单词 | backbiter |
例句 | “It’s my fault, Mama. I did a really mean thing to Emily, and I’m a backbiter, and I’m going to be punished...” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She better not hear none of them old backbiters talking about her husband! Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Cruz is hardly the first candidate to pitch himself as Washington’s only honest lawmaker, but he appears exceptionally willing to brand his party as a pack of spineless backbiters. Ted Cruz's Senate colleagues are going to hate his new book 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The first season introduced us to Ned Stark, a protagonist too rigidly moral to keep his head among the backbiters of King’s Landing. REVIEW: Hello, Cruel World! Game of Thrones Is Back 2014-04-03T12:37:26Z Happily for him, to use Howes’ words, “He was careless of the scoffers, backbiters, and detractors.” England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z He was a shifty, flattering fellow, at once a toady and a backbiter; who had wormed himself into society too good for him, and in London was Vaughan's b�te noir. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z What I am anxious for is that you shouldn't be a backbiter. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Look here," he exclaimed, "you will never be anything better than a backbiter and selfish. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z He was no backbiter; he refrained, even with me, from hostile criticism of other actors. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z Every one has his opportunity, and this robs the plotter and backbiter of his venom. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z Thus far the conduct of the son of the Rookhba chief had formed a notable contrast to the proceedings of his backbiters. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z There was a relief in escaping from meddlesome backbiters. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z But it is usual to find many backbiters at princes' courts. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. The whole sisterhood of backbiters was most cruelly checkmated, their vexation nearly choked them. Pretty Michal He was a sneaking backbiter, and had a blood-hound scent after an attorney. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. Talebearers and backbiters are everywhere ——. —— that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Gossips, tattlers, and backbiters were her trinity of horrors. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Here is something to confute the old backbiter,' and he clapped with his thick short hand a heavy leather pocket-book. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 Would the slanderer, or backbiter, or hypocrite, indulge their habits if they realized this truth? The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 And I wish I could meet any of them venomous backbiters face to face. Cruel As The Grave There are some who seem to think that a man must rather enjoy hearing all the low tittle-tattle of envious backbiters. Julian Home I never said my uncle was a backbiter. The Miraculous Revenge Little Blue Book #215 But a double-tongued man is apparently the same as a backbiter, because a backbiter speaks with a double tongue, with one in your absence, with another in your presence. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The "backbiter" is frequently seen, in most unlovely form, and two persons gossiping with an "unseen witness" in the shape of an avenging friend, looking on and waiting for his opportunity to strike! 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 Then Envy, trembling with secret hatred, accompanied by his court of flatterers, backbiters, calumniators and all the human serpentry that lurk in the palaces of kings. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country I hev told her to her face and I will not be a backbiter. The Measure of a Man To the women who envied her, to the gossips and backbiters, he opposed a nescience inexpugnable, unscalable as a wall of polished stone: but the mischief was, he equally ignored her sensitiveness. Lady Good-for-Nothing For the backbiter apparently intends and aims at being believed. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Besides, everyone hates and fears a backbiter; because as he brings to you a bad story about another, he will in the same manner bring to someone else a bad story about you. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine "Believe what? why, madam, that Charles Lamb was a backbiter?" The Bed-Book of Happiness No wonder that petty cynics snarl and rejoice; they say, "Look at your great men, and see what mean backbiters they are!" The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Midshipman Farley was nothing at all on the order of the backbiter. Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis Accordingly a backbiter is a murderer occasionally, since by his words he gives another man an occasion for hating or despising his neighbor. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Never listen to a backbiter, detractor, or slanderer—it is sinful. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Was it true, as Courtenay thinks, that jealousy of King William's attachment to Temple disturbed the episcopal equipoise of soul, rendering his Lordship slanderous, even a backbiter? The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 His relations with the lady and with his patron were disturbed by the lauzengiers, the slanderers, the envious, and the backbiters of whom troubadours constantly complain, and he was obliged to leave Ventadour. The Troubadours No doubt, Sir, no doubt.—I defy any man in the ship to say that I am a backbiter, even against my wife, with whom I have a sort of lawful right to deal candidly. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas Objection 1: It would seem that the listener who suffers a backbiter does not sin grievously. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province And check with an indignant frown The scurrilous backbiter; But speed good-humour as it runs, Be even tolerant of puns, And every mirth-exciter. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 335, October 11, 1828 But neither the Queen, the Government, nor the Times could silence the born backbiters of greatness. Essays in Rebellion Sycophanta is such a dissembler, traitor, and backbiter that would earn a grey coat. Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther Find something pleasant to say of each, that you may not earn the reputation of a backbiter. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. Hence we should none the less withstand backbiters, just as those who rob or oppress others, even though the oppressed and the robbed may gain merit by patience. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Item, that she rails on men in authority, depraving their honours with bitter jests and taunts; and that she's a backbiter, setting strife betwixt bosom friends. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 Hence appositely are the practisers thereof termed whisperers and backbiters: their heart suffers them not openly to avow, their conscience tells them they cannot fairly defend their practice. Sermons on Evil-Speaking There was one fixed point, however, at which she always abandoned the cause of her reverend protege—it was so soon as she learned he had preached a regular sermon against slanderers and backbiters. The Fortunes of Nigel “This,” said the Angel, “is the abode of the slanderers, defamers and backbiters, and of all envious cowards who always do hurt in word or deed behind one’s back.” The Visions of the Sleeping Bard But an informer is apparently the same as a backbiter. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province We have all seen human biters; not merely backbiters, but creatures who like to leave the marks of their teeth upon people present too. The Recreations of a Country Parson Oh, he is a backbiter, too, is he? Love Me Little, Love Me Long I am a man full of errors, certainly, but not the devil that these odious backbiters at Tiptoff represented me to be. Barry Lyndon Nor did Lucius himself approve that only interpretation of the ancients, who say, this symbol aims directly at backbiters and tale-bearing whisperers. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Therefore it seems that one is not always bound to withstand a backbiter. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province "I could have chosen no better season," she replied, "to mark my scorn of evil tongues and backbiters." The Lion's Skin Some of his backbiters and revilers at home whispered that his head was turned by all these pageants and courtesies of kings, and that he regretted that our system provided for no monarch. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography Nobody could call him a detractor or a backbiter or a talebearer or a liar. Bunyan Characters (1st Series) Nor did his smooth words fail in their intent; for at courts, where fools are sometimes favoured and backbiters preferred, a lie lacks not credit. The Danish History, Books I-IX Accordingly we must say that if a man listens to backbiting without resisting it, he seems to consent to the backbiter, so that he becomes a participator in his sin. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Better to go forth and brave it, and surely it should disarm the backbiters if she showed herself in the park with Lord Rotherby's own mother. The Lion's Skin |
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