| 单词 | purlieu |
| 例句 | Sometimes Sir Grummore came on a visit Sometimes King Pellinore could be described galloping over the purlieus after the Beast, or with the Beast after him if they happened to have got muddled up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The pigs were driven into the purlieus of the forest, where boys beat the trees to supply them with acorns. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was pricking through the purlieus of the forest after that Beast, you know, when I met with a solemn friar of orders grey, and he told me. It’s the very latest news.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Or a cumulative juggernaut that is operating outside the purlieus of human agency. I’m Not O.K. Neither Are You. Who Cares? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Inside the Beltway humbly consults the Merriam Webster dictionary to reveal that “purlieus” — the plural form of the noun “purlieu” — means “hangout” or “stomping ground.” ‘Glorious’: Kayleigh McEnany receives praise as White House press secretary 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z “Way out here one gets that wicked city idea about New York & all those purlieus,” he writes to the dancer Nelson Barclift, from his cottage in Williamstown. The Pleasure and Pain of Being Cole Porter 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z In more sensible purlieus, it might just be that pressure on Senate Republicans, who can see polling sliding against Trump and their party, pays off with actual progress. Senate Republicans feel shutdown pressure as Trump tweets angrily on 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z But, Terry added, the maze and its leafy purlieus were also vital as an escape from the overwhelming busy-ness of court life. The lost art of getting lost - BBC News 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z In the cottages of Stratford, or in the purlieus of Blackfriars? The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z He prowled about the purlieus of the playground. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z “Have you been in a purlieu tonight? Confess. Say, ‘Guilty.’ The Pleasure and Pain of Being Cole Porter 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z It is the same with the Court and its purlieus. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z At last, however, the time approached when the sittings of the Reichstag terminated, and when all who could forsook the dusty purlieus of the town for the mountains, the sea, or their country dwellings. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z As he disappeared behind her, she glanced down at the main-deck alive with armed men, as evil-looking a crowd as could be recruited from the purlieus of Hell's Kitchen or crimped from the Hole-in-the-Wall. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Ay, more," said Gerard, lowering his voice almost to a whisper, "celestial sounds have issued from the purlieus of that very crypt you turned into a tavern. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Crabb’s expression had suddenly undergone a startling change, unknown in the Platonic purlieus of the Bachelors’ Club. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z He knew that, if the robber was merely driven off, he would return and haunt the purlieus of the colony, and end by finding and rifling every storehouse in the neighborhood. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Every object and scene, every house and building within the purlieus of the town seemed stained, soiled, and tarnished with the sooty vapour that was ceaselessly ascending from its ten thousand chimneys. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z In the purlieus of St. Stephen's, where are the sacred haunts of the collective wisdom of the kingdom, I have heard the hootings of many an old owl. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z The men for the most part were more outspoken in ribaldry than the women, especially those specimens of masculinity who frequented at that hour the purlieus of Piccadilly Circus. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z The unfailing caf� was near at hand; its chairs and tables were scattered about these rustic purlieus, and its servants waited for orders. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z From the eleventh story up, its wide windows surveyed every purlieu of Manhattan. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z Yet, now that it was all over, and she knew the worst-- or best--her disposition was to blame herself for having strayed within the tainted purlieus of that crime-haunted court. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z They date, it is believed, from the days before the Zirite dynasty, but you will not be tempted to examine them attentively, for the purlieus are of the most uninviting description. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Bacchanalianism in all its most detestable forms reigns rampant in almost every home and purlieu throughout the Upper Provinces. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Must American parents go to Europe, and take from the 546 purlieus of Popish convents, instructors for their children? Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z That must be the Princess Zimbamzim and the pretty girl had ventured into these purlieus to consult her. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z One or two rumours had already gained currency that one of Her Majesty's maids-of-honour had been seen alone and at night outside the purlieus of the Palace. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Gaol-birds from the purlieus of Drury Lane robbed those who had valuables or money upon them, and committed brutal assaults upon the unprotected. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z "Oh, delightful purlieus, how has my destiny changed since I quitted you," said the chevalier, drawing out his little silk handkerchief to dry his eyes. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z "See that house?" said Dollar, pointing out one of the most modest in the purlieus of Park Lane. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z They were the purlieus of vice and crime, and were not only a disgrace to the capital, but would have been so to any sixth-rate town in the kingdom. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z The fame of Mirrab, the Soothsayer, had reached the purlieus of the palace, and Abra, the magician, had more than once seen his lean palm crossed with gold. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z As it is, she is rich in neglected memories; she has tombs that dumbly reproach her ignoring eye; she has nooks and purlieus that teem with reminiscence and are silent testimonials of her indifference. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z As regards class 1 no subject without special authority of the crown may kill within a forest or its purlieus or on adjacent highways, rivers or enclosures. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z As we left Kensington and trudged on through the hideous purlieus of Hammersmith, I began to visualize our arrival at the Fräulein's house, and my stammering, incoherent apologies for my companion's behaviour. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z It chanced to be his morning for visiting certain purlieus, so Geoffrey went with him. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z And, remember, 'tis not the first time she has been seen alone, at night, outside the purlieus of the garden. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Joe Hurley did not propose to live in a bachelor shack in the purlieus of Canyon Pass all his life—by no means! The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z If his tailor did not trade in Bond Street then he certainly must have served his apprenticeship in those select purlieus. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Perhaps I ought to explain, furthermore, that these excursions into the purlieus of the playhouse began long, long ago. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Hail to your purlieus, All ye high flyers of the feathered race, Swallows and curlews!” Stevenson's Shrine The Record of a Pilgrimage 2011-07-18T02:00:23.520Z Some of us fell in the struggle; others failed and still haunt the reprobate purlieus of Fleet Street and the Strand! House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z By some mysterious means some money was obtained; all hands departed for the purlieus of Shadwell, with the result that at ten o'clock the officers were scouring the slums hunting for them. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z His little home in the purlieus of Westminster was a storehouse of beauty and charm. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Really, the figure was a portrait of a small political boss who, from boyhood on, had acquired in the saloons and purlieus of his district words and phrases of both the Negroes and the Irish. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Up out of the south, from lower Broadway and the sweatshop purlieus of Union Square, defiled an unending procession of surface cars, without exception dark with massed humanity. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The appearance is, that her social walk was wide away from the purlieus of common mundane diabolism and billingsgate. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z In other cities the miserable dwellings and their inhabitants hide themselves out of sight in obscure purlieus, scarcely known to the rich by name, much less by observation. Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z The cabman drew up in a filthy and savage neighborhood, in whose grim purlieus the St. George professors did not take their walks abroad. Loveliness A Story 2011-04-27T02:00:23.450Z In the densely populated streets of the district of Lambeth, where poverty huddled in tall, gaunt buildings, the dismal light stole murkily and slowly over the crowded, filthy streets and swarming purlieus. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z Land which had thus been once forest land and was afterwards disafforested was known as purlieu—derived by Manwood from the French pur and lieu, i.e. “a place exempt from the forest.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z He knew Leicester Square, its every place and purlieu; and among others one where he could pitch upon a “pal.” The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z In the purlieus that surround this great square, art struggles feebly for existence. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Darcy could mark that the crowd consisted of the very lowest and most miserable-looking class of the capital, the dwellers in the dark alleys and purlieus of the ill-favored region. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z In the filthy purlieus of the palace, and close to the outer gate, stands a mound of ashes and rubbish, mingled with the noisome lees that stream over the road from the adjacent royal breweries. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The forest laws still applied in a modified manner to the purlieu. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z High as our mission was, the flesh was loth to quit the warm stove at the hostelry of "The Hanging Cross" for those terrible purlieus that wound through the heart of the wild Illyrian mountains. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z And so she came to be known in the purlieus of the Archiepiscopal palace almost as well as that venerable building itself. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z No particularly painful incidents marked its demise except the continued absence of Quarren from social purlieus accustomed to his gay presence and adroit executive abilities. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z But the purlieus of the neighbourhood continue, unhappily, to be the Alsatia of the town. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z According to another legend he had haunted the purlieus of Florence for months, searching for a head and face expressive enough in its malignity for his Judas. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z We roasted our boots at the range, and Bernard, with all a sailor's gift for exploration and theft, prowled in noisome purlieus and emerged with a jug of milk and a lump of salt butter. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z He wondered why so unsightly a shrub as this had grown to be was allowed a place in the purlieus of the immaculate lawn, then his eyes came indoors. The Man from Jericho The world was full of mists; the clouds were resolved into drizzling rain; every perspective of expectation was restricted by the limited purlieus of the present. The Raid of The Guerilla and Other Stories This brief reference to conflicting interpretations of the Sonnets shows how material of dramatic value may lurk even in the purlieus of textual criticism. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors A thousand emissaries are abroad to lead them into the purlieus of vice and hurry on their sure destruction. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution In the densely populated streets of the district of Lambeth, where poverty huddled in tall, gaunt buildings, the dismal light stole murkily and slowly over the crowded, filthy streets, and swarming purlieus. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir But the syndicated Press omit to record that only a miserable handful paraded the streets, the offscourings of the city's purlieus, amid the derision of the onlookers. Victory out of Ruin It might indeed in some cases be otherwise with some selfish and pampered Jesuits or the benefice-seeking rabble of clerics who hang about the purlieus of a court. The Firebrand Nearly every month I get a letter of that sort written in the most disreputable purlieus of the town, and addressed to my husband. The Progressionists, and Angela. He sought to improve the society in which he moved and used great exertions to guard young men against the purlieus of vice. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution No sight could have been more truly melancholy than that of their bloated and sin-marked visages, as they lounged through the purlieus of this modern Pandemonium. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 In the purlieus of the city we found a bicycle without tyres, and a sausage-machine made in Birmingham. The Unveiling of Lhasa Cribbed in the close and dusty purlieus of the city, p. 85wearied by the mechanical monotony of the latest fashionable novel, we respond gladly to the spacious freshness of Lavengro and The Romany Rye. The Vagabond in Literature A whole theatre, with its pit, boxes, stage, and purlieus could not have contained the multitude of my alleged victims. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second The applicant, if I remember rightly, was a lover residing in the purlieus of the 'Delightful Passion,' 'Perseverence Street,' 'Hotel Despair,' where the unhappy fellow was dying of his flame's inhumanity. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades Lady Betty, let me warn you that this fair lady is in some danger from designing folk, who frequent the lowest purlieus of the city. Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days Representatives leave their proprieties at home; and many a member would blush at a license within the purlieus of his own constituency, which he courts as an honor in the city of our Cæsars! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. The disorder of civil war had caused a multitude of robbers and vagabonds to emerge from the purlieus of Bagdad. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" In 523 Justinian married Theodora, a former professional pantomime actress from the purlieus of the Hippodrome, after he had induced his uncle to cancel the law which forbade the marriage of senators and actresses. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Have we seen these men and women, childhood and age, reeking in squalor and vile with filth in the purlieus of every temple? The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Recollections of the streets and the prison and its purlieus supplied him with a store of literary material upon which he drew through all the years of his best activity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Wandering about its purlieus one day, I came upon a sort of open cave or recess in the rocks in which I found two rude cradles, each occupied by a silent and stolid baby. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 The purlieus of Monte Video with their apparent but distant gaiety, even, were soon disregarded. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday These daring words were uttered, not in the slummish purlieus of the Square of Leicester, but at the splendid Rooms of that of Hanover. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) There was something numbing in the spectacle of her attempt to present herself as already a painted shadow in the purlieus of a Levantine city. Captain Macedoine's Daughter "Don't speak to me!" she repeated; "and if anywhere within the purlieus of your being there is a spark of shame, leave me, and never——" "Eden, you are unjust." Eden An Episode It would be too dismal for Gwynne to roam through the purlieus with a policeman—and he cannot come down often. Ancestors A Novel Nor did he know each aged watchman’s beat; Nor in obscurèd purlieus would he seek For curlèd Jewesses with ankles neat, Who, as they walk abroad, make tinkling with their feet.” Life of John Keats The young people will have been romping about the parlours or the purlieus for a couple of hours—and will all make their appearance in the beauty of high health and high spirits. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Not in the fashionable purlieus of Fifth Avenue or Madison does Mr. Deaves' tailor hang out his sign. The Deaves Affair He liked his old associates in the purlieus of the Fleet, whom he facetiously dignified as “his Rulers,” and there, as I have heard, with the grotesque whim of a herald, established “The Dragon Club.” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Was ever foot that did not shrink from mysterious unexpected fingers, coming from the beyond in the purlieus of a private couch? When Ghost Meets Ghost When I left the spacious purlieus of Salisbury, it was to engage chambers--bedroom, sitting-room, and bathroom--in a remodelled adjunct to one of the Inns of Court. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography From an early hour in the morning, the humbler classes from the east end of the Metropolis sought refuge in the fields beyond the purlieus of Stepney. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign For the subtle power of Loupart, that well-loved hooligan of the purlieus of Paris, lay in his remaining constantly a source of fear, always a suspect without ever being caught with the goods. The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales Finn carried this fat kill back to his den, and feasted right royally that night for the first time since he was expelled from the purlieus of the gunyah and the easy-going old life. Finn The Wolfhound She, however, scarcely raised her eyes during the whole of the dinner, and when they reached home, she announced to Worse that she felt as if they had visited the very purlieus of hell itself. Skipper Worse Mitre Court is perhaps the most famous and revered of all the purlieus of Fleet Street. Dickens' London For some years he strayed about the purlieus of literature, drudging, translating, and doing other cobbler's work. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Death, death, at any cost, death to end this long ghastly creeping about the purlieus of life. Dreamers of the Ghetto The chief artistic, if not architectural,273 charm to be seen within the purlieus of the cathedral is that of the ancient chapter-house, across a narrow way, to the right of the church itself. The Cathedrals of Northern France Cahoon, who seemed to know all about the establishment, led me through some very dusty purlieus. The Red Hand of Ulster Nothing like you can be found in the purlieus of the most stinking social sewers. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 One might as well go to bed in a hat, as wear one out of the purlieus of the town. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Simeon Samuels, aware of a fly hovering on the purlieus of his web, issued from its centre, as the Parnass turned his back on the shop and gazed musingly at the sky. Ghetto Comedies Meantime, Melbourne was his microcosm: he made a systematic study of its life from the purlieus of Little Bourke and Lonsdale streets to the palace of his ‘model legislator’ on Eastern Hill. Australian Writers Altogether, they look more like the holds of banditti than the abodes of peaceful vinedressers; while the filth of the purlieus is unutterable. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Where, in the purlieus of this forest stands A sheepcote fenced about with Olive trees? The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Such incidents are by no means uncommon in the Bowery and its purlieus at night. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Well, here's the platform, here's the proper place: Hail to your purlieus, All ye highfliers of the feathered race,135 Swallows and curlews! Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning I do not speak of card-playing about the purlieus of Piccadilly. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West The man ultimately entered the purlieus of a police station and joined a queue of exotics who were waiting to be registered. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 Crawford, prowling in the purlieus of society, had seen Miss Castle. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Some casual wanderer through the purlieus of science whom he met in Brindisi, induced him to go to Sumatra where orchids and ornithoptera are the game. Athalie Such a person caught within the purlieus of Swallow Barn, may set down one week’s entertainment as certain—inevitable, and as many more as he likes, the more the merrier. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader It would inevitably be his fate to cower in these cold and drafty purlieus until—— No, it wouldn't either! The Life of the Party "Pray if you know Where in the purlieus of this forest stands A sheep cote?" Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter Far and far have we been tossed from the dreamy purlieus of his "great good place," with its long sunny hours under misty trees, and its interminable conversations upon smooth-cut lawns! Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations The meeting took place accordingly, and each was attended to the field by a numerous train of partizans, male and female, from the warlike purlieus of Dyott-street and Saffron-hill. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 About now he begins to resort to the Opera and the park, and in the purlieus of either a fine specimen may be flashed. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) It was more likely though that the poor old lady had merely sunk one rung lower on the ladder of self-esteem and was dragging out a miserable existence somewhere in the outside purlieus of London. To Love These denizens of the sewer traps and purlieus of “The Barbary Coast” exulted in unhindered joy of doing evil. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror What I saw their bravest and their fairest do last night, the lowest multitude that could be scraped out of the purlieus of Christendom would blush to do, I think. The Merry-Go-Round Arthur, therefore, had thought of the joys of a Chancery wig, and had looked forward eagerly to fourteen hours' daily labour in the purlieus of Lincoln's Inn. The Bertrams A vile drugged drink prepared for seamen who frequent the filthy purlieus of Calcutta. 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. As he turned into the lighted purlieus of the Strand he paused for a moment, undecided which course to take next, and it was then that he saw Joan again. To Love It was a very mixed world which now frequented the purlieus of the Palais Royal. Royal Palaces and Parks of France Those we visited were in the purlieus of the old "Rookery," and for these dens, I was informed, the men paid fourpence a night! Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis And, at her instigation, he again put himself to work in the dusky purlieus of Chancery Lane. The Bertrams That evening found Selwood, quietly and unassumingly attired, examining the purlieus of Soho. The Herapath Property Hence St. Giles's as it was—the purlieu of Westminster, as it is—the Irish labourer's refuge in England, is often the lowest point, because he cannot be driven lower. Facts for the Kind-Hearted of England! As to the Wretchedness of the Irish Peasantry, and the Means for their Regeneration But while he sneaked in the purlieus of the city several of his 'longshore friends passed him without a second look. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 For me, I think that tiny heart Bears no such Oriental load; Your dreams concern no Pekoe mart Nor mandarin's abode, But some dim purlieu of the Edgware Road. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 Suburbs were sprouting, almost daily, from the mould of the market-gardens in the purlieus. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic As a general thing the Regulars are recruited from the purlieus of great cities, and are men of no character.' Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac The world was ful of mists; the clouds were resolved into drizzling rain; every perspective of expectation was restricted by the limited purlieus of the present. A Chilhowee Lily 1911 Mayo lurked that evening in the purlieus of Jersey City, and entered the metropolis after midnight on a ferryboat which had few passengers and afforded him a dark corner where he was alone. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 And when he described some wretched creature hiding himself in London purlieus, he chose some miserable place like College-street in Camden Town, whither his own family had retired. Pickwickian Studies From all the frowzy purlieus of the town they crept forth into the sunlight to array themselves under the banner of the prince of scallawags. A Rivermouth Romance Dr. Wiseman's Appeal to the Reason and Good Feeling of the English People, we find the word "slums" made use of with respect to the purlieus of Westminster Abbey. Notes and Queries, Number 73, March 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Had she been quite certain she would have attacked her rival there, laying bodily hands upon her in the purlieus of the Lord Chancellor's Court. Orley Farm While the Private Secretary is playing hide-and-seek in the passages and purlieus his Member waits for him in the Secretaries' Room. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-14 “Vose-Mern Bureau of Investigation” was the designation on the street corridor directory board of a building in the purlieus of New York City Hall. Joan of Arc of the North Woods It is in the purlieus of the Law Courts and very hard to find. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 Rather than bide in this purlieu, Longer to stay I'll say, Adieu! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 And then Mr. Furnival strolled off to look for the attorney among the various purlieus frequented by the learned strangers. Orley Farm How comes it that Mr. Gladstone in rags and singing ballads would be only fit for a police-station? that Lord Salisbury hawking cocoa-nuts would instantly suggest the purlieus of Petticoat Lane? Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation Thou knowest well, both from early experience and because of thy office, what the purlieus of the theatres are, and places worse than those, and which to name were an offence. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century The parts where the public is allowed to go are fairly respectable, if not beautiful, but the purlieus and the basements and the upper floors are scenes of unimaginable dinginess and decay. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 My experience in these Whitehall purlieus during the war perhaps provides some explanation of the theory, so sedulously hugged by the community, that interest and influence are all-powerful inside the War Office portals. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 Had he lived in Alston all his life, and spent his days in the purlieus of that court, he could not have been more at home or have been more promptly obeyed. Orley Farm Gigantic females, "stentoriously laughing and gaping with tehees of laughter" at unseasonable hours of night and morning, haunted the purlieus of his abode. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Thus they would be out of reach of the sweating sickness which was already in some of the purlieus of Saint Katharine’s Docks, and must be specially dangerous in their lowered condition. The Armourer's Prentices The Law Courts' purlieus are worse than the Houses of Parliament's purlieus, and it seems to me that even more disgraceful things are done in them. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 The latter now neglect their ordinary calling, and pass the whole of their time in the purlieus of betting-shops. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852 She nestled into her corner as the train drew forth beyond the purlieus and dingy suburbs of the great seaport and out into the country—our south country, all green and glorious with summer. Brother Copas The opening scenes in the Pacific were like Paradise, as the author said, to dwellers in Brixton, or other purlieus of London. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) It is remarkable that the term purlieu is never once mentioned in this long roll of parchment. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 When you have wandered about in the purlieus for a long time you will hear a tremendous noise, a sort of combined snarling and roaring and legal conversation. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 But at the time of which I speak there were a few still here and there in the purlieus of the city. Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels At any rate, this word purlieu is certainly in want of some examination. Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. I avoided the bridge, and, crossing the river by a ferry boat, was soon in the purlieus of the Sorbonne. Orrain A Romance They passed through the roughest and worst part of the purlieus at the back of Westminster. Sue, A Little Heroine The whole place was as quiet and unassuming as the purlieus of a village church, but the walls had that singular luminous glow which the buildings of Rome seem to give out at 'Titian's hour.' The Child of Pleasure The influence of a court must be great on the morals of those who live in its purlieus. Recollections of Europe Far down the street, from the purlieus of the Town Quay, her ear caught a murmur of voices—of voices and happy subdued laughter. The Mayor of Troy Such memoirs and fictions in our day are unthinkable as emanating from respectable sources; and if written would be located in vile haunts in the purlieus of civilization. A Hero and Some Other Folks Instead of alternating between the purlieus of Water street and Sing Sing, they are many of them in a fair way to make a fortune. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The story at bottom relates to the people above-mentioned; who with their music used to entice strangers into the purlieus of their temples, and then put them to death. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Is drink-money for your old age, when else you must starve or stab in the purlieus of Genoa, not worth one month's sobriety? The Long Night The trial for Latin literature came when obscurely, in the purlieus and kennels of Rome, like a hidden fermentation, Christianity arose. Romance Two Lectures I am content to leave it at purlieus. Foe-Farrell Lucian Denzil was a briefless barrister, who so far departed from the traditions of his brethren of the long robe as not to dwell within the purlieus of the Temple. The Silent House There was still work to be done in the unsavory purlieus of Leaping Horse. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon That is only true of the squalid purlieus and outliers of London, whither Londoners gravitate by mutual attraction. Post-Prandial Philosophy He sought out the darker purlieus of the lower city, where he had once walked as a king and dictated dead-lines and distributed patronage. Never-Fail Blake I held Farrell tightly beneath the elbow, and steered through this enchanted purlieu. Foe-Farrell It is all quiet there, but a stroll through the Rue de l'Âne Aveugle and across the canal by the bridge which leads to the purlieus of the fish-markets brings one upon another scene. Bruges and West Flanders But such betrayals never escaped him when, in one of his inimitable disguises, he penetrated to the purlieu of Whitechapel, to the dens of Limehouse. The Golden Scorpion But of late even the purlieus of his club had become dangerous ground. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 Somewhere along the way it has to decide its own fate, upward and onward, or downward into the purlieus of the crude beginnings of things. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul Here he became so practical as to turn up his collar; and, substantially aided by the wind at his back, he was not long in leaving the purlieus of commerce behind him for Julia's Street. Gentle Julia Adrian it is true had already gone to seek the fugitive, imagining that her tameless anxiety had led her to the purlieus of the House, and that some sinister event detained her. The Last Man These would form the centre of the court, but the purlieus, how many-coloured! Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country She used a term oftener heard in the purlieus of criminal courts. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Upward and onward, or down into the purlieus of the crude beginnings of things. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul The unrestricted admission of the diseased, half-fed swarms of helpless humanity from the purlieus of Southern European cities is the dangerous phase of immigration. Thirty Years In Hell Or, From Darkness to Light "Do you imagine that she perambulates about the sacred precincts of 'Five Points,' or the purlieus of Chatham Street?" Infelice This out of a clear sky and, if we may believe the police, in one of those uncharted purlieus which shroud in mystery the source of the Cromwell Road. Berry And Co. The crowd was much such a one as you will sometimes meet, and avoid, in the low purlieus of London on Guy Faux day. Rome in 1860 New York society had at first received the over-seas report of her great charm and loveliness with such sceptical indulgence as New York accords to any excellence alien to the purlieus of her own boroughs. Destiny Was he to spend the future obscurely in the dingy purlieus of the law? Life of Charles Dickens Beyond that he went forth to institute a painstaking search in the purlieus of the city, a quest having for its object the unearthing of the man Thomas Gryson. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush For I find you are a lover of the game, and I should be loth to hunt in your purlieus. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Ludlow is an excellent example of a small English provincial town that has not been soiled and disfigured by industry: I remember there no tall chimneys and smoke-streamers, with their attendant purlieus and slums. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Surely, though we place hell under earth, the devil’s walk and purlieu is about it: men speak too popularly who place it in those flaming mountains, which to grosser apprehensions represent hell. Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation A third brought him an oak sapling to keep in his hand about the purlieus of the establishment. Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Sir Anthony Weldon, clerk of the king's kitchen, in his "Court of King James" has been reproached for gaining much of his scandalous chronicle from the purlieus of the court. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions They strolled along for several blocks before discovering, in the purlieus of Tyler Street, a dingy "ice-cream parlor," eminently fitted for interviews with the Lilys of the locality. The Vehement Flame It is quite possible that these particular salmon when on their way to the purlieus of marine fashion were somewhat discouraged at the jar and shock incident to their transit over the Falls. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Perhaps it was as well for Cornelia that she was forced to spend the winter and ensuing months in the ample purlieus of the palace. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. The actual person of the monarch was not sacred from the plottings of this nefarious crew, who planned assassinations and hatched conspiracies in the very purlieus of the royal palace. Ancient Egypt Now and then, sir; and in the liberties and purlieus thereof with a proclivity that would astonish you; which, since I cannot hinder it, I sanctify. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Half-naked children played in the foul gutters with the pigs, which roamed freely at large, and comfortably at home in the purlieus of the docks and the quarter of poverty. Trumps "It has," replied the other—"and we are now in one of the purlieus." The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest In the purlieus of the university she was frequently hailed by friends of her own sex or the other. The Real Adventure Shut up in the purlieus of Canton, it is astonishing how much Dr. Williams was able to effect in the way of making China known to the Western world. The Awakening of China So, while the Princess tracked her brother, I begged off at whiles to haunt the purlieus of the Palazzo Verde—for three days without success. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 In the purlieus of the Five Towns themselves—compared with which Pittsburg is seemingly Paradise—I have never trod such horrific sidewalks. Your United States Impressions of a first visit They evidently deemed that a legal purlieu was a better place for 'pickings.' Prose Fancies The classical Howard was awfully industrious in grouping some swans, together with several kind-hearted ladies from the adjoining purlieus of Tothill-street, who had been most willingly secured as models for water-nymphs. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 Essex House and its purlieus, once the abode of the powerful earls of that name, were formerly a part of the Temple. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 The Degs threatened, therefore, to become a most formidable clan in the lower purlieus of Stockington, but luckily there is so much virtue even in evils, that one, not rarely, cures another. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Well, here's the platform, here's the proper place: Hail to your purlieus, All ye high-flyers of the feathered race, Swallows and curlews! The Poetry Of Robert Browning Since the meeting with the gipsies, which I have related in a former paper, I have observed several of them haunting the purlieus of the Hall, in spite of a positive interdiction of the squire. Bracebridge Hall Into the crowded square which had been decreed as the trading-place of the Messasebe System, there crowded from the outer purlieus yet other thousands of excited human beings. The Mississippi Bubble A volume would not contain the thrilling story of the trials and triumphs, the struggles and successes, of the dead-and-gone generations whose feet have polished the cool gray flags of the purlieus of the Temple. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 Poachers, and anglers, and Methodists, haunted the wretched purlieus of his fast fading-out mind, and he resolved to go to town no more. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Always in the daylight it had been to him abhorred and abominable, and its grey houses and purlieus had been fungus-like sproutings, an efflorescence of horrible decay. The Hill of Dreams In this way they wander from county to county, keeping about the purlieus of villages, or in plenteous neighbourhoods, where there are fat farms and rich country seats. Bracebridge Hall It opened in the slummy purlieus of Nottingham, that city which gave to the world two of the greatest religious leaders of modern times--General Booth and Dr. Paton. The Authoritative Life of General William Booth You'll find them everywhere in the world from the purlieus to the pulpit…. The Common Law He dived here and there among archways and passages, manoeuvred through the purlieus of the market, and so back into the offices of his paper. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Surely, though we place hell under earth, the Devil's walk and purlieu is about it; men speak too popularly who place it in those flaming mountains which to grosser apprehensions represent hell. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 In this way, they wander from county to county; keeping about the purlieus of villages, or in plenteous neighbourhoods, where there are fat farms and rich country-seats. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Bayswater became too cold to hold her, and early in the following year it was announced that a large house in the purlieus of Grosvenor Square had been purchased by her husband. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 18, 1891 The negro race is here, as everywhere else, an idle and thriftless one; and the purlieus of the town where they are congregated are dilapidated and squalid. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter The path of the hunter had been ambushed by the wily savage, and he seldom ventured beyond the purlieus of his cabin, or the station where he resided. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. Playing at ball again, and in the purlieus of the neighbourhood, against your father's instructions! The Brook Kerith A Syrian story Since the meeting with the gipsies, which I have related in a former paper, I have observed several of them haunting the purlieus of the Hall, in spite of a positive interdiction of the Squire. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists His selection of colonists—chiefly taken from jails and purlieus of towns—was most unhappy, and after a bitter experience he returned to France, probably in the autumn of 1543, and disappeared from Canadian history. Canada under British Rule 1760-1900 In the purlieus of the mean, historic court, it was a morning not to be forgotten, and only to be compared with those which followed throughout the week. The Shadow of the Rope It passed this and the iron bridge, and pursued its way through the dark purlieus of Bursfield towards the open country. True Tilda There are many Colonial Governors in the present and past tense to be found in the purlieus of South Kensington, where their presence creates no unusual excitement. Mr. Meeson's Will He carried no bombs, but as he flew over Potsdam he could not refrain from letting fall, by way of reprisal, a weighty souvenir upon the purlieus of the Imperial Palace. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 26, 1917 It was on the dawning of a fine morning in August, that I left the brick-and-mortar purlieus of home, and in company with two young friends, commenced this excursion. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 328, August 23, 1828 He had thought the condescension all on his part, but eight hours of airing his heels in the outer purlieus had altered his viewpoint a trifle. Bambi The street kept its ancient width, and a few smoke-blackened trees—lilacs, laburnums, limes, and one copper-beech—still dignified the purlieus. True Tilda I resided in the purlieus of the city. Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale Eight came for that intent before him all armed in the forest of Camelot, and hunted and drove wild deer in the purlieus of the forest so that they of the castle saw them. The High History of the Holy Graal They wandered with awe and pleasure in the purlieus of the Temple, on the solemn Mount of Olives, or the awful Calvary, where a God had bled for sinful men. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 A party next of glittering dames, From round the purlieus of St. James, Came early, out of pure goodwill, To see the girl in deshabille. The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces Surely, though we place hell under earth, the devil's walk and purlieu is about it. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend All the classes came trippingly to his and all the dogmas, all the purlieus of sociology and political economy were as an open book to him. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 The fish-cart, helped by half a crown to the driver, took me past the outlying small-villadom, between long lines of workmen's houses, to narrow cobbled lanes and the purlieus of great factories. Mr. Standfast Gigantic females, 'stentoriously laughing and gaping with tehees of laughter' at unseasonable hours of night and morning, haunted the purlieus of his abode. Edinburgh Picturesque Notes Joe is a preacher with a church in the purlieus of a large city. The Burial of the Guns After all, this venture upon his native purlieus had been fax from fruitless: he could not have expected to do much better. The Flirt "Yes—'tis not our greatest doings that the world gets wind of," said the furmity-woman, who, lately settled in this purlieu, sat among the rest. The Mayor of Casterbridge But she had no proof of this, and her instinct in the circumstances was to avoid its purlieus. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thus they would be out of reach of the sweating sickness which was already in some of the purlieus of St. Katharine’s Docks, and must be specially dangerous in their lowered condition. The Armourer's Prentices Preferable to this seemed even the infinitely more dangerous and odorous Coolootollah purlieus into which they presently passed—nesting place though it were for the city's most evil and desperate classes. The Bronze Bell The Cathedral-close has been consecrated by the genius of one of the most eminent of living novelists, and its purlieus are familiar to many persons who have never been within thousands of miles of it. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 The corn grown on the upland side of the borough was garnered by farmers who lived in an eastern purlieu called Durnover. The Mayor of Casterbridge Bred up, like a bailiff or a shabby attorney, about the purlieus of the Inns of Court, Shepherd's Inn is always to be found in the close neighborhood of Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, and the Temple. The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy Came peeping and perking along the street, took a glimpse of the premises and the adjacent purlieus, rang at Number 23, and was let in by—the party that came with Miss Wickham! The Middle of Things He accordingly explores every lane and impasse in the purlieus of Grub Street, and pounces on a new word as a naturalist would on a new bug,—the stranger and uglier, the better. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 I care not where I go for them; have them I will, though I seek them in the purlieus of infamy and detestation. Anna St. Ives Tragedy, Comedy, and Farce all lie before you within the purlieus of this extraordinary edifice. Paris as It Was and as It Is I trust that you will not come within the purlieus of Highgate without giving me the opportunity of assuring you personally that I am, with sincere respect, Your obliged, The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 He entered the east purlieus in the evening of his fifth day from Starning, and slept in a rocky valley. The Forest Lovers Eliza Marshall's thought flew swiftly towards the second-hand dealer of those purlieus who had carried away so much good, solid furniture, and then had declined to pay for it. With the Procession After that he walked through the lighted parts of the town until ten o'clock, when he turned north and came back to the purlieus of the Addition. The Magnificent Ambersons In leaving them, they begin to go down the ladder, until they reach the dance- houses and purlieus of the city, where disease and death in their most horrible forms await them. The Secrets of the Great City "Well," she smiled as they drew out on the traveled highway, "how do you like the purlieus of our noble little city?" The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors In addition to that business I have a certain matter to inquire into concerning a lady whom I met in the purlieus of this forest, and a dead man she had with her. The Forest Lovers In her hand she carried a cane of fine ebony, and altogether appeared a radiant vision of a fine woman in the purlieus of Britain Street. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty The Church of God will not be shaken to its foundations because of the Pharisees who stand in its public places, or because of the publicans who haunt its purlieus. The Christian A Story Instead of alternating between the purlieus of Water street and Sing Sing, they are many of them in a fair way to make a fortune. The Secrets of the Great City Since so little may be known, I will not bring it into the melancholy purlieus of theory, but see it and hear it and feel it in echoes and glimpses. Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis There is a 'refined traveller of Spain' haunting the purlieus of this Court, who is just the bombastic kind of person that is wanted to act this part. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Fielding's length of chin and nose was well known; and not less familiar, doubtless, was the 'old Grey Coat,' among the purlieus of the Temple. Henry Fielding: a Memoir "Lovers of Nature" and "Friends of the Landscape" moved through its distant and inaccessible purlieus in squads and cohorts. Bertram Cope's Year For years and years Mr. Darrow has been enlivening the intellectual purlieus of the city with his debates. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago "Our own Reporter," has invaded it in all its purlieus. Endymion That was large and vague and insubstantial, permeating like an odor the humdrum purlieus of the day. The Web of Life The children came from Minetta Lane and the purlieus south and west of it; the cats from the Mews, which Siward always thought most appropriate. The Fighting Chance She had, it is true, eschewed the Golightly party, who resided some north of Oxford Street, in the purlieus of Fitzroy Square, and some even to the east of Tottenham Court Road. The Three Clerks He disappeared at dinner-time into the mysterious purlieus of Leicester Square, and dark ordinaries only frequented by Frenchmen. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Bred up, like a bailiff or a shabby attorney, about the purlieus of the Inns of Court, Shepherd's Inn is always to be found in the close neighbourhood of Lincoln's-Inn Fields, and the Temple. The History of Pendennis They looked like boys out of the purlieus of Dickens's poverty-world, and all London waterside apparitions are more or less from his pages. London Films Every morning he appeared, neutral-tinted, from the house, and cried upon an apparently empty landscape; every morning they meandered through the seven gates from the secret leafy purlieus where they spent the night. Gone to Earth Being-done-good-to is, I understand, much in vogue in the purlieus of Fifth Avenue where it is practiced with skill and persistence by a large and needy cult of grateful recipients. From a Bench in Our Square After losing himself in the purlieus of Waterloo Station, he at last discovered the rear of the building. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days Mr. Smithson was a great authority on the Stock Exchange, though he had ceased for the last three or four years to frequent the 'House,' or to be seen in the purlieus of Throgmorton Street. Phantom Fortune, a Novel In the purlieus of a great city there are always unscrupulous adventurers rushing about seeking whom they may devour. Clerambault The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War In the purlieus of Grub street, is there such another mouthful of dirt? Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes She had explored Park Avenue and the purlieus thereof extensively and without success. From a Bench in Our Square People who keep lodgings at public places expect to get by every one who comes into their purlieus. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 Thus thou seest, that the noblest of the sex mean nothing in the world by their shyness and distance, but to pound the poor fellow they dislike not, when he comes into their purlieus. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 A loud cry from the urchins that squatted round the purlieus of the camp, with a growl of friendly recognition from the ragged dogs, brought the women to the entrance of the camp. Tales for Young and Old I had not far to go to school, only to the Haymarket and its delightful purlieus; and there were the best teachers to be found in the world, and the most recondite studies. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) Further, as Mr. Merton Ware, he was the monthly tenant of a small but not uncomfortable suite of rooms on the top story of a residential hotel in the purlieus of Broadway. The Cinema Murder Scrips, wallets, bags—staves, dogs, and crutches—the whole mendicant fraternity with all their baggage are fast posting out of the purlieus of this eleventh persecution. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia She was forced to enter the noisome purlieu alone, even the maid's devotion rebelling against the nameless horror small-pox has for the African. The Iron Game A Tale of the War The parish of St. Martin-le-Grand was formerly celebrated for the number of shops vending cheap and imitation jewellery within its purlieus. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III Or if a ravenous haste was in you—as commonly comes up in the middle afternoon—you waived this slower method and crammed yourself with a recklessness that bestrewed the purlieus of your mouth. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive. The Cinema Murder And if you can perform such a 'pasquinade' as shall take you into these Holy of Holy purlieus of mischief and money-making, you will deserve to be chief of the Committee, instead of Sergius! Temporal Power His intention was that not one of that little band should leave the purlieus of the Cite until that purse with its precious contents was his. The Children's Pilgrimage To be seen in the purlieus of the latter was a signal for vulgar anathemas and social ostracism. The Prince of India — Volume 02 There he could sit in the shade, cooled by waftures from a wide campania southward, or, peering over the balustrade, watch the peasantry flitting through the breaks of the Kosmidion, now the purlieus of Eyoub. The Prince of India — Volume 01 In the purlieus of the town, however, the advent of the gang created panic. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore But it wrought a dire effect, as it spread beyond the purlieus of the palace. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 Hillary's services are too necessary in the purlieus of St. Giles's, the Lowlights of Newcastle, and such like places, where human carrion can be picked up, to be permitted to go to India. The Surgeon's Daughter Therefore, there are what may be styled an ignorant slang and an educated slang—the one common to the purlieus and the alleys, the other to the parlor and the drawing-room. How to Speak and Write Correctly "Beyond knowing that we are in the purlieus of a lower part of the town and on the outskirts of the city, I am as puzzled as you are." Princess Maritza How can I dream of a subject aesthetic, Far from the purlieus of prose? Tobogganing on Parnassus He was a solicitor by profession, having his office somewhere in the purlieus of Lincoln's Inn, and living in an old-fashioned house not far distant from that classic spot. Castle Richmond Nay! he was aching for a tussle, and haunted the purlieus of the Committees to obtain some post which would enable him to come to grips with the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel For in the purlieus of this fine town, horrible cruelties and abuses were committed, yet none of the so-called poets lifted a cry of reform. Dreams and Dream Stories A few minutes later he walked down the street with a self-satisfied smile, a strapped-up bundle under his arm, and was soon lost to view in the lower purlieus of the city. Princess Maritza It had been expected that the red monster would raise its head, if at all, in some purlieu of the east side. An Original Belle Why, with such a preceptor to help him, should not Felix learn to do his gambling on the Exchange, or among the brokers, or in the purlieus of the Bank? The Way We Live Now Like his master, Ali Partab was a man of action, to whom the purlieus of a caravansary were well enough on rare occasions. Rung Ho! I wish you may come to Hampton before I leave these purlieus! The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 There were listeners, the usual after-dinner loafers of the tavern's purlieus. When Egypt Went Broke It was darkly whispered that the purlieus of Jericho would send forth champions to the fight. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green I wish you had seen the goddess of those purlieus with him t'other night at Ranelagh; you would have sworn it had been the divine Cucumber in person. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 The houses, however, in those purlieus are substantial, warm, and of good size. The Small House at Allington Was it the natural fastidiousness of her condition, she wondered, or was it really the dirt and foul smells of the place that made her sicken at first sight of the wind-swept purlieus? The Woman Who Did The men of the villages, alas, are leaving behind them the green fields and purple moors of their childhood, are foolishly crowding into the narrow lanes and purlieus of the great cities. The British Barbarians Himself unable to take repose, he strayed about the purlieus of the villa, in his ears the sound of rushing water, before his eyes a flitting vision which he would not see. Veranilda Not a single point escaped him, and that brilliant piece of oratory is still remembered and spoken of admiringly in the purlieus of Temple Court and Chancery Lane. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab He was not gone a hundred yards, when my friend Oregan came up in order to rescue me, with two tatterdemalions, whom he had engaged for that purpose about the purlieus of St. Giles's. The Adventures of Roderick Random But during the worst depths of the next London winter, when gray fog gathered thick in the purlieus of Marylebone, and shivering gusts groaned at the street corners, poor little Dolly caught whooping-cough badly. The Woman Who Did Anyhow, for the first time in the history of the world, the purlieus of Grosvenor Square rang with the shrill chirping of cicadas for twenty-four hours on end. The Days Before Yesterday Some day or other, chance is bound to bring one of them within the purlieus of the burrow. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects The real and the imaginative crowded the dark purlieus. The Judgment House The millions that are superfluously wasted upon governments are more than sufficient to reform those evils, and to benefit the condition of every man in a nation, not included within the purlieus of a court. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man The poet who can transfigure the hot present is fortunate, but most, and the greatest, have visited the cool quiet purlieus of the past. Alfred Tennyson By half-past five the House, and all the purlieus of the House, were deserted. The Duke's Children All this hath our lawyer eaten, and to-morrow must we go To a room near my master's shop, in the purlieus of Soho. The Pilgrims of Hope It was Dare, whom he had supposed to be a thousand miles off, hanging about the purlieus of Markton. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day For, in unwonted purlieus, far and nigh, At whiles or short or long, May be discerned a wrong Dying as of self-slaughter; whereat I Would raise my voice in song. Poems of the Past and the Present At once the vanguard turned down a narrow alley—I forget its name—which would have led the troop into the purlieus of Whitefriars, where, in all probability, they would have been lost for ever. Idle Ideas in 1905 The scourge of cholera had been laid on the suffering country, and the low-lying purlieus of this ancient borough had more than their share of the infliction. A Changed Man; and other tales Then I fled her disdains and derisions To cities of pleasure, And made me the crony of idlers In every purlieu. Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses The rich Miss Dunstable had taken up his affairs; so much as that became known in the purlieus of the Goat and Compasses. Framley Parsonage A group gather, eager-eyed, round the purlieus of the Convention Hall; to-day decides the sovereignty of France,—about the courts of the Tribunal their customary hum and stir. Zanoni And the existence of a would-be spy within the purlieus of the house was equally clear. Clarence His knowledge of English law was by no means perfect, but he was at least aware that Laverick's appearance outside the purlieus of the prison was an unusual happening. Havoc An English-speaking foreigner, it is true, would find himself equally nonplussed among the Yorkshire wolds, or in the purlieus of Whitechapel; but the cases are not on all fours. Three Men on the Bummel It was a time of religious excitement in the purlieus of Honolulu. On the Makaloa Mat Oriental footpads are rarities in the purlieus of Waterloo Road. The Quest of the Sacred Slipper At house and home with me shall no one despair: in my purlieus do I protect every one from his wild beasts. Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Perhaps some day the country dame may go and spend a winter in Marseilles; but danger does not haunt the purlieus of a narrow provincial stage. Letters of Two Brides To this end I visited the purlieus of the dead: And one, who hath conducted him thus high, Received my supplications urged with weeping. Song and Legend from the Middle Ages Some day or other, chance is bound to bring one of them within the purlieus of the burrow. The Life of the Spider A citizen of the world and a student of its purlieus, like myself, ought to know what there is to know! The Shape of Fear All these purlieus, to use a generic term, communicate by narrow spiral stairs and the dark passages, which are a disgrace to the architecture not of Paris only, but of all France. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Rivals in talent, they were also near contemporaries, and the Scourge of Paris may well have been famous in the purlieus of Clare Market before Jack the Slip-String paid the last penalty of his crimes. A Book of Scoundrels For well, sir, he started two hours since, and has visited I know not what purlieus of his old companions; hath but now returned, and is at this instant breakfasting on new-laid eggs and muscadine. Kenilworth It did not seem likely that our incalculable public would make themselves at home in those fantastic purlieus which Mr. Stevenson’s fancy discovered near the Strand. Essays in Little But out of the purlieus of this netherworld strange beings issue when the shades of evening fall. London's Underworld Not only are the paths of preeminence untrodden; the purlieus of brutish ignorance are likewise unfrequented. The Soul of the Far East Or, as a broadside ballad has it, He left old Drury's flash purlieus, To turn at last a copper. A Book of Scoundrels It is remarkable that the term purlieu is never once mentioned is, this long roll of parchment. The Natural History of Selborne Ay, more," said Gerard, lowering his voice almost to a whisper; "celestial sounds have issued from the purlieus of that very crypt you turned into a tavern. The Cloister and the Hearth Of course, the majority spent all their spare time in the purlieus of the town, which, like all such places anywhere, were foul and filthy enough; but that was their own faults. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales From somewhere in the rear of the building, where it opened upon the tin cans and the hinder purlieus of the town, came a movement, and Trampas was among them, courageous with whiskey. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains In the neighborhood of the Docks its density was extraordinary, and the purlieus of Limehouse became mere mysterious gullies of smoke impossible to navigate unless one were very familiar with their intricacies and dangers. Dope |
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