| 单词 | scoffer |
| 例句 | But it would be more embarrassing to lose to a boy, clucked the scoffers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Burnet’s argument was met with widespread horror; as Herbert Croft, the bishop of Hereford, put it, ‘This way of philosophizing all from natural causes, I fear, will make the whole world turn scoffers.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “You are unbelievers and scoffers, and I don’t see how I can continue to live in the same room with you.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Leave to cool and hide from lurking scoffers. Easy cakes and treats for workplace celebrations 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z The films seem to ask us: do you want to count yourself among the scoffers? Frank Capra at the BFI - review 2010-12-18T00:07:26Z She is Satan’s scoffer and she is there to take the world and make them laugh and then diss Jesus, try to take away the respect for Jesus.” Sarah Silverman shares video of Florida pastor calling her ‘God-hating whore of Zionism’ 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z "That's why I will keep ignoring the scoffers, and saying prayers and urging everyone to join together and do the same." Huckabee: Thoughts and prayers "only thing" that will stop mass shootings 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The parallels to the scoffers of today’s evangelical alliance with Donald Trump are striking. Trump, evangelical supporters unfairly attacked for efforts to stop abortion 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z To Trump, accepting Russian interference as a fact inevitably means tarnishing what he sees as his great and single-handed victory in 2016 over the scoffers, the experts and the doubters. Putin in Washington: 'That's going to be special' 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Bayfield spits with anger about the “mockers and scoffers” who show up to Florence’s concerts and the servicemen who request her record on the radio, enjoying a good laugh during their leave. 'Florence Foster Jenkins' screams out for a participation award 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z There’s certainly some truth to that; and early on, this columnist was among the scoffers. Sources Inside My Head 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Everyone who watches the film knows that while scoffers in town may scoff, a wave is coming sooner rather than later. Norway's 'The Wave' shows Hollywood how to make a disaster film with real thrills 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z So that scoffer was a no-show, but we really didn’t have room for him anyway. Sanders’ people-powered movement: Don’t expect his free-thinking voters to give up their populist idealism 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z There were scoffers, but Huset saw the site as a natural fit for the racetrack. Longtime Brandon racetrack ending run as Huset’s Speedway 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Now there are no such scoffers at the frivolity and emptiness of human wishes as the well-to-do young fellows of two or three-and-twenty. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z The silent influence of his character was a great power in Israel, inspiring many a young heart with holy awe, and silencing the flippant arrogance of the scoffer. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z That of the people, in the sense in which it is now generally understood, was unknown; even infidels and scoffers scarcely dreamed of it. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z There are more eyes upon you than you imagine—the weak to find confidence, and the fool and the scoffer, to find jest and scorn. Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-04T02:00:58.490Z Though everywhere maligned as an infidel and a scoffer, his life was one long act of benevolence. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z I have heard scoffers among publishers ask if "anybody outside of New England" bought the books of these writers. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Happily for him, to use Howes’ words, “He was careless of the scoffers, backbiters, and detractors.” England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z I should like to survey the scene there, it will be most entertainingly ridiculous, but they won't let us miserable scoffers assist at the incantation. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Here they were of no service, only butts for scoffers. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z We have been told that God so loved infidels and scoffers, that he came to this poor world and gave his life that they might be saved. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Whoever disputed the priest became a criminal; whoever demanded a reason, or an explanation, became a blasphemer, a scoffer, a moral leper. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Whoever laughs at a holy falsehood, is called a "scoffer." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z The clergy, acting according to the instinct of self-preservation, denounced these "facts" as dangerous and the persons who found and published them, as Infidels and scoffers. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Of course I had heard the ministers speak of blasphemers, of infidel wretches, of scoffers who laughed at holy things. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Possibly the Watchman only refers to the infidels and scoffers who were once Catholics. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z These critics imagine that a falsehood can be old enough to be venerable, and that to stand covered in its presence is the act of an irreverent scoffer. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z In this the scoffer took his pleasure, laughing with a devilish joy, till he would hold his pot-paunch, and his eyes ran down with water. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Mention of what makes all my family scoffers? Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z There were some scoffers, and now and then some man had sense enough to laugh at the threats of priests and make a jest of hell. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z They are taken, however, by the mass of the church as evidence that all opposition to Christianity, so-called, fills the bed of the dying infidel and scoffer with serpents and scorpions. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z The course was run, and the brawny scoffer tilted out of his saddle. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z He was born of Jewish parents, but, like only too many of his race, grew up to become a freethinker and a scoffer, rejecting all faiths as idle superstitions. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z These scoffers were good men, and their scoffs were protests against theology—loud protests against the follies of Christianity. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z Year after year, Santa Claus survives the scoffers and the Scrooges and the 6-year-old playground skeptics. Why do kids have faith in Santa? Because parents do; 8 in 10 grown-ups believed as tots 2011-12-23T08:35:46Z The Rev. Dr. Moldehnke, whose name seems chiefly made of consonants, denounces me as a scoffer and as illogical, and says that Christianity is not founded upon the devil, but upon Christ. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Therefore, in so far as they were concerned, the scoffer's was the proper mental attitude. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z But it is not scoffers who wage this war of the rational against the supernatural: let none deceive themselves with that vain thought, or perpetuate the incorrect assertion. The Christian Religion An Enquiry 2011-11-24T03:00:49.853Z That is a very clever way of concealing one's lack of merit—to pose as a scoffer or a blagueur, which are much the same thing. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z The women turned around ready to crush the scoffer, but he made off, laughing. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z But now we are told by the Western Watchman that the church, said to have been founded by Christ, has no right to feel any special concern about the fate of infidels and scoffers. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Is that the sort of handle which you wish to offer to the scoffers? Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z "The comet is the fiery sword of the Lord whereby he shall cut down all the scoffers and the ungodly," interrupted Brother Jephune warningly. A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico 2011-11-11T03:00:32.153Z He was brought in to peep at the new arrival, and I felt like a scoffer at sacred things to have met with a jest that smileless and speechless emotion. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z These scoffers, who beheld him now in so humble a position, by-and-by, when he had found the treasure, should witness his triumph. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z Suppose the editor of the Watchman had died, and Judge Normile had been the survivor, would the infidel and scoffer have attacked the unreplying dead? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z At least, so he says, and if water is struck by digging, his claims are vindicated and scoffers hide their heads. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z But it is precisely to this supposed "scoffer" that we owe the first interpretation of the profound and pathetic significance of the book, lost sight of in controversies about its miracle. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z There were scoffers in Athens who laughed at all religion. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Away from fools I'll turn my eyes, Nor with the scoffers go: I would be walking with the wise, That wiser I may grow. Watt's Songs Against Evil 2011-09-28T02:00:21.297Z At first, theologians denounced the discoverers of all facts inconsistent with the Bible, as atheists and scoffers. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z From them he first heard the truths which had been poured into his infant ear from his father's lips attacked, and the tongue of the scoffer rail against them. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z What high, poetic, awe-struck grand old Golfer, Much more of a mythologist than scoffer! Poems on Golf 2011-09-08T02:00:19.780Z Please help us spread the word to others who would – as readers, auditors, gawkers, scoffers, donors, advocates and contributors – participate in this rapidly growing community which keeps the literary conversation lively and, indeed, alive. Washington and Lee literary journal goes online-only 2011-09-01T20:07:00Z "There isn't any 'and yet,'" cut in the scoffer derisively. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z "Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile," And thus at this may laugh the scoffer. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z This hardly seems possible of this usually tranquil stream, and there have always been scoffers. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z But it is no greater misconception to think of Franklin as a Christian than to think of him as a scoffer. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z The scoffer Borg once asked that question, when he declared matrimony to be an impossibility from the point of view of natural science. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Evil influences were around him just then: a sneering scoffer sought persistently to dissuade him from his new-formed purpose; but God was with him, and he witnessed faithfully for Christ. The Captured Scout of the Army of the James A Sketch of the Life of Sergeant Henry H. Manning, of the Twenty-fourth Mass. Regiment 2011-08-05T02:00:43.977Z For I want it to be understood very clearly that he was no scoffer, no denier of religion. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z His efforts for the restoration of discipline were so great, that scoffers boasted he had reformed the Church both in its head and members. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z A scoffer, and I strongly suspect, an out-and-out infidel.” Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z You may laugh if you like, you old scoffer! The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z But, as a fact, there are few real old-fashioned scoffers left. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z The ancient bedesman was hurt, and possibly, had he been a younger man, he would have hurt this scoffer in return. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z The next night, with an embarrassment that caused my cheeks to burn like fire, I rose before the scoffers and told them that God had converted me. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z Miserable scoffer!" he exclaimed, "thou forsooth wouldst be an artist, while to thy heart, the inspiration of faith and divine love is yet utterly unknown! The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z A third is a faithless, cynical scoffer, who cannot open his lips without breathing forth his impure spirit and babbling blasphemies. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z The expression of his religious faith and experience never sounded like cant, even in the ears of the scoffer. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z But the scoffers were soon turned into admirers. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z Severn eagerly notes any signs of increasing appreciation of his friend’s poetry, or of changed opinion on the part of scoffers, that came under his notice. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Let not the scoffer or unbeliever suppose that a stronger mind, a firmer reason, a clearer light, are the cause of his incredulity. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z This precious epistle was to recline in the noble marquis's pocket until, goaded by the taunts of the Opposition, he should be able to produce it dramatically and confound the scoffers and unbelievers. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z He said he would go down to the Club and show the scoffers there that one theory, at least, had proved successful. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z The scoffer was silent at the calmness of the high priest; something in the manner of Alma moved him strangely, but he stared boldly in the face of the speaker. Corianton A Nephite Story 2011-04-28T02:00:14.830Z Scoffing sceptic," said I, "likewise sceptical scoffer—but here comes Haroun, and bubbling over with news, I can see. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z Ah, yes! it is just these scoffers who take the fever most deeply, when the infection seizes them. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z "You mean with a scoffer," he said a little bitterly. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z There were among them scoffers, and ungodly men, and seekers after the truth, and some that were already awakened. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z This was a conclusion of the sentence Korihor had scarcely expected, and the scoffer felt that his impetuosity had placed him at a disadvantage. Corianton A Nephite Story 2011-04-28T02:00:14.830Z The exquisite purple of the stately thistle, that by the scoffer is called dull, is not understood by you. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z He leaned forward with an air of mysterious intimacy, as though about to share a secret knowledge he had not dared to divulge before a scoffer. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z The mince pie, probably the most indigestible of all, is the one universally accepted as a treat, and seldom refused by the scoffer. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z Another boy immediately bored in upon the scoffer, downed his enemy and was endeavoring hopefully to kill him with bare hands, when I interfered. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z There was a half stifled exclamation from the scoffer, and he wildly clutched the air; his eyes seemed bursting from their sockets and his face was purple with his effort to speak. Corianton A Nephite Story 2011-04-28T02:00:14.830Z I never was a scoffer at the virtues of fine clothes, and distrust him that is. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Let friends deride, let scoffers rage, Let hell against my soul engage; No one of them I fear. Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith 2010-12-26T03:00:20.460Z "You would certainly furnish a new weapon to the scoffers at our religion, if you really thought so," said Oswald, dryly. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z I came out from behind at last, up the aisle, sensing disorder where I had expected praise, and was joined by my old champion, Calhoun Knox, who had whipped the scoffer at the child's party. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Further remarks of the scoffer were cut short by the guards in advance urging their horses into a brisk gallop, an example followed by the rest of the party. Corianton A Nephite Story 2011-04-28T02:00:14.830Z Thenceforth the gorilla, and not the orang-outang, was popularly hit upon by scoffer and caricaturist as the imaginary type of our primitive ancestors. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z God’s power is made known and his glory displayed, While scoffers will feel that they need Heaven’s aid. Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith 2010-12-26T03:00:20.460Z "Said scoffers might reply that to show them only smoke, and no fire, was essentially a Germanic, a Christo-Germanic characteristic." Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Whatever Anglo-Saxon scoffers may say of Welsh pedigrees of mere flesh and blood, the antiquity of its spectral hordes may not be disputed. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z "Well, then, we seek the High Priest and Chief Judge before whom this man is to be tried," said the guard, evidently vexed with the mocking tone of the scoffer. Corianton A Nephite Story 2011-04-28T02:00:14.830Z Yet any serious drama on this subject risks dividing its audience into believers and scoffers. Hereafter Review: Where Do We Go from Here? 2010-10-22T18:20:00Z Was this all a fiction, a “cinema” as the scoffers contend? Rumors of Conspiracies Rattle Madagascar 2010-05-14T05:22:00Z He might be a scoffer like Nero, or a spiritually-minded Stoic like M. Aurelius, an Isiac devotee like Commodus, or devoted to the Syrian worships like the Oriental princes of the third century. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius He had learnt to love her, he had declared that if he was to be anything but a cynic, a scoffer, it must be through her. The Man Who Rose Again And Jack Nickerson, the inveterate scoffer at all things, took himself away. Rockhaven And you are the scoffer who argues that women may be eliminated. The Key to Yesterday Herr Rossel," continued the artist, "you are a scoffer, and, as a punishment for boasting of a tender heart, which you do not possess, you shall not be given a chance to see something beautiful. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Another than yourself, Anselmo, might mistake me for a scoffer when I say that in this matter we must be our own Don Carlos, our own generals—nay, our own Providence. The Firebrand How could Leicester, the cynic, the scoffer at women, the man who when under the influence of whisky had made a wager that he could win a woman, love the woman he had won? The Man Who Rose Again "What an inveterate scoffer Jack is," was Winn's mental comment on this missive. Rockhaven Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight! Rhyme? And Reason? Thus that tendency that calls itself free and enlightened deified a man--Voltaire, the most trifling scoffer, the most unprincipled, basest man of Christendom. The Progressionists, and Angela. Now I'm going to play safe and make myself very, very wise on some subjects regarding which I've been a bit of a scoffer. The Bachelors A Novel At that day sceptics and scoffers will pray for the rocks and mountains to fall on them, and cover them from the wrath of God. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses I know you believe in Weston and think, as you have said, that I am a perpetual scoffer. Rockhaven The persecutor of the righteous and the scoffer of the word hath paid the price of blood, and hath fallen into the snares wherewith he lay in wait to ensnare the feet of the unthinking. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Horace's friends and adherents, consisting nowadays of about a third of the students, declared that he wouldn't have any trouble and advised the scoffers to "just watch him!" The Crimson Sweater He was of the type very common in those days, of an openly avowed scoffer at all that was good. Under the Mendips A Tale Don’t let the scoffers laugh you into hell; they cannot laugh you out of it. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses Really simple language, clothing ordinary common sense, is inadequate for a scoffer; also, I am afraid, for a man who writes about mules and virtuous dogs. A Top-Floor Idyl His ambition was to down all the scoffers along the river and in the city who thought his ambition a passing amusement, and predicted abandonment and a season of gaiety during the coming winter. The Shadow He was, essentially, of those who, believing in goodness and virtue and the glorious Millennium, are contented, quite simply, with that belief and might, if they stated those simplicities, irritate the scoffers. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary He was a scoffer at religion, too, an unkind brother, and an undutiful son to the doating father, who yet believed and saw no faults in his offspring. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. When the sneer has died away on the scoffer’s lips, nothing is left. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews I was a scoffer before; I am a believer now. Tales of South Africa His fellow traveller would, he supposed, have called it the hand of Providence, and he thought it looked very much as if such were the case, for Lamont was no scoffer. In the Whirl of the Rising A scoffer by nature, a jeerer by temperament, a humbugger by education, the Parisian perpetually forces himself to accept nothing seriously, and to respect neither sex nor age nor glory. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 This day of triumph might be nearer than either friends or scoffers anticipated. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. July 30, 1887 When He is crucified in the reproach of His enemies, nothing has been accomplished outside the scoffer’s little world of vanity and pride. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews Shrilly whispering down the lanes That serpent through the ancient night, They, the scoffers, the scornful of chains, Stride their turbulent flight. A Pushcart at the Curb A heathen scoffer calls Israel “a people of generous impulses which promised at Sinai to do what God would command, even before it had hearkened to the commandments.” Jewish Theology The courts and quadrangles of Old Trinity ringing with laughter, the coarse exaggerations of tasteless scoffers, the jokes and sneers of stupidity, malice, and all uncharitableness, rang in my ears as if I heard them. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance “Out upon thee for a reviler and scoffer of goodness!” said Birch, moving slowly, and with a due observance of clerical dignity, down the road, followed by the imaginary Cæsar. The Spy Condensed for use in schools It hardens the heart, because God is jealous of His Son’s honour, and punishes the scoffer with the utter destruction of the spiritual faculty and with absolute inability to recover it. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews The scoffer stood a long time, as if suddenly struck by a thunderbolt, staring with amazement at the prophet. Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna Family prayer is neglected; and, to the shame of scoffers be it spoken, too much ridiculed. Augusta Triumphans Or, the Way to Make London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe She considered Sandy a scoffer, whereas Sandy did not scoff at all. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Everybody laughed heartily, but the lady of the house shook a minatory forefinger at me, saying, 'Ah, wicked scoffer! The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Some scoffer might perhaps at one moment be sneering or denouncing the demonstrations as demoniac, and the next be attacked with great violence. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge It is for this reason that scoffers have mocked at heaven. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal A man who has the public good in view, ought not in the least to be alarmed at the tribute of ridicule which scoffers constantly pay to projecting heads. Augusta Triumphans Or, the Way to Make London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe I beg your pardon, Mr. Crane; I am inexperienced, but I assure you I am not a scoffer. The Come Back Inquiries of this nature, and often the most trivial objects set off with a singular minuteness of description, tempted the laugh of the scoffers. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The scoffer owns the bigot's creed, Though keen the secret gibe may be; The sceptic seeks the tyrant's dome. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. "Don't think I'm a scoffer, my boy," said Sir Tom. Sir Tom I could have shot the scoffer who told me so. The Gates Between These were the Haugians, the holy ones, as scoffers called them. Skipper Worse It has been well remarked, that human society has no worse foe than a universal scoffer. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Matthew, sceptic and scoffer, had already failed to subscribe a prompt belief in that pain about the heart. Shirley She had accomplished what she had vowed to do, which many scoffers had thought she would never do. Sir Tom Can anyone doubt that the believer would be scandalized, and the scoffer find himself in a thoroughly congenial element? The Age of Pope (1700-1744) His former reputation for gentleness and moderation was injured; and scoffers cried triumphantly: "See, even he also!" Skipper Worse If the one represents the scoffer, the other represents the philosopher. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion To confute this sentiment, to upset 'Candide,'288 This dull product of a scoffer's pen, is the purpose of the lofty poetry and versified prose of the long dialogues which ensue. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Whereas, he had formerly been atrociously cruel, boastingly impious, and a scoffer at matters religious, his later descendants were generally tender of heart, soft of manner, and of great piety. Carmen Ariza A woman, however, has got to believe in love to the point of lunacy or become a scoffer. The Romance of a Plain Man All drunkards and scoffers, as well as those who make their belly their god, those who are slaves to their passions, and all unbelievers, will then be revealed before the judgment-throne. Skipper Worse I, the sceptic, the blasphemer, the scoffer at all things sacred, who had laughed at the legends and dogmas of Christianism as though they were incredible and effete as the myths of Olympus! Arrows of Freethought Farther South the voice of the scoffer was heard. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 Why "Made" scoffers could never understand, for it required precisely the same treatment as other starches. Jan and Her Job There were scoffers who tried to find something here for their easy wit. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 Hume's temperament, too cool for fanaticism, had yet in it enough of a certain tepid geniality to save him from becoming a scoffer. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications This also was from England, a fact which the scoffers at Ulster will do well to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule This example Jude sets forth for these scoffers who blame us for making a commotion, while we preach against them, for they are the real ones who make all the trouble. The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained And before Sunny could challenge the two scoffers, his harsh voice filled the room again. The Twins of Suffering Creek "Nor yet if they are going to Davy Jones's locker," said one scoffer, "as it seems to me they are." The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Our scoffers forget that scientific investigation always requires a medium and method. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war A brace of scoffers on the bridge explained the surging crowd, and advised instant application, that evening being the last. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule As usual, there were many scoffers, but the concensus of opinion was in favor of the project. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 She knew him to be a dreamer, a scoffer; but had not accredited him with a capacity of worry or grief. Sunlight Patch He turned his back on the scoffer, and strode towards the door. Ghetto Comedies But, friend Beckmesser, one word; I am no scoffer, but truly, knowing the song as I do, I have my doubts about your being able to learn it in an hour or so. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces These scoffers propose to discontinue the habit of swearing. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule We often hear the wiseacre scoffers say that Christ could have enjoyed peace had he desired to. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost Deacon Oaks calls him a scoffer, but I know he trusts him in all money matters, and I think father is the best and kindest man in the world. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Need we hesitate, then, profane scoffers as we may be, when such precedents lie before us? The Land of Thor The solemn world knows well that I'm no poet; So what care I if two gay scoffers know it? The Gay Rebellion “Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers.” The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Let the prejudiced scoffer say what he will, the Negro has done his full share in making the now illfated city blossom as the rose. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. Well, we need not waste time in discussing the opinions of the scoffers outside, or in submitting that there never was a game less easy to learn than golf. The Complete Golfer With that Guarinos, lance in rest, against the scoffer rode, Pierced at one thrust his envious breast, and down his turban trode. Mediaeval Tales The scoffer whom the parliaments of France had sentenced to a cruel death was consoled by a commission in the Prussian service. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) This foolish love was only day's first offer; I choose my next love to defy the scoffer; For do not our Bride and Bridegroom sally130 Out of Possagno church at noon? Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning He must simply baffle the scoffers by an inscrutable endurance. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange The scoffers boasted that God's regulations are perpetual, and that God had never completely abolished or altered his creation. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood The London print in which they appeared came to be christened by the scoffer and the incredulous the Daily Whale—it swallowed and disgorged so many of the Jonahs rejected by other editors. The Dop Doctor All whom his malevolent sarcasms had wounded made haste to avenge themselves by scoffing at the scoffer. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) A scoffer asked, "Why have Africans such broad feet." Jewish Literature and Other Essays Then the scoffers came and reduced him to the low level of his near kin, and explained the accounts of his works as mere fairy tales. Wild Animals at Home There the holy man almost verges on blasphemy until he is told that the Babylonian king should come and inflict punishment upon the unbelieving scoffers. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood Be ashamed, ye scoffers! and ask pardon for your unfounded accusations, your atrocious sneers. Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. “The scoffer came back to his seat and said, “‘It’s probably ventriloquism.’ Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 It would be difficult, indeed, to think of an oratorio or requiem written by a scoffer or a sceptic. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. For answer, Bob scooped up a handful of sand and threw it at the scoffer. The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room They will not let it find its own feet, till very late, and till, as the scoffer might well say, its limbs are absolutely atrophied. The Cult of Incompetence The average scoffer at faith goes about Pouring into the ears of his fellows each doubt Which assails him. Three Women On the scoffers and sceptics, in and out of the church, against the promise of Christ's return. That Gospel Sermon on the Blessed Hope It has swept like a hurricane of fire through the land, compelling faith from the baffled scoffer, and the most determined doubter.” Modern Spiritualism There is a poem of Paul Verlaine dedicated to Anatole France which speaks like one wounded well nigh past enduring by the voices of the scoffers. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Listen, scoffer; if you will behave with a decorum consistent with the gravity of the subject, I will explain how I became the possessor of this wonderful powder. Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales But the presence of the ignorant scoffer injures such objects and places, by setting up antagonistic vibrations which weaken those already existing there. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries The mischances that were to amuse us as scoffers now grieve us as men, and the value of the representation depends on the touches of beauty and seriousness with which it is adorned. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory "Only that?" says wicked Doris; but Clarice helps him from replying to the scoffer by going on to ask whether the fruit of Wisdom is not happiness? A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 He was a ribald and a scoffer in the presence of much that the world holds sacred; but the most sacred thing of all—the sanity of human reason—has never been more splendidly defended. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations You may see in His daily dealings no sign or symbol of coming retribution; you may be echoing the old challenge of the presumptuous scoffer—“Where is the promise of His coming?” Memories of Bethany The man had a wide observation of life; indeed, he was an interested and whimsical observer rather than an actor, and a scoffer always. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 It is essential that we should not get ourselves laughed at because, for one thing, the scoffers may get into serious trouble if they start investigating our assertions in a spirit of levity. The Mystery of the Green Ray Their very virtues make them more dangerous than outspoken materialists and scoffers. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance A friendly person in the crowd turned upon the scoffer. The Convert She was thankful to him for that—she had not forgotten the hurt in her father's eyes as the taunting questions of the scoffers struck home. The Gold Girl The average scoffer at things automobilistic is not very sincerely a scoffer at heart. The Automobilist Abroad She would want to know where 'the scoffer's seat' was, and if it had a cushion? Fifty-Two Stories For Girls The scoffers won the weak and cowardly to their ranks, and all these united in declaring that there could be no more fears or expectations now. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan It is such an apparition as this that really, in Gavarni, awakes the scoffer. Picture and Text 1893 “Betray mean terror of ridicule,—thou shalt find fools enough to mock thee:— “But answer thou their laughter with contempt, and the scoffers shall lick thy feet.” Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall He is a man of few words, off as well as on the stage; but his eyes flash fury if he hears his favourite Art derided by the scoffer. Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 For us Thy Son in Salem died, And Salem is the scoffer's throne! With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds It may be said by scoffers, and it has been said to-day, in my presence, that I didn't know enough to even milk a cow. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 But if I were to trust a devil, who might palm upon me his own fiendish performances for the works of men, how would the scoffer laugh? Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom Thus the son of praying parents often turns out to be a scoffer. A Dominie in Doubt I anticipate, in any case, that thoughtless scoffers will caricature my sketch and thus try to weaken its effect. The Jewish State There shall she lie also, the scoffer and reviler, the worker of evil. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 The word had long been a scoff on the lips of some in Nethermuir, but even the scoffers had to confess that, to some of the missioners at least, something had happened. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not The hermit lifted his eyes towards the heavens, p. 89prayed with clasped hands, and said, “Thus does the righteous man reply to the scoffer.” Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom There were no infidels, no religious scoffers, among those soldiers seriously awaiting the zero hour. The Greater Love The water was drained toward the south, and a shanty covered the hole from the eyes of the scoffers and the profane. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science A humble confession of his own utter unworthiness would be his reply alike to scoffer and to him who believes. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Did thy wedding with my daughter follow close on thy conversion, scoffers would see in it a clear inducement, would say that I bribed thee with my flesh and blood; and that would grieve me. The Valley of the Kings The only bow used in this last encounter was in the hands of a mythological person whose existence is doubted only by scoffers. Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University The god whom the scoffers do not provoke, nor the tormentors of men, nor the plotters of mischief;— 15. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion I was one of the critics, one of the scoffers, one of those who asked, 'What is it all about?' Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization He lived a scoffer, and died a Catholic. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Right away— There were those who laughed—Marya Proderenska thought—and there would always be those who laughed, but that did not injure her; for scoffers she felt only a vast contempt. Hex Sometimes he was a scoffer, as many with weak convictions are; but in general he preserved a formal and outward respect for the Church. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) In part, they were scoffed at because they did not fulfill that measure of asceticism which the scoffers chose to require, and which the clerics taught and seemed bound to practice. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The cholera would drive infidelity away from many a scoffer were it but to slay a few hundreds of Englishmen. Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet "Sufficient for the day was the finding thereof," the proving to scoffers that visionaries had legs to stand upon as well as heads. There was a King in Egypt One would almost be led to believe that Leech shared the immunity of the robust scoffers whom one usually sees behind a big cigar on board the yacht or steamboat. The History of "Punch" There were some scoffers, and now and then, some man had sense enough to laugh at the threats of priests and make a jest of hell. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators "Now he will have to go in," the scoffers said. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 For by good legislation and by encouraging agriculture they made the citizens earnest and industrious instead of scoffers and chatterers. Plutarch's Morals Surely he scoffs at the scoffers, But to the modest he ever shows favor. The Children's Bible The scoffer is the product of the limited knowledge characteristic of what Engels called "metaphysical materialism." Socialism: Positive and Negative I do not ask scoffers, who profess not to believe in the Bible. The Eagle Cliff But in regard to this subject, there have been not a few scoffers and dissenters, even among people of distinction. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery “I shall go by myself,” said Belle, “unless—unless that should happen which is not likely—I am not fond of radicals no more than I am of scoffers and mockers.” Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest Querulous he was and ill-tempered with the scoffers. The McBrides A Romance of Arran “Ah!” said the Ali—“you white men are infidels and scoffers!” as he laughed like a rollicking trooper, and led me, with his arm round my neck, into supper. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver What bird is a scoffer, a scorner, a jest? Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State I left the confutation of the scoffer to Miss Moore. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales It was a truthful nickname, but there was deeper power in the title than the English scoffers knew. Home Life in Colonial Days Again and again the scoffers and freethinkers rose up before his thoughts: he must refute their objections, and not until that was done did he become himself. Christian Gellert's Last Christmas From "German Tales" Published by the American Publishers' Corporation Mesclet’s report gave perfect satisfaction to the scoffers, and the mysterious drama at once established me in a position I could not have attained even by desperate services to the filibusteros. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Incited by one of the priests to resent the indignity, the people fell on the scoffers and beat them severely. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition Pedantic criticism declared: "It is not fit for the stage!" and the scoffers of the boulevards revenged themselves for the emotion these magnificent verses had given them by repeating: "It won't pay!" Artists' Wives If you have this prayerful spirit you will surely avoid all female scoffers at the Christian religion; and there are quite a number of them in all communities. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony He breasted the current of the popular opinion of his day, scorning alike the hatred and ridicule of the scoffers who mocked at the thought of there being but one way of salvation. The Chocolate Soldier Heroism—The Lost Chord of Christianity Despite the smiles of elderly scoffers, the larger number of my esthetic associates felt deeply grateful to these devoted literary pioneers, whose taste, enterprise and humor were all sorely needed "in our midst." A Daughter of the Middle Border The doctor was a good deal of a scoffer. The Paternoster Ruby He too turned upon the scoffers, but not as Labori had done before him. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Mr. Hurlbut was something of a scoffer at religion and my prompt action with his boy made me extremely popular in the district. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Let the scoffer sneer, let the proud man refuse to bend before the Altar of his Lord; but let nothing drive you from the Blessed Sacrament of Christ's love. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles The world of scoffers no doubt revels in this particular weakness, and gladly omits all the rest of the book, in haste to get at the personalities. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 There is no hint of hate or strife; The woods display the joy of life, An' answer with a silence fine The scoffer's jeer at power divine. The Path to Home You do not perceive, you subtle scoffer, that every one of your arguments can be turned against you to establish the superiority of the customs of the harem. French and Oriental Love in a Harem And God, who is the God of Justice, whatever scoffers may say, will bring the truth to light in His own good time. Afterwards The fields of the earnest, prayerful man, and those of the unbelieving, prayerless scoffer lie golden under the same sunlight, are watered by the same showers. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles "Who is that scoffer," said the man in gray, not without warmth. The Confidence-Man And lo! hearing that supernatural sound that told her of the hopelessness of love, Aurora dropped the hollow, mocking scoffer, clutched spasmodically at her heart, and, with an agonizing shriek, fell lifeless to the floor. The Holy Cross and Other Tales At such times scoffers are wont to become tremblers, and those who “trust in God” find Him “a very present help in trouble.” Philosopher Jack “That is true,” said I, attacking the pemmican with a small hatchet; “yet have I seen these same scoffers at careful cookery doing ample and appreciative justice to the mess when cooked.” The Big Otter A great truth was spoken by the scoffers. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Irreverent scoffers may say this is historically correct, as from their point of view Joan was rather light-headed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 He and they were scoffers and blasphemers and professed infidels. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor However, it is not of much use talking in this wise to a scoffer. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 Is it generous, or even just, in scoffers who are safely hidden behind bricks and mortar, to take advantage of the glass? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 He was, however, far from being a scoffer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Still, what a marvellous change, to see one so lately a sceptic and a scoffer now humbly studying the Word of Life! True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best The attempt to make a 'nation of saints' inevitably produced a nation of scoffers. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century His cynical contemporary, Voltaire, still has some veil of vague obscurity which hides his brilliance from the world apt to reckon him a mere scoffer and destroyer of beliefs. Heroes of Modern Europe I will draw you no portraits, you old scoffer; but I challenge you to produce out of your own imagination anything to match it. The Master of the Shell The scoffers on the bank were perplexed, and their jeers died away feebly. The Willoughby Captains One member suggested we should try the fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, as being both abstract and historical—but he was deemed to be a scoffer. Boycotted And Other Stories For thus would I silence all scoffers, And show them, by deed and by word, How strong is the faith of a Christian, How mighty the arm of the Lord. The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic They are consequently apt to become scoffers, and to attempt to turn religion and its sanctions into ridicule. Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew “Were they exercising for their health?” queried a scoffer, with what he was pleased to consider fine irony. A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route It is only the idle scoffers who stand by and jeer at our efforts to cleanse our house that should be kicked out of the door, as Brother Hotchkins turned out the rowdies. The Promised Land "He's goin' to head it off," said one of the scoffers to Morgan, beginning to feel a return of his exultation. Trail's End Anyway, the proceeds of his escapade were in his pockets; that was more money than any of the scoffers owned. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life In the early days of Rhine's work at Duke University, there were many scoffers. Highways in Hiding Thereafter the scoffers were put to silence, and the people of Mayence began to honour and esteem their worthy bishop, who, though he had been so exalted, possessed such honest common-sense. Legends of the Rhine They found various ways of expressing approbation of the pious, and frowning upon scoffers. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. The scoffers laughed louder at this, the sniffers wrinkled their noses a little more. Trail's End He had not only converted the scoffer, but he now found that the gang's plans for the evening no longer held a charm for him. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life The scoffers and detractors, naturally enough, were those people who had the least amount of psi ability. Highways in Hiding Early next morning as the bishop was going to mass, he noticed the scoffers' malicious work. Legends of the Rhine "Father Hickey," I replied, "before the sun rises again upon Four Mile Water, I will undo the visible work of God's hand, and bring the pointing finger of the scoffer upon your altar." The Miraculous Revenge Little Blue Book #215 Morgan stood aloof from doubters, hopers, scoffers, and all, saying no word for or against the rainmaker. Trail's End To Flaxman, who was certainly a bigot in regard to the beauties of the antique, if Roubiliac was something of a scoffer in that respect, this seemed flat blasphemy. Art in England Notes and Studies They went with the scoffers, and quoted Sydney Smith and "Blackwood," while "the world's dread laugh" made them shy of committing themselves to any decided opinion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 Even L. W., the scoffer, caught the sudden contagion; but Andrew McBain did not stir. Rimrock Jones “People,” exclaimed a third, “laughed at it because it had no head or tail”; but let the scoffers wait and see! The Story of the Cambrian A Biography of a Railway Shucks,' says I. Yet"—his attitude became exhortative—"see how mighty is truth, see how she prevails, see how the scoffer is confounded. The Lady Paramount Suddenly and in rapid succession shout after shout of victory from redeemed souls ascended, and as if by magic the late abode of scoffers became indeed a very Bethel. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective A brave man, who is not a scoffer, attacks the doctrine of non-resistance, and lays down his life for the faith that is in him. Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California In the group at the right of Jesus we can easily pick out the scoffers and critics, listening intently, some of them more interested, perhaps, than they had expected to be. Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation But the ignorant scoffers—the great majority—will mock on, and speak evil of the things they know not. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Many who came, like the scoffer to the church in Goldsmith's "Deserted Village," to criticise and condemn the new institution, remained to admire and praise it. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities But in his later works he assumes the air of the censor and scoffer. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology They were the first to offer To die for England's name Scorning the shirking scoffer, Who would not play the game. War Rhymes by Wayfarer He was perfectly willing that his world should see in him an incorrigible scoffer at moral conventions. A Pagan of the Hills "The populousness of Smyrna is owing to the foreign trade of the Franks and Armenians," says the scoffer. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity The scoffers say, 'Shall we be raised to life, and our forefathers too, after we have become dust and bones? The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The scoffers are the only ones who have ever noticed the incongruity, and they do not count, since they probably would not attend, anyway. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers In a select company of scoffers my brier was known as the Mermaid. My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke It is characteristic of the complete secularization of the States of the Church that a number of the literati pensioned by him were skeptics and scoffers. The Age of the Reformation How can such contradictions be true? says the scoffer. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity And Calvin, night's prophetic bird, Out of his home in hell was heard Shrieking; and all the fens were stirred Whence plague is bred; Can God endure the scoffer's word? A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI And it has given the scoffers excuse for calling it woman's logic. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers To various auditors, for that reason, the work seemed a little Methodistical; and drab is a colour at which the voice of the scoffer is apt to scoff. Shadows of the Stage "Not, O Lord," went on the clergyman, "in the sense which that profane scoffer would have ye to understand, but that they may hang thegither in accord and concord." Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O The scene of the judgment hall made an immense impression; the ardor, simplicity, and indignation of Francis had been so profound and sincere that scoffers were disconcerted. Life of St. Francis of Assisi You are a scoffer, and you have made much mock at the world. The Well of Saint Clare The gay scoffer, the one who despises Christ's tender offers of love and pardon, provided he is amiable and pleasant among his friends and associates, must not be given over to a just retribution. Choice Readings for the Home Circle He embodied a demoniac scoffer who, nevertheless, is a human being. Shadows of the Stage The scoffers shook their heads and said: “Clinton will bankrupt the State”; “The canal is a great extravagance”; and so on. Stories of Later American History He was not only a drunkard; he was a scoffer at religion, and considered it a mark of honor to take the name of God in vain. The Black-Sealed Letter Or, The Misfortunes of a Canadian Cockney. All are enemies of God and scoffers at divine providence. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence I am not fond of radicals no more than I am of scoffers and mockers.” Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 Some will murmur of 'fanaticism' before the only Christian whose grandeur awed the scoffer Gibbon. The Arian Controversy The pot may hold pottage, The place be a cottage, That a humble contentment defends, Only joy fills its coffer, But spite of the scoffer, There's the place where the rainbow ends. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Colonel Faversham realized, however, that his relationship to Bridget in former days might still be raked up as food for scoffers, and he shrank from anything of the nature of ridicule. Enter Bridget When I next saw the Lord He was in the hands of the scoffers who had turned away from the grave of Lazarus. The Children's Portion He looked at that unbelieving scoffer laid low, and did not even dimly guess at his profound, humiliating distress. Tales Of Hearsay The high priest of a deity or the ruler of a state is much less distinguished from the vulgar herd of mankind than the scoffer at all religion and the despiser of all dominion. Dialogues of the Dead Smile at old Fortune's adverse tide, Smile when the scoffers sneer and chide. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar You, a scion of the nobility, have been brought up in deplorable rebellion against the authority of God on this earth; but you are not a scoffer—not a scoffer. Romance But I think Victor Hugo understood the capabilities of human nature, and its real dignity, much better than these scoffers. The Destiny of Man Viewed in the Light of His Origin But he must not let this scoffer off without a word of rebuke. Rod of the Lone Patrol Another scoffer was Democritus of Abdera, who was so firmly convinced of the non-existence of ghosts that he took up his abode in a tomb and lived there night and day for a long time. Greek and Roman Ghost Stories I woke-and the scoffer may doubt me— I peered in surprise through the gloom; But nothing and none were about me, And I was alone in my room. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar For the benefit of the scoffer let me say that the Lady Helen could be very fetching when she was so minded, and this was our first meeting in four years. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars A few hot words with the clerical caretaker of the Chisley conscience over the question of Sabbath observance exposed the young man—the gaol-bird—as an infidel and a scoffer. In the Roaring Fifties P: Lest any soul should say: Alas, my grief that I was unmindful of Allah, and I was indeed among the scoffers! Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side No mere scoffer or reviler of the bible could have obtained such an influence in France as Voltaire did. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business At best they afforded only a poor disguise behind which a man might hide his sufferings from the scoffers. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy To some scoffer I may seem sentimental or childish; and to him I say: "wait until you are in similar circumstances." The Colonel of the Red Huzzars Ghosts are clothed in ghostly clothing; and the question has often been asked of modern spiritualists by materialistic scoffers, 'Where do the ghosts get their coats and dresses?' Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science We defend thee from the scoffers, S: Surely We will suffice you against the scoffers 015.096 Y: Those who adopt, with Allah, another god: but soon will they come to know. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side There were perhaps half a dozen listeners scattered about the sidewalk at a distance sufficient to prevent possible scoffers from including them in the service. Dan Merrithew The scoffer rails at ancient tales Of lake and stream and river; The wise man owns that in his bones The kelpie makes him shiver. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 And it astonished him when he analyzed it; he, the scoffer at bonds, now to find this picture the fairest in the world! Beyond The Rocks A Love Story An American would say, too thin; but I put Americans out of court at once as mere irreverent scoffers. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science S: And certainly messengers before you were mocked at, but that which they mocked at encompassed the scoffers among them. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side There was the scoffer, who exasperates; the enthusiast, the over-buoyant, who could point out favorable omens even in this bitter affliction; and it could not be divined which of these troubled the people more. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The stern reality of war was upon them, and, as Mr. Lowry wrote, 'There are no scoffers left in Lord Methuen's camp.' From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa The seamen, even Parmiter the scoffer, were listening open mouthed, when a hoarse voice broke the spell, cutting short Bulger's story and dispersing the group. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India This living martyrdom reaches its most acute stage when, in society, a man is forced to witness a brother priest expose the raw spots of his character to the vitriolic cynicism of the scoffer. The Young Priest's Keepsake It taxes the explanatory powers of the philosopher, and will remain to the end, a permanent difficulty to the scoffer and to the sceptic, and to all those who have not faith. The Purpose of the Papacy It has been called "the dull product of a scoffer's pen"; it is indeed the "product of a scoffer's pen"; but after reading the Excursion, few people will think it dull. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution Her aversion had been for the man who believed in nothing, and to whom nothing was sacred, and that man was as great a scoffer, as great an unbeliever to-day as ever. The Northern Light Inevitably also such a theory of worship often degenerated into an utter formalism which made hyprocrisy and unreality patent, until the hoc est corpus of the mass became the hocus-pocus of the scoffer. Preaching and Paganism But the doubts themselves were almost certain to press on Old Testament believers, as well as on Old Testament scoffers, especially under the circumstances of Malachi's time. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII But the unbaptised scoffer must burn forever—and the little boy knew at last what was meant by "the majesty of God." The Seeker The cool keen eye of the scoffer divined the strength of sorrow, and he admired the men whom he durst not imitate. Side Lights But Lance, though no scoffer, had small intimacy with ghosts; and Roy's frequented other regions; nor was he in the frame of mind to induce spiritual visitations. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India "Ah, scoffer at the wise," laughed Drusus, "what do you wish, then?" A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. The 'times far off' have long since come near enough to those scoffers. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII His father was in everlasting torment—having been not only unbaptised, but godless and a scoffer. The Seeker The great scoffer once read for twelve hours every day during an entire year, and his general knowledge of useful literature was quite remarkable. Side Lights Of all occasions to unfaithful scoffers Given by Turkey in this year of grace, The unexpected homage that she offers To the piano holds the foremost place. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917 So of a buffoon, in Love's Labour lost, it is said, that he is allowed, that is, at liberty to say what he will, a privileged scoffer. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies He was strictly orthodox where Ali was rather a scoffer, and an organizer where Ali was a warrior. The Negro Of such awful beings one must not speak lightly lest some terrific fate reserved for scoffers overtake one. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 The scoffers have long sat in the gate, and lolled out the tongue and cried aha! but of a surety the time draweth nigh. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times He knew how to bring it to the heart of men with a power that none 'could gainsay or resist,' Even Howel, sceptic, scoffer as he was, listened in spite of himself. Gladys, the Reaper The scoffer shall not go unpunished, nor shall he that revileth partake of the blessing. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Did he not reject Ishmael the scoffer, though he was the eldest son of Abraham, and countenance Isaac, who was the younger? A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 These and many other things the scoffers scoffed, with a right good-will. Doctor Claudius, A True Story The scoffers were again in their glory, and unhesitatingly pronounced the boat a failure. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made "Brother Sodom" was the nickname given by scoffers to the preacher—Mr. Soden—whose manner of preaching had so aroused Bud's combativeness, and whose saddle-stirrups Bud had helped to amputate. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana Yet the Colonel was right, and the scoffers wrong. Tell England A Study in a Generation In the leaders of those conspiracies we discover all the traits of character, attributed in prophecy to the scoffers who should arise in the last days. Sermons on Various Important Subjects But, says the scoffer, these limited editions and so forth foster the vile passions of competition. Prose Fancies By thus identifying the leading journalists of the country with his enterprise, he effectually silenced the scoffers, and with them the "lesser lights" of the press. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made The missionary enterprise has come to attract great attention: it has many friends, and also many foes, here at home; it is misrepresented by scoffers at our doors. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 The Colonel was a poet who could listen and hear how the heart of the world was beating; the scoffers were prosaic cattle who scarcely knew that the world had a heart at all. Tell England A Study in a Generation But scoffers say that most of the passengers make full use of the unlimited stop-over privileges allowed at Vanity Fair. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 "You've all been drinking hard cider or pop or something like that," said the brawny scoffer. The Daughter of Anderson Crow It may be said by scoffers, and it has been said to-day, in my presence, that I didn’t know enough to even milk a cow. Peck's Compendium of Fun Why should God, asked the scoffer, reveal these trivial or prolix details? Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria But to be "willingly ignorant" of that which may and ought to be known, is one of the characteristic sins of a generation of impenitent and profane "scoffers." Notes on the Apocalypse Some one, I believe, has even, with unselfish consideration for the weaker brethren, turned "Sordello" into prose--a superfluous task, some scoffers may exclaim. Life of Robert Browning Spurn the vulgar error," said the old veteran stoutly, "that a soldier must be a scoffer. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 But those scoffers were chiefly a few rising young advocates; the judge's family and his friends accepted the tale in its entirety. Stories of the Border Marches Three shall not enter Paradise—the scoffer, the hypocrite, and the slanderer. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala But the Commandments do not always prevent such virtuous scoffers from dealings with their neighbor of which no gentleman could be capable and retain his claim to the title. Etiquette An hour ago if any one told us we were going to sit down at half-past four to a hot dinner of pork and potatoes we should have slain him as a scoffer. One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo The day will come when those scoffers will go down to the home of their ancestors, try to find the old stone steps, and raise on it a tablet with a golden inscription. Invisible Links But he was an earnest man and no scoffer, and some of his best friends were priests and clergymen. The Dweller on the Threshold The scoffer, the liar, the hypocrite, and the slanderer can have no share in the future world of bliss. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Don't you let that scoffer, Will, have another one. The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf We merely ask, do not estrange us from you, do not destroy the ancient tie of blood, do not let scoffers and slanderers drive a kindred nation from your side. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 584. (Supplement to Vol. 20) While the scoffer spoke, women rushed up to the platform. Invisible Links And one lies here of whom the scoffer said, He did his best the green churchyard to fill; None ever looks upon his lowly bed, Without the recollection of a pill. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891 At twelve o'clock, even the scoffers were silent. The End of the World A Love Story Only one day we were a community of roysterers and scoffers, impious and abominable, and the next he was amongst us smiting and thundering. At a Winter's Fire Lethington, probably, was the scoffer who styled these provisions “devout imaginations.” John Knox and the Reformation As many knights were in quest of Florimell, some of them soon encountered the scoffers, who declared they were leading the lady back to court. The Book of the Epic Then on one winter's night, shortly before the election writs were issued, the doubters and the scoffers were once and for all confounded. Ireland Since Parnell There were scoffers and cavillers then as now. Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters "Well, you said no human being would be permitted to get the coin and then you said Lawyer Geyer sent us after it and--" "I move we throw him overboard--he's a scoffer!" declared Tom. Boy Scouts in Southern Waters While, perhaps, the strongest motive of all in the old man's mind was the obstinate desire to prove himself right, and so to confound young scoffers like Dempsey. Harvest He stands out as one of the most penetrating satirists and resonant scoffers at folderol that this continent nourishes. Shandygaff A snap of the fingers for cynical scoffers! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 12, 1891 It deals with no shadows, and indeed with few abstractions, except those that form a part of vital problems--a statement which may provoke the scoffer, but will be found to be true. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucian, who was a pagan and a scoffer, said that on one side of the shrines the notice was posted: "Christians outside." The Jesus of History If the scoffer should ask, what the deuce brought you there? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 "There you go—rejoicing in my humiliations!" said Meadows, putting an arm round the scoffer. A Great Success If from the Outlook Tower he dreams of an idealised Edinburgh he has only to reply to the scoffer who asks, "What have you done?" Civics: as Applied Sociology The gospel is not for the stupid, or for the doubter,—still less for the scoffer. Sermons to the Natural Man The scoffers of the wedding feast repeated their sneers and revilings—the word "charlatan" was again heard passing from lip to lip. Mystic Christianity A scoffer looked down upon her through curling rings of smoke. Helena The boldest scoffers assembled around L'Espinasse, and there was afterward formed around her a circle of her own. International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850 The most scornful scoffers made a concession and kindly consented to go to the boudoir. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories Into these lines Field managed to throw all the exulting fanaticism of the hopeless bibliomaniac without suppressing one jot of the chuckle of the profane scoffer. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 It had such an air of sincerity that both the believers and the scoffers read it with interest. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great Others, scoffers and Parisians, speak of popular people and principally of music-hall singers. Light Even my companion, a scoffer, who had never risen above a full privacy in the Eton Volunteers, was strangely moved. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 9, 1890 We cannot, without sin against humanity, ask the scoffer's question, "Am I my sister's keeper?"—not even concerning the poorest and meanest foreign woman, for the reason that she is our sister. Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers No, I cannot think that my labours have been all in vain, nor that victory is to be won in theology as cheaply as the scoffers would have us believe. Recollections of My Youth "Except ye become as little children," etc.—and yet the scoffers are often people of worth. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great My secret sins and vices grave Let none betray; The scoffer's jeers I do not crave To-day. Shapes of Clay After all, it is but the captious inference of witlings and scoffers, that attributes to mere sexual vanity that superstitious horror of encroaching age, from which the wisest are not always free. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 483, April 2, 1831 He was human, very human, but he was no scoffer or doubter. Yesterdays with Authors And this hatred to Christ will continue till the end of the world: for we read, that "in the last days will come scoffers." Parish Papers What will the scoffers and scorners, the haters of good works, say to the sacred truths—the soft-breathing simplicity—of this extract. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 481, March 19, 1831 At the sight of his suffering the scoffers were dumb. Hero Tales of the Far North Let this be an incitement to the deserving, and a warning to scoffers who presume to doubt me. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 23, 1890 I wish I were a skeptic, a scoffer, an atheist. Abroad with the Jimmies And with ominous significance, he approached the young scoffer, his hand on an exact level with the latter's ear, his right foot raised to indicate a possible means of enforcing obedience to his commands. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk To me it came as a rescuing sun, after a period of groping about for an authoritative opinion that should put scoffers to flight. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography "I think," she said, "that there was once another scoffer who remained to pray." Ailsa Paige And this is now a convincing proof to me, and shames as much an infidel's presumption as his ignorance, that those who know least are the greatest scoffers. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 Not a man present, believer or scoffer, but breathed a silent prayer. Where the Trail Divides His presence came to be a trial to beginning players, who took no real pleasure in the game until they reached the second tee, beyond the ken of the scoffer. The Wrong Twin And yet, in spite of sceptics and scoffers, the Eldorado existed. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Her threatened career, which seemed such a joke to her family, was here; she was well launched upon it, with the two scoffers still in ignorance of the fact. Bambi Faust, so we hear, the daring idealist, the servant of God, is to be tempted by Mephisto, the despiser of reason, the materialistic scoffer. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. Surely your mother bare you a scoffer and pitiless, Socrates, and not, as you boast, a man-midwife fit for fair youths.” Phaethon The lyre in my hand has never swept, The song I cannot offer: My humbler service pray accept— I'll help to kill the scoffer. The Devil's Dictionary And dead are all their scoffers now and all their sneers forgot And scarce a nickel's worth of good was brought here by the lot. Just Folks The scoffers, again, said that "the cap'n put it in his musket when he went into the war, and kep' it there till he come out." The Village Watch-Tower Some one, I believe, has even, with unselfish consideration for the weaker brethren, turned "Sordello" into prose — a superfluous task, some scoffers may exclaim. Life of Robert Browning There was nothing of the scoffer in him. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Within the compass of five generations we find the Puritan first an uncompromising believer in demonology and magic, and then a scoffer at everything involving the play of fancy. The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac I shudder when I stop to think, had I been living then, I might have been a scoffer, too, and jeered at Bob and Ben. Just Folks The same two classes of opponents, the scoffers and the diabolists, face us to-day. The Vital Message But if I am still a sceptic, I have at least ceased to be a scoffer. The Parasite The result of such a demonstration would only be more and more to make thinking people inside the Church dissemblers, and thinking people outside, scoffers. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Our faith might not be formulated in creeds, nor forced upon any who were unwilling to receive it; hence there was no preaching, proselyting, nor persecution, neither were there any scoffers or atheists. The Soul of the Indian I glanced in the direction of the scoffers, frowningly enough, and then I turned to Phorenice to demand their prompt punishment for the disrespect. The Lost Continent All silent—they are dumb—and the breezes go and come With an apathy that mocks at man's distress; Laugh, scoffer, while you may! Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon This graceful young scoffer reappeared a couple of evenings later, and confirmed the friendly feeling he had provoked on Rowland's part. Roderick Hudson What if the acts he had reconciled himself to because they made him a stronger instrument of the divine glory, were to become the pretext of the scoffer, and a darkening of that glory? Middlemarch To whom did this anarchical scoffer unite himself in this phalanx of absolute minds? Les Misérables Amarilly, case-hardened against raillery by reason of the possession of a multitude of young brothers, paid no heed to the bantering scoffer, but resumed her work in dogged dejection. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley About three years ago," said another, "I came in touch with a man who has been the biggest and most hardened scoffer I have had to contend with. The Personal Touch Flitch made an attempt, not very successful, to draw himself up and face the scoffer. Till the Clock Stops I may be a scoffer," he cried, "but I wouldn't hold a judgment over a child of mine! Java Head "Out upon thee for a reviler and scoffer of goodness!" said Birch, moving slowly, and with a due observance of clerical dignity, down the road, followed by the imaginary Caesar. The Spy But confess, it was agreeable to see the old scoffer at your feet…. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories If there were scoffers there, do you not think they were led to believe there was a reality in religion? Stories Worth Rereading I doubt not that you will find among your comrades some who are extreme sectaries, and others who are scoffers and disbelievers. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 "You always were a scoffer," the other replied, unmoved. Java Head The irreverent scoffer may call it "instinct," or talk about the "sense of smell." Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others I'm not in the least a scoffer, though; pray believe that. Quaint Courtships I am delighted to testify to these things, because I had formerly been a scoffer. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War All creeds may be welded together, but the Puritan and the scoffer are like oil and water. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 It is, if our author pleases, "the production of a scoffer's pen," or it is any thing, but dull. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 This was the portion of the hall where the scoffers assembled, but it was also the portion which yielded most fruit, if the revival happened to be a successful one. In the Midst of Alarms These two fine, braided, mustachioed, sneering personages, were none other than dandy professors of the college—Messieurs Boissec and Rochemorte—a pair of cold-blooded fops and pedants, sceptics, and scoffers. Villette The most heartless scoffer may be suddenly surprised by emotion in a way to him unaccountable; of all its approaches and all the preparation for it he has been profoundly unaware. Weighed and Wanting If the World should offer Every precious gem, Look not at the scoffer, Change it not for them. Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Wordsworth had described Candide, in Book II., as the "dull product of a scoffer's pen." The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 There were now no scoffers at the back of the room. In the Midst of Alarms In religion, a scoffer not only at superstition, but at all beliefs and rites which imply revelation, he still clung to the belief in a personal God. Outline of Universal History It says just before—that he was a scoffer. The Road to Damascus Be silent, you black scoffer, and do not allude to such disgraceful things in the presence of respectable people! Jurgen A Comedy of Justice And expressions of admiration broke from the scoffers as a second splendid perch dangled in the air and was landed high and dry—or comparatively so—in the branches of the wattle tree. A Little Bush Maid This conversation caused young De Plonville to make two resolutions; first, to mention his scheme to no one; second, to persevere and perfect his invention, thus causing confusion to the scoffer. The Face and the Mask It is not often that the philosophic scoffers forget themselves for others. Amiel's Journal I had a hired man there in Utah, in them days, who was inclined to be a scoffer at our plain home-made style of religion. Remarks Say, is it to be borne, that scoffers, vain Of their own freedom from the altar's chain, Should mock thus all that thou thy blood hast sold. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes The Jew, a dreadful scoffer, pointed heavenwards with one finger. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia In the Love Comedy, as a scoffer he is inharmonious. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth It lies between them,' said the old scoffer, with a shrug. The History of David Grieve "Then, there's Giraffe who'll he sure to volunteer," continued the other, bound to take all the scoffers in by turns. The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island or Marooned Among the Game-fish Poachers "Breathe not that name in levity again, thou scoffer, or even your years may prove a feeble protection!" said a stern, startling voice from behind. The Pilot "A good haystack," said Quentin, "is a convenient bed for an astrologer, and a much better than a heathen scoffer at our blessed religion and its ministers, ever deserves." Quentin Durward Say unto the scoffers, Who shall save you by night and by day from the Merciful? The Koran (Al-Qur'an) “But,” he continued, “I am not particularly flattered at being called a scoffer at my own people–” “I did not say that,” interrupted Miss Brandon. An American Politician Instantly, as you may imagine, all the scoffers came tumbling out of the inn, hullabooling, gesticulating, and running like madmen after the horse, and one old man even turned to protest to me. The Path to Rome How many of these scoffers, to whom death cast no shield round the object of their poor taunts, had shouted themselves hoarse on the Monday, and waved palm branches that were not withered yet! Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII "If you are a scoffer," he said, sternly, "my clairvoyant will not speak." Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece |
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