| 单词 | schoolma'am |
| 例句 | Teachers can even take on the role of Victorian schoolma'am to tick off kids the old-fashioned way. How to have fun for free 2010-10-21T07:00:00Z After presenting them, she said: "Tell 'em, schoolma'am, what ye telt me." The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Certainly the American woman who wishes to lead effectively and aspiringly can no longer be either of the insipidly fashionable or the smart, assertive, schoolma'am type. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z Of course her only chance was to attract a jaded glance by her positive plainness, her schoolma'am air, her decent unobtrusiveness. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Will your 'schoolma'am' let you come away with me? Nancy of Paradise Cottage My little schoolma'am pursed her lips severely over that loan, which must be repaid by instalments. A Man in the Open "But, schoolma'am, my wrong deeds has been so many," and he bowed his head on his arms on the desk before him. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Sit down and tell me about the schoolma'ams. A Romance in Transit It was at Lucerne that Adelle's lover demanded rather brusquely why she was "so mortal scared of the schoolma'am?" Clark's Field A little school day after day, A little "schoolma'am" to obey, A little study—soon 'tis past— A little graduate at last. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Miss Wilth, the schoolma'am, keeps a widow mother with tongue and teeth, so them as smells the bait is ware of the trap. A Man in the Open "Murphy!" called Mrs. Murphy in stentorian tones as she stood with arms akimbo, "seat schoolma'am at y'r right!" The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z "She sure is a fine writer, Taterleg—writes like a schoolma'am." The Duke Of Chimney Butte "And all to surprise one poor little schoolma'am and break up her school," put in Alice; "was it worth all that annoyance?" Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Isn't that dreadful for a schoolma'am and a college graduate, and especially after she has refused him twice? The High Calling The fall term had ended, and the schoolma'am was going home; no more school till spring. The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras "Some people are a bad lot, schoolma'am, an' I'm one of 'em." The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z The elder and the schoolma'am went in the grubs and sat down on a log, and there she unfolded to him her tale of woe. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 That a poor and pretty country schoolma'am was proud enough to discourage that son's attentions because of the difference in their positions was an unusual experience to her and one that awakened her curiosity. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Their sister was called 'the little schoolma'am with the crazy brothers!' The Rich Little Poor Boy I could imagine Boston schoolma'ams pointing out to their classes, the minuteman, the monument, and other objects of interest, and calling for names and dates. Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman If a blanked savage harms that air schoolma'am I'll smash his skull with the butt o' my gun. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z "Go home to your mother, and tell her the schoolma'am sent you home for three cents to buy a new book." Proud and Lazy A Story for Little Folks By all means go back with her," Blanch had replied when he broached his idea, "and by the time you have reached Sandgate you will know where you stand in your schoolma'am's feelings. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Here and there, among the women, was a Yankee schoolma'am, going to some new charge in the islands. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros Of course he was rebuked for his misdemeanour; but he only protested against her strict government, and declared that she could never get over "the schoolma'am." Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories The schoolma'am's went up canyon ter tend sick squaw,—the Mexican's woman. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Mrs. Tanner would be returning, and she must not find the "new schoolma'am" weeping. A Voice in the Wilderness "I wish you would tell us about your school, Miss Page," put in Frank; "you are not a bit like the schoolma'am of my boyhood, and I would like to know how you manage children." Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast You ought to see them schoolma'ams takin' snapshots of me every time I turned around. Shorty McCabe on the Job I can't, even if club dues were free to schoolma'ams and the board should send around a lot of spotted ponies for our use. Torchy and Vee The house is all red up, an' I wants it to stay red up till schoolma'am comes. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z On the contrary, he sat there, on the steps of his father's grocery store, with his chin between his little brown palms, doing up more thinking than the schoolma'am would have allowed, except in recess. Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends When they were nearly home he said: "You are not a bit like what I imagined a schoolma'am was like." Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Don't look cross, there's a darling, though you do remind me, when you open your eyes that way, of a delightful little American schoolma'am I met in Lima. The Captain of the Kansas When the small boy misbehaved, the schoolma'am would unsheath this weapon, and for some time thereafter the culprit found sitting down exceedingly uncomfortable. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 "Your education has been sadly neglected—and you a schoolma'am, too!" North of Fifty-Three I believe in sending them to school where there are backs to the benches, and where the schoolma'am has had at least "one offer." Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends Now I know why you couldn't coax your pretty schoolma'am to come to Boston. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast It was the schoolma'am, Mrs. Davidson, who daily presided at the little log schoolhouse a mile further on up the road, where some twenty children found their way over varying distances from the surrounding ranches. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West I remember especially the pride with which I once went in a chaise, when I was about ten, to New Marlborough, to fetch the schoolma'am. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter For instance: Shy spinster schoolma'ams, the essence of modesty at home, catch the spirit of adventure and appear swaggering along in the snuggest of knickers. I Married a Ranger "There's the schoolma'am," she heard in a loud whisper, as she paused for a moment upon the threshold. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland A little school day after day, A "little schoolma'am" to obey, A little study—soon 'tis past, A little graduate at last. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 Then he can behold his future schoolma'ams, arrange terms, and settle the thing at once. Holiday Stories for Young People Don't be an idiot, and lose your heart to a schoolma'am because she happened to have had her arm around your neck when we carried her in that chair. The Cromptons Then I'll step down there an' let on to be makin' a social call on the schoolma'am. The Daughter of Anderson Crow They called it "the little schoolma'am's earthquake"; and the little schoolma'am heard of it and almost wished it had been a real earthquake and had swallowed her up. Jimmy, Lucy, and All The Little Schoolma'am respectfully hands over this question to other little schoolma'ams. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 Altogether a cool-headed and practical young lady, this midget schoolma'am, with her uncompromising directness of speech and her clear eyes—a merry, mirthful, frank, dainty, altogether delightful small person. Copper Streak Trail They brought him many friendly messages from the schoolma'am, to which he returned unfriendly answers. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Manila seemed to be more or less excited over the new army of invasion, the local papers teeming with jokes about pretty schoolma'ams and susceptible exiles. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines The panic, so it was said afterward, was about equal to "the little schoolma'am's earthquake." Jimmy, Lucy, and All "Not a bit of it," the schoolma'am replied. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations The only other imperative matter was that of the young schoolma'am's gold, which must be left in bank. Kincaid's Battery The schoolma'am jumped and slid something out of sight under her ruffled, white apron. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories To begin with, there were the one hundred and sixty schoolma'ams. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Shall be much charmed to see the little schoolma'am again. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 A Barnegat schoolma'am had been telling her pupils something about George Washington, and finally she asked: "Can any one now tell me which Washington was—a great general or a great admiral?" Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Their etymological Herald's Office is kept by schoolmasters, and especially schoolma'ams, or, in the true heraldic tongue, "Preceptresses of Educational Seminaries." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 The schoolma'am obligingly drew skirts aside to make room for him—an inconsistent movement not at all in harmony with her eyebrows, which were disapproving. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Like a good Bostonian, he took for his heroine a schoolma'am, the Puritan Pallas Athene of the American Athens, and made her so lovely that everybody was looking about for a schoolmistress to despair after. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 She was up too, the fiery little school-teacher, and they faced each other—the tall girl, white as lily grown in a king's garden, and the little snub-nosed, freckled country schoolma'am. The Port of Adventure Here am I, installed once more as a country 'schoolma'am' at Valley Road, boarding at 'Wayside,' the home of Miss Janet Sweet. Anne of the Island A New England schoolma'am, who has made a Cook's tour, will almost have tears in her voice as she wanders on with her commonplaces about hawthorn hedges and thatched cottages and white or red farms. The Shuttle She smiled confidingly down at the schoolma'am and went off to waltz with Bert Rogers, apparently quite satisfied with what she had accomplished. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Anne promptly exclaimed, with her best "schoolma'am" air, "Oh, Davy, gentlemen don't do things like that." Anne of Avonlea Happy Jack's distaste for schoolma'ams dated from his tempestuous introduction to the A B C's, with their daily accompaniment of a long, thin ruler. Chip, of the Flying U But when my darter—she's a schoolma'am like you—went out West to teach I felt real lonesome and wasn't nowise sot against the idea. Anne of the Island The schoolma'ams were just leaving as we entered the door, and all we saw of them was the trail of their descending robes. Our Hundred Days in Europe The schoolma'am's emphasis and English seemed to collapse together, but Weary did not notice that. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "Don't say 'whopper,' Davy . . . say 'falsehood,'" said the schoolma'am. Anne of Avonlea She was to spend a long day with Miss Satterly, the schoolma'am, and started off soon after breakfast one morning. Chip, of the Flying U Where's they a real man that would do a schoolma'am's work? The Rangeland Avenger Mrs. Fitzgerald was always very polite to me," replied Mrs. Bright; "and personally I had no occasion to find fault with Mr. Fitzgerald, though I think the Yankee schoolma'am was rather a bore to him. A Romance of the Republic "Who's going to pilot the schoolma'am?" blurted Happy Jack, who was never consciously ambiguous. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "I had the most beautiful set of theories you ever knew when I started out as a schoolma'am, but every one of them has failed me at some pinch or another." Anne of Avonlea He could not see, for his part, why she wanted to go gadding off to the Falls with Len Adams and the schoolma'am, anyway. Chip, of the Flying U I have filled several sheets with my annotations on the 'Paradise Lost,' which I may find useful if I should ever be obliged to teach, either as a schoolma'am or a lecturer. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals What money the widow didn't put up he's grabbed from the schoolma'ams and servant-girls and society matrons in the East. The Iron Trail The schoolma'am took a few steps and stopped, evidently in some difficulty with her glove. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories And so poor Liberty, instead of having a sinecure as a mere illuminator, must be converted into a Chautauqua schoolma'am, with the oceans for her field instead of the placid, classic lake. Sixes and Sevens I'm talking of Mary,—Miss Mary,—the little schoolma'am, Jack; the little rose of Poker Flat. Two Men of Sandy Bar; a drama And he hoped this little schoolma'am knew where she was going—truth to tell, he doubted it. Rowdy of the Cross L We sit in two special chairs and then the schoolma'ams and literaterrers hunched their rockers close around us. The Gentle Grafter I really ought not to say a word—if you really don't know—what he did—" "If it's to his discredit," said the schoolma'am, looking straight at her, "I certainly don't know. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Weary looked at her also, but he did not smile, because she looked a little like his own schoolma'am, Miss Ruty Satterly—and the resemblance hurt a sore place in his heart. The Flying U's Last Stand The—er—conceit of these New England schoolma'ams, and their—er—evident Jesuitical influence over the young, is fraught, sir, fraught with—er—darkly political significance. Two Men of Sandy Bar; a drama He was not well informed upon the subject of schoolma'ams, but he had a hazy impression that late rising was a distinguishing characteristic—and he did not know how late. Rowdy of the Cross L The color spread from the schoolma'am's cheeks to her brow and throat. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories And being lectured was not at all what he had expected from the schoolma'am—and who can fathom the mind of a man? The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories There was a new, masterful note in Weary's voice, that the schoolma'am felt but did not quite understand—then. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories By the rules of this camp, this place is sacred to the schoolma'am and her children. Two Men of Sandy Bar; a drama Before she quite knew what was occurring, the schoolma'am was upon her feet and snuggled close in Weary's eager arms. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "Oh, yes, you could," declared the schoolma'am, with sweet assurance, "if you only thought so." The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am blushed and retreated to the doorstep, but she did not sit down. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am continued inexorably; plainly, her brain was not paralyzed. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Demn me, but I believe all his domestics have fallen in love with the pretty schoolma'am. Two Men of Sandy Bar; a drama The schoolma'am recovered her spirits with a promptness that was suspicious; patted his arm and called him an awfully good fellow, which reduced Happy Jack to a state just this side imbecility. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories But Happy never thought of blaming the schoolma'am for the eighteen dollars he lost. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The third day, the schoolma'am fussed a long time with her hair, which she did in four different styles. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "I wish to goodness I were really out of sight," snapped the schoolma'am. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories But if you can do any better, eh—if—eh?—the schoolma'am's a mighty pretty girl and a bright one, eh, Aleck? Two Men of Sandy Bar; a drama "Lovely," said the schoolma'am briefly, but with fervor. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "What fun!" chirped the schoolma'am with an unconvincing little laugh. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am recovered a bit of control and revolved in her mind several pert forms of greeting. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories After five minutes of low-toned monologue on the part of the schoolma'am, Happy Jack went the way of his predecessors and also became scared and unhappy. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories I've been thinking of you, you dog,—of leaving the bank to you,—to you, sir, eh—the day—the day you marry the schoolma'am—eh. Two Men of Sandy Bar; a drama The schoolma'am's brow was smooth, for the entertainment had been a success so far; and the tableau would be all right, she was sure—for Weary had charge of that. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories It took a great deal to rouse Weary; perhaps the schoolma'am was trying to find just how much. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am was fond of boasting that she never screamed at anything. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am seemed always to be at the farther end of the room, and she appeared to be enjoying herself very much and to dance incessantly. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Miss Forsyth drifted to other acquaintances, which was natural; what was not so natural, to Weary's mind, was to see her sitting out a quadrille with the schoolma'am. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "You probably didn't look in the window," said the schoolma'am. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am had not quoted Annie's reply verbatim, but that was mere detail. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories One thing he had learned: When the schoolma'am rose to irreproachable English, there was trouble a-brew. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Still it was as much as the schoolma'am, knowing Annie, could justly expect. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am, again feeling herself mistress of the situation, proceeded with her disciplining. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Again, he was sitting on the school-house steps, holding a smoking gun in his hand, and the schoolma'am was standing, flushed and reproving, before him. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories School must be started again, though, and seeing the schoolma'am lived right there with her aunt Meeker, they weren't likely to hire another teacher. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories He wished the schoolma'am would not limit herself so rigidly to that one adjective. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "I guess I do," cried the schoolma'am very emphatically. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Something happened just then to the schoolma'am's lips, so that she could not finish the sentence. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am was sitting out an astonishing number of dances—for a girl who could dance from dark to dawn and never turn a hair—and the women were wondering why. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The rest of the Happy Family stayed late at the school-house, and Weary and Chip discussed something enthusiastically in a corner with the Little Doctor and the schoolma'am. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "It does," snapped the schoolma'am, her cheeks hot. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am tried to look through a frosted window. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am pointed him out as an example to the others, and pronounced him enthusiastically the best actor in the lot. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories You all gave the schoolma'am leave to put down your names, and its up to you to make good. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "Our last selection will be a tableau entitled, 'Under the Mistletoe,'" announced the schoolma'am's clear tones. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am sat down sidewise upon a desk, swung a neat little foot unconventionally and grew confidential, and the Happy Family knew they were in for it. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Weary's schoolma'am had offended him deeply, at a dance the winter before, by patting him indulgently on the shoulder and telling him to "Run along and find you a partner." The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories This seemed going rather far, he thought—but of course she didn't really mean it; the schoolma'am, he heartened himself with thinking, was an awful, little bluffer. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The next night, papers strewed the desk as before, and the schoolma'am stood by the window, her elbows planted on the unpainted sill, and watched the trail listlessly. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories He tried for a quadrille, a two-step, a schottische—even for a polka, which she knew he hated; but the schoolma'am was, apparently, the most engaged young woman in Dry Lake that night. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am looked up at him irresolutely, drew a long breath and then laughed. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "I don't know, I'm sure," said the schoolma'am, calmly facing the stare. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Ornery little brute, to get familiar with his schoolma'am! The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories You may apologize to me; you may even be sincerely repentant"—the schoolma'am's tone at this point implied considerable doubt—"but you are powerless to return the life you have so heedlessly taken. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Still, the schoolma'am had said there would be tableaux, and it was a cinch she would tell Weary all about it—seeing they were engaged. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories He stood quite still, however, until the schoolma'am was settled to her liking in the saddle, and had tucked her skirt down over the toe of her right foot. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "I do not consider it a little thing," said the schoolma'am, icily. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "Say hello to me—won't you, Girlie?" said a wistful voice that thrilled to the tips of the schoolma'am's shaking fingers. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "I'm your—" the schoolma'am hid her face from him. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The train west leaves—or did leave—Chadville along about midnight, so—Say, it feels good to be back, little schoolma'am. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Then, horse and rider were briefly silhouetted against the sunset as they topped a distant hill, and after that the schoolma'am rode by faith. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am's eyes, besides being pretty, were often disconcertingly direct in their gaze. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The victims scented fun in the thing and perked up, and the schoolma'am breathed relief, for she knew the crowd. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "You!" she exclaimed, in a tone that Weary felt he had no right to hear from any but his little schoolma'am. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am bit at her pencil and looked at him. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Odious," explained the schoolma'am haughtily, "is not something nice. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories He had discovered that he liked to look at the schoolma'am. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am was sitting unconventionally upon the doorstep, her shoulder turned to him and her face turned to the trail by which a man naturally would be supposed to approach the place. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories The schoolma'am refused to stop, or to turn her head a fraction of an inch, and Weary's face sobered a little. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories They told him the schoolma'am said she felt drawn to him—he looked so like her darling brother who had spilled his precious blood on San Juan Hill. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories |
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