and the tradition of ‘dress up’ or ‘masquerade’ Adele was born and raised in Tottenham she gets it more than most. Adele accused of cultural appropriation over Instagram picture 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z “This humbug totally misses the spirit of Notting Hill Carnival,” he said in a tweet in response to accusations of appropriation. Lone revellers brighten Notting Hill's empty streets on carnival day 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z And these days, with so much “bah, humbug!” in politics, thinking about a memorable Christmas moment from one of your most cherished TV series may be exactly what it takes to rediscover that festive spirit. Celebs love the same Christmas specials you do 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z “You can imagine the Orwell humbug eyebrow going up. He would find it funny that even a grave is now subject to surveillance,” she said. CCTV installed at Karl Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z In his memory we put a humbug on the tree that year and it's still there today in a gooey mess wrapped in cling film. The Christmas decorations for loved ones lost 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z There’s nary a “bah, humbug” to be heard in the new holiday romance “A Cheerful Christmas.” What’s on TV This Week: 'I Love Lucy Christmas Special' and more 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Boris Johnson has dismissed fears about inflammatory talk as “humbug”, but the example of Jo Cox’s killing has been used in a number of threatening letters sent to pro-remain – especially female – politicians. The making of a bedsit Nazi: who was the man who killed Jo Cox? 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z There are fleeting oddities, but only a die-hard humbug could remain unmoved by so charming a Yuletide treat. Theater in L.A. this week: 'Frozen,' 'A Christmas Carol' and more 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Find a way for the holiday to appeal to your inner humbug, and you may find a better holiday spirit in the process. Yes, you do want to be a humbug this holiday season 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z He also made one eye-catching intervention in British politics when Johnson dismissed as “humbug” the claims of female politicians that they were endangered by a hardening of the political rhetoric. Britain's last EU commissioner: 'There isn't any pomp, but it is a moment' 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z In a parliamentary debate in September, Mr. Johnson dismissed such threats as “humbug” and said that lawmakers had only themselves to blame for the hostile political climate. Threats and Abuse Prompt Female Lawmakers to Leave U.K. Parliament 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Mr Johnson was also accused of dismissing abuse fears of female MPs as "humbug". Archbishop warns MPs to avoid 'dangerous' language 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z He was a curmudgeon who extolled humbug at the same time he promoted what he called “Pure Form.” Review: Brilliantly neurotic, the Polish avant-garde finds a home in L.A., with CalArts' help 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Johnson was embroiled in heated exchanges in the Commons last week, when he dismissed as “humbug” pleas from Labour MP Paula Sherriff to stop describing the Benn act as the “surrender bill”. Growth of far right networks 'fuelled by toxic political rhetoric' 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z She began by asking Raab to apologise for remarks made last week by Johnson, who said “humbug” in response to concerns raised by Labour’s Paula Sherriff about threats received by MPs. Dominic Cummings accused of lying to undermine MPs 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr Johnson had been accused of dismissing concerns about death threats aimed at female MPs as "humbug" during a Commons debate. Speaker and MPs agree to 'use moderate language' 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Asked about Mr Johnson's use of the word "humbug", Archbishop Welby said he was "shocked" and that such concerns "should never be dismissed in that way". Archbishop warns MPs to avoid 'dangerous' language 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z He refused to apologize for using the word “humbug” to respond to the opposition lawmaker Paula Sherriff after she complained of receiving death threats, claiming that he had been discussing a different point. Boris Johnson Still Basks in Favor of Hard-line Tories, Who Forgive All for Brexit 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Likewise, Johnson, when pinned down by Marr over his dismissal of threats of violence against MPs as “humbug”, robotically repeated “get Brexit done” and accused opponents of surrender. I used to think Boris Johnson could get a Brexit deal. Not after last week | Simon Jenkins 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z He also brushed off concerns that his forceful language might endanger legislators as “humbug.” UK’s Johnson denies any wrongdoing in ties with US tech exec 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z It is easy to see why MPs did reasonably conclude the “humbug” comment was seen as a response to what she was saying about threats. Brexit: Boris Johnson denies his language incites violence - live news 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z He instead dismissed her: “I’ve never heard such humbug in all my life”, before later suggesting that the best way to honour the memory of Ms Cox was to “get Brexit done”. Boris Johnson seeks to divide and conquer with his incendiary rhetoric | Andrew Rawnsley 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z During the debate, Mr Johnson dismissed a complaint by one Labour MP that his rhetoric risked provoking attacks on politicians as "humbug". Jo Cox charity urges MPs to agree to conduct code 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Johnson provokes outrage in parliament and across the country after describing Sherriff’s request as “humbug” and continues to repeatedly use the term. Brexit countdown: inside Boris Johnson’s terrible week 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z The prime minister was criticised by a number of MPs for - among other remarks - describing one Labour MP's safety concerns as "humbug" and repeatedly referring to legislation aimed at blocking no-deal as "the surrender bill". Farage warns Johnson over 'reheated Brexit deal' 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z My use of the word humbug was in the context of people trying to prevent me - us - from using the word ‘surrender’. Brexit: Boris Johnson denies his language incites violence - live news 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Johnson dismissed death threats against female law-makers as “humbug” and accused his opponents of “surrender” to European leaders. Moment of truth coming for Brexit with time running out, EU and Britain say 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Johnson responded that he had “never heard such humbug in all my life.” Widower of murdered lawmaker and Boris Johnson’s sister join criticism of prime minister’s language in Brexit debate 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z “I have to say I have never heard such humbug in all my life,” he declared, before being drowned out by cries of “Shame!” Brexit countdown: inside Boris Johnson’s terrible week 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, Mr Johnson dismissed a Labour MP's complaint that his language risked provoking attacks as "humbug". Anger at MPs 'not surprising' says PM's adviser 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z “I have to say, Mr. Speaker, I’ve never heard such humbug in all my life,” Johnson replied, lightly. Donald Trump and Boris Johnson: A Tale of Two Crises 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z When one female Labour lawmaker said she had had threats from people echoing the prime minister’s rhetoric, Johnson replied: “I have never heard so much humbug in my life” PM Johnson says tempers need to calm after Brexit furor 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Boris Johnson has insisted he "deplores any threats to anybody, particularly female MPs", after he described one MP's safety concerns as "humbug". Johnson defends language after criticism from MPs 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Labour’s Paula Sherriff told the House she had received death threats, some of which echoed the prime minister’s own rhetoric, Johnson replied: “I have never heard so much humbug in my life”, sparking uproar. Brexit 'inferno' lays bare a divided United Kingdom 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z There was uproar in the Commons after Johnson replied: “I’ve never heard such humbug in all my life.” U.K. leader Boris Johnson faces backlash over confrontational tone 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z A Labour MP referred to her colleague's murder as she criticised Mr Johnson's remarks but he dismissed her intervention as "humbug". PM's Jo Cox remark 'shocked' ex-Welsh secretary 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Johnson characterized an opposition bill mandating a Brexit extension as a “surrender bill,” and brushed off concerns that his language might endanger legislators as “humbug.” UK leader Boris Johnson criticized for confrontational tone 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z There was anger on the Labour benches after Boris Johnson dismissed as "humbug" one MP's concerns that the Commons needed to moderate its language, as members faced abuse and death threats. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know in five minutes 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Johnson responded to Sherriff that he had “never heard such humbug in all my life.” After Supreme Court defeat, Boris Johnson taunts Parliament 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z In response, Mr Johnson described the intervention as "humbug". Johnson faces backlash over 'dangerous' language 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z An unrepentant Boris Johnson has sparked a furious backlash after he repeated his criticism of the supreme court judgment, and rejected MPs’ pleas to moderate his “inflammatory” language as “humbug”. No apologies. Labour fury as Boris Johnson goes on the attack 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z He described her intervention as "humbug" and repeated the word again. MPs' fury at PM's 'dangerous language' 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z “This is no snake oil. This is no humbug,” says a review of the popular book “The Telomere Effect,” co-authored by Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn, in Psychology Today. Perspective | Five myths about aging 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The official humbug helped hide the fact that Kim had no political or military experience when he took over. Review: 'The Great Successor' paints a macabre portrait of Kim Jong Un 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z But it may help placate those in the news industry and beyond who accuse the social media giant of decimating America’s information ecosystem and replacing professional news with viral garbage and partisan humbug. Facebook will use journalists to curate news, opening itself to more bias allegations 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Johnson replied that he had never heard such “humbug” in all his life. No apologies. Labour fury as Boris Johnson goes on the attack 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Americans, he knew, were drawn to such humbug. What P. T. Barnum Understood About America 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z This was familiar big-corporation humbug, custom-built to obscure the real issues. Column: If a $5-billion fine won't shake Facebook, what can bring it to heel? 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z A druggist's apprentice in Bradford accidentally supplied arsenic, instead of a sugar alternative, to a sweet-maker, who used the poison in the manufacture of a batch of humbugs. Historical hazards of the home revealed 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z He continued: “Blah, humbug. Yawn. Where was I?” OxyContin maker expected 'a blizzard of prescriptions' following drug's launch 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z So, I’m not part of the “bah humbug” brigade: when else do you get to create magic and memories on quite this level? Fed up with Father Christmas getting all the credit? Join the club | Suzy Prince 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z They humbugged themselves by peace demonstrations that demonstrated nothing. The Kellogg-Briand pact: world treaty to outlaw war – archive, 1928 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z And, he added, there was no humbug chorus in the 1960s and ’70s shouting that U.C.L.A.’s dominance was harmful to men’s college basketball. At UConn, No Losses and No Apologies 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z “We get a lot of humbug” from the birds, said Robert Redford, a ranger who is an Aboriginal Australian. In Australia, Arsonists May Have Wings 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z “I think this is all about profit taking for the refiners for Christmas, and it’s bah humbug for the rest of us.” New taxes and higher costs of oil drive up gasoline prices for holiday season 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z It's the country where the character Ebenezer Scrooge was invented, the man who would scoff "bah humbug" at any Christmas revellers. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z The UK is the country where the character Ebenezer Scrooge was invented, the man who would scoff "bah humbug" at any Christmas revellers. Is the UK the most Christmas obsessed country? 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z It’s not that I want to be a humbug, or even that I hate getting or using gift cards. Ditch gift cards — take time to give something personal 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z As the man who would inspire the character of Scrooge — first spied at night in a cemetery attending a threadbare burial for his business partner, while uttering, “Bah, humbug!” Review | ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’ looks at the birth of ‘A Christmas Carol’ 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Investors’ response was more along the lines of “bah, humbug” as they sent the stock down in early trading. Halliburton’s Rebound Isn’t Good Enough 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Still others pointed to humbug between group leaders. A Dickensian Divide, but United in Holiday Cheer 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z After an initial ‘humbug’ moment, architect Bernie Baker weaves a story of contemporary redemption. A transformative remodel enlightens a three-level Bainbridge Island home 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Inside the nondescript red-brick office building, black and white offices are stacked like humbugs. Junya Watanabe, One of Fashion’s Foremost Thinkers 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z That waffling has revealed that just like Oz, Trump is little more than a humbug, a flimflam man at the end of a long con. Trump Lets the Curtain Slip 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z “I think, as far as the local’s point of view, it’s humbug,” she said after an early morning walk. Agency to Hawaii residents: Don’t hate on tourists 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z For many New Zealanders, the biggest humbug of the referendum was the cost for a new flag that did not look startlingly different to the old one. New Zealand votes to keep its flag after 56.6% back the status quo 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z To pretend otherwise is to participate in a galactic humbug. Lessons for the Supreme Court from the Jedi Council 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Late last year, in a fit of pique lamenting poor financial advice in the media, I wrote a column headlined “Bah humbug to ridiculous year-end financial advice.” On-the-books advice from financial leaders 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Satire, he says, has always been about exposing “vice, folly and humbug,” but vice seems to bore him, and he quickly got rid of the magazine’s gossip columns. An Enduring and Erudite Court Jester in Britain 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z “The American people are notorious for their good common sense, and practicality,” went the editorial, “yet they are as easily humbugged as any people on the face of the earth.” This is what a demagogue sounds like: The patriotic appeal which can’t be trusted 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Hillary Clinton, who as the secretary of State was first in line of responsibility, has consistently refused to talk about it, offering only talking points and invoking Fourth of July humbug. WESLEY PRUDEN: Gumming up the works over Benghazi 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z No American businessman since Barnum has been a better master of humbug than Trump has. Why Do Working Class Voters Love Donald Trump? 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z When Whymper learned that Carrel was trying to steal a march on him he wrote that he felt “bamboozled and humbugged.” How the Matterhorn Created Modern Mountaineering 150 Years Ago 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z It is humbug that seems to infuriate him the most. An Enduring and Erudite Court Jester in Britain 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z To see General Taylor elected “would prove that the people were liable to be humbugged” — in other words, made the victims of a hoax, their political innocence imposed upon. This is what a demagogue sounds like: The patriotic appeal which can’t be trusted 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Disciples of the triangle offense, however, would suggest that the Knicks’ current travail has more to do with the gut renovation Jackson is imposing on the team’s talent-barren locker room than with any systemic humbug. The Obtuse Triangle 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z While many people equate the holidays with cross-country flights packed like sardines, the rigmarole of holiday travel often infuses us with the spirit of bah humbug. 4 Ways to Find Work-Life Balance During the Holidays 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Bah, humbug for the self-congratulatory pat on the back administered by the White House, House and Senate for passing a budget bill full of gifts for lobbyists and others. Congress and the White House go overboard with gift-giving 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z His catchphrase, “Bah, humbug!” suggested he was not only inconsiderate, but unlikable, too. Lead Like Scrooge: The Surprising Research Results 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z I thought of the tourist scrums pushing each other off the pavements, jostling for souvenir humbugs and wind-up Beefeaters. Hilary Mantel: The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: August 6th 1983 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Well, Koch is no humbug in beer circles. Does Baker's Yeast Really Prevent You From Getting Drunk? 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z If they are a humbug I hope their inventors will be tarred and feathered and rode on a rail. 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Wright Brothers in the News Again, 1914 2013-12-28T12:15:05.503Z The truth is that when it comes to "the environment" we are all obliged to be nimbys, or hypocrites and humbugs. I'm proud to be a nimby. For the environment's sake, we all should be 2013-06-22T07:00:24Z He would thank them for asking questions in press conferences and give the general impression you might find him passing round humbugs to his favourite Sunday Supplementers on the way out. Yes, Harry Redknapp wheels and he deals but he also delivers 2013-03-30T22:00:04Z No question, it is a simpler proposition for a non-Christian like me to say bah, humbug, to those who have attacked the N.B.A. for turning Christmas into basketball’s version of a “Star Trek” marathon. In N.B.A. on Christmas Day, at the Intersection of Religion and Realism 2012-12-25T22:18:50Z Many attacks on him are exaggerated or tinged with humbug. Lexington: Mitt Romney’s legacy 2012-12-06T16:03:43Z Bah humbug! where does that leave the significant proportion of the population that naturally tends towards a darker frame of mind? Negative Thoughts? Put Them to Good Use 2012-11-13T13:31:36Z So it's back to the diving, the dissent and the disagreeable language, the histrionics of the players and the humbug of losing managers. Premier League must not squander feelgood factor but chances look slim 2012-08-17T12:45:32Z It should be considered as an alternative case of what Keynes used to call the humbug of finance. A new depression: Out of credit 2012-08-02T09:52:19Z As Tam Dalyell, the chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party sports group, said: "The Commons sensed the humbug." 50 stunning Olympic moments No39: Allan Wells wins 100m gold in Moscow 2012-06-15T10:25:33Z The style is free from humbug and affectation, and none of the stories are incredible…. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z His brother thought there was some humbug about the matter and looked him over carefully and found a big louse crawling about on one of his eyelashes. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Between you and me, it's as clear as a whistle that Stephen Garth committed a murder, and humbugged the whole countryside into thinkin' he had killed himself. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z For to the conscious humbug honest wrath should give no quarter; And if Punch's ready b�ton lays its thwacks on any backs With special zest, it is on those of charlatans and quacks. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:28.173Z Remember, I want candor and frankness; no humbug. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Or between his studies of the engaging and more than candid Lord Chancellor in "Iolanthe" and that pretentious humbug Bunthorne in "Patience"? The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Don't you believe a word," cried Dickon; "he's a cheat, and will only humbug you if you listen to him. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z I might have humbugged them into waiting a minute or two. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z What contemptible humbug is all this! two miracles performed to do nothing! A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z I went to the Horse Guards, and saw Blanchard,—pompous old humbug that he is. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Pshaw," said he, pulling the handkerchief off his eyes, "it is all humbug! The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Oh, humbug!" cried our hero; "see here, Sammy will get tons of prizes anyway. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z On the one hand, the sceptics cleave fast to their denials, convinced that they know all the forces of nature, that all mediums are humbugs, and all experimenters imbeciles. 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 Your bank, gentlemen," said he, "is a humbug. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z And there is to be no humbug of consideration for my age and my white hairs; none of that nonsense about a fellow with one leg in the grave. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It shows what a humbug pa is," muttered Cissy, as she went upstairs; "he knows very well it is bed-time anyway. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z I have proved Spiritualism not to be humbug, therefore I regard it in a sacred light. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z Your speculation in lots, your accommodations and the fortunes you are going to make, are humbugs. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z He is a man who could humbug the wisest, and flirt with the silliest; and without the slightest intention of losing his own heart, or becoming entangled himself. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z “If I am a humbug I am a humbug.” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z All Fools' the day, all Fools' the deed, That hunting's end doth bring— With all those stinking violets, And humbug of the Spring! Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 2012-03-17T02:01:06.070Z There are homoeopathists who can see nothing but evil in the practice of their brothers of the orthodox school, as there are allopathists who still regard homoeopathy as a humbug and a sham. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z "And I told you that your bank was a humbug," continued Mr. Grant. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z It has been asserted, that no humbug can be invented which is so improbable that it will find no believers. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z Most of the others are scoundrels, humbugs, cold-blooded egoists; that’s what they are.” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z And by the same token let us pray that those thundering humbugs and parasites who call themselves labour leaders—the blind leading the blind—for ever vanish. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Gravity is a part of the game of imposture, and there is nothing the hypocrites and humbugs resent so much as having their solemn pretensions laughed at. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z He is out of favor because he likes the old man and laughs at your saints, because he can’t cant and loves to humbug the humbugs. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z He should increase his stock of curious swindles, tell bigger stories and more of them, humbug a hundred people where now he swindles one, and so make his business honest and respectable. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z It makes me sick to see the way people have been humbugged in all ages. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z I set it down to the humbug about the "masses" being opposed to the "classes." Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z He believed he had been "humbugged;" and so it proved. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z It is a sort of humbug assumption of talent which will pass out of fashion as quickly as Morrison's pills. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z At last one day in an agony of despair I exclaimed, "Where, O where can humbugged humanity find a decent place to feed?" Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z He couldn’t be a worse humbug than that old duffer. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z "And is he a humbug, too?" she asked. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z It would be humbug to make out that the depravity of men forced her into such dirt. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z And so she would send them away relieved of cash, but with their pockets full of medicine, and minds full of faith, and humbugged to their heart's content. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Bull Dogge says I have piled it up too strong, and that no one will believe what he calls "that humbug about the newspapers, and the preposterous nonsense concerning the Broadway Actor." Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z A physician standing near laughed rather a mirthless laugh, and remarked that Barnum was right when he said, “The American people like to be humbugged.” Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z "You don't think all the beggars I saw to-day were humbugs, do you?" she asked. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z With all this humbug and hullaballoo you still couldn't be quite certain that you had made your point; that your measures would carry through the incoming Legislature. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z The South, sir, has not sense enough to invent a decent humbug. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z Everybody said the baby show was a humbug—but everybody went to see it. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z And to tell you the plain honest truth, I believe the whole pack of them are a set of humbugs! The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z She came to me once, Scar," he said, "and announced that Galileo was a humbug. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z Nonsense!—humbug!—it's all right; we are all embarked in the same boat. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z These humbugs once originated, the South is always well represented by believers in them. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z I would rather have produced the basest experiment in the "naturalism" that is being practised here than such a piece of sixpenny humbug. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z I felt such a humbug last night over that confounded Eldorado business. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 September 23, 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:21.910Z Really, dear, between you and me what a old humbug it is! Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z This means simply that Mr. Greenhow and all other admirers of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s manner of treating Indians have been humbugged by their professions of “humanity and policy.” A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z For when imposture, folly, and humbug grow too rank and noisome, there arise, it can scarcely be by accident, men like Lucian, Rabelais, and Voltaire, whose calling it is to cut them down. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z The poet is always justified when he is not a humbug; always grateful to the justifying commentator. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z In the second saloon was the theosophist Colonel Olcott—an odd mixture of philanthropy and humbug—but discussions with him often served to pass the time. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z The raffle business is, I suppose, the great humbug of occasions of this kind. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The woman certainly had some telekinetic power, and she certainly pieced it out with humbug, as is generally done when the power happens to exist in a low order of person. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z "Do you mean to say the boy is a humbug—like you are?" A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z New York is a humbug compared with the army. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z Between the two hustling the lame man, he fell, crying; and humbug though he might be, my gorge rose. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z Oculist said weakness was the disease, and rest the remedy—oculist recommended veratrine ointment, frequent refreshing of eyes with wet cloth, cleared his throat every minute, and was an old humbug. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z How many humbugs! how many collapses! stealing into society by evasions, on false pretences, in disguise! Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z You have humbugged everybody, but you never really deceived me; if you had, I shouldn't be here now. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z "Those humbugs are probably eating the food and drinking the good beer," he said, with a snort of disgust. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z Failing in this, Lord Melbourne said, “I look upon the whole system of giving pensions to literary and scientific people as a piece of gross humbug.” Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z There are 'professors' who profess to understand F�ng Shui, but I needn't say they are mostly humbugs, and only try to make money out of ye. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z And now that he had got it—for this fellow's humbug—it was a fine thing! The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z "It's often these nice young men who turn out the greatest humbugs," said Mrs. Drake severely. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z I knew that their rites and rituals were all humbug dressed up in feathers, but every now and then they did something that was quite amazing. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z Speaking without passion, we are bound to state, in broad terms, that the founder of the Diogenic philosophy was emphatically a humbug. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Maza was consumed with the desire to tell Don Rosendo that the paper was a humbug, and the latter was not less anxious to tell Maza that he was a malignant fellow. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z He took himself seriously, did Turner, which was a pity; for a touch of humour is indispensable to a man whose profession it is to expose humbugs. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Such movements as these will decide the fate of Frost, and begging pardon moral force Chartism is as pure a piece of humbug as physical force Chartism, and more so. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z Sir, I always thought you were a humbug, like the rest of them. A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z The pretense of uniformity of faith in a people must, therefore, be the sheerest humbug. Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice 2011-12-24T03:08:02.973Z "What a humbug!" exclaimed the lady, pleased at her son's flattery. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z This is only his humbugging talk; he never believes what he says. Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre 2011-12-21T03:00:25.100Z Unless a better man turned up she probably would say “Yes” without humbug or delay. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Now that I was coming to the point, however, she did not mean to have any 'humbugging about.' A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 2011-12-15T03:00:17.253Z From that time, until we left, for three days, I saw nothing but humbug and tinsel, lying and cheating, ugly women, sand-fleas and dogs, from Joppa through Ramlah. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z The droning of this arrant humbug drives as many of the audience away as the zany's merry pranks and roguish whiskers and apish tricks have drawn together. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Only an antiquarian humbug would wish to go back to ancient conditions even to produce old pots. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z “The devil take all these confounded exalted ideas!” he growled, half aloud; “and the archfiend take every one of you, you and your Guadalquivers and humbug!” Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Therefore, in abetting your studies in Ruskinese, I am no better than a humbug, which is not a word to be written in books that will live and will irritate as long as the language. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z A sham one you know, would never have humbugged these people for a moment.” The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Since our willing natures are active here, why not face squarely the fact without humbug and get the benefits of the admission? The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z And yet you accept him, because it is such well-bred, engaging humbug. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z No humbug now, please; I see through you. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z The less Mr Davis says about justice and holiness the better, if he does not want to preach a dangerous doctrine, besides being considered a humbug. Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865) 2011-11-21T03:00:13.443Z I want none of your humbug, and I want none of your lies. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z A good deal of humbug about that!—at least when it becomes a professional and heroic attitude. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z I think she's just the plainest humbug I ever saw, with her continual brag about altered circumstances. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z “Go to the devil, will you—you and your miserable humbug—you miserable humbug yourself,” yelled Velchaninoff, wild with rage and fury, and panting so that he could hardly get his words out. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Then I saw in a moment that I had been bamboozled and humbugged; and learned, bit by bit, that the affair had been arranged long beforehand. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z She had married that deceitful humbug, Gregory Lamb, because she believed that he might possibly have as much as a thousand a year. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z The really bad thing here is the silly wave that has gone over the public mind—protection humbug, silver, jingoism, etc. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Punch, who likes you, counsels— Mix some humour with your zeal, Making humbugs think is hopeless: Be content to make them feel. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 2011-11-19T03:00:22.947Z Deuce take it, sir, you know you are only humbugging me,—what's the use of talking about it?” Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Bad manners to his impudence, the pursy little humbug! Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z Oh! yes! for what? mere brag! humbug! he knew well enough that challenging everybody was just the same as challenging nobody. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z "X—— personally is a rapacious humbug" was his privately expressed opinion of one of them who had a very large following. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z No such person had ever lived there, and my white-haired saint was a humbug. May Flowers 2011-11-13T03:00:17.543Z Lord Wolseley, then commander-in-chief, publicly stigmatized the theory that Great Britain might in war be starved into submission as “unmitigated humbug.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z There was not a trace of humbug about her. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Now, look here, and don't let there be any mistake about it, I'm not going to have this impudent old man humbugging about with me, so don't let anyone think it. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z It is absolutely the only philosophy with no humbug in it, and I am certain that it is your philosophy. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z What's the good of going on humbugging, and pretending, and making ourselves utterly wretched? Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z Let Colburn have it, and try to get £400 down, for as to what may be promised on a second edition, I am told is mere humbug. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z No humbug, you know—we, your friends, I, Tom, and Brose, for here he comes—demand from you an explanation right here and now. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z Probably it did not do them any good, but at least they knew privately what humbugs they were, what empty echoes of an echo they had discovered themselves to be. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z The first two "books" should be entitled "philosophy without humbug" and used as a textbook in all the colleges of the world. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Then the breakdown in your health is all humbug? Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z When will the cant and humbug of these costermonger times be reformed? The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z You are a man of by far too much practical sense to be humbugged by such outworn pedantry, and your own particular purpose in penning Silas is of course most distinctly apparent. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z The Gulf Stream will be heard of again, probably for the last time, the tendency of modern scientific investigation being to show up that bugbear as a humbug. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 62, January 1, 1872 2011-10-18T02:00:20.750Z Legislative license is sheer humbug—mere abstract paper thunder under which every ignorance and abuse can still go on. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z One of the biggest humbugs ever foisted on the world has been that foisted by Jewish propagandists, principally on the American public, with regard to the temper and genius of the truly Russian people. The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z The truth is, Mr. Bishop, you are an overrated man, an inflated humbug, and probably you would have passed for a learned one, had you not, without provocation, interfered with me. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z What a commentary upon the divine humbugs of the world! An Oration On The Life And Services Of Thomas Paine 2011-10-12T02:00:44.510Z Don't you think there is a great deal of humbug in the notion that in order to laugh lightly and remember gladly men need to be titillated either by wine or tobacco? Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z Hitherto I have always felt like a humbug as a professor, for I am weak in the first requirement. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z “I think the Captain will find he has humbugged himself this time; I think he’ll have to walk down to the colony after the race,” he said. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z When I got to England the old humbug was out grouse-shooting. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z "Go on, you old humbug," said Ralph, relaxing a little; "give me some brandy and water, and let's have it." Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z That cutting off and burning the diseased twigs is pronounced by some to be a sovereign remedy, and by others to be a delusive humbug. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Is this chap a prig, or a humbug? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 16th, 1893 2011-10-02T02:00:16.433Z “Look here,” he added, calling the detective on one side, “that fellow is an infernal scoundrel, and are you sure he is not humbugging us?” Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z “Well, I think you’re rather a humbug,” this gentleman brought forth. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z But suddenly yielding to the conviction that the Deputy was a humbug, and must be abandoned, he had got up again, turned tail and come home. The Cricket on the Hearth A Fairy Tale of Home 2011-10-02T02:00:12.587Z "Give them half a chance and some of the painted humbugs will ride in closer." Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Between you and me, Miss Meade, it is all humbug—pure humbug. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z “One-fifty a month, and we can have a straight lease—no humbugging about clauses.” Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z I say, after that you had better not call me a humbug! Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z "But if I were to go mightn't you humbug yourself again?" Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z “Was it the way he made up his mind to dress himself as a duke, and go to America and marry some heiress who couldn’t tell a duke from a professional plausible humbug?” The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z “It serves him quite right for humbugging as he does?” The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z It’s all humbug, my lying here, and taking slops. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z “You don’t believe I’m rather a humbug, eh?” Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z I had humbugged myself into thinking I was on my way back to Australia. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z Yet for all that, most of the well-fed and superfine humbugs we meet every day seem to be as happy and contented as if they deserved to be. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z I’m not drunk, Forester; I was only humbugging. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z Unless she believed him to be a dupe, she must take him for a contemptible humbug. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z I’m bored to death there; it’s the home of every humbug. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z But, you see, I should feel myself something of a humbug if I promised that. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z Don’t humbug, Jill; you must have perceived that ever since I knew you I have cared for no one else. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z The reviews were terrible, though I was personally guilty of the most atrociously contrary humbug by attempting to claim that the movie really wasn't as utterly awful as everyone was saying. Mark Kermode: How to make an intelligent blockbuster and not alienate people 2011-08-27T23:06:10Z "Perhaps it was just humbug," speculated Myrtle Robinson. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z He had no wish to be “mean,” but it might be well to show her he wasn’t to be humbugged. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z It is all Stone's humbug, frightening your poor mother out of her wits. Salome 2011-08-20T02:00:12.970Z The technicalities and the gloss and all that kind of humbug can come later. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z "Did you see that the Red Cap unmasked that humbug Sch�nstr�m who published that volume of miserable verses at Christmas?" said the stout man. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z "Surely nobody would go to the expense of putting an advertisement in the Herald just for humbug!" objected Mildred. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z Generally, however, even the humbugs get off scot-free, for the true critic knows that time will attend to these fellows, and there is rarely any need to lend a hand. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z Climbing a similar hill, four years later, he stooped to the humbug of offering a photograph of it as a parallel to my picture of the top of Mt. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z To defend such work on the excuse of realism is simply to indulge in a bit of contemptible humbug, too transparent to need exposure. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z There was so much humbug, so much deceit in the atmosphere that Arvid longed to take his leave. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Well, ventilating flues have the name of being great humbugs. Lectures on Ventilation Being a Course Delivered in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia 2011-08-03T02:00:12.183Z What these officers could do obviously the professional conjurer can do, no less the humbug and quack who swindles money out of the credulous and superstitious. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z What humbug has this club and its shameless president next to offer? My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Most of the peasants, however, spurned the idea of thus humbugging the commissioner, flatly declaring they were no tell-tales. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The chief editor in particular was great in tracking humbug and dishonesty. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z “No, you don’t, you young humbug,” he retorted sharply. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z You know, I hate a humbug—and Edmund is a good soul, but a dreadful humbug.” Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z I had hoped, almost against hope, that the public would ultimately understand, without a word from me, the humbug of the mudslingers who were attempting to defame my character. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z I be missionary boy, and savvy all them JuJu palaver humbug, sah. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z We need not try to humbug each other. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z “No, you wouldn’t, Tom,” I said; “so don’t humbug.” The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z I fear a good deal of humbug goes on when there is much oratory, and that a man who gets into a habit of public speaking later on becomes a humbug himself. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z Here is a make-believe professor who is not a professor; whose dwarfed conscience is eased by drippings from the Arctic Trust; who has stooped to a photographic humbug. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The speaker was particularly severe on the lazy lives of the parsons, and the way in which they humbugged the people. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z I believe, also, I had wit, and wit goes far in that p. 90land of fogs and foxhunters, of prudish women and milksops, of cant and humbug.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z Of course to such a mind Matthew Arnold is a "colossal humbug"—and worse. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z We p. 170all know electioneering is humbug, and the biggest humbug wins.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z The most amusing and also the most significant incident of the Bridgman-Peary humbug was the faked wireless message which Bridgman printed for Peary in his paper. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Don’t listen to their cant, and claptrap, and humbug. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Astonishingly shrewd are the young at 66 scenting humbug and being unaffected by its pretensions. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z It would be against all the logic of destiny and reason, were I to suffer such a life to be wrecked by this religious humbug. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z You say the thing is my trade, that I am above the humbug in my heart, and sceptical withal at times, and so you despise me—to be plain. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z If so, then this society again convicts itself of a humbug, as it did later. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z “What’s the good o’ you humbugging?” said Rasp, on deck, to self-satisfied Oakum, who stood leaning his back against the bulwark, and staring at the landmarks by which he had found the spot. Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z Now, Valentine, if you have come again about going to see your sick wife, and all that humbug, I tell you it is no manner of use. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z We know also that Mr. Sponge is impecunious, his hunters are hired; he is, in fact, as his author describes him, “a vulgar humbug.” John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z Don't try and humbug me, or I'll——In God's name, tell me everything. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z And when I told him that the ghost had been seen on The Skegs, he laughed in my face outright and said it was all humbug.” Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z “Look here, Master ’Pollo,” growled Oakum in a whisper; “if you’ve woke me out of a fine sleep to humbug me, you and I will have a row.” Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z We never said that civilisation was a gigantic workshop where hypocrites and humbugs are turned out by the thousands every day, whilst its religion occupies itself in manufacturing Pharisees. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z “Well, you cynical old humbug,” said Orlebar, emphasising his words with an almost imperceptible nudge of the elbow. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z She would sail on that afternoon, and no humbug about it; he had seen the first mate and made things right with him, so his information was good. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Even that mythical old humbug, Job, had his afflictions come upon him by relays; mine came all in one day, as you’d readily see, if you knew the facts.” Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z “Don’t you talk humbug,” said Oakum, with a growl. Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z What a gross iniquity to call so good a man as our Buccaneer a psalm-singing, old humbug! The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z He swears I’ll be a stiff before morning, and for once I believe him—though these quacks are the most infernal set of humbugs, as a rule. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Oh, I tell you, Government is vain as a boy in a new weskit, an’ as easily humbugged. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z It’s surprising how these humbugging old myths survive in the country, and the further away from Town you get, the more you find of them.” Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z I said I had, and far greater humbug; in fact, couldn’t see any humbug in the present performance at all. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Though no one could humbug the old Buccaneer like Dogvane, even he could not go too far, and he had now come to the length of his tether. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z “Your friend was a humbug, father,” was the laughing reply. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z That long-legged humbug, Ntyesa, swore he had left his jacket in the shearing-house, and I had to go and unlock it again for him. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The fellow’s an out-and-out knave, and now he’s trying to humbug us into the bargain. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z ‘Ever see such humbug in your life?’ says this chump. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z The piece had its central figure in a clever humbug whom no one knows. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z “A doleful humbug, and no philosopher at all.” Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z I knew you were humbugging,” rejoined Hicks, heartily. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Glad to hear you say so, because according to all the rules of that humbugging old superstition of yours we ought to have come to mortal grief. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z To read of the relics shown by the monks of Canterbury Cathedral fills one with amazement, both at the impertinence of those disgusting humbugs, and at the illimitable credulity that accepted the exhibition as genuine. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z He is too quick-witted not to see through sham and humbug, but his interest lies in portraiture rather than in exposure. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z And, in that the civil government of the Philippines founded in 1901 did so negative the actual conditions it was a kindly humbug. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z “And devilish glad you are of that same, you old humbug,” retorted the other, cheerily. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z "I leave that field to Admaston and the other cackling crew of humbugs." A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z Cagliostro.—Cagliostro, whose story is told in Dumas' "Memoirs of a Physician," and an excellent account of whose life may be found in Carlyle's "Miscellanies," is one of the great quacks and humbugs of history. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Nevertheless when Manet left the Louvre with La Touche, he appeared anything but satisfied with what he had seen, and pronounced it humbug. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z I hate and abhor all humbug, whether in a flower or in a man or woman!’ Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z He’s a regular old humbug, and is always losing sheep. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Even putting everything else aside, I would have given something to see that woman who humbugged me so completely. Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z Oh humbug," said the Major contemptuously "I don't believe in that foolish rhyme a bit. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z I can understand why a man seeks to deceive his physician, because he is humbugging himself; but I can't see why he is not frank to his lawyer! Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Her gown is simply stunning, but she can’t subtract or add, Oh, what an awful humbug is the Sweet Girl Grad!’ Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z “A bigger humbug than him couldn’t help doing that,” said Hicks, gallantly. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Now I am striking out quite a new line to meet the humbug, the hypocrisy, the scandal, and the ill-nature of which both Ursula and myself are the subjects. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z A little inside information on this hidden side of the showman's business may be entertaining to a public which has often experienced the pleasure of being humbugged. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z Don't humbug; you are scarcely inclined for that sort of thing just now. Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z The Pier possesses greater attractions than I can offer, but you needn’t try to humbug me into believing that tennis is the magnet which draws you thither. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z “He was a most uncompromising enemy to quackery in all its forms, and he always testified to the absurdity of what he considered the fashionable humbug of the age—homœopathy.” Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z "I tell you what it is, Goldtip," I overheard Bodwinkle say, "that idea of yours about giving presents is all humbug; we've got the people here, what do you want to give them presents for?" Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z Barnum, what is going to be your next humbug? Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z This temple boasts a portrait of Cleopatra on a large scale, but, like those of Armout and Karnak, it is absolutely conventional, and any pretence of detecting an individuality is mere humbug. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z It would be humbug to say that I should not rather find you alone than in a whirlpool of funereal gaieties; but, however, I am at your disposal; do with me as you wish. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z In the course of his remarks, he asserted “the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows is humbug from beginning to end.” Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Nonsense!—humbug!—it's all right: we are all embarked in the same boat. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z "Oh, no, I ain't," replied the obdurate fellow; "and what is more, you and your whole shebang are frauds and humbugs." Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z The glaring humbug and hypocrisy that permeated his social environment was, however, more than he could long endure. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z In the painful realization that they have a kind of truth beyond human art these abominable humbugs are a kind of art. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z Common sense has given place to humbug and fairness to intolerance. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z In a word, let us not try to humbug ourselves and the world at large. Courtship and Marriage And the Gentle Art of Home-Making 2011-04-27T02:00:20.023Z I think my next humbug will be the present Mayor of your city! Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z But sincerity, that best salt for all human communications, preserved Miss Patty's subservience from any taint of humbug. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z This species of excess being somewhat uncommon, many persons pronounced poor Mrs. Simpson to be an arrant humbug. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z The old humbug; he was no more an admiral than Ferryman Arne. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Such a one was that old humbug, Rochester, the beloved of "Jane Eyre." The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z No saying attributed to P. T. Barnum has been more widely quoted than the remark that "the public likes to be humbugged." Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z Don't believe the humbugs who tell you otherwise. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z But, had she been consciously a humbug, she would assuredly have distributed her sweet speeches with more discretion; for nothing is less popular than uncritical eulogy—of other people. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z "No, poor child, I dare say she's had quite enough both of poverty and humbug." Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z When it is said that hypocrites, and humbugs, and self-seekers abound in politics, and that there is no place there for honest men, does not the indictment appear too sweeping? Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z There is no one who perseveres in well-doing like a thorough humbug. Mr. Punch in Bohemia 2011-04-16T02:00:17.803Z M'Caskey, fortunately, is a fine lay figure for such humbug, and being already in part known through 'Tony Butler,' needs no introduction. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Tell me, too, is the story of the Dutch Minister, who was humbugged by false despatches last summer in Paris, known in Ireland? Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z What a cowardly old humbug he must be, Charles. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z He's a confounded humbug, he's keeping me here for fun. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z He is an arrant humbug, is Billy; I do not believe he ever had a serious moment in his life. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z It was ill-natured and gouty, though true; and, after all, he is a grand old fellow with all his humbug, and if we do make too much of him the fault is ours, not his. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Answer me on this head soon, for if you like it I think I will go to Germany, visit the Spas, and try if we cannot beat that most insufferable humbug and bore, old Grenville. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z I am going to a spiritualist medium this evening—I expect it will be a humbug, of course. 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 No," thundered Jack, "and as for it's being wasted, let me tell you, you old humbug, that it will adorn the fairest and best woman in England. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z Like most men in his predicament, to be puzzled was to be angered, and so did he inveigh to himself against "that crotchety old humbug, with his mare's nest of a secret marriage." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z I believe, as a nation, we are the greatest humbugs in Europe; and, without intending it, the most illogical and inconsequent people the world ever saw. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Your comparisons are full of poetry and humbug. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z There were some little things some might call curious, perhaps, but it is a shallow thing and a humbug. 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 I cannot wonder that tile-draining seems to many a humbug, seeing that so many tile are laid so that they can never do any good. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Why, scores of fellows about town have gone through that sort of humbug. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z There is, however, no humbug about Oliphant; he is a good fellow and a good friend. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z I look upon the whole thing as egregious humbug. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z His criticism of Swedenborg amounts to about this: "He was a very great thinker and discoverer; but his visions and theological teachings are humbugs; still they are as good as any other, and rather better." History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z And thus many have tried Muck, and, on trial, pronounced it a pestilent humbug. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Dean has found out there is no Santa Claus, in a manner of speaking, while the rest of us are yet humbugged. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z The reply was: 'I showed Beust your note, and he thinks you have been humbugged.' Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z I was convinced in my own mind," continued the Jemadar, "that this was a piece of absolute humbug. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Oh, most Reverend Gentlemen, this is really a glorious, and very profitable humbug. Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy 2011-03-25T02:00:12.637Z Hereupon, he reports to his neighbors that Deep Plowing is a humbug, as he suspected all along; but now he knows, for he has tried it. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Besides, the knowledge that he had been humbugged would only add to his sorrow. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z But the grinning humbug sends away the coach with orders to come back to-morrow at the same hour. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z He decided that there was no doubt that this was a mere piece of humbug. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Still, I beg to remark, they're not meant for you, Who have quietly waded their deep meaning through, But for those who exclaim, "O what humbug! what stuff!" The Anglican Friar and the Fish which he Took by Hook and by Crook 2011-03-13T03:00:22.773Z What may be honestly inferred from the facts of science is that all religions are humbugs, and that Christianity is a fraud. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z Besides, one cannot humbug these Bedouins; they would see through you at once. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z As for the charm of his manner—his fascination, &c,—I think it is about the most arrant humbug I know. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Gerald," he said, "that woman is a humbug, through and through. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z To regulate murder of human beings is more or less humbug. Fundamental Peace Ideas including The Westphalian Peace Treaty (1648) and The League Of Nations (1919) in connection with International Psychology and Revolutions 2011-03-10T03:00:55.230Z The world is beginning to see how it has been humbugged, and it is becoming indifferent. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z “Is that man a humbug, sir, or in earnest?” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z One of the greatest humbugs of the century, eh? Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z “Now that is humbug; you know that it is!” exclaimed her youngest brother. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z I believe he's as big a humbug as any in Berlin. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z These views are not popular with the electors, and even the mob would entertain a strong suspicion that you were humbugging them.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z As an ardent spiritualist he was very interested at that time in a medium who, I am afraid, was an atrocious humbug. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z I have already told you that I 'm no humbug. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z No," said I, aloud, and at once,—"no more of that humbug! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z There was no acting or humbug about that, and it remained to see the result. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z He was a sharp, brisk sort of an old fellow; and I could perceive, at a glance there was no chance of his being humbugged by any made-up story. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z She had a general theory that "men might be humbugged into anything;" and a particular experience that Lord Seely, despite his stiff carriage and abrupt manner, was in truth far softer-natured than she was herself. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z Now, of all the Pretenders of these days of especial humbug, with our "Long ranges," Morison's pills and Louis Napoleons, I don't think you could show me a greater charlatan than this same Verdi. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z I tried to laugh at these pictorial puffs; I did my best to treat them as mere humbugs; but it would n't do. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z There is less humbug, less display of jewelry and dress, and a vast deal more of common sense and solid comfort than with us. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z “Gentlemen, this is no humbug,” Dr. Warren declared after the successful procedure, meaning that this was the real thing and that it was going to change medicine. A Conversation With Emery N. Brown: Call It a Reversible Coma, Not Sleep 2011-02-28T22:40:26Z And I liked every one I met,—really you know," to Mona, "and no humbug. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z They know that you don't belong to that strait-laced set of humbugs that want to frown down all mankind. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Make the Minister understand you are somebody, and won't stand any humbug. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z “She was humbugging me, as usual,” he reflected. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z “Look here, Lee,” said Trethick; “are you a saint, or a humbug?” The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z Well, no; that sounds like humbugging the poor creatures. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z "I don't suspect, in the least," said I. "I'm no humbug of that kind," said be, resolutely. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z And it is not a little remarkable that England, so prone to place herself at the head of civilization, is exactly the very metropolis of all this humbug! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Scott Walker, an Eagle Scout and career politician, came into office spouting the usual Tea Party humbug: lower taxes, fiscal restraint. In cash we trust, but unions we bust 2011-02-24T01:45:00Z Congress was quite disposed to regard the scheme a humbug. Stories of Great Men 2011-02-21T03:00:07.643Z Better than being sixty, and fat, and a humbug like you, ain’t it? Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z What a sham and a humbug is all the parade we make of our parental affection, and what a gross cheat, too, do we practise upon ourselves by it! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z As to a good-looking peasantry, Bob, it's all humbug. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z The old meddling humbug, in his grand benevolence vein, wants to smooth down the difficulties between Lucy Lendrick and Trafford, one of which was thought to be the fellow's attachment to you. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z "I'll stand a deal of humbug about dinner invitations, and cold salutations, and such-like; but none, sir, not one, about what touches a material interest." Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Got your diploma framed and glazed, Tom? you purring, sleek, tom-cat humbug, you!” Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z During these three glorious weeks, I gave dinners, concerts, and suppers, commanded plays, bespoke operas, patronized humbugs of all kinds, and headed charities without number. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Changed indeed must they be if they subscribe to such preposterous humbug as this! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z He had had a Board School edecation, and it had taught him enough to be able to humbug me with his takings. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z Why do you gabble about sublimity, then?——You know that that is humbug——sour grapes! The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z Come and try, Tom, and perhaps I shall knock you down—you humbug, you; for I’m sound as a roach yet, Tom, and shall live a score of years. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z When all is told, old Father Christmas is a mighty humbug: so I say and think, but I would not have you agree with me. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z But as for books of travel, Tom, of all the humbugs of a humbugging age, there is nothing can approach them. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z It's no wonder the men complain of the Federal chaplains as shams and humbugs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z "Such men are simply in favor of neutrality, which I look upon as a fraud and a humbug," replied the planter. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z I’ll take precious care nobody don’t come the humbugging game over her. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z There is a good deal of humbug about her, as there is about all the Romany tribes. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Whatever he tells us may be relied upon; for, depend upon 't, no lady can humbug him. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z "You don't fancy, do you, that you are the only man with a gift for humbug?" Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z "They 'll say I 'm humbugging this old lady," was the constant self-reproach he kept repeating. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z You can’t humbug me, C. K. There’s something on your chest. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z The Pyramids! upon my word they are a regular humbug. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z And although the speech was uttered in all humility, Merl gave the speaker a searching glance, as though to say, "Don't lose your time trying to humbug me; I'm 'York,' too." The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z It's an inducement to sell body parts, I think it's humbug trying to call it donation or compensation. Egg donor compensation discussion 2011-01-17T08:32:30Z "Nor would they, had it been an Irishman was trying to humbug them," said Crow, emphatically. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z I know it sounds like humbug to hear me talk like this, but they were gossiping about you in the village. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z Ah the rogue, he was humbugging, L——, I'm afraid. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z "I mean, in plain words, a regular humbug,—that's all! and no more the representative of real value than these daubs here are the works of the great masters whose names they counterfeit." The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z It's no longer a question of Sarek and the treasure and the great secret and all the humbug of the God-Stone! The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Everybody trying to cheat somebody else; the Martins wanting to cheat the borough, the borough wanting to jockey the Martins, and then young Massingbred humbugging them both! The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z It was no use humbugging ourselves into thinking we knew where it was, when no one could possibly know. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z "I'll tell you what it is," he continued, "if it wasn't for our good dominie there, I'd admit to you that I hate a real professional philanthropist—ten to one he's a humbug." Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z The serious reflectiveness sounds like humbug, and, if one treats them lightly, the flippancy is an offence. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The latter he declared to be of the right sort; and told the waiters, there was no way of humbugging him. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z That is a redeeming feature of the institutions, Jack; you may humbug for a time, but the humbuggery is not apt to last forever. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Carotty was a cool card at the game of 'extras,' and had a face on him like a nun, and could look that innocent and lamb-like as only humbugs can. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z Even Christian mothers lie precisely like Pagans in this respect, and are just as thorough-going humbugs as Hannah in the temple, when questioned for details. Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado 2011-01-12T03:00:34.043Z "Though who knows," said the painter, "whether the old humbug has not invented the whole story to scare us from the feast, and then have a good laugh at us!" The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z Are we to be blind while we have eyes to see, fools while we have our reason, that they expect us to worship such greed, knavery and humbug? Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z There was a man who said he spoke twenty-five languages, but, of course, he was a humbug. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Wellington closed the door, and said, with an oath, "Napoleon has humbugged me." The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z He was not even a philosopher any longer, but a humbug and a cheat. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z "How can it be humbug, if he really has cured the sick?" Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z "If you have no better guarantee than Court balls and such like humbug!" Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z An elaborate article appeared in a Boston paper, headed with the alarming question, "Was the Atlantic cable a humbug?" wherein the writer argued through several columns that it was a huge deception. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z “You old humbug, Max!” shrieked Carlyle, “you’ve been thinking that out for the last five minutes.” Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z He must discriminate between the whole-hearted enthusiast and the pretentious humbug who simulates keenness in order to curry favour. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z Republicans get even; Democrats act as if they believed all that humbug about liberal media bias. People, we're in deep trouble 2010-12-23T02:01:00Z They both know that it is all humbug. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z Then tell her that and shake her out of herself, you old humbug. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z “Of course it would, you old humbug,” agreed Carrados, with sympathetic laughter in his voice. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z It’s a rascally piece of humbug—it’s a trick.” Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z Though, to end on a seasonal note of bah humbug, it should probably be noted that on average the best foreign team according to Opta's formula was 10 points more able than their English counterparts. Five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend 2010-12-20T08:38:11Z Call a Frenchman a "good father" or "good citizen," he will smile and probably answer back, "You humbug!" English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z Alas, we've all grown accustomed to hearing such superheated humbug from right-wing talk radio and Fox News' resident Chicken Little, Glenn Beck. The Washington Post joins the Tea Party 2010-07-15T01:01:00Z You know you can’t humbug me with your superhuman sixth sense, my friend.” Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z |
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