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单词 ratsbane
例句 ratsbane
There are the usual conjectures about what it can be, the usual suspicion that there is a Spanish spy among us who is slipping ratsbane into our food and drink. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
Oh! when I remember that, while I sit here in comfort, perhaps my poor boy lies dead in some savage place: and all along of that girl: there, her very name is ratsbane to me. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
I counselled him either to give or take an ounce of ratsbane, to cure his mind. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15
"Poison!" echoed the farmer's daughters, recollecting with horror the ratsbane which Lion, the old house-dog, had got at the day before, and after eating which she had seen him drop down dead in convulsions. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales
They are hyphenated unless very common, in which case they are closed up; crane’s-bill, ratsbane. Compound Words Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #36
For my own part, I would as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth as the ‘excellency’ with which I am daily crammed. Patrick Henry
Early in June Judith, walking in the wood, brought home the splendid red wood lily, and a cluster too of “ratsbane,” with its flowers like a little crown of white wax. Judith of the Cumberlands
Doolittle is a rat, and I will hire somebody to give him ratsbane. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One
It is the double-distilled extract of nux vomica, ratsbane, and adder's tongue. New Tabernacle Sermons
The possessive case and its governing noun, combining to form a literal name, may be joined together without either hyphen or apostrophe: as, tradesman, ratsbane, doomsday, kinswoman, craftsmaster. The Grammar of English Grammars
That town is ratsbane and nightshade in my mouth! Master Skylark
All possible endeavours were used also to destroy the mice and rats, especially the latter, by laying ratsbane and other poisons for them, and a prodigious multitude of them were also destroyed. A Journal of the Plague Year, written by a citizen who continued all the while in London
Doolittle's a rat; but I'll poison him; yes, I'll dose him with ratsbane, and then I can eat, drink, and swill away. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One
I     had as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth as offer to stop     it with security. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
If there are rat holes have them stopped with pieces of brick, and broken glass bottles; never use ratsbane without the greatest caution, as it is a dangerous remedy. Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
Before him sat the grim baron, with a face worthy of the father of such a daughter, and looking daggers and ratsbane. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey
The news that Blair was coming to the evening meal was highly disconcerting, and the worried cook even contemplated the possibility of doctoring the American's plate of soup with ratsbane or hemlock. Kathleen
That were garnered by maidens who laughed through the vines. scowl howl scoff sneer Then a smile, and a glass, and a toast, and a cheer, strychnine and whiskey, and ratsbane and beer! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857
You want a patent or a privilege for your ratsbane? The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
Even Featley was struck by it, and called it "a little ratsbane in a great quantity of sugar," and became somewhat more civil in consequence. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649
How many souls have they been the means of destroying by their ignorance and corrupt doctrine? preaching that which was no better for their souls than ratsbane to the body, for filthy lucre's sake. The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works
If his wife and children are not to be made over, he is not to wear a dagger and ratsbane in his pockets. History of John Bull
I've thought of the means—yet I shudder   At dagger or ratsbane or rope; At drawing with lancet my blood, or   At razor without any soap! Poems
It wanted three half-hours to midnight, as Alexander sat amid traps and ratsbane in his chamber in the Vatican, under the protection of two enormous cats and a British terrier. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
I will, mine old Albumazar—I will, my trusty vender of ratsbane. Kenilworth
I would the milk Thy mother gave thee when thou suck'dst her breast, Had been a little ratsbane for thy sake! King Henry VI, Part 1
If he wears a dagger and ratsbane, it must be to do mischief to himself or somebody else. History of John Bull
Oh! when I remember that, while I sit here in comfort, perhaps my poor boy lies dead in some savage place, and all along of that girl: there, her very name is ratsbane to me. The Cloister and the Hearth
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