| 单词 | lief |
| 例句 | What if they had all been instructed: You may lief His mind reeled. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I bad as lief seek oat the nearest grotesquerie. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Jha made clear his lief that Americans will still face "hard" times over the next few weeks. Dr. Ashish Jha on coronavirus trends: 'I see the light at the end of the tunnel' 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z You don’t get anywhere in lief without a bit of pain sometimes. Scotland v Germany: Euro 2016 Group D qualifier – live! 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z He thought you wanted to go 'round kind o' on a lark; and that pony, for mere devilment, had just as lief go-a-courting as not. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The hind had as lief see his wife on the bier, As Candlemas day should be pleasant and clear. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z Welsh is as honest, and I'd as lief trust him, as another, but if aught's amiss it's not he that will suffer, nor the confounded scamp of a clerk that made the mistake. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z “I think I’d as lief risk it for him as for myself,” she returned significantly; “specially as the stuff had been given by the uncle to them, not to me.” Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z You don’t get anywhere in lief without a bit of pain sometimes. Scotland v Germany: Euro 2016 Group D qualifier – live! 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z I had as lief try to hold an old hunter in a steeple-chase. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z And I'd just as lief as not go over the other side of the city if it will be any more agreeable to a sick person. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z I just as lief have Miss Liza hear.” Black-Eyed Susan 2012-02-13T03:00:16.587Z By your lief——” He struck the rake down into the sand just beyond one of the holes and dug quickly for half a minute. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z "I had as lief die in my bed," said I. "To be sure, to be sure," he replied with a sneer. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z If they can not go fishing they had as lief do nothing, though want threatens. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z I had as lief die as live unless I can be satisfied that I have delivered the whole value of my literary cargo—all at least that was invoiced for this world. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z I never would have come, had I been asked, I would as lief not go, if I were asked, And, to be short, I would annihilate All coming, being, going, were I asked! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z We talked it all over, Eunice and I. I’d as lief live in your house as in my own, and I will pay you rent. Eunice 2011-12-05T03:00:40.560Z "I think I would just as lief not understand it," laughed Hollister, with his characteristic play of gentle humor. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z I would as lief have marched with Napoleon from Acre, by Mount Carmel, through the moving sands of Tentoura. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z "I have neither skill nor knowledge in the art——," The stranger hesitated, as though he had as lief the conversation was resumed by the diviner himself. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z "And for more than I am given lief to recount, I am thy debtor!" Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z I have not told grandpa yet—it wouldn’t help me with him, but I’d as lief tell you two as not. Eunice 2011-12-05T03:00:40.560Z I would as lief go back to my room now. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z She simply remarked after having listened to her husband for some minutes in silence: “I’d quite as lief she should marry Doctor Feeder!” Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Scientific “beliefs” then evolve in accordance with our expanded knowledge. Ghosts, Aliens, Quantum Gravity, Extra Dimensions, Sci Fi--and the Rules of Science 2011-09-22T18:15:00.473Z "The king would as lief forget that he ever had a misfortune." Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z One would as lief be labelled Virtuous or Discreet. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z Nay, now, Judith, I would as lief not go to the fair at all—or but for a few minutes—if you will let me bring you over some trinket in the afternoon. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z We can look on, anyway, and”—with a stifled sigh—“I’d ’most as lief look on as dance.” The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z I had as lief eat the foot of an old worsted stocking. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z "If I was sure I had a dead horse, I guess I'd as lief let Tim curry him as any man in town; but I don't believe this animal is dead." The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z I was going to ask you if you had just as lief go as not. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z "Thank you, no, sir," he said; "I would as lief be here." Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z So the Vagabond made the trip very cautiously, keeping a sharp watch for ferry boats, which, as every experienced launch knows, are blundering, awkward things which would just as lief run you down as not. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z I had as lief get money by paring a cheese, but that’s as you look at it. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z By your lief, Purser,” and he suddenly put his knee against the door below the lock, 18 pressed with all his force, and the door gave way with a splintering of wood and metal. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z Madam, I know not, nor I greatly care not God knows I had as lief be none as one. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z But me, I'm too strong for the noise an audience makes when they like you, or don't: I'd just as lief be hissed as get every hand in the house. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z “Yes; I had just as lief work in New York as in Piedmont,” agreed Sam. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z I'd as lief be ducked, as meet her face to face. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z I am sure I would just as lief be on land as out here in this boat.” The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z Then we ask him if he would just as lief bring in the oleander after supper. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Aunt Serena," she said, "I would just as lief wear my old dress, if you don't mind. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z She would just as lief go barefoot as not.' Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) 2011-05-15T02:00:11.283Z Well, thank goodness, I'd as lief tell her all I know about 'em as not. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z I would as lief tell you as confess my worst crimes to a friar. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z He himself would just as lief hit a holy man as not, but. . . . Kim 2011-03-13T03:00:25.327Z Just so much waste paper, those are, I take it; I'd as lief have his word of honour myself. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z Fitz was his first victim and I was his last, but each of us would as lief shake hands with a gibbon as with our friend O'Mulligan. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z The poor Princess shuddered with horror and said she would as lief be wedded to one of her father's curs. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z "You did, Host," said Careless, "for I, too, would as lief walk with the receipt of fernseed by daylight." William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Besides, I have such an hereditary instinct for polite letters, that I would as lief have called him after his own honoured patronymic as by that of our excellent Flaccus himself. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z I had as lief dine upon dried veal as be mewed up a day with such society. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 Out of you we must have the whole truth, lief or loath.' The Unknown Sea "Death's certain, soon or late, And I would just as lief it came, as still protract my fate." Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I "I'd just as lief tell," continued the boy, as he spit on his hands to resume hold on the barrow. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions "I know," he added with a roguish expression, "that you would as lief visit that excellent man as walk with us." The Progressionists, and Angela. I’d as lief put on boxing gloves and crawl into a hole after a bear! Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus And, having stolen one, no doubt they would just as lief take another and better one. The Auto Boys' Vacation To the same effect is one of Ray’s proverbs: “The hind had as lief see His wife on her bier, As that Candlemas-day Should be pleasant and clear.” The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes I had as lief be good, as sin by course. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 "No; she says she had just as lief stay at home; and somebody must take care of the baby, you know." Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation "I'd as lief give you a crack on the crown of your head!" said Graves wrathfully; "you little wretch!" Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days "For my part, I would as lief hang around this here place by myself." The Competitive Nephew It is impossible for a young girl of right instincts to say, "Oh, I would just as lief be an unclean person!" The American Country Girl As lief may hand essay to paint the skies, Whose passing glories change eternally. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West While I said this, I could not help confessing that I had as lief my present excursion had been also in a conveyance. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands “There isn’t a metal bed in the whole house―” “And I had just as lief sleep in a coffin as in some of these high-headed carved walnut bedsteads,” declared ’Phemie. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks Benedick observes to himself: “I had as lief have heard the night-raven, come what plague could have come after it.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare "As it is, I reckon both of you would just as lief take it easy until morning." Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck But remember, that I would as lief do that, abhorrent though it be to my principles, as to harbour a spy.” Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Babache, I am weary of this town of Paris, and there is a duchess or two that I would as lief were somewhere else. Francezka I would just as lief as not they would know after the war is over, if it ever is, that I was in this meeting. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles “Give me leave to tell you:” never say lief for leave. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected For my part," rejoined Margaret, "I would as lief be a nun, and live shut up between four stone walls, as be subjected to such restraints! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 When the mortal thought, or be- lief, was removed, the man was well. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 Perhaps he would just as lief stay here and join some command on land, or some other ship, especially if he knew that my brother Walter was coming on. The Campaign of the Jungle or, Under Lawton through Luzon If he is to be ruined by competition from abroad he would as lief that the last nail were driven into his coffin by Argentine beef as by New Zealand mutton. Are we Ruined by the Germans? I just as lief stick to what I’m doing, or become a traveling order salesman for some big New York house.” Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone He used to say he'd as lief have a tooth pulled as go anywheres. Home Life of Great Authors Belief fulfils the conditions of a be- lief, and these conditions destroy the belief. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 All right," said Doctor Frost, "I'd just as lief have you out of the way. The Come Back I would just as lief stay out here every night. Ruby at School They brought the Monk to the lodge door, Whether he were loth or lief, For to speak with Robin Hood, Maugre in their teeth. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse I’d as lief dodge trees as be drowned in the road.” Anything Once “I’d just as lief, only Frank and the boys would tease us everlastingly if we backed out now–and we’ve worked so hard!” Chicken Little Jane on the Big John He has a perfect mania for playhouses, and cannot keep out of them, and I would as lief spend my evening in hearing pretty music as alone here.... Records of Later Life “And I’d just as lief he would forget us,” said our hero to his chum. Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune I had as lief preach humanity to a battle of eagles, as to urge honesty and integrity upon those who have determined to be rich, and to gain it by gambling stakes, and madmen’s ventures. Twelve Causes of Dishonesty "I would just as lief tell you what, Norton; only it is something you don't care about, and it would give you no pleasure." Trading My sister wants me there, and I do just as lief be in a tomb as stay at Oakhurst when Lady Clara is away. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals But I'd as lief encounter a West India hurricane or a simoom. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy So we said we’d as lief wait a spell, though a clean pinny wasn’t needed. The Cruise of the Shining Light He said there wasn’t anything, for it could make no difference to him what became of his body after his death, and for his part he would as lief the doctors should have it. Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils "I would as lief not hear them called so—but this was not Mr. Hughes." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. "I would as lief go as stay here or go anywhere else," said the singular girl. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 “Go to h——” “Guess I’d as lief be in Forks; it’s warmer,” replied Slum, imperturbably. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana For my own part, I would as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth as the ‘excellency’ with which I am daily crammed. Patrick Henry “I would as lief,” he said, “have pleaded guilty to the murder, and have suffered for it like any other felon, as have to endure the torture to which my mistress subjects me.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges For he would as lief be a victim of success, he assures us, as to forego his mojadderah. The Book of Khalid I have an excellent opportunity to charter the Gentile for a China voyage; and I suppose you had as lief go to India again as to Russia.' Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 More lief were I To take the lioness to my bed and board Than house a rebel wife.' Legends of the Saxon Saints My husband has a small bill agin him, and I thought maybe he’d just as lief pay it now as any time.” The Cabin on the Prairie “I would as lief go there as anywhere,” Harry Esmond said, simply, “for there is nobody to care for me.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges I had as lief fry them in vinegar or syrup, where neither olive oil nor goat-butter is obtainable. The Book of Khalid If you come down, you may as lief do without a nurse, and take to your lawful business. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney All the ordinary questions asked and promptly answered, the trustee rather hesitatingly said, "Now, while you're about it, wouldn't you just as lief write out the certificate?" History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III “I’d as lief have forty as more, if I can have my pick.” The Cabin on the Prairie "I'd as lief go off for the Isles of Shoals as anywhere," said Tom, lying down again. Nobody I had as lief have a Reed that will do me no service, as a partizan I could not heave. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Hi worked five months hin that ’ouse an’ Hi’d as lief work for the devil!” Seven Miles to Arden I can read to myself at home, and I would rather talk if you had just as lief.” The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened They needed but a word, and would as lief have buried two dead men as one in the grave under the torn pines. A Modern Mercenary I would as lief be there as anywhere else, provided I see that I am right; and I do not wait for the majority to go with me when I think a proposition is right. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Only, if I knew thou wouldst as lief hold thy peace o’er it, I would not ask thee again.” One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford We rush by coasts where we had lief remain; Man cannot, though he would, live chance's fool. The Message I’d as lief get tea for the whole town once in a while as not. The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened Weakness! and worse, weakness bestow'd in vain Winds from our side the unsuiting consort rive, We rush by coasts where we had lief remain; Man cannot, though he would, live chance's fool. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold And, 'twixt you and me, he is the d——dst scoundrel out of jail, and would as lief kill a man as not.' City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston I realized that he would just as lief kill me as not, and I might not again be as fortunate as I had been during the first onslaught. Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy "I would just as lief be at home with my Aunt Harry," said Dolly, looking lovingly at the book-case. The End of a Coil I had about as lief be out here in the cool myself, as in the house abed. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine “I’d ’a’ done a day’s work on his side o’ the wall as lief as not, only I knew folks would talk if they saw me.” Ladies-In-Waiting Therefore while he appreciated the good intentions of his parents in reading and explaining to him Emerson's essays, he would as lief have exchanged all of them for a single chapter of "Treasure Island." Christopher and the Clockmakers "Would—would you give me the lief to say that?" Friendship Village Otherwise I would just as lief go to your place as not. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up "I—I—by Jove, I'd as lief lose my man again as let them have a hand in taking him!" Stingaree “I’d just as lief, Dad,” she answered, and lay down obediently. The Fighting Edge "I'd just as lief go to work," said Tom, "if I could find anything to do." Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success One would as lief have broken the reticence of a rainbow as that of Calliope, but rainbows are not always reticent. Friendship Village I'd as lief be listening to a saw going through timber. The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays You are a man after my own heart, sir, and I would as lief have you on my side as the simple ruffian on my right. Stingaree I would as lief as not spend a week on that berg! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 I had almost as lief you had made use of my old crow's nest without letting me into the ins and outs of your projects. The Light of Scarthey I would as lief have to do with a giant in my book—a real giant, such as Goliath—as with a murdering monk with a scowling eye. The Bertrams As for me, I would as lief be drowned here as outside. With Cochrane the Dauntless Maurice would as lief be taken prisoner and dragged back to Grenoble as face Crystal with the story of his failure. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Jes as lief be stuck with a bagonet as shot by a file of soldiers,” answered Tom, to whom the future looked even more dark than the present. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer And thus I take my lief shortly at you now, and my lang lief when God pleases, committing you to the protection of the Almighty. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets I would lief be at my wisest on the last page.” Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall I had as lief that she would have it as not.” Rollo's Museum "If it were not for getting wet, I should just as lief jump off here as not;" and she swung her arms just as though she intended to take the leap. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. "I'm glad we're going to move, but I'd just as lief have clear weather for it," observed Life Knox, as he came up, shaking the water from his military cape. An Undivided Union In truth, it seemed merely as if he scorned the advantages offered; if he could not go out free into the trees, he would as lief stay in his cage—and he did. In Nesting Time I cannot tell why, but I would as lief he had not conversed with any but me. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall "I have neither skill nor knowledge in the art"—— The stranger hesitated, as though he had as lief the conversation was resumed by the diviner himself. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 If they had just as lief go to Belfast as anywhere else, I'll run up there. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. I had as lief die as not, I'm so miserable; beside, if I hadn't, Dr. Coachey would kill me, poking and preaching over me. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy I had just as lief have some gingerbread and a pickle-lime,' was her calm response. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Why, I would as lief not be wed at all, very nigh.” Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall I had as lief trot a hundred miles on land bare-back as sit in this confounded swing for a minute. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Yet now, I charge thee, quickly go again, As thou art lief and dear, and do the thing I bade thee, watch, and lightly bring me word.” Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls I'd as lief go to hell as ship again with a man that once put me in irons, and disgraced me before a lot of Kanakas. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 "Mother had just as lief tend bar this afternoon as not." Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi I had just as lief kiss you as not if you wasn't my father; and aunt Madge says she'll answer it, 'cause you couldn't read my writing; but I hain't got any pig! Little Prudy It bodes no good; and I'd as lief see a magpie, and hear a screech-owl, as one of those silly beasts. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 "I'd just as lief," said Eunice, going to the bow, and putting her fingers in her ears, and burying her head in a cushion. Cricket at the Seashore So far, all the prisoners, except Mr. Rivers, have the freedom of the town; but Captain Baulk declared he would as lief be confined within the fort. Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine "I just as lief stay here as not; I am innocent," I replied. Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants As lief set fire behind powder in a gun and expect there will be no report. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk “I’d just as lief dance with another girl, I think,” said Nancy, timidly. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall As far as I'm concerned I'd as lief take to ranching. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's "Why,—yes, I would as lief you would know it as not," said Frisbie. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm But if it turned out to be my best chum I'd just as lief thump him as not. Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School But the next moment she rose from her chair in great agitation, and burst out, "I'd as lief die as owe anything to that woman." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 As far as I could see, I would just as lief have Pedro’s ill feeling as his friendship. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers “I would as lief almost eat one of your people.” In the Wilds of Africa I would as lief you would know as not; you will not breathe it where it can hurt Ludlow. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm "I would as lief have a sofa or a cot as a berth." Rollo in Rome It's all right; I had as lief pay it now as at any other time. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder I think he would as lief have laid me down in the graveyard beside my little brothers, as have thought of giving me to Stephen then. Stephen Grattan's Faith A Canadian Story If I would not as lief as forty shillings have done with broidery and peltry, then the moon is made of green cheese. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time “For my part, however, I would as lief be on the top of them.” John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea It wouldn’t do to tell round, but there are some of the world’s people, that I’d full as lief do business with, as with most of the professors. Janet's Love and Service “If it were one of any kin to thee I would as lief say nothing to it,” was Heliet’s rather dry rejoinder. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him I had as lief you would tell me of a mess of porridge. The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] "Oh, I'd just as lief keep you company," answered the other cheerfully. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box “The people sitting nigh saw what was up, and fell to staring at me till I felt hot enough, and lief to leave my note where ’twas, and get out and back to Wydcombe. The Nebuly Coat "Oh, Miss Moss, would you just as lief walk back a little way?" he asked suddenly. Elsie Marley, Honey I would as lief be a beggar as possess a mighty fortune without any of these enjoyments. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. I hope not; I had as lief bear so much lead. The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] "If you 'd as lief put your ideal into a painting, I will give you a suggestion that will be original if nothing else," he observed. Deserted 1898 At this period men were imprisoned for debt, and all prisons were frightful holes, which one would as lief die as enter. History of the United States, Volume 2 "I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself." The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. If my great lord is to die, I would lief die with him. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls But I do like the idea; we have good beds, and I had just as lief sleep here as in my own bed at home. Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway I would as lief have them in a gayer strain. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn "I should not care about the water so much," replied Jennie; "but I would not as lief have every body laughing at me as not." Rollo on the Atlantic With a knave like Burke I would as lief resort to thumb-screws, the boot, the rack, or even to choking the words from him, as to trust to persuasion alone. The Paternoster Ruby I love my work, and would as lief be sitting on this stool as anywhere else in the world.” The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn "Captain Littleton, I suppose, though I had just as lief he would stay at home." Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway Who would have thought that thou that hast been to me so lief and dear, and that art named a noble knight, wouldest betray me for the riches of the sword. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" "I'd just as lief have a skunk in the place as to have either of that pair." The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods "I had just as lief go afoot in this cool weather." The Devil's Pool "I'd as lief fall into the clutches of a whole tribe of Apache Indians!" he gasped. Frank Merriwell's Races It don't make no difference who I say it to, neither; I had just as lief say it to Captain Littleton, as say it to you and your mother. Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway "That is untruly said of thee," said the King; "therefore go thou lightly again, and do my command as thou art to me lief and dear; spare not, but throw it." Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" I don't know but what I would just as lief take a nap after lunch. The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods Bill himself was thinking of it at that very moment, and saying to one of his mates, "I'd about as lief see the sheriff and his posse, all the way from Denver." The Talking Leaves An Indian Story "I'd just as lief go in at the wagon-gate," said Jack, and he did not notice that each one stopped and paid something before going through. Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way "I had as lief be a Brownist as a politician," said the folly of Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the wisdom of Shakespeare. Milton For myself, I’d as lief go down with my colours flying as strike them; but that would be hard for him, and yet the old ship seems very uneasy. True Blue “As to the glory, and all that sort of thing, I’d as lief have let it alone, if it was to cost a bullet through me, Muster Merry,” he answered. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days I would as lief be one of these happy islanders as an Englishman, with all our religion and civilisation.” The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific Nay, but he will soon have all my Time devoted to himself, and I would as lief spend what little remains in mine accustomed Haunts, after mine accustomed Fashion. Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary “I do not expect to find many roses in this big city,” answered Ernst; “but yet I would lief get more learning than I at present possess.” The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham ‘I had as lief another should take measure by his back of my apparel as appoint what wife I shall have by his mind.’ The Bibliotaph and Other People I’d as lief dwell in the house with a grizzly bear as him. All's Well Alice's Victory I would as lief have a diable petit dancing his infernal hornpipe on my cerebellum as to be in the room with one. Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I I don’t know as it wouldn’t be the best way out, as far as she’s concerned, but I’d just as lief you didn’t all turn criminals on my hands! Flaming June And if it warn’t for the old ’oman and the lasses ashore there, I’d as lief go down with thee as be where I am.” The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific They affect, I believe, to say that the island is overrun and destroyed by these strange comers, and that they would as lief be without such visitors. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 I would as lief be scalded and have done with it, Tom, as live in such endless terror of hot water coming nigh me. All's Well Alice's Victory Oh what more bless�d be than cares resolved, When mind casts burthen and by peregrine Work over wearied, lief we hie us home 10To lie reposing in the longed-for bed! The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus She would as lief have the sore throat all the time, if she might only be alive. Dotty Dimple at Her Grandmother's Through our lief mood and friendly the lord that is thine, Even Healfdene's son, are we now come a-seeking, Thy warder of folk. The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Nor do I fear to say it even here, that those men who seek his downfall would as lief line their wallets with Spanish doubloons as with honest Louis d'or. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Tabitha is a woman of strong build, and lithe belike, that I would as lief not be horsewhipped by. All's Well Alice's Victory Thou who for sweet life saved such meeds art lief of returning! The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus "Now, I'd as lief kiss a man I had loved as any other." Simon Dale For that he over-long the lief people of me Made to wane and undid. The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats The oppression is the matter; and I had as lief be oppressed by a sand-heap as by an organic being. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 I should about as lief take a shot from a revolver as one of those 'cracks' on my bare skin. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' I had as lief fall into the arms of a black bear as ever again to be greeted in a way so careless of my breath and bones! Doctor Luke of the Labrador I want to be so I can help my mother and the children at home, and not have to ask lief of anybody.” My Ántonia Many things must abide Of lief and of loth, he who here a long while In these days of the strife with the world shall be dealing. The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats "I had just as lief help you drag it as not." Young Lucretia and Other Stories I used to think if they took away my sugar I'd just as lief die. Where the Sun Swings North I had as lief talk to my hopper as to most folks; but the hopper knows me by heart, and I dassent take too many liberties wi' it. Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White Javert may do that; Fantine, not knowing him, may do that, but once knowing him she had as lief distrusted day to bring the light as to have distrusted him. A Hero and Some Other Folks Yet I would as lief spend my life as an omnibus horse as live theirs. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Then he added as though to himself: "Guess I'd as lief seen her on the lead." The Forfeit He would as lief have cut off his hand as break his promise to the coach. The Young Pitcher He sought democratic equality, and he would as lief think of bringing the Kaiser to his level as exalting himself to the plane of that immortal celebrity. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights She might as lief marry as not, when she was away on her travels. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes But let that pass; now that I have begun amiss in this matter, I had as lief that you should take it on your shoulders. Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III Lady Inger of Ostrat But I'd as lief have your hair the way it is now. Strangers at Lisconnel As to the title, I think, after all, Herder's is the best: "Philosophy of Humanity," or I should as lief say, "On the Problem of Evil in the World." Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter "I'd just as lief blow your head off as shoot a rattlesnake," she announced crisply. Man to Man Nothing to be frightened at, in the least; only that she isn't quite so well as ordinary, these last hot days, and thought perhaps you might as lief come over. Faith Gartney's Girlhood However long I stayed, I’d have to go Alone, at last: and I’d as lief be gone, While I can carry myself on my two pins. Krindlesyke That is untruly said of thee, said the king; therefore go thou lightly again, and do my command as thou art to me lief and dear, spare not, but throw it in. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book "I thank you for your company; but, good faith, I had as lief have been myself alone." Queechy, Volume II We talked, - I could not help it; and yet often I would as lief not; the subjects were not quieting. Daisy in the Field "Well," said Gypsy, "I'd just as lief;" and Gypsy looked a little, a very little, as if she hadn't just as lief at all. Gypsy's Cousin Joy It is not even certain that, cruel as he was, he would have confessed, with the modern obstetrician, “I would as lief, if it were necessary, kill an unborn child as a rat.” Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence Who would have wend that thou that hast been to me so lief and dear, and thou art named a noble knight, and would betray me for the riches of the sword. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Here is a snow-ball just as hard as ice, and George had as lief throw it against that door as not. The Child at Home The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated "I'd as lief go to the galleys for fur-trading as the scaffold for witchcraft," said I. With that our bargain was sealed. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Tom had condescendingly informed her, about six months ago, that he'd just as lief she would make him a watch-case if she wanted to very much. Gypsy's Cousin Joy I once heard a known obstetrician of the old school say: ‘I would as lief kill, if necessary, an unborn child as a rat.’ Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence "Yes, we must have a gun," replied Oscar; "and I should just as lief ask him for it as not." Oscar The Boy Who Had His Own Way I had as lief throw it as not. The Child at Home The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated I'd as lief not be remembered at all as remembered in connection with anything else. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country "I'd as lief live in a world created and run by George Bernard Shaw as in one where women were like that." Told in a French Garden August, 1914 I would as lief be seated in an onset of the savages. Giles Corey, Yeoman A Play But she wondered if Miss Farlow would not just as lief whip her before she went as after she came back. Honey-Sweet “I'd just as lief go alone, I guess,” replied Comfort, who was not crying any more, but was quite pale. Comfort Pease and her Gold Ring I'd as lief try to hold a catamount,” cried Jake Noyes, laughing, and released him, and Jerome raced out of the yard. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel “Thank you, sir,” said she, inclining her long neck; “but I care not to dance—I'd as lief lilt.” Madelon A Novel A man usually leaps to a decision of that kind, and if he has no ulterior motive for concealment, he would as lief proclaim it to the house-tops. The Debtor A Novel "I had as lief you deemed me the most foolish woman on earth," she replied. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.) "I'd as lief as not put a hole into the back of them d——d packs," said the second teamster, whereupon the others swore at him to shut up and save his cartridges. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life “Well,” said he, “I'd just as lief take you over, if you say so.” Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Well, I'd just as lief give you a lesson straight away, for you'll have to take your part in the show in a week from now. A Little Mother to the Others I would as lief, as far as I am concerned, but is it doing the right thing?” The Debtor A Novel Grog could be had for the asking, and a scrap for less than that; but I'd as lief not ship on the Nancy Hawkins again.' The Parts Men Play But she would just as lief have that beautiful, soul-illumined body for worms' meat and earth's manure! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics "I come mighty nigh askin' you would you just as lief drive slower," he said with a grin to the chauffeur as he descended to the safety of the sidewalk. The Big-Town Round-Up It is past a doubt, too, that his Majesty, at the levee last night, laughed when he said he would just as lief fight the Bostonians as the French. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York I would just as lief be a farmer as anything else," said Mr. Haye, "if I had happened to be born in that line. Hills of the Shatemuc What Frank Hardy was to me before he is still, only more dear, an' I'd as lief everybody in Waddy knew it.' The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy They would as lief snap off the hand that reared and feeds them as not. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell It seemed to me then that I would as lief be shot and have done with it. Carette of Sark I'm deucedly proud of your mother,—I mean of my wife,—and I'd just as lief throw up the whole society business and go off and live happily by ourselves. The Climbers A Play in Four Acts He is a strange man," thought Elizabeth; — "he don't seem to care in the least what he ever did or may do; he would just as lief remind me of it as not. Hills of the Shatemuc "Not by the titles by which the man would as lief be known," Deborah answered grimly, "but I remember he called him 'the governor.'" The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Ah, many say so, But I think I'd as lief, with your leaves, let it go: It do seem that nice when I fall on it sudden— Unexpected, you know! Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library "I can spend but one day with you, and I would as lief spend it nutting as in any other way." Dotty Dimple Out West He said so one day to the Mayor of Quog, And declared he'd as lief live the life of a dog. The Glugs of Gosh An't be any way, it must be with valour; for Policy I hate: I had as lief be a Brownist as a politician. Hills of the Shatemuc He wants no boisterous notes of artificial passion: he would as lief the town-crier spoke his lines. The Young Priest's Keepsake "But you see we all have to do for somebody, and I'd as lief it would be teacups, for my part, as buttons." The Other Girls We have to deal with a man who would just as lief fight as eat; indeed, he prefers it. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia Why, he'd as lief as not believe we meant to eat him.' Corporal Sam and Other Stories So far as I am personally concerned, it would make no material difference; I should just as lief retain them as any of the others. The Facts of Reconstruction "I must report this night's work forthwith," said Cowlson, rising; "but I had almost as lief have lost my scalp as my musket." The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance I would just as lief die as live. For Woman's Love "I'd as lief go to Cuba as not," she said, in her sedate way. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week He'd as lief back him as not, for in the long run it's good business to back a winner. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man "I would just as lief use the hammer marked B," said Tom quickly. The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island They'd jest as lief shoot a feller they didn't like as not. Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies He'd just as lief agree to any thing that wouldn't interfere in any way with his arrangements. Bressant That old woman would as lief have had what remained of her teeth pulled out as have parted with anything once brought into Hynds House. A Woman Named Smith He would quite as lief have been confronted with a robber, pistol in hand. True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings I guess our good American is too homely for a fine English gentleman like you," he said, "but I believe you'll as lief speak as you were taught before you're through with this city. The Man with the Clubfoot Intercede!—I would as lief pray to the saints they should intercede with the Virgin Mary. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 I would as lief go to Bible-class every day of the week. If Only etc. "I would as lief have seen a woman die," he said, and turned away. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 It did not occur to him that Tim had told a falsehood, though it was generally believed that he had as lief tell a lie as the truth. All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake A Sequel to "The Boat Club" It had been said of him that he would "just es lief shute a man as ter look at 'im," and perhaps the speaker was not far from right. Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills He speaks to the help as if they was dirt under his feet, an' he'd as lief lie as look at you, an' always up to some new devilment. Martha By-the-Day I had, of course, no intention of marrying her—I would as lief have married a leopardess. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance But I'd as lief go back to the woods I came from, as handle a proposition for you that don't figger that little gal in it. The Man in the Twilight What I do I'd as lief do in your own royal parlour! Three Wonder Plays I'm not musical myself; I'd as lief hear thunder, most days. Hocken and Hunken I’d as lief be in prison—only I’m that fond of him, you know. The Lion's Share I would as lief be hunted by blood-hounds as be stabbed in the back by anonymous slanderers!” Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance I had as lief a bull should bellow, As have for a chum such a noisy fellow. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe A Raskolnik told this prelate, "We would as lief lose our heads as our beard."—"Will your heads grow again?" was the bishop's retort. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 "Fact is, I'd 'most as lief steer a monkey by the tail." Hocken and Hunken Something in the accent, something in those fine English words “lief” and “shift,” destroyed in the minds of Audrey and Miss Ingate the agreeable notion that they had a peeress on their hands. The Lion's Share I have learned to be pretty handy on board the privateer, and I would as lief be working forward as dawdling about aft all the way home. One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo When it was day on the morrow, the folk gan to stir; forth they gan march to their sovereign, and brought him such offering, that was lief to him to have. Brut Jermyn," said the King, half soliloquising, "is a son of a——; and I would as lief run him through the body as I would open an oyster. St George's Cross I'd just as lief lie up here for a few days while Uncle Sam is roundin' up his pets camped out there. A Man Four-Square I’d just as lief have died as shift from that seat out there by the railings.” The Lion's Share Maybe," said Florence, carelessly; "but I'd as lief be in the fashion, after all. Real Folks Hearken to my instruction, it shall be to thee lief, for I wish chiefly to help counsel thee. Brut But I would as lief adore your image, as that in my heart, for both mean the same; but more, how can I? Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Saunders simply told them that if what they asked was not for their good they would not get it—a fact which, he said, "they had as lief learn sune as syne." Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Each felt that she had misinterpreted the accent, and that probably peeresses did habitually use such words as “lief” and “shift.” The Lion's Share "If it wasn't for finding that treasure box I'd just as lief stay here for a few days," remarked Tom, on getting up the following morning. The Rover Boys In The Mountains Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune Miss P—— said plaintively that she had as lief die of cholera as of carbolic acid poison. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines I would as lief play circus pranks by a mother's deathbed as try to find flippant arguments to disturb a sincere faith. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour I had as lief defend a party that robs India 'for her own good,' as support those who would rob her with a more cynical frankness and unblushingly transfer the proceeds to their own pockets. Mr. Isaacs For my part I would as lief sail back to Virginia and let them fight out their own quarrel. The Light That Lures "Truly, nothing at all," replied the priest: "but thou sufferest me not to do to thee that which I had lief, and which God commands." The Decameron, Volume II I'd as lief shoot you full of holes as I would a yellow dog. The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers Or, On the Trail of the Border Bandits At dinner you look like you just as lief be dead as livin', and now—" "You or I will be dead if I miss that twelve-thirty train. The Man in Lonely Land I'd as lief live in Hades as on a ranch without a woman on it. A Texas Matchmaker I had as lief respect an ancient shoe, As love old things for age, and hate the new. Poems Household Edition You don't see, Master, that I'm putting my oars away, but I'd as lief take them out again and fish till evening. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story But I don't propose to conceal from you that it will cause me a great deal of annoyance, and that I'd about as lief drown myself. The Devil's Pool It does not appear that he ever made any pretence of love for the Puritan commonwealth, and there were many like him who had as lief be ruled by king as by clergy. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty Though the sycophantic attorney would probably as lief have housed a monkey of lineage so distinguished, old Mrs. Blandy seems really to have adored the foxy little captain for his beaux yeux. Trial of Mary Blandy After all my trouble and labor for you, you would as lief see my head split with an axe, though none of you dare lay hold of the handle. Hero Tales of the Far North Master Jesus, I'd as lief wait; the hills will be naught without thee. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story I would as lief be kind to a toad!” put in Lucy. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago "You'd as lief lower me as not in their eyes, I verily believe." The Delectable Duchy I had a grim thought that I would just as lief have had hold of the lioness. Tales of lonely trails "I would as lief come across the staying one," said Mrs. Holabird, with meekness. We Girls: a Home Story And the lout shook among his straw to such an extent that I bade him for God's dear sake to bide still, otherwise we might as lief lie in a barn among questing rattons. Red Axe “I’d as lief be choked at once by a cord as by thirst,” was the answer. More Bywords I hate all honours smelling of the distaff, And, by this light, would as lief wear a spindle Hung round my neck, as thank a lady's hand For any favour greater than a kiss.— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 539, March 24, 1832 Marco was very enthusiastic in his manner of giving his aunt Forester an account of his adventures, and he said, in conclusion, that he would just as lief get lost in the woods as not. Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont But I am sure I wouldn't just as lief! We Girls: a Home Story I might as lief carry a wizened nut-kernel within my brain-pan as a thinking soul, for all that any one cares. Red Axe He insisted on people praying with him; and I'd as lief pray with Kit Smart as with any one else. Gossip in a Library For I had as lief he were away as here; and when he is here he kisses my hand as though it were a statue's hand; and—and I feel as though it were. McClure's Magazine December, 1895 It would just as lief eat its own children. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West "You'd as lief go to destruction as not, I do believe!" said she, looking carefully after the bandbox containing her purple satin. Maggie Miller She said that "nobody liked a nicely pointed moral better than she did; only she would just as lief it shouldn't be pointed at her." A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. Why I'd just as lief command your army as not, and—" "Thank you very much," said the Corn-cob Queen, "but what would Captain Jinks say to that? The Wonderful Bed He's a dangerous chap, Frank—just as lief eat as fight—I mean fight as eat. Frank Merriwell at Yale How much awaits him of lief and of loath, who long time here, through days of warfare this world endures! Beowulf God's my life," said the sheriff, as they rode along, "I had as lief you would tell me of a service of plate. Maid Marian But I'd as lief knock them at head as any other men. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty “Nay, sir, saving your respect, I had as lief ’a’ met the devil in person; and to speak truth, I am yet all a-quake. The Black Arrow I had as lief not take post again with the dignified clergy. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan No living man, or lief or loath, from your labor dire could you dissuade, from swimming the main. Beowulf "Let me see this friar," said the sheriff: "if he be the friar of the bridge, I had as lief have the devil in Nottingham; but he shall find me too much for him here." Maid Marian So my allegiance shifted, away from country, to my family and my be- liefs. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel I should just as lief ask him as not, if I were you. Poor and Proud, or the Fortunes of Katy Redburn: a Story for Young Folks Now that you've come," said she, "the house is full up—except some little rooms at the top that I'd as lief not fill. The Price She Paid I'm not a good house-keeper, nor a good wife—and I'd as lief go to jail for two years as have a baby. The Grain of Dust But being so?" said I. "Being so," said he, "I would as lief they didnae see me. Kidnapped And as for you, sir, I would as lief see her the wife of the Outlaw of Torn. The Outlaw of Torn I want to be so I can help my mother and the children at home, and not have to ask lief of anybody.' My Antonia Said the man, "I were as lief have these others away." The Well at the World's End: a tale He continued, "I'd as lief as not be able to blow into a flute as well as that." Far from the Madding Crowd I had as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth as offer to stop it with security. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare It is no respecter of persons, and would as lief pick a bone in a royal vault as in POTTER'S Field. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 I had as lief ye had said a frog in a well. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 So we said we'd as lief wait a spell, though a clean pinny wasn't needed. Quaint Courtships I had even as lief ye bad me hang myself; Leave him? no, no, I would you all knew, You be but loiterers to him, my Will tells me true. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 I would as lief you killed me as told Andrew I had given you a hint of his doings. A Knight of the Nets Wait a minute, miss," he said; "I'll go and ask lief to take you round to the magistrate's. Henry Dunbar A Novel Of those few, I had as lief give the list here. How to Do It If I don't find a legend to hand I may, as lief as not, invent one. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Yes, I was not speaking quite honestly when I pretended I had as lief go into the Hesperides as to Tir-nam-Beo: it was wrong of me, and I ask your pardon. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice "It is all right, I suppose," Ned said as, surrounded by his friends, he left the court, "but I would just as lief the verdict had gone the other way." Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots I am shameless, I had as lief proclaim it from the house-tops. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes Who would have weened that thou that hast been so lief and dear, and thou that art named a noble knight, would betray me for the riches of the sword. The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson She would as lief have resided at Père-Lachaise and watched the moles at their work. L'Assommoir I'd as lief die by a bullet as on the gallows. The Man in Gray I would just as lief die by that as the opposite. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest But, 'to whom you will not give an hour, you give nothing,' he says, and 'he had as lief not be read at all, as be read by a careless reader.' The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Oh dark is the chamber and lonely, And lights and companions depart; But lief will he lose them and only Behold the desire of his heart. Last Poems by A. E. Housman I should have proposed,—with good lief, in the same sense, but that I cannot find lief to be a substantive. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies I told you I'd just as lief shake hand as fight…. The Call of the Cumberlands He said in effect that if he could not be restored to the pristine condition which he felt to be slipping from him he would as lief stop living. On Nothing and Kindred Subjects But that honour and glory demanded it, she would almost as lief have had no Patience Crabstick to pry into her most private matters. The Eustace Diamonds Could man be drunk for ever With liquor, love, or fights, Lief should I rouse at morning And lief lie down of nights. Last Poems by A. E. Housman She would as lief report that reply of his as another. Indian Summer "That I would as lief knock your head off as look at you!" The Yeoman Adventurer The expressions "You had better stay," "I had as lief not be," are similar in construction to "I had rather go." Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition I would as lief go there as anywhere else, my lady. At Agincourt "Oh no, I'd just as lief row," said Tom, seizing the oars with feverish haste. Dr. Heidenhoff's Process "I didn't go into the house, sir," he said, "because I thought you'd just as lief have a talk outside." The Late Mrs. Null I would almost as lief have had a blank charge fired into my mouth. The Yeoman Adventurer He used to say he'd as lief have a tooth pulled as go away anywheres. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 "Still, upon my word, I think I would as lief be conceited in every pore as eternally in a state of dissatisfaction with myself about every thing." Only an Incident I had as lief be in the Mohune vault as in this fearsome place, and liefer too, if half the tales men tell are true of faces that may meet one here. Moonfleet It seemed to me that there was an unfeigned carelessness in his manner, as if he would as lief as not throw up this hazardous enterprise for some other more sure undertaking. A Set of Rogues True, they were mostly foreigners who unblushingly avowed, that were it not for the difference of pay, they would as lief man the guns of an English ship as those of an American or Frenchman. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War His band had as lief appear in one province where it was least expected as make a descent upon another that was preparing to resist it. The Reign of Greed You gave us lief to make some laws Then tied our hands behind; That gift to us was just the same As pictures to the blind. Rhymes of a Roughneck Last of all went Master Ratsey, saying, he saw that I would as lief be alone, and that he would come back before dark. Moonfleet Put down fifteen; I'd jest as lief it was more 'n less. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch "Perhaps you would just as lief take the aisle seat?" said the girl, surveying Betty as a princess might gaze upon an annoying little page. Betty Gordon at Boarding School The Treasure of Indian Chasm Beggar I'll tell you: He has the very hardest heart on earth; I had as lief turn to the Friar's school And knock for entrance, in mid holiday. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 We should say that we had quite as lief have the air full of those iron spheres, termed Cannon Balls, as it is now in France. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 23, September 3, 1870 It was a hard business that, and I would as lief have gone before the queen herself to give her an account of things as to have gone to your mother. By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic Then he quite spoiled the effect of this happy phrase by adding hurriedly: "Say, I'd just as lief you didn't tell your father that I am a deputy-sheriff." Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch I had as lief," writes Father Vimont, "be beset by goblins as by the Iroquois. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century I had as lief be beset by goblins as by the Iroquois. Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson "True, but there is no haste called for; if it was not that I am so anxious to see mother, I would as lief spend a week on the road." The Lost Trail I declare, I'd as lief have a plain heroine, and, before you know it, they'll be writing about their Sukey Sues, with pug noses, who eloped with their Bill Bates, from the nearest butcher shop. The Battle Ground "I don't know but I'd just as lief stay here as to face that mob," murmured Bob, but some one heard him. Betty Gordon in Washington "If she was married she'd just as lief go and tell." Little Citizens If He would, I'd as lief go to hell with Mr. Benjamin as any man I know. The Awakening of Helena Richie It does not imply indifference or any lack of devotion; it merely favors the subordination of enthusiasm to insight, and delays expression of the former till the latter has given lief. How to Study and Teaching How to Study "O, ma'am, as to that, I'd just as lief hear so many pots and pans rattled together; one noise is just as well as another to me." The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 "Not as much as I did when I thought you were angry, and if you would rather, I had quite as lief stay with you." Rosamond — or, the Youthful Error "In that ease," said the Professor firmly, "I would as lief be dead as to have the work of a lifetime destroyed by those rascals." The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw I had lief you told me of a Jew pedlar. The Fortunes of Nigel "I'd just as lief live in Berwick, to be sure; but I do love to visit in New York and see all the grand doings." Two Little Women on a Holiday But as anxious as I am to have this over, I would just as lief have the chase last until morning. The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune "Mr. Melville, I had just as lief sleep downstairs in a chair, and give you the whole of the bed." Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune I'd just as lief ask Mr. Tom Meredith myself, if I could see him. Raspberry Jam I had as lief as an angel I could swear as well as that gentleman. Every Man in His Humor She thought he was come to play the landlord, and she determined to let him see that her mood was independent and free, that she would as lief give up the business as keep it. The Old Wives' Tale I'm inclined to think Glen Naspa would as lief go as stay. The Rainbow Trail "The President gave me lief to speak with him." Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking My word, I'd as lief starve as become a union man, and under such a master. Half a Rogue I never liked this sailing among barbarous nations; they've no respect for any flag, and would just as lief imprison an Englishman or an American as they would a dog. Manuel Pereira As for the lieutenant, he declares that he had as lief come in contact with a Paixhan gun as an author with his "infernal pen." Off-Hand Sketches A Little Dashed with Humor "I had as lief have your note as your money." Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them I would as lief send my servant into the street to get me a wife, as put up with such an Ephesian matron as that.' Barry Lyndon "Reckon I'd just as lief not talk any more about him." The Border Legion "I'd as lief have a rabbit cross me path as her." Sowing Seeds in Danny And I had as lief have a Sioux Medicine man dance a one-step round my camp fire, and chant his silly incantation for my curing, as any of these blood pressure, electro-chemical, pill, powder specialists. Letters of Franklin K. Lane I had as lief you said you were a blacksmith. Australia Felix So, I had as lief as an angel I could swear as well as that gentleman. Every Man in His Humour I vow, I had as lief Your whipper-in had kissed me. The Love-chase I would as lief enjoin Roderigo Borgia to fulfil the sacred duties of his Vicarship; I might as profitably sprinkle incense on a dunghill. Love-at-Arms ‘Faith, I’d as lief cry as laugh to see a man in that corner.’ The Hand of Ethelberta And let the King be lief or loth One bed that night shall hold you both.” Poems By the Way Hanged if I wouldn't almost lief risk a lifer out at Botany Bay for the sake o' wringing my fine-feathered bird myself, but I daren't. Under Two Flags The good that a poisonous drug seems to do is evil, for it robs man of 170:1 reliance on God, omnipotent Mind, and according to be- lief, poisons the human system. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures "I'd just as lief Uncle Al didn't find us very soon." The Man of the Forest And the Prince rejoined, "Say me, O Fakir, why dost thou withhold this knowledge from me, and wherefore art thou not lief to let me learn it?" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 Then unto patience worthy praise cleave thou; * Easy of issue and be lief resigned: Nor hope thou aught of me lest ill alloy * Or aught of dross affect my blood refined: Such is my speech. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] Then said the man of Marw, "In very sooth, mine absence hath been prolonged and lief would I return to my own land." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] The divine Mind never called matter medicine, and matter required a material and human be- 143:12 lief before it could be considered as medicine. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures An Allah bade me perish for the love of you, * Mid greatest martyrs for your love I lief will die. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 I had as lief Maria were to dance the tarantella Upon the quay at noonday, as to see her Gazed at again with such insulting homage. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 I think no more of a red-skin's scalp than I do of a pair of wolf's ears; and would just as lief finger money for the one as for the other. The Deerslayer We had as lief not be, as not be ourselves. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners Thoughts, 88:12 proceeding from the brain or from matter, are offshoots of mortal mind; they are mortal material be- liefs. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures Others, it seems, would as lief that Pocahontas had not interfered. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings "None so pleasant to my pay," she said, "Nor none so lief to me." A Bundle of Ballads "I'd just as lief be tied up as not I like to play dog;" and Nan put on a don't-care face, and began to growl and grovel on the floor. Little Men "I would just as lief stay here and take care of your house as not," declared the lady magnanimously. Jewel Every supposed pleasure in sin will furnish more than its equivalent of pain, until be- lief in material life and sin is destroyed. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures Were Egypt true to me, I could, indeed, hold my own against all the force that Rome may bring; but Egypt hates me, and had as lief be ruled by the Roman as the Greek. Cleopatra They brought the monk to the lodge door, Whether he were loth or lief, For to speak with Robin Hood, Maugr-e in their teeth. A Bundle of Ballads But Pierre had as lief commit suicide as not commit matrimony; and who would not? The Golden Dog "Would you just as lief tell me why?" she asked. Jewel Truth fosters the idea of Truth, and not the be- 556:1 lief in illusion or error. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures But I will say this: would that I lay there and thou stoodest to watch me die, for as lief would I have slain my father as thee, Earl Atli. Eric Brighteyes I mean, you know, I'd just as lief stay here ALONE. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories If the customers or guests are to be dunned, all the burthen lies upon my back, he'd as lief eat that glass as budge after them himself.' The Vicar of Wakefield "I'd just as lief," replied Jewel, "but I don't believe God cares." Jewel The bodily results of her belief 245:24 that she was young manifested the influence of such a be- lief. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures I should like to know before coming, that while some of you wish me to come, there may not be others who would quite as lief I would stay away. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 It is a very fine method, yes... but... well, if it was my boy I had just as lief he tarried with the little white monkeys at the river's edge. Back Home I remember my Lord Bathurst praising them: but as for reading his books—ma foi, I would as lief go and dive for tripe in a cellar. Roundabout Papers I was bashful and ungracious enough to loathe the very sound of it when I came home in my pride of youth; but I would lief hear it once more. The Caged Lion The be- lief that existence is contingent on matter must be met and mastered by Science, before Life can be understood 427:12 and harmony obtained. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures I think I’d as lief be with God as with men. A Dark Night's Work "I would as lief," he said, "have pleaded guilty to the murder, and have suffered for it like any other felon, as have to endure the torture to which my mistress subjects me." The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne Meanwhile I was lying down, staring at the stars, thinking of El Remendado, and telling myself I would just as lief be in his place. Carmen I had as lief stay here as where a man is not free to fight out his own feud. The Caged Lion I am sorry now that ye be so light, For certes ye now make me heavy cheer; Me were as lief be laid upon my bier. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems For why? you’d as lief drown a man as one of them there fish; not to throw a Christian creature so much as a rope’s end when he was adrift, and no life-buoy in sight! The Pioneers When it comes to that, Jim," replied Watterly, who was meek only in the presence of his wife, "I'd just as lief speak against her as wink if there was anything to say. He Fell in Love with His Wife He himself would just as lief hit a holy man as not, but ... Kim I would as lief open my heart to a lawyer or a clergyman! The Blithedale Romance A lion would just as lief kill a coyote as any other animal and he would devour it, too. The Last of the Plainsmen I would as lief catch a perch or an eel as a grayling. Angling Sketches Tommy: "Egeria is worth from two to two and a half times more than any girl alive; I would as lief talk to her as listen to myself." Penelope's Postscripts "Why," said St. George, somewhat mollified, "for the matter of that, I would as lief as not." Twilight Land I cannot say that I regret having missed this ordeal; I would as lief have walked among red-hot plough-shares; but I do regret one great treat, which I shall now miss. Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2 Why, I'd jest as lief go up in one o' those aeroplanes and try to run it. Hiram the Young Farmer It was a wild, out-of-door kind of lief. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth But I had just as lief own to you that I hoped it would not be fine. The Brick Moon and Other Stories "Very well," said the beggar, "I would just as lief go into the town that way as another." Twilight Land Truly enough many a poor clerk would as lief have twenty "bokes" to his name as anything else treble the value. Old English Libraries He insisted on people praying with him; and I'd as lief pray with Kit Smart as any one else. Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood |
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