| 单词 | scribbler |
| 例句 | I must have just listened and watched everything that was taking place around me, more doglike than future scribbler. Michael Ondaatje: By the Book 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The presence of legendary pulp scribbler Jim Thompson as co-screenwriter probably ensured this level of coruscating cynicism and brute realism, and the stark visuals surely hark back to Kubrick's experiences as a news photographer. The Killing: No 13 2010-10-17T10:43:00Z The vast majority of people who would bother coming up to an obscure scribbler are already self-selected for niceness. Why I was rude and other writers' woes 2010-05-11T08:37:00Z Even at the Gray Lady, the longest-serving restaurant scribbler told me his editors warned him off review introductions that weren’t related to what he found on his plate. Restaurant review: The Fainting Goat on U Street 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z “Who were all these scribblers whose work filled the shelves? Did they find their lives as writers rewarding? Who reads their work now? Are we missing out?” Christine Smallwood: Phyllis Rose’s “The Shelf: From LEQ to LES” 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z One particular number, Abracadabra, in which the gypsy teaches a smitten scribbler how to juggle and encourages him to "balance a moonbeam, light as a feather", is vintage Bart. Quasimodo – review 2013-03-25T18:32:00Z The commissioned scribblers are tasked with finding modern English equivalents for lines that might, on their surface, seem opaque to a contemporary eye or ear. Oregon’s theater trail to Washington 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Holmes has a unique reason for wanting to die: He has deduced that he may not be a real person, but a fiction, “some ink-stained scribbler’s creation.” ‘The Fifth Heart,’ by Dan Simmons 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Which is fine, but if wallowing in the creative hiccups of tortured scribblers is your moviegoing goal, there are much better options. Movie Review: ‘The Yakuza and the Mermaid,’ by Chris Benker 2012-09-27T22:38:21Z “There is a radical error, I think, in the usual mode of constructing a story,” Poe writes in “The Philosophy of Composition,” a great, mad essay from which young scribblers may still profit. Movie Review: ?The Raven,? With John Cusack, Directed by James McTeigue 2012-04-26T23:19:38Z She was viewed in the “Mad Men” era as a mere female scribbler, and was forced to steal hours at her desk while raising four children and keeping house. Review: ‘Let Me Tell You’ Collects Early Works by Shirley Jackson 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Dave is a scribbler for Rolling Stone or so he claims, and is here for the story, which is more or less the filmmakers’ and our goal, too. Review: ‘Miles Ahead,’ an Impressionistic Take on Miles Davis 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z They are scribblers, part of the vanishing breed of full-time investigative reporters, going up against a monolithic and recalcitrant institution with the lion’s share of public support. Review: 'Spotlight' Is an Emotional Tour de Force 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Martin grew up into a comic novelist and a prolific periodical scribbler, just like dad. Good Night, Sweet Prince 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s a good thing, then, that I’m a critic in a city that, in any given season, has a smorgasbord of works by that old Elizabethan scribbler. A Smorgasbord of Shakespeare, With Some New Trimmings 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z And alongside them are a number of other scribblers working hard to keep everyone up to date. Local heroes 2010-06-04T15:11:00Z But, as King advises, “Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.” 21 Pieces of Writing Advice From Stephen King 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Which is a fine way to introduce Oliver Wolcott Gibbs, one of the great curmudgeonly scribblers of the now passed American century. TIME Recommends: Forward Run to this Wolcott Gibbs Anthology 2011-10-25T14:34:09Z The playwright’s own moods sometimes reflected a man devoted to the theater who didn’t always think the ardor was returned by the scribblers who covered him. Perspective | With Terrence McNally’s death, the theater has lost a voice of consummate wit and passion 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z "Write what you know" is the exhausted adage passed from lecturer to amateur scribbler down the ages. Let's start a comedy crime wave 2010-08-03T10:36:00Z More golden age Hollywood nostalgia with this cantering comedy about tinseltown: the boozers, the fixers, the divas, the hoofers, the scribblers. The Coen brothers’ films – ranked! 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z But what about children, champion scribblers and their own literary possessions? ArtsBeat: Children Scribbling in the Margins 2011-03-15T18:23:00Z Though regularly praising “mediocre scribblers,” he unsurprisingly “harboured resentments about the fame of real writers.” Review: ‘Georgie & Elsa: Jorge Luis Borges and His Wife, the Untold Story’ January began with the annual klatch of critics gathered for the Slate Movie Club, four chipper scribblers being smart and politely argumentative and, now and then, horrendously wrong. Arts & Leisure Preview: Defy the Elite! Wait, Which Elite? 2011-01-14T19:33:01Z More than the Northern scribbler, she’s the audience stand-in and a reminder: Distrust complacency. Theater Review: ?Deep Are the Roots? at the Metropolitan Playhouse 2012-03-11T22:06:24Z Back in the Precambrian era when I was a neophyte scribbler, publishing houses weren't quite the fortresses they are today and you could almost get by – or rather in – without an agent. And now there's a book out there with your name on it. Imagine that 2011-04-12T11:51:16Z The "competition", if it can really be called that, is aimed at everyone: hobby scribblers and pro writers alike. Campaign for Real Fear aims to shock the horror fiction world 2010-03-31T08:05:00Z In front of him were a phalanx of photographers, cameras, and scribblers – an audience of more than 200 reporters from media outlets around the globe. Fake burgers will save us all! 2013-12-08T22:00:00Z There, you might find other scribblers, with names like Saroyan and Steinbeck, to share a convivial drink nearby; some of Hollywood Boulevard’s many bookshops are open almost as late as the bars. Patt Morrison: Don't let anybody diss L.A.'s reading habits. This was and is a bookstore boomtown 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z But Trump’s record also includes countless lawsuits, which he files with the gleeful frequency of a parking-ticket scribbler in the District of Columbia. Opinion | Waiting for a Trump indictment has become an arresting comedy 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Professional scribblers need to look beyond the immediate news of leadership changes in the Congress, a.k.a. the trees, and see the forest standing in plain sight. Opinion | How to get Congress off ‘dead centre’ 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z But Wessex isn’t the only challenge facing the struggling scribbler. Keegan Theatre mounts regional premiere of ‘Shakespeare in Love’ 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z One was chaotic and constantly bickering: Natalie Lee, the mellow yet goofy consultant whose love language is sarcasm, and Shayne Jansen, an extremely energetic real estate agent/notebook scribbler who covets validation. These 'Love Is Blind' stars left toxic romances on national TV: 'It was gonna be a no' 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The content of the censored lines — and the identity of the fastidious scribbler — eluded historians for nearly 150 years. Marie Antoinette’s Letters to Her Dear Swedish Count, Now Uncensored 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Buck’s is neighbors with the bookstore Politics & Prose, which means authors frequently wine and dine in the restaurant, and Alefantis seems to know every artist, scribbler and socialite in Washington. Perspective | A food critic returns to a favorite dining room to find hugs and laughs instead of masks 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z But he certainly has use of the academic scribblers gathered at Harvard. Inside the neoliberal laboratory preparing for the theft of Venezuela’s economy 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Nobody left the gathering feeling that the scribbler had “prevailed.” In Pittsburgh, Naftali Bennett’s Presence Highlights the Debate Between Netanyahu’s Government and American Jews 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Perhaps, such scribes and scribblers are projecting their own rage at the object of their thwarted childhood dreams? Opinion | Trump is no poodle 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The cottage industry of scribblers chronicling life inside Trump’s White House exists, in part, because of well-placed leaks. ‘Defiance Disorder’: Another new book describes chaos in Trump’s White House 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Mr Puchner, a professor at Harvard University, places the written word at the very heart of things, bringing scribes and scribblers out from the shadows and giving them their moment in the sun. How the written word shaped the written world 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z A friend of Isaac Newton once described him as a compulsive scribbler on walls. Windmill drawing found on wall of Isaac Newton childhood home 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Journalists in attendance were called “creepy little scribblers”. 'We tried nice guys': conservative hardliners stay in a trance for Trump 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z We scribblers have never been the most popular people on the block. Opinion | Trump v. the media: A failure to communicate 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z To the many reasons we have for admiring Marlene Dietrich can now be added the fact that she was an inveterate scribbler in books. Witty marginalia – just another reason to love the printed book | Steven Poole 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z For what it’s worth, this scribbler would merely have loved to see him test his skills against Joe Louis. Muhammad Ali: fighter, joker, magician, religious disciple, preacher 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Collins described himself as a “scribbler and a babbler,” and he mastered both forms. Bud Collins, US voice of tennis in print and on TV, has died 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Collins described himself as a "scribbler and a babbler," and he mastered both forms. Bud Collins, the tennis historian and American voice of the sport in print and on TV for decades, has died 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z That is the question exercising France's football scribblers. Benzema's France career threatened by sex tape case - BBC News 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Indeed, there is an aspect of performance about marginalia that the scribbler expects others to see. Witty marginalia – just another reason to love the printed book | Steven Poole 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z While some in our community saw this as a sign of failure in finding the mystery scribbler, it is too early to say what the end result will be. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z A large part of this delight springs from both non-candidates disdain for the political scribblers they court. Sarah Palin and Donald Trump Are Not Running for President 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z From household names to deeply obscure scribblers, authors are inflamed this summer, perhaps more deeply divided than at any point in nearly a half-century. Amazon, a Friendly Giant as Long as It’s Fed 2014-07-12T04:00:00Z The authors explain the connection between ideas, the “products” of the academic scribblers of their title, and the political actions that turn them into laws – and occasionally into ex-laws. Our Wonderful Politicians -- Why Do They Pass So Many Bad Laws And Repeal So Few? 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z “The truth of the matter is you can’t just make stuff up,” he told the scribblers who get paid to check his facts. Cover Story: Blue Truth, Red Truth 2012-10-04T02:05:41Z In late January, when the GDP figures for the final quarter of last year were published, there was a howl of disbelief from the City's scribblers. Recovery weaker than first thought, ONS says 2012-06-28T18:05:45Z Watching faceless online passerby troll bloggers or mock fellow scribblers can be a drag, but what if legislators’ answer to online ne’er-do-wells was to ban anonymous comments from websites entirely? State Law May Silence Anonymous Online Speech 2012-05-24T17:05:40Z "As to being broke, I don't believe that we have come yet to that pass in England that the discipline of our army is administered by every scribbler in a newspaper." Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Keynes himself was one of those academic scribblers. Our Wonderful Politicians -- Why Do They Pass So Many Bad Laws And Repeal So Few? 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Raphael would not faint away at the daubing of a sign painter, nor Homer hold his head the higher for being in the company of the poorest scribbler that ever attempted poetry. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z As Keynes once put it, “Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.” Economix Blog: Bruce Bartlett: The Origin of Modern Republican Fiscal Policy 2012-03-20T10:00:48Z Pedants in the pulpit, and scribblers of Rosa-Matilda verses in printed albums, saw, from other articles in the manifesto, that exterminating war was declared on their inanities and sentimentalities. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z To think that he, a noble of high rank, should find himself cheek by jowl with the low, dirty, foul-mouthed scribbler, whose name was Marat! The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Free verse that is flabby, in-organic, shapelessly obvious, is as much of a crime against poetry as the cheapest echo of a Masefield that any doggerel scribbler ever strummed. Irradiations; Sand and Spray 2012-02-14T03:00:28.347Z “Imagine,” writes scholar Francis Fukuyama in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, “an obscure scribbler in a garret somewhere trying to outline an ideology of the future.” Fukuyama's 'Future of History': Is Liberal Democracy Doomed? 2012-02-08T15:10:00Z To connect this work, however, with the refutation of such a paltry scribbler as this Arnold Forster, appears to us a waste of labor,—like crushing a ciar�g with a battering-ram. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z I shall become a byword, a thing of scorn for every scribbler to aim his wit at.' Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Their place was taken by a number of scribblers, who, by flattering the commonest preferences and by appealing to the worst taste of the large army of voters, made themselves rich and their books popular. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z He was no ignorant, careless scribbler, tossing into the ephemeral columns of the press hasty rhymes of which he never thought again. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z I wrote and read my compositions to myself, without seeking the applause of an audience or boring my neighbours with things they do not care for, as is the wont of most scribblers. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z There is a sudden hoist for a meek and lowly scribbler, who was told to "stick to her teaching," and never had a literary friend to lend a helping hand! Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z The former he styles in his journal a “Jesuit” and a scribbler who went thither in order to become famous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Bachmann would not easily be convinced by the opinion of an inexperienced scribbler. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z What though the scribblers and the wits might say, He built his pile on vanquished Liberty— Let others meanly dread the slanderous tongue, While I obey my king, can I do wrong? The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Moreover, the prevalent affectation of independence and the fashionable revolt against prejudice led ignorant scribblers to plume themselves upon their solecisms and plebeian lapses into dialect. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Stockjobbers are not the only people, who employ a set of scribblers to invent and publish falsehoods for their own peculiar purposes. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z "What business have young scribblers to send me their verses and ask my opinion of the stuff?" said Doctor Holmes one day, annoyed by the officiousness of certain would-be aspirants to literary fame. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z Neither the fulsome dedication, nor the humility of the preface, nor the indifferent lithographs, purporting to represent notable Asiatics and Europeans, can be admitted in palliation of this Kashmirian scribbler's literary misdemeanour. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z In each case where Mac Swiggen is used in the earlier version, it is changed later.—"This giant," "Sangrado," "dear satirist," "a green goose," "scribbler," and "insect," are supplied in its place. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z This very man was himself the hired scribbler of a party; and why should a commissioner of excise be one of the meanest of mankind? Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z Vile scribblers in their greed of gold, Thus through death's cerements thrust, 'Mid scandals there obscene and old, And tales of darkness best untold, Battening on filthy dust. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z It cannot be permitted that any scribbler can dare to criticise the people belonging to the upper classes, and speak about them disrespectfully.' Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z The apparition of the scribbler was the worse message for her. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z "Never shall my daughter become the wife of a scribbler." The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z His collar was open, in the fashion attributed to Byron, and much affected by scribblers who are incapable of imitating the noble bard in anything but his follies. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z An American economist on the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, Mr. Posen is no academic scribbler or lonely blogger, but someone inside the central banking establishment. Adam Posen Presses Central Banks to Act More Aggressively 2011-09-17T19:16:59Z Well, he's an editor, a sort of general scribbler, so they will be on a delightful equality. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Police began cracking down on public drunks, potheads, aggressive panhandlers, graffiti scribblers and even "squeegee pests," the guys who offered to clean commuters' windshields at traffic stops, and cyclists who rode on the sidewalk. Can an American Supercop Help Clean Up London's Streets? 2011-08-15T08:35:00Z "No, you may not," interrupted Borg, "I don't want to know any drunken scribblers, come along." The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Oh, of course scribblers will scribble and anyone who has a message to deliver will have to spout it out, war time or not, but they may not think they are so all-fired important. Molly Brown's College Friends 2011-07-16T02:00:15.700Z Servile scribblers are always ready to foster such complacency by expounding the appropriate doctrines. Michele Bachmann and the free market gospel 2011-07-03T14:45:00Z I should, if they employed him—but would seriously recommend them, for the scribbler's sake, as well as their own, not to employ him. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z She told all her callers she "had received measureless sympathy, and as for her enemies, and what they said, she just washed her hands of them—poor, beggarly scribblers, and such like." A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z I suppose a scribbler unconsciously comes to write out whatever he feels, as a nervous woman plays her emotions away on a piano. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z Among so many scribblers it is well to have one sane person willing to compose the audience. Molly Brown's College Friends 2011-07-16T02:00:15.700Z I suspect that “The Advice” was nothing but a parody on “The Instructions” by some very witless scribbler. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Forth let me come—A Poetaster true, As lean as Envy, and as baneful too; On the dull audience let me vent my rage, Or drive these female scribblers from the stage. The Fatal Falsehood 2011-05-31T02:00:36.033Z On me—as a scribbler of sorts—descended the onus of putting it on paper. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z It is never safe to condemn anybody, not even a poor, miserable scribbler for the press, on circumstantial evidence. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z For as to the court writers, being commonly hired scribblers, they are altogether as scurrilous as the mercenaries of the other party: nor has the Gazetteer any advantage, in this respect, above common sense. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z My excellent friend does not like me to tell this story, because he thinks it represents me as the conscientious artist and him as the shallow scribbler. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z The character of the great Magyar came out stainless and triumphant—to the chagrin of suborned scribblers, and the despots who had suborned them. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z They were buoyed up with the hope that Richelieu would bring in an age of gold for scribblers. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z And prevent, I beseech you, O chaste and noble Muses, any supplemental scribblers spoiling, by their fables, the truths I have taught mortals in this faithful narrative. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z One of the late scribblers against us gives a bill of fare of the provisions at my daughter's wedding, and proclaims to all the world, that we had the insolence to eat beef and pudding! Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Every dilettante scribbler for the magazines who sketches his rambles in Spain or Switzerland, grows jocose over some eccentricity or absurdity of his countrymen. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z It was only one of the thousand falsehoods propagated by the truculent scribblers of this unprincipled journal; and for which they may some day be called to account. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z I'm afraid some poor scribblers are going to catch it. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z "You find it all right, do you, for him to fall at your feet--' that is the phrase used by the scribbler." 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z And Vaughan was a nobody, a mere scribbler, of no use to the world. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z He is a miserable scribbler, that is what he is, always stringing abominable verses together; and the more one tries to make him understand it, the more madly he insists upon rushing into rhyme. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z Such forecasters were famously dismissed by a former chancellor as "teenage scribblers". Interest rate alarmists should learn from history 2011-01-23T00:06:00Z The question is whether this concept of the savvy is, as Rosen, suggests, the “professional religion” of journalistic scribblers. In Defense of the Mainstream Media 2011-01-15T16:02:19Z Venal scribblers asserted all kinds of falsehoods concerning him, and the elegant pages of “Journals of Civilization” pandered to the taste of the “b’hoys,” in the work-shops, by publishing malicious caricatures of him. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z I don't know just how it came about, but the spinster scribbler developed a jealous streak and upbraided Will for being ungrateful for all she had done for him. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z The magnitude of this offer did not shock me, but five dollars meant a sovereign, and the addition of twenty shillings to one's weekly income suggested wealth to a young scribbler in London. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Miserable palaver written by immature little scribblers in imitation of the great Nietzsche. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z "Of whom should I speak, sinner that I am, but of him of whom I last spoke—that incomprehensible, uncontrollable varlet—that scribbler of bad verse—that idle companion of thine?" William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z But while these anonymous scribblers might be despised, many honest people not disposed to think evil were sorely perplexed. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z He's a scribbler with a terminal and a net. Don't make Guido Fawkes a fall guy for Hague's woes. It's just politics 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z There is, of course, a cult of notebooks, which has come with the cleverly promoted idea that those of a special quality can turn you from a scribbler into a writer. An unauthorised history of Smythson's 2010-03-27T00:12:00Z Salman Rushdie once said of Kapuscinski: "He is worth a thousand whimpering and fantasizing scribblers." In Poland, a Legendary Journalist Mixes Fact with Fantasy 2010-03-15T21:10:00Z Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.??? 2010-02-06T03:06:00Z A decade ago, there was a battle over space in the Writers Room, a Greenwich Village haven for scribblers of serious purpose. 2010-01-08T06:02:00Z He judges me by the principles of Rivinus, and hundreds of the vilest scribblers. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Both are bored to death, like the patient Pliny, by the readings of wealthy scribblers, or by tiresome pleadings in the courts, measured by many a turn of the clepsydra. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius His old grudge against scribblers was still very active, and want of discipline, together with high pretensions, wounded him. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. Returned to herself, she thought it beneath her to descend to the least concealment with a mere scribbler of acts and deeds. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 I'm only a country scribbler, and must admire you a long way off. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life Heroine in pigtails, yearning with ambition to be George Sand or George Eliot or some of the great female scribblers. Cinderella Jane For a girl like that, to go and marry a rusty fusty lawyer--a scribbler of deeds and parchments! L'Arrabiata and Other Tales The habit of letting the mind lie passive while some scribbler plays upon it is not worth ten thousand a year. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses "Is she of royal blood?" said Guise, who, though he had to be upon his manners with Valentine herself, saw no reason for mincing matters with a mere Jesuit scribbler. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion And was I to be dubbed a scribbler, and pitied for my weakness? My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. He is one of those triflers called poets, me-thinks—a versifier, a scribbler of jingling rhymes. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 Might have married any one she liked, instead of chucking away a fortune for the sake of a scribbler...” An Unknown Lover Nothing more serious than an envious scribbler's splenetic effusions had ever assailed him. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series The reports furnished by that scribbler were known in Andover to be false, and laughed at by the students as monstrous and ludicrous perversions of the truth. Discussion on American Slavery Ay, yes! there are such things as poor misguided scribblers dipping their pens in their life-blood, wherewith to leave a mark on the pages of time, "to be seen of men!" Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 What Dryden did for Pope, Pope did for the next generation, and to compose mellifluous verses became the common attainment of ordinary scribblers. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition I was a poor scribbler, too big, too robust, too everything to suit them. Rose MacLeod The newspaper scribbler talks incessantly of Armageddon, heroism, patriotism, sacrifice, and so on, and we wait in vain for our hearts to respond to their invocations. Captain Macedoine's Daughter In the name of common sense, what can that scribbler mean by this assertion? Essays on the Constitution of the United States Our boasting nineteenth century, may be properly called the raging time of scribblers, in which confusion of papers, true men of letters are neglected. Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America And in this there is no great harm, for he must have a strange impotency of mind indeed whom such miserable scribblers can disturb or ruffle. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition What was worse, they knew that I was a scribbler. Our Southern Highlanders Some newspaper scribblers have accused General Gibbon of rashness in attacking the Nez Percés when he knew that their force outnumbered his own so largely. The Battle of the Big Hole A History of General Gibbon's Engagement with Nez Percés Indians in the Big Hole Valley, Montana, August 9th, 1877. Among this number, is a scribbler under the signature of Vox Populi;7 whose signature, to have been consistent with his productions, should have been Vox Insania. Essays on the Constitution of the United States If every man can pull a trigger, not every man has either the opportunity, or can wield a pen against a low scribbler, who had the impudence to injure his reputation with strong words. Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America Mylne was a friend of Paterson, the City solicitor, an apt scribbler and a friend of Lord Bute, who no doubt favoured his young countryman. Old and New London Volume I “Good news! good news about your writing! that’s the good news ’ill never come; never, you good-for-nothing scribbler!” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 I am no professional player," Said he, "and still less a scribbler. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. The scribblers, who know me not, and who fill their papers with paragraphs about me, besides their want of talents, drink too many slings and drams in a morning to have any chance with me. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 Demagogues, scribblers, bad politicians, or bad merchants cannot injure my character, as a member of society in America: but unreligious religionists, can do a great mischief. Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America I, who jog along from day to day, a journeyman scribbler! Aliens He was ready, moreover, to execute woodcuts for a song-book or the political skits of any scribbler of his time, whether on the ministerial or the popular side mattered little to him. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Nor is it the irresponsible opinion of anonymous scribblers, or the opinion of party politicians; it is the deliberate, reasoned opinion of some of the most distinguished German readers in thought and action. German Problems and Personalities This pious fraud did not contribute to the comfort of the young scribbler, who was afraid to venture abroad by day lest he should be seen by an acquaintance of the family. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 The scribbler here, who does not know how to use an academical language, goes unpunished, though he did take from his christian fellow being, more than life—his honor! Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America You, who used to quiver from head to foot if the merest scribbler in the most obscure rag ventured to say a word of criticism! The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Now let us inquire as to the designing scribblers who caused him to lose his job. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories There are many pleasant pages in 'Fame, the Fiddler,' which reminds us of 'Trilby,' with its pictures of Bohemian life, and its happy-go-lucky group of good-hearted, generous scribblers, artists, and playwrights. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters He asserts that the popish prelates, in the reign of Mary, were the first who invented this new torture of depriving a scribbler of pen and ink. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Why brush one scribbler’s tale away For others to invent a new? The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems It is an artistic little weakness we scribblers have of seducing our dramatis person� into tableaux vivants, and deserting them abruptly. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It As used by ignorant scribblers, the word means something like bright or brilliant, or perhaps towering; yet its precise meaning is pale yellow, wan, ghastly. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories It is only in caricature that we discover the poet as a sighing, long-haired scribbler of gushing flights of infantile awe or immature adoration. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Thus, in a moment, in the perverted heart of the scribbler, will ever be cancelled all human obligation for acts of benevolence, if we are cold to his fame! Calamities and Quarrels of Authors It has been carped at by Christian scribblers, and criticised by superior theologians like Mozley. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Julian was a well-known journalistic scribbler and ribald ballader of the time. The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V It puts you at the mercy of any newspaper scribbler. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays “Well,” answered the scribbler, laughing, “I may have Midas’ longing for gold, but I also have his ears. The Strollers He proceeded with detailing all the abuse the herd of scribblers had heaped on Pope; and by declaring that his Homer was “an ill-executed thing,” and Tickell’s had all the spirit. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors As far as possible they are written by "eminent hands," as old Jacob Tonson used to call his wretched scribblers in Grub-street garrets. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) There is a limit to all things, even to the imagination of a French romance writer; and M. Dumas, without exception the most prolific of modern scribblers, was for once hard up for a subject. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 If in the old days the Bohemian scribbler was not in Society, he could at least imagine himself there. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 “I was sure you would be glad to hear of it,” remarked the patroon, slowly, studying with his bright, insolent glance, the pale, intellectual face of the scribbler. The Strollers Its severity exceeded the crime of having produced an unreadable volume of indigested erudition; and the learned scribbler was too hardly used, scarcely escaping with life. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors You are one of the pack of Grub-Street scribblers that my friend Mr. Secretary hath laid by the heels. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges What a court of honor the World's scribblers! Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 And the newspaper scribblers wonder why we are all Oscar Wildes. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess Central Park has more talent than this scribbler of yours.' Ghetto Comedies O, ye populace of scribblers! before ye are driven to a garret, and your eyes are filled with constant tears, pause—recollect that few of you possess the learning or the abilities of Heron. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors If the European scribblers were not past any honest impulse, they would know that the South is the generator and the congenial region for the mob, the filibusters, the revolver and the bowie-knife rule. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 The New York illustrated papers made themselves funny with caricatures of female juries, and cheap scribblers invented all sorts of scandals and misrepresentations about them. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Susie, who had been looking through one of Dinkie’s school scribblers, guardedly passed the book over to me where I sat sewing in front of the fire. The Prairie Child If such violence to Scripture had been done by an obscure scribbler, or by an infidel quoting the word of God merely for a purpose, it would not have been matter of such profound astonishment. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Their works are now forgotten, but it is certain that there were in Grub Street few more assiduous scribblers of Thoughts, Letters, Answers, Remarks, than these two great chiefs of parties. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) My last advice, however, to you, my old friends, before leaving you to the tender mercies of a scribbler, is not to answer all the questions he thinks proper to put. Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches We have usually paid no attention to these false and anonymous scribblers, who took this method to display their shallow wit at the sacrifice of truth and decency. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III And when Dinkie draws a goggle-eyed man on his scribbler you see Michael Angelo totter and Titian turn in his grave. The Prairie Child Ha! ye scribblers of closet conceits! you have been sneering at “Chaw-bacon” long enough. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea But what, it may be asked, moves any follower of the Muses to satirise a scribbler? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 It was said that the scribblers were seldom gentlemen in temper; and that they never hesitated to puff themselves in their papers. A Book About Lawyers Depraved, corrupt, and polluted presses exerted themselves to the utmost in the work of slander and detraction; hireling scribblers for worse than hireling presses glutted themselves and made their meals on good men's names. Slavery: What it was, what it has done, what it intends to do Speech of Hon. Cydnor B. Tompkins, of Ohio But he's chosen to turn a low scribbler, and starve in a garret, which he'll come to soon enough, and that's what I get for trying to help a nephew. The Giant's Robe And once I almost felt inclined to sympathize with a Transatlantic scribbler, who compared the Revelation to what he termed a wholesale jewelry show. Lorimer of the Northwest This, with the excitement of friends to his undertaking, and some few apologies for the want of time, books, and the like, are the constant and usual shams of all scribblers, ancient and modern.’ Spare Hours It seems no subject escaped that eternal scribbler’s attention; and if his abilities had equalled his disposition, he would probably have become the Juvenal of his age. A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum May you be visited by a locust tribe of scribblers, who shall conspire to torment that groaning martyr, the Press, with ducal lampoons, drowsy epics, and zig-zag heroics! The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 A huge army of disappointed scribblers have followed that haphazard plan of battle. If You Don't Write Fiction They freely used their vocabulary for the benefit of De Morgan, whom they denounced as a scurrilous scribbler, a defamatory, dishonest, abusive, ungentlemanly, and libellous trickster. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy The amount of amusement this reporter can derive in gathering indignant replies from mountebanks and scribblers is only limited by his own sense of humour. The Merry-Go-Round Merely a few careless words of Moore's, in which he described Croker "as a scribbler of all work," words that Earl Russell would have erased, if it had occurred to him to do so. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 Davies, who is not a scribbler, has always beaten us all in the war of words. My Recollections of Lord Byron Every editor knows that a lack of judgment in selecting themes of broad enough appeal to interest a nation-wide public is one of the novice scribbler's most common failings. If You Don't Write Fiction Yet still Voltaire was very far indeed from being a 'scribbler.' The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 One hears a lot about the deathbed scribblers in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but there was not much of that sort of thing in France. Royal Palaces and Parks of France If a furnace man was discharged, why keep on these scribblers? The Rapids "It is bad enough to be a scribbler," said he, "without having recourse to such subterfuges for extorting praise or warding off criticism." My Recollections of Lord Byron Why not let the scribbler take her way—and the world know that vineyards are green, and the sky blue, if it desires the knowledge? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 There is a sudden hoist," she says, "for a meek and lowly scribbler. Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies As Mr. Stoute had been compelled to acknowledge, there was a general resemblance between the handwriting of Paul and that of the unknown scribbler of the note. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim Buoy’d on a sea of fancy, Genius rises, And like the rare Leviathan surprises; But the small fry of scribblers!—tiny souls! Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." They are to be grateful to the artist who engraves their ruins, and to the antiquary who carries them away; to the traveller whose janissary flogs them, and to the scribbler whose journal abuses them. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 But revenons à nous moutons, as the scribblers say, whose mouton we dare say is less often 'material' than we could wish it were. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Ingenious scribblers she may have, without doubt, but the typical American never had or will have one grain of poetry in his hard, shrewd, matter-of-fact nature.” The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886 Every scribbler of the day who has a Perryian pen in hand, is pleased to exercise it on the decline of the drama; one of the legitimate targets of penny-a-liners. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 But Miss Sylvia had discovered that I was a magazine scribbler, and moreover, that I had shut myself up in my room that very morning and perpetrated a short story. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 But she cannot understand messing with paints, fiddling, or scribbling, and she has only unmeasured contempt for messers, fiddlers, and scribblers. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 To satisfy the exacting palate of our reading people, we require a real flesh-and-blood detective, with a popular name and reputation, to pose as the figurehead, while an ingenious scribbler does the romancing. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. I told these three prying scribblers in a polite way that if they would kindly attend to their own affairs I would try to attend to mine. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies In the Dunciad, among other worthless scribblers, he had mentioned Cibber; who, in his Apology, complains of the great poet’s unkindness as more injurious, “because,” says he, “I never have offended him.” The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II For me I was only a reader of English, a scribbler of verses in that language, a paltry essayist, with no sense of the mathematics and no more than an average classic. The Dew of Their Youth It is perhaps a shame to forestall the acerbities of these ingenious gentlemen, but we know they will call us "anonymous scribbler," and "bagman," amongst the rest. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 The real fact was, that that particular pamphlet was done by a disciple, and if Voltaire's writings were vile, then was his offense doubled in that he vitalized a ravenous brood of scribblers. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 The Independent and McClure's And Argosy have borne my flights: Dear scribblers, how this reassures— Their barks are fiercer than their bites! Songs for a Little House I presume, like all other scribblers, I must meet my literary death, that is, when I have written myself down, or have written myself out. Olla Podrida I will kill you, villain of a scribbler! The Dew of Their Youth The majority of the scribblers leave a name and nothing more: beyond that, some few of their productions are witty, some sententious, mostly gross. Diary in America, Series One They represent the mind of a dead age, and perhaps the common scribbler is not unaware of this; otherwise he is, indeed, without excuse. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting These then are a few among the countless scribblers of those prolific times who fell under the spell of the euphuistic fashion. John Lyly I notice that every scribbler is making a cabinet for you, but your observation must have led you to the conviction that this is a duty you only can perform. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. It is a mere toss-up whose name you may find in the Dunciad—a miserable scribbler’s or a resplendent scholar’s; a tasteless critic’s or an immortal wit’s. Obiter Dicta Second Series In a couple of days we arrived at Tadousac the second time, to the no small astonishment of my brother scribbler residing there. Hudson Bay This Abbé was a most egregious scribbler; and so tormented with violent fits of printing, that he even printed lists and catalogues of his friends. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 As the simplest method of settling the problem, "Lola summoned the impertinent scribbler and gave him such a hiding that he had no doubts left at all." The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert What kind of a life could he, a penniless scribbler, give her compared with the comforts and gifts which Willard Brockton was able to shower upon her? The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life Richelieu had bought the service of a host of scribblers in the mean streets near the Place Royale, and these were virulent in verse and pamphlet, according to the dictates of their master. Heroes of Modern Europe As I sat cogitating, my brother scribblers called me to join them in a short promenade upon the wharf, preparatory to resuming our pens. Hudson Bay He had been 'sarving up' too many newspaper and other scribblers, to be left in peace any longer. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. "What a study for the thoughtless; what a sermon on the inevitable result of human vanity!" was the ghoulish comment of a scribbler. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert In other words, I, a very mediocre scribbler, had effected seven times in a single month what the powers of the universe could not manage once, even on the smallest scale. Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm There is scarcely throughout his books one description showing the power of appealing to emotions through scenery claimed by every modern scribbler. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Dead at twenty-nine, with ten books to his credit, two of them good, which is two good books more than most of us scribblers will ever write. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians She doesn't find time to write very often, because she's in the Sixth and a prefect, and it keeps her busy, and besides she never has been much of a scribbler. The Jolliest School of All Byron sneered and carped at Southey as a "scribbler of all works." The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 These scribblers are at present the fashion, and are very well to ask to dinner; but I confess a more intimate connection with them is not at all to my taste.' The Infernal Marriage Ay, ay, Mr Goldy! you are wondering what we are now doing, and speculating upon the scribbler with arch eyes and elevated crest, as if you would know the subject of his lucubrations. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 The Chamber—the journals—all the scribblers and speechifiers. The Eternal City The poor scribbler had too many temptations to sell himself, and to evade the occasional severity of the laws of libel by humiliating contrivances. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series They are of all classes, from the great author of world-wide fame to the veriest scribbler. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City I shall pay Austria for this insolence, and there will be a day when the Emperor Francis and his scribbler Gentz will repent of this miserable pamphlet! Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia Why, if killing a scribbler be murder, the writer of that—this—article confesses that he has more than once committed that capital crime. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Neither have we the blood-thirsty wish to run to ground the panting scribbler, or to adorn ourselves with the glories of his 'brush.' The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The Dunciad was thus a declaration of war against the whole tribe of scribblers; and, like other such declarations, it brought more consequences than Pope foresaw. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Charles evidently was not a born scribbler like his brother. The Last Harvest He shall be a warning example to the German scribblers, and remind them of the penalty incurred by those who stir up resistance against me by their insults and sneers. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia Surely the veriest puritan, the oiliest Chadband of them all, will allow a humble scribbler, at so cheap a yearly rate, to purchase wisdom, not unmixed with tolerance, at the gilded shrine of Fors Fortuna! Post-Prandial Philosophy They are written by a scholar, and not by a scribbler; and while reading their magnificent pages we need have no misgiving that we are admiring the flashy ornaments of wordy or half-educated mediocrity. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It is meant to be a boisterous guffaw from capacious lungs, an enormous explosion of superlative contempt for the mob of stupid thickskinned scribblers. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series If Cooper had possessed an acute sense of humor he would never have written Home as Found, nor would he have dignified with a reply the attack of every scribbler who assailed him. The Story of Cooperstown But, instead of suppressing this agitation in time, you looked on idly, while miserable scribblers and journalists, influenced by women, constantly added fuel to the fire. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia Doubtless there were many vile scribblers who deserved to have the severest penalties inflicted upon them, but no discrimination was used, and good and bad alike experienced the vengeance of 'divine right.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy We're all sorry for him, so civil spoken and nice to everybody, not a bit like some o' them scribblers as do nothing but drink gin day an' night. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' We are arguing for more work for our poor sisters who have neither father, husband, brother, nor fortune to depend upon; and these French comic scribblers describe us as unsexed brawlers, who want top-boots. The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' And, if his compositions be ill received, let him be admitted as a scribbler. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish These miserable scribblers must be made to tremble, and lay their pens aside. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia Unthinking scribblers and lecturers called Russia and America twin sister empires of the future, agitated for an alliance defensive and offensive between them; Poland and her defenders were calumniated. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy He recognised that Vane, poverty stricken scribbler though he might be, was a gentleman. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' But, my Lords, he is no conqueror, nor anything but what you see him,—a bad scribbler of absurd papers, in which he can put no two sentences together without contradiction. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Even in my teens I was a scribbler for the press. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie If you will join with me, we will turn all these insolent scribblers out of Elysium, and throw them down headlong to the bottom of Tartarus, in spite of Pluto and all his guards. Dialogues of the Dead Fat, bulging envelopes, returning manuscripts with editors' regrets, were on their way to poor devils of scribblers living in the altitude of unrecognised genius and a garret. The Parts Men Play It was the Chapter Coffee House, the meeting place of booksellers, authors who had made their names, and struggling scribblers hanging on to the skirts of the muses. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Watch the surprise in his face when he sees me, the cursed meddler and scribbler. Arms and the Woman Historians have more to tell of the meanest Athenian scribbler or Elizabethan poetaster than of me. The House of the Vampire He called the writers of the press "infamous scribblers." Four American Leaders With his right hand Rip scooped up the scribbler while the Com-tech half turned to make adjustments to the controls, picking up a speaker to call the I-S headquarters. Plague Ship He was not unacquainted with some of the Grub Street scribblers. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Then he said: "We men of the sword have not given much thought to the pen, employing scribblers for that purpose, but to-morrow a mullah will make this all plain." Caste But there is some excuse for you, with your perpetual levee of politicians, parsons, scribblers, and loungers. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals To Harness I have written, and he has written, and we have all written, and have nothing now to do but write again, till death splits up the pen and the scribbler. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals I know the precise worth of popular applause, for few scribblers have had more of it; and if I chose to swerve into their paths, I could retain it,Pg 143 or resume it. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals He'd give that to have the pleasure of running the scribbler through the body. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' It is something to have scribblers squabbling about us 5000 miles off, while we are agreeing so well at home. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals Because, you know, should it afterwards come out that you have done nothing of the kind, you make yourself a butt for the stupid jokes of the lowest newspaper scribblers. All Around the Moon Reviews record this epidemic crime, Those books of martyrs to the rage for rhymePg 25 Alas! woe worth the scribbler, often seen In Morning Post or Monthly Magazine! Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals Even when he played Beethoven's Pastoral and Ninth Symphonies, as they had never been given before, he was impertinently taken to task by press scribblers for departing from the Mendelssohn tradition. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas For it is plain, they are glad of worse scribblers than I am, and maintain them too, as I could prove, if I envied them their miserable subsistence. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 The height on which he standsPg 17 has not made him giddy:—a little scribbler would have gone on cavilling to the end of the chapter. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals One Martin Parker was a most notorious ballad scribbler in the reign of Charles I. and the Protector. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Olivares, however, had no reason to love Quevedo, and was resolved to take no active part in what he doubtless regarded as a scribblers' quarrel. Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment For years Wagner had been the victim of unprovoked personal attacks in the Jew-controlled press, and some of the worst of these can be traced to Jew scribblers. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas Upon the laying of matters fairly together, what a king have these balderdash scribblers given us, under the resemblance of Henry the Third! The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 There is in this famous island of Britain a certain paltry scribbler, very voluminous, whose character the reader cannot wholly be a stranger to. English Satires Gerbier, in his manuscript memoirs, gives a curious account of this political libeller, the model of that class of desperate scribblers. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The memoirs of a scribbler who saw the prospects of life close on him while he imagined that his contemporaries were unjust, are instructive to literary men. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.� Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy After this, I am called, after the old rate, loose and infamous scribbler; and it is well I escape so cheap. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 If they please, they are more powerful advocates against themselves than a thousand scribblers like me can be in their favor. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) She has traveled, she has studied, she is at home with grand dukes in Nice, and scribblers in a country village. A Splendid Hazard Many a scribbler hiding behind some Latin pen name, such as Publicus, poured forth in those early papers his spleen concerning woman's costume. Woman's Life in Colonial Days In a few minutes he brought down a well worn scribbler, opened it, and laid it with pride upon the table. Jess of the Rebel Trail Let it satisfy you we have them now; and some of your loose and infamous scribblers may come to understand it a little better. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 They were poets and painters and scribblers, and as merry as larks; and as they all admired each others productions, there was no end of cheerful nonsense. Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays Laugh when I laugh, I seek no other fame, The cry is up, and scribblers are my game. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations Diderot at once forgot everything in pity for the starving scribbler. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) I'm a wretched scribbler myself, and I carry this little book in my pocket,' and he laughed deprecatingly while he drew forth a thin fishing-book, as it looked. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh This song, according to the invariable practice of the scribblers on both sides, was answered by a new Ignoramus. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Here, as I soon learned, and was glad to learn, was no namby-pamby scribbler of the old happy-ending, pretty-nothing school of literary composition. Twelve Men All these nobodies, these ephemeral scribblers, were being thrust flamboyantly on public notice and her Adrian, the great Sun of the firm, was allowed to remain in eclipse. Jaffery Verses had been published satirising the king and his manner of life in bitter terms, and a stern raid was made upon all the scribblers in Paris. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) In answer and in ridicule of which, a second scribbler penned the following stanzas beneath: Deluded men, these holds forego, Nor trust such cunning elves: These artful emblems tend to show Their clients, not themselves. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 I have done with mannerly Mr Hunt, who is only magni nominis umbra; the most malicious, and withal, the most incoherent ignorant scribbler of the whole party. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 An actress, said vague rumor; a few scribblers, a pair of painters, a military man or two. Half A Chance As for the others, the scribblers and nibblers of literature, if they indeed reverence Rossetti’s memory, let them pay him the one homage he would most have valued, the gracious homage of silence. Reviews Many a poor scribbler, who is now apparently sent to oblivion by pastry-cooks and cheesemongers, will then rise again in fragments, and flourish in learned immortality. Bracebridge Hall And yet who is not familiar with the foolish and the ignorant tribe of scribblers who, with no knowledge of the facts, prate about "the lazy Irish"? Ireland Since Parnell I have been gossip to many such labours of a dull fat scribbler, where the mountain has been bigger, and the mouse less. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 All the miserable traffickers, and all the scribblers, and all the aristocratic boobies of Boston were no more to him than mosquitoes are to the behemoth or to the lion. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs I believe I shall become as arrant a scribbler as somebody else. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Beside, he was dogged for years by certain malignant scribblers, who took a pleasure in misrepresenting all his actions, and holding him up in an absurd and disparaging point of view. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 The cursed villain! now I see This was a libel meant at me: These scribblers grow so bold of late Against us ministers of state! The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 It was an audacious move—to reverse the initiative and go after a whole race of critics, scribblers and reviewers, who had been badgering honest folks, and blow 'em into kingdom come. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Knavish booksellers put forth volumes of trash under his name, and envious scribblers maintained it to be impossible that the poor ignorant tinker should really be the author of the book which was called his. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs Oh! were this scribbler, for a time, Struck dumb like Zacharias, Who could regret the spiteful rhyme Of little black ——. Notes and Queries, Number 14, February 2, 1850 Many a poor scribbler, who is now, apparently, sent to oblivion by pastrycooks and cheese-mongers, will then rise again in fragments, and flourish in learned immortality. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Of my two companions, the one had voted for the cow-buyer, but the other for the scribbler upon parchment, and they discussed their action without heat, gently and with many reasons. Hills and the Sea The methods of certain other rulers may no doubt appear very fine to our robust scribblers, but I must always enter my own slight protest. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour He calls the writer "a mercenary scribbler," and speaks of his paper as "weekly libels." The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Even these inanimate and puerile objects have their moral, if people would but seek it; but what has not, to a reflecting mind?—complained bitterly to-day, of having been attacked by an anonymous scribbler. The Idler in France When at his quarters, he was a great scribbler, and passed much of his leisure with his pen in his hand. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Hostile scribblers lost no time in contrasting this display of grandeur with the republican simplicity of Jefferson, who rode from Monticello to the capital on the back of a plantation nag without pedigree. The Reign of Andrew Jackson Ratepayers' Defencers may rave, and the scribblers may scold or talk funny, But clean streets in Winter mean this,—you must plank down a dollup more money! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 10, 1891 At a time when Voltaire's fame was ringing through Europe, he refers to him incidentally as an insignificant scribbler, and misspells his name. Landmarks in French Literature Dryden was as disgraceful to the office from his character, as the poorest scribbler could have been from his verses. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) You know, for one thing, that I was not always poor, nor always a professor of philosophy, nor a scribbler of pedantic articles for a living. A Roman Singer Humanity defends herself against those who attempt to subvert her; and none, neither Napoleon nor the wretched scribbler such as you are, has escaped her vengeance. Confessions of a Young Man But then, if the scribblers on the other side freely speak the sentiments of their party, a divine of the Church of England cannot look for much better quarter thence. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 Book-learned and a scribbler, and looking at people as I saw them as visiters or visiting, I thought I knew a great deal of it. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 I know the precise worth of popular applause, for few scribblers have had more of it; and if I chose to swerve into their paths, I could retain it, or resume it. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) "This is a terrible trial to us poor scribblers," she writes, "to whom health is money, as well as all other things worth having." Lives of Girls Who Became Famous My scribbler then squeezes his hand, calls him the best of friends, thanks him for his sincerity, and tells him that he hates to be flattered. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler "And the scribbler of the Vossian Gazette, did he not venture even to attack my gracious empress?" continued Tottleben, perfectly carried away by his indignation. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel For about forty years, his character, personal and literary, was the object of assault by every subaltern scribbler, titled or untitled, laureated or pilloried. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author He has been a great scribbler, says Theodore, all his days, and he proposes to incorporate a large amount of promiscuous literary matter into these souvenirs intimes. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 But that head shall be brought low—aye—low "as heaped up justice" ever sunk that of an offending scribbler against the laws of Nature and of God. Famous Reviews "Dale hates his fellow-human- beings," wrote some anonymous scribbler, and, even expressed thus baldly, the statement is not wholly false. The Ghost Ship Many strange half-pathetic and half-ludicrous anecdotes survive to recall the sorrows and the recklessness of the luckless scribblers who, like one of Johnson's acquaintance, "lived in London and hung loose upon society." Samuel Johnson Well, you are a Despot—have you taken steps to slay this scribbler? The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan An anonymous scribbler had detected in the occurrence a denouement suited to the stage and had constructed a comedy around it, which, when produced by the Duke's company, had won acclaim from hilarious auditors. The Certain Hour I may be insulted by the scribblers and papists but true Christians, along with Christ, their Lord, bless me. An Open Letter on Translating Every scribbler, almost, has had his little fling at it, at one time or another; I had mine fifteen years ago. The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories You think you are omnipotent, you infernal scribblers, don't you? The Lost World The height on which he stands has not made him giddy;—a little scribbler would have gone on cavilling to the end of the chapter. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 He is only a scribbler who is content. The Certain Hour A scribbler without a spark, not only of genius, but even of common invention. Vivian Grey An ingenious scribbler might imitate it after a fashion, but Shakespeare himself could not counterfeit it. The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories Nevertheless, the specific answers to the charges advanced by the anti-Jewish scribblers are now to be found most fully stated in Josephus. Josephus To Harness I have written, and he has written, and we have all written, and have nothing now to do but write again, till Death splits up the pen and the scribbler. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 Eh, yes, no doubt; and what, he fiercely demanded of himself, was he—a crippled scribbler, a bungling artisan of phrases—that he should dare to love this splendid and deep-bosomed goddess? The Certain Hour To encourage her to become a mere rhyming scribbler, without any chance of obtaining celebrity or securing subsistence, would be folly and cruelty. Tales and Novels — Volume 06 Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, wicked scribbler. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 The hatred and scorn were fanned by a tribe of scribblers, who heaped distortion on the history and practices of the Jewish people. Josephus We make a little stir and then we die … we poor scribblers. The Foolish Lovers And, O, be sure the critics lay in wait to catch the young scribbler tripping! Charlotte's Inheritance And here, some verses against the king, in which the scribbler leaves a blank for the name of George, as if his doggerel might yet exalt him to the pillory. Old News (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") This, though an empty, has been a popular scribbler. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 From hurried scribbler to pale compositor, and behold, the news is bawled all over London! The Slave of the Lamp "What put it into your head to turn scribbler?" The Foolish Lovers The scribblers who had of late shewn their petulance were not always obscure. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 As it is I can only offer my sincere wishes for your success, if you will believe it possible for a brother scribbler to be sincere on such an occasion. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 They had tried till they were weary, what was to be got by railing at each other; nobody was either concerned or surprised, if this or that scribbler was proved a dunce. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 Scribblers come and scribblers go; compositors come to their work young and hopeful, they leave it bent and poisoned, yet the work goes on. The Slave of the Lamp I wish he could impart a little of his gentility to his subordinate scribblers. Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 English people are the greatest scribblers by post in the world, whilst our wiser French neighbours appear to be the laziest. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne Falconer had now left his cabin study with its many pleasant accommodations, and become a scribbler of all work in a London garret. The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes Hard would be the lot of a poor scribbler, if he may not have this privilege…. A Study of Hawthorne One morning, perhaps, a scribbler is absent from his post—"Brain-fever, complete rest; a wreck." The Slave of the Lamp I know too well "the scribbler's scoff, the critic's contumely;" and I am afraid time will teach Mr. Townsend to know them better. Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 Any pitiful scribbler will have his first thoughts to come to light; lest, being too long shut up, they should grow musty. Books Fatal to Their Authors This was an immense relief to the poor scribbler of poetry. The Life of John Clare Peg for clothes, scribbler of epigrams, now to end and for ever your tailor's dream. The Harlequinade An Excursion He was a most voluminous scribbler, but none of his productions are of high literary merit. Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] M.', "scribbler" has been erased, and "Druid" substituted. Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 Francisci of Lübeck, who described all the discoveries of the New World in a colloquial romance contained in a thick folio volume, was the most extravagant of these scribblers. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 There is a sort of meanness in it, too, as if they should say, "Here we come, two scribblers, not worthy singly to attract your attention, but together making out something worth your money." Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis What an abbreviator and clawer off of lawsuits, reconciler of differences, examiner and fumbler of bags, peruser of bills, scribbler of rough drafts, and engrosser of deeds would he not make! Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 He was a scribbler for the newspapers, and latterly a dramatic critic, which had probably gained him an invitation to the dinner and reading. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography For how could he, a practical-minded man, with a wholesome contempt for the small scribblers and people weak in their intellectuals generally, have imagined himself a poet and produced this pitiful stuff! A Traveller in Little Things Well, if this scribbler could make enough by his twaddling books to live in that style, what might not he, Merton, make? Fan : the story of a young girl's life You remember that evening at Tivoli when your old tutor was quite severe on us poor scribblers? Shallow Soil Nature had intended Lucian Gay for a scholar and a wit; necessity had made him a scribbler and a buffoon. Coningsby The triumphant success of She Stoops to Conquer brought forth, of course, those carpings and cavilings of underling scribblers which are the thorns and briers in the path of successful authors. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Lizzie threw the paper from her with indignation, asking what right newspaper scribblers could have to interfere with the private affairs of such persons as herself! The Eustace Diamonds One may get a little tired of marble Crusaders, with their crossed legs and broken noses, especially if, as one sometimes finds them, they are covered with the pencilled autographs of cockney scribblers. Our Hundred Days in Europe We have read a sufficient number of his pieces to make the reputation of a dozen of our Yankee scribblers; and yet how few have heard the name above written! Nathaniel Hawthorne "I do not know," said I, blushing as became a young scribbler, "how you should be so well acquainted with my truant studies." Rob Roy — Volume 01 Some scribblers on the other side insinuated that Kelly had seen the manuscript of Goldsmith's play, while in the hands of Garrick or elsewhere, and had borrowed some of the situations and sentiments. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography He had taken his present name, merely as a nom de guerre, when first he came to London as a penniless and friendless scribbler. Two Years Ago, Volume I Both the author of "Memoirs of a Cavalier" and the scribbler of secret histories had repeatedly used the device. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood I considered Lamb as a thoughtless scribbler, who, in circumstances of ease, amused himself by writing on any subject. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 He has been an apocryphal scribbler himself; but his writings wanting authority, he grew discontent and turned apostate, and thence becomes so severe to those of his own profession. Character Writings of the 17th Century The work, though written without party feeling, met with sharp animadversions from political scribblers. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Venal and licentious scribblers, with just sufficient talent to clothe the thoughts of a pander in the style of a bellman, were now the favorite writers of the Sovereign and of the public. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam These were in many cases scribblers who had no business with a pen; but in a few instances they were the best scholars of that day. Halleck's New English Literature I have not a doubt that he will be a daily scribbler in your paper ere it is a week old. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 He has not stuffings sufficient for the reproach of a scribbler, but it hangs about him like an old wife's skin when the flesh hath forsaken her, lank and loose. Character Writings of the 17th Century Cary's reputation for discretion must be very high in the little village where he lives if it is able to guarantee so disreputable a scribbler as Bennet Copplestone! The Lost Naval Papers We have remarked the want of judgment which Lord Dorset exhibited in his anxious patronage of the scholars and scribblers of his time,—a trait which stood the Blackmores, Bradys, and Tates in good stead. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 Every scribbler with a cassock denounced the book and its author, though few attempted to answer him. Byron Conversation chiefly about the profits booksellers make of us scribblers. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 It will scarcely gain credit without a better voucher than the anonymous scribbler from whom he has borrowed it. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 They are said to have been highly approved by those in power: it is certain that they earned for their author the stigma of "pension'd scribbler." Fielding Many of these aliens in America were scribblers who had picked up a few current phrases and lofty sentiments about liberty and equality. The United States of America, Part 1 This attack, which called forth a counter invective of unusual ferocity from some unknown scribbler, is the expression of a sentiment which, sound enough within limits, Byron pushed to an extreme. Byron A township turned to scribblers is a sight! Verses and Rhymes By the Way Mrs. Schwellenberg is now in eternal abuse from all these scribblers; Lady Harcourt, and many others, less notorious to their attacks, are here brought forward. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 A third was Thomas Winnington, for whom, in after years, Fielding fought hard with brain and pen when Tory scribblers assailed his memory. Fielding And was I to be dogged and annoyed like this through all my Canadian trip by anonymous scribblers? Recalled to Life How, sweet, how amiable in this charming woman is her desire of making my dear father satisfied with his scribbler's 'attempt! The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 And she told herself that even in stories no author would dare—not even the veriest amateur scribbler—would presume to affront intelligent readers by introducing such a coincidence as this appeared to be. In Secret Who the lady-love was is not known, but doubtless she was some great lady ready enough to marry a Secretary of State, but not a poor scribbler. English Literature for Boys and Girls Leave that for the newspaper scribblers, the bloody rascals who stayed at home and beat on tomtoms, driving other men to march in and die. Jimmie Higgins They are wretched scribblers, gamblers, and drunkards, and not the kind of people for me. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 I will have no connection that I can help, and no acquaintance at all, with radical scribblers and incendiaries. He Knew He Was Right Mark you, most illustrious bard, the touching helplessness and purity of these meek servants of a scribbler's fancy! Ardath "I should perish with shame if His Excellency were to be so beset by every sorry scribbler." The Hidden Children "Trust to fortune, and I warrant you a castle and so much gold that every malicious scribbler you have had a tilt with shall speak ill of you." The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter Two ridiculous scribblers, that were often pestering the world with nonsense. Hudibras Meanwhile, I am going to instruct some newsmongers of the controversy, some hack scribblers who often come to dine with me. Socrates Not badly done,"—said Cicely, eyeing him quizzically—"for 'a poor scribbler of rhymes' as you call yourself. God's Good Man He snubs even his popular contributors, and of course he would not be particularly courteous to an unknown scribbler. St. Elmo Jimmy's teacher had made them once in Jimmy's scribbler, just beautiful. Sowing Seeds in Danny Mutimer read eagerly every word of each most insignificant scribbler; his eyes gleamed and his cheeks grew warm. Demos Many a poor scribbler has earned bed and breakfast with numb fingers. In the Year of Jubilee The newspaper has supplanted the book; every gross-minded scribbler who gets a square inch of space in the morning journal has a more respectful hearing than Shakespeare. Thyrza It seems now a mere matter of course that all scribblers who come to Europe, should afflict the reading world with an account of what they saw or failed to see. St. Elmo Do not imagine me to be a real author—only an occasional scribbler. Mr. Hogarth's Will Stephen, leaning back and drawing idly on his scribbler, listened to the talk about him which Heron checked from time to time by saying: —Shut up, will you. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Innocent of scientific speculation, he had the misfortune about this time to read in paper or magazine something on the subject of heredity, the idle verbiage of some half-informed scribbler. In the Year of Jubilee In other words, I, a very mediocre scribbler, had effected seven times in a single month what the Powers of the Universe could not manage once, even on the smallest scale. Love Among the Chickens You said you stole it from me, but my dear, ambitious authorling, my little round-jacket scribbler, I wish you to understand distinctly that I do not consider that I have been robbed. St. Elmo Indeed, he described his associate as "a mere fop" and "a scribbler of songs." Haydn The scribblers are at the root of all the trouble with their pestilent doctrines; but it is too late now, the mischief is done. In the Reign of Terror It is high time for me to teach these newspaper scribblers another lesson, and they shall have it! Louisa of Prussia and Her Times The grime shall be removed and the foulness of inference, of surmise, of deliberate and cold-blooded malice, with which centuries of scribblers, idle, fantastic, sensational, or venal, have coated the substance of known facts. The Life of Cesare Borgia A tissue of pedantry and error from beginning to end—written, I will wager my head, by some scribbler who never saw Athens! St. Elmo His practical tribute to the memory of Werner, who called him a fop and a "scribbler of songs," has been cited. Haydn This son of a narrow, hard, Scotch dealer in cutlery, this drifter about town when New York was only a big slovenly village, this light-hearted scribbler of satire and sentiment, was a gentleman born. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters "You have no idea of the infamous attack which an aristocratic newspaper scribbler has dared to make upon me, nay, upon the emperor himself?" Louisa of Prussia and Her Times If they please, they are more powerful advocates against themselves, than a thousand scribblers like me can be in their favour. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke Conceive a half- hour's interview between Queen Elizabeth and some popular lady- scribbler, who has been deluding herself into the fancy that gossiping inventories of millinery are history . Froude's History of England Even a scribbler only gets it piecemeal and through a dulled medium. The Return If you do not swear to the truth of these spurious credentials, you are ignorant and malicious, a quack and a scribbler—flagranti delicto! Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners Let the scribblers and newspapers learn, too, why Count Erlach was exiled. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times There is indeed something very barbarous and inhuman in the ordinary scribblers of lampoons. Essays and Tales I have read through Seneca, and an affected empty scribbler he is. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 The evil tale was taken up in all its foul trappings, and, upon no better authority than the public voice, it was enshrined in chronicles by every scribbler of the day. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series It is certain that Montague was thus represented by contemporary scribblers. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 The most insignificant scribblers will be looked upon as men of mind, and the most venal writers suddenly become 'martyrs of truth.' Louisa of Prussia and Her Times He asked Ken's blessing; and Ken, though not much in the habit of transgressing the rules of Christian charity and courtesy, murmured something about a little scribbler. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 The other party wondered that any importance could be attached to the nonsense of a nameless scribbler of the thirteenth century. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Your majesty sees that I am not a scribbler of no reputation, that I have studied excellently well, and that I possess much natural eloquence. Notre-Dame De Paris This meant unlimited camaraderie with scribblers and daubers, Hegelian philosophers and Hungarian pianists. Eugene Pickering You are one of the pack of Grub Street scribblers that my friend Mr. Secretary hath laid by the heels. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne "Well, now you must try and sleep and forget all this nonsense, scribbler!" he exclaimed, and lay down on the bed. Virgin Soil But it is certain that there were in Grub Street few more assiduous scribblers of Thoughts, Letters, Answers, Remarks, than these two great chiefs of parties. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 Smollett passed his life surrounded by printers' devils and famished scribblers. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Yes, write about him as you like—let scribblers say what they choose about him— he will ever remain as he was. Poor Folk Knavish booksellers put forth volumes of trash under his name; and envious scribblers maintained it to be impossible that the poor ignorant tinker should really be the author of the book which was called his. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 To encourage her to become a mere rhyming scribbler, without any chance of obtaining celebrity or securing subsistence, would be folly and cruelty. Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales For two years this scribbler devoted his energies to an attempt to paint the Brethren in such revolting colours that the Government would expel them from the country. A History of the Moravian Church Every English scribbler then knew what most men have forgotten now. The Valet's tragedy, and other studies Yes, it is so, my beloved, and you may believe an old man who has had many years of experience, and knows both the world and mankind, rather than a set of scribblers and daubers. Poor Folk Ah," said the little quarto, with a heavy sigh, "I see how it is: these in modern scribblers have superseded all the good old authors. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon For a hundred years, every newspaper scribbler had, with more or less obvious excuse, derided or abused the older Adamses for want of judgment. The Education of Henry Adams Thou hast driven me to motto-hunting for the comeliness of mine epistle, like the weekly scribblers. Old Friends, Epistolary Parody A drivelling scribbler, not a foot from the ground, pimples all over his mug and his neck awry! The Witch and other stories In The Veiled Majestic Man, Where is the Graceful Despot of England? and other lampoons not extant, the scribblers mocked his loneliness. The Works of Max Beerbohm "Get up," said she, "you lazy scribbler, and drink this." Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed And yet it is resented by tiny scribblers, frozen in their own chill self-conceit. Essays in Little We have taken a cheap estimate of him from Fuller and Bacon, and from a host of scurrilous scribblers who debased or perverted his writings. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 Founded by Henry George, the world-famous single tax advocate, when he was an impecunious scribbler on the San Francisco Post, it grew to be the choicest place of resort in the Pacific metropolis. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire Bishops Gate in the same vicinity was known as the "home of the scribblers." Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. The same low tone of mind assails men in other professions in a similar manner—calls great writers scribblers—great generals, butchers—and so on. No Name You are not a starving scribbler; if you determine to write, you can write well, though not so easily, on many topics. Essays in Little "Queen, forsooth! when I am at the mercy of every scribbler in the Palais Royal who covers waste paper with nonsense, or of every country squire in the kingdom." Twenty Years After She hunted up somewhere a middle-aged man with dark complexion, spots all over his face, and a dark-blue surtout patched on the elbows, a regular official scribbler. Taras Bulba and Other Tales Look at the stuff our present-day scribblers write! Dead Souls Ah, why wouldn't those wretched scribblers at the War Office hurry up a bit? Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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