| 单词 | popinjay |
| 例句 | They left the targets and had several shots at the popinjay—which was a large, bright-coloured artificial bird stuck on the top of a stick, I see a parrot—and Kay missed these also. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there were stuffed birds, popinjays, and maggot- pies and kingfishers, and peacocks with all their feathers but two, and tiny birds like beetles,'and a reputed phoenix which smelt of incense and cinnamon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z While Gaudi doesn’t hide his contempt for the popinjays and idiots who wasted the lives of good men, he is unstinting in his admiration for heroism and self-sacrifice. Review | If you like action-packed historical novels, ‘The War of Jenkins’ Ear’ is just the book for you 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Even within these narrow confines, Pine and Magnussen make splendid popinjays in the princes’ comic duet “Agony.” REVIEW: 'Into the Woods': A Disney Musical for Adults of All Ages 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z He flamboyantly inhabited his martial persona, a popinjay with long golden curls and a specially commissioned uniform, “a black velvet suit and enough gold braid to cover it.” Fictional Glimpses of the Past: From the Tudors to the Czars 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z As are the old-fashioned words — like “martinet,” “popinjay” and “annealed” — that Galloway sprinkles through the text, the way Leigh strewed the beloved posies from her various country estates. Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier’s Turbulent Relationship, Retold With Compassion 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z One shining exception is Agony, which wittily punctures the pretensions of two popinjay princes and is excellently delivered by Simon Thomas and Michael Xavier. Into the Woods 2010-08-17T22:30:00Z Here is the ultimate insult to this obese, superannuated popinjay: the book renders him invisible, as if flushing him away into oblivion. Eight of the best books about Donald Trump 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z It was this transition that helped turn “Trump into Trump” — from a comparatively minor fish in the Manhattan real estate pond into the world’s greatest popinjay. Opinion | Donald Trump Is a Hostage to 1979 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z The Daily Mail called him an “egotistical preening popinjay.” British Parliament Speaker John Bercow bellows ‘Orrrrder!’ for the last time 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z “We will not allow US-UK relations to be endangered by some puffed up pompous popinjay in City Hall,” he tweeted. As Theresa May steps down, pro-Trump Brexiteer Boris Johnson is favorite to succeed her 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Such permission had not been granted in decades, and many British newspapers were indignant, describing Mr. Bercow the next day as a “sweaty, self-important gnome” and an “egotistical preening popinjay.” Amid Parliament’s Brexit Rebellion, a Tectonic Shift in How Britain Is Governed 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z “Speaker of the Devil” screamed The Sun newspaper’s headline, while The Daily Mail described him as an “egotistical, preening popinjay.” For Theresa May, Still at Odds With Parliament, the Brexit Walls Are Closing In 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z “How much longer do we woo these young popinjays in sneakers, water-walkers in shoulder pads, till they lose all perspective of where they really fit in the grand scheme of things?” 1968: 'Game of the Century' changed college basketball, for better and worse 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z He also called Khan a “puffed up pompous popinjay.” Glee in London over Trump’s scrapped visit — but also unease about U.S.-British ties 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z This self-righteous popinjay, running as a Republican for the U.S. Opinion | Christians: Our silence on Roy Moore isn’t enough 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The house which had witnessed strange scenes played by stronger actors might be trusted to deal sternly with this popinjay. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z In reality, he doesn't care the turn of his finger for that screaming popinjay. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The excitement cured me as no blood-letting popinjay of a surgeon could, and I found myself nimbly speeding after the fiery arrows and knocking out the sparks with an empty bucket. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z And might we not expect a "dude" to fall into immoderate laughter at the sight of a "popinjay"? The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z "You are infatuated by that over-dressed popinjay—that insufferable Carr, who, from all I hear, is but a shady fellow, and who—" With a sweeping movement Diana had risen and walked to the bell-rope. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Witwal, wit′wawl, n. the popinjay, or green woodpecker, the greater spotted woodpecker. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The popinjay at this moment turned, and fired back at Felicia her own gun. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Why, what every true woman would say, that she loved you ten times better now you were disfigured than she did when you were the counterpart of every other good-looking popinjay in town!' A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z The dude, the swell, the dandy, the fop, the spark, the macaroni, the blade, the popinjay, the coxcomb,—these are butterflies of different summers. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Dame," he exclaimed, looking towards us, "here is my popinjay and his sugar-plum. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z Ulenspiegel, spying from far off a pole surmounted by a popinjay, and all around goodwives armed with bows, asked if women were becoming archers nowadays. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z But the popinjay could not sing, and had no invitation to stay. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Dame! it seems to me that she didn't hesitate to show you that she preferred that popinjay to you. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Why, then, I am partly in starched cambric, good mouse, if you must know, and partly in damask, and partly in taffeta of popinjay blue. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Well," said I, "they all seem popinjays to me in their blue and gold and buff. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z They ran about in a sort of frenzy, looking for the keg, uttering wild oaths and imprecations against the Skipper and that "blanked popinjay," whom I was finally forced to mentally acknowledge was myself. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z If you want to know what I think about you, I call you a proud popinjay; it's the best name to suit you! A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z I worked among them with the pickaxe till my arms were nearly broken, and the only thanks I got was to be shot at like a popinjay.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z My little boy has got a rival, whose name is Henrik, a popinjay who not only is six years old, but has an unlimited supply of liquorice at his disposal. My Little Boy 2011-03-12T03:00:27.087Z I replaced my mole-skin cap, saluted the popinjays, and marched forward. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z When they spoke of "the popinjay," I was at a loss to comprehend to whom they referred. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z The Captain told all he knew, and when Lawrence thanked him and went away, Dunlay turned to a brother officer standing by and remarked, "That young popinjay will be wiser before many days." The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z May the fires of hell consume the popinjays! The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Indeed, in grace and beauty and extravagance, he was the ideal courtly young popinjay of Verona—the idolized only son and heir of the mighty family of Montague. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z All the young popinjays got to their feet, and all stared as I offered them the salute of rank; but all rendered it politely. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Primroses and spring sunshine made pleasant memories, and—and how well he had looked in his Court suit of satin; so different from those popinjay friends of Morry's. A Blot on the Scutcheon Not much fear, though: he’ll be too busy for a couple of hours restoring his damaged plumes—a conceited popinjay!” By Birth a Lady Such was the end of the wealthy popinjay. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Again, the cities of the great province of Silesia were in close union, with Breslau for their centre point; there the popinjay shooting attained to its highest development, and the festivals were very frequent. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. I am not a French popinjay to be dazzled by your gewgaws from Versailles.” The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec They were still resolute, and strangely calm, because he had nerved himself not to flinch before this strutting popinjay. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 You have been a quintain long enough for all these popinjays who come from the provinces to gather our crumbs, and court our women. Marguerite de Valois O gin I had a popinjay To fly abune my head, To tell me what I ought to say, I had by this been wed. Rhyme? And Reason? But, on the frontiers of this group, at Halle, another association began, the centre of which was Magdeburg; here the popinjay was more frequent. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. According to her, Max's father was a swine and his mother a fool and his brother a popinjay, and his sister had no respect for her betters; but Max had a heart. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play "There's nothing of the popinjay about him, nothing of the modern military fop of Berlin or Dresden, men who are, in my estimation, the very acme of bad breeding and degenerate idiocy." Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England So the corn sprang, and the golden cuckoo—which in Finland plays the part of the popinjay in Scotch ballads, or of the three golden birds in Greek folk-songs—came with his congratulations. Custom and Myth New Edition And out and laughed the popinjay, A laugh of bitter scorn: “A coortin’ done in sic’ a way, It ought not to be borne!” Rhyme? And Reason? These also zealously maintained the cross-bow at their prize-shootings; the popinjay was seldom erected, except at smaller meetings, where it was long upheld. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. That poor foolish popinjay of ours is only drifting on with the tide. Under the Mendips A Tale He objects to my belonging because of the parades and drills and summer camp, says it's all vanity, foolishness, and that only popinjays want to wear uniforms. Harper's Round Table, July 30, 1895 Well, I’ll tell you right here and now, there won’t be room enough on this boat for that popinjay an’ me at the same time. Dorothy on a House Boat With his fortune and his tastes, he should have sought service among those popinjays that English tailors make lancers or hussars of. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Kurt himself hath shot The silver ring out o' the popinjay's beak— A good shot he, you see, who would succeed. Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses And he is none of your military popinjays, my boy, all plastered with buttons and gold lace, but an earnest, hardworking soldier. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Bellegarde, a silly popinjay, lost his head completely, and began to howl for one of those new-fangled screw tourniquets which had been invented by Jean Louis Petit, not so long before. Francezka "What right has a popinjay like you to demand?" Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Moreover, the writer declared that foreigners had grown so numerous that, on a Sunday in the previous Lent, he had seen 600 strangers shooting together at the popinjay. Old and New London Volume I "Well, at the risk of being called the feminine for popinjay," said Mrs. Birket, with a smile, "I must choose London." The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons Was it possible that such a girl as Anna Lovel should resist the popinjay, backed as he would be by her own instincts and by the prayers of every one of her race? Lady Anna “I am pleased to see that you have brought me soldiers instead of the popinjays and dandies which I have heretofore seen.” Francezka With all due respect for an officer, he seemed to be a perfect popinjay. Jena or Sedan? Herbert Hutton drew his arrogant brows in a frown of annoyance, and whirled around to placate his guide: "Now see here, you old popinjay, what's got into you?" Exit Betty In the intervals, angels seated on faldstool thrones, and bearing stars; also two popinjays. Needlework As Art She laughed and was pleased,—and remembered without a shade either of regret or remorse the manner in which the popinjay had helped her over the stepping-stones at Bolton Abbey. Lady Anna He got those young popinjays out of their chaises by 244 a single glance, which acted like a grenade when the fuse is touched off. Francezka Where before did you ever meet this popinjay?” Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West What a popinjay that Masters girl is, to be sure! and Mrs.—what's her name?—the other, is not much better. Diana Was this insolent young popinjay to win at last? The Harbor of Doubt And in Earl Richard and other ballads, it is the 'popinjay' that proclaims guilt or fear from turret or tree. The Balladists Famous Scots Series "The impudent popinjay is trying to phase me," thought Wilde; "but he will see that it won't work." Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife “And who is this with whom you converse so privately, Adele?” he questioned brusquely, “a young popinjay new to these parts I venture.” Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West This is a large world, and there are more places for an honest, clever girl to work in than a candy store run by a popinjay! Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure Now, of course, I know what it means, and I wonder children and ignorant people are not taught what prayers mean, instead of being made to say them just like popinjays. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers What, you wretched popinjay of a serving man! Gycia A Tragedy in Five Acts He will have secured my gratitude and can trust me to preserve the conventionalities; and as for you, my popinjay, your fortune is made. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) "Permit me to give your gentlemen the word," interposed Henri, "and these popinjays shall soon be cleared from your path." My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France It serves as a trap to catch duchesses, a device for putting salt on the tails of the popinjays of fashion. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Pity Volney didn’t pink the fellow through the heart for his d——d impudence in interfering; not that I can stand Volney either, curse the popinjay!” snarled Craven sourly. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 But, alas! that which I had hidden from a whole army in the field, I could not keep a secret from one rubbishing, penniless, popinjay of a Captain in the Gardes Françaises. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... Cœur-de-Lion was not a theatrical popinjay with greaves and steel-cap on it, but a man living upon victuals,—not imported by Peel's Tariff. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. "The popinjays will take some time to clear!" remarked Armand laughing. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France An epithet given by certain popinjays in the service to such of their betters as fully understand the various duties of their station. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. On the high sea, I am in supreme control, and know how to run the Mauretania without advice from a bloody Spanish popinjay! The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play He looked the very figure of a prince of romance, and the gentlemen who bowed before him seemed to be popinjays in their over-gorgeous clothes. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg All the popinjays in the South Seas be fools to him.” Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall He perceived that this fussy lawyer was not wholly a popinjay, for it required courage to insult a pirate to his face. Blackbeard: Buccaneer If I had had it in my power, I would have left the carriage; for I was in no frame of mind to be pestered by a popinjay. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 "Done!" says I. "To think," groans Jack, blowing out his cheeks and striking himself a violent blow in the chest, "to think of a pale-faced, pranked-out, spindle-shanked, mealy-mouthed popinjay like him!" The Honourable Mr. Tawnish Popjoy may have been applied to the successful archer who became king of the popinjay for the year. The Romance of Names One of the alien troop pulled a red mustachio fiercely and eyed a blithe popinjay of the court with quizzical superiority; the others remained, stock-still, but observant. Under the Rose “And the young captain and that long-haired popinjay met before, haven’t they?” Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story I cannot think how you keep your temper with such a popinjay. The Nebuly Coat “Thou wouldst have him a scarlet and yellow popinjay!” said Rachel. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada The very quintessence of popinjay vulgarity is reached when nicely is made to do service for well, in this wise: "How do you do?" The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. "The king hath dressed them like popinjays; they drink overmuch, dice, and run after the maids, but otherwise are well-behaved." Under the Rose I ask only that you will not another time think that they who rule kingdoms are as those gay popinjays yonder. In Kings' Byways In this beautiful garden, too, there were birds, nightingales building their nests, gay popinjays flitting hither and thither among the trees, thrushes singing their sweetest songs. Stories from the Ballads Told to the Children Thou art as fit to be a sea-captain, and come through a storm in the Bay of Biscay, as—thy popinjay.” Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada The do-nothing, the popinjay, the intractable, the self-important, the remonstrant, the I thought, sir—the It is due to my dignity, sir—none of these flourished in the Army of the Valley. The Long Roll "Young grafts grow not only soonest, but also fairest, and bring always forth the best and sweetest fruit; young whelps learn easily to carry; young popinjays learn quickly to speak." The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I Most of them were far from complimentary, and there were allusions by the dozen to "licentious soldiery" and "gilded popinjays." The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert He projected himself into the future, and prophesied ruin and destruction for a race which produced popinjays and clowns. Betty Trevor But how changed from the gay popinjay I knew on the Miséricorde! Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess "I know the reason too," said Jethro, angrily "it is all owing to that English popinjay, who rides about as if we colonists were not fit to dust his pretty coat for him." Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem Staff popinjays hurry up and down the platform. On the Heels of De Wet He may be the most conceited little popinjay who ever strutted in uniform; no matter; it is more for your interest to learn than for his to teach. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Had the state's attorney said that he was wrong, the old man would have called him a popinjay to his face. The Calico Cat What of Wagner, with his delight in imbecile fables, his popinjay vanity, his soul of a Schnorrer? A Book of Prefaces He is, in brief, a hollow and incompetent creature, a strutter and poseur, a popinjay, a pretty one.... Damn! A Book of Calumny Those fine popinjays in starched kerseys and pink frills, who live in luxury at railway centres, think that it adds to their dignity if they convert their most trivial messages into cipher. On the Heels of De Wet "I shall enjoy seeing if that French popinjay keeps all of his fine airs when the hour for stern work comes." When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country Among men who are men, as distinct from pedantic popinjays, you go for nothing. Berry And Co. "A pretty popinjay, brought out for my lady's amusement!" said the stranger, smiling; "you make rare sport with your antic tricks, at the fort yonder, I doubt not, boy." The Rivals of Acadia An Old Story of the New World Have your way, only this gay popinjay of a knight must stay until his ransom be paid. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars As it is, that fool--that popinjay, almost guessed. Adrien Leroy Susan flounced back to the kitchen without another word, only muttering to herself prognostications of evil if such a popinjay were admitted into the household. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot There were a number of Flemings here returning from some meeting where they had been contending at their national game—shooting at the popinjay. A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg Generals Joubert and Smit, who had been described with admirable truth and candour, were so enraged that they demanded the instant dismissal of the 'conceited young popinjay' who had dared to criticise his masters. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs Greatly tempted was the Knight to agree that, saving himself, and Humphry of Camforth, of whom the less said the better, none save Court popinjays had loved her. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century When I went back to the hall to claim her I found I was too late: she was dancing with a young popinjay of Collingwood's regiment. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Suppose I'm not a young whippersnapper with his head full of nonsense and his pockets full of nothing, can the best popinjay of them all do for you what I can? Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man "Mr. Brown," he began, "what is a popinjay?" More Toasts "What's it to be to-night?" he began, as he walked up to us; but he suddenly saw our pyjama outfit, and was very rude about it, calling us "popinjays," and "degenerate �sthetes." Tell England A Study in a Generation And now within the ballion court There sits Sir Ravensbeard: "Who shall me say what popinjay Hath earned this proud reward?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. When the Literary Man from London crossed her mind she laughed him to scorn for a prophetic popinjay. Septimus Was she meant for that popinjay youth with the petulant eye and the sullen jaw? Truxton King A Story of Graustark "Why—er—a popinjay is a—eh—vain bird." More Toasts "Well, Father Pierre, I wouldn't like—- "Wouldn't like what!" shouted the old man, "perhaps thou art afraid of the popinjay in his red coat—eh, thou chicken-hearted fellow? Legend of Moulin Huet So the corn sprang, and the golden cuckoo—which in Finland plays the part of the popinjay in Scotch ballads, or of the three golden birds in Greek folksongs—came with his congratulations. Custom and Myth By this lofty title are designated the members of the Indian Civil Service by lesser mortals, such as army officers—who in return are contemptuously termed "brainless military popinjays" by the exalted caste. The Elephant God "We must show ourselves as fine as those popinjays of Anjou's," said Felix. For The Admiral Also popinjays, of the which some are green, some yellow, and having their feathers intermingled with green, yellow, and purple, which varieties delighted the sense not a little.... The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Our doing seems to be a gaudy screen or popinjay to divert the eye from our nondoing. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Coeur-de- Lion was not a theatrical popinjay with greaves and steelcap on it, but a man living upon victuals,—not imported by Peel's Tariff. Past and Present "A man of thews and sinews, who knows not fear, is the comrade in whom my heart delights; but there be so few of them amid yon crowd of painted popinjays." Tom Tufton's Travels What if all The scornful landscape should turn round and say, "This is a fool, and that a popinjay"? The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell They have plenty of birds of the same kind with those at Calicut, but the popinjays or parrots are more beautiful. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 I would go up to the Yankee outpost, and if some popinjay of a tacky officer didn't come along, we would have a good time. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show He is all asides and whispers and winks and nods to other young popinjays of the same feather. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series "And now, let in the popinjays and chattering monkeys; for the sooner we begin, the sooner comes the end!" Tom Tufton's Travels For the Countess was its chief star, and, moreover, much loved by her fellow-guests, despite her curious weakness for the popinjay, and the mystery of her outings with him. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns In the woods are many peacocks and falcons, with popinjays or parrots, some of which are entirely white, while others are of seven different colours. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 What are you doing here, sir, when I left you to watch the side-steps of that French popinjay and the Whitworth woman? The Daredevil At Aix a nominal king, chosen from among the youth for his skill in shooting at a popinjay, presided over the festival. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul There, honest Tom; we are well rid of the chattering magpies--screaming peacocks were the better word, or painted popinjays. Tom Tufton's Travels The remarkable thing was that though he regarded Captain Deverax as a popinjay, he could not help feeling a certain slight satisfaction in the fact that they were in some sort acquaintances.... The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns The apprentice of the church was irritated at the impudence with which these dressed up popinjays, the apprentices of war, sauntered about the church. The Shadow of the Cathedral You might argue with them all day, and you could not make them feel so small as I made that popinjay feel in one hour. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 He has become an aristocrat of aristocrats, a popinjay, a silken dandy, like most of the young nobles at this court. Calvert of Strathore If she ever comes near my yard and answers my whistle, I'll know it; and then I'll teach these popinjays in blue coats and white pantaloons what Adam was made for. A Kentucky Cardinal When the military evolutions were over, a loud shout announced that the competitors were about to step forth for the shooting of the popinjay--the figure of a bird suspended to a pole. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction The two who were on either side of Alleyne bent their bows as calmly as though they were shooting at the popinjay at the village fair. The White Company Pit my sons, My three brave sons, against these popinjays, These tufted jack-a-dandy featherheads, And on the issue let thy hand depend! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan And there they find merchandises, and of popinjays, as great plenty as men find here of geese. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville The popinjay in the White House could not bear to listen to the roar of welcome that greeted him as he stepped from the train. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 When he looked around in the club he saw only a lot of conceited popinjays too selfish to think of making a good woman happy. The End of the Tether They have no real spontaneity; they are all cowards and popinjays. Roderick Hudson Well, my young friend, I'll see what's to be done in this matter, and will bring you, most likely, a solemn declaration that he never shot at a popinjay in his life. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Are we to lie here like so many popinjays at a fair for the troopers to practise upon?' Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 He suspected that the whispering and the giggling were directed towards himself, and burned to draw his sword and let these popinjays know for once what a man could do. The Strong Arm Not the popinjay, but the Pope in white. Cæsar or Nothing I am a drunkard, a libertine, and a popinjay! Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee I think so, said he, myself; and then shall you be a puppy, and this gentle popinjay a perfect papelard, that is, dissembler. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 I have oft remarked that those who are most skilled at the shooting of the popinjay, the cleaving of the Turk's head, and other such sports, are ever laggards in the field. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 He was as proud as a popinjay of his island and he ruled over it like a Czar or a Kaiser. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks "That may be," said he, half testily, with a curse on the tanner's grandson and his French popinjays, "and our Englishmen are as good as any two Norsemen, as the Norse themselves say." Hereward, the Last of the English "Tonnish females," as the magazine of fashion called the higher class of popinjays, would have stared with contempt at both Faith and Dolly Darling in their simple walking-dress that day. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War There was a cabinet or museum here, too, to inspect, and the curious old spectacle of the popinjay to be witnessed, in company with the Grand Duke of Weimar and his son. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 Here, then, is the absurd, the Williamesque side of this ludicrous popinjay, Jemal the Great, and it contains not only the obvious seeds of laughter, but the more helpful seeds of hope. Crescent and Iron Cross There are also many beautiful birds, francolins, popinjays, and other kinds such as we have none of in our country. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 As for you writing and acting popinjays, I could break the lot of you if I chose. The Cinema Murder Parson Twemlow was no prig, no pedant, and no popinjay, but a sensible, upright, honorable man, whose chief defect was a quick temper. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War On the Queen's return from the popinjay she had the happiness to meet Baroness Lehzen, her old governess, who had come from Buckeburg to see her Majesty. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 Black Sanchez, according to all accounts, was a devil incarnate, and no such popinjay as this maker of love, could ever be changed into a terror of the sea. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" The engineer, with garnishments of profanity, considered dueling to be a painstakingly-described absurdity and wished "the old popinjay" joy of his bargain. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations Time, to use Rosalind's simile, has hitherto paced with the hero of our tale; for betwixt Morton's first appearance as a competitor for the popinjay and his final departure for Holland hardly two months elapsed. Old Mortality, Volume 2. The green chasseur next advanced, and his ball a second time struck the popinjay. Old Mortality, Volume 1. "Oh, I don't set up to be a popinjay," retorted Welch witheringly. The Battle Ground Only the pelican and the popinjay among fowls use the foot instead of an hand. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Some popinjay had conceived a whim for travelling by litter instead of in his carriage. The Unwilling Vestal He?" repeated the lady, with emphasis; "that brief little word does, indeed, so far explain your mystery;—but come from behind the chair, you silly popinjay! The Fortunes of Nigel This was the figure of a bird, decked with party-coloured feathers, so as to resemble a popinjay or parrot. Old Mortality, Volume 1. All right, my lady; if you set your affections on a French popinjay, I'll come over there and fight a duel with him. Patty in Paris “Better a Whig lover than one of your popinjay British officers,” retorted Tibbie, crimsoning. Janice Meredith They threw themselves upon the poor cats, and shot them with arquebuses as men shoot at the popinjay. The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) The captain of the Pelion was shifted into the Ossa—came aboard in Shanghai—a little popinjay, sir, in a grey check suit, with his hair parted in the middle. Lord Jim The animal swerved at the moment his master fired, and the ball missed the popinjay. Old Mortality, Volume 1. Let me homage, too," said Mr. Perry, and they both bowed and scraped, until Patty went off in a gale of laughter and said: "You ridiculous boys, you look like popinjays! Patty's Suitors "Did the pink and gold popinjay beat you?" If I Were King And yet, even with such a popinjay as Lord Rufford, he himself felt the lordship. The American Senator To which the popinjay responded, "We are all Mother Carey's chickens." Magnum Bonum The Captain of the popinjay and Miss Bellenden coloured like crimson, as the latter returned, with embarrassed courtesy, the low inclination which the victor made, even to the saddle-bow, in passing her. Old Mortality, Volume 1. It made him feel like a popinjay, and it was with infinite relief that he took it off an hour or so after dawn. Brewster's Millions "The popinjay fails to recognize me," he said to himself; "so may my bullies," and as he thought, René de Montigny was pushed forward by a couple of soldiers and stood sullenly defiant before him. If I Were King Frank Ayres was suddenly transformed from a popinjay into an admirable fellow. The Fortunate Youth He's had money enough spent on his learning; but instead, he comes down dressed like a popinjay, and never troubles his head to think how I'm to pay his debts. Wives and Daughters At the first discharge of his piece the green adventurer struck the popinjay, being the first palpable hit of the day, though several balls had passed very near the mark. Old Mortality, Volume 1. Under his great hands a chattering viscount, or a sturdy duke, or a popinjay Italian marquis was as nothing. Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich What hast to do with true love, popinjay? The Prince and the Page; a story of the last crusade A number of these popinjays there are, Whom, if a man confer, and but examine Their inward merit, with such men as want; Lord, lord, what things they are! Every Man out of His Humour At Aix a nominal king, chosen from among the youth for his skill in shooting at a popinjay, presided over the midsummer festival. The Golden Bough Two only of those who followed in order succeeded in hitting the popinjay. Old Mortality, Volume 1. Baron Pollnitz, I insist upon your forcing these shrieking popinjays of the Marquise de Pompadour to silence. Frederick the Great and His Family There was a guttural laugh from the swashbuckler, and then his arms were round Gonzaga's shapely waist, and the popinjay was lifted from his feet. Love-at-Arms But as the wives of Napoleon's generals could never learn to walk on a carpet, so the aimless popinjay of adult age can never learn to take a man's place among rough-and-ready workers. Such Is Life Come! the popinjay is an amusing dog—tells a story; sings a song; and saves us the trouble of flattering the Queen. Caesar and Cleopatra My species are dwindling, My forests grow barren, My popinjays fail from their tappings, My larks from their strain. Poems of the Past and the Present It is he who mocks us to those popinjays. Red Eve I met a lady there with whom I had some talk, a friar, a fool, a popinjay, and some soldiers. Love-at-Arms I saw one of them down at the Golden Crown, not long ago," said the dwarf; "a forward young popinjay, and mighty inquisitive about this, our royal palace. The Midnight Queen "Am I to be shot at like a popinjay at a fair, by any reaver or outlaw that seeks a mark for his bow?" he cried. Sir Nigel "Then will they miss seeing a man, and not a popinjay," I retorted. To Have and to Hold I found the popinjay here with your father, the pair as thick as thieves—and your father with a paper in his hand as fine as a cobweb. The Lion's Skin Now let us turn again to January, That in the garden with his faire May Singeth well merrier than the popinjay:* *parrot "You love I best, and shall, and other none." The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems "That spruce, affected little popinjay over there, who looks as if he had been drinking verjuice." Catherine De Medici This was the figure of a bird decked with parti-coloured feathers, so as to resemble a popinjay or parrot. Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 But here the popinjay officer reckoned without his host, for that gentleman had the most indomitable eyes in Arizona. Bucky O'Connor He might have known as much himself, but he is an arrant popinjay, and thinks all women wish to look at his fine shape, and hear him flatter them when he is in the mood.” A Lady of Quality Could it be that her graceless popinjay of a father, Lorenzo de Medici Randall, had bequeathed her some strange combination of gifts instead of fortune? New Chronicles of Rebecca I never thought that any good would come Of this young popinjay, with his long hair And his great boots, fit only for the Russians Or barbarous Indians, as his father says! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The average man is an almost incredible popinjay; he can think of himself only as at the centre of situations. In Defense of Women |
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