| 单词 | palm off |
| 例句 | “Happy? With another man’s child palmed off on him? I don’t see it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit forward and wipe my palms off on my slacks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I wipe my palms off on the hem of my shirt. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It was on my palm off to the side, and I curled my body as I turned and pushed the ball around their center toward Jose. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She slaps one palm off the other, like it’s a skipping rock. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So inspecting a gift horse’s mouth is a show of ingratitude, as if your pal would palm off a long-toothed nag on you. Social Q’s: Your Mother Is Grand 2014-03-13T21:44:57Z This assumption made it common for editors to palm off parts of the “Henry VI” plays, which have often been deemed crude and faulty, on other playwrights, like Thomas Nashe or George Peele. The Radical Argument of the New Oxford Shakespeare 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Protected from the news media after her brother dies, Saskia is palmed off on family friends — Jane and Philip and their son, Xavier. She Got Away With Murder, but Now the Past Is at Her Doorstep 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Whereas I previously felt sad about the prospect of getting rid of all the baby kit, I’m now palming off bits of neon plastic at every opportunity. Why three children is my magic number 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z The danger here is that dilution of an orchestra’s role is palmed off as “expansion.” Review | Shift festival illustrates a clutch shortfall in today’s symphony culture 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z His two newly discovered half sisters kept the good stuff and palmed off on him what they thought was a graceless painting of an angel, signed by Perugino. Review | A look at art experts who can identify a painter’s work with a glance 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Many compositions by other composers were palmed off as works by Pergolesi, including several that Stravinsky incorporated in his ballet “Pulcinella” thinking they were authentic. Review: A Spotlight for an Unsung Talent 2010-08-17T15:23:00Z What a lot of the players are asking is why exactly they as world champions are being palmed off with an assistant coach rather than the kind of world-class coach that their performances merit. 'Spain row a seminal point & catalyst for change' 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z It’s offensive to try to paint them as self-interested NIMBYs who just want to palm off the problem on someone else. In a Seattle school’s backyard, lessons on compassion and its limits 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z But he may get credit for not dissembling or trying to palm off the blame on others. 7 takeaways from Democratic debate Night 2: Sparks from Biden and Harris, honesty from Buttigieg 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z “Industry is simply palming off the benefits to the consumer.” How the world got hooked on palm oil 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The answer was unequivocal: It’s what got Indonesian palm off the ground. Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet. Instead It Unleashed a Catastrophe. 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z In evidence, Ms McGill claimed her friend had complained to police about Dhillon's obsessive behaviour but that she felt she had been "palmed off". Alice Ruggles murder: Trimaan Dhillon to serve minimum of 22 years - BBC News 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The brokers sold their claims to the banks, which in turn cunningly packaged them in opaque asset-backed securities that they then palmed off to the world with sham AAA ratings. Trump is wrong to criticise Germany over trade – he should look closer to home 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The line gets a laugh, but it’s a ruse: Tarantino is palming off the convolutions of his plot as a knowing gag. The Sadistic Vision of “The Hateful Eight” 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Kaepernick, goes backwards ... palms off one flying defender man and tosses upfield for a one yard gain. NFL: our man in Australia on 49ers v Steelers – as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Which he would then palm off on a cabinet colleague. David Cameron finds a use for Prime Minister's Questions - BBC News 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z In these days of mass outsourcing, ministers often hope to palm off the responsibility – and the cost – for cock-ups on the ground to hapless corporate managers. G4S shows the truth about the private sector: chaos, evasion and bungling 2012-07-21T23:05:49Z In the Greek poets there are several allusions to rich childless men adopting foundlings, and Juvenal says it was common for Roman wives to palm off foundlings on their husbands for their sons. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z She was too anxious to palm off Jasmine on Uncle Matthew not for once to sacrifice Baby's dignity as the heir of The Cedars. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Kaepernick, goes backwards ... palms off one flying defender man and tosses upfield for a one yard gain. NFL: our man in Australia on 49ers v Steelers – as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Of all the iniquities perpetrated under the Reign of Terror, none has lasted so long as that of the strait-jacket, which was palmed off on the people as a ‘habit de compagnie.’ 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 There is no greater imposition palmed off upon the ignorant than the commonly-believed falsehoods that the Jews were a very ancient people and that their Scriptures are the oldest book extant. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z In the third chapter of his essay, Dr. Tischendorf refers to apocryphal writings “which bear on their front the names of Apostles” “used by obscure writers to palm off” their forgeries. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z I did not wonder at this, for a traveller carrying an official letter is apt to be palmed off on the villagers as a guest, and is not supposed to pay for anything. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Would he try to palm off the copies as originals? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z Guesses should not be palmed off on them as demonstrated facts. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z I fear the reader is already wearied with these foolish vagaries of the imagination, which the Mormon prophet palms off upon his followers as the revelation of the Most High. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z I knew I should have to drink it, to keep up the fiction Towers was going to palm off on Jones to-morrow. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Let the confectioner with whom you deal understand that he is not to palm off his stale cakes upon you, and that you will not keep them when sent. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z If Rerdell expected to palm off the copies as the originals, why did he keep the originals? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z Then there was the portrait--hidden in the bracelet--which he had had the capital audacity to palm off on to her under cover of a box of chocolates. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Decidedly a young man or woman in search of the ideal cannot afford to palm off on ancestors the responsibility for his or her own conduct. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z The Italians somehow palmed off on Ten Euyck's men another Italian made up with the things in which they took Denny from the Tombs. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Louie had advised her to try Somebody Else's Tincture, but she didn't believe in that at all; it was one of these imitations that the shopmen were always trying to palm off on people.... The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z And he stood committed, on pain of assassination, to aid and abet in the palming off of bogus bonds on the Bank of England! The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Many's the time I've had to palm off lamb chops for baby cutlets, and to swear that the pig's tails I served up were boy's fingers. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z Neither of us knew Mrs. Morgan, and if we should inquire for her, if it suited the convenience of madame she would palm off any other one that she thought she could make pass. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z If he takes the money, they palm off false coins on him. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z In fact, repeated efforts were fraudulently made to palm off duplicates and triplicates as firsts upon Franklin. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z It was at this very church where Pompilia was baptised, brought by her pretended mother, who had purchased her to palm off on her husband in his dotage, and so cheat the heirs. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z I can let you have a bay, a capital fencer——" "Oh, you don't palm off your roarers on me. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Saying this, reverse the tube, palming off the cup while doing so; and while holding the tube in the same hand, to hide the palm, fit on the cap. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z "Enhanced browser controls may not happen and you can't palm off your obligations to a browser manufacturer," he says. Cookie: monster? 2011-07-07T23:04:09Z Now she felt that it was unnecessary display, that invention of the Red Cross Charity Sale which she had palmed off upon poor Miss Walsh. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z From all that was occurring before us, it was too evident that Read was an impostor; for ‘Miss F. clairvoyantly saw him perform tricks which he palmed off on the public as spiritual.’ Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z In the third chapter of his essay, Dr. Tischendorf refers to apocryphal writings "which bear on their front the names of Apostles" "used by obscure writers to palm off" their forgeries. When Were Our Gospels Written? 2011-05-31T02:00:32.283Z Not satisfied with introducing yourself to me as a scientific man from London,—a fact directly contradicted by your juvenile appearance,—you want to palm off your little girls upon me! Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Attempts are, however, made to palm off trimmed reprints as imperforate specimens. History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America 2011-03-14T03:01:03.623Z What a joke to palm off the daughter of a Queen’s Road jeweler on the early-Victorian mother of the worthy George! The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z He is an artist," whispered Tappeur; "he does not make you a clumsy, bungling coin only to be palmed off upon women and blind men. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z Is it not misleading at best to portray as “doing nothing at all” individual decisions to put off buying health insurance and thereby palm off on others liability for their own future medical bills? Opinion: Conservatives Mislead in Health Debate 2010-10-04T21:00:00Z Perhaps New York could palm off a few bills on Rhode Island. New Yorkers Offer the State Ideas to Save Cash 2010-06-11T03:03:00Z BP spokesmen spent all last week trying to palm off responsibility on to Transocean, which owns the rig on which the blowout happened. US oil disaster: BP ? beyond principle 2010-05-03T23:05:00Z And this imposture is likely to be palmed off upon the people in the future, as it has been in the past, if they are such dunces as to permit it to be done. A New Banking System The Needful Capital for Rebuilding the Burnt District "My sole defense," said he smilingly, "is that the tailor wittingly, maliciously, and falsely, endeavored to palm off upon me, a poor actor, a garment never made for me." Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z I knew that, if once I palmed off this imitation as genuine, all the art-world would laugh to scorn the man who announced the fraud. The Key to Yesterday What sort of a romance is this you are trying to palm off on me! In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II About 1731 it was discovered that he had a few years previously palmed off a madrigal by Lotti as his own work, and after a long correspondence he was obliged to leave the country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Lissa had had a 'Bank of Engraving' note palmed off on her by a pseudo-South American planter, and was rightly indignant. A Bed of Roses Consequently I say that it is better to go all through life with a natural or "green" voice than to undergo the vocal torture that is sometimes palmed off upon the public as voice teaching. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Ah! tell me not they've changed thy name, So long a sweet decoy, By which I've made my little game, And palmed off thy alloy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 23, 1887. Her father was hopelessly bankrupt and tried to palm off a false balance sheet on me. Jacob's Ladder The fault was as inexcusable as would be a trader's in palming off shoddy goods as those of the best materials. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series Hence their coming uniformed and in search of children into a house could scarcely fail to give those a holiday who were not big enough to be palmed off as fourteen at least. The Children of the Poor All we had to do was palm off all unpopular decisions on the machine. The Ambassador Oh, gentlemen, what savagery and brutality is palmed off for patriotism! The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin People will palm off a girl who drinks or who shows signs of inherited insanity with the shamelessness of horse-dealers. The New Warden The other cards are similarly dealt with, and the prepared ones are finally palmed off, disposed of, and the pack again passed for inspection. Peerless Prestidigitation Being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in the fascinating art of modern magic Marlowe deluded himself as well as Faustus, and palmed off on to him a mere modern lady. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions "And you would palm off this adventure upon me for a chivalrous achievement?" said Althea with cold mockery. Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians He might have heard of his present need and be trying to palm off some friend of his, an incompetent, of course, on him. The "Genius" He could not palm off on them any common old mud freshet for a creek that had a regular place on the map. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign Each of our organs of sense can palm off delusions of the most purely fictitious kind. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition “I was afraid you might want to palm off a lot of trash for first-class goods and I didn’t want to be a party to any such transaction.” Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone I have myself palmed off yesterday’s issue on a friend, and seen him re-peruse it for a continuance of minutes with an air at once refreshed and solemn. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) When we got in there he had the nugget on the floor, and was pawing it over to see if it was that or something else which we had tried to palm off on him. Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget Every one who analyses the story must pronounce it the most extraordinary amalgam of immorality and absurdity ever palmed off on a credulous world. Bible Romances First Series Don't allow ministers to palm off platitudes on you for "revelation;" and don't let them make you believe that anything that Moses or David or Solomon said was the command of God to women. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures The documents you have palmed off on the world are the products of unadulterated Pigottism. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Either this is the worst fable ever palmed off on the church of Christ—on the credulity of aching human hearts—or it is the truth of God. Christ, Christianity and the Bible Nevertheless more than one unscrupulous florist has palmed off great fluffy white blooms of Asters as those of Queen Chrysanthemum herself. The Mayflower, January, 1905 Was ever a more ludicrous story palmed off on a credulous world? Bible Romances First Series After that, it was but a step to palming off on his reason the monstrous syllogism that because Alison was unworthy, and Alison was a woman, therefore all women were unworthy. Audrey Craven But this is a falsehood, which the clergy palmed off on ignorant congregations. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) This serves to indicate the kind of falsehoods palmed off upon these poor people in order to make them agitators or criminals. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Here the "Drafting Officer" is trying to palm off a deck hand on the C.O. of a trawler, who is vainly explaining that he must have a signalman. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships The go-betweens are often not very scrupulous, and for good fees sometimes manage to palm off damsels of unsatisfactory features on unsuspecting swains, or match undesirable young fellows with girls vastly superior to them. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions Who made it possible for Mallowe to palm off those miles of vacant lots––as improved city property, of course––on Lawton without his knowledge, and even have them recorded in his name, but me? The Crevice I mean that you are a thief and a swindler, and I now intend to call in the police and have you arrested for palming off upon me a bogus concession. The White Lie Hundreds of new ones are palmed off as old in this way on unsuspecting tourists. Round the Wonderful World But here the question was one not of Cæsar's laws, but of decrees subsequently made by Antony and palmed off upon the people as having been found among Cæsar's papers. The Life of Cicero Volume II. God's Word Paul here terms the "Word of truth"; that is, the true Word of God and not our own misconstrued, falsified word palmed off as God's Word. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost I shall depend upon you, dear, to see that we go to one of the Princess' drawing-rooms, and don't get palmed off on one of the Princess Christian's or anything of that sort. The Smart Set Correspondence & Conversations They were, I am told, the invention of a man who succeeded in palming off these fruits of stupidity and malice on the War Office. A Padre in France This outcry, indeed, that the peace of the country is disturbed by the Fugitive Slave Law, is as great a delusion as ever was attempted to be palmed off on any people. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Mr. Lloyd does not try to palm off a weak imitation of a Miss Wilkins Yankee as a rustic Pennsylvanian. The Van Dwellers A Strenuous Quest for a Home "No, nor you either," I answered walking away; for I thought the man was striving to palm off a joke. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition The tea and coffee in all the hotels on the route are the most miserable concoctions of hayseed and chiccory that were ever palmed off on a long-suffering, patient people. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II That fellow would not have sat in your presence ten minutes knowing that you had palmed off your child as his, without taking your throat in his hands for a death squeeze. The Art of Disappearing That there was no danger of Flaubert's merely palming off, in his novel work, replicas with a few superficial differences, had now been shown. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Hobbes, it will be hereafter seen, was the first who, either designedly or undesignedly, palmed off this imposture upon the world. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory I'm not going to palm off a death-dealing place on somebody the way Barter, so it appears, loaded me up with it. The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery But that grave face, so unusual to his darling Jessie, told Uncle Morris that Emily was palming off a falsehood upon them. Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him I don't want to inquire into your flirtations; but don't suppose you can palm off your saucer eyes and gig-lamps upon me!” Humorous Ghost Stories But we've foiled his plan to palm off a stranger's body for that of the missing broker. The Bradys Beyond Their Depth The Great Swamp Mystery This is too much!" he cried—"you shall not palm off that miserable rubbish on me. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers The town men were adept growlers, found something funny in everything and calmly palmed off all the arduous tasks upon the good-natured but less sly countrymen. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry He tried hard to palm off one of his pet orations on the court, but Major Elbert shut him off sternly. Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers And get strawberry jam: see the Messman doesn't try and palm off any of his beastly gooseberry stuff like he did last time. The Long Trick There’s an awful sight of poor gasoline being palmed off nowadays. The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar But while it is true that the results of trickery have often been palmed off as genuine manifestations, there have been, also, marked exhibitions of supernatural power. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan The country is full of bold, bad men, who would palm off a kicking cow, or one that was not a stayer, onto their best friends. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 My accusers have somewhat weakened this by trying to palm off the body of Thomas Leicester on you for the body of Mr. Gaunt. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 At one time he even questioned if Pine had not conspired with his Sherborne bailiff to palm off a forged lease for a long term of the lands of Mogelly. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography "He must not attempt to palm off his deficiencies upon us as manifestations of power." The Gentle Art of Making Enemies For thousands of years this chief of conspiracy has palmed off falsehood for truth. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan A fortnight ago he palmed off his bad wine upon me, I palmed you upon the Dauphin, and you palmed your bad verses off upon mademoiselle. The Justice of the King Fifteen cents is the price, and many are palmed off on the unwise for the real imported article. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce The temptation to take advantage of another's ignorance; to palm off a poor article for a good one; to get more than we give, is very great in all forms of business. Practical Ethics "He must not attempt, with that happy, half-humorous audacity which all his dealings with his own works suggests, to palm off his deficiencies upon us as manifestations of power." The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Satan is ready to supply the heart's desire, and he palms off his deceptions in the place of truth. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan How maddening if, seeing that I was an unprotected man, they palmed off Jaeger on me! Once a Week "Perhaps you intend to palm off that filly on your American." General John Regan One of 'em's the rooster as palmed off that rotten saddle on you. Kiddie the Scout Yet the habitual caution and keenness of the Indian made it difficult to palm off the spurious article upon him. Wampum A Paper Presented to the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia He now attempted what he has attempted in every other reformatory movement,—to deceive and destroy the people by palming off upon them a counterfeit in place of the true work. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan He could not have "purloined" and palmed off as his own the duchess's version of Miss Lee's story in order to raise money for a purpose which had not arisen. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry Shakespeare’s name was thenceforth of value to unprincipled publishers, and they sought to palm off on their customers as his work the productions of inferior pens. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles The “knee” in question is one which could not be palmed off for a porker’s ham. The Death Shot A Story Retold So, again, it is reported that he appreciated fully the "sell" which a wag on his staff palmed off upon a reporter, who promptly inserted it in the papers. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 As Achi Baba is now one of the strongest fortresses in Europe, it would be unpopular to palm off the Cape Helles end upon the French. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Accursed be the book and all the polished vileness that his verses ever palmed off on men by their mere tricks of sound. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida No other child can be palmed off upon us, as our own. For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes Lim-bert's vision of accidents hovered mainly over the sudden awakening of Mr. Bousefield to the stuff that in the department of fiction his editor was palming off. Embarrassments It is like a gigantic ordnance map palmed off on one instead of a real landscape.” The Daughters of Danaus Under the pretext of stretching his legs, Loiseau went out and palmed off his wines on the country retail dealers. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories Those dockyard people have been trying to palm off upon me a lot of old junk, which must have been in store for the last twelve years at least. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War No other child can be palmed off upon us as our own. For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes Talking sappy to an endless stream of silly women, palming off on them such useless junk as this! Shorty McCabe on the Job Some addressed their own envelopes with much labour, and sought to palm off the whole as their handiwork. Auld Licht Idylls If there was anything at that fair that no one else wanted, and that was not calculated to supply any known want of the human race, it was palmed off on me. The Blunders of a Bashful Man I must not attempt to palm off on my readers any adventures of my own under the shadow of a dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too As no argument was so effectual in a dispute as "a saying" of the Prophet, the door was opened by which spurious Traditions could be palmed off on the Faithful. The Faith of Islam Of all the fictions which he succeeded in palming off for truths none is more instructive than that admirable ghost, Mrs. Veal. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) He is a horrid little impostor, palmed off to keep you out of the title and everything! That Stick It has been said that he even tried to palm off some of the writings of others as his own. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages They need not palm off their lie that the fault lay with the foolish young warriors. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom All sorts of worthless wares are palmed off upon them by unscrupulous wretches. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City "If I didn't he'd palm off the twenty-cent kind on us, and tell us they were Lee's best," she said to her chums. The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car The Haunted Mansion of Shadow Valley The very idea of having such a bride palmed off upon him did something to restore him to his manly courage. Can You Forgive Her? This seemed to dispose of the theory that he was palming off illegitimate money. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont The goods sent out were as cheap and tawdry as could be palmed off; all that were brought back were bartered for at the lowest possible prices. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists Now mark the coarse, rough features, the ill-bred stare, the haughty rudeness which they endeavor to palm off for dignity. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Proverbs and tales and witty sayings were palmed off as having emanated from his lips. Violets and Other Tales What I say is never impossible; but what that student fellow has chosen to palm off on your ladyship that is impossible. The Poor Plutocrats At the same time it is clear that the labourer can easily keep the richest specimens for himself and palm off the worst stuff upon the stranger. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative It might have died when its mother did, and they would say that your sister was trying to palm off her own child, or someone else's, as his. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain You think they will enjoy—the Tweksbury crowd—I mean—to know the parentage or—lack of it—of—the girl just palmed off on them as a Thornton? The Shield of Silence He wiped his palms off on the bricks. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Frequently curious articles are palmed off on us, and designated as "Arts and Crafts" ornaments, in which neither art nor craft plays its full share. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance The horse beef had been provided for the Tatars, who considered it a special dainty, and had been palmed off upon us because it was cheap. Russian Rambles Few people had the varied artistic knowledge possessed by the Archduke; no dealer could palm off on him any modern article as an antique, and he had just as good taste as understanding. In the World War I don't believe it would be very easy to palm off a cheap grade on me. The Debtor A Novel On the other hand, as I said, the picture is so very well known and so excellent that it could hardly be palmed off as a copy. The Title Market You may be palming off a tale upon me. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales For we may, by guile, palm off on him one sheet as two. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital And all the while he had me he must keep the admiral there, waiting for the surrender either of myself or of some other poor devil whom he might palm off as Nikola el Escoces. Romance The gymnastic is not a mountebank; he palms off no legerdemain upon the public. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. There have been many imitations of the genuine Cremonas palmed off, too, on the unwary at a high price, but the connoisseur rarely fails to identify the great violins almost instantly. Great Violinists And Pianists "I discovered quite by accident the one form in which it is possible to palm off the truth on an unsuspecting public." The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton He had no daughter of his own but palmed off the daughter of a chamberlain. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 He tries to palm off the base for the genuine; and, although he may deceive the vulgar, he cannot overreach the cultivated. The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies But try to palm off one lie upon me, and I'll riddle you through. Elster's Folly "But he is an artist, my brother!" cried the priest, who resented the idea that Marzio might wish to palm off an ill-made object in order to save time. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster Some of these exist merely to palm off bad servants upon you; but there are always offices of good reputation, which will not recommend a girl they know absolutely nothing about. Town Life in Australia At length they discovered the secret, and began to import the plant to perfume articles of their make, and thus palm off homespun shawls as real Indian! The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants Later in life, after his "defection" from Rome, he told as true facts and as reminiscences of his visit at the Holy City many of the false stories which had been palmed off on him. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation We looked at the package and found that the grocers had palmed off some stale goods on us and that the box was fairly alive. Outdoor Sports and Games It was not a written law of Ezra which the priests palmed off as the written law of Moses. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism In Sydney, however, there is less adulteration and palming off of inferior for good articles. Town Life in Australia Far greater joy for him at full noon is palming off upon your guileless self the spurious scarab at a price 300% above its intrinsic worth. The Hawk of Egypt Don't you palm off any luncheon on us! The Lookout Man Finally one of the latter would remark sagely, "they always try to palm off bad stuff on ships." Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative He ought to have known better than to try to palm off his miserable impositions upon this intelligent audience. American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) The girl might have palmed off her own inclination as an example of filial obedience, but she didn't. The Real Adventure But one has a right to ask why this young man, who should be serving an apprenticeship in some obscure opera-house, is palmed off on the public as "the best artist procurable"? Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians "Now, none of your tricks, Prime," cried Tom, suspecting the negro of an intention to mystify them with a jargon like that he had palmed off; "jumbee ain't Latin." The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times So many impositions have been palmed off upon charitable abolitionists, I am afraid to act in such a case without the directions of one who knows all about these things. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. The two young men who had tried to palm off their retranslation from Goethe as Diderot's own text, at once had the effrontery to accuse Brière and Diderot's daughter of repeating their own fraud. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) He must shake hands with his greatest enemy, and palm off upon him lasting proofs of friendship, and silver-paper hints which way to vote. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 18, 1841 Even a great parade was arranged by the anti-mayoral forces, in which horses and men to the number of hundreds were brought in from nearby cities and palmed off as enthusiastic citizens. Twelve Men The sages say he is one who practices and palms off optical illusions. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Shelley took advantage of the privilege of writers of romance to palm off on the public some of his earliest efforts at versification. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance The captain made a mixture of red pepper and vinegar, which he palmed off as the desired article. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The authorities, to do them justice, had acted straightforwardly in differentiating between the two animals; no deception in the way of palming off the one for the other was permitted. The Siege of Kimberley It is well that “made” books should not be palmed off on the public as literature. The Art of Letters To work the mine of spirit as a business and sift its product for hire, is to overwork the vein and palm off slag for sterling metal. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors And we are a great deal too apt to palm off deceptions on ourselves to make sure that our motives are right, unless we give them a very careful and minute scrutiny. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) But demand for the man himself, call upon his nobler qualities, and don't let him palm off on you his second-best. Study of Child Life Isaacs was familiar with the native trick of palming off old tigers on the unwary stranger, in the hope of a reward. Mr. Isaacs Many of the early ones were sold as the productions of Diaz, just as to-day some Diazs are palmed off as Monticellis. Promenades of an Impressionist Once the staple reached neutral soil, it was palmed off as a local product, and the Federal government dared not touch it, even though they knew it to be contrabrand of war. Reed Anthony, Cowman Because we do not want to buy what interested shopmen and milliners may choose to palm off on us. A Young Girl's Wooing Really, these tenth transmitters of foolish faces become more and more brazen in their attempts to palm off their miserable two-penny-halfpenny, tin-pot, one-horse Regatta as the combination of all the cardinal virtues. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 9, 1890 As our excuse we could point out a trick they palmed off on us earlier in the day. The High School Boys' Fishing Trip How dare you," he went on, almost shrieking with fury—"how dare you attempt to palm off these accursed lies on me? The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney The stuff that is palmed off upon a hapless public by aspiring idiots, who are vain enough to imagine that they are novelists, is astounding. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 16, 1890 I dared not for a moment take my palm off her mouth. Red Axe The same jury determined the case of a widow who feigned herself with child in order to exclude the next heir and when she was suspected of trying to palm off a supposititious birth. A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. And so it may, if it be successfully palmed off upon a society as actually being the second. On Compromise To dream of palming off false checks on your friends, denotes that you will resort to subterfuge in order to carry forward your plans. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition A lady born and bred cannot charge other ladies and gentlemen for coals and candles they have never burnt; a foster-mother cannot palm off upon her children New Zealand mutton for Southdown. Passing of the Third Floor Back It was conjectured that the quarrel had progressed and that the debtor had endeavored, by the light of his pocket lantern in the tunnel, to palm off a counterfeit bill in settlement of the debt. The Cruise of the Jasper B. One may palm off the worst counterfeit upon him; if it bears his brand he will smoke it contentedly and never suspect. What Is Man? and Other Essays "I s'posed, of course, Aurelia would send us the one we asked for, but it's just like her to palm off that wild young one on somebody else." Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Go along and get that room fixed up," she said, "and don't try to palm off any bogus doctrines on me so early in the morning. The Haunted Bookshop This is indeed a sad record of the cruel deception that Jacob and his mother palmed off on Isaac and Esau. The Woman's Bible Let me assume for a moment that Dr. Bell came down here to steal your picture, get rid of the frame, and palm off your own engraving for another. The Crimson Blind You want to deceive us, To palm off your rubbish, You swindling impostor! Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? Yet here you are now again palming off a fib on us by saying that you haven't got them with you. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books And hark ye, landlord, no palming off your stale, musty goods as fresh, or of your washy French wines for the true Hainault vintage. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Look at that dress you've got on,—a good thick thibet, an' mine's a cheap, sleazy alpaca they palmed off on me because they knew my eyesight ain't what it was once. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life All sorts of worthless wares are palmed off upon them by unscrupulous wretches. The Secrets of the Great City Some addressed their own envelopes with much labor, and sought to palm off the whole as their handiwork. Auld Licht Idyls He does not look like a liar, to begin with, and how silly to palm off an invention for to-day which to-morrow would expose! A Touch of Sun and Other Stories When people learn to demand unsalted butter they will get good butter, for no one can palm off oleomargarine or other imitations under the guise of fresh unsalted butter. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency Wasn't it enough that I married your sister, without your palming off your old stepmother on me? Plays: the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger Now mark the coarse, rough features, the ill-bred stare, the haughty rudeness which they endeavor to palm off for dignity. The Secrets of the Great City It seemed wicked to pretend to be showing this pretty creature a social attention, when she meant to palm off a hollow imitation of society upon her. A Modern Instance You will find by reading that second chapter that God tried to palm off on Adam a beast as his helpmeet. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. How they are pushed into conversation! what absurd vows and protests are palmed off by their aid! The Virginians The poet has in this play very skilfully palmed off on Euripides his own attack on women. Authors of Greece Jews there are, too, anxious to palm off a gaudy watch or so, for all there is no money in the town. Wanderers Mr. Appleton had no intention of palming off doubtful paintings on his friends or the public; but in regard to "Il Coconotte" he was confident of its true value, and rightly so. Cambridge Sketches There was a lot of flurried talk of arranging to give vast credits to Europe—the idea being that thereby the high-priced stocks might be palmed off. My Life and Work Another version palms off the impertinence on a drunken midshipman, who, being related to the Comptroller of the Household, had been invited to dinner by the Regent. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 As for Riel, they regarded him as an ambitious, short-sighted demagogue, who palmed off his low cunning for brilliant leadership, upon the credulous half-breeds. The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief To dare to propose to me—to me—to palm off a child—a criminal action! Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 Since they could no longer use their ships or make profit on ocean routes why not palm off their vessels upon the Government? Great Fortunes from Railroads She was small, like Mary, and she looked so young that Katherine gravely asked Mary if she was quite sure she wasn't palming off a sister on them instead of a mother. Betty Wales, Sophomore Had they, as some bold philosophers had said, invented gods in their own likeness, and palmed off on the awe and admiration of men their own fair phantoms?.... Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face In a day or two back that case came by express, and an indignant letter from the customer for palming off on him the old tubular, when the agent had sold the new. A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" Moreover, let the patrons of high-priced hotels and restaurants indignantly order away "sour, crude berries," as they would any other inferior viand, and caterers would then cease to palm off Wilsons for first-class strawberries. Success with Small Fruits Yonder young lady has no right to the prize, for the piece which she has palmed off as her own appeared in the Woodland Gazette, a paper published in an obscure New Hampshire village. Rosamond — or, the Youthful Error His daughter died young, and he's palmed off my Mary as his own child, to keep her money in his hands. Recalled to Life "I am a physical wreck, dependent upon cosmetics for the looks which I am still clever enough to palm off on the uninitiated." The Evil Shepherd They therefore had to form for themselves greater illusions than I could have palmed off upon them. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life There can be but little question of the character of the fiction he attempted to palm off on his readers. The Great Salt Lake Trail They didn't palm off an old-fashioned suit on him, if he was from the country. Without a Home Had Muller tried to palm off something on her? Constance Dunlap Tinned meat is good, sometimes excellent; but when you find that a cunning storekeeper has palmed off all his minced mutton on you, you are apt to fancy tinned fare monotonous! Spinifex and Sand He thinks we will swallow any obvious lie he chooses to palm off upon us. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay But as quoted, by a fraudulent suppression of one half, the unbalanced half is palmed off as a whole, and an indecision perverted into a decision. Love Me Little, Love Me Long All over Europe, dealers began to be fighting for the spoils; and all kinds of stuff were palmed off on the unsuspecting as fragments of the Daunt collection! Tales of Men and Ghosts Base wares are palmed off under a thousand disguises. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Voltaire, if you had not come now I should have considered you a bad penny: in place of the true metal of friendship I should have suspected you of palming off plated lead upon me. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends Scott conspires with a shepherd, a stranger, to palm off a forgery on the public. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy Was an out-of-the-way article called for, ten to one he had run short of it; and the born shopman's knack of palming off or persuading to a makeshift was not his. Australia Felix The notion then occurred to Rosenbaum of palming off another skull for Haydn's. Haydn Upon this idea he acts, and the result is an endless number of very unamiable devices for palming off upon some one else the trouble which a man shrinks from bearing himself. The Golden Bough Better thou ne’er shouldst leave it— Better thy gems a thousand fathoms deep In their native mine again, than grace my neck, And lend thy fair face to palm off a lie! The Hunchback If it be, on the contrary, an imitation of both our signatures that has been palmed off upon these usurers, it is open to other treatment. Under Two Flags Then, what do you call the act of that miserable man who meanly, disgracefully robs another man of his wife, and palms off his own children upon him? Within an Inch of His Life From this point of view Hamlet was a developed Don Juan whom Shakespear palmed off as a reputable man just as he palmed poor Macbeth off as a murderer. Man and Superman It was grain of the previous year which speculators had held too long and now palmed off on the Government to supply the army. The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South I've got my opinion of people who will take advantage of a child's ignorance, by palming off a horrid female dog on him, too. Bruce He could not palm off that kind deceit upon me. John Halifax, Gentleman "I s'posed of course Aurelia would send us the one we asked for, but it's just like her to palm off that wild young one on somebody else." The Flag-Raising It would not be fair, in other words, to propose a conundrum on a basis of ostensible materialism, and then, when no other key would fit, to palm off a disembodied spirit on us. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American One day, the baker, thinking he would not know the difference, tried to palm off upon the poor animal a ha’penny bun, whereupon the dog walked straight outside and fetched in a policeman. Novel Notes “You would be trying to palm off one or other of them on some simple-minded peasant for German, if you did!” Diary of a Pilgrimage He was feeling sore over his defeat, but Sutton cultivated his acquaintance, and in mollifying that official, showed him how easily failure could be palmed off as a victory. The Outlet Young Ireland not only palmed off his sham prose documents, most makeshift imitations of the antique, but even his ridiculous verses on the experts. Books and Bookmen Soho is so uncertain that the fare is often not good enough to be palmed off on even one's poorest and oldest friends. And Even Now "It seems to me a shameful sin to palm off on poor ignorant savages goods which we should consider worthless for ourselves." Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth But there exists that Kultur, diametrically opposed to civilization, which the Germans wish to palm off upon us. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse You palmed off on me a lot of forged receipts which might have sent both of us to the gallows. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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