| 单词 | ragamuffin |
| 例句 | Occasionally some ragamuffin troupe would mum a play on a street corner or I’d hear a fiddler in a pub. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to be fetching him any more than he wanted his ragamuffin daughter summoning him home like a wayward schoolboy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z From each side street hordes of little ragamuffins emerged to swell the main tide. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the day children went around “ragamuffin” or “slamming gates,” wearing costumes topped off by a penny mask. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now you have to understand that twenty pennies might be a good bit of money for some little ragamuffin troupe living hand-to-mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “But may I inquire how you intend to support the establishment? If all the pupils are little ragamuffins, I’m afraid your crop won’t be profitable in a worldly sense, Mrs. Bhaer.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z And somehow, the richer they are, the more likely they are to dress like ragamuffins. Patrick Dempsey's Malibu Drive 2013-09-05T13:00:00Z He met to chat in the cafe of the Carlyle Hotel, an unlikely haunt for his slightly ragamuffin, plaid-shirt-wearing self, which seems to belong in the 1990s-era Lower East Side. Casey Affleck Is Making Another Splash, Reluctantly 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Harry Ostro, the beloved Brooklyn high school football coach who launched working-class ragamuffins into manhood, would have appreciated the teamwork involved in his burial with full military honors. His players, in their 80s, bid fond farewell to their 100-year-old coach 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z At one point the jaded ragamuffin refers to Paul as his “bank.” | 'Inhale': A Life-Saving Journey to the Dark Side 2010-10-21T23:10:00Z Abutting Likas Bay, beyond which is the South China Sea, the boardwalk was thick with tourists and ragamuffin children on the August day I strolled along it. Living Like a Local in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Even, then, says Emmerson it was regarded by northern Europeans as a backward, ragamuffin city, whose dolce far niente – sweet languor – belied an obscure exuberance of life and Tangier-like decadence. 1913: The World Before the Great War by Charles Emmerson – review 2013-04-28T07:00:01Z The Sun on Sunday reported that police were told the Labour MP particularly sought to abuse “young ragamuffins” and had boys sent to his room in a hotel near a police station. Police investigating claims of child sex abuse against a senior Labour MP 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z The colorful ragamuffin costumes by Sarah Nash Gates enhance Tom Sturge’s first-rate lighting and multilevel, picturesque scenic design. ‘Oliver!’ returns for another Dickensian holiday romp 2013-12-06T23:22:30Z But the irrepressible physicality of that scrappy band of ragamuffins is just part of what turns this canny stage transformation of Disney’s 1992 big-screen misfire into a crowd pleaser. | 'Newsies the Musical': ?Newsies the Musical? - Review 2011-09-27T22:21:14Z Let's hope he didn't think his marvellous imperfect product had come down too far in the world, consorting with ragamuffins or sink schools, when it appeared in the magazine in 1989. Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism by John Updike – review 2012-05-24T10:00:01Z They’re those plucky, resourceful ragamuffins — preferably orphans — whom America once embraced in movies like the Dead End Kids and Bowery Boys series and musicals like “Oliver!” and “Annie.” Theater Review: ?Newsies the Musical,? by Alan Menken and Harvey Fierstein 2012-03-30T02:00:00Z He lived through the Gilded Age, but the only images of poverty in this exhibition are charming and ornamental ragamuffins. William Merritt Chase, modernist in moderation 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Newsboys were once the town criers of the cities, street-hardened ragamuffins shouting out headlines sensational enough to justify the penny purchase. Disney?s ?Newsies the Musical? Comes to Broadway 2012-03-02T18:00:09Z Despite the scorn of critics, paintings of ragamuffins with giant staring eyes, some holding a kitten or puppy, mostly signed just “Keane,” appeared in cocktail lounges and suburban homes across America. Margaret Keane, Painter of Sad-Eyed Waifs, Dies at 94 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z They shoot nail guns and play in the fire simulation room, and their ragamuffin charms quickly win over the grown-ups. ‘Playing With Fire’ Review: A Firefighter Comedy Running on Embers 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z How could we still be cute ragamuffins, or sensationalized versions of Eagles fans past, if after NFC championship blowouts we run down Broad Street and climb light poles? Tyler Tynes: Slow death in the desert. Inside Eagles fans' painful Super Bowl. 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z She was the club-hopping ragamuffin, the Marilyn Monroe doppelganger, the dark-haired heretic, the platinum sex goddess. Perspective | Madonna’s upcoming tour will defy society’s limits on female pop stars 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z It was the late 1970s, punk was sliding into new wave, and Leonard and her friends, including the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, were, by Leonard’s account, “wild little ragamuffin children.” Zoe Leonard Goes With the Flow 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Now, decades later, Miller Berg has the reins to showcase a similar aesthetic across a broader range of sports, seeking out what she calls “rough-around-the-edges, ragamuffin, cool women.” Northwest-based magazine HiHeyHello spotlights women’s outdoor culture 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z A ragamuffin looking for a meal, Eurydice receives instead a feast of affection that includes a proposition of marriage. A mesmerizing 'Hadestown' at the Ahmanson makes an old tale feel startlingly new 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “I was a ragamuffin who always got into scrapes.” Vera Gissing, Who Was Rescued by ‘Britain’s Schindler,’ Dies at 93 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z “My sister was very serious and studious, and I was a ragamuffin who always got into scrapes,” she said in an interview for a Holocaust oral history archive at the University of Michigan at Dearborn. Vera Gissing, saved from Holocaust in celebrated rescue mission, dies at 93 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z The right person, with the right touch and requisite aptitude, can turn a ragamuffin into royalty. John Dorsey has transformed Browns 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z They have the ragamuffin look of Christmas carollers, despite their fierce-sounding name: Roomful of Teeth. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z This person just heard “ragamuffin”, made an association with Jamaican patois and took that to mean the guy was being racist, which I think in itself might be quite racist. Romesh Ranganathan: ‘I’ll stop talking about race when I stop experiencing racism’ 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Yet through whatever alchemy of grit, resilience and compulsion, Misty Copeland, a 65lb ragamuffin when she arrived at Bradley’s class, beat the odds. Misty Copeland: dancing into history 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z “I grew up a little ragamuffin in a town of 200 people. How was I supposed to know what to do? “ Patricia Cornwell returns to city for 25th book in series 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Though the earliest ragamuffins favored a hobo look, they eventually dressed as sailors, bandits and Disney characters. What Door-to-Door Tradition Came Before Trick-or-Treating? 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Actually, you are a “worm,” a ragamuffin trying to escape a haunted orphanage populated by grim oddities with devilish, agonized faces. For Oculus Rift gaming, a promising start but a long way to go 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z I was doing a set about the difficulties of taking your children on holiday when one of the crowd shouted, “Just sack off the little ragamuffins!” Romesh Ranganathan: ‘I’ll stop talking about race when I stop experiencing racism’ 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Why do I come across as such a ragamuffin? The Polaroids of the Cowboy Poet 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z "We, the famished, ragged ragamuffins of the East are to win freedom for all humanity!" he wrote during the war. Why the Indian soldiers of WW1 were forgotten - BBC News 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z “As soon as the Depression was over, Halloween was becoming a popular holiday,” Ms. Nigro said, and would-be ragamuffins began to climb aboard the trick-or-treating bandwagon. What Door-to-Door Tradition Came Before Trick-or-Treating? 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Apu, a wide-eyed ragamuffin, is not really the central character here but part of an ensemble that speaks to the importance of family. Satyajit Ray’s three-part masterpiece ‘The Apu Trilogy’ comes to E Street 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z I was surprised to hear such an old-fashioned word, so I said, “Sorry, mate, did you just use the word ‘ragamuffin’?” Romesh Ranganathan: ‘I’ll stop talking about race when I stop experiencing racism’ 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Behind the chaos is a void of influence right now — a void in which countries are unable to prevent other countries or ragamuffin groups from doing bad things. From Afar, the United States Seems at Odds With Its Ideals 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z At first, no one took Russell’s ragamuffin enterprise seriously. Baseball’s Battered Bastards Made the Game Fun… and Occasionally Dangerous The costumes weren’t quite as colorful as the ones worn by today’s trick-or-treaters — there were no vampire or President Ulysses S. Grant ragamuffins — but the goal was the same: collecting as much swag as possible. What Door-to-Door Tradition Came Before Trick-or-Treating? 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z But the unhappy, soot-glazed ragamuffin displayed in the accompanying image looks anything but that. The Capitol steps up 'Hunger Games' propaganda with seven new posters 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z So I show up looking like a complete ragamuffin, and here's this really cute guy. Cover Story: Interview With Paulina Gretzky 2014-04-15T04:00:00Z After all, a short only can make you 100% on invested capital, but buying a ragamuffin for a dollar can take you to the moon. Is Apple The Great Short? 2013-09-17T16:13:00Z “Even back then it was considered sort of the dirty ragamuffin step child of Fairfield County, so the negative environmental image goes quite a way back.” Coal-Fired Power Plants Virtually Extinct in New England 2013-07-01T18:15:00.717Z Innocent approved of what this holy ragamuffin was trying to do, thereby encouraging an awakening in the mind of Europe. Pope Francis, father to Catholics 2013-03-18T16:00:48Z The kids, of course, are hard to resist, with their ragamuffin clothes, sad faces and fractured English phrases. IHT Rendezvous: Don't Give That Child a Dollar 2012-10-10T07:56:50Z I apologize for saying 'poor kids'.I meant 'ragamuffins.' Top Twitter reactions to the first debate 2012-10-04T02:57:00Z I played Launce in “Two Gentlemen of Verona” — the same part I played in the musical version in 1971 — and ended up adopting this ragamuffin that played my dog Crab. Arts & Leisure: 50 Years of the Delacorte Theater: An Oral History 2012-05-24T23:27:19Z He makes a terrible hullabaloo every time a little ragamuffin gets hurt with blank cartridges or toy pistols. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z The outlook was wretched, and yet in his present mood he found a tiny satisfaction in the respect with which the crowd of ragamuffins about the door fell back to give him passage. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z That we are knuckling down to a lot of ragamuffins. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z After the bier walked great crowds of Mas'aniello's followers, those ragamuffin soldiers who but a few days earlier had stormed down this street in triumph, sacking and destroying where they pleased. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z And with these ragamuffins he was expected to fight regular, highly-disciplined troops. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z These ragamuffins----' 'Have a care yourself, Master Jackanapes!' the same voice cried. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The comfortable and contented lives of the French soldiers daily astonished our poor and tattered, but unconquerable ragamuffins. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Else one would be able to show St. Petersburg that Miroslav was not the kind of place for Nihilists and all sorts of ragamuffins to play the mischief with. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The strange thing was that the ragamuffins made so little use of their opportunities. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Though they deserve the galleys for their temerity, they are patted on the back by our too lenient sovereign--a mob of insolent ragamuffins! The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z It struck me that that at which the Burgomaster had hinted was come to pass: that some of the town ragamuffins had dared to invade the castle. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z He picks up a little ragamuffin of a fact, and warms its heart and points out its great relations. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z At this moment a ragamuffin in an old jockey-cap attached himself to him, and, running beside him, urged him to hasten. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Among the crowd Mas'aniello and his army of ragamuffins were going up and down armed with canes; when suddenly there arose a loud and angry bawling, and everyone pressed forward to see what had happened. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z They looked nothing better than "dirty, slouching ragamuffins," slipshod, in tattered and cast-off clothes of all sorts, on the verge of actual mendicancy, bits of rusty uniform appearing here and there amongst their cotton rags. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The small space round the fire is so crowded with zaptiehs, katirgis, and villagers that I have scarcely room for my chair and the ragamuffin remains of my baggage. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z I dislike becoming acquainted with strangers: not so my brother-in-law, the Dragoon; who now, as he always does, had in a few minutes elbowed himself into close quarters with the whole ragamuffin posse of them. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z My friends," Brougham cried, checking with his hand the ragamuffins' shrill attempt at a cheer, "I am obliged to you for your approval; but I beg to bid you good-day! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z One ragamuffin said to another, as an all-sufficient criticism, "He was thinking of Granada when he wrote it." Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z No dirtier ragamuffin ever tramped a country road. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z He reeled off and fell flat in the lane, while the other ragamuffins laughed at him. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Two sets of little ragamuffins are sitting in the dirt. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z On they walked, talking as they went, but if they could have had a look at some of Santa Anna's "ragamuffins" they might not have felt so confident. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z The Alhambra dances and laughs with children—ragamuffins, most of them, but none the less radiant with the precious joy of the morning. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z According to the latest advices," he asserted, "Howe and Cornwallis are crushing out the Virginia fox's ragamuffins. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z No man speaks to him, and everyone flees from him, so that he is driven to go among the poor ragamuffins at the Roode Valck to drink his quart of bruinbier by himself. 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 The stranger was a lad, not much, if any, older than himself, some ragamuffin of the streets. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z "You are spoiling these ragamuffins," said the old woman. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Several ragamuffins below, with no little chatter, caught them as they floated down, bursting them with their hats and handkerchiefs. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z He had suffered a sharp check, and he had afterward failed to surround and capture Mr. Washington and his brave ragamuffins. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z Young beggars and ragamuffins, and some grown men among them, that nobody knew were in front of the choir, making certain signs and grimaces one to another. 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 As loving and lovable a little fellow as there is in the world is “Jack,” the “pickle,” the “ragamuffin,” the defender of persecuted kittens and personal principles. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z But the mannikin, starting up, pushed the child away and said harshly: “This head is mine, thy prayers avail nothing; be off, little ragamuffin, go back whence thou came.” Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Out along the winding road they go, aide and colonel riding in front, over six hundred stalwart ragamuffins swinging behind. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z At Moscow, singers and dancers, fortune-tellers and jades, always among the ragamuffins and beggars. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Hope he'll drop a couple of heavy bombs upon these ragamuffins. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z It was too early for there to be much movement in the streets; yet his expert ragamuffin eyes picked up signs which comforted him. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z An Arab ragamuffin seemed the rôle best suited to him, and he accordingly exchanged his comparatively respectable clothes for a greasy old coat and a pair of repellent trousers. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z "They must be Kuklinovski's; I tell your worthiness that those ragamuffins have simply gone wild." The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Once, attended with a crew of ragamuffins, she broke into his house, turned all things topsy-turvey, and then set it on fire. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z Of course it was up-hill work at first, and Jo made queer mistakes; but the wise Professor steered her safely into calmer waters, and the most rampant ragamuffin was conquered in the end. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z Often the ragamuffins gathered up by a constable as his aids were quite willing to act as such for no reward except a little drink. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z I heard no longer the shouts of laughter or the jokes of the ragamuffins. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z ‘Hulloa, you little ragamuffin, what are you up to here?’ said the Mayor, in a tone which frightened the poor boy at once. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z He led his hundred and fifty ragamuffins where they were peppered, he did not send them. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Of course I shall have rich pupils, also,—perhaps begin with such altogether; then, when I've got a start, I can take a ragamuffin or two, just for a relish. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z The company was as complete a specimen of ragamuffins as were ever congregated together. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z "And then," the Carpetbagger answered, "the Ku Klux Klan will rise in a night, jump on your mob of ragamuffins, take their guns and kick them back into the gutter." The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Do you think I don’t know perfectly, that you wouldn’t lose a chance of getting the first glimpse of a certain broken-down and war-worn ragamuffin?” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z "Wot two precious guys these is!" cried a ragamuffin lad, accompanied by a bulldog. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z Now these two ragamuffins had robbed him of every penny he possessed. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z These ragamuffins were perfect masters of natural history. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z What had this poor little ragamuffin, his face smeared with dirt and his eyes rolling with childish mirth, to do with tragic problems which his black skin symbolized! The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Little ragamuffins from some school, or asylum, or hospital, or something. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z It seems that immediately after her return to her mother’s home she had the most absurd quixotic notions about sharing all she had with every ragamuffin in New York. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z Turning her glasses in that direction, Ruth beheld a ragamuffin sailor half way up the foremast of the turtle catcher waving his cap at them. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z The Home Secretary's exclamation was caused by the appearance of a number of half-starved ragamuffins, who had lounged into the room, and were now standing respectfully before him. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 19th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:12.120Z You will be interested in comparing the constable's watch of ragamuffins with the watch in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z During the debates, in the lobbies, in the cafés, all the ragamuffins who had endeavoured to dupe the Commune impudently ascribed to themselves the success of the army. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z I dislike becoming acquainted with strangers; not so my brother-in-law, the Dragoon; who now, as he always does, had in a few minutes elbowed himself into close quarters with the whole ragamuffin posse of them. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z To be sure, he has ‘led his ragamuffins where they will be well peppered’; but a system-maker must receive all sorts of proselytes. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z What are you about?" she exclaimed, thrusting his hand away, "this wall here on the street is so low, that every little ragamuffin can see us. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z So we rolled merrily on, and presently turned into a hilly lane, where a crowd of ragamuffins mounted on bony steeds awaited us. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z On one occasion he found a crowd of ragamuffins surrounding the window of a shop where they were cooking cakes. Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z "You little ragamuffins seem to think this park's kept for you to fight in, but now I'm going to show you what's what." Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z Their fathers and mothers were as wild as any Indians, except one or two tribes, on the continent, but nothing of their savage natures showed in these merry, lively, laughing, bright-faced little ragamuffins. Indian Stories Retold From St. Nicholas 2011-01-22T03:00:17.853Z And addressing his two acolytes over his shoulder, La Montagne added, pointing with the tip of his cane at those whom he was referring to: "Are not these the ragamuffins whom you are looking for?" The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z The men relieved the sorry jades by pushing or pulling, and on both sides of the road rolled a flood of ragamuffins. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The little ragamuffins assembled round the track sprang over the ropes and came to stare at the galleries. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z President Castro was one of those unfortunate South American chiefs, who had been beaten in a battle of ragamuffins, and compelled to fly his country. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Various ragamuffin children of tender years played hide-and-seek round the gravestones and their mothers' gowns. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z In fact, without them life and property during times of political commotion would very often be at the mercy of any horde of ragamuffins with weapons in their hands and the courage to use them. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z A few days transforms their ragamuffins into troops, which are not contemptible even when opposed to the best soldiers in Europe.... A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z Ye are the first in my realm, but if you bring her not, I will again degrade you into ragamuffins.” Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z A centaur of the ragamuffin, jeering and shaking his tatters, at once the butt and terror of the saints! Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry "Come and find your motor: perhaps a surprise is waiting—some ragamuffin may have put a penknife through the tire!" The Gay Adventure A Romance They were, indeed, ragamuffins; and, with all their pugnacity, without real courage. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. But certain it is, that as is usual with such ragamuffins, the biters were bitten, and one threw dirt into the face of the other. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Almost immediately after breakfast the playground work began; by noon I was helping a crowd of little ragamuffins to forget the heat in the splashing fun of the swimming pool, in the basement. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew One morning they had muffins for breakfast and Anna asked if they were ragamuffins. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl "Shall I call the ragamuffins by their nicknames, or will you have them handled like christians." Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency "Rather good for a ragamuffin, don't you think?" said Lawson, as the old man took his seat. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop "Uncle Tom," when it was played in the Bowery, undoubtedly had a good moral and political effect, in the years before the war, on these ragamuffins. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them Never in this world could the little ragamuffin resist the temptation of returning to his tenement home, or whatever it was, in a taxi. In And Out And the blithe and offhand way in which this ragamuffin declined his cheque only seemed to confirm his belief that he was playing for higher stakes. Thirty I will take the first chance to-morrow to make a dash upon these ragamuffins," he said; "and I shall count it hard if I don't get out of their claws. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency As for the enemy, they gave scarcely a thought to the shivering ragamuffins on the other side of the river. The Greater Republic A History of the United States In perambulating the streets at this period, what a number of little ragamuffins I observe trundling their hoops! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. Loungers, ragamuffins, street cars, joined the chase with clamorous glee as we turned up an alley. Where the Pavement Ends The establishment has come to be known among the ragamuffins of Paradise Park as “the school where dey washes ’em.” The Children of the Poor One of those long-haired, sloppy-collared ragamuffins without any soles to their boots! A Novelist on Novels There is nothing to prevent you but the censure of the lowest vulgar—the mob that does not think for itself: a mob composed of quite as many well dressed persons as ragamuffins. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Do you suppose I will change the rules of my house to suit every ragamuffin of a journeyman and every vagrant who pays me only twelve kreuzers? Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace "That shows your fancy for the Bohemian ragamuffin!" retorted Christopher, whose wrath had burst every curb of manners. Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians The observer of physical facts merely would doubtless pick out the Italian ragamuffins first, and from his standpoint he would be right. The Children of the Poor When Wilf came home to Cheshire for the long vacations he found some poor little ragamuffins who had no fun in their lives, and started a club for them in his own house. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North The ragamuffins hated the stars as well as the stripes too much; and they no more played "Yankee Doodle" than Mitchell sang "Rule Britannia." Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Why do you waste my property upon ragamuffins and vagabonds? Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Here, guard, take these two ragamuffins into custody, and see that they are kept quiet till this hanging’s done with. A Prince of Good Fellows A bed in the street, in an odd box or corner, is good enough for the ragamuffin who thinks the latitude of his tenement unhealthy, when the weather is warm. The Children of the Poor There are several beggars, one of whom is a dirty, round-shouldered old ragamuffin with a long, matted beard. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police The carriage stopped; half a dozen black ragamuffins rushed up offering to take it in charge, and its occupants presently stood among the people of three counties. John March, Southerner Except the Army of the West, and the division on the Mar road, which is commanded by an old woman, we have nothing on foot but scattered, ragamuffin regiments. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers If their rifles and cartridge-belts had been taken away from them they would have looked like a horde of dirty Cuban beggars and ragamuffins on the tramp. Campaigning in Cuba Yes," said she, "I think about 700 of these little ragamuffins could be put in there. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years The New York Herald says: “The finest and best appointed army the world ever saw, has been beaten by a batch of Southern ragamuffins!” A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital It was a bright, sunny morning in the early summer when Henriette, gazing out of the dining-room windows across the lawns adjoining the Rockerbilt place, caught sight of a number of ragamuffins at play there. Mrs. Raffles Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman And now mark my words, by this day five years, five years at the utmost,—I say by this day five years there will not be a single ragamuffin Christian in the whole Roman world.” Callista : a Tale of the Third Century I do not mean to say, or even to suggest, that these ragamuffins were not brave men and good soldiers. Campaigning in Cuba Come right down to it, I feel mean in having something the rest haven’t got, and keeping it from them, like a nasty fat boy stuffing pie with a lot of hungry ragamuffins looking on. Aurora the Magnificent Bridget, who is kind-hearted and fond of children, turned the dresses that were hanging up right side out for the edification of the poor little ragamuffins, and their comments were exceedingly funny and touching. Records of Later Life It made very little sensation on the spot, for he was not hurt, and the fellow was a miserable-looking ragamuffin. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II If we could only fall in wi' some of these starved ragamuffins of frame-breakers we could win a grand victory. Shirley "Come from far?" asked one of the ragamuffins at the table. The Broom-Squire She felt sure that she looked like one of the fantastically-clad ragamuffins she had seen in the streets of New York, at Christmas and Thanksgiving. The Peace of Roaring River "I might have sung like that once," he thought, for he had been choir-boy in his ragamuffin youth, and had regained a fine tenor voice at eighteen. Money Magic A Novel What was the murder of some ragamuffin in Hyde Park to a man from the country who had lost his son? The Camera Fiend To the circle of dirty but fascinating ragamuffins she became an interested tangent, a silent observer. Our Next-Door Neighbors On the Finland Road, outside of Petrograd, the Red ragamuffins held a perpetual carmagnole, and all fugitives danced to their piping, and many paid for the music. The Crimson Tide A Novel It is probable Old Hurricane did not hear this irreverent speech, for he continued to gaze with pity and dismay upon the ragamuffin before him. Hidden Hand First, the police cleared the way; the ragamuffins were driven into the street. Melomaniacs In a second, the half-witted, ragamuffin Smiler bobbed his grinning face round the door post. The Spoilers of the Valley They would give her the right send-off, that crowd of bedraggled loud-talking ragamuffins, the scrapings from the whole beach, already besieging the sponsors with their petulant whining: "Our candy now, and the almonds, the almonds!" Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore And this was true at least as to one ragamuffin, who stood on a neighboring corner staring at them. Dr. Sevier Suddenly, however, our ragamuffin hounds struck the line of nobler game: Lutra, the otter, was astir in the pool. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain Into the hands of this murderous ruffian and his ragamuffin gang the Swan was delivered; but the villany of her piratical crew was soon to receive its just punishment. An Old Sailor's Yarns To be planted head first 's no proper end of a man, to my thinking; and if there's not something of the kind in these ragamuffins' minds I'm precious mistaken. The Wild Geese Swarming mobs of ragamuffins had occupied the points farthest projecting seaward. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore It is true that his father did give him a good lesson when he called the little son of the charcoal-man a ragamuffin. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal Another big, slovenly boy, a year or two younger, sat on the doorstep, whittling quite as much for his own amusement as for that of a little five-year-old ragamuffin outside. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies There gathered about him a rabble of ragamuffins and worthless fellows, who had spent their lives in tramping up and down the country, without settled homes or occupations. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services Of course, there are some good among them, as with other ‘ragamuffin’ ramblers. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement In that supreme crisis, Tonet became again the harbor rowdy of his early boyhood, the ragamuffin stranger to respect and consideration for other people. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore I have led my ragamuffins, where they are Peppered. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare "Do you mean to say that a ragamuffin like you had fifty dollars?" demanded the thief. Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves At this moment a young ragamuffin appeared on the scenes: he asked if he might be left in charge of the car. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas Drones, ragamuffins, and rodneys cannot grumble if they get kicked out of the hive. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement He had joined the ragamuffins along shore, a swarm of wharf rats that knew no more about their fathers than the homeless dogs who went with them on their raids. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore He is regarded somewhat in the light of a high public functionary by his contemporary ragamuffins, having been promoted from the fields or the barn-yard to the honorable position of skydskaarl. The Land of Thor "It's a likely story that a ragamuffin like you would be trusted with so much money." Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves A grave quiet settled upon the ragamuffins, their sunburned faces were turned eagerly towards the hunchback, their wild eyes studied his mocking face; they waited in patience upon his pleasure. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama Thus, on that cold and stormy December morning, the half frozen, desperate band of ragamuffin soldiers started its march toward Trenton—toward its last forlorn hope. Washington Crossing the Delaware But Ponto by the sea! ah, who would know This damp wild ragamuffin on the strand Who importunes the passers-by to throw Big stones across the opal-shining sand? Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 At one of the stations, which, for obvious reasons, it would be indiscreet to name, there was no boy visible except the ragamuffin who had accompanied me. The Land of Thor "What has she been about?" he mused, "has she been speaking to that smooth-tongued, stuck-up son of a ragamuffin." The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story From wet tents and saturated blanket kennels bronzed ragamuffins appear at every halting spot, and simultaneously they and we ask each other the old, old question, "Any news?" A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition The disposed army of ragamuffins put the Hessians to rout! Washington Crossing the Delaware They appear to have little principle, and as little humanity, and many of them are given up to every vice; and yet these ragamuffins have been allowed to hold the scale and rod of justice. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. We always had at our heels a swarm of ragamuffins turning cart-wheels behind us. Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant “D——n the Defiance!” replied he; “I defy Captain N. or anybody else to match those gentlemanly ragamuffins.” A Sailor of King George On holidays and thereabouts the town was filled with crowds of ragamuffins called "railies," of whom the people were afraid. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories In front was a ragamuffin corps of drummers and men extracting ear-racking noises from metal instruments that looked like flageolets, but were not. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Many of the small boys were dressed up as soldiers in one way or another, and I twice saw a small ragamuffin band with tins for kettle-drums. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany Instead of this, however, there gathered, about him a rabble of ragamuffins and worthless fellows, who had spent their lives in tramping up and down the country, without settled homes or occupations. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief I tire of all these ragamuffins who are my men. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts Doubtless she had spoken to and touched those little ragamuffins she had told him of just so. The Rose-Garden Husband Do you know, by the way, what a quaint little 316 ragamuffin philosopher that child is? The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance He walked back to the trench, his naked sword flashed suddenly above that eagle’s feather, and his grizzled ragamuffins sprang forward and charged us like so many demons. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan She flew into the midst of the dirty little ragamuffins, seized the biggest ruffian by the collar, and trundled him backwards into the pond. Vixen, Volume I. Now you see if you hadn't bestowed your old one on that ragamuffin in town, you wouldn't have been in such a scrape.” Five Little Peppers at School And so the whole afternoon every rider of a particularly bad horse was pestered by an offer of five or ten dollars, from a throng of dirty, noisy, scampish ragamuffins. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy But her kingdom was over the ragamuffins and rapscallions of the town, with whom she stood on the friendliest terms. Grey Town An Australian Story "Miss Winslow," he said, "I hope you won't mind the rudeness of this—ah, ragamuffin." The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets I endured the wailing hymns of voiceless women on winter days in order that I might observe the wretched ragamuffins squalling round their knees the praise of a Creator who had denied them everything. Tongues of Conscience The vehicles had started in file at the sound of a trumpet, a crowd of little ragamuffins were clambering at the doors with bunches of edelweiss. Tartarin On The Alps Present, if you wish, nobles, Jews, or any other kind of ragamuffins, but to make a laughing-stock and a comedy of honest tillers of the soil is a downright shame! The Comedienne Lost, it was a part of him that he could not keep, a ragamuffin whom he wanted to reject and reclaim simultaneously and yet could do neither one well. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais All he saw was a typical ragamuffin of humanity in the grip of the policeman, Nemesis. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel A strange fancy had whispered to him, "What if that boy buried by the wall yonder should be the wonder-child, the ragamuffin who looked at the rainbow, the sea urchin, the spectre haunting your guest?" Tongues of Conscience If you do not punish these three little ragamuffins, they will grow up worse than Herod. The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas 1920 Now, Fanchon, go straight back home, without stopping to play with the village ragamuffins. Child Life In Town And Country 1909 As soon as she could wield a pencil, she began to make ragamuffin pictures, and to dream of a career as the “champion painter of the poor.” Child-life in Art Adair had been caught trying to do what thousands of other ragamuffins achieved daily with success. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel He asked them if he might join in the game; but the boys looked contemptuously at his shabby clothes, and one of them said, rudely: "We don't play with ragamuffins." Slow and Sure The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant As soon as they reached the port a crowd of ragamuffins ran after them. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Sometimes, when you have ceased to think about a carromata, one of these small ragamuffins will pursue you, with a sheepish-looking coachman and disreputable vehicle in tow. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia All of them illustrate admirably the artist’s firm conviction that “no ragamuffin is ever common or vulgar.” Child-life in Art The gallant ragamuffins drew back, and became on the instant spectators at a play. Rita He left his crown to a fellow called Akitoye, the younger of two sons, the elder, Kosoko, being a ragamuffin and banished. The Three Midshipmen "She might not care to be bothered with such a ragamuffin." Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 At once Gordon began to get his ragamuffin army into shape. The Story of General Gordon He spoke in a low voice, that what he said might not reach the ears of the little ragamuffin who trudged by his side. The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories For here was this little ragamuffin seated high and dry in a first class taxi, and speeding through the city in style, yet with the supreme indifference of a young millionaire! The Rich Little Poor Boy He was a great ragamuffin, and I did not trust him more than I could help; but he was very useful to me, and I believe faithfully interpreted the orders I issued through him. The Three Midshipmen Some ragamuffins hissed her, and I felt sorry for her. Lorraine A romance The ragamuffins, encouraged by a very ill-advised distribution of coppers which had taken place at their first onslaught, were collecting about the table with clamorous entreaties for l'ultimo. A Venetian June He was on familiar terms with all the ragamuffins in the village, and regarded the man who kept the livery-stable as the wisest person in New England, and the stage-driver as the wittiest. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators They were still closely followed by the merciless ragamuffins, who had pelted them with stones and sticks, until the patience of Noddy was severely tried. Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise On surveying them, they appeared dressed for a costume ball of ragamuffins. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 We began our journey for the frontier settlements on the 27th of August, and certainly a more ragamuffin cavalcade never was seen on the upper Arkansas. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 He declared himself thirsty, and a ragamuffin handing him a half-empty bottle, he drank from it. The Peasant and the Prince When a factor either declines or is unable to procure trade at an African station, the multitude of hangers-on, ragamuffins, servants and villagers around him suffer, at least, for a time. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Some of the boldest of the ragamuffins came to his relief when they realized how hard it was going with him, and that he was in the hands of only one small boy. Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise Well, Juan," she cried saucily, "so you have sent away your band of ragamuffins? At the Point of the Sword You neglect her; you don't give her enough to eat; she hasn't a dress fit for a ragamuffin to wear. Mary Louise in the Country I never had a child sweetheart, and I never knew anybody with whom I exchanged a caress, or bartered a word of real kindness, until I fell in with this fascinating young ragamuffin. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile The answer to my message was an illustration of the character and insolence of the ragamuffins with whom I had to deal. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Perhaps the majority of men of letters are so to some extent, though poets are apt to be ragamuffins. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author Rebellion's over and Jack Ketch's waiting for you—waiting for every last dirty ragamuffin and slave-driver that calls himself general or president, and for the rest of you, too! The Long Roll Then he is known as the "ragamuffin," on account of his covering of rags. The Devil's Pool “He who is not the master of at least a million,” he interposed, “forgive the expression, is a ragamuffin.”—“That is true, indeed,” exclaimed I, with full, overflowing feeling. Peter Schlemihl The Termagant’s unlooked-for return somewhat dismayed the prince and his ragamuffins, though he had contrived to assemble quite two thousand men about my premises. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver ‘And we are not ragamuffins, please lady,’ said Flossy. Dickory Dock O'Grady had met his master, and could not reply; the crowd shouted for the ragamuffin, and all parties separated, to gird up their loins for the next day's poll. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes "Playing marbles with some of your ragamuffin friends, I suppose." Fame and Fortune or, The Progress of Richard Hunter Here, I know: set some one to find that ragamuffin Pegg. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris “Oh, you want Signora Faranelli, whose coach was run away with last night by some ragamuffins!” said the master of a small shop where we inquired. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman One morning A’Dale and I were strolling beside the cathedral, when a small party of idle boys and ragamuffins happened to come that way intent on mischief, if they could possibly achieve it. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham But you and me, we don’t want him to let these young ragamuffins off without loosening their skins a bit to do them good, do we?” Marcus: the Young Centurion And because some young ragamuffins were insolent to you, my nephew must lower himself to their level. The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap “Surely,” he thought, “my father cannot wish to see such a ragamuffin as this, with his coarse, bloated features, and disgraceful rags and dirt.” The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First The King, the Dukes of Massachusetts and Virginia, the Marquises of Connecticut and Mohawk, Earl Susquehanna and Lord Livingston, would have been laughed at by every ragamuffin. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 It wasn't Velasco—it was a gypsey, a tattered, beggarly ragamuffin, with dark, brooding eyes and a laugh on his lips, a laugh that was like a twist of the muscles. The Black Cross “Well, it’s a good riddance,” said I, who really did not see why Jack should be so afflicted about such a graceless young ragamuffin. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life And in the face of all that I have said and taught you about your being different by your birth and education from the young ragamuffin rout of Rockabie harbour! The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap With a natural aversion to every thing noble, these ragamuffins directed their outrages particularly against the statue of the founder of the church, whose grim black trunk stands in the vestibule, deprived of its head. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 Let's throw this ragamuffin of a Frenchman into the fire; then he'll no longer disturb the repose of a peaceable family. The Man With The Broken Ear Among Turkish men and women of high rank stroll poor ragamuffins and dervishes or begging monks. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Jack and I had at least the relief of feeling that so far we ourselves were the only sufferers by our hospitality to our little ragamuffin acquaintance. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life A more rascally, daring crew of ragamuffins could not have been found to defend Selkirk's side of the gentlemen adventurers' feud. Lords of the North Whatever will Miss Davis say when she sees that bunch of dirty ragamuffins! Tabitha's Vacation He left that to th' ragamuffins and rapscallions i' th' street. Stories of Comedy When the English fleet came back in July Champlain had a ragamuffin, half-starved retinue of precisely sixteen men. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom “What’s that to do with you?” demanded I, to whom by this time the small ragamuffin’s impudence had ceased to be astonishing. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Whitchurch had petitioned against the Great Western proposals, though Captain Cust, who gave evidence for the larger company, was moved to dismiss this effort as the work of “Captain Clement Hill and lot of ragamuffins.” The Story of the Cambrian A Biography of a Railway Disreputable ragamuffins as they appeared, the Yaquis were quick enough to put their captives in a position to render them almost helpless. The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis Mrs. Rendalen's visit to the slums, and her recognition of the peculiar scream of her own son in a terrible little ragamuffin, is one of the most remarkable incidents in this remarkable book. Essays on Scandinavian Literature And as I sat I wept, and as I wept that overpowering mother-need came over me, which drives even the little ragamuffin of the gutter to carry his complaints to "mother" for comfort and redress. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son Fifty-two men the ragamuffin crew numbered, exiles, convicts, branded criminals, raggedly clad and ill-fed, sleeping wherever they could on the littered and vermin-infested decks; for what did the lives of a convict crew matter? Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward And even in that broken plea I took it in that the little ragamuffin did not speak the jargon of that slum, but the pure speech of Shainsa. The Door Through Space The men about him gave the lie to his expectation; but these moral ragamuffins did not invalidate the king's faith. A Hero and Some Other Folks Half-an-hour later the tattered ragamuffins saw the pinnace running in to take them off, "which was unto us all a double rejoicing: first that we saw them, and next, so soon." On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. Not that Dreiser actually belongs to this ragamuffin company. A Book of Prefaces The old sails were distributed as trousers for the ragamuffin crew. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward We may therefore conclude, that the numerous armies mentioned by historians in those times, consisted chiefly of ragamuffins who followed the camp, and lived by plunder. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. "If our commander made an attack on these ragamuffins he would sweep them into the St. Lawrence," said the sailor. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 His followers were out-and-out ragamuffins, wild-looking fellows with their unshaven cheeks and tangled hair and fierce eyes. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure The blue eyes and the baby smile went up, confidingly, to the young ragamuffin's face. Faith Gartney's Girlhood The next I saw of him he was in command of those ragamuffins who attacked us out yonder. My Lady of Doubt As the superintendent of the mission was always casting about for somebody to talk to his ragamuffins, he asked the tall stranger if he would say a few words. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict Wirtemberg was greatly offended that the English general should affect to look down upon the Danes, Germans, French, and other foreign ragamuffins who composed his command, and he insisted strongly upon his claims. Orange and Green A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick And when Kendric started after him the ragamuffin broke into a run and disappeared down an alley way. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure Once, attended with a crew of ragamuffins, she broke into his house, turned all things topsy-turvy, and then set it on fire. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Boy as he is, no one in all that crew of ragamuffins has done us greater harm. My Lady of Doubt I'm to be shoved aside to give place to that lazy ragamuffin, am I? The Boy Trapper On the morrow the one-eyed commander of the Spaniards, Pamfilo de Narvaez, would marshal his ragamuffin expedition into those boats, in the hope of reaching Mexico by sea. Days of the Discoverers Three weeks later I was sitting at déjeuner in the Metropole, when a ragamuffin came in with the London papers, which had just arrived by the leave-boat. Leaves from a Field Note-Book Why don't some of them jab their steel in the blasphemous ragamuffins who thus make mock of the holy offices of religion? Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France “See here, you ragamuffin, what—” “My name is Benson,” began the boy, breathlessly. The Submarine Boys and the Middies You are a pretty looking ragamuffin to call a hundred and fifty dollars 'a little money,' are you not? The Boy Trapper Look what she has made of that ragamuffin! The Title Market Further on stood a ragamuffin waving his hand, shouting and laughing. The Awakening The Resurrection An old ragamuffin wandered up with a loaf of maize bread. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia "I shouldn't be a bit surprised if Edith and Johnnie invited a lot of little ragamuffins from Wood's Alley," replied Miss Rose. Five Happy Weeks "See here, you ragamuffin, what—" "My name is Benson," began the boy, breathlessly. The Submarine Boys and the Middies The Prize Detail at Annapolis "He is a ragamuffin, a do-nothing, a vagabond." Pinocchio The Tale of a Puppet Say, fellows, a little ragamuffin—so the story goes—was being set upon by a mob of larger boys in the streets of London many years ago. "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues Re, is all rent and torn like a ragamuffin. The Noble Spanish Soldier "And to win her good graces, must one pretend to be interested in those ragamuffins?" Bad Hugh Let me know what your other ragamuffins are writing, for I suppose you don't like starting too many of your vagabonds at once. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals The perpetrators are not discovered, but I hope and believe that none of my ragamuffins were in it, though they are somewhat savage, and secretly armed, like most of the inhabitants. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals It is the same young man who broke through the crowd, and at the risk of getting his own head cracked took the part of the helpless little ragamuffin, not knowing he was a king. "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues Instead his army consisted of a few hundred half-clad ragamuffins, which attacked a squad of police who took refuge in a farmhouse, and easily routed the rabble. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent "Do you suppose ragamuffins like you approach her highness?" he returned. Jewel's Story Book Suppose you took her as author in my place, now vacant among your ragamuffins; she is a moral and pious person, and will shine upon your shelves. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals If it would not bore Mr. Dorville, I wish he would keep an eye on E—— and on my other ragamuffins. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals Well, the little ragamuffin came, and I believe he is not unworthy. Watch—Work—Wait Or, The Orphan's Victory Mac's sculptured ragamuffin looked wistfully down from his niche near the open rafters upon a Round Table institutionally fraternal. Kenny "You can't see Miss Dane, you ragamuffin!" exclaimed the mellifluous tones of footman Wilson. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week About ten days ago, when there was to be a rising here, the Liberals and my brethren Ci. asked me to purchase some arms for a certain few of our ragamuffins. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals In another ward were several renegade Kentuckians, who constantly excited my ire by noting and ridiculing deficiencies, calling my own dear boys "Old Jeff's ragamuffins," etc. Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Some you would have called ragamuffins, street urchins, but some were too well washed, combed and laundered for such a designation. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers At last she spied two little ragamuffins approaching. The Christmas Angel Through the crook of a mud-smeared elbow shoving back the sodden brim of her hat, the girl glanced toward him like a vaguely perplexed little ragamuffin. Little Eve Edgarton We are a ragamuffin band, but we have taught the British to respect us. In the Days of Poor Richard Till he came down among them with all his ragamuffins from Delhi, men thought the Padshāhs and their progeny must be something superhuman, something not to be spoken of, much less approached, without reverence. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Newspapers were being sold everywhere by ragamuffin boys who shouted their head-lines in French, Flemish, and quite understandable English. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement First she saw two little ragamuffins quarreling over something in the snow. The Christmas Angel One of the down-townies raised a provoking cry, “Ho, fellers; see those little ragamuffins!” The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play To be sure, he has "led his ragamuffins where they will be well peppered;" but a system-maker must receive all sorts of 412 proselytes. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals It was driven by a gaudy ragamuffin in a turban. African Camp Fires No ragamuffin was ever so tattered and torn as this rakish individual. Truxton King A Story of Graustark The ragamuffin stared at her for a moment, his face an essence of disbelief. Wanted—A Match Maker I serve it better, too, than ragamuffins who laugh like heathens at seeing a fly buzzing about the church. Abbe Mouret's Transgression He had not gone far when he saw a dainty figure, grotesquely accompanied by a ragamuffin, coming toward him. Through stained glass Various other gaudy ragamuffins lounged largely and picturesquely on the widely spaced benches. African Camp Fires "Of course the caddy simply slipped the balls in his pockets the minute your back was turned--they're all thieves, the little ragamuffins," said she. V. V.'s Eyes The little ragamuffin considered that a capital joke, and fairly danced with glee. The Downfall A horde of ragamuffin porters struggle desperately for the privilege of carrying the passengers' baggage. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama He drew out a gold coin, looked at it gravely, and flipped it across the rail at the ragamuffin. Through stained glass The magnificent and picturesque town car with its gaudy ragamuffins swayed by in train of its diminutive mule. African Camp Fires Trust me, sir, I have already laughed more than beseems my cloth at your Homeric confabulation with yonder ragamuffin general of the rebels. Twice Told Tales The ragamuffin girl, her head slightly to one side, had been regarding Hector McKaye with alert curiosity mingled with furtive apprehension. Kindred of the Dust I have two of these soldier people with me to-day, and two bigger ragamuffins it has not been my lot to cast eyes on. Across China on Foot Now, if our literary ragamuffins cared two pence about art they would all be on their knees before Ibsen, who is, I suppose, the finest dramatic artist since Racine. Since Cézanne JÁNUKA.—Master, the King must value the ring very highly, or he would never have sent such a sum of money to this ragamuffin. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala Antonym: reassure. scare, n. fright, alarm, terror, panic, consternation. scarecrow, n. guy, effigy; ragamuffin. scarf, n. muffler, tippet, neckcloth, neckerchief, cravat, necktie, maniple. scarfskin, n. epidermis, cuticle. scary, a. Putnam's Word Book He was being assisted in his labors by a ragamuffin girl of perhaps thirteen years. Kindred of the Dust He drew the Apse at Pisa, half-amused and half-worried by the little ragamuffin who varied the tedium of watching his work by doing horizontal-bar tricks on the railings of the Cathedral green. The Life of John Ruskin "You must be hard up for an escort, when you accept such a ragamuffin as Joe Mason." Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake A mercy it was that he didn't call me a ragamuffin, Joseph said to himself. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story In 1800, however, it pleased him to style the soldiers of the United States ragamuffins and mercenaries; which induced two young officers to push, hustle, and otherwise discommode and insult him at the theatre. Famous Americans of Recent Times "These ragamuffins are pretty full of brag," observed Hi scornfully to one of his lieutenants. The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics "Of interest to ragamuffins only," sneered Paulson, as he turned away to join Fremont of the senior class. The High School Left End Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron "If I am a ragamuffin, it is his fault." Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake We were almost devoured by the ragamuffins that ran beside our wheels, and I remember the "sad civility" with which Hawthorne regarded their clamors. Yesterdays with Authors In his maiden speech, which was in opposition to a proposed increase of the army, he spoke disparagingly of the troops already serving, using the words ragamuffins and mercenaries. Famous Americans of Recent Times Hundreds of little ragamuffins buy and hawk these bouquets about the streets. Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Rescuing the Runaways In spite of his coat of bright buttons, he was of the streets streety; a valiant little ragamuffin, in all but the actual rags. The Penalty Even we of England, with all our more sober recollections that the heroes were ragamuffins, and the heroism imaginary, gave ourselves up to the illusion. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 Puffing, blowing, spluttering, the outraged Bishop gasped out: "That young ragamuffin—I told him it was half past five—he—er—told me to go to hell at half past six." Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Two young ragamuffins crawled among the legs of the crowd up to her basket and filched pies and cake beneath her very nose. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Was it possible that this little ragamuffin was the only one in that village who was sorry to see me depart and who desired my return? A Bicycle of Cathay "Poor devils! who stare in at the portico, you are altogether ragamuffins, compared to me!" Pictures of Sweden We have a ragamuffin government and regulations that would commend themselves to the most judicious. The Precipice Master, the King must value the ring very highly, or he would never have sent such a sum of money to this ragamuffin. Sakoontala or the Lost Ring An Indian Drama A group of young ragamuffins eyed her longingly from a distance. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 "Put the other half-leaf in the table to-night, and lay covers for three more, for these young ragamuffins must mess with us in future." Crusoes of the Frozen North The martial fervor ran so high that even the boys paraded with wooden spears and guns, and the little ragamuffins were inspected and patted on the head by venerable and veritable Fathers of the Church. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 I asked a ragamuffin who was playing with a nice little terrier in a village street where we ate an at fresco meal of jam-sandwiches with a motor-car for a buffet. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front A critical little girl eyed our couple curiously and made some remark to her ragamuffin friend. Love and Mr. Lewisham His boy wasn't going up to the big house like a ragamuffin. The Wrong Twin At the sound of the click it made, the little street ragamuffin, who stood near, peeping through the fence, looked up. Balcony Stories Would you hand him over to a pack of cowardly civilians, that shake in their shoes till they wear the soles out, with trembling at the threats of the ragamuffins he belongs to?' Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty The ragamuffin in question was watching us with all his solitary eye, as though he knew that we were discussing him. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman The ragamuffin friend was no judge of faces. Love and Mr. Lewisham "Play a tune on your fiddle, you little ragamuffin," said one. Phil, the Fiddler Street ragamuffins do not cry: it would be better if they did so, when they are so young and so blind; it would be easier for the spectator, the auditor. Balcony Stories When we go out o' doors, such a set of ragamuffins comes a-shouting after us, "Gordon forever!" that I'm ashamed of myself and don't know where to look. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty In the last place came infinite swarms of calones, a disorderly rout led by L’Estrange; rogues and ragamuffins, that follow the camp for nothing but the plunder, all without coats to cover them. The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces Why in thunder couldn't those hairy ragamuffins keep the little cuss safe? Greenmantle "Don't you call me names, you little Italian ragamuffin, or I'll hit you," said the other, menacingly. Phil, the Fiddler Then, when I've got a start, I can take in a ragamuffin or two, just for a relish. Little Women This comforts under pain; This, through the stinging rain, Keeps ragamuffin glad Behind the wall. New Poems A batch of ragamuffins they were and nothing else, and he standing looking at them with his fine smile. The Lost Prince He had found out the house of Frau von Einem without much trouble, and had performed with his ragamuffins in the servants' quarters. Greenmantle It is here that Leary's displays its stock of ragamuffin ten-centers—queer dingy volumes that call to the hearts of gentle questers. The Haunted Bookshop Of course it was uphill work at first, and Jo made queer mistakes, but the wise Professor steered her safely into calmer waters, and the most rampant ragamuffin was conquered in the end. Little Women His clothes also were dirty and disheveled till he seemed scarcely the superior in elegance of the little ragamuffin behind him. Captivating Mary Carstairs The queer thing that Marco had noticed was that the ragamuffins were proud of The Rat, and regarded him as their lord and master. The Lost Prince Yon can laugh, ye ragamuffins, laugh all ye want to! The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II When it had done, I actually went into the square and taught the ragamuffins to make a snowman; no, a snow-woman; and I had the fancy to call her Medea. Hauntings I have led my ragamuffins where they are well peppered. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 The policeman finally attended to the fierce pleading of the ragamuffins. Lo, Michael! Here, sir," to the doorkeeper, handing him twenty-five cents, "let this ragamuffin in. Tip Lewis and His Lamp The little ragamuffins wouldn't any of them tell me the way out, not even Dinney. Gloria and Treeless Street It mattered little while the Queen-mother was at Somerset House, for her Court ranked higher—and was certainly more refined in its splendour—than her son's ragamuffin herd. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Thick lay the snow upon the housetops; "thick and slab" the greasy slush upon the pavements of crowded thoroughfares; merry the rogues and ragamuffins of the great city. Charlotte's Inheritance A crowd of gentlemen, friends of the sheriff, followed on horseback; and a mob of ragamuffins brought up the rear. The Channings Hawser," said he, "I cannot reconcile myself to the loss of my vessel; the idea of being tricked out of her by a set of garlic-eating ragamuffins puts me out of all patience. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale The poor ragamuffin has been out all night, wading in the streams, and his wife, who looks, if possible, more eager and hungry than himself, is waiting near, keeping watch. Two Summers in Guyenne "Shall we give those hayseeds a scare?" asked one of the ragamuffins, whose ears were covered by long black locks. The Quest The impudence, the overpowering audacity of the ragamuffin took Trent's breath away. The King in Yellow This woman, who pays bills of thousands of pesetas to her milliner, doesn't like to give a copper to a ragamuffin. Cæsar or Nothing If we were Neapolitan ragamuffins, who could lie in the sun with bare limbs, sucking oranges, there would be nothing to say; under such conditions indolence might be pardonable, almost justified. Impressions and Comments I had expected to see a dirty ragamuffin, sodden with drink and debauchery. The Possessed (The Devils) Ahead of the ragamuffins, at an appreciable distance, ran two women and two men. The Quest The shirt, it was nothing but a rag, and the children were probably ragamuffins, and hot muffins at that! Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs Then, Callomb's newly organized force of ragamuffin soldiers clattered down the street at double time. The Call of the Cumberlands The ragamuffins from the town school invariably opened every visit to Voronok by complaining against the school rules and the inspector. The Created Legend "I have spoken to you as I would to my own son, if I had such an incumbrance.—Here, you ragamuffin; saddle the gray, and lead him round to the door." Fanshawe Several ragamuffins sprawled themselves out on the clearing near Manuel and Roberto, and the student did not care to go on with his tale. The Quest Scarcely had we set foot on the bridge when there came racing out of a palm-leaf hut on the opposite shore three male ragamuffins in bare feet, shouting as they ran. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Sure enough, it was the Breton's son surrounded by a dozen ragamuffins of his own set. Paula the Waldensian His appearance was rather suspicious—that of a ragamuffin, in fact. The Created Legend "You an officer, sir, and these ragamuffins a party! a parcel of beggarly tailor fellows—tell yourselves off by nine, and we shall know your effective strength." The Antiquary — Volume 02 When they spoke of him they referred to him as "the ragamuffin from Madrid" or simply, "ragamuffin." The Quest With all those pretty tall fellows about her, it was unlikely indeed that she would care for a little red-headed, face-pulling ragamuffin like him! Young Lives "I know," said his Lordship, "that he will never forgive me, but I really have no patience with him for letting himself be put in quod by such a set of ragamuffins." A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 But he could ill brook solemnity, and before long parodied his own verses in the following ragamuffin fashion: In Egypt's land, contagious to the Nile, King Pharaoh's daughter went to bathe in style. The Celtic Twilight The ragamuffins of the foothills are not in the habit of reading fiction, although lying comes easy to them. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch "It's the same with all of them," said one of the ragamuffins. The Quest The cymbals struck up, the cavalcade, headed by ragamuffin lictors with whips, went swaying past the gate. Dragon's blood Some are social climbers, and mingle in company where verbal dress coats are worn; some are social degenerates, and consort with the ragamuffins and guttersnipes of language. The Century Vocabulary Builder He left San Francisco two years ago on a hundred-foot schooner, with an assistant, a big brass-bound chest, and a ragamuffin crew. The Mystery Changing her dress, she had cast off with the rough overalls such rugosities of manner, speech, and intonation as belonged to the ragamuffin of the foothills. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch Shortly after this the group of curiosity-hunters had dispersed; only a guard and an old gentleman were left, and they discussed the ragamuffins in tones of pity. The Quest A ragamuffin and a humbug, who hops about——" "Oh!" she exclaimed, "that's true, really true, that he hops. The Queen Pedauque The moonlight was clear, and there, reading the notice, was a group of ragamuffin boys. Nature's Serial Story But his neighbors silenced him at once and not even any other ragamuffin lifted his voice. The Unwilling Vestal I know it; I know your habits, Caudle; and - I don’t like to say it, but you’d have been little better than a ragamuffin. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures One day he met, near the Segovia bridge, El Bizco and another ragamuffin that was with him. The Quest His coat might do for such a ragamuffin as he had been, but they needed no garment but their own righteousness-the forms of their church. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 How lovely and angelic she had once appeared, stooping in elegant costume from her social height to the little ragamuffins of the street that sat gaping around her! Opening a Chestnut Burr First the ragamuffins in the street make a mock of me, and then my hawk is killed. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Hear this man," she called out, "who will send any poor ragamuffin to the gallows if his fee is large enough! The Evil Shepherd The ragamuffins were talking and shouting, and they laughed at the passers-by who came over out of curiosity for a closer look. The Quest But the stars warn me that I need this rhyming ragamuffin. If I Were King Why, Aunt Abby, it will be a terrible crowd—a horde of ragamuffins and ruffians. Raspberry Jam Then he made a vow to take no more ragamuffins into his house, for they consume much, pay for nothing, and play mischievous tricks into the bargain by way of gratitude. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm Even these ragamuffins apparently were not totally unconscious of personal appearance. Parnassus on Wheels It was long before the heavens grew bright; it was still night when the coffee stands were opened, and the coachmen and ragamuffins went up for their cup or glass. The Quest A capless, wildly excited young ragamuffin came dashing in at the street door. The Beetle There is little difference between this regiment of ragamuffins chaffing me this morning and the well-dressed troopers of Kaiser William, bantering me the day I wheeled out of Strassburg. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran "Be off, you ragamuffins!" cried he to them, "the man who lies in that grave belongs to me; I want to take him, and if you don't go away I will wring your necks!" Household Tales by Brothers Grimm "Yes, she makes a regular pet of the little ragamuffin—it's perfectly sickening!" The Prodigal Judge The censorship has ruined the role of a little legitimist ragamuffin, so that the play, conceived in the spirit of strict unpartisanship, has now to flatter the reactionaries: a result that distresses me. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters I want that my client should be a man of substance, and not some charlatan and ragamuffin, some kind of student, now, or ham actor. Yama: the pit I knew you would shake off the ragamuffins before long. Born in Exile On this the giant said to him, "Go, little ragamuffin, and fetch me a jug of water." Household Tales by Brothers Grimm "Oh," cried Laura, "I would marry a ragamuffin if he gave me all these things—gave them to me because he loved me." The Pit You dear old Tory—did you ever dream that ragamuffin little Paul was going to represent you in Parliament? The Fortunate Youth Upon my soul, I'd run from here to South Kensington, like the ragamuffins after the cabs with luggage, only just to get a smile from you. Demos A young ragamuffin drew near with a handful of rich mud, and carefully cast it right into the singer's inverted mouth. The Unclassed Who do you think'll come to the shop if they find it full of shouting ragamuffins? Denzil Quarrier Some ragged children were at play near him; he searched his pocket, collected coppers and small silver, and with a friendly cry of "Holloa, you ragamuffins!" scattered amazement and delight. Eve's Ransom The artist started, twisted his head, and for the first time became conscious of the ragamuffin's presence. The Fortunate Youth What! d'ye think I can live on him and on you, when there is a competence of my own out there, embezzled among those ragamuffins?' Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2 Your blood shall pay for that of my two hounds, you ragamuffin. The Adventures of Roderick Random "You'll not be thinking of heeding that ragamuffin boy," he ventured. Huntingtower The pack of ragamuffins has richly deserved to be treated as ragamuffins! Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso My men were already with this lot of ragamuffins, and this was the ivory or slave trading party that they had conspired to join. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Oh, Lord! what a pack of ragamuffins over that way! The Eureka Stockade This differs a good deal from the treasure incident in the book, but it shows us what respect the boys had for the gifts of the ragamuffin original of Huck Finn. The Boys' Life of Mark Twain You'll have all the ragamuffins in the street forming a tail after you, thinking you are the bridegroom. East Lynne They were certainly a wild set of ragamuffins—as different as possible from the smart, well-dressed, quick-of-speech Waganda as could be, and anything but prepossessing to our eyes. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile My men were soon with this lot of ragamuffins, and this was the ivory or slave-trading party that they had conspired to join. In the Heart of Africa As he handed me back the strip of paper he gave me a look that seemed to say: "So you are a manufacturer, you whom I have always known as a miserable ragamuffin." The Rise of David Levinsky In her half-closed eyes, round throat, and softly tilted chin, there was something cool and watchful, protecting the ragamuffin up above her head. The Island Pharisees The quarter-deck was crowded by a set of ragamuffins whose appearance beggared every previous description, and among whom I sought in vain for some one who looked like a gentleman. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 The giant looked contemptuously at the tailor, and said: 'You ragamuffin! Grimm's Fairy Tales On the strength of this, the theorists who govern agree with the reigning ragamuffins. The French Revolution - Volume 3 I feel enough like a sneakin' ragamuffin and housebreaker as 'tis. Thankful's Inheritance The place is full of ragamuffins from every country in the world, and it really is like the Tower of Babel, for you can't go ten paces along a street without hearing as many languages. Carmen Don't you know any street urchins—regular ragamuffins—? An Enemy of the People On a meagre day, however, those ragamuffins will rather die of hunger than suffer the least morsel of flesh-meat to enter their mouths. Travels through France and Italy "Never fear," said Ascaddeo, "I will soon settle this ugly ragamuffin." Stories from the Pentamerone The variety of attention exhibited in the faces of those ragamuffins, formed a groupe that would not have disgraced the pencil of a Raphael. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Parliament: two ragamuffins quarreling up an entry over a rotten orange. Phyllis of Philistia For this exploit the ragamuffin is lauding him to the skies. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 They invited the dirty little ragamuffins to tea, and the gipsies' children sat down at table with the sons and daughters of the Count. A History of the Moravian Church Is this my reward for having put good clothes on your back when you were a poor, starved, miserable, tatter-shod ragamuffin? Stories from the Pentamerone Into whatsoever ballroom you went, you would surely find, among the women in tiaras and the fops and the distinguished foreigners, half a score of comely ragamuffins in velveteen, murmuring sonnets, posturing, waving their hands. The Works of Max Beerbohm I have led my ragamuffins where they are peppered: there's not three of my hundred and fifty left alive; and they are for the town's end, to beg during life. King Henry IV, Part 1 A man of his fortune should not be submitted to the same obligations as ragamuffins! The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse He had obviously not expected so rapid and insulting a termination to his conversation with this long-whiskered ragamuffin. Creatures That Once Were Men There is nothing intrinsically wrong about "pitch and toss," only the fact that ragamuffins play it. London's Underworld "Will I clane the whole of thim off for you for a penny, your ladyship's honour, ma'am?" asked the oldest of the ragamuffins, and I gladly assented to the novel proposition. Penelope's Irish Experiences He complained loudly of having his ship lumbered by a host of "Indian ragamuffins," who had not a skin to dispose of, and at length put his positive interdict upon all trafficking on board. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains And the vagabonds and ragamuffins among the faithful in the streets, having got rid of the unbelievers had enough ado to keep peace among themselves. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable The ragamuffin took no further notice of him. Creatures That Once Were Men But all agree on one point, "that this street gambling must be put down," and they "put it down," or attempt to do so, by fining the young ragamuffins five shillings each. London's Underworld I can see the chandeliers, and the green silk of the piano, and Mamma sitting in her cashmere shawl by the window, singing till the little ragamuffin boys outside stopped to listen. Night and Day Misery and shame—the shame of being treated as an offensive small boy by a ragamuffin like Ida Putiak! Babbitt "Mr. Price, does all this blooming fuss mean we are to be robbed or attacked or abducted by a lot of ragamuffin guerrillas?" Light of the Western Stars Even Ruth was hurt, for she had some regard for appearances, and her lover, cheek by jowl with Maria, at the head of that army of Portuguese ragamuffins, was not a pretty sight. Martin Eden Followed by Raymond I pursued the main body of hunters, while Reynal in a great rage whipped his horse over the hill after his ragamuffin relatives. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life We began our journey for the frontier settlements on the 27th of August, and certainly a more ragamuffin cavalcade never was seen on the banks of the Upper Arkansas. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life When this ragamuffin horde had passed, we caught our horses, saddled, harnessed, and resumed our journey. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life |
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