| 单词 | rigmarole |
| 例句 | “Oh, gracious! What shall I say?” cried Sallie, as Fred ended his rigmarole, in which he had jumbled together pell-mell nautical phrases and facts out of one of his favorite books. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be a couple of years before she was confronted with the whole rigmarole of separate bathrooms. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z ‘Tricks? Does she do tricks? Lieutenant Stranger has taught her a rigmarole about poor Nell Gwyn selling fruit at a theater. I don’t need to tell you how she carries on.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do we have to go through all this rigmarole?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have a rigmarole,” offered the count, passing the breadbasket. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I had never been through this rigmarole before. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He submitted to its rigmarole, partly to work with the director David Fincher, but mostly for the chance to write something expansive. He’s the Producer. She’s the Talent. Who Owns the Hit Record? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z You want the six-month commitment when you go through all of the rigmarole. Maggie Gyllenhaal on sexual liberation 2012-05-18T13:50:00Z Her discoveries about life and death and the dream state are imparted with a minimum of scientific and spiritual rigmarole. | 'The Edge of Dreaming': Dangerous Visions, Seen Then Pursued 2011-02-15T22:23:23Z “I think we all felt, ‘This is such a rigmarole, it better be worth it,’” MacGregor said. Judging Margaret Atwood’s Top Secret New Novel 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z And this is because we’ve had to go through the tedious cookie-cutter rigmarole of learning who these people are and how they came to get their skills. To Infinity War and beyond: are we in danger of Avengers fatigue? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Will women really want to go through all this rigmarole for more granular information? The connected vagina: monitor how full your tampon is – with a new app 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Several states ban liquor entirely, and the others each have their own licensing rigmarole, making it difficult for producers to build a nationwide following. India’s Wine Country: A Charming Work in Progress 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z In the routine role, Ms. Dudley works up an expressive arsenal of gestural detail and shades of mood that are worth watching amid the film’s rigmarole of satanic possession. Review: In ‘The Vatican Tapes,’ the Sinister Stare of Possession 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z None of these albums were surprises, per se—but they did arrive without the months of pre-release rigmarole that once preceded huge records. Beyoncé, Radiohead and FOMO: How sustainable is the era of the “insta-release?” 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z At 45, Bullock is a mega-star, but despite all the hit films she has starred in, she has never seemed at ease with the rigmarole that goes with being a celebrity. 'I hate romantic comedies' 2010-03-21T22:00:00Z “I didn’t have the time to go through rigmarole with possible agents and publishers,” he says. Galley Girl: The Tragic and Inspiring Tale of Gabby Giffords 2011-12-11T16:46:42Z His impatience with the promotional rigmarole was apparent even then. Film: Letting His Role Do the Talking 2010-12-03T15:53:00Z “Everybody that volunteers here hangs out, and we have fun and we have secret handshakes and all that rigmarole,” he says. Could GoFundMe campaigns save our cultural collections? Las Vegas’s Pinball Hall of Fame is banking on it. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z What matters is that they’re getting films made—getting many of the best films of the era made, and they’re doing so without the rigmarole of studio bureaucracy and studio interference. There Is No “Genius of the System” 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z In order to enter through your gate I'll have to stop and go through your tiresome rigmarole. Animal passions: David Sedaris's modern fables 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z Rerun the tape of evolution, and DNA, RNA, ATP, the Krebs cycle — the rigmarole of Biology 101 — would probably arise again, here or in distant worlds. Why We Should Never Expect to Discover Sentient Ice Cubes 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Sanders sometimes lapses into campaign-biography rigmarole—listing accomplishments, lamenting disasters that happened because his advice wasn’t heeded—but his writing, much like his talk, is clear and direct. Blue States, Red Diapers, White Hair 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z He resettled in Paris in 1991, and when the bureaucratic rigmarole of running a business in France grew too burdensome, he moved his studio to London in 1997. Is There Anything Marc Newson Hasn?t Designed? 2012-01-27T17:23:09Z He was nominated for an Oscar only once before, for playing Leo Tolstoy in the 2009 film “The Last Station,” but the rigmarole of awards season still surprises him. Carpetbagger Blog: Take Christopher Plummer's Advice 2011-12-22T16:47:18Z “It’s not a worry to me. It’s a difficult time for him. But it ain’t the end of the world. If Hillary can run for president — she went through all that rigmarole. People forget easily.” Bill Cosby’s legacy, recast: Accusers speak in detail about sexual-assault allegations In fact, addicts can start liking the cues more than the end goal, such as the rigmarole of scoring drugs and so on. Constant cravings: is addiction on the rise? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The singer doesn’t seem to enjoy the rigmarole of press queries and prepared questions, the awkward pauses and rehearsed answers. Art Garfunkel’s greatest interview ever: “Paul and Artie can be very squirmy around each other” 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Amazingly, this choice was cheaper than the rigmarole of finding a space, having a party planner make it look good and having a caterer supply it with second-rate food. | Designing a Dream Daytime Wedding 2014-02-06T14:00:33Z Finally, after all that rigmarole, we actually put the wine into our mouth. Those wine-snob behaviors? There’s a good reason for all of them. 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z She said she has trouble with computers and requested a paper test, but that led to a whole additional rigmarole. Column: For drivers 70 and older, the road rage over DMV test questions continues 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z "I was a journalist for 20 years and I can spot marketing rigmarole and a contrived script. You have to be your crude, authentic self to attract your audience." How LinkedIn is changing and why some are not happy 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z “Matterhorn” fused those elements by incorporating the internal lives of the characters into the daily rigmarole of military life. Perspective | 4 acclaimed novelists talk about writing Vietnam 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Passengers departing from here do not have to go through the same security rigmarole as they do in major airports. Perspective | We tried the new seaplane flight from D.C. to New York 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z "We don't want to go through that rigmarole again, we want a permanent site." Appeal for new Ian Curtis mural site after Aitch advert after ad fail 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z If you want to avoid the rigmarole of a wet exit and offshore deep-water reentry rescue, you can also learn to roll your kayak. What you need to know to take a sea kayak on Puget Sound (namely, to get out of the frigid water) 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z “A happy, a sad two hours. I mean, we went through the whole rigmarole. ... It was tough, but it was cool to come out and get a win.” Orioles trade Mancini, then beat Texas 7-2 to match '21 wins 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z So are things different from back in January, when you may remember we went through this whole rigmarole and it fizzled out? Boris Johnson: The letterati and Conservative gloom 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z A growing number think it is imminent, although we went through this rigmarole earlier in the year and it didn't happen. Partygate: How much political danger is Boris Johnson in? 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Yet fan parks, which do not require the rigmarole of lateral flow tests, have been well attended. What we've learned so far from Afcon 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z If you’ve managed to make it through that rigmarole and your PC ticks all the required boxes, you can finally get started upgrading to Windows 11. Windows 11 is available now, but not everyone will have an easy time upgrading 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z I went through the whole rigmarole again — and was again urged to “Try again.” How to (hopefully) restore your Gmail account if you lose access 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Thinking that Raffi might enjoy skating without all the rigmarole of getting to the rink, I bought him some in-line skates. Sports Meant So Much to Me. Why Wouldn’t My Son Play? 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z They went through the rigmarole of the casting process, but it was always going to be Emma.” Fateful moments bring Charles and Diana together on 'The Crown' 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z It is a rigmarole he must endure every eight weeks. Frank Gardner: Getting Frank on the 'iceberg' of disability 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Going through the rigmarole of putting out Oreos on Christmas Eve may leave an exceptional impression on a young mind. From Dinosaurs to Disney, Children Take Cues from Adults on Real vs. Make-Believe 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Sometimes I wonder if we need to go through that rigmarole of writing at all, with all its quibbling ambivalences, and just leave it to the stars. Confessions of an art critic: 'I have been known to go about on all fours' 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z And yet here Liz is, once again, going through this rigmarole. The absolute state of it: lowlights from the opening of parliament 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Fed up with the rigmarole, I refused further investigation. The Art of Dying 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Seattle should just write an annual check to the state Department of Transportation for $22 million for our share of tunnel operations, maintenance, debt and do away with the expense and rigmarole of toll collection. Highway 99 tolls: City, not drivers, should foot the bill 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z With costs high and obtaining visas a bit of a rigmarole, tourists are few and far between. Football appears too self-important to bother itself about climate emergency | Louise Taylor 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Some collectors are starting to find the rigmarole rather tedious. Have we hit peak supercar? 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z It said the whole September session of Parliament was a rigmarole introduced to show the public that MPs were earning their crust - and he saw nothing "especially shocking" about this prorogation. PM warned 'high chance' of no deal - court papers 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z He cited Johnson’s note to aides on Aug. 16 dismissing the September gathering in the House of Commons as a “rigmarole” and saying he did not see “anything shocking” about suspending parliament. UK PM Johnson's suspension of parliament is an abuse of power,... 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z However, the text that will provide “both Émile’s instruction and entertainment” is to be “disencumbered of all its rigmarole”. Robinson Crusoe at 300: why it’s time to let go of this colonial fairytale 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The justification process is “a heavily scrutinized rigmarole,” says one FDA employee who asked to remain anonymous. No pay. No retirement. No stink bugs by mail. The shutdown pain is spreading 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Of course, all the algorithmic rigmarole is also causing real-world problems. The Yoda of Silicon Valley 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z When parents complained, the teacher said, “they were met with the same rigmarole: there is a reason why your son is here, and sometimes kids with these conditions make things up.” Georgia’s Separate and Unequal Special-Education System 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z It felt like a rigmarole that we were both putting ourselves through. Jeremy Corbyn's Anti-Semitism Crisis 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Greenlaw’s Iris finds that the rigmarole of undressing for sex with a new lover feels like a foolish masquerade: “They are two middle-aged people trying to persuade themselves into sex on a Sunday afternoon.” 'A different way of living': why writers are celebrating middle-age 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z That rigmarole begins today with the two quarterfinals on the ‘tough’ half of the draw: Uruguay vs France and Brazil vs Belgium. World Cup 2018: buildup to the first quarter-finals – live! 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Amazon will gain a pharmacy license in 49 states and avoid regulatory rigmarole. Amazon the Rx Disrupter 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z We don’t need to add distance to make our enthusiasm more seemly or to drench ourselves in irony lest anyone think we actually care about all this rigmarole. Opinion | Enjoying Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s romance doesn’t make you a bad American 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z On the plus side, this model’s draconian commitment to accuracy means songs that have gone through a professional rigmarole sound positively lush and radiant. Pioneer HDJ-X10 review: great for listening, terrible to DJ with 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z No one here bothers with the bureaucratic rigmarole of obtaining accreditation to dig. Battlefield bounty hunters: the detectorists of eastern Europe 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Adrián made a rigmarole of saving a long-range shot by Harry Kane. West Ham derail Tottenham’s title bid with Manuel Lanzini’s goal 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z It seems obvious that there is a very simple and very fair solution to this endless reform rigmarole: let poor people die. Jimmy Kimmel reveals the heartlessness of healthcare in America | Arwa Mahdawi 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z So she divorced and went through the casket-choosing rigmarole again, with new statements on the caskets: Can you solve it? The mystery of Portia's caskets 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z It shouldn’t take a mailing list and lots of pre-fabricated appeals to get citizens to just do what’s right without all these high-pressure tactics and the rest of the rigmarole that goes with it. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z The rigmarole outside was silly, Mr. Singleton said, because the election was over. Donald Trump Digs In at His Tower, Grinding Fifth Ave. to a Halt 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z She added, “The whole thing is a rigmarole.” Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi under fire as alleged military abuse follows militant attack 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Through the rigmarole, Charles and Prince remained close. Liberty Players’ Childhood Bond Outlasts the Story of Their Rivalry 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Most Americans get their ideas about the Middle Ages from popular culture, like “Game of Thrones,” or from the inevitable rigmarole after a politician refers to “a crusade.” Five myths about the Middle Ages 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z But since I had been let into the US and deemed safe just the previous month, another rigmarole this month was obviously fruitless. Typecast as a terrorist | Riz Ahmed | The Long Read 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Like the hopeful cargo cultists, they faithfully implement the rigmarole of modern science. Hostage to a Bull Market 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Then why does getting our coupons and rebates involve rigmarole? Dear EpiPen Customers . . . 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z “Like when you bite a surfer, it’s really fun, but then you have to go through the whole rigmarole of pretending it was an accident?” Old Shark Comments on Old Age, Newfound Fame 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z "Instead you just replace the cling film, rather than the rigmarole of cleaning." India Chipchase: Lured to sheet-covered home by 'meticulous' killer - BBC News 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z “It was an incredible rigmarole to try and get the most innocuous bit of information to media or the public,” says Diane Lake, who was a communications officer with the DFO at the time. Nine years of censorship 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Then there is the attritional legal rigmarole: the killer would smile at the victims’ families at court appearances, Ms Webb says; her mother is obliged to relive the trauma at each fresh hearing. Who killed the death penalty? 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Despite the rigmarole, Chin said she expects demand for the units to only increase as the project nears completion. EXCHANGE: Developers move forward with hotel to lofts rehab 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z So, if you’re really keen to meet a pope, but the security and Vatican rigmarole is a bit hard to negotiate, you could try to meet the bishops and cardinals who might replace him. How do I ... meet the pope? 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z In my experience, they’ve usually hung up by then, but Kevin said he occasionally gets a supervisor on the line and continues with his rigmarole. There might be a future for citizens united against robo-calls 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z In other states, such as Florida, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, the rigmarole of finding a suitable candidate has been completed and resulted in a nomination from Obama. Republicans are clogging the judicial pipeline 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Some actors hate the promotional rigmarole of film festivals, with their red carpets and back-to-back interviews. VENICE WATCH: First-time actor impresses in 'Beasts of No Nation'; Tucci enjoys his food 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z For Martinez, the rigmarole meant he spent a lot of email checking. Alaska grads bound for teaching jobs in Japan say ‘sayonara’ 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z But it more likely reflects a country bored with the usual political rigmarole, from fundraising to the sheer interminable length of the campaign. Don’t worry, Donald Trump won’t win. But I’ll sure miss him when he’s gone | Hadley Freeman 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z It was back to the rigmarole to find another time. Review: Saddle River Inn in Saddle River 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z We went through this exact same rigmarole last year. Hysterical Obamacare premium hype returns: What John Boehner & the media aren’t telling you 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z All this rigmarole was preceded, of course, by months and years of evasion about an extant campaign. The ridiculous non-candidate charade 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Many clients are tapping Red e App’s ability to serve as a mobile portal for HR documents and the other rigmarole related to employing people. Most Companies Don't Email Their Employees. One App Fixes That. 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z It didn’t take long for once respectable scientists such as Leary to grow impatient with the rigmarole of objective science. The Trip Treatment 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z “You know how they do adoption now? You go through all this rigmarole and interviews. Not this lady. ‘You’ve got the money? Sold as a baby, Cd’A woman finally locates family 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z While many people equate the holidays with cross-country flights packed like sardines, the rigmarole of holiday travel often infuses us with the spirit of bah humbug. 4 Ways to Find Work-Life Balance During the Holidays 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Legere also ditched the corporate rigmarole in favor of an aggressive — some might say abrasive — and colorful persona. Colorful CEO John Legere lifts T-Mobile's reputation, customer base 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Others buy with all cash and later take out home-equity loans, freeing up funds for other investments in the U.S. without going through the rigmarole of getting money across the Pacific again. Cash Pads: Why Are Chinese Millionaires Buying Mansions in This L.A. Suburb? 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z It compensates for that by being remotely controllable via a smartphone app that will turn your phone into the viewfinder — but wasn’t that the entire rigmarole you were trying to avoid in the first place? HTC is lost, and this blind camera isn't helping 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z It’s been so long since I sat through a standardized test, I’ve forgotten most of the rigmarole. What if Academic Tests Were Video Games? 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z It is one of the most excruciating feelings you can have with England, wondering if you're going through all that rigmarole – training and holding camps and tension – only to miss the final cut. Roy Hodgson's canny move in naming final 23 keeps England party happy 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Leon Botstein, Bard’s reliably outspoken president, characterized it as “declaring war on the whole rigmarole of college admissions,” a way to turn a tiresome chore into an actual learning experience. Writing Essays, Instead of Applications, to Win a Place at Bard College 2014-04-08T23:58:29Z I often cross my fingers when this happens and keep the card, hoping to avoid the rigmarole of changing card numbers and resetting a bunch of automated monthly subscriptions and bills. Your Money: Sidestepping the Risk of Credit and Debit Card Fraud 2014-02-07T16:01:01Z The vote here easily topped the two-thirds majority necessary to pass on a “suspension of rules,” that is to say, quickly, and without the elaborate rigmarole the House insists upon for controversial legislation. “Misled into believing” MLK was a great man: How some Republicans fought against the King holiday 2014-01-19T12:00:00Z “So what, are we going through all this rigmarole for the prospect of, you know, coming out the same way in the end?” Justices weigh whether government can freeze assets without hearing on indictment 2013-10-17T00:41:24Z Before going through all that rigmarole, it’s best to first remove your credit card information to guard your privacy. Tool Kit: How to Sever Ties to Social Networks and Other Web Sites 2013-04-18T01:11:01Z Coaching in the N.F.L. is also about the rigmarole — the news media, the public appearances, the spotlight — which does not seem to appeal to Smith. Falcons Coach Mike Smith Is Above All a Teacher 2012-12-14T02:01:28Z Messi, to his credit, generally doesn't do the whole rigmarole of rolling around in agony like other players, including some of his teammates. Column: Will Messi get to finish his masterpiece? 2012-12-06T20:06:10Z While wheelchair users face the same T.S.A. rigmarole as other passengers, their trip through security is often expedited. A Few Passengers Use Wheelchairs to Avoid Airport Lines 2012-10-04T01:29:28Z First, the Supreme Court wiped away much of the rigmarole about “express advocacy” and “electioneering.” Politics: How Much Has Citizens United Changed the Political Game? 2012-07-17T09:00:00Z A few years ago, Clive Thompson predicted this would happen, noting that the whole rigmarole of phone calls and voice messages were “emotionally high-bandwidth” and excruciating. How the iPhone killed the phone call 2012-06-07T13:53:41Z The contest is a novelty for a nation where elections during the 30-year rule of a man some called "Pharaoh" were thinly attended rigmaroles in which the result was a foregone conclusion. Egyptians vote to pick president for first time 2012-05-23T06:47:28Z A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The conversation, if this absurd rigmarole can be so called, was afterwards resumed, the man conveniently going into one of his ‘fits’ for the purpose: Good. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Whereupon he mouthed out a rigmarole of Latin phrases, wherein I could detect neither cohesion nor significance. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z He had listened to the familiar rigmarole, certain that behind it there was something real and sinister which he did not know--something which he was desperately anxious to find out. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Little daydreams, absurdities, the swaggering, pensive, impractical rigmarole of thought-life to which the world of reality—the shell-world—had remained almost to the last no more than a vaguely sensed exterior. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z But I don't see what all this rigmarole has to do with what we are saying, or were. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Indeed! but what has all this rigmarole to do with you? Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z If this is the first time you've considered the process required to turn a poodle into a show dog, then the whole rigmarole surely seems ridiculous. Meet the Paul Mitchell of Poodles 2011-12-08T05:00:00Z She then began a long rigmarole about the extraordinariness of coincidence, which made Eileen look at her with wonderment, and question in her own mind if she had a bad headache or anything. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z The rigmarole of day dreams grew vaguer and finally ceased. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z You know the rigmarole—‘Mrs Stick-in-the-mud is exceedingly sorry’—and all that sort of thing. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z I am getting impatient with the awful abstract rigmarole in which our American philosophers obscure the truth. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Of course it is only some nonsensical rigmarole. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Jake was a pet of mine, and had amused me very much on the occasion of my first visit to the judge's, and that's why I tell so long a rigmarole about him. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z They were the technically arranged versions of the rigmarole of secret make-believes that went on in his own as well as other people's heads. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z "Oh, gracious! what shall I say?" cried Sallie, as Fred ended his rigmarole, in which he had jumbled together, pell-mell, nautical phrases and facts, out of one of his favorite books. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z A person intent on saving his soul by religious rigmarole at the expense of reason. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z Delta, too, was a speaker, and his speech had two merits, at least, modesty and brevity, and contrasted thus well with Whately's egotistical rigmarole, Macaulay's labored paradox, and Maclagan's inane bluster. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Then Mars turns upon me, utterly absorbed in the same horse, and with distracting volubility tells me the same rigmarole he told Pauline, every word of which I had heard. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z I don’t see why they have to go through all this rigmarole. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z If you are interested in several different companies and you play your cards right, at the end of the recruiting rigmarole you might end up with multiple suitors. MBA Journal: The Internship Dating Game 2011-04-25T16:40:36Z Waving his hands like a mesmerist, in the faces of the trio, he began reciting a rigmarole of whatever words came into his head. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z "All this rigmarole about azimuths and amplitudes and zeniths and moons and influence and tides, it's just invented to plague the life out of honest, seafaring folk." Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Contrast that with the weather segments on TV, all blather, rigmarole and double super-secret doppler radar. Verizon pulling plug on time, weather services 2011-03-08T23:58:00Z “It is well worth the rigmarole if we can get in,” answered Dan, ignoring the comparison. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z Consult, lastly, the philosophers, and they will answer you by rigmarole: they want something conformable to the archetype of the beautiful in essence, to the το καλον.” Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Now let us see what all this rigmarole really amounts to. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z “I don’t think he’d be going through all this rigmarole if he wanted to get rid of me.” Off the Dribble: To Walsh, Attention Is Puzzling 2011-02-04T02:48:24Z The smile she could no longer repress robbed the words of their sting—"Now before I answer your ... rigmarole—I want to think." The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z “If we had more time and didn’t have to go through all this federal rigmarole, we’d hunker down and stop the earmarks,” he said in an interview. Stand Against Earmarks Grows Lonely as Home State Sees a Need 2010-10-13T01:50:00Z The beauty of this match was its intensity without rigmarole or ritual. A Match With Nerves but Few Tics 2010-09-07T22:54:00Z But there's another possible explanation, too: The insane, absurd rigmarole involved in getting anything accomplished in the U.S. Dodd vs. Warren shows that government is broken 2010-08-24T18:05:00Z In the middle 13 uninterested players are running through the rigmarole of a 40-over county second XI match. The Spin 2010-06-16T12:02:00Z Trott was not able – would not have been allowed – to go through the rigmarole again. Mike Selvey: Trott failed to come up to scratch 2010-06-10T23:17:00Z "Instead of a small debtor going through the whole rigmarole and expense of a bankruptcy or IVA they can enter a DRO." Insolvency figures expected to remain at record high 2010-05-07T05:00:00Z In addition, the first officer is distracted by the commotion and security rigmarole required when opening and closing the flight deck door. 2009-12-11T01:10:00Z Uncle Thomas looked amused but puzzled, hardly certain whether to believe there was an element of truth in this rigmarole or not. Nancy of Paradise Cottage I mean why did you volunteer, why go through all the hard work and rigmarole to be appointed an officer in the army? The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines I can’t help but think there’s something in all this rigmarole after all.” The Auto Boys' Vacation He then enters upon a long rigmarole, the gist of which is how necessary it is for a man to do his duty; with which novel sentiment I express my entire agreement. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York To the modern reader they vary from the mere rigmarole to the genuinely inspiring hymn. Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries The same may be observed throughout the endless rigmarole of "moon," "stars," "steering," "ocean," "night," "day," "knowledge," "science," and "O Phœnician!" that succeed one another in monotonous repetition for the next 200 pages. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 This is done by a sleight-of-hand rigmarole, even to this day. The Spanish Pioneers But Marlowe took that very pleasant-sounding rigmarole of Peele and Greene, and added to its sunny daylight the insane splendors of night, and the cheap tragedy of crime. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded The long and unctuous rigmarole wherein the other set forth the painful—the extremely painful—discovery he had so unexpectedly made, was all thrown away. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Beginning with a long sanctimonious rigmarole, Campeggio pressed her to take a “course which would give general satisfaction and greatly benefit herself”; and Wolsey, on his knees, and in English, seconded his colleague’s advice. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History She sensed intelligence behind this rigmarole, but it was meaningless to her. Red Nails If you could see that precious contract, you would probably have very little idea whose autograph was the lower one,—for Columbus's rigmarole of a signature would cause consternation at a teller's window nowadays. The Spanish Pioneers But the pleasant-sounding rigmarole was the basis of the whole thing; and as long as that rigmarole was practised frankly for the sake of its pleasantness, it was readable and speakable. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded It ran through the rigmarole of desirable articles, a few of which I have named above, and concluded “and all kinds of silks suitable for presents and use.” The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Both Kemmer and Shifaz had known for weeks that Johnson was a spy, but the native had to go through this insane rigmarole before the rules on Antar would allow him to act. Insidekick The Sultan addressed a couple of brief words to the sailor, metamorphosed by the dragoman into a floridly adulatory rigmarole, which he represented to be a faithful version of the Sultan's ineffable salutation. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries He cried out this rigmarole at the top of his voice, speaking trippingly by rote as one that says his lesson in school and has learned it often and well. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway But if I had come formally there would have been an endless rigmarole of social convention that would have had to be satisfied before we could get down to business. To Choke an Ocean I suppose I must have made some sound to indicate my coherent interest in this unlooked-for rigmarole, for he sprang up, and placed himself between me and the folding doors. Captain Macedoine's Daughter Wilson, impatient in everything, had fluctuated between grandeur and galimatias, bathos and bad taste; De Quincey, at times supreme, had at others simply succumbed to "rigmarole." A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) The moment she gets here I expect the twins will start up that confounded rigmarole about Grandfather and Aunt Sabina again. Side-stepping with Shorty The governor's word settles it without any rigmarole of talk by lawyers. Through Our Unknown Southwest Well rehearsed, I went down to the palace, found the king alone, and obliged him with a vast amount of rigmarole. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Of course, this sounds like rigmarole to you. A Monk of Cruta And he went on with a long rigmarole of bosh, which he clothed in fine words and stereotyped phrases. Weird Tales. Vol. I You surely must be jesting, in dishing up this long rigmarole, about Miss Houghton's accomplishments! Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century We explain a whole rigmarole of motives and inheritance and environment. Through Our Unknown Southwest This rigmarole of metaphysics betrays the influence of the Henri Bergson philosophy, the philosophy of rhythm and rhythmic motion. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Excuse this long rigmarole and believe me to be, yours very truly, Leslie Stephen. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) "Finished yesterday that long rigmarole upon the Norse kings" is the comment in his Journal under date February 15th, 1872.—Froude, The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe At times his characters will speak with something far beyond propriety—with a true heroic note; but on the next page they will be wading wearily forward with an ungrammatical and undramatic rigmarole of words. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 He would probably either embark upon a long rigmarole, or, what is much more probable, lose his temper and decline to argue. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism We'll wait till night if he takes as long to go through his rigmarole as he done yesterday. The Pathless Trail When the great Dr. Abernethy told a gouty, dyspeptic, rich patient to "live on sixpence a day and earn it," his advice was more wholesome than the most dexterous rigmarole. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) But don't let the old man's rigmarole about rejuvenation make too deep an impression on you. McIlvaine's Star "Yes," said Caleb, quite breathless; "now tell it to me as I get ahead, 'cause it's a mighty long rigmarole." A Noble Woman For Phillida it was enough to know that the writer of this shameless rigmarole, with its pompous periods and its callous gusto, must long ago have lost his reason. The Camera Fiend I’ll put it in practice and find if it fact is, Or only a mystical rigmarole.” A line-o'-verse or two Not that he ever saw her again: his wife and eldest son tracked him to Breslau, but only in quest of ducats and divorce: the latter of which Maimon conceded after a legal rigmarole. Dreamers of the Ghetto After chatting with her for a moment and repeating some rigmarole that set her laughing, followed by the request for him to say it again, he stood her on the bar. A Waif of the Mountains This flourishing rigmarole, which Harry delivered regardless of stops, made the boys shout with laughter. Red, White, Blue Socks. Part Second Being the Second Book of the Series "I believe you!" was the laconic comment of Egbert Crawford, when the crone, spite of his interruptions, had finished her long rigmarole. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 It was impossible for me to depart from this rigmarole and express the many things with which my heart was full. The O'Ruddy A Romance But, Lyd," she said, "the reason I call her a dreadful old woman is that she's told you all this rigmarole. The Prisoner All stuff and nonsense! you say—downright rigmarole—can't for the life of you understand what the fellow's driving at. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 For the rigmarole of the Enchantress about the Dervish in New York had already done its evil work. The Book of Khalid But all this rigmarole is what people call testing a thing by "internal evidence." Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 Another rigmarole in which women are mixed up! A Nest of Spies But, there, I am teasing you with all this rigmarole; only I seem somehow confused, and as though I could not rightly arrange my thoughts. Lover or Friend Of course he told me a long rigmarole story, but he could not have believed it himself. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California How is a person to understand all that rigmarole? Wee Wifie She told me a strange rigmarole about them the other day,—that they were young ladies who had turned dressmakers. Not Like Other Girls It was true, she knew the fantastic rigmarole, which made absurd the secret dictates of these illiterate desperadoes. Heart of the Blue Ridge But before I finish this rigmarole I must tell you that Mollie practises every day for an hour, and keeps up her French, and the Roman history progresses well. Lover or Friend "Well," his uncle exclaimed, as he entered, "I suppose you have been sent to tell me they have got to the bottom of this rigmarole affair." Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California Oh, gentlemen, you needn't go into details, how, when and why, and why just so much money, and not so much, and all that rigmarole. The Brothers Karamazov Here, every day, were to be heard the glorious song of the cardinal grosbeak, the insect-like effort of the blue-gray gnatcatcher, and the rigmarole of the yellow-breasted chat. Birds in the Bush As this rigmarole was delivered in the most comical manner, it put the soldiers in a better humour, both breaking out into laughter. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley “Who wants all this rigmarole of a preface?” The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War A stuffed alligator sat up, on its hind legs, beside her—a porcelain bell hung on a red ribbon about its neck—to grin with a cheerful uncanniness on the rigmaroles of magic. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 For so many years I've been silent with the whole world and not deigned to speak, and all of a sudden I reel off a rigmarole like that.” The Brothers Karamazov In the next street a man stopped me, and started a long rigmarole, but I pushed him aside and went on. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France May Day would mean the end of all that rigmarole of the secret charge account. Jerry's Charge Account “If you think I’m going to stop here and listen to a long rigmarole about that dreadful hole, you’re mistaken; so hold your tongue.” The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War Between groans he was tryin’ to say over that rigmarole of his. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Though he did not clearly understand what was said, he had caught something in this rigmarole, and stood, looking like a man who has just hit his head against a wall. The Brothers Karamazov But, maybe, there’s some news of him in the other sheet, now she has delivered her conscience of her rigmarole. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster I asked his father, and Tony had a long rigmarole to tell me. A Poor Man's House My friend," said Morris, "you can't fool an experienced officer by any such rigmarole. The Erie Train Boy I repeat that the only morsel of truth in all this rigmarole is that the books were sent by Dickens, and acknowledged by Mr. Helps at the Queen's desire. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete The Sirdar himself is included in his rigmarole of accusations. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan If there is any thing in this inflated rigmarole that is not adequately expressed in my amended statement, what is it? The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Of course, that rigmarole about the cardinal is all nonsense. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions The long rigmarole speech, of which this was the substance, would have made Hemming laugh on any other occasion. The Three Midshipmen It seems he's succeeded in losing what little property he had—the chief told me some rigmarole about sudden financial reverses—and now he's down and out. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights And as for that rigmarole of yours about the cathedral—what the devil do you know about Italian Renaissance, or Botticelli or early Gothic? Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 Had the butler fallen prey to one of the graminophile sects like Brother Paul's and gone through all this rigmarole merely to give me notice previous to immolating himself? Greener Than You Think The other night he told me the greatest rigmarole about some collector or other in Birmingham. Old Valentines A Love Story Well of all the rigmaroles! a lady, and a saw mill and a plantation. At Fault Then he entered into a long and not very lucid rigmarole on souls which are destined to come together. The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly "All this rigmarole comes of the theatre," said Sister Agatha grimly. Flamsted quarries And to another such fellow, who said after a long rigmarole, "Did I weary you, philosopher, by my chatter?" Plutarch's Morals I told them a long rigmarole romance, that did not halt a Jot, that they beheld in me a real knight of Malta! Rookwood “Yes, we must be going now,” chimed in Fidge, jumping up eagerly, for all this rigmarole had been very uninteresting to him. Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo You will not consider it too much of a rigmarole. My First Cruise and Other stories Flushed from the wine that he had drunk, striding to and fro, he began a rigmarole about "David's future." Sacrifice I embarked on a longish rigmarole as to the luck that brought me her way after all, against expectations. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Frederick tells D’Alembert that though the Empress overwhelms Diderot with favours, people at St. Petersburg find him tiresome and disputatious, and “talking the same rigmarole over and over again.” Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. If Gessler lived and had a hat, he didn't hang it on a pole; the rules of Euclid show us that—so goes King Skeptic's rigmarole. Rippling Rhymes "What made that other child tell all that rigmarole about fairies?" questioned Annette. A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia The tableau was enough—a sublimated symbol of the little papier-maché rigmarole of their daily lives, the immemorial spectacle of Good and Evil at death grips, limelighted for a moment by the cannon in France. Erik Dorn You've got to be formally enlisted, and to answer a rigmarole of questions, and be examined by the regimental doctor, and to take the oath. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea The Attorney-General had expressed an opinion that the Secretary might have found something better to do than to sit down and answer "Mackenzie's rigmarole trash." The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion For it actually came to pass that a very well-known man of letters, while he, with the refined politeness characteristic of his style, spoke of mine as “rigmarole,” still praised my pictures. Memoirs When I approached him after going through the rigmarole of marching in, saluting smartly and agreeing that I was indeed the soldier he thought I was he said, Coming of Age: 1939-1946 Should he mull around for extenuating epigrams—a fervid rigmarole on the mysteries and ethics of life? Erik Dorn "What object have you in all this"—rigmarole, I was about to say, but regard for his feelings changed it into "troublesome sum?" Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls I have asked several professors of the science, and have got nothing in return but some fine varieties of rigmarole, of which I can make neither head nor tail. Gryll Grange All this rigmarole, which this old red-skin here has been telling to us, comes to this, as far as I can make out. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins Within the time specified they returned with a long rigmarole letter, which was of course anything but satisfactory. The Three Admirals “I’m trying you with all this rigmarole about a poor, unfortunate beggar.” To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze I’m in no humour for listening to your rigmaroles. The Black Bar No; and I wish you’d talk in plain English and say what you mean, and not build up a rigmarole all round it. Glyn Severn's Schooldays “Well, don’t make such a rigmarole of it all, Chips,” cried Poole. Fitz the Filibuster You may say, probably, that all this is a regular rigmarole of nonsense; but, what else would you have? She and I, Volume 1 The other paper was a rubbishing rigmarole about General Monk and the Parliament 1660. A Dog with a Bad Name The old keeper of the place greeted Colin and proceeded to deliver himself of a humorous rigmarole, designed for the benefit of tourists. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries The part of all this rigmarole which appealed to Master Boltay most strongly was that this worthy woman had eaten no food that day. A Hungarian Nabob In proof of this, and to show that we have good reasons for our suppositions, James recommends me to print the following rigmarole meditations, on the top of which is written in half-text, The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself If it is, away with all your rigmarole declarations of 'the inalienable Rights of Man'—the right of every one to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. There was no probability of my getting to sleep again, so I got up, put on clothes enough to keep me warm, and am writing this rigmarole in the first hours of Christmas Day. A Thin Ghost and Others So finally I've been left in charge of the cottage, and have been writing ever since this long rigmarole to you. The Village by the River "How in hell do I marry her without any rigmarole?" Police Your Planet Susy ran through a long rigmarole, with a volubility worthy the daughter of a fluent public speaker. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems “How came the doctor to begin this rigmarole?” asked Salisbury. Louis' School Days A Story for Boys Folks may talk some about me and Hettie not living together, but I can't put up with all that rigmarole over there. Dixie Hart The roundsman did not try to grasp the inner significance of this rigmarole. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York I had a letter from your Aunt Mary this morning, a long rigmarole. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Then there'll be singing, of a sort, and—but you know, Colonel, all the usual rigmarole. The Mark of the Beast Do our readers exclaim, "But where's poetry—the dickens—in all this rigmarole?" Early Reviews of English Poets Forgive this long rigmarole: it is only to put you in possession of what may happen if you approve, and your invitations and domestic circumstances are propitious. Gilbert Keith Chesterton And now I am coming to the end and aim of all this rigmarole. The Poor Plutocrats I used to be quite satisfied that kings and other celebrated people really had lived and died without learning a whole rigmarole about their lives. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 I have written you a long rigmarole story about giving dignity to whatever you paint—I fear so long that I should be scarcely able to understand what I mean myself. The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art He says that the money has been left to Dr. Thorpe, and that the trust is a rigmarole, or something of the sort. From the Housetops But it came back to him afterward, and seemed to bear out the Countess's rigmarole. The Second Latchkey But I always supposed adventure was the finding of treasures, on land and on sea; of filibustering; of fighting with sabers and pistols, and all that rigmarole. Parrot & Co. There is not in all Vanity Fair a single dull page that we skip, not a bit of padding, no rigmarole of explanation whilst the action stands still. Studies in Early Victorian Literature And out of all this alluring rigmarole and romantic glory were left the deeper marks of scout training, burned into his soul as the mark is burned into the skin of a broncho. Tom Slade on Mystery Trail All this rigmarole about a trust or a foundation or whatever you want to call it amounts to absolutely nothing. From the Housetops The moment you venture into another Army Corps, even if you return into that from which you were first released, arrest follows and the whole exasperating rigmarole has to be repeated. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben "If you want my opinion, I consider that there is just as much imagination in that story as in the morbid rigmarole you threw at us last night," persisted the Lawyer. Told in a French Garden August, 1914 Yet, how many of them are still quite content to go rumbling along with an interminable rigmarole of dry "memoirs." Studies in Early Victorian Literature I must say that sounded truest of all his rigmarole. Romance "But a child could see through all this rigmarole." The Adventures of Kathlyn I was taken through the usual rigmarole such as I had at first experienced at Goch. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben The usual rigmarole—only not quite so legible. Sunrise And this scamp, too,' I added, with a gesture towards Lee, whom I hardly dared venture to look at, 'who has been pitching me such a pretty rigmarole, is, I see, a fellow-rogue to yourself. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852 As he came to the last "And no trace of either body has ever been found," Cleek suddenly switched round in his chair and exclaimed: "An extraordinary rigmarole altogether!" The Riddle of the Frozen Flame The rigmarole and mummery Winnie went through affected her exactly as it had affected her sister. The Adventures of Kathlyn I don't understand all that rigmarole about truth," she concluded, "but I'm no sort of a one at pretense. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton I heard you say something about those deeds, and Jasper told me a long rigmarole that you wouldn't sign them. Adrien Leroy "What do you conclude from this rigmarole of yours?" interrupted Barbican. All Around the Moon By the way, you will remember that the long rigmarole I gave you was not my own explanation, but the expert's? The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year "What did she say to all this rigmarole about trees?" The Measure of a Man "Well, how about that rigmarole he got off down to the grocery store that morning?" Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life The professor and the aged chairman step on to the platform; and, amidst the profoundest gloom, the latter rises to pronounce the prefatory rigmarole. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology Now what did he mean by all this rigmarole? Uncle Max "In God's name, sir, what does all this rigmarole, in which there is scarcely a word of truth, mean?" The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two All that you have told me, then, is, with great respect to you, nothing but mere rigmarole. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One A rigmarole so cleverly told was easily believed by the fool of a wolf, who descended by his greater weight, which not only took him down, but brought the fox up. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney After all this rigmarole Charity Badge bade Mary take a seat at the table. The Torch and Other Tales The entire rigmarole combines to throw into dazzling prominence the fact that modern literature in this country is still absolutely undemocratic. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 "Silly old rigmarole," commented Miss Oliver on the way home. Nicky-Nan, Reservist "Never mind the machine now," broke in Sir Ronald, who was by no means anxious to listen to the well-worn rigmarole again. Heiress of Haddon It is a long rigmarole not worth quoting, except that he condescends to allow the body to be interred with the honours due to a general officer of the highest rank. The Tragedy of St. Helena But the Oxonian wisely declined a rigmarole explanation, and told him that all further inquiries must be made to Professor MAX M�LLER. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 3, 1892 He went off on a long rigmarole about her and her talent, and how vain he and I should be if leading articles appeared in the Spectator about us as they did about her. Red Pottage Let the reader contrast these precious specimens of inaccuracy and rigmarole, with the come-to-the-truth style of our own minister, or the sarcastic, let-us-go-quietly-over-your-reasoning style, in which the Russian minister answers them. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 "Fool! do you expect me to believe such a miserable rigmarole as this?" Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue He continued what Mr. Ridding, watching the group of young people, called sulkily to himself his rigmarole, but continued more abstractedly. Christopher and Columbus Your bliss is by no means so great As if you'd use, to get control, All sorts of tender rigmarole, And knead and shape her to your thought, As in Italian tales 'tis taught. Faust I was weak, and I’ve been punished sore, but—” “Why, gal alive! what rigmarole ’s this? Children of the Mist Du Maurier was never for a moment conscious that there was in all the rigmarole of Victorian costume and decoration anything redundant. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians In the week of his abdication there was on the London book-stalls a rigmarole poem on the subject, called The World in a Maze, or Oliver's Ghost. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 Aloud he said, "As I was telling you—" and went on distractedly with his rigmarole. Christopher and Columbus What, for example, is all this rigmarole about solar energy and the carbon compounds but a more pompous way of putting the old scriptural statement that man was made of the dust of the ground? Prose Fancies (Second Series) “Oh, the rigmarole the old family seer came out with before they burned him for an unpalatable prediction at the time of the ’15. In the Wrong Paradise Presently he began to talk of the strike—and the paper—and the bribe, and all the rest of it, making out a long rigmarole story. Marcella There is a notion knocking about over here that considerable rigmarole is required to meet an Englishman. Walking-Stick Papers The opening of doors is a mystic act: it has in it some flavor of the unknown, some sense of moving into a new moment, a new pattern of the human rigmarole. Mince Pie You are not the daughter of Tewfick Pasha—you are his step-daughter—your French family desires to capture you—I know the rigmarole by heart, you observe. The Fortieth Door Antonym: unrighteousness. right-handed, a. dexterous. right-handedness, n. dexterity, dextrality. rigid, a. inflexible, stiff, unyielding, unpliant; rigorous, severe, austere, strict. rigidity, n. stiffness, inflexibility, severity, rigor. rigmarole, n. Putnam's Word Book I had not been near Sabugal; as for the barber's shop it sounded to me like a piece out of the childish rigmarole about cutting a cabbage leaf to make an apple pie. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales Mr. Batchgrew exclaimed, indignant— "I never heard such a rigmarole in all my born days." The Price of Love What's the good of studying Latin and Greek, and all that rigmarole? Risen from the Ranks Harry Walton's Success Juno tells him the same rigmarole about Oceanus and Mother Tethys that she had told Venus, and when she has done Jove tries to embrace her. The Humour of Homer and Other Essays And I'm quite positive certain sure that he didn't want any of Mr. Wrissell's rigmaroles on his land. The Regent In Voltaire's version, the climax of the speech is reached in the following passage; it is an excellent sample of the fatuity of the whole of his concocted rigmarole:— ANTOINE: Brutus ... où suis-je? Books and Characters French and English Mary looked a little surprised at this rigmarole, and said, "But this commission, what is it?" A Perilous Secret He questioned her fiercely, but there was nothing to be got out of her rigmarole account, which Fenwick cut short by retreating into the studio in the middle of it. Fenwick's Career I have before me a passage which seems to indicate that these Orientals do know a thing or two about the "rigmarole of love-making." Primitive Love and Love-Stories Look here!" he said abruptly; "this business of mine is a rigmarole. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories I hope you are not sick and tired of all this rigmarole; it isn't in human nature to move into a house of its own and talk of anything else. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Like many of the old ballads, it sounds like a rigmarole from beginning to end; but there is really a great deal more in it than meets the eye. A Cotswold Village In what way thought you that a lawyer listened to your rigmarole?' Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor It appeared that he took me for a Jacobite, for he began a rigmarole about loyalty and hard fortune. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies He seemed to brace himself for a great effort, and then started on the queerest rigmarole. The Thirty-Nine Steps "It's a rigmarole because the boy is a Rigmarole and we've come to Rigmarole Town." The Emerald City of Oz At some of the houses—where they can't possibly know me—I shan't be frightened, and I shall reel off the whole rigmarole, invalid, babe, and all. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm At times his characters will speak with something far beyond propriety with a true heroic note; but on the next page they will be wading wearily forward with an ungrammatical and undramatic rigmarole of words. Memories and Portraits This is the rigmarole he got off to me the other day. The Golden Road I was sitting with my finger in the hot water listening to this rigmarole. The Stark Munro Letters "I've read a few rigmaroles that might have come from this very town." The Emerald City of Oz Of course he did not run through all this rigmarole in detail; but the situation, the excuse, and the result, were present to his mind, and filled him with a comfortable assurance. Wylder's Hand That time I went through the asylum at Butte there was a young man kept going on with the same outlandish rigmarole just like Percival. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation Why, I simply had to go through the whole rigmarole once more. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I Here we hare the subject gracefully introduced without unnecessary palaver or reference to family antecedents—the simple name given without a long rigmarole of dazzling titles or senseless adjectives. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 04, April 23, 1870 I know the rigmarole, the salutes; I could begin a duel, par exemple. The Highwayman In spite, though, of all this rigmarole, I don't still feel quite comfortable. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories When you let the fan drop this morning, I simply made one or two remarks, and out you came with that long rigmarole. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Chia Yün, upon hearing these words, indulged in a long and revolting rigmarole, and then got up to take his leave. Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books For her this tiresome old rigmarole was a complete novelty. With the Procession Especially where his own family was concerned, Mr. Wylder was not the most delicate of men! he opened the letter, and in it found what he called a rigmarole of poetry and theology! There & Back In answer to your rigmarole, as you call it, let me too put to you one question: What for? The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories But Mrs. Chao proceeded with a long rigmarole until a servant was unexpectedly heard to report that lady Secunda had sent Miss Ping to deliver a message. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books I came in to ask a simple question, and instead of giving me a civil answer you kape me wasting my time wid your O'Driscols and your Spartans and all kinds of rigmarole. With Moore at Corunna I am not in any way deceived by all that rigmarole. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire "Well, did you ever hear a more disgusting rigmarole?" asked Mrs. Makely, as our little group halted indecisively about her. A Traveler from Altruria: Romance Thou, too, t'other brother, thou Tully of Tories, Thou Malaprop Cicero, over whose lips Such a smooth rigmarole about; "monarchs," and "glories," And "nullidge," and "features," like syllabub slips. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes At the close of this long rigmarole, she at once told a young maid to take the mop and wash the floors. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Religion, to them, is four or five rigmaroles, which are printed in our Abecedario, the Creed, the Ave Maria, the various Sacraments, etc., which they know by heart. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth How else is one to account for his imagining for a moment that clodhopper, clutch, copious, cosy, cross-grained, greenhorn, and rigmarole are obsolete in England? America To-day, Observations and Reflections The flapper had paused in her breathless rigmarole of Johns and memories. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Finally, the old man, who had lost himself in his rigmarole, took Jean-Christophe by the hand, and presented him to Hassler. Jean-Christophe, Volume I While she indulged in this long rigmarole, Tai-yü lowered her head and sipped her tea. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Quinola Spare us, good sir, all this rigmarole about love, in the presence of the king; for the king, hark you— A page The King! The Resources of Quinola But the chield I have to do with for the present, and who has led to this rigmarole, is a sort of deputy Conscience, a looker—out after small affairs—peccadilloes. Tom Cringle's Log Yes; she wrote him the longest rigmarole letters, that I used to read: the sly little devil; and he answered under cover to Mrs. Bonner. The History of Pendennis But what is to be the end of all this rigmarole of mine? A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 At times his characters will speak with something far beyond propriety with a true heroic note; but on the next page they will be wading wearily forward with an ungrammatical and undramatic rigmarole of words. Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson But this Kantian rigmarole won't do any more: it's antiquated and no longer applicable to modern ideas. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism But all of us are familiar with the person who loses her ideas in a rigmarole of prosaic and irrelevant facts. The Century Vocabulary Builder Once he broke in on my rigmarole with a piece of news that fluttered me. Salute to Adventurers To sum up this long rigmarole, I have, dear B——, what you, no doubt, perceive, for the metaphysical poets as poets, the most sovereign contempt. Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works Well, I was a child then and simple enough to be gammoned by this rigmarole. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod Oh bosh, Frank," replied Harry, "if he ever did get anything right through this rigmarole and hanky-panky it was simply because he had good luck. The Boy Aviators in Africa Your Latin and rigmarole may soon dry off you, but you'll be but a bare stick after that. The Mill on the Floss In reply to this rigmarole I asked for food, since my head was beginning to swim from my long fast. Salute to Adventurers And here what is chiefly interesting in the rigmarole is the evidence that Milton had been recently attending to the news from Scotland. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 They discarded the rigmarole of being pro and con, of having favorite nationalities, and pet aversions, and undelivered perorations in their bosoms. Public Opinion "They are new to me—some school rigmarole, I suppose." The Boys of Bellwood School One must sit with one's ears plugged, if one does not want the drums of them cracked; such long vociferous rigmaroles about Incorporeal Things, or something they call Virtue! Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Aunt Mary crossed her hands over her shawl, and set herself to listen to the old gentleman's rigmarole. Spring Days At all this rigmarole, which I could not then understand, I was a good deal put aback and waited for what should come next. Life's Handicap Here,"—cried he, "I've received a remittance at last from that, German fellow—two good bills on the first house in the city—but I can't make top nor tail of his rigmarole. Sketches by Seymour — Volume 05 We could hear only anppets of this long rigmarole, but we never lost the drift of it. Seven Icelandic Short Stories Just forget the rigmarole of the nocturnal vision—and devote your energies to finding the real murderer. Raspberry Jam The whole rigmarole of police and police-cells and formalities seemed insincere. The Old Wives' Tale Fred turned his back and went through the fruitless rigmarole of trying to appear indifferent, going to the usual length at last of humming through his nose. The Eye of Zeitoon The professor hypnotized, told fortunes, felt heads, and the usual rigmarole. The Tempting of Tavernake So I said, "You can wear it today"; but she only hugged me the tighter and ran on in a rigmarole I didn't understand. The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors What I told you all this long rigmarole for was to see if you could think of any way for me to turn those Development Company shares of mine into money. Galusha the Magnificent And now what am I driving at, in all this long rigmarole? The Game of Logic First, she told the pretty gentleman a long rigmarole about the stars, and a planet that ought to have shone upon him, but didn't. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green Spare me, I pray, a rigmarole which cannot affect me. The Clique of Gold It's just as well Ruth did not hear that rigmarole. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero Six months back a man comes over from Surreywards, a farm he calls Dipwell, and asks after you, Harry; rigmaroles about a handsome lass gone off... some scoundrel! The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete Six months back a man comes over from Surreywards, a farm he calls Dipwell, and asks after you, Harry; rigmaroles about a handsome lass gone off . . . some scoundrel ! The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 5 To begin with the old rigmarole of childhood. Wives and Daughters That rigmarole is not in the guide books. At the Mercy of Tiberius Purdy and she saw things in the same light; no rigmarole of explanation was necessary. Australia Felix Whilst listening with an inattentive ear to the old lady's rigmaroles and her interminable anecdotes of the emigration, he gazed upon Claire, as a fanatic upon his idol. The Widow Lerouge If I had not burned my bridges, this announcement might have worried me; it was too vague, and what little I grasped tallied startlingly with Van Blarcom's rigmarole. The Firefly of France You know that long rigmarole, 'Friends, Romans, countrymen'? Glengarry School Days: a story of early days in Glengarry The moment I saw what a senseless rigmarole it was, I flung it down and insisted on the battological author furnishing me with an English translation. Hard Cash Zara wept into a dainty handkerchief and was delivered of a rigmarole of complaints against her brother, the servants, the children. Australia Felix Now you can tell me the true inward meaning of all this rigmarole. The Grand Babylon Hotel Do not answer this rigmarole, but attack me to your heart's content, and to that of mine, whenever you can come here, and may it be soon. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 What is the good of all this rigmarole? The Idiot After we came away, I asked mother how she could listen to such a rigmarole in patience, and what good she supposed she had done by her visit. Stepping Heavenward But what did the man mean by his extraordinary rigmarole about the newspaper, and that crazy old woman? he thought suddenly. Under Western Eyes Even allowin' all this—this rigmarole of yours about—about Middleford business— was true—" "It is true and you know it is. Shavings Well, the ministers hearing their lord's last words, took courage, and proceeded to work upon his mind by the figure of speech popularly called "rigmarole." Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance Oh, I know the whole rigmarole by heart. Pillars of Society To sum up this long rigmarole, I have, dear B—, what you, no doubt, perceive, for the metaphysical poets as poets, the most sovereign contempt. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 I declare the creature has been listening to all this rigmarole, instead of attending to me. Crotchet Castle And so, as she gave ear to his long, illogical rigmarole of argument and defense, she slowly found that her pity and her love were making vital decisions for her. To the Last Man But to most of his flock it sounded an impossible rigmarole, told for the purpose of disguising the truth. The Fawn Gloves The passionate torrent of words we meant to pour into her ear becomes a halting rigmarole, at which—small blame to her—she only laughs. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow He began at once in his character of Robert—some rigmarole about working his passage over from Australia; a little private performance for my edification. The Red House Mystery "If he uttered one single syllable of all that rigmarole, then Ollendorf is a myth, that's all I have to say." Penelope's Postscripts Nor did a day pass without the publication of some little rigmarole from his pen. The Works of Max Beerbohm You are always preaching long rigmaroles about nothing at all. An Unsocial Socialist "Then, according to you, we are to believe in all your rigmaroles," said Genestas, with the easy good-humor of a soldier who has never given a thought to these things. The Country Doctor He could tell us a good story now if he would only write what the Almighty intended him to write, instead of gloomy rigmaroles about suffering Princesses in Welsh caves. Paul Kelver, a Novel "How can I take that Planchette rigmarole seriously?" he asked. Moon-Face |
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