| 单词 | milksop |
| 例句 | “Took you all for milksops at first. Deepest apologies,” he added, with a bow. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z As the scroll fell back down into the road yet again, Constance called aloud, “Put some energy into it, you little milksop. I’m not hanging about here all day.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Still, this is one of Ashton’s most sentimental and thin creations; I can’t enjoy the way Marguerite continually abases herself to both Armand and his father; and why are the surrounding men such milksops? Fall for Dance Festival Is Short but Packed 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Over here, we're well known internationally for churning out effeminate milksops. Mumford & Sons; Tom Odell – review 2012-12-16T00:06:02Z Another major aim of the book is to present Rogers as a radical pacifist—not a wimpy milksop, but a man of great and countercultural conviction. Fred Rogers, quiet radical: The misunderstood legacy of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Anthony Weiner: Is this man — this milksop, this harlequin in boxers — actually single-handedly responsible for our current political reality? Perspective | I’m going to think about Anthony Weiner this one last time and then that’s it 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Gray displayed his politics with disarming plainness – he believed in Scottish independence and socialism; I was a milksop unionist and social democrat. Frightening and downright filthy: why everyone must read Alasdair Gray 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Today’s milksop egalitarians probably will flinch from such a robust attack on inequality, assisted by the rats that carried the fleas whose intestines carried the bacterial strain. Opinion | Want to reduce inequality? Try the Black Death. 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Because the other alternative is that Americans have collectively become the most hypersensitive group of whining milksops ever assembled under one flag. Jim Norton: Trever Noah Isn't the Problem. You Are. 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Well, if you can let that nancified milksop mess you about, you can put up with me. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z I ain't no milksop, I can tell you, and the whole lot of you'll have to get a move on, or out you go. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z You young milksop," roared Denys, "these things must not be looked at so, or not another bow would be drawn nor quarel fly in forest nor battle-field. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The late lord had given her little experience of the milksop! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z And Shane, surprised that his stiff cousin should be such a milksop, changed the subject to the building of his towers. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z We thought him a milksop, a tame cat, a poor, weak, interloping, unprofitable creature who would sidle obsequiously into your house, and make his home there. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z You are not a milksop; you were made to live your whole life. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z "I hear they're pretty strenuous over there, but—well——" "You don't know what I go through every day at that confounded home for milksops when your back is turned," I pleaded, as he hesitated. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z I do not wish to see him a milksop boy, afraid of everything and everybody about him. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z I don't want a milksop for a son-in-law. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z Well, well! let us consign to oblivion all the pranks you must have played to have been metamorphosed from a milksop to a madcap. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z Michael was a milksop at that time, and had not many more hairs on his lip than I have on my fist. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z You little miserable wretch!" burst out Grand, slowly and terribly; "you little, mean, sneaking, spying, contemptible milksop! Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z Say, is that the sort of milksops this here scout business makes of boys? Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z On the other hand, you must not sneer at us or call us milksops. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z When you were a boy, you had every appearance of turning out a regular milksop. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z Gentlemen, I have promised this milksop, this bald mustache, to clip his ears for him, and I'll clip them as true as I am Kharlamp. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z So we went ahead fearlessly, and our first encounter with one of their kind was not calculated to terrify us--a beardless milksop, half-starved and frozen. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z They are essentially manly, and he used to say that he wanted his boys to be bold, straightforward, and ready to play a young man’s part, not to be milksops. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z I believe, also, I had wit, and wit goes far in that p. 90land of fogs and foxhunters, of prudish women and milksops, of cant and humbug.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z But there; what a milksop I am; crying like a great girl, I declare, when I ought to shout hooray! to think I have found you safe, if not quite sound. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z "They are living men, I dare wager; and he is a milksop that dares not venture out to see." The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Can’t you imagine the wily rascals sniggering in their blankets, and wondering how much longer they are going to allow themselves to be governed by such a race of milksops!” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Nay, though he may be married, he's no milksop; and, I warrant him, when he's on duty, and robbing among us, he quite forgets his wife, as an honest man should do. The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts 2011-06-26T02:00:10.547Z Well then, why not marry Clarence?" asked the old maid, "he is not a milksop and has cost his mother—poor soul many a pang. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z "Adventure has ever appealed to me, sir, and lately my life has been o'er tame," I answered, determined to be no milksop among these British. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z The present huntsman, Mikola, who sits three places away from me, is not fit to hold a candle to him, though good enough in his way; but compared to Mikita, he is a mere milksop.” The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z Never, my dear Paul, should you have approached a saucy, perky dame like this, in the character and with the attitude of a milksop. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z We all hate a milksop, you will agree. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z Bah! what a milksop you are; you have nothing to care for here. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z I know, I know! though perhaps it is to be regretted that thou hast not become the adviser of that giddy milksop, who, as it were, governs us. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z “Martin,” she whispered, “I like you better than any of the other boys, oh, a great deal better, even though Evelyn Atkinson does say you are a milksop.” The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Y' needn't say es I gave y' the chance, fur no one 'ull believe y'," he cried out, coolly, "an' a milksop y' are. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z "Perhaps something worse, father," said Ulric, curtly, "but he would not have grown into a milksop like that, you may take my word for it." Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z I say," he ventured to expostulate—"you know I am no milksop—but don't you think that you and the Colonel are getting a trifle thick? Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z And if thou remember, dost thou not understand the dangers which threaten us from this milksop? The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z He knew Angèle’s ways well enough by this time to give convincing proof that he was no milksop. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z "That milksop of a creature pretend to be worthy of such a woman as Mrs. Pendennis," broke out the doctor: "where will impudence stop next?" A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z He has got something no one would have looked for in such a milksop; he has got a will of his own. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z There is nothing of the milksop about him. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z If you knew those male milksops half as well as I do," Lona scolded, "you'd realize that the best way to catch them is through fear. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z I find there is spirit, courage, a strong will; obstinacy—impracticability—no milksop—a bit of a virago! Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z They like it, sir—they hate a milksop ... young men must be young men, you know. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z It was only the once despised "milksop" who was ready so to face danger. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z Under my guidance he must grow up a weakling and a milksop, and no man. The Undying Past Luckily the third in command, Lieutenant Heady, was no milksop. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies They were ready to exclaim, "What milksops those Frenchmen are!" Friend Mac Donald He was simply calling Failing a milksop and a white-liver; just as plainly as if he had used the words. The Voice of the Pack To the deuce with such hypocrites and milksops! Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. Just like these good-natured milksops who, because they cannot stand up like men for their own rights, must be handled like a soft-shelled egg! Edelweiss A Story It seems to me that lads thus trained, as far as my experience goes, never did turn out well, unless they were namby-pamby creatures, milksops, in fact, rather than men. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself But though strictly brought up, they were by no means milksops, and what, for want of a better term, I may call "mother's babies:" quite the reverse. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections And I'll pound that milksop of yours to a jelly every time I see him. The Voice of the Pack "The Gods alone know what binds the wild tiger to that milksop," said Piso. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Out of my sight, you poor, miserable milksop! Edelweiss A Story The sheriff was filled with dismay, the Polish nobleman, who stood close by, began to curse, called all who dwelt in Hungary cowardly milksops, and spat on the scaffold. Pretty Michal The word then applied to a child overlong nursed by its mother, hence to a simpleton or milksop. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" One milksop in shoes after another bit his teeth and his jaws into agonies over the nut, without doing the princess the slightest good in the world. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. You see, I don't tab you as a milksop kind of Englishman exactly. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Your father is a pitiful milksop, who needs to have the bottle always held to his lips. Edelweiss A Story The apprentices on this occasion mocked Henry unmercifully, and called him a milksop, fit only to be stuck up in a corner and beaten with a spindle by his wife. Pretty Michal Y’ are no milksop, Master Richard; ye will wed with dry eyes anyhow.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) He would be regarded as a milksop, and be called a girl, and a Molly, and all sorts of names, and no one would join him. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines But before long he was continually scolding Ida for her over-indulgence of the child, telling her he would grow up a milksop, always hanging on to his mother's skirts. Jena or Sedan? That hop o' my thumb, that little milksop of a post office clerk, had better try to come near him, he would soon take him in hand. Absolution Willie was never called a milksop any more, and Bruno was more loved and prized than ever. Happy Days for Boys and Girls “Y’ 45 are a brave lad in your way, albeit something of a milksop too. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) He smiled a grim, inhuman smile at Bumpkin’s tears, and muttered that he was an “unmanly milksop.” The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit He would have been an extreme milksop if he had not said angrily, "Look there, now!" Tom and Maggie Tulliver I may have blushed and stammered, and I may have blubbered like a milksop, but it was not because I was afraid. Dwellers in the Hills “What a milksop the fellow is!” cried out one of the boys. Happy Days for Boys and Girls Abdul regarded him as a "milksop," and so he was from Abdul's full-blooded point of view; but I can also see in him a fresh testimony to the courage of our race. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 He couldn't do otherwise than laugh at the puny Cockney bookseller, pouring out endless volumes of sentimental twaddle, and hold him up to scorn as a moll-coddle and a milksop. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges She had done this, she had degraded her happy brother to a mere milksop, just because he had happened to plant her out, and leave her planted. Oswald Bastable and Others You see, at heart he was a slow-coach, a milksop, nothing of the man of the world about him. Somehow Good Walter still looked upon Willie as a contemptible little milksop, and Willie was inclined to consider Walter’s exploits more the result of foolhardiness than bravery. Happy Days for Boys and Girls Andrew hoped that he wouldn't be spoiled, and made into a milksop, and suggested that he ought to be taught a useful trade as soon as possible. A Vanished Hand If I was a fine, young, strapping chap like you, I should be ashamed of being milksop enough to pin myself to a woman's apron-strings! A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Horace Endicott was a milksop: to run away when he should have killed the two idiots. The Art of Disappearing To develop it I 69 replied guardedly, albeit unwilling to pose as a milksop. Desert Dust His English acquaintances in Italy were, he said in derision, all milksops. Stories of Authors, British and American It’s well our army doesn’t depend on such milksops as him. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War "You can't expect all men to be blocks of ice, or milksops," said Tom, who was getting nettled. Tom Brown at Oxford Anybody who sees in the Lancelot of the foregoing scene only a hobbledehoy and milksop who happens to have a big chest, strong arms, and plenty of mere fighting spirit, will never grasp him. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 The Prussian King loved to drink deep; he said he abhorred the milksop who could not follow him to the dregs of a tankard, and that was indeed no paltry measure. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg But Epimetheus was a very slow fellow, certainly, and went among men for a clod, and a muff, and a milksop, and a slowcoach, and a bloke, and a boodle, and so forth. The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby Now none of us is a milksop or a mollycoddle.” The Young Alaskans Blackbeard enjoyed their sufferings, taunting them as milksops and poltroons who could not endure even this taste of Gehenna. Blackbeard: Buccaneer The carriage was full of people, who must have heard it, and would be sure to set him down as no end of a milksop and mollycoddle. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story That they would call him a milksop, a molly-coddle, and all kinds of horrid names, he knew, and he had tried manfully to bear-up under persecution. St. Winifred's, or The World of School You are expected to drink, and the man who declines to do so is looked upon as a milksop. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Before it was applied to a Londoner it meant a milksop. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Father thinks I'm a brave boy now—not a milksop. A True Friend A Novel Riley called him “milksop,” and “sap-head”; words which seemed to the dull intellect of King Pewee exceedingly witty. The Hoosier School-boy And if Thou remember, dost Thou not understand the dangers which threaten us from this milksop? The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt He was no milksop, or, as people would say now-a-days, priest-ridden king, but he did not look upon it as an unmanly thing. Boys their Work and Influence Brogten muttered an angry reply, in which the only audible words were “confound” and “milksops.” Julian Home "The boy does not know how to take a joke—he's a milksop." A True Friend A Novel A sely milksop, Sir, that cannot look a goose in the face!” Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada I know, I know! though perhaps it is to be regretted that Thou hast not become the adviser of that giddy milksop, who, as it were, governs us. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt He thinks of the religious man as a milksop, a mollycoddle. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Tuts," said the Paymaster, "Sister Mary's like the rest of you; she would make a milksop of the boy if I was foolish enough to take him home to her. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure "Father thinks I'm a—I'm a milksop," he faltered. A True Friend A Novel I was no milksop, and I had led a soldier's life, and had seen plenty of things that were not pretty to look at. In Direst Peril Orpin was by no means a milksop, and, although a Christian man, did not understand Christianity to teach the absolute giving up of all one’s possessions to the first scoundrel who shall demand them. The Settler and the Savage "A nice milksop he would have thought me!" For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem People would look upon me as a mere milksop. The Young Rajah As may be supposed, no one after this ventured to call Ellis a milksop, or to speak disparagingly of him in any other way. The Ferryman of Brill and other stories “Don’t try to make a milksop of him, mother,” said Mr Hexton, laughing. Son Philip “I’m not such a milksop that I mind it.” Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea “Well, I would rather see a boy impudent than a milksop.” Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas “A milksop; and that I must come and rough it among other boys.” Burr Junior I don’t care about being friends with milksops,” Bob added frankly. Brave and True Short stories for children by G. M. Fenn and Others I didn't know the little milksop had it in him. The Madigans Poor little milksop, I suppose he’s afraid of getting drowned, or of doing something his mamma, or his grandmamma, or somebody wouldn’t like their little pet to do. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life “Why, whatever authority can we have when the most we can do is to report fellows to that milksop?” said Tipper. The Willoughby Captains I was wild enough, but I promise you I was a milksop to him. Roger Ingleton, Minor “Grandfather’s hero wouldn’t have called him a milksop,” said Maud thoughtfully. Brave and True Short stories for children by G. M. Fenn and Others The spell that bound Tom Drift, his fear of being thought a milksop, had changed him utterly, and as Charlie’s eyes turned with pleading look to his they met only with menace and confusion. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch Come along, young gents; leave him for the milksops. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton We may charitably hope that the assailants, who thus practically exemplified the proper mode of treating milksops, were drunk. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) You are most insulting; one would think I were a milksop. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Nay, nay, wife," he said one day, "the boy is eleven years old now, and must not grow up a milksop. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS Wiser boys called me a milksop and various other names, which I furiously resented yet inwardly recognized as just. The Heather-Moon The boy has nothing of a milksop about him," he said; "and is, for his age, full of spirit and courage. Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower "Well, how could I know that the milksop had turned into a fighting bull?" was the reply. Dr. Dumany's Wife But we were not to be treated as milksops. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Then Ingialld plucked the spear out of the wound, and said to Flosi— "Now bide thou, if thou art not a milksop." The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga Nay, lad," she said more soberly, lifting a finger to his face, "surely you are no milksop to mind how a girl flouts you. The Black Douglas I took you for one of the milksop kind; which shows just how big a fool an old fool can be. On With Torchy "The lubberly milksop!" muttered the Captain betwixt his teeth. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance "I trust he'd make an exception as regards his young wife; otherwise he's little better than a milksop," cried the forester, angrily. The Northern Light To leave her property to that miserable milksop, my half-brother! The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One I warn you that my saintly uncle is not beyond misfortune, nor his milksop partner, the Reverend Gabriel Bennet. Trumps A fair reprisal," he muttered; "this young milksop shall find he is no match for a skilful lawyer like me. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Sir Jack told me he was a milksop and not half worthy of Bessie, and he was right. Bessie's Fortune A Novel The best names she has for him are milksop, coward, and ape; and so we say, with him, Come, let us pass away from this mattère. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction These must not be confused with milksops who are being taken care of by other Departments. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 2, 1917 Moreover he did this, as I know, in defiance of the set with whom he was friendly, who despised me for a milksop, and were at no pains to conceal the fact. A Student in Arms Second Series Metropolitan Stephan got very angry and said: 'Tell me where the little king is, you milksop. The Grey Book Little milksop, travelling with a muff of a tutor, I suppose. The Princess Passes At that time your thoroughly jovial fellow who despises saintly milksops is usually a dull, morose, objectionable person who should be put in a field by himself. A Dream of the North Sea I would never marry a man who knew nothing of other women—I don't want a milksop; and I would not marry a man who would not lie for the sake of a sweetheart. The Way of a Man Hamilton has become a mere milksop, and Churchill always was too cautious and politic for this sort of a game. The Touchstone of Fortune "I am afraid, Willis, you are a bit of a milksop." Willis the Pilot Its cowardice such it cries at a touch; 'Tis a perfect milksop, grows drunk with a drop, Another great fault, it cannot bear salt: And a hair can disarm it of every charm. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 That was the case with all our saintly milksops on board the yacht. A Dream of the North Sea This chump Livingston that Foster is booming is a regular milksop; does nothing but grind, so they say; came out of St. Mathias with all kinds of silly prizes and such. Behind the line A story of college life and football You think I'm a milksop," Cosgrave said patiently, "I don't mind. The Dark House "I was no milksop or psalm singer, but there is nothing that I ever did there of which I should be ashamed of my father knowing." The Firm of Girdlestone If we wasn't I'd go hang myself up for a milksop. Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake "Hot for the hand, truly," said Grettir; "but still a milksop's work." The Story of Grettir the Strong He is a coward, too, and never goes for our crowd; but takes boys like Jamie Lyman, stupid, shabby little milksops that don't dare stand up to him. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book I would not for all the world that this description of the crown prince should in any way convey the impression to my readers that he is a milksop or an overgrown child! The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2) I have no son, and if I had, the chances are ten to one that he would be either a milksop or a flittermouse painted blue. Red Axe I'm a milksop compared with a red-headed Indian you never saw before. Strawberry Acres Great ill luck it is," says she, "that these milksops should take thee in such wise that none should fall before thee. The Story of Grettir the Strong It will be farewell to your chance of having that milksop of a Marquis for a pupil!' The Castle Inn Young George Osborne, Captain of the --th, old Sedley's godson, and the accepted lover of Amelia, thought Joseph was a milksop. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction For I longed to do something to show that I also was no milksop. Red Axe He is a young medical milksop, to whom Argan has promised his daughter Angelique in marriage. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook You are a greater milksop than I gave you credit for. Trial and Triumph I really gave you credit for having more sense.—The poor child will be the veriest milksop that ever was sopped! The Tenant of Wildfell Hall I have never thought so since; and a precious milksop I must have been, ever to have thought so at all. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people "One does not want a man to be a milksop." Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies “Y’ are a brave lad in your way, albeit something of a milksop, too. The Black Arrow H. O. is our little brother, and we are not going to let it be our fault if he grows up a milksop. The Story of the Treasure Seekers It's true, Colonel Bruckner says that K. is a wretched milksop; but I don't think so at all; he has such fiery eyes, and looks a real Hungarian nobleman. A Young Girl's Diary The penniless Colonel became quite obsequious and respectful to the head of his house, and despised the milksop Pitt no longer. Vanity Fair I mean, my dear," said Mr. Korner, "that almost from the day of our marriage you have made it clear that you regard me as a milksop. Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies Y’ are no milksop, Master Richard; ye will wed with dry eyes, anyhow.” The Black Arrow Then Ingialld plucked the spear out of the wound, and said to Flosi, "Now bide thou, if thou art not a milksop." The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Osric: Thou Saxon slave to a milksop knight, I will give thy body to raven and kite. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon She disliked her elder nephew exceedingly, and despised him as a milksop. Vanity Fair "Liquor!—I laugh thee to scorn, Mark—thou art a milksop, and the son of a milksop, and know'st not what a good fellow can do in the way of crushing an honest cup." Woodstock; or, the Cavalier He had been somewhat over-cosseted and apron-stringed, it may be, in that tranquil atmosphere of the rich widow's house; but not all Lady Warner's tenderness could make her son a milksop. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger An able-bodied young man, who can not fight physically, can hardly have a high and true sense of honor, and is generally a milksop, a lady-boy, or sneak. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene Temperance soon grew scandalized, and Modesty herself coloured at some of the jokes; but Hospitality, who was now half seas over, called the one a milksop, and swore at the other as a prude. The Pilgrims of the Rhine He was a little wild: how many young men are; and don't girls like a rake better than a milksop? Vanity Fair Renan had taught those milksop generations that it is not correct to affirm anything without denying it at once, or at least casting a doubt on it. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House And his books are worth a dozen of your milksop Pamelas and Clarissas, Mrs. Lambert: but what woman ever loved true humour? The Virginians Are they telling you what a pack of milksops we are, Julius? Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom At this the dark boy stopped in his violent attacks on the steward's legs and said, breathlessly: "Well, you ain't such a milksop after all, Ned!" The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories And do not be afraid of being called cowards and milksops for bearing injuries patiently—those who call you so will be likely to be the greatest cowards themselves. Twenty-Five Village Sermons Keeping company with Regina has made you a milksop already. The Fallen Leaves "Why, my dear," says the Baroness, "boys will be boys, and I don't want Harry to be the first milksop in his family!" The Virginians "It happened because they weren't the milksops we thought them," said Nat; rubbing his elbow. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range Evidently he was no milksop, for although the wound was pretty severe, the only care he had taken was to tie it loosely up with a strip of white rag. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece They like it, sir, they hate a milksop—young men must be young men, you know. The History of Pendennis This was the poor fellow's special desire; and often he was angry with himself, and made himself worse again by declaring that he must be a milksop to lie there so long. Erema — My Father's Sin None of them were partial to the Puritan discipline; nor did they like Harry the worse for not being the least of a milksop. The Virginians He had the jury snickering at the thought of a big rich youth like Jim being such a ninny, such a milksop and mollycoddle, as to defy an opportunity so perfect. We Can't Have Everything "I never thought that you were a milksop, Albert," his sister said, indignantly. A March on London "That milksop of a creature pretend to be worthy of such a woman as Mrs. Pendennis," broke out the Doctor: "where will impudence stop next!" The History of Pendennis "Never mind these lads laughing, nevoy," he continued; "they would have been all as great milksops as yourself, had I not nursed them, as one may say, on the toast and tankard." Rob Roy — Volume 01 Her friends all declared that the lad would grow up an odious milksop; but I am told that there never was a manlier man than Lord Hartfield. Phantom Fortune, a Novel His masterful bearing, too, was a pleasure to the spirited Elspie, who had no liking for milksops, and had sent off more than one lover because he came crawling too humbly to her feet. Between Whiles It's only young milksops like you that have made it fashionable. The Bars of Iron And shall we die like milksops, dreaming thus? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 His mother knew he had moral courage, and would face any issue pluckily, but his father feared he would grow up a milksop, and thought he needed hardening. Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin This slang word usually means a milksop, but here it is equivalent to 'a butterfly', 'a weathercock'—a man of changeable disposition. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III A bully, a coward, a puling milksop, is all the character he beareth. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale He must have been an extreme milksop not to say angrily, "Look there, now!" especially when his resentment was sanctioned, as it was, by general disapprobation of Maggie's behavior. The Mill on the Floss He had many times talked with me seriously this winter, until I had become vexed, and told them he was a milksop. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker Many a tenor, before and since, who has been cast for that divinely musical milksop has looked longingly at the rôle of Don Giovanni which Mozart gave to a barytone, and some have appropriated it. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time His little girl friend had not made him a milksop. Many Kingdoms I called 'un a milksop, and he hath proved me a liar. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale "How about that milksop that wouldn't drink with us?" inquired the landlord, after a while. Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune One who leaves a jolly company, a milksop; he is no starter, he will sit longer than a hen. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue To have his milksop fight a duel would probably seem to him a very encouraging thing. Hildegarde's Neighbors Mine were no milksop times, I can tell you. Barry Lyndon It seemed possible that the leader of the "Ring" was going to turn milksop. For the Term of His Natural Life He will see that I am the same milksop as I always was—all day and the next. A Double Barrelled Detective Story Master Stewart might be a milksop, but Crispin accounted him leastways honest, and had a kindness for him in spite of all. The Tavern Knight Could not the men whom they despised as milksops beat them, even on their own ground? Howards End A man could drink four times as much as the milksops nowadays can swallow; but 'tis useless expatiating on this theme. Barry Lyndon Could not the men whom they despised as milksops beat them, even on their own ground?� Howards End Your daughter would never care for a milksop; and I will take the liberty of saying that you would like one quite as little. Washington Square He had taxed Crispin with his dissoluteness, and Crispin, despising him for a milksop, had returned to his disgust with mockery, and had found a fiendish pleasure in arousing that disgust at every turn. The Tavern Knight It was as though there were something in the atmosphere which turned paupers into capitalists and inane milksops into men of brains and pluck. The Rise of David Levinsky "The young fellow's no callow milksop, after all," said the Surgeon Denslow, as his eyes followed Harry's retreating form. The Red Acorn Youngsters like you, milksops, are an unreliable lot. The Man Who Was Afraid As it was, everybody said he was a milksop, and a tender-foot, and he was just sick of it. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's And to such a love as this Crispin was blind—blind to the very possibility of its existence; so blind that he laughed to scorn the idea of a puny milksop being jealous of him. The Tavern Knight Well, well, poor Wil was a good lad—a thought melancholy and milksop though. Burlesques Above all he must crush that conceited milksop who was the cause of it all. Crime and Punishment Life is breathing upon you, milksops, and you cannot discriminate its genuine scents, and you swallow all sorts of filth, wherefore there is trouble in your heads. The Man Who Was Afraid Oh, you think I'm an awful milksop, of course, but I'll show you otherwise some day. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields Did she think that puling milksop had as much as a shadow of the daring, the devilry, the carelessness of consequences which lay within Robert Russ Mellin? His Own People Mr. Arnold concluded with the words: "I don't want to stop the boy's reading, but I can't have him a milksop." David Elginbrod He's no more of a milksop than this Brotherson; and unlike your indomitable friend he seems to have some heart. Initials Only A couple of young milksops, local amateurs of the scenic art, I presume, looked at me, exchanged glances, and whispered: 'That's her lover!' The Schoolmistress, and other stories Certainly, if la Peyrade cannot furnish a justification, clear, categorical, and convincing, I shall decide to break with him, and I'll prove to you that I am no milksop. The Lesser Bourgeoisie "Look at the snivelling milksop!" said my uncle. Some Christmas Stories "Are we to listen to this milksop prattle?" Mistress Wilding You know how cruelly father always used me, calling me a noodle and a milksop, just because he couldn't understand my fine nature. The Story of an African Farm, a novel Youth are thus brought up as milksops, to be graduated as scape-graces. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 "Look there!" cried Martin to Margaret scornfully, "he is a priest at heart still—and when he is not in ire, St. Paul, what a milksop!" The Cloister and the Hearth They are disputing about Victor, of whom Hunsden affirms that his mother is making a milksop. The Professor That is the province of the milksop, who wastes his evening at home playing dominoes with his wife. Diary of a Nobody But Epimetheus was a very slow fellow, certainly, and went among men for a clod, and a muff, and a milksop, and a slowcoach, and a bloke, and a boodle, and so forth. The Water-Babies Then you fainted from a wound, and I thought you swooned for fear, and called you a milksop. The Cloister and the Hearth You young milksop," roared Denys, "these things must not be looked at so, or not another bow would be drawn nor quarrel fly in forest nor battlefield. The Cloister and the Hearth |
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