| 单词 | arrant |
| 例句 | Was it not a dangerous word, too closely connected to Hobbes and to dubious stories about sympathetic magic told by Digby—someone whom John Evelyn, another early member, could dismiss as an arrant mountebank? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “The whole thing is arrant nonsense, of course,” he said. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z How could we have known that his last film, Elizabethtown, about a depressed man coping with a family death, was not an arrant misfire but the launching of Crowe’s soupy-sappy period? Cameron Crowe's We Bought a Zoo is Pure Cornography 2011-12-22T16:00:34Z But a 21st-century art that knows no alternative to bringing men and women together in situations of love, chivalry or arrant manhandling will retain obvious limitations. Arts & Leisure Preview: Story Ballets, Still Romantically Inclined 2010-08-04T22:16:00Z We should also be careful not to disregard the pernicious role of the west, whether in mishandling its relationship with the continent, or exploiting its resources with arrant hypocrisy. Power and glory: how to tackle Shakespeare's revolutions 2012-06-20T17:59:07Z So the pressure is on this year, to get it right – or at least, given that "right" is always in the blog rant of the beholder – less arrantly wrong. Mercury prize 2010: A dozen of the best 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z As Winston Churchill, one of the last century’s most powerful writers, wryly observed, “This is the kind of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.” Why Weird Al's 'Word Crimes' Is English for Dummies 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z For one thing it shows just how much arrant nonsense we actually accept in television.” Bob Elliott, one half of a crack team of pop-culture satirists, dies at 92 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z She has a fiance, but he’s such an arrant tosser that we wait, like maiden aunts, for Robin and Cormoran to figure out their true feelings. ‘The Silkworm,’ by Robert Galbraith a.k.a. J.K. Rowling Vicki in Sex, Lies and Parkinson's It's film music night at the Proms, an act of arrant populist bone-throwing which is nonetheless terrific fun. TV highlights 12/08/2011: BBC Proms 2011: Film Music Night 2011-08-11T22:00:03Z The Captive recapitulates the arc of Egoyan’s career: early promise, followed by arrant misfires. Sex and Death at Cannes 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z The country that invented Donald Duck is the last to discover his cynicism—and what arrant cynicism it is. The Book That Exposed the Cynical Politics of Donald Duck 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z His Indian-American, not American-Indian, friend would get kicked out of med school for failing a drug test, then lurch off on arrant pilgrimages in search of the perfect joint. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas: This Santa's Got a Brand New Stash 2011-11-03T21:21:13Z Former Scottish Tory leader Baroness Ruth Davidson said the idea that the prime minister was going to stay on until the party conference was "arrant nonsense" Nicola Sturgeon: Sense of relief at Johnson exit 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z "There's no way he can stay on until October. It's arrant nonsense to think he can. Someone needs to grip this." Factbox: Reaction to PM Johnson's impending resignation 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Or put less politely, as Mr. Rudd writes in the first sentence of his paper, “Mainstream economics is replete with ideas that ‘everyone knows’ to be true, but that are actually arrant nonsense.” Nobody Really Knows How the Economy Works. A Fed Paper Is the Latest Sign. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Hands up: chances are you consider all of the above to be arrant poppycock. Time to pick the least annoying team to support as trophy season begins | Scott Murray 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z McLernon dismissed as “arrant nonsense” any suggestion his firm’s business model encouraged companies to settle rather than undertake costly, distracting legal battles. Silent Partners: The bankrollers behind the rush of Australia shareholder lawsuits 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Trump’s arrant thirstiness stands in particularly glaring contrast to Obama’s impeccable chill. It’s Easy to Be Called ‘Thirsty’ on Social Media. What About on Capitol Hill? 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z National treasure or arrant hooligan, we can all agree that he was, on that fateful day at least, lost. This Columbus Day, let’s lose the phones and celebrate getting lost 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z One reason for this, he posits: “The economy is a complicated system that is inherently difficult to understand, so propositions like these” — the arrant nonsense in question — “are all that saves us from intellectual nihilism.” Nobody Really Knows How the Economy Works. A Fed Paper Is the Latest Sign. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Most of his colleagues thought this was arrant nonsense, and argued that polymers were merely looser aggregations of small molecules. The plastics revolution: how chemists are pushing polymers to new limits 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z McLernon dismissed as “arrant nonsense” any suggestion his firm’s business model encouraged companies to settle rather than undertake costly, distracting legal battles. Silent Partners: The bankrollers behind the rush of Australia shareholder lawsuits 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Let’s not write off today’s opponents Leeds too lightly, for to do so would be arrant foolishness. Middlesbrough v Leeds United: Championship – live! 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z One of the most serious problems with religious faith is that it can afflict an otherwise intelligent person and incite her to utter arrant inanities with the gravitas of an old-time, Walter-Cronkite-style television newscaster. These religious clowns should scare you: GOP candidates’ gullible, lunatic faith is a massive character flaw 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z I am stacked up to the back slots with this arrant nonsense! Uninhabitable zone : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z As the commentary around the recent deaths of Nelson Mandela, Amiri Baraka and Pete Seeger made abundantly clear, most of what Americans think they know about capitalism and communism is arrant nonsense. 7 massive misconceptions you have about communism (and capitalism) 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Alongside such arrant cobblers runs a whole series of Fifa initiatives designed to reinforce the idea that it is Earth’s most effectively exercised soft power. How many slave deaths for the Qatar World Cup can Fifa put up with? 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Let’s not write off today’s opponents Leeds too lightly, for to do so would be arrant foolishness. Middlesbrough v Leeds United: Championship – live! 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Even if the appearances of impropriety were for good causes, shouldn’t the arrant naiveté of it all disqualify her from the presidency? The Clinton Blind Spot 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Fears that lies in ads will backfire and repel voters, which many do, surely limit the number of arrant falsehoods. Attack ads have their plus sides He has, however, proved himself to be a faithless friend and an arrant rogue. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Caleb Keeping died like an arrant coward, whining like a whipped cur as the executioner bound him. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z I was further convinced that he not only was an arrant hypocrite, but an enemy of humanity as well, and utterly heartless. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z De Costa, they knew, need not be taken into account; the man was an arrant coward. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Was Roderick, “the arrant traitor”, in the days of King Henry, a foreign priest and a stranger to our island? Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 2012-03-23T02:00:31.587Z In contact with the finest minds of her times, George Sand was neither a moral monster nor yet the arrant Bohemian that legend has fashioned of her. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z We are king's officers; he is an arrant rogue and villain. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z I have known an arrant poltroon defend himself desperately against robbers; and a man, considered of undoubted courage, surrender his arms to a single footpad. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Sure he's as fickle and as false as Fortune is--that arrant feckless jade! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Well, Dear, we are going in an hour, and I must try and reason with myself, and not be the arrant coward I really feel like. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z “What story? you arrant rogue! why, the story you told me this morning about having fine rains in the country.” Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z It is said that those arrant knaves, the gypsies, dare not pass through Galicia for fear of being cheated. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Instead, he manifestly did his best to placate what to him was arrant lunacy. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z He began: 'Sir, if I did not think I could prove that this Bill is the arrantest job that ever was brought to Parliament, I should not give the House the trouble of hearing me.' Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z But it was selfishness on my part—arrant selfishness, Frank’s children should have been my personal care. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z Moreover, I was very much mistaken if he were not as arrant a coward as ever crowed on a dung-hill and ran away when the time came for fighting. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z The gitanos are not such ruffians as of old, nor even such arrant thieves, although it would still be unwise to trust them within call of temptation. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z And that's because th' art an arrant buzzard; the Lord deliver me from a fellow that has neither Mony, nor Friends, and yet's afraid of being Taken. Citt and Bumpkin (1680) 2011-12-21T03:00:27.683Z I should have been an arrant fool had I flattered myself with the hope that this partition would introduce the olive-branch of peace into our midst. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It was in truth strange that a man, so arrant a poltroon at heart, should desert his natural occupation of a lackey, to play the bravo, and pose as a soldier. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z “Do you think there is any one who would pay all that money for such an arrant sinner’s sake?” inquired the pastor. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z That snap was the signal for his blustering to take flight for he was an arrant coward at heart. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z He said no more, but sat between us trembling like the arrant coward he was. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z 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 Though physically an arrant coward, no defeats could discourage him. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z But even the most arrant individualist can hardly go single file all by himself—not without making hard work of it, at least. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z "I believe the man to be an arrant coward," I went on. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Briefly, at the present moment and in this place, all this wretched pretence of 'work' is arrant imposture. Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z They come here because the American born is more of an arrant fool and snob than any creature God permits to breathe. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Do you not blush at the reflection, that you have given so much of your money, your sympathy, and hospitality, to such arrant knaves? Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z Like all people of extremely arbitrary nature, Tacon was an arrant coward at heart. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z The men were stout, hearty fellows, and the women arrant thieves, but all were good-humored and friendly. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z The story is too long to tell you; but this rogue here has made me pass for an arrant fortune-teller. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z Like certain other unsanguine souls, he was a pleasanter companion than many an arrant optimist. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z What arrant fiddle-de-dee It sounds—upon these moors, beneath the blue Of unpolluted skies! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 16th, 1893 2011-10-02T02:00:16.433Z According to Mr. Whistler the art-critic is an impertinence, a nuisance, a monstrosity—and usually, into the bargain, an arrant fool. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Yet your arrant individualist is the last to see it. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z “Well, now,” said Frank, “for that piece of arrant flattery, I fine you a story.” Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z In Australia he had seen very little of her, though enough to regard her at the time as an arrant little heartless flirt, for whom sighed silly swains innumerable. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z “You are talking arrant nonsense, you know,” he said. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z As we have said, it begins for all the world like verse and turns out to be arrant prose. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Heavy it is, like the master; and his prejudices as arrant Churchman and sturdy Tory do indeed break through its piled-up pages; but never insidiously: he sounds a trumpet before he strikes. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z He had, of course, no reason to dislike the boys; but he was an arrant coward at heart, and saw that the men in whose power he was, hated the young dwellers on Brig Island. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z The book is full of things like this, and must be pronounced as arrant a bit of book-making as ever was. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z These arrant insults ought to push the most mild-mannered people into revolt. No riots here. Just quiet, ever-deeper misery 2011-08-06T23:07:07Z She was an arrant social climber and ranked money and lavish expenditure of it above everything. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z You want to turn your back on him again and again for his arrant snobbish pretensions or some weak and violent prejudice; yet you want to listen again and again. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z Envy and contempt are, by their very natures, evil-eyed, uncharitable, and arrant liars. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z “Oh, thank you, Mrs. Morrow, but what an arrant coward I have proved—and Nathalie of course would not have run if I had not!” Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z "Invasion," screamed the headline of the Sydney Daily Telegraph in 2009 at the arrival of another shanty boat from Indonesia, which is arrant nonsense. Ripple effect 2011-07-19T07:11:08Z It appealed to him then by its musical quality, which was distinctly marked, but when subjected to the simplest analysis it was obvious and arrant nonsense. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z It delighted everybody; the tric-trac of Pope was lacking, and so was the master's arrant polish; but the change brought its own blithe welcome. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z It’s an arrant lie, of course, on a par with that one about going into the coach-house to fetch a broom and Roy flying at him. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z “But you don’t really mean to say you believe in such arrant tomfoolery?” The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z If you are a lawyer, and remain in town throughout August and September, your own conscience will tell you at once that you are nothing short of an arrant sneak. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Bill Bigs met a good many Chinamen, and had dealings with them, always finding them keen business fellows, moderately honest, though some were arrant rogues. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z Here is the man—here is the wretch, the arrant thief! The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z And as for daring to say you are nobody, Mollie O’Neill, I never heard such arrant nonsense in my life. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z "Well, I wish it had," placidly replied her brother; "but I have at least the consolation of having hit on the very characters I wanted—arrant thieves." Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Yes, yes, Pierre—I know him well—a brave man, but an arrant villain withal. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Your lover is either an arrant coward or a lion, and sometimes he is both in one, as he happens to be in or out of his mistress's presence. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z But, to judge from what she has told me, he must have been just about as arrant a scamp as one could well imagine—a regular blackguard.” Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z "Why," said the gentleman, "is your master so arrant a madman, then, that you should fear he would set upon such furious beasts?" The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z 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 man who thus readily volunteered his services was as arrant a poltroon as could have been found about the fashionable hostelry in which the conversation was taking place—not excepting Swinton himself. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The devil of it is, in English diplomacy the two or three men of ability are such arrant scamps and blackguards, they can't be employed, and the honest men are dull as ditch-water. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z It is the most arrant nonsense to suppose that a relationship of continual love is a desirable thing to keep up. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z That does make a difference," said Daly, musingly; "nothing short of an arrant coward could look calmly on a fellow-creature while he pointed a loaded pistol at his heart. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z 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 The most necessary thing in the World, and yet the least usual, is to reflect that those we deal with, may know how to be as arrant Knaves as ourselves. A Character of King Charles the Second 2011-03-31T02:00:18.840Z 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 I could not make up my mind to move, and I wondered whether I had not made an arrant fool of myself. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z Either he was as arrant a coward as such a brute was likely to be and I had scared him, or some thought had struck him which accounted for the change. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z I told you that the travelling tradesman does not bear a very high reputation in England; and notwithstanding his apparent simplicity, this fellow may turn out to be an arrant cheat. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z Half the Truth is often as arrant a Lye, as can be made. A Character of King Charles the Second 2011-03-31T02:00:18.840Z The government's claim to be increasing choice was "arrant nonsense," Mr Roach said, "it won't create more choice for parents, it will create more choice for schools". Pupils find out secondary places 2011-03-01T11:48:14Z He was an arrant coward where illness was concerned. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z I began life with such a capital of confidence that, though I have been an arrant spendthrift, I have still a strong store by me. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z In Whitman, as William James has shown, there is an arrant mysticism which his own Democratic Vistas exposed in cold light. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z You are an arrant rogue, a caitiff vile; there can be naught between us. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z A hearty Gentleman, And I were e'en an arrant beast, my Lord, But I lov'd you again. The Mad Lover The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (3 of 10) 2011-01-20T03:00:06.760Z Well; all words are arrant skirmishers; deeds are the army's self! be it as thou sayest. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z What an arrant little hypocrite it is!" said he, drawing his arm around her waist; "and with all the will in the world to deceive, what a poor actress! Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z Please don't for a moment believe that I am such an arrant snob as to mind having a son-in-law who's engaged in business. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z "Man," said Mr. Lloyd George, "is the bravest animal that God has made; and, in comparison with him, the lion is an arrant coward." The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z More than once a fool has spoken wisely, and wise men often have been arrant fools, as Paul says, "If any one will be wise, let him become a fool." Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z If the tales that have been told me or the reports which have come to me are one-tenth true, you are the most arrant set of cowards God ever made.” Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z In addition there was a redeeming element in all she did, consecrating the most arrant deception and endowing it with purity. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z As he was, however, well known to be one of the most arrant cowards that ever buckled on a rapier, this latter story was for the most part disbelieved, as far as he was concerned. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z What a pair of arrant fools we were, not to have thought of that contingency, and to have provided for it! The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z He thought it best not to show his arrant folly to the world, and took his place again with apparent calmness. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z The real difference between the U.S. and Western Europe may just be that politicians in Europe can't get away with such arrant hypocrisy. Why do Republican politicians hate science? 2010-10-13T15:24:00Z Eighteen years on, still arrantly blackballed by his sport, the now impoverished but once true-great cricketer was seeking a fresh life in the generous land which had once so feared him. Harold Larwood's low-key leaving of England almost went unnoticed 2010-04-27T23:10:00Z They are arrant hypocrites and not one assertion in ten can be taken at its face value.” The Girl From Tim's Place Do you not see these are an arrant pair of vagrant beggars? The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z It was quite common a hundred years ago to charge Franklin with being an arrant plagiarist. The True Benjamin Franklin Your sober man's an arrant fool, His spirits are all sunk, boys; Give me your honest, jovial soul, That night and day is drunk, boys. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 This story of Commissioners is as arrant an illusion as ever was hatched in the brain of an enthusiast, a politician, or a maniac. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams “Take them to your arrant hypocrites and tell them a girl you couldn’t fool sent ’em.” The Girl From Tim's Place Like the arrant spendthrifts that we were, money was no object to us so long as our fortune lasted. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z He knew me at once, and bade me get out of his sight for an arrant self-seeking miser that would keep a shivering man from a good glass of toddy at his own fireside! Deep Moat Grange Travers is an arrant coward, as well as a knave," broke in the Major, "but if Marston has any reason to doubt his project will miscarry, he may come, too. The Man from Jericho Of course, Marmora, the Twentieth-Century Hebe, is an arrant flirt, but a girl may be that and a model of propriety at the same time. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune For with growing darkness came a dread upon him; in an access of arrant superstition he conceived of some unimaginable thing stealing near upon woman's feet. The Unknown Sea An arrant thief, he was fast travelling towards the gallows. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster There were also among the Imperialists many arrant braggadocios, and the smallest dwarf boasted of having, in his own flight, killed, in their flight, I know not how many long-legged Brandenburgers. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. “You vixen!” he cried, savagely, retreating to the door, with a pale cheek and his eyes still on her, for he was an arrant coward. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 Sandy Sal might possibly have a chance, but she has always turned out such an arrant rogue that I hesitate to recommend her. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 26 1890 Then what could Christian do, harassed and miserable, but return to brotherly guardianship to keep a dear heart safe from the tampering of an arrant trifler. The Unknown Sea She was an arrant flirt, and was only amusing herself with me till she hooked a young lord for whom she was angling. Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War When we saw this servile conduct the first time, the president of the administration, Von Sobbe, speaking to me, called the one an arrant fool, and the other the court fool. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. Like his friends she might denounce his purpose as arrant quixotry and folly. The Firebrand "But listen, Flachsen, you will agree that formerly--you know, formerly--he was an arrant scoundrel." The Progressionists, and Angela. You're an arrant flatterer, old boy," cried the youth, throwing his arm around him; "but I would not have you otherwise for the world. The Fortunes Of Glencore "But, Henry, you love me, and affection is an arrant cheat in its prophecies." Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency And that I also might have left undone, For knew I not the Patriarch to be An arrant, subtle knave? The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise But, Mistress Wanton, now must you play your masterpiece: be sure to blush, and appear but simple enough, and all is well: thou wilt pass for as arrant a chambermaid as any in the parish. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Hearn possessed supreme intellectual courage, would stick to his artistic "pedestal of faith" with a determination that was heroic, but where his nerves were concerned he was an arrant coward. Lafcadio Hearn A heart for the heartless," and this verse below:— "This maiden's an arrant young flirt; Her ways are both subtle and pert. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions I look upon this here coming out to fight no better than a bit of arrant nonsense. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency "Why, the scoundrel!" exclaimed the old Captain, this time sitting straight up in bed, "the arrant scoundrel!" Hempfield A Novel Like many others of their class, they had been accustomed to look upon a well-dressed, gentlemanly-appearing youth as an arrant coward. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone Never in all my life had I been more arrantly wakeful. A Top-Floor Idyl I didn't want to go into the tapperij and to show myself just then, but at all costs I wished to know what my father and that arrant rascal had to say to one another. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel A more scrupulous exactness in this respect would appear to me arrant pedantry, and necessarily obstruct the free movement of the mind in writing. Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes These policeman ways of his are not universally endearing and, in return, he has no faith whatever in the honesty of my associates, "arrant knaves all." Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Are all lovers such arrant beggars? give them a penny and they ask a groat. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 Sixty horses, I reflected, could lie obediently in the hollow of her hand, but just one man, who should have thanked Heaven upon his knees, had squirmed away like an arrant fool. A Top-Floor Idyl Ah! the man is even a more arrant knave than I thought. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Thus the lively Lemminkainen, Ruddy youth, and arrant scoundrel, In the room at once came forward, Walking to the very middle; 'Neath him swayed the floor of linden, And the room of firwood rattled. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two You are an arrant coward, then, for your pains! Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days By the above it will be manifest to the reader that the enunciator of these sentiments could be nothing less than an arrant flirt; as, indeed, was the case. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt For a few seconds the half-caste was taken aback, for at heart he was an arrant coward, and the mere mention of what might happen to him was sufficient to shake his nerve. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War And the fellow himself was an arrant coward. In the Whirl of the Rising This story was immediately matched by a thrice marvelous adventure of Brom Bones, who made light of the galloping Hessian as an arrant jockey. International Short Stories American It never does to encamp too near the Chinese, whom every body knows to be arrant horse stealers.” Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] It’s a shocking business, and the man must be an arrant scoundrel. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Once more I came to believe him an arrant Tory who had joined the company only that he might betray it. The Minute Boys of Boston No, no," mutters he, "the arrant snob must not try to impose upon us in that fashion. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The Vikings—"sons of the fiords"—were undoubtedly the most arrant pirates of all history. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. "I take it," said the sailor, "he must be an arrant snob." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly They are small men, but immensely hardy and strong, arrant thieves, and almost untamable. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer Nay, since the use of Geneva has become so common, many get so often drunk they cannot work at all, but run from one irregularity to another, till at last they become arrant rogues. Augusta Triumphans Or, the Way to Make London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe “I know, as city workers, we are arrant failures,” she continued, in a whisper, for their room was right next to Aunt Jane’s, and the partition was thin. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks The possessions of the Czar were prodigious, vast in extent; the people all at his nod, all his downright arrant slaves, and all the wealth of the country his own at a word's command. Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century He was an educated man, with a thick veneer of the gentleman about him, which, however, did not prevent him from being one of the two most arrant snobs I have met anywhere. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections They are small men, but immensely hardy and strong, arrant thieves, and almost untamable. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer The most arrant sceptics of the past had always one great safety, that they were in a groove; they saw, understood, sympathized with only their own civilization. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions You may be sure that he and his companion make open confession to each other that they are a pair of arrant rogues. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 They were encouraged by the lenient and apparently submissive attitude of the Americans whom they had begun to look upon as arrant cowards, who could be wheedled and whipped about as they chose. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. I wonder," he went on, apparently to himself, "if it would be possible to transplant you Gordons, that are such arrant rebels here and so loyal in the North. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway He was an arrant snob, and, if he had lived, he'd have gone about telling the most absurd stories and getting people to believe them, just on the faith of his stupidity. A Rent In A Cloud "But she will think me so unkind and capricious," protests Dulce, who is an arrant little coward, and is afraid to tell cook she no longer requires her. Portia or By Passions Rocked And the same—very same—inspiration is only methodically differentiated according as the artist is an arrant realist or an arrant idealist. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) "If you kill yourself, I shall think you are an arrant coward, and I shall be sorry I ever knew you." Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome Miss Jane, I have intended to be sincere in every respect, but it appears that, after all, I have probably been an arrant hypocrite if you believe that I dislike your brother. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Its anger is lost in an arrant cowardice, and the beast slinks within a low-mouthed cavern. In the Brooding Wild Hammersmith, who had watched this scene with intense interest, saw, or believed that he saw, in this flash the natural indignation of a candid mind face to face with arrant knavery. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories "Hush!" she said; "you are talking the most arrant nonsense." A Mad Love “You are talking arrant nonsense, for what purpose I can hardly conceive,” he said, frowning with vexation at the tragi-comedy into which he had been drawn. Cynthia's Chauffeur He has never heard of Hero and Leander, and the comparison of the missus' eyes to the stars would to him be arrant bosh. The Kempton-Wace Letters "Good mind ter go back, and not do his old arrant." Cudjo's Cave A man whom Villers declared, "of excellent parts, but withal of a base and ungrateful temper, and an arrant knave, yet a fit instrument for the purposes of the government." The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence "Dainty, I believe you are an arrant coward, after all, as your cousin Olive told me this morning." Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday A great deal of censure was cast at the time upon these men, and they were accused of arrant cowardice by the Northern press. History of Morgan's Cavalry I have called her an arrant flirt a score of times, but she just laughs. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories Henri is an arrant fool—if you had only sat next to them! The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Fossils of theology, dead as Ezekiel's bones, took to their feet again, and stood up for most arrant wrong. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence They knew that Dainty had never traveled alone in her life, and that she was an arrant little coward among strangers. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday Why, certainly," replied her brother, smiling, "they look a brace of arrant Cockneys! Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. “Her business surely demands it still,” said I. Only an arrant landsman could have reconciled the lumbering old craft with any idea of privateering; but this was only my theory, and I clung to it. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) I would have none think that I call them thieves; For, if I did, it would be arrant lies.” Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative I know those men by heart—each is an arrant coward when alone. Wings of the Wind In the next chapter, when I come to deal with his telegraphic voyages and give some taste of his correspondence, the reader will still find him at twenty-five an arrant schoolboy. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 James trembled violently, for at heart he was an arrant coward, and the being met by a stranger, alone, close to nightfall and in the forest, filled him with the greatest terror. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Southey and Mr. Gladstone talked arrant nonsense when they disputed the logical or practical value of the doctrines laid down by Locke. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) They could have no sufficient excuse for deserting Paris so precipitately, and if they did they would appear arrant cowards. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone His face became blanched, and his hands shook in abject fear, although nothing else could have been expected from him, as he was an arrant coward. Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew An arrant impostor," put in the Sub-Pacha, "with the airs of a god. Dreamers of the Ghetto For such gentle business, not old Richelieu was better fitted with a set of arrant scoundrels. Dwellers in the Hills And a caviller might perhaps go farther, and ask the significant question, Are we not known all over the world as a race of arrant braggarts? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy As any good man should be," continued Jem, "for these were arrant scoundrels; one of them I knew, and his name is Doctor Chord. The O'Ruddy A Romance Am�lie's arguments were piffle or worse to her, and her willingness to undergo "martyrdom" for them was the most arrant pigheadedness, as the martyrdom of alien creeds usually is. In a Little Town Most of the rest, however, were arrant cowards. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main Your friend is an arrant blackguard to have treated his wife as he has, and to have betrayed you because you took her part. The White Lie It is only by great good luck that anybody ever shoots a coyote, although in countries where they abound every man’s hand is against them; they are such arrant thieves, as well as cowards. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas They never gossip, sir!—for gossips, sir, are the most arrant of cowards! Sunlight Patch Our King is in great grief, That thou shouldst lie upon the sea, And play the arrant thief, 7. Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series Both arms wildly sawing the air, Ike shivered and shrank like the arrant craven he was at heart. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer You are as arrant a book-madman as any of those renowned bibliomaniacs whom you celebrated yesterday evening!—Yet, if you love me, take me with you! Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Now quickly, explain to me," Lord Henry began severely, "why you have anything to do with this arrant nonsense. Too Old for Dolls A Novel Still, she hoped, as Major Roper was deemed on all hands an arrant old gossip, that he might accidentally say something to enlighten her. Somehow Good She was talking arrant nonsense in self-defence, for every fibre of her being was quivering at his presence. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker You maintain the Queen’s title with the help of an arrant heretic, Tyndale.’—‘You speak of Papists there, sir,’ said Mr Mason. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution To protest against the intrigue, bribery, and corruption of public life, to desire that her sons might follow some business that did not involve lying, cheating, and a hard, grinding selfishness, would be arrant nonsense. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Once in the city, he went directly about his “arrant.” Judith Lynn A Story of the Sea There 's ne'er a villain dwelling in all Denmark But he 's an arrant knave. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Next to her came Tay Ho, a son of Hastings, five years old, who might have divided honors with the favorites but for being an arrant rogue. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 In twelve mouths Mr. Solicitor might be proved a scoundrel, for at heart all lawyers were arrant rogues; in which case matters would be still worse. A Book About Lawyers Now be it known that this Mr. Grump was one of the most arrant scoundrels that ever went unhung. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston I don’t know what your arrant is, an’ I don’t need to know, but here’s good luck on it!” Judith Lynn A Story of the Sea Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless arrant: Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant: Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Swift has appended a note, "an arrant rascal," but Finch's great offence with the dean was probably his advancement by George I. rather than his conduct of state trials as here described. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Tubbs was putty in the hands of Smith, who could play upon his vanity and ignorance to any degree—though he believed that beyond a certain point Tubbs was an arrant coward. 'Me--Smith' I should be but an arrant humbug to affect to despise the honor that the world seems disposed to bestow upon us. Doctor Jones' Picnic He has sent for the most prudential persons on change to ask their advice concerning this addition, which he considers arrant folly. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I Cockatoo Island finished what the native police commenced; and but for his arrant cowardice, and the dread of the settler's fire-arms, he would have been as great a ruffian as ever traversed the bush. Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter The cleverest people were the easiest mystified, and when once the deception took place, it mattered not how arrant the nonsense or how exaggerated the costume. Spare Hours The dialogue between Don Manuel and Don Philip, in which the former undertakes to "bamboozle" the son of his friend, whom he conceives to be an arrant impostor, is absolutely a masterpiece of humour. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 Love’s fair in the cradle, Foul in the fable, ’Tis either too cold or too hot; An arrant liar, Fed by desire, It is and yet it is not. Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age To doubt what they believed could only be ascribed to arrant folly or to wickedness. The Hero He is not only a great brute, but he is an arrant coward into the bargain. With Haig on the Somme It was plain he was an arrant coward. The Bradys Beyond Their Depth The Great Swamp Mystery In the first place, the most brilliant school successes often turned out to be the most arrant life failures, while the school derelicts frequently became life successes of stellar magnitude. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) A hundred times he had blacknamed himself for an arrant fool because he had not anticipated 150 the move of his enemy and homesteaded on his own account. Crooked Trails and Straight That they were arrant smugglers was a characteristic of the times and of the locality; it is not for us to judge them. The Cornwall Coast So, though our nerves may be quaking, Dumbly, in arrant despair, Pay we the crowd that is taking All that the traffic will bear. Something Else Again King Jacket was designated as an arrant rogue and a desperate thief. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century "Just look here, Carruthers; did you ever see such a piece of arrant tomfoolery——" He turned his head, and saw it was not Carruthers. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War And this is true, although we exclude crimes and arrant swindles from the definition of it, according to the somewhat careful explanation which is given in the beginning of the chapter succeeding this one. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages I was a most arrant coward when I mounted the veranda. A Virginia Scout Why should I grieve to see That men for love such arrant fools can be? Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx I am talking arrant nonsense, just raving at you, you think, and I sound rather absurd even to myself. To Love That further study may accredit as facts, or at least as founded on facts, some other marvels in that record cannot, except by arrant dogmatism, be pronounced improbable. Miracles and Supernatural Religion You will find then in the libraries of the most arrant idlers all that orators or historians have written—book-cases built up as high as the ceiling. The Care of Books Theology here asserts either arrant nonsense, or else grave injustice. Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect The episode was, on the whole, so foul in its revelation of greed that even Wall Street was horrified—not at the arrant double-dealing exposed, but that the "System" should descend to such vulgar malpractice. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Jaques, finely portrayed by Fuller Mellish, delivers that arrant bit of nonsense "The Seven Ages of Man" in such a manner as a man might tell a rather serious story in a drawing room. The Merry-Go-Round If I had I should have told you an arrant falsehood. Vixen, Volume I. What arrant nonsense a man can be capable of when he is headstrong to begin with! Five Little Peppers at School How many a man lives and dies without giving any sign whether he be an arrant coward, or a true-hearted, brave hero! The Bertrams We have a perception of infinite goodness, just sufficient to make us conclude that we are "arrant knaves, all of us," and just enough belief in immortality "to perplex our wills." The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 They began by demanding stuffs and iron in exchange for their wares, and soon some of them proved themselves arrant thieves. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century And for any thing I know, I am an arrant coward, Do not trust me, I think I am a coward. The Little French Lawyer A Comedy “What arrant nonsense!” exclaimed Mrs. Chatterton passionately, and unable to control herself at the prospect of losing Polly for a reader, which she couldn't endure, as she thoroughly enjoyed her services in that line. Five Little Peppers at School "You have condemned us," he proceeded, "on the testimony of two as arrant scoundrels as can be found in California;" and he pointed scornfully at Bill Mosely and his partner. Ben's Nugget A Boy's Search For Fortune Then, too, Squire Hazeldean, though as arrant a Tory as ever stood upon shoe-leather, is certainly not a vampire nor bloodsucker. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Do you know, I feel myself to be an arrant coward. The Uncalled A Novel As arrant a Gentleman, and a brave fellow, And so near to his blood— La-writ. The Little French Lawyer A Comedy If I am hang’d, it shall be for ridding the World of an arrant Rascal. The Beggar's Opera to which is prefixed the Musick to each Song Give another word in place of "arrant" that will mean the same thing. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature "I wonder if I'm being the most arrant blackguard!" Mufti There was a padre named Pastor, an arrant coward, and wholly ignorant and superstitious. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia I had not been brave—I had been an arrant little coward, but I vowed that nobody, not even Kate, should suspect it. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Martin Pelaez, when we first knew him, was an arrant coward, for though strong, well-formed and versed in the use of arms, he more than once fled before the enemy. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide I thought myself very clever and very wise, but I now know that I was an arrant fool. The Three Midshipmen The harp being now tuned, Altisidora began the following song14:— Wake, sir knight, now love's invading, Sleep in Holland sheets no more; When a nymph is serenading, 'Tis an arrant shame to snore. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote Monks in many instances proved themselves to be arrant knaves, and among every assemblage of mortals such will ever be found in time to leaven the whole mass. The Three Commanders I've been an arrant coward and a doubting Thomas and a wet blanket all through the expedition. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 But it is very clear that such a conception, if carried out consistently to extreme lengths and applied indiscriminately to everything, must result in arrant folly. Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria He could not bully, but he could give abundant evidence of being still an arrant donkey. The Three Midshipmen You are a motherless child, and there's someone filling your head with arrant nonsense. A Young Mutineer We must depend on our own wits, though, for it’s impossible to get any correct information from the Portuguese officers—they are most of them as arrant slave-dealers as the Arabs themselves. The Three Commanders Well, both sermon and prayer are often arrant fudge. Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert What an arrant old fool I was to propose coming up here! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy No, thou arrant knave; I would to God that I might have thee hanged: thou hast drawn my shoulder out of joint. Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Serious essays were written to prove their pre-historic origin, and to claim for them a history that in our day reads as arrant nonsense. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce There, where the gnarled monuments of sand Howl their dark whirlwinds to the levin brand; Conclusive tenderness; fraternal grog, Tidy conjunction; adamantine bog, Impetuous arrant toadstool; Thundering quince, Repentant dog-star, inessential Prince, Expound. The Book of Humorous Verse The meaning of arrant is almost entirely due to association with "thief." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) He was an arrant coward, though, and would not fight a woman if she said boo. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi They teach it to face all difficulties manfully, and to turn with equal manliness from vain and presumptuous speculations, which, under a boastful show of profundity, conceal invariably an arrant dogmatism. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 “Don’t they talk the most arrant stuff?—specially that McAllister, who is forever speakin’ about things that he don’t understand, and that nobody else does!” Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication Accordingly, that dignified individual took an opportunity of remarking to the king that he considered the English arrant cowards. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 It means lit. wandering, vagabond, so that the arrant thief is nearly related to the knight errant, and to the Justices in eyre, Old Fr. eire, Lat. iter, a way, journey. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) This was no doubt arrant nonsense, but nothing seemed laughable when Gambardella assumed that tone. Stradella The brilliant scholar may be an arrant fool. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year "What arrant nonsense!" exclaimed Nelson, with some exasperation. How Janice Day Won The tea was carried in as she spoke, and she rose to seat herself at the table, giving a friendly smile at the trim maid who had replaced the arrant “housekeeper.” The Love Affairs of Pixie He affirmed that Popular Sovereignty, "the great staple" of the Douglas campaign, was "the most arrant Quixotism that was ever enacted before a community." Fifty Years of Public Service He is, though capable of gratitude towards those from whom he has received kindness, often treacherous and revengeful, and Dr Livingstone considers him an arrant coward. Stories of Animal Sagacity "If the old woman has got any arrant at all, it's likely it's to your mother and me." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 Why, this is an arrant counterfeit rascal; a cut-purse; I remember him now. King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre Bourne said, but it maintains the queen's title with the help of an arrant heretic, Tyndal. The Reign of Mary Tudor Our Northern spring is the most arrant of coquettes,—the most delicious in allurement, the swiftest in retreat. The Chief End of Man "You vixen!" he cried, retreating to the door, with a pale cheek and his eyes still on her, for he was an arrant coward. In Kings' Byways A corps of MacNicolls, arrant knaves from all airts, worse than the Macaulays or the Gregarach themselves, do not come banging at the burgh door of Inner-aora at this uncanny hour for a child's play. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn The object of their quarrel was the blacksmith's daughter in the neighbouring village—a remarkably pretty girl and an arrant flirt. A Master of Mysteries Second, the fellow was an arrant coward, and he would never have offered the least resistance unless convinced that he was in imminent peril of his life—which was improbable. The Paternoster Ruby "But Miss Bly the's come here this mornin' of a funny sort of a arrant, to my thinking, though her seems to fancy it's as solemn a business as a burying." Aunt Rachel He was an arrant coward like the most of his downtrodden race. Tess of the Storm Country For in this matter of smittal plagues we Highlanders are the most arrant cowards. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Such symbols fall as men depart, Brief is the reign of arrant might; The vicious and the vile at heart Give way in time before the right. The Path to Home Do you fancy that I am so arrant a fool as to shut off the very feeders whereby my hungry hell is supplied? The Holy Cross and Other Tales We may remark here that Antonio afterwards proved to be a stout, able, willing man, and a faithful servant, although a most arrant coward. Black Ivory Many brave men there are who, although quite fearless in regard to danger and death, are the most arrant cowards in the matter of superstition, and could be made to flee before a mere fancy. The Lifeboat He is an arrant knave, a smuggler—a—an ungrateful rascal. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines When the truth first really came home to him he quailed like an arrant coward. In the Track of the Troops It is true the Bushmen were arrant thieves, and committed great havoc among the frontier farmers at various times, and it was both natural and right that these farmers should defend their homes and property. Six Months at the Cape Have we not heard how many hundreds of so-called black converts in this and in other colonies are arrant hypocrites, or at all events give way before the simplest temptations?” The Settler and the Savage “Bah! you are fools; all of you arrant idiots!” cried a wild-looking ragged man in the neighbouring cell, starting up and glaring at them as he clenched his fists. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale “You have an arrant rebel for a father, then, I fear,” said the Prince. The Boy who sailed with Blake They are generally, I fancy, arrant cowards, and prefer pillaging old dowagers, who are likely to afford good booty without any risk,” said Nettleship. Paddy Finn Still, as he had volunteered to go, it would be arrant cowardice if he turned back. Mountain Moggy The Stoning of the Witch “Oh, you humbug, you arrant humbug,” exclaimed Spellman, sitting up in his hammock and clenching his fist at me. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days The Irishman soon discovered that the Moor was a conceited coxcomb and a barefaced boaster, and ere long began to suspect that he was an arrant coward. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale “Noa, sur; I’d sooner cut out my tongue than give ye up to them arrant knaves!” exclaimed Green, doubling his fist, and shaking it in the direction he supposed that the outlaws were collected. The Gilpins and their Fortunes A Story of Early Days in Australia He says that they are arrant thieves, and so we find them. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific “I’ll tell you what,” answered Buttar, bursting into a fit of laughter, “I look upon the affair as a bit of arrant tom-foolery; and so you may tell the donkeys who drew it up.” Ernest Bracebridge School Days “Never fear,” said my father, “they are arrant cowards, and there are no large packs hereabouts to do us harm.” With Axe and Rifle What arrant fools the men must be to think of such nonsense,” exclaimed the colonel, in a contemptuous tone. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea “It may be as well, as he has said, to be on our guard, for the Zulus in these parts are arrant thieves, and will not scruple to steal if they have the chance.” Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand They are arrant rogues, and rob travellers, when they can, by open violence. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Blackall when sober might pass for a very brave fellow: his true character came out when he was drunk, and he showed himself an arrant coward, as he had done on this occasion. Ernest Bracebridge School Days Martin Prentis, who has been a good deal among them, says that they are arrant cowards, and will only attack people when they find them unprepared.” With Axe and Rifle How the poor fellow did howl! but he deserved it; for he was an arrant coward. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea But if I prove to you that you are utterly wrong, and that the young dog is an arrant thief, what then?” Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel Kamrasi was a thorough tyrant, and, at the same time, an arrant coward. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley He proved himself again and again to be an arrant coward; and, coward-like, he tried to tyrannise over the weaker. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers Well, he’s a poor descendant of the first Adam, for if that fellow is not an arrant coward my name isn’t Bolter.” Middy and Ensign “There are a great many arrant rogues bearing that title,” said the Jew, his eyes twinkling as he spoke. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea Sometimes they are the most arrant cowards, and will turn and run away at the slightest appearance of resistance or attack. Three Boys in the Wild North Land He preys only on the smallest quadrupeds, and with all his voracity he is an arrant poltroon. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Grena, I know not how it hath been with you, but for me, I have been an arrant coward. All's Well Alice's Victory The other canon shook his head in dismay at such arrant folly. The Armourer's Prentices This propensity was a love of sport, especially if indulged secretly, unlawfully, and at the expense of somebody else; in a word, they were arrant poachers, the man in fact, the boy at heart. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys Besides, as to the wretched and unhappy man who has caused all this trouble, are not such characters, with all their bluster, commonly arrant cowards when they find themselves firmly confronted?” Amos Huntingdon Seeing that Tom Jerrold was the culprit, however, he soon quieted down, being an arrant sneak and afraid of him. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea Either Pixie was guilty, in which case she was one of the most arrant little hypocrites that could be imagined, or she was innocent, and a marvel of sweetness and charity. Pixie O'Shaughnessy Here comes that arrant knave, the king's brother-in-law. The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika Compared with us, it has always seemed to me that you are arrant cowards,—that we alone are brave. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 As I knew the fellow to be an arrant harbourer of smugglers and rebels, I took his lamentation for what it was worth. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 Now I said: "Mademoiselle, if you will permit me to share your bundle of pelts, I believe I can prove to you that it is not such arrant nonsense, after all." The Rose of Old St. Louis “What can be more proper,” said he, “when she herself is the arrantest of thieves.” The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell It's of no use denying it, but I am an arrant gambler at heart; I must and will have a gamble on this. Belles and Ringers For myself, I judge that it was nothing less than an arrant humbug. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 We are arrant knaves all, believe none of us— Go thy ways to a nunnery! Shakspere, Personal Recollections And mingled with my rage was an intolerable sense of mortification that I had made such an arrant fool of myself before all these older men and lovely women. The Rose of Old St. Louis My life on it, neither the reigning monarch, nor his confidential servants, are such arrant dunces, as to be guilty of so much weakness. The Two Admirals "Go to bed, you arrant little humbug," replied Jim, with a perceptible quiver of his right eye. Belles and Ringers But, after all, it was arrant nonsense for Hamilton to act like this. The Triflers Jovial Captain Robinson was a coward, an arrant cur, yet he infinitely preferred having to tackle flesh and blood, to battling with a ghost. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series The occurrence of the plague in a city usually gave rise to an exhibition of the most arrant cowardice, and all who could, fled. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages Nor was there ever such folly, such arrant "faking" as this! Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques First he lived in the woods, I fancy; and they say he was the most arrant young poacher in the district, though he was so cunning that he was never caught. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS The blustering old man at bottom was an arrant coward. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) Were arrant lies as ever woman told; And though not mine, I claim the price for them— This cap stuffed full of ducats twice a year! Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Your good guide, your dear guide, your pet guide, whom Neighbor So-and-so, going abroad, must look up immediately on his arrival, this invaluable creature, depend upon it, is an arrant flatterer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 And yet quite a number of the men are arrant snobs, refusing to associate with, often even to notice, others whose dollars count fewer than their own. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 With submission, I hold that this theory is arrant nonsense. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals While they dream of higher profits And of interest accrued. 55We condemn the youthful shirker And we say his heart's not right, But there's many an arrant slacker Not eligible to fight. War Rhymes by Wayfarer I think it would be arrant folly to send her there. The Making of Mary They were frightened away by a shot or two from the revolver; but soon returned, to set up such howls as would freeze one's blood, though they are arrant cowards. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Isn't that arrant nonsense on the face of it? The Henchman It is an arrant begging of the question; for the very problem is, Does not an invisible spiritual entity survive the visible material disintegration? The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The report about my having published again is, of course, an arrant lie. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle When it is finished, I will read them aloud, supplying some words which will make sense—or, what is much better, arrant nonsense—of the whole. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside Indeed Trundle's class-room was filled with the most arrant collection of frauds that have ever sat together this side of the Inferno. The Loom of Youth Nothing can please her, nothing not inflame; And arrant contradictions are the same. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 We have seen him, too, as the ringleader in mischief and the arrantest rogue in the play. The Growth of English Drama And then I saw that the greatest brawlers about liberty, when they come to be tried, are often the most arrant despots and tyrants on the face of the earth. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story A case like this needs very little proof—they are arrant swindlers, evidently—with all that foolery of dress about them! Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside He is an arrant coward as a rule, and, hot-headed fool as he is, jumps from his low, wall-less house only to meet the foeman's lance. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir In the first place, you are an arrant hypocrite. The President A novel My compatriots did not know at all what a planet is; they were all arrant ignoramuses. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary For an evolutionist to argue man's relation to his physical environment to be external in its physical aspects would be deemed arrant folly. Nature Mysticism Few people know that large numbers of the splendid seamen who man our North Sea fishing fleets are arrant Cockneys. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary To give what might be kept without suspicion is, without doubt, arrant knavery. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 "The most arrant wild-goose chase that ever I heard of in all my life," he muttered to himself, as he halted at his own door. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 "You are an arrant coward, Charles," Mrs. Rowe hissed, leaning across the table and shaking her head violently. The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' "Miss Rosser!" he cried suddenly, "I am the most arrant humbug!" Enter Bridget The Missouri Indians were arrant cowards in the matter of war. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark As a rule, however, you may trust your Indian, who is an arrant coward, to look out for this very carefully. Ways of Wood Folk This is only done by imaginary transformations, by a course of arrant juggling. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism The menace, however, did not fail to exercise its effect upon the bullying guard who instantly became an arrant coward. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben But I discovered he was an arrant knave—a real whitewashed devil, and I could with difficulty refrain from telling him my thoughts. Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. Don't you waste your time talking any more such arrant nonsense. A Little Mother to the Others It was generally arrant nonsense that he told them. Up in Ardmuirland It was all arrant nonsense, anyhow; nothing could possibly happen; if there did, he would feel certain that he no longer dwelt in a real workaday world. The Adventures of Kathlyn He was an arrant coward, and, more than that, he stood as much in fear of Marmion as if he had been a bear or panther. Frank Among The Rancheros Like many another brave fellow, fearless in every respect but one, he was an arrant coward before that one overpowering fear of being laughed at. The Quilt that Jack Built; How He Won the Bicycle But the arrant Low escaped without injury, and continued his career of contemptible crime for some time longer. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts We look upon the American Colonization Society as one of the most arrant enemies of the colored man, ever seeking to discomfit him, and envying him of every privilege that he may enjoy. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States We remember his weeping at the wedding-breakfast over the loss of his eldest treasure, and wonder if he was an arrant humbug, or only a foolish, fond old man, inclining morosely toward the former opinion. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' I do not think that even Clara," he said, "is quite fool enough not to recognize in Borrowdean the arrant opportunist. A Lost Leader "What I mean and what you mean is that—that I'm an arrant coward." The Sheriff's Son He was considered quite clever at playing the organ in the little village church, singing the mass, teaching school, and a hundred other things, but at speaking English he was known as an arrant failure. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories From that time forth, the colored people generally have had no sympathy with the colonization scheme, nor confidence in its leaders, looking upon them all, as arrant hypocrites, seeking every opportunity to deceive them. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States It is arrant folly, not to mention wickedness, to make enemies for the little while we are here. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) All this I find announced in newspapers and even in books as the breakdown of scientific materialism: and yet, when was materialism more arrant and barbarous than in these announcements? Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy Five Essays She was honest and sweet, but she was an arrant little flirt, and Val was not the first man who had kissed her. Secret Bread "They are arrant cowards, these Boers," he cried, stamping the echoing ground; "why don't they come on and fight us like men?" Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege The most arrant criminals, the most dangerous atheists, the most sincere Protestants, demand of the priest not only literal obedience to his vows, but a sublime observance of their spirit. Charred Wood If they ever permitted themselves seriously to question the rightness of it; to submit patriotism and courage to an acid analysis, they might suddenly turn arrant cowards. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. Why, ready money, ready money; you carry it about you: give and take is square-dealing; for in my conscience he's as arrant a maid as you are. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 I treated their fears as arrant nonsense, but told them to come and argue it out with me in my own room. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Much arrant nonsense is vented concerning the 'class-hatred' stirred up by any criticism of the rich. The Clarion For Kitty was none of your arrant and promiscuous flirts who count "all fish that come to their net." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Finally every figure produced was a most arrant libel on nature. Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters Basha was an arrant rebel, and hated the very sight of a red coat. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors He is thus enabled to steer a middle course between arrant conceit and childish fright. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology "If you will only have the impulse to dance with me—on the Nile——" "Why not risk it?" she challenged lightly, arrant mischief in her eyes. The Palace of Darkened Windows That's Tom Benchley," whispered the inspector, "and in spite of his big words and fierce looks, an arrant coward at heart. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia The Indian is cruel as the grave, but he is an arrant coward. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Each line starts off by itself, in resolute independence of its companions, without a visible goal ... it begins like verse and turns out to be arrant prose. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned She seemed to him to be an arrant, pushing baggage, running after notoriety and display. Joanna Godden The great English carnival of gamblers is over for a month or two; the bookmakers have retired to winter quarters after having waxed fat during the year on the money risked by arrant simpletons. Side Lights Mrs. Nevill Tyson's last sentence seemed to detach itself and float about the room, and Miss Batchelor perceived with a pang of pleasure that if Tyson's wife was not vulgar she was an arrant fool. The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) His sentimentalization of it is gross—there is no other word—and at bottom the story is as wildly untrue to life as the most arrant Sunday-school prize ever published by the Religious Tract Society. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 Ever heard tell of it, you arrant Punjabi? Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Curiously enough, my philosophy did little to relieve me of that physical condition, for as someone has said, "Philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey." Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment They sent an arrant rogue on the errand. McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book But what for I stop here, wasting my precious time, and keeping you from doing you master's arrant? The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times I am inclined to favour the idea that these creatures are just as tenacious of life as human beings are; but to say they have keener intuitive capacity than we is arrant nonsense. Windjammers and Sea Tramps In life the most arrant coward will sometimes fight; the bravest man at times lacks nerve; the generous man may sometimes show the spirit of the niggard. The Colossus A Novel And Charles Baines, an old time lawyer, Stood here professional top sawyer; He owned a bull dog, arrant thief! Recollections of Bytown and Its Old Inhabitants He knew how arrantly superstitious they were, most of them. A Maid of the Silver Sea "I see," said I, warmly, "and I will sink the rules and all the rest, and trust to a little rough justice being done on an arrant scamp." Acton's Feud A Public School Story "Your daughter is the most arrant little liar I ever knew!" Christian's Mistake Where the sutler acts like an arrant scamp, And aids the contractor to rob the camp; Both of them serving the South in its sin, And all of them helping the devil to win. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 My heir will be an arrant fleet one Lady, I'le swear you were a maid when I first lay with ye. Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) "But that makes the whole thing only the more arrant nonsense," grumbled Ray. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him "It's sure, you know, to be an arrant imitation of somebody, while in your other things you have never been anybody but yourself." A Daughter of To-Day It was to him the most irritating sight in the world; for what were all those swarming weavers and spinners but arrant radicals, upstarts, sworn foes of ancient institutions and the landed interests of England? International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 There he stood with the wry, dazed look of a man who suddenly finds himself guilty of arrant stupidity, watching the cars whiz past on their way to the open country. Truxton King A Story of Graustark If I miss thee again, I am an arrant bungler. Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) My new self-confidence resented this; and I said to myself, 'If Marcus Harding can tell a lie to me, who almost worshiped him, he must be an arrant hypocrite.' The Dweller on the Threshold "Look here, old man, what made you say you were an arrant coward?" The Belfry And Jodocus he's so arrant a Sot, that if he were not ty'd up to the Habit of his Order, he would walk the Streets in a Fool's Cap with Ears and Bells at it. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. We have not been called upon at any time to question his courage; we have, on the other hand, seen times when he displayed the most arrant foolhardiness. Truxton King A Story of Graustark It was an arrant piece of cowardice on the part of "the leaders," who failed to lead and who shamefully broke faith with Mr Birrell and their Liberal allies. Ireland Since Parnell "Then all I can say is that he's a coward—an arrant abject coward." The Dweller on the Threshold I believe I shall become as arrant a scribbler as somebody else. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Larn, then, O wayfarer, that the people of Boo Parry are most arrant gentiles, heathens, and carribals. The Great Taboo The Governor had the reputation of being an arrant coward. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam We are quite sure that when the fight comes on this man with the lubricated tongue will prove an arrant coward; we assume that he will run at the first smell of smoke. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women "This is a case of arrant cruelty to a man of my temper," said the Prince. Saracinesca "They are arrant cannibals, Yoomy," said Media, "and desire the privilege of eating each other up." Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Among many entertaining, narrations, old Braid-Beard, crossing his calves, and peaking his beard, regaled us with some account of certain invisible spirits, ycleped the Plujii, arrant little knaves as ever gulped moonshine. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Here is a far-famed publishing house the sight of which takes you back with a jump to your boyhood, your youthful, arrant, adventurous reading. Walking-Stick Papers And as we went down the stairs together we chanted the Kyrie eleison for our small sins, easing conscience by the mutual confession that we were arrant hypocrites. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women "You are an arrant rogue," he said; "now take yourself off," and he brought the candle to light me out. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 He was a delicate, feeble boy; not good at work; womanish in his ways; inclined to go in for petty bullying, until a boy showed fight, when he discovered himself to be an arrant coward. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man You are talking nonsense, my friend, arrant drivel—nothing less. The Rocks of Valpre "None but old Mr. Scott, at least so far as I know," said Corbridge, "and he need not expect any help from him, for that ancient personage is a most arrant disbeliever in spiritualism." Amos Kilbright; His Adscititious Experiences I had also to manage as arrant a crew of scapegraces as were ever collected together within the walls of a theatre. Tales of a Traveller It was Kalashnikov, an arrant scoundrel and horse-stealer, whose father and uncle kept a tavern in Bogalyovka, and disposed of the stolen horses where they could. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories He is indeed an arrant little epicure of perfume and sweet sounds, and gives forth several songs which "seem to sound in the air, and as if the person playing them were invisible." Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England See scoundrel. villainous, a. unprincipled, knavish, arrant, depraved, atrocious. villainy, n. depravity, wickedness, turpitude, rascality, scoundrelism, atrocity. vim, n. Putnam's Word Book And while he was casting about how he might acquit them, lo, in came a young man, one Publius Ambustus, a desperate character, and known to all the Romans for an arrant thief. The Decameron, Volume II Nothing, I am convinced, but the poetical temperament, that hurried me into the scrape, brought me out of it without my becoming an arrant vagabond. Tales of a Traveller Close in their rear marched the Van Vlotens, or Kaats-kill, horrible quavers of new cider, and arrant braggarts in their liquor. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete Noah's wife is an arrant shrew, and they fall at odds in the outset, both of them swearing by the Virgin Mary. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England Antonyms: retain, maintain, continue, cherish. abandon, n. unrestraint, wantonness. abandoned, a. forsaken, deserted, derelict, castaway, rejected; depraved, reprobate, incorrigible, arrant, graceless, irreformable. abandonment, n. desertion, relinquishment, dereliction, reprobation, surrender, evacuation, rejection, abdication. Putnam's Word Book No good morning shall you have from us: rather we pray God to give you bad years enough to make an end of you, seeing that there lives no more arrant and faithless traitor. The Decameron, Volume II As arrant a knave as any in his time. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings You're an arrant little Rebel, my dear; but I like you immensely. Shenandoah Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 He was an arrant and inveterate hunter after anecdotes, and seems to have caught up, without sifting, whatever quaint or curious matter came in his way. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England But sometimes even kings have been arrant noodles, and their credulity quite as amusing—or amazing—as that of their subjects. The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies The bed shook; the basin and ewer rattled together like imperfect false teeth in the mouth of an arrant coward; the walls of the hotel shook. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories Truly you were an arrant simpleton to leave the weapon in your brother's breast. The Thirsty Sword Who could have foreseen this arrant snobbishness in the excellent child of nature, Mrs. Tams? The Price of Love I took only one of my people with me, an arrant knave, called Rascal, who had contrived to make himself necessary to me by his cleverness and who could suspect nothing of today's occurrence. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English T seems to have been common to most countries, from very ancient times, for the inhabitants of a particular district, town, or village to be popularly regarded as pre-eminently foolish, arrant noodles or simpletons. The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies Once stranded he becomes an arrant coward—afraid of his own shadow. Laugh and Live Brother, you will laugh at me, no doubt, for an arrant dreamer, but this is the place whereto in dreams I have been many a time. Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln The murmur and the shout that went up from the wondering throng must have been as music in the ears of the arrant fraud. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion His anger had the strange effect of making him an arrant coward. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) It was most unfortunate that at this moment the places of these two men should have been taken by two as arrant fanatics as ever drew breath. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty She knew that she was also just one of the horde moving up and down the streets searching for something while, in arrant foolishness or within august foibles, claiming others and being claimed by them. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America But I didn't want to go away from here and leave you to think me an arrant coward. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book Now in broad daylight, the generous sunshine flooding him, the smooth river purring and glittering at his feet, belief in grim and ghostly happenings became more than ever inadmissible, not to say quite arrantly grotesque. Deadham Hard I was a youth then, and an arrant fool! The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Why should we not make life as happy to ourselves and to others as we can—however worthless, however arrant a cheat it may be? Paul Faber, Surgeon I stared at him in amazement; for his assertion sounded like nothing more or less than arrant nonsense. The Mystery of 31 New Inn The physicians here," he adds, "are the arrantest charlatans in Europe, or the most ignorant of all pretending fools. Sterne Our poor thin stipends make us arrant dunces. The Spanish Curate A Comedy She was an arrant highwayman,—this old lady,—a creature of craft and violence. Darrel of the Blessed Isles He was an arrant scape-grace, plundering cupboards, gardens, and orchards, lifting the gates of mill-races by night, and playing a thousand other practical and not always innocent jokes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 Tug at an Oar? you are not arrant rascals, To catch me in a pit-fall, and betray me? Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (1 of 10) - the Custom of the Country Then we must set down this Sir Smees, after all, for an arrant rogue; for this is the very man we met at Benedetta's the past night. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet As a child he was an arrant pilferer, stealing milk and butter from every house, while as a youth he has trifled with other men's wives. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry |
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