| 单词 | old maid |
| 例句 | Who ever heard of a married lady wanting to pretend she was still an old maid—even to having a room to herself? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z No obviously bad effects were noticed from these ill-advised unions, but one or two old maids or gardener boys marked a weakening of faculties and a disposition toward eccentricity in some of the children. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, her sleeping like an old maid did prove one thing: she and Grandpa hadn’t been sweet on each other before Granny died. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z His mind went on to the two women in the house, the tight-lipped old maid and the girl. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z One old maid—the sour kind—he knew them well enough. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “I’m in high school, Mom. In the twenty-first century. I don’t have to get married by the time I’m twenty-two or risk becoming an old maid.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “The boys’ cottage is located in the old maids’ quarters, which is farther from the neighbors.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re going to have to do something about it, unless you want all your daughters to be old maids.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z But then I remembered how Chucha used to say girls who keep seashells die old maids, and I took it back to Tía Mari and said, Keep this for me until I’m married. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Miss Tynmore, the tiny, bright chirping old maid who gave Mama music lessons, was just like the canary whose cage hung in her kitchen. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The younger girls formed hopes of coming out a year or two sooner than they might otherwise have done; and the boys were relieved from their apprehension of Charlotte’s dying an old maid. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The two years seemed to have done sufficient harm, for at twenty-eight, Mimi was an "old maid." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I thought about the days when Great-great-aunt Florentine played old maid with me and Tidings. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And how his wife would have been an “old maid.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z They all saw her in her starched blouse, with her ring of keys at her waist and her old maid’s bun, exactly as they had always seen her in the house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She grew up in Baltimore and had never married but didn’t look or act like any other old maid in town. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “But then, to be an old maid at last, like Miss Bates!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Four years of high school...no, five. Because something would come up to delay me. Then four years of college. I’d be a dried-up old maid of twenty-five before I was finished.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t be alarmed. I’m not one of the agreeable sort. Nobody will want me, and it’s a mercy, for there should always be one old maid in a family.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “But still, you will be an old maid! and that’s so dreadful!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Right, Jo. Better be happy old maids than unhappy wives, or unmaidenly girls, running about to find husbands,” said Mrs. March decidedly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She ask me what happen with her old maid Constantine and her mama, and I go cold. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Polly was very surprised because up till now there had never been any children in that house, but only Mr. Ketterley and Miss Ketterley, a brother and sister, old bachelor and old maid, living together. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Some called the meeting “The Hen Convention,” and those who had planned it were described as “divorced wives, childless women, and some old maids.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She was 27 when she married my dad and that was considered an old maid already. Gloria Estefan: My family values 2013-07-12T12:00:01Z A single woman with a very narrow income must be a disagreeable, ridiculous old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls. Returning to Life with Jane Austen’s “Emma” 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z If they chance upon the foul water, they are set to marry a widow or widower and if they choose the empty dish "the person is destined to be a bachelor or an old maid". Halloween foods from history reveal the holiday’s surprising romantic side — and you can try them yo 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z In these pages Mrs. Bush recalls that the mother of one of her friends marveled at the marriage of “the most eligible bachelor in Midland” to “the old maid of Midland.” Books of The Times: Lonely Texas Girl: Laura Bush?s ?Spoken From the Heart? 2010-04-28T21:57:00Z Another paper put it this way: “An old maid is one of the most cranky, ill-natured, maggoty, peevish, conceited, disagreeable, hypocritical, fretful, noisy, gibing, canting, censorious, out-of-the-way, never-to-be-pleased, good-for-nothing creatures.” Women of a Certain Age, Gail Collins Has Your Back 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Their settled routine is jolted by his plainspoken friend, Kawai, who urges him to find her a suitable husband and spare her a life as an old maid. Movies 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Exactly, or they’re tragic and sad, like old maids or widows. In defense of single people 2012-07-09T01:00:00Z There are no squeaking dolls or loyal little wives here, no old maid scientists — and if there were, woe betide anyone who took them at face value. Close encounters with feminist science fiction in 'Sisters of the Revolution' 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z “Your piano’s an old maid with a gray tabby on her lap,” Rosetta says bluntly. Review: ‘Marie and Rosetta’ Ruminates on Gospel, R&B and Life 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z During debate on the bill, one opponent claimed the sponsors were pandering to busybody old maids who were always pushing do-gooder causes. Opinion | 100 Years of Voting Hasn’t Done What We Thought It Would 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Bookish, sensitive, twenty-three, and already considered a bit of an old maid by her family, Jakobe had been a sickly child, and the target of anti-Semitic bullying. A Neglected Modern Masterpiece and Its Perverse Hero 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z When everyone expects you to act like a cheerful and invisible old maid, get angry. The books to read at every age, from 1 to 100 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z “At some point he’s going to fall off the cliff. It’s like playing old maid. The game ends at some point, even for him.” Alderson anticipates flurry of moves as free agents sign 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Still, we suspect that she is a sad case, a solitary old maid gabbing to her niece about happier times. The Art and Activism of Grace Paley 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z He has his own version of “You’re nothing but an old maid.” It Takes a Small Army to Equal Arnie 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z “Mr. Buchanan is an able man but. . . sometimes acts like an old maid.” The single best joke told by every president, from Obama to Washington 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Men are bachelors – a word that conjures up images of a pre-Amal George Clooney – while women are old maids and spinsters. Single ladies have increasing impact in a culture that still dismisses them | Jessica Valenti 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z He once called Europe a “barren grandmother,” urged nuns not to be “old maids” and praised new female members of the world’s most prestigious theological commission as “strawberries on the cake.” Pope on JPII letters: ‘Healthy, holy’ female friendships OK 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z He once called Europe a "barren grandmother," urged nuns not to be "old maids" and praised new female members of the world's most prestigious theological commission as "strawberries on the cake." Pope Francis says even popes need women and can sustain 'healthy, holy' friendships with them 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Ave is 40, proprietor of the town’s pharmacy, unmarried and, in her words, “the old maid” of Big Stone Gap. ‘Big Stone Gap’ tells a southwest Virginia story with a light touch 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z In 1942, Horace Gregory told Mitchell that in 1930, after an “old maid” had Gould arrested, he and Edmund Wilson signed statements attesting to Gould’s sanity in order to keep him out of an asylum. The Long-Lost Tale of the World’s Longest Book 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Yet he has also firmly excluded the idea of female priests, and critics say he can be tone-deaf in talking to or about women, using terms like old maid, for instance. Pope Francis's Report Card 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z “Give it to the women, the old maids, the pregnant, the lonely, the divorced,” he told the crowd from atop a chair. Putin Is Losing 2014-03-03T22:35:15Z Here, bicycles were sturdy, three-gear objects for children, students and, as Orwell told us, old maids. Hurrah for Bradley Wiggins! Now we must make our roads safe for cyclists 2012-07-22T17:00:14Z For myself, aunty, I intend to remain single, and be like you, an old maid.” The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z The former lady might very well have had applied to her Fielding's inimitable description of the old maid. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Don't mind a silly old maid—who loves Enid Balfame more than life, I guess. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z As she stood there at the window, staring straight before her, she saw herself slowly changing into an old maid like Aunt Cordelia, well meaning and a little fidgety, a little fussy, and quite useless. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z "Yes, he has a step-sister, I'm sorry to say, who has been brought up by a set of puritanical old maids—old hags, my poor sister used to call them." The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z I suppose I shall hear no more of your living the life of an old maid?” The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Without a definite programme, the old maids of the family would be thrusting in advice. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Miss Brown is a red haired, good-hearted, sharp tongued old maid of uncertain years; positive in her opinions, quick in bodily action—giving one the impression of great nervous energy. Six One-Act Plays 2012-03-26T02:00:36.910Z I brought very good letters, and I had very good advice from an old maid who knew George’s father when he was a boy—Miss Marlenspuyk; dear old soul she is. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z "Oh, Mr. Baptiste," cried this little woman, whose name happened to be Rankin, and she was an old maid. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z One fancied him a very precise sort of man, an old maid of the wrong sex. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z To sweep dust over a girl's feet or legs will be certain to make an old maid of her. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z You can't run men in like this, on a pink headed old maid's say so. Six One-Act Plays 2012-03-26T02:00:36.910Z Then, she would probably let you down more easily than an old maid. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Perhaps she is ill-tempered just because she is an old maid, Laura. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Like all prim old maids, her heart was full of unrequited romance, and here was something she might spend its floods upon without let or hindrance. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z I am perfectly happy, and I mean to die an old maid. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z The two old maids were in the road and spoke to Sukonia’s wives. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z "I know one such, however," said a lady who was with us: "Mademoiselle Isabelle B*** is an old maid." Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z And the old maid as live genteel in the villa at the far end o' the street, she've hired farmer Harris's cart--white as a sheet she was, I'm told! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z "Why, you cherub!" cried the old maid, a strange turmoil in her heart. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z The odious appellation of “old maids” would then give place to the more courteous one of “Ladies of the half-blank shield.” The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z There is a house this side of Sukonia’s, and not very far from it; two women live in that house, two old maids. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z But before I quit this subject, I must say a few words to you concerning the old maids of England. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z For Josina's conscience troubled her, and before even Miss Peacock, most fidgety of old maids, had seen cause to fear, the girl was standing in the darkness before the door, listening and uneasy. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z The old maid felt her heart stop beating for a moment. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z I spoke a moment ago of old maids being induced to believe that they would be made over in the clinics of an Osteopathic college. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z Each was afraid, but still put her head on the old maid’s lap. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z I had certainly forgotten Mademoiselle Isabelle and all about her, when I again met the lady who had named her as the one sole existing old maid of France. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z She was a lady aged forty-two years—my age exactly—and would usually be called an "old maid." Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z According to the charm, whatever they dreamed after that performance would come true, and unless they were to be old maids, some one would appear in their dreams bearing a cup of water. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z She is referred to in the church records of Plymonth as "a godly old maid, never married." Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The Ichpul sisters are here: these are the frog old maids!” Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z "Sad stuff it is, too, most of it," the old maid declared. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z "I learned it in paying my respects to old maids." Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z She could have no personal recollectionRecollections of the Bront�s of the Bront�s; her knowledge of them was derived from her parents and the teachers,—presumably the "repulsive old maids" of Charlotte's letters. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z But not so much an "old maid" as a new woman. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z The two old maids wearing the skins of Sukonia’s wives were making acorn porridge. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z "I tried it for a fortnight once," the old maid answered. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z "Well, Colonel, they say, when sparking old maids, that silence gives consent so I guess I'll take it." Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z He is jealous of me, and as peevish as an old maid. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z Ted left me as soon as he found some of my old maid cousins that he could leave me with, and he only came back and danced with me once. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z They called me an old maid before I was twenty. Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z "Of course it isn't likely you saw the article I mean," the old maid continued. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z "You know, critics are very like disappointed old maids." Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z She lived at a convent where old maids and widows were taken as boarders, and special permission had to be obtained when one wished to be out later than ten at night. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z "That's unfair," he returned "For there is this difference between the old maid and me--she is a match-maker by theory, I through experience." Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The life of an old maid blessed with a sufficiency of this world's goods is a cheerful if rather pathetic object of contemplation. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z "Oh yes, indeed I do," the girl said, heartily, shaking hands with the vivacious old maid. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z As Nancy Noodle, an old maid in love with Prof. Gash, Miss Agnes Kirk was acceptable. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z Some thought Miss Elder foolish to take up with a man of full middle age, and with no prospects; and others attributed the foolishness to Mr. Dykeman, in marrying an old maid. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z He is like any old maid that sits by the window planning matrimony for every couple that passes in the streets. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z She protested her belief, that I had been infected by that precise old maid Miss Mortimer; and could by no means imagine what was my objection to Lord Frederick's carriage. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z She's a pretty little thing," the old maid returned, "with excellent manners. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z "As it is, I'm an old maid, and must be allowed to go my own way." Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z We went there on radioed orders, the complaint being phoned into headquarters by some old maid whose sleep was disturbed. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z The old maid had a good heart and an amiable temper. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z The saddest forgot his sorrow, the most sedate gentleman began to shake, and the crusty old maid broke out into the Ha! Why Lincoln Laughed 2011-12-29T03:00:17.037Z "That would not be a good reason, and it is a bad excuse," the old maid declared. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z It would be a shame to poor humanity for you to remain an old maid. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z She just stayed single, and in course of time became an old maid—and a practical one, I promise you! A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Do you think I'll let an old hen and an old maid down me?—now! What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z George was as hard to suit as any old maid. Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts 2011-12-17T03:00:14.840Z As the group of new-comers pressed forward the old maid with the bright blue eyes, and the young woman with the pleasantly plump figure, fell back a little. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z A joyous murmur floated through the dwelling of the two old maids. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z But you won’t forget your ‘old maid’ auntie by the loch, darling, whose heart will ache silently, thinking of you day and night.” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z She's a big woman now—regular old maid—fanatic on charities—fine mind—great heart. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The prince will live a year—two at most; and surely it is better to be a young widow than a decayed old maid! Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Such a very delightful old maid, with none of the flavor of desiccated spinsterhood. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z And Thyrza may be an old maid before she has the opportunity of relieving herself from the attentions of her admirer by refusing him.” Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z If you had not been suddenly awakened to the true state of things, you’d just have hung on here, and never been anything at all but two dear little old maids’ spoiled darling. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z A pretty request truly; and give every old maid in Curtain Wells the opportunity of saying I was afraid to show my face and your figure. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Doubtless she had had her sorrows and disappointments, and felt that the world had been unkind to her—a feeling which justifies much unloveliness here below in other folks than old maids. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z The smile came back to the old maid's mouth as she gazed steadily at the portrait before her and answered, "Of course not." Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z They were a "glorious phalanx of old maids," as Theodore Parker called the single women of his Society, who aided him so much in his work. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z But he is a fool, and she is a dumb old maid. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Well! and if the old maids did talk, they would only talk into their teacups and every one knows that to be monstrous ungenteel behaviour. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z There were two dried-up, little, Boston old maids there too—queer creatures—who were much impressed with High Art without knowing anything about it. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z "If this portrait is true," said the old maid, "I don't see how there can be more than one opinion about him." Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Rotten trick to play on the boss, all right, puttin' that old maid up to get him pinched. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z "I wish there was something one could be between an old maid and a married woman," said Di. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z All were upwards of forty; the old maids did not trust to their youthfulness, but they had absolute confidence in the power of their shining shoulders and their fat and unctuous arms. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The little old maids of Boston were somewhat scandalised by my effrontery; but there was even more to come. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z If you die an old maid You'll only have yourself to blame. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z Well, if she is destined to be an old maid I don't think she will be a repining one. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z "If you are so fond of looking at the future, you had better amuse yourself by picturing yourself as a penniless old maid." Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z But there's the lodgers," groaned Mrs. Crane, "both as particular as a pair of old maids in a glass case. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z And thus the army of old maids waxes ever bigger and bigger—and they wonder why. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z If you die an old maid You'll only have yourself to blame. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z They regard me as an old maid; and I regard them, one and all, as highly uninteresting, narrow, and unattractive specimens of the "coarser sex." Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z I am certainly doomed to be an old maid. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z "Such a fuss about a skinny old maid's picture." Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z There are indeed moments when his music reminds one of the eternal “old maid.” Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Poor old maids, widows, parsons, school-marms, small tradesmen who had laboriously put by a little—they tumbled over each other in their eagerness to put a splendid finishing-touch to the work of their industrious lives. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z "Well, well, it may be so," said Sol, impressed by my indignant protest; "but I have heard that old bachelors and old maids are always the hardest on animals." Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z Heaven knows there are plenty of old maids left in the world!' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z In the novel which Mr. Stirling had recently finished, he had drawn, without a hairbreadth's alteration, the exact portrait of a married brother-novelist, as an inordinately pompous old maid of literary fame. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z She may or may not be an old maid. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The senior sister went by the highly respectable name of Virgo Maxima—or old maid in chief—and was doubtless something more than ordinary in her appearance, as well as in her position. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z She was an old maid, but the King gave heed to her words, and frequently asked her advice. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z But when you meet by chance an old maid, do not forget that you were--Aunt Francisca's heirs.' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z This little cottage down by the sad, sad sea, as sentimental old maids call it, was his own. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z We played old maid till half past nine. No title 2011-09-30T02:00:20.710Z Use of “mademoiselle” often produces presumptions that a woman is too young or unsettled to be married, or, beyond a certain age—often not even too advanced—can carry something of an old maid stigma. French Feminists Fight to Outlaw 'Mademoiselle' 2011-09-28T20:16:46Z "Marriage is a great institution——" "Nay! 'tis an evil one, contrived out of malice by priests and old maids to enchain a woman who would rather be free to a man who speedily becomes bored." The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z A starched old maid like her would infect a whole regiment of young girls with her prudery. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z Mary Blaisdell was an old maid, good enough of her kind, maybe, but the place for her was some kind of an asylum or home for incompetent females. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z Well," said Elizabeth, "I shall sow all my wild oats now, and when I am an old maid I will be as steady, but not quite so stingy as Dorcas. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z And why should I? an old maid like me, who never loved any one but Guy. Daisy Thornton 2011-09-19T02:00:12.793Z Secret and mystery had the same effect upon the old maid as love and marriage have upon a young maid—they aroused all her feelings. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Madame Werner sided with Louise, but Arnold was not to be checked in his rejoicings at having got rid of the stupid, tiresome old maid. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z As to the beautiful Princess, she was changed by time into an old maid, and still kept on turning up her nose at elderly, rheumatic suitors as they passed on their usual rounds. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z Yes, and I always tell him that if I am an old maid I shall need the more. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z I imagined she was a crusty old maid.” The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z An atmosphere of passion, and an intimacy with people whose sole occupation was to render themselves attractive, was somewhat dangerous for an old maid, sensitive without realising it. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z There were such fastidious cleanliness, and such a degree of scrupulous neatness visible over her whole person, that the beholder at once felt assured an old maid was before him. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z “Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.” William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Well, child, I hope you never will be metamorphosed into an old maid, then. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z “The only thing I know about their belief,” observed Miss Campbell, with a top-lofty air, “is that they frown on old maids.” The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z The heroine of the Fronde was effaced in the eyes of contemporaries, and remained only a ridiculous old maid, whose woes amused the gallery. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Such an old maid as she was is positively a horror, enough to scare one,' said Arnold, 'though I don't call myself faint-hearted, and am certainly not apt to flee from the fair sex. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z The faces of the old maids bending over her showed fear, but after a while they felt reassured when they saw that she was conscious. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z People begin to think she will be an old maid, and she thinks herself that it will be so. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z She was not a prim, angular, starchy, “tawsey”-looking old maid by any means. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z The boys drowned and buried it, being more humane than old maid M—n. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z He went on: 'Is an old maid's lot so delightful, that people must try to annoy her by scorn? The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z The first week I was here I lived at a Herr S.'s, but finding it too expensive I looked up another lodging and am now living with a jolly old maid. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z Our village mysteries are all worn threadbare by the gossiping old maids before the printer can get them in type; and the foreign information is more quickly obtained from other sources. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z The devils have brought that old maid of an aunt, Kulvyets-Hippocentaurus! The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z And indeed, indeed now, I never for the life of me could see why any stigma should attach itself to an old maid any more than to a cat. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z Ten years hence you will be called an old maid, though, if married, you would be still considered at that age a young woman. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z The housewife opened it, and timidly showed it to the King, looking at him with the swift stolen glances by which old maids, as it would seem, hope to cast venom on a man. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z “She would scarcely be eligible for the position if she were not an old maid,” Mrs Sommers pointed out. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z I won’t die an old maid if I have to advertise in a matrimonial journal.” The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z So much for the notion that only old maids care for cats. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z She is a tiresome old maid as ever lived.' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z So he restricted himself to fixing a modest eye now on the egg, now on the old maid, and anon he contemplated his future master. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z An unmarried woman is not of necessity an old maid.” Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z The grass was always ‘too wet,’ according to the old maid, and the boy was afraid she would not allow him to go into the orchard at all. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z My two maternal aunts are old maids, they even plead guilty to the soft impeachment, but cheerier bodies you wouldn’t meet anywhere. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z Ever since I have known him, he has been the faithful knight of all forlorn old maids.' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z And there would be no choice but to see my daughter an old maid. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z "He is of the same family," replied the old maid, with a courtesy. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z The old maid was now terribly old and feeble, and had to keep a servant. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z Most of the old maids I have known were very agreeable persons indeed, and I’ve spent many a quiet and enjoyable hour with old maids over a cup of homely tea. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z Rudolph continued: 'I have often observed with surprise how youth, especially early youth, hates and despises old maids. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z They call him "bachelor" and "old maid," he has no peace at the academy all day. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Thirteen of us ought to be enough to turn them three old maids down right smart. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z "She does hate to be reminded that she's an old maid, but she brings it on herself by abusing matrimony in that ridiculous fashion." A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z Cats then, like old maids, are fifty times worse than they are painted, and the reason why people don’t like them is because they don’t understand them. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z For my part, I cannot laugh at an old maid, even if she loves only her cat or her canary-bird. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z "Right, Jo; better be happy old maids than unhappy wives, or unmaidenly girls, running about to find husbands," said Mrs. March decidedly. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z You don’t mind being an old maid, but I do!” Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z "Callow old maids," any individual of the lower ranks of York would have dubbed them. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z There must be an old maid living there. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Take care, in future, to show decent civility to old maids. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z She was just the sort of woman I had pictured—a kindly-looking, little old maid. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z This would be a dark world without old maids—God bless them! The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z Wylgefort lived to be a happy old maid, and when she died was honoured as a Saint . Addresses & Papers / Collectanea 2011-08-04T02:00:22.097Z You are as impossible as all old maids. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z And when I said, ‘Oh, Roberta, aren’t we rather young yet to think about being old maids?’ she replied sternly, ‘It is never too young to begin.’ The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z The two guests did not seem to share the old maid's favourable opinion. Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z The writer is so partial to the old maids of the Confederacy that he is afraid of a charge of extravagance were he to say anything more. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z He had made it a duty to follow every suggestion of destiny, but knew in advance that he should not find what he sought in the home of a sentimental old maid. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z His one time fianc�e, Miss Hovind, who broke with him because of his apostacy, has become a silly old maid who glories in her former connection with the famous professor. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z I never did want to be an old maid!” The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z True, I am an old maid now, and I wonder that they should let me take the part again. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z The old maids of to-day were young girls in my youthful days. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z The old maid paused, with cheeks crimsoned with blushes; she had folded her hands over her knitting, and seemed wholly absorbed in memories of the past. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z I forgot that when we were trailing that queer old maid,” chuckled Helen. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z I've got her living with an old maid cousin of mine.... The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Suddenly the door opened, and in rustled and fluttered a creature half child, half old maid,--half butterfly, half bat. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z She was what is termed a "touchy" old maid. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z But to be left an old maid is not to be Letty's fate. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z “That old maid school marm from New England,” Helen replied promptly. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z At first only the abandoned husks of old maids were given them, but the supply having proved to be altogether inadequate, they are obliged to put up with those of married women and widows. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Do you know, I have a perfect horror of being an old maid. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z And the old maids were the very worst on 'em all. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z There were the regulation old maids, of the blue-stocking persuasion, Byron in hand, gazing yearningly upon the distant but gradually nearing walls of classic Chillon. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z They’re worse than an old maid with a family of cats, and not so useful. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z With true feminine variability she shifts her attitude as completely as Aunt Sophy has hers, and pleads with the outraged old maid to reverse her decision. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Ladies in the straw—ministers, &c.—old maids, cats, and sparrows: never had a better list of how d'ye's, since I had the honour to collect for the Blandish family. The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z She was an old maid, and had been a member of the log-chapel from its beginning. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z “Nine old maids—no, eleven—in a row,” said the other, putting up his eyeglass. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z The physical sweat of a defeated candidate and the emotional sweat of old maids. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z What a different creature you would have been if I had had the placing you, instead of that crooked, frumpish old maid!... The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z He leads a more lonesum and single life than an old bachelor, and a more anxious one than an old maid. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z She would not be seen with two old maids in plain brown merino suits. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z The old maid ran up to Peggy and caught her firmly by the arms, pressing her down into a chair. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z The wash-water of little babies was a favorite remedy for the vague abdominal pains of old maids, and for the symptoms due to the menopause. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Fear was among them; fear handed down from generations of dowerless girls who accepted the first proposal lest they might die as old maids. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z I never saw a baby in mi life that i didn’t want tew kiss; i am wuss than an old maid in this respekt. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z She had heard herself called, "a predestined old maid," ever since her mother left her, a demure infant, apt and serious beyond her years—to become her father's co-worker and comforter. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Peggy's arms went round the old maid's neck and she drew the gnarled face to hers. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z “I suppose,” Miss Cullam said to her girls, “that a perfectly straight-laced New England old maid could not be set down in a more inappropriate place than a mining camp.” Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z Such boarding-houses are generally kept by widows or old maids, and even ladies of the highest families take refuge in this branch of industry, to maintain respectably themselves and families. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z You had better be an old maid for 4 thousand years, and then join the Shakers, than tew buy repentance at this price. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z The little old maid looked hard at the girl, but Olivia bore her scrutiny composedly. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z It was her old maid, Pauline, who is here with her in this hotel to-night, and who has looked after her all her life nearly. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z We will keep a jolly old maids’ hall together, only you must not encourage poor Stacey.” Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z I should have disowned her if she had turned out an old maid. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Fret makes the husband a tyrant, the wife a plague, the child a nuisance, an old maid terrible, and a bachelor disgusting. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Ainsleigh wondered also, if the old maid had read the papers, and if she had seen the advertisement. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z An old maid needs to have useful accomplishments.” The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z And Milly looked up archly, with a pretty blush that augured ill—for the old maids’ hall. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z And I don't mean to be an old maid. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z "Very possible! in four years from now I shall be quite an old maid!" Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z Oh Olivia how can you," cried the little old maid, throwing up her hands, "when poor, dear, darling, Clarence worships the ground you walk on. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z I only wish I could send all the old maids and silly gals in New England down there. Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z One of the smallest apartments in her tenement had been taken by Miss Billings and Miss Cohens, two seamstresses, honest, industrious old maids, who had lived and worked together since they were girls. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z Be an old maid in its most despised significance then; be a grubber and a toiler all the days of your life rather than rush into marriage as a hunted fox flies into a trap. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z The count looked at Bijou with an admiration which he did not attempt to dissimulate, as he answered emphatically: "You an old maid? oh, never in the world, never!" Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z He's up to some mischief," persisted the old maid, "and I'd like to find out what it is. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z Her house shows that she was meant to be a regular old maid. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z To plow her little fields of course She does require to drive her horse, This little pony looks quite smart Drawing old maid in little cart. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z But then, I am a sentimental old maid and you must not take me too seriously. Vacation with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-08T02:00:04.123Z The same old maid who had brought about my acquaintance with the blonde beauty was at once besieged with entreaties from all the younger people to remain at home and let me have her seat. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z When the name was mentioned the little old maid quivered, and Olivia, pale and quiet, rose to her feet. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z We had neighbors in plenty, but our county seemed to be composed of old maids and childless widows with a sparse sprinkling of gray-bearded men. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z Here was my surprise: All semblance of the old maid fell away, Like robes as she disrobed. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z The good-natured old maid had won the children's hearts completely. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z But Clara Bertram, casting about in her mind for some way to show her gratitude to the kindly old maids, had herself proposed to sing "something from 'Esther.'" That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z 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 All kinds of old maids: rich and poor, gentle and stern, soft and hard, big and little, they all managed once a year to pay their dear cousin, Dr. Allison, a visit at Bracken. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z Never have thought it—as the old maid said when a young man kissed her on the stairs. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z The Orange County Howitzers thundered forward, and then hurled an infernal tempest of shell and canister into the horizon, taking the roofs off of two barns, and making twenty-six Confederate old maids deaf for life. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z They marry when they are mere children, from twelve years of age to about eighteen,—and if no suitor has appeared upon the scene by that time, they are looked on as old maids. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z She wished to keep on good terms with the old maid, until Rupert declared the secret marriage. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z I have always noticed that an old maid who is so from choice does not mind joking about it, but the others do. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z I like cats all right, in their proper places; which I take it is in the laps of old maids. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z Yes, the stout old maid on the white horse. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z But it would be somewhat different if the bride were an old maid or an aged widow, don't you think so?' A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z "Meaning that I said Mr. Ainsleigh was guilty," snapped the old maid, "well I did, dear, but I have changed my mind." The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z The idea of your calling yourself an old maid! At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z Feathers flyin' and ribbons streaming, she made herself believe she was still in the running; without 'em, she knew only too well what it was to be a lonely, long-nosed, forsaken, homely old maid. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z There's lots of women, it seems to me, That wouldn't be missed so much, The women whose boys are 'most growed up, And old maid aunties, and such. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z I verily believe, Darcy, the most troublesome animal on the face of the globe is an old maid with a small funded capital. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z The little old maid was most polite, and it seemed as though she was now anxious to make much of Olivia, thinking she would inherit the money. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z The family had never been much on marrying, and now there were none left but the hypochondriacal old maid Sally and her younger brother Jo. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z Herb was the only fussy one; and they were threatening to call him an old maid, and get a cap and gown for him, if he kept on that way. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z I don't pretend to be a dream interpreter, but her dream sounded to me more like the dream of a frustrated, man-starved old maid than anything else I could think of. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z She had quite a cry and told me to tell you when you came that if you waited she would marry you or remain an old maid for a thousand years.” Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z And, if the old maid did recover sufficiently to make her appearance, she would perhaps refuse to allow him to dance with the girl. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z Or do you take me for an old maid? The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z “For you see, William, all liquor is bad, but bad liquor is worse,” the poor old maid would say, in unconscious aphorism, pleading with her hardened brother to the best of her ability. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z So she and her aunt immediately started for Rome, accompanied by Cl�mence Boissy, the old maid of her childhood, whom she had summoned to return to her immediately on her recovering an income. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Some prim old maid in black cotton and thick shoes.” Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z "To what am I indebted—?" began the courtly Major, when the little old maid cut him short with vinegary politeness. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z To make "old maid" a term of reproach has mischievous results, and causes many an ill-assorted marriage. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z “What makes the old maid shriek like a fool?” said he. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z I had my breakfast in the little room of Mrs. Cowbourne, my Grannie's dear old maid, which was through the kitchen, and deliciously warm and comfortable. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z You don’t want another old maid of her pattern in the family.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z "It is with pleasure then," said the old maid, dryly, "I have arranged to sell this fan to-morrow for five thousand pounds." The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z If she hears the least sound, she darts back to her seat, and there she sits as demure and proper as any old maid. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z I was convinced that all her sex were either like her, or were harsh old maids, like my aunt Illona. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z “I think it would be heavenly to be an old maid, and make patchwork quilts for missionaries.” A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z I had hard work not to laugh and in the middle of it I hung up, for he had a thin, high squeak on him like an old maid scared by a mouse. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z Henry Scott of Drumfielding was a widower, with six daughters, over whom presided Mrs Jane Jerdan, their maternal aunt, an old maid, with fashions and ideas even more antiquated than herself. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z Countess Zriny is a very stout, awkward old maid, with the figure of a meal-sack and the face of a portly abbot. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z An old maid; either from Tabitha, a formal antiquated name, or else from a tabby cat; old maids, by the rude, weak-minded, and vulgar, being often compared to cats. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z I am not going to be a dependent old maid. Why Marry? 2011-02-26T03:00:44.307Z That is the meaning of all wisdom, and yet that old maid who paints our wrinkles upon us makes everything worse! Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z "Thank you," Letitia retorted, "I have a horror of being an old maid." The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z "Mr. Buchanan is an able man," Polk wrote in his diary, "but in small matters without judgment and sometimes acts like an old maid." Who's the worst president of them all? 2011-02-21T12:30:00Z Still, he went at it again headlong, smiling too, and in as suave a tone as he could command: 'Wisdom is an old maid—I mean—Minerva was unmarried.' A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z Think what it means to be an old maid. Why Marry? 2011-02-26T03:00:44.307Z I mean to be a very happy old maid. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z But you know what old maids are——" "How comes it that, while you and Miss Prall are at such odds, you have the same admirers? In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z At the sight of Doris, Miss Judy always ceased to be an old maid and became a young mother. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z "She is an old maid?" raising himself on his elbow with some show of interest. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Yes, to an old maid of irreproachable descent. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z Let us then have no more caricatures of methodistical, card-playing, and acrimonious old maids. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z What did the old maid send me this for, I wonder? Strive and Thrive or, Stories for the Example and Encouragement of the Young 2011-02-07T03:00:25.547Z A vinegary old maid in the future—it would be all her own fault, and that of her mother's ridiculous vanity and indulgence.' The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z "Well, yes, she is; but I like old maids," says Lilian, stoutly. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z His aunt, Miss Mary Moody Emerson, a brilliant old maid, an eccentric saint, was a potent factor in his education. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z I have been thinking a good deal about old maids lately—one has time to think about all manner of subjects when one is lying down most of the day. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z She sank into the scholastic old maid, unconsciously taking on the very gait and accent of Miss Rolver, into the limitations of whose life she had once had a flash of insight. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Then the celibate Levite, having no human outlet for his affections, pets his steed, as the old maid her cat. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z "Oh, she likes old maids," says Mr. Chesney, sotto voce, sinking back once more into his lounging position. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Well, it's nothing strange! you didn't suppose I was going to be an old maid like Miss Jerusha, did you? The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Mrs. Fielden is of opinion that an old maid may have an exaggerated sense of humour. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z As quick as could be a few thousand francs were levied on the village which dared be subversive enough to conceal an old maid and an old gun. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z "Then them lights must burn black; there's no lighted windows in the street; I knows the city; old maids lives here, and they are all to bed; rest is warehouses." Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Downright detestable! and quite an old maid; not a doubt of it. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Other girls might not mind such things; but she was not like other girls, and the old maid had a vague, uneasy idea that something terrible would be the consequence if she heard it. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Adaptability to environment is the first law of existence, and yet there may have been times, even in the life of an old maid, when she has yearned for the wing of a chicken. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z “Is that what you use them things for—to pass gossip like an old maid’s quiltin’-bee?” King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z No, indeed, no old maid, but a young man, and a student, too. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z "I have never been so unfortunate as to meet her," says Archibald, mildly, "but I would bet any money your Aunt Priscilla is a highly objectionable and interfering old maid." Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z "Oh, well, what is an old maid worth in a family if she is not to be made useful?" The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z This suitability of tastes on the part of an old maid enables her to say, as she does with almost suspicious frequency, that she gets dreadfully spoiled wherever she goes. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z Both Betty and Mollie are too happy with their babies and husbands to worry over the old maids in the family. The Camp Fire Girls in After Years 2011-01-13T03:01:12.303Z I cannot spare her pain, but I shall have to subject her, with her old maid, to an examination. The Lonely House 2011-01-13T03:01:04.920Z Olive Van Mater is unmarried and already insists upon calling herself an old maid. The Ranch Girls at Home Again 2011-01-13T03:01:04.363Z I told you that Olive was getting to be an old maid and that old maids always take the men's side. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z Besides, Ruth's expression had so changed in the last weeks that there was no chance of her ever again suggesting an old maid. The Ranch Girls in Europe 2011-01-13T03:01:01.483Z At the wedding feast she gives her father bread without salt, and then discovers herself, and all is made right, and they live all happily, except the two sisters, who remain old maids. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z She entered the room at the left of the hall, her own apartment, and the Captain and the old maid, still half paralyzed with terror, followed her silently. The Lonely House 2011-01-13T03:01:04.920Z "Going to be an old maid?" he teased. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z After all there is some advantage in being an old maid, one does not have to worry continually over being in the same place with one's husband. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z Haven't you noticed the numbers of old maids about here—charming, cultivated women who have waited too long for a possible partner to come and discover them? Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z She accepted the homage of several old maids, allowed a young missionary to dedicate a volume of verse to her, and respectfully declined the honourable proposal of a widower, the city treasurer of Pirna. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Anna and her old maid had come to Luttach; she had at last yielded to the persuasions of the Captain, the Burgomaster, and the doctor, and had accepted an asylum in the doctor's house. The Lonely House 2011-01-13T03:01:04.920Z I am devilish keen about seeing the old maid. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z Good food and the sense of all responsibility shelved on to the shoulders of the capable little old maid; her careful nursing and cheerful common sense had gone far to hasten the cure. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z An English old maid would do without her tea before an American woman would go without diamonds. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z That works on respectable old maids like Spanish fly. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z I don't look quite the old maid I am, they tell me. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z And all on account of this infernal old maid who was never allowed to visit at this house when they, master and he, were here! Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z She knew that Miss Uniacke did not approve of the intimacy, but imagined too that the little old maid was no lover of the opposite sex. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z The practice was even extended, most illiberally and unjustly, to the graves of old maids, who certainly needed no such insult added to their injury. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z In his writings we constantly find him encouraging early marriages; and he complains of the great number of bachelors and old maids in England. The True Benjamin Franklin “I think, then, you will be an old maid.” Zula "Of course ...," continued Hertha, mouthing her words, ... "of course ... with all my money I am not likely to be an old maid." The Undying Past The portionless, or the poorly-portioned, maiden presses on in its wake, till she find herself immured in the everlasting garret of an old maid. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 "I would far rather live and die an old maid, than become the slave of another woman's family," was the reply of Miss Isabella. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 “So the book was upside down; and I’d rather be a pert child than a disagreeable, sour old maid!” By Birth a Lady “I had a walk round and went into the gardens, which are all very well—old-fashioned, you know; but the private apartments are full of old maids.” A Double Knot I know of a case where a lady of title became an old maid when she might have had a great establishment, all through losing her hair.” Lady Maude's Mania Mr. Pocklington had been intended by nature for an old maid. "Pip" A Romance of Youth In ten seconds the fierce, angular old maid looked ten years younger. Deep Moat Grange "I'd sooner see my girl make up her mind to be an old maid than let her have a long engagement," said Mrs. Rowan. Rachel Ray One might venture to call her an "old maid" Brownie, and perhaps she would not deny it, for that is a class—God bless them!—whom the Brownies dearly love. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Eleanor, with all her airs of a young old maid, had never been known to distinguish any man lacking in the physical attractions of youth. Manslaughter And nobody can twit me with being an old maid, neither, for when a lady's got money there's no such thing! Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune "And if I told Mr. Ablethorpe all, he would understand," retorted the old maid. Deep Moat Grange But she was an old maid, and was never very bright in her attire. Rachel Ray The Seventeenth is: What most old maids desire to find. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions "Like everything else in this house, it is coupled up with some old Macpherson clan tradition, as befitting an old bachelor and old maid of that ilk." The Reclaimers We women, especially we old maids, Klauschen, look at such things more sharply. A Sister's Love A Novel For one who had so often refused to stir across a ball-room to look at a Court beauty, to have ridden out three miles to see an old maid of fifty with a chestnut front! Beatrice Boville and Other Stories The old maids hunt out cases of distress and make themselves useful to the community: they do the house-to-house visitation. Friend Mac Donald My room looks as prim as an old maid’s. Dolly's College Experiences "It is wearing itself away," thought the old maid; "then he will come back to me." Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches Indeed, I reproached myself afterward for not having waked her from her dreams, in order to have brought all my old maid's prose to bear against all this flower-scented poetry. A Sister's Love A Novel Somehow their relation had entirely changed, and Michael found himself discussing her career as if he were talking to an old maid about her health. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He can be worse than that; he can be a gossipy old maid, always sneering, and that is more abominable than a puppy any day. Rockhaven Humor, pathos and excitement are all here, but the most important part is played by the Aunt Betsy, the old maid with the big heart. Dolly's College Experiences "Truly, it must be the work of a composer gone mad," said the poor old maid, after trying in vain for the fifth time to follow the wild air. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches It would be a pity if that girl should become a dried-up old maid.' A Sister's Love A Novel Well, you see, his sister invited me to the funeral, which I thought was very nice, her being an old maid and very strict. Sinister Street, vol. 2 It was the duty of Carlotta, the Marchesa's old maid, to take Friend in her arms, and carry him off to bed, as soon as the Rosary was finished. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico You surely would not have me live and die an old maid, would you, Raoul? In Paths of Peril A Boy's Adventures in Nova Scotia "Not fourteen, and a lover already," thought the old maid with horror. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches Why, why, the hands of the clock were pointing all at once at half-past six; I had had a nap, as ailing old maids have a right to do occasionally. A Sister's Love A Novel Have you taken a good look at that old maid of yours? Yiddish Tales Do you think I have been all my life a plain old maid? In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Instead of that, I'm an old maid in the fullest sense of the word, and your 'magic of sin' has no power over my beggarly pride. The Children of the World Two slim poplars—"old maids of the forest," lift their tall, prim green heads on either side of the heavy hall door. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir I laughed because I remembered I thought you would be an old maid of fifty when you first came out to the ranch. The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold The bridegroom will be a 'silken son-in-law,' the ugly old maid, a young wife—fool! Yiddish Tales I know a young woman who became a victim of insomnia once because in a series of ten games of old maid she got the odd card seven times. The Inventions of the Idiot Had not Edwin, with a prudence wonderful in one so young, managed the affairs of the little household when the old maid servant could not get along alone, everything would have been in confusion. The Children of the World "I tell you I hate her, and I hope she may die a miserable, disappointed, cantankerous old maid!" Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Ruth was twenty-eight, which is not old as women marry nowadays; but everything depends on the point of view, and for a long time Ruth had thought she was to be an old maid. The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold There will be a stain on my character, the marriage contract will be annulled, and I shall be left ... without my good name and ... with my ugly old maid.... Yiddish Tales In one of his plays I did a small part with him—I was his wife, a former old maid of crabbed temper. Life on the Stage "The night is cold," she said, "For tropic men in northern lands, For old maids still unwed, And for the evil one who stands In heaven when he's dead." The Book of Gud The two Miss Waddles were two old maids. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Ayala would be very much disgusted if she were told that she was to be an old maid, and live upon £100 a year supplied by Sir Thomas's bounty. Ayala's Angel May not the question resolve itself into the following: Of old bachelors and old maids, which are the happier? Rambles in Womanland Was the wren-tit a lonely mother bird who had lost her own little ones, or was she merely an old maid with a warm spot in her heart for other peoples' little folks? A-Birding on a Bronco A young woman said: "I dreamed I was an old maid and yet I was going to hell." The Book of Gud The little old maid and the big old bachelors were assembled here, the lamp was lit, the curtains down and the silvery shimmer of that lovely moon-rise jealously shut out. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir There may, perhaps, be a time in which Imogene Docimer as a sturdy old maid shall be respected and serene of mind. Ayala's Angel She did not like to be called "an old maid," perhaps because she knew she often acted and looked like one, but she was too tired to care much about anything at present. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series Was she really the sort of girl who might be taken for an inveterate old maid? Patricia Brent, Spinster "It is the fragment," replied the paleontologist, "of the soul of an old maid who committed suicide because she could not live in eternal doubt." The Book of Gud Rimbaud had sung: “Am I an old maid that I should fear the embrace of death?” Per Amica Silentia Lunae I have very few old maid's ways or notions. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth Ruth wondered if she seemed as much of an old maid to him as he had thought her at first. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series "You're trying to prove that I'm either going to lose my reputation, or die an old maid, and I'm not so sure that you're wrong, about the old maid, I mean," she added. Patricia Brent, Spinster It's worse than an old maid and different, because perhaps an old maid couldn't help gettin' left out, but the Lord's given every man a chance to improve his condition jest by askin'. The Loves of Ambrose I know of nothing more enjoyable than the pleasure of such an old maid's company. Her Royal Highness Woman Why, that house is as neat and pretty from top to bottom as any old maid's. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth "She is twenty-eight and a dreadful old maid," Jack confessed sadly. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series Mrs. Falconer never had old maid servants; she trained girls to fill the places in her household, and of these, there was an endless stream passing through. Under the Mendips A Tale "I can't," the old maid answered sorrowfully; "it's only because you are sorry for me." The Loves of Ambrose A great prejudice on the subject of old maids is that they are poor forlorn creatures, who spend their lives wailing and mourning over the absence of that man who never proposed. Her Royal Highness Woman Harriet and I know a little old maid—I have written about her elsewhere—who has thought so much about the Carpenter of Nazareth that she has come to be wonderfully like Him. Hempfield A Novel "You can't be Cousin Ruth, because the girls told me she was an old maid." The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series "The Delphian Oracle was an old maid as far as I can make out." Shadows of Flames A Novel Now that her crying had ceased the old maid's face looked gray. The Loves of Ambrose If she simply wished to remain free and independent and use her fortune, as many old maids do, in philanthropic work, she should be blessed. Her Royal Highness Woman She's the most motherly old maid in the world, and infants take to her with absolute enthusiasm. A Top-Floor Idyl Just wait until a straight-laced old maid gets hold of us! The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series She forgot to give her age, notwithstanding I gave her mine, consequently I infer she is an old maid. An Artilleryman's Diary Uncle Ambrose," the old maid faltered, her yellow cheeks flushing palely, "ef you're sure you want to marry me I shall be plumb glad. The Loves of Ambrose I count old maids among my most cheerful and companionable friends. Her Royal Highness Woman I have an idea about an old maid and a canary that the magazines will bid for, hungrily. A Top-Floor Idyl "Pauline, you amaze me!" the old maid exclaimed. Plashers Mead A Novel Mamma says that Yanna refused to ask that old maid to get me into her set, but I would not be in her set for anything. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance He begged the old maid to sit down with him. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. But the old maid who is bright, clever, cheerful, generous, charitable, hospitable, is an ornament to society and one of its most useful members. Her Royal Highness Woman "Poor child?"—this was the gaunt old maid's, mute cry. East Angels The old maid went to her bureau and from a small locked drawer took out a leather case which she handed to Guy. Plashers Mead A Novel I dare say that old maid has managed to put all kinds of ideas into her head about your sinfulness—and you are your old mother’s dear naughty boy after all. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance Suppose she don't get married, ain't she got a good home and—" "An old maid you want yet! Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole I cannot help thinking, however, that feelings of quite a different nature ought to be entertained towards the old maid. Her Royal Highness Woman The girl who has many suitors, and makes no choice of one of them, is doomed to become an old maid. Arabian Wisdom "I used to ask myself that very question," said the old maid. Plashers Mead A Novel "I don't want to be an old maid," answered Helena, playing her best card at once. Helena Brett's Career It must be slow enough for you here with nobody but an old maid around like me. The Shadow I am of opinion that old maids and widows should inspire nothing but generous feelings of sympathy in the heart of man. Her Royal Highness Woman Miss Crale was a broad and shapeless old maid with huge boots, a bass voice and a moustache. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary Pauline looked at the packet the old maid had thrust into her hand. Plashers Mead A Novel You're nothing but a child, my darling girl," the mother said more gently; "and even if you weren't, there's no disgrace in being what you call an old maid. Helena Brett's Career Those who scowled at each other till now, hob-nobbed across the table; and simpering old maids cracked merry thoughts with gay bachelors, without even a passing fear for the result. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Most old maids ought to spend their lives in glee and gratitude for a narrow escape. Her Royal Highness Woman If there is anything an old maid hasn't any use for, it's a cradle.' Clover and Blue Grass "Then I'm afraid you'll have to move away from this town, or remain an old maid," said the other. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction Besides, if she remained at home, some day her mother would die, and she be left—that dreaded thing—an old maid, all alone, for every one to mock. Helena Brett's Career There was much of the witch about her and more of the old maid than the mother. Carnival He is only sixty-seven years old, and no widow or old maid should give up hope in the little village of five hundred inhabitants where he lives. Her Royal Highness Woman You take me for a fool, and you mock me; you are not the lass to die an old maid: and men are not the fools to let you. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Nothing in the garden but Michaelmas daisies, those miserable old bachelors of flowers; and a few chrysanthemums, the showy old maids. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. The old maid was a figure to be as much mocked and pitied as the old bachelor was to be envied. Helena Brett's Career His grave visits, when he seemed always to be either washing his hands or wiping his boots, left in the hearts of the three old maids memories more roseate than any sunset of the Apennines. Carnival One or two of 'em is old maids and they would got to go and live back with their relations. The Competitive Nephew This was a large part of the mission of the invaluable old maid in our early centuries. The American Country Girl To my great vexation the old maid had by this time taken offense, and answered in a very stiff and reserved manner. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 The princess's conditions seemed so hard that, unless she modified them, she was likely, as the Wizard expressed it, "to die an old maid." Harper's Round Table, April 30, 1895 Nuns are wedded to Christ; suffragists, with the notable exceptions of those capable of sustaining an intellectual predominance, must remain spiritual old maids. Carnival Two of 'em is old maids, Rudnik, and even if they would be all widders you must got to do as Mr. Belz says, otherwise you would drive yourself out of your house anyway. The Competitive Nephew If she finds herself called "oldmaidish" therefor, she will know that she cannot have earned the name, since there are no old maids any more! The American Country Girl In the exuberance of her hospitality, the little old maid invited both Claude Richer and myself to spend some time in the large farm-house of her brother-in-law. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 Katrine worked for ten minutes on end, resorted in desperation to the old maid’s expedient, and affixed each blue bit in turns to the obstinate red. An Unknown Lover Oh, Tiny, if I thought I should ever grow into such a screwy, cross old maid as Aunt Matty, I think I should jump down there and let the fishes eat.” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One "Why didn't you told me there is a couple old maids up there?" he said to Schindelberger. The Competitive Nephew This may be considered a brief for the "old maid" of olden time; or rather for the quality that she stands for in our dream and story life. The American Country Girl “Poor old maid,” thought I, “you will have no reward save the consciousness of your own pure intentions.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 I knew an old maid who used to try each blessed bit in turn, until she’d gone through the whole fandango. An Unknown Lover Oh, mamma, if you ever find me growing into a sour old maid, pray poison me with something hidden in a spoonful of currant jam.” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One Yes, my child, it requires courage and energy to be an old maid; at the time this resolution is taken, one is not fully conscious of how much it will require. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Why is the city of Washington like a despairing old maid? The Handbook of Conundrums Nathalie of course did not come; but she sent some presents and a pleasant letter of congratulation, in which she called herself “an inveterate old maid.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 When one grew elderly and fat, it would be satisfactory to remember that one had remained an old maid not of necessity, but from choice. An Unknown Lover She’ll be an old maid pretty soon, but it’s her own fault.” Young Wallingford The death of the sister-in-law of Governor Bradford was recorded with the addition of some words of wonder that, though ninety-one years of age, "she was a godly old maid never married." Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) She's so plain, so very typical of an old maid school teacher. A Woman's Place They are dear little old maids and self-supporting women. Fairfax and His Pride But if a cloud darkened the moon and they saw nothing, then they would die old maids. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series She has learnt to set her heart upon the accidents of life,—the fine house, the establishment; and if these she cannot have, she will even die an old maid. About London Jones forgets the sweet girl had become an old maid of seventy, and had not a tooth in her mouth or a lock of hair on her head but what was artificial. Here and There in London And I wish you both would stop calling me Miss Kitty, as if—as if you were kindergarten children and I was the old maid school teacher! A Woman's Place Two dear friends of mine, old maids I suppose we must call them, have a big house in Kensington. The Intriguers "Let me take off your bonnet, my pet," said the affectionate old maid, untying with trembling fingers the hat of Sybil. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" It is delightful to reflect on the torment she must have been to all the silly stiff-backed old maids within reach of tongue and eye. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 "But take this for the present," urged the old maid. Anne Ah, it is an old story this, that repeats itself with periodic fidelity; the clerk, the old man, the widow, the old maid, the governess or teacher—these are the victims of this cruel Juggernaut. Black Diamonds The poetess was unmistakably a little, withered, yellowing old maid. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. And the old man was even more ready and able to understand and act upon it than the old maid had been. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" “You don’t suppose we picked up that kind of thing from the very solemn old maid you got for us as English governess.” Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion The poor old maid sighed, as she asked herself this question, over the life that lay before her. Anne Felix laughed, then answered with an air of ineffable conceit— "I have conquered greater difficulties than an old maid's fad, and for the matter of that, women's hearts are not locked with a Bramah key." Black Diamonds |
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