| 单词 | belabour |
| 例句 | We sit as though in a boiler that is being belaboured from without on all sides. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Loaded pauses and … belaboured accentuation as the automotive irritants vroom through another joke … about driveshafts. Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis ? the television shows that won't die 2011-08-12T23:11:04Z In a statement on Facebook, they said she passed away quietly at home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, adding they were "extremely grateful that her ascension was not belaboured by a loss of acuity or comprehension." Maya Angelou was a 'real original' 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Mr Rovelli moves elegantly between illustrative metaphors, without ever mixing or belabouring any of them. The universe, writ small 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Anderson’s speeches, however, are so brutally matter-of-fact that they make a point without belabouring it, and it’s a joy to watch. How to watch Netflix as a feminist 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z At the risk of belabouring the point, “Mother!” concerns itself with a topic that often proves unfashionable in American art, if not American life itself. The Mythic Maximalism of Darren Aronofsky’s “Mother!” 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Acknowledge, but don’t belabour, the dreadful grief and pain that the person must be feeling. Don’t press send … The new rules for good writing in the 21st century 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z "It is against the law and that's a point we don't need to belabour," he said. Kenyans in fear of police 'death squads' - BBC News 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z I saw no reason at the time to belabour Bowie’s 70s interest in the occult. I thought Lazarus was David Bowie’s latest guise… 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z As the sun set, heraldic banners fluttered against the blood-red sky, and the lists were crowded with steel-sheathed giants belabouring one another in a spirit of knightly friendship. Falling in love with medieval armed combat 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z “That he did, and with such feeling, that I almost fancy I see now the scrub-brush belabouring his head for his pains.” The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z That affectionate and responsive arbitrator, hearing himself addressed, raised his head, licked his mistress's hand, and belaboured the floor with his tail in a perfect ecstasy of cordiality. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z They belaboured me until they were tired and I almost senseless; when, thinking me dead, they went off whistling, and I crawled into the nearest doorway and fainted away. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z After paying his respects to the daily Parisian press, which he belabours as venal, cynical, and impure, our critic evokes a picture of the condition of literary men; not a reassuring one. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z How unseemly--nay, revolting, therefore, is their conduct when, weary of groaning and of teeth-gnashing, they belabour with fists instead! The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Cassidy, the claret mounting to his muddled brain, seized a decanter with the laudable intention of belabouring his host with it. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z “Apply the rod to teach the child” is an old saying, and our artist-friends and teachers have applied the rod and belaboured photography most unmercifully, but they have not taught the child. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z Stout quarter staves were also ready wherewith to belabour a struggling wight. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z There are no charitable institutions to fall back upon in that country, where the indigent is apt to be belaboured by his neighbours' paddles. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Thereupon he seized his assailant and used him as a kind of cudgel or flail wherewith to belabour his companions. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z We rushed in, and found the woman in a tousled frenzy belabouring a youngster with an enamelled pan. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Horror of horrors! instead of sweetmeats about a score of demons, of gigantic size and grim visage, jumped out of the handi, and began to belabour the astonished Brahman with blows, fisticuffs and kicks. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z So when they apparently act on the Governor's view of Mrs. Pitt, he turns round and belabours them. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z At these words, the pilgrims continued to belabour one another with casque, with hands, with feet. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z The belabouring went on until the coughing fit was over, and it became evident that mischievous Maria was at the bottom of it all. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Charles began to belabour Mr. Virgin with a folio copy of the Anatomy of Melancholy. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z At first she refused to make any disclosures, on which the Ojha took up his slippers and began belabouring her with them. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z Nevertheless, when he died in 1726, Robert, the belaboured eldest son, succeeded to the great bulk of his fortune. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z The cart drove away; the old horse, vigorously belaboured with the whip, and smelling the house, as they say, began to trot. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Meanwhile Cardinal Guidi had been so powerfully belaboured, that it had frightened him, and he now voted for the third chapter with the majority. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z But my father took a club and belaboured her with it. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z When at last we got her near Dundora, the latter's mahout, viciously belabouring her thick skull with the ankus, told us that the cause of her fright was only a small pariah dog. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z "Take your brief, and belabour away," sang the Merry Swiss Boy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 62, January 1, 1872 2011-10-18T02:00:20.750Z He was doing this because an ostler belaboured his bare legs with a gig whip. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z And he leapt without ceasing and was belaboured without respite, while the pipe made continual pleasant music, and so on throughout eternity. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z When the two women saw Lamme, they ran up and both began to belabour him—the mother because of the fright he had given her, the sister because it was her habit so to do. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z It was the thwart that had been belabouring him. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Then he seized an iron rod, and belaboured the Old Man with it, till he shrieked for mercy, and promised him great riches if he would stop. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z "You love Jack Drogue," said he, sulkily, "and therefore belabour me who dote on you." The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z But he never leapt high enough for the liking of the grasshopper with the stick, and so he was each time belaboured in a most pitiless manner. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z For of a truth, good people, women and working men of Maestricht, I tell you that before long you shall see my friend here belabouring and beating to nothing this famous Stercke Pier of yours!” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z On rushing to save my pet, whom he began belabouring with a cane, the man turned all his fury on me, with the above gratifying result. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z And with that he seized the Spanish cane which was standing beside his chair, and belaboured with it the dog's back and the jester's body at the same time, and so restored peace between them. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z They thrashed, thwacked, banged, thumped, poked, prodded, kicked, belaboured, bumped, and hit him, working themselves into a frenzy of rage. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z When he was well settled on a stout branch and there regaling himself with plums, Smetse slipped down, picked up a stick lying on the grass and fell to belabouring him with great vigour. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z And they clapped their hands while Lamme continued to belabour the boatman most unmercifully. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z "Try your axes!" cried Taras; and some of the men, jumping from their horses, belaboured the gate with powerful blows. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Imagining the snuff quite spoilt, and giving way to his rage, he instantly began belabouring the shoulders of the sleeper with the stick he carried. Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion 2011-07-29T02:00:29.353Z The Jew and the Squire Came behind his back, And began to belabour The sides of poor Jack, Then old Mother Goose, That instant came in, And turned her son Jack Into famed Harlequin. National Rhymes of the Nursery 2011-07-12T02:00:29.700Z The British working man has his fair share of faults, but just now he has been so belaboured on all sides with praise that he is getting to be rather a nuisance. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z So saying, the portly cook rolled himself on the floor among the intoxicated and half-awakened turnkeys, and began to belabour them with all his might. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z "Marry, content," replied Meg, and, taking a staff in her hand, so belaboured him and his man that he desired her for God's sake to hold her hand. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z They split my coat right up to the shoulders, pulled my hair, and belaboured me in a general way. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Cavaliers and Roundheads belaboured each other in many a merciless pamphlet, to which they often endeavoured to give additional bitterness by woodcut caricatures. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z After all, sympathy is more effectually administered by indirect means than by the crowbars of consolation with which our friends, even the kindest, are apt to belabour our grief. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z He seized a stick that was lying on the ground, and began to belabour the hag with all his might. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z The texts which this person used to belabour poor Jefferies were, however, singularly inappropriate. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z Squash came a stick down over my head, then he flew at my throat and kicked and belaboured me in a terrible way. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Later, Anthony Hamilton might have been his friend, or with the Earl of Rochester he might have walked up Long Acre to belabour the watch without dirtying the fine lace of his sleeves. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z With this the peccant animal is brutally belaboured, till the woods for a mile around re-echo its howlings. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Strange, unintelligible words entered his ears, and before he had recovered from his surprise, four fists were lustily belabouring his back, like flails on a barn-floor. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z They took off their cloaks, and at the end of each they made a knot, in which they placed a large stone, and with these they thrashed and belaboured each other till both fell dead. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Frank had Dude by the collar in a moment, and was belabouring him over the flank with a stout stick. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z Some of them fell on Bartek and began to belabour him with sticks and stones. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z It was as if he had been inside a tin bath and some one was belabouring it with a wooden mallet. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z To morrow morning we shall have you look, For all your great words, like St. George at Kingston, Running a foot-back from the furious Dragon, That with her angry tail belabours him For being lazie. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10) The Womans Prize; The Island Princess; The Noble Gentleman; The Coronation; The Coxcomb 2011-02-19T03:01:07.890Z Instead of music and the dance, there will be beating of death knells, and the belabouring of breasts. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z They had not gone far when they met two men and a dog-team; one of the men was belabouring the dogs with a whip, making them howl dreadfully. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z The causes of growing inequality within countries are well understood, and it is not necessary to belabour them here. Inequality, the new dynamic of history 2011-02-06T16:00:00Z She was directly knocked down, her features belaboured with clenched fists, and justice was demanded of the commandant. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z She turned to glance at him, and he saw her flushed face, as again she belaboured her tired beast. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z Bernard, hanging on to his tail, belaboured him with a cane, and, finally, the reins proving good, the task of towing the victims ashore was achieved. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z The dogs belaboured were soon tangled among the traces in fine confusion. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z He came upon a man of the transport service of his battalion belabouring a donkey which was slowly dragging a heavy load. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z The name Elm was derived from the Latin Ulmus, and appears to indicate an instrument of punishment—probably from its rods having been used to belabour slaves. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z He belaboured him till his sullen obstinacy gave way to a roar for mercy, and promises never so to offend again. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z So this skipper, the "very nice gentleman," took a rope, and the chief mate took another, and between them they belaboured poor Jim, one hitting on one side and one on the other. The Life of Roger Langdon Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen. [With a preface by H. Clifton Lambert.] 2010-12-21T22:55:56.210Z When the man rested from the belabouring, Hugh asked to be allowed to "try the dogs." The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z Immediately two young men leaped out of the knapsack with long sticks in their hands and began to belabour him, crying: “Don’t go to thy godmother; don’t be fooled by honeyed words!” Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z And Bruno was hardly much of a champ: his first defence of his long-cherished title lasted a whole three rounds before Tyson belaboured him into retirement. From James Hunt to Aston Villa 80-81 2010-04-16T10:29:00Z With hard knotted scourge he belabours himself, while the blood flows in torrents. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Jim belaboured me with the horsewhip as long as he felt disposed. The Life of Roger Langdon Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen. [With a preface by H. Clifton Lambert.] 2010-12-21T22:55:56.210Z Baba Yaga appears with the usual phenomena, and the usual dialogue follows, till she begins to belabour the hero with her pestle. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn Then he set to work belabouring her with his crutch, till little by little her very soul oozed out of her, and she lay upon the field more dead than alive. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z A violent shock flung her forward; the dash of a wave took her breath; the boat lurched aslant, belaboured by wave on wave, too suddenly headed for the open sea. The Unknown Sea If the challenge was accepted, the fool knew so well how to parry the lance, throw his opponent on his back, and belabour him with his club, that the laugh was always on his side. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. "Help, help!" screamed the bailiff, as he rolled on the ground at Frank's feet, while his infuriated antagonist continued to belabour him with all his force. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 Here and there women were belabouring their doorsteps with mangy mats or leaning with grimed elbows on their sills in depressed anticipation of a day's drudgery. Sinister Street, vol. 1 He was obliged to appear in person at popular festivals, and act the part of the buffoon and much belaboured opponent of the heavenly powers, in a half ludicrous, half terrific dress. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. If I met a tramp and he attacked me, I'd belabour him with my umbrella. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days Now this knave would have taken all and slain the honest merchant as well, had I not passed by, and so belaboured him that he will not rise from his bed for a fortnight. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion There should perhaps be no prophet needed to belabour us into making an end of such disasters as have recently taken place in so far as they are preventable. The Book of This and That Slowly the fat horses dragged the waggon along, when suddenly Nan cried "Halt!" whereupon the drummer, obeying previous instructions, began to belabour his tin-pan, while Nan levelled her famous sword-gun at Uncle Plato. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction He did—he does—he will, he always shall!” cried Grizel belabouring the table with a startling vigour. An Unknown Lover As he felt the havoc made in his cheek the man uttered a frightful howl, and seized a spear-staff and began to belabour the unconscious boy. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa He clenched his fingers, closed his lips firmly, and when he could fixed his gaze upon the ruffian who belaboured him. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War The individual sentenced has to lie prone on the ground, supporting his head with his hands, while two slaves take it in turns to belabour him with whips made of hippopotamus hide. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Another—Gurmukh Das—was being belaboured by some ruffians while lying in the middle of the road, when an English gentleman passed in his carriage. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches But the castellan and the servants, while the bailiff led off the horses, belaboured me with whips, and cudgels, and kicks, till I fell down, half dead, at the gate. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors And with a good thick cudgel which he had in his hand he set to and belaboured and maltreated her in the most shameful manner. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Was it remarkable, therefore, that these men marched on before and behind their prisoner, belabouring him when his steps flagged, and shouting oaths at him? With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Hiddigeigei many a valiant fight, Like the Paladin Roland, was waging; But men have often belaboured his hide, And with dropping hot pitch made him raging. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. But no sooner was he on his knees than the cripple began belabouring him with his 179 crutches, and every time the captain tried to rise, he got a blow which sent him reeling. East of the Sun and West of the Moon Old Tales from the North So I, when I am ready to go beside myself, stick my head into a story-book, as the ostrich with her bush; let fate and fortune meantime belabour my posteriors at their will. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) The goodman, eager to test the efficacy of the cudgel, at once said to it, “Strike, cudgel,” whereupon it commenced to belabour him so soundly that he yelled, “Ora pro nobis!” when it ceased. Legends & Romances of Brittany He stumbled over it, and Wolfgang, quickly taking advantage of it, swung himself up and belaboured his enemy. The Son of His Mother The Jew and the Squire Came behind his back, And began to belabour The sides of poor Jack. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 He began to belabour me with his crutches till very soon I was unable to move a limb.” East of the Sun and West of the Moon Old Tales from the North Landor and another—the other being some wretched man of straw or Guy Faux effigy dragged in to be belaboured with weighty aphorisms and talk obtrusive nonsense. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) It belaboured judge, gendarmes, and spectators in such a manner that they fled howling from the scene. Legends & Romances of Brittany “I’ll teach you to do that;” and flinging himself on Tom’s chest, he nipped him with his knees, and began to belabour him with his fists. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam While Burke was belabouring Dr. Price, he whittled away the whole theoretic significance of the English Revolution of 1688, but he remained its partisan. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle There," cried the ill-treated spouse, "there is a traitor—how I could belabour the barbarian, and pluck that vile creature's eyes out! Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Brenchfield commenced to belabour the horse in his irritation, but the more he struck the more nervous and vicious she seemed to grow. The Spoilers of the Valley Jack, as usual, seemed to grow particularly obstreperous just when circumstances demanded a certain amount of decorum, and at that moment he was kneeling on the narrow front seat belabouring Prince with the cushion. Soldiers of the Queen Careless of his own safety, he had gone after the animal, belabouring its head with the stock of his rifle, for he was afraid to shoot, lest he should wound his companion. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin Taking the big fish by the tail, he belaboured his partner in business with the scaly carcase, till the long spines of the fish’s back caught in the fleshy part of his victim’s neck. The Tale of Timber Town Blake and Blind Charlie—those two whole-hearted haters, who belaboured each other so valiantly before the public—in a secret pact to rob that same dear public! Counsel for the Defense He said he would track him out and belabour him as he deserved.' Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney Every other week he went out to the stable, and after closing the doors, proceeded to belabour an old saddle with a pitchfork handle. Anderson Crow, Detective Caspar could have thrust his head with a spear—if he had been armed with one—or he could even have belaboured it with a cudgel. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains All three then began to belabour the wretched man with all their might and main, until at length he lay senseless and without motion at the bottom of the boat. Folk-lore and Legends: German He was constructed not for grace, but powerful, tireless action; and there was something absurdly disproportionate between the small machine and the broad and hairy hands which so heavily belaboured its ladylike keys. Counsel for the Defense Will it please you to stay here, while I go and unearth the wretch, and belabour him till there is no breath left in him.' Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney Suddenly there was a great outcry, every one pitching in, and I saw the soldier seize the innkeeper by the queue, belabouring him vigorously with the flat of his short broad sword. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia To these, the madcap driver would reply with a shrill and fiendish yell, belabouring his frantic cattle with a view to attempting fresh feats. The Sign of the Spider And running across the road, she seized hold of a pedlar’s dog, who was having a great game of romps with her favourite, and gave it a most unjust and unmerciful belabouring with her cane. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life And how can he, poor belaboured wretch, find the necessary peace of mind to compose a new one? The Wagnerian Romances One of the women drove an ox-team; she had a large and powerful whip, with which, and a surprising strength, she belaboured and tugged the unwieldy team with great dexterity. From Slave to College President Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington Little instructions shall you have though great store of doctrines and many uses to small purpose; he putts much zeale into his booke, and belabours his tongue exceedingly. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters Jumping to her feet, she commenced to belabour Mahooley's back with her fists. The Huntress Their cries soon brought their husbands to their sides, and all united in belabouring the wolf. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller It discomforted me to be belaboured with a title of respect which I could not reasonably claim from him. A Poor Man's House But to my surprise the crowd soundly belaboured their countryman, while Yaïgok apologised on behalf of the chief, for the man's behaviour. From Paris to New York by Land I shrieked as to some unknown hand to save me, and Jemmy belaboured him with a stick he caught up in desperation. Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) The last we catched, Jem Sludge, we belaboured in such fashion as I verily think he waur more like a midden' nor a man when he got his neck out o' th' collar. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 The Jew and the Squire Came close at his back, And began to belabour The sides of poor Jack. Harry's Ladder to Learning He was lucky, for he managed to escape, but they took me to the police station, belabouring me with the butt-end of their guns. Renée Mauperin It may seem so to others, but in my own experience these apparently profitless hours are often more fruitful than those spent in belabouring the brain to a forced activity. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy Brougham made a speech, in which he belaboured the Ministry generally, and many of them by name, with his usual acrimony. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) The Jew and the Squire Came behind his back And began to belabour The sides of poor Jack. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk In desperation, Larry seized a stick, and so belaboured him that he leaped up and rushed out of the smoke and flames, terribly singed, indeed, but not much hurt otherwise. Over the Rocky Mountains Wandering Will in the Land of the Redskin He belaboured with metaphysical and uncompromising arguments Brissot and his accomplices. The Gods are Athirst When he started down the hill and the tired beast stumbled, he belaboured it with a heavy stick and cursed it. There was a King in Egypt It represented a brute of a dustman belabouring his horse's head with the butt-end of his whip. The History of "Punch" Surely, before setting on to belabour the culprit as they were doing, they had seen that the fire was out? Ran Away to Sea So saying, he fell again to cudgelling him and belaboured him to such purpose on one side and on the other, that the mule passed on and the muleteer won the bout. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio The gipsy savagely belaboured his dove-white head with the heavy whip. The Day of Wrath The servant drew off when Negretti began whistling and coaxing to get the dog near him; so they threw a muff against his legs, which he belaboured soundly. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 The police, standing at ease, are uncertain whether to belabour the crowd, or to cry: "Long live the Commune!" while some retire to their quarters to "await the pleasure of the new Government." The Conquest of Bread These attacked the rogue furiously, knocking him down when he attempted to rise, and belabouring him with their trunks until he was thoroughly exhausted. The Eagle Cliff Poplanas with short skirts and slippered feet pass my window; and groups of “tame” Indians, pueblos, crowd in from the neighbouring rancherias, belabouring their donkeys as they go. The Scalp Hunters All the way as he ran after and belaboured me he was giving me important information in furious tones! The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar They rode on, and arrived in sight of a big youth who was belabouring with a thick stick, in the middle of the road, a young boy. Count Ulrich of Lindburg A Tale of the Reformation in Germany He therefore belaboured him till his sullen obstinacy gave way to a roar for mercy, and promises never so to offend again. Eric, or Little by Little “Turn out, you young skulker; turn out!” he exclaimed, belabouring me with a rope’s end. Old Jack Strike up cymbals, gongs, and tabours, Clarions, double-flutes, and drums; All that bellows, or belabours, In a surging discord comes. Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse The door was immediately upon the left, not five feet from the portal he had lately belaboured. The Long Roll Now he was belabouring the animal unmercifully, acting like a crazy man, shouting in a frenzy of rage. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance I’ll teach him,” growled Pietrie, and jumping up, he belaboured Wright’s head with the Latin Grammar out of which he had just been cribbing. Eric, or Little by Little They were soon recaptured, however, by our negroes; and mounting once more, we belaboured them well and continued our journey. The Gorilla Hunters Oliver took a chisel and hammer from the miner, and applying them to the rock, spent five minutes in belabouring it with scarcely any result. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines It is exhausting to belabour a thick-skinned and obstinate animal with a stick. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan Then he twisted the thong around his hand and belaboured its hollow ribs with the butt. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Pulling off his coat, he seized a mallet and a caulking-chisel, and began to belabour the side of a boat as if his life depended on it. The Young Fur Traders We lost all patience at last, and belaboured them soundly with twigs, the effect of which was to make them advance rather slowly, and evidently under protest. The Gorilla Hunters Four fairies held him down, and a fifth belaboured his head with a drumstick. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines When Stephen Gaff approached his own cottage, he beheld his wife belabouring the Bu’ster with both hands and tongue unmercifully. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn Without a moment’s hesitation he rushed at Frank Dobson and commenced violently to kick his shins, while he soundly belaboured his knees with the still wriggling tail of the poor snake. The Settler and the Savage At the same moment she seized the tea-tray in her left hand and belaboured it furiously with the drumstick. Post Haste I must follow at her heels, incessantly belabouring. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Why, yes, they do; it would almost appear wicked to belabour the Holy Trinity as we did. Peter Simple I had a good thick stick with which I belaboured the poor beast to urge him onward. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor “Hit it on the tail with your spear, Walter; a few heavy blows will soon render it helpless,” said the doctor; and Walter, as directed, belaboured the unfortunate creature, till at length its struggles ceased. The South Sea Whaler The moment after, with the stretcher, which he had never let out of his grasp, he was again on the lugger’s deck, belabouring both right and left those of the crew who still resisted. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman Seizing a stick, he began belabouring the sow, bestowing on her epithets numberless and profuse. Paddy Finn A cry of horror escaped him; he could not restrain it, but, speedily recovering his presence of mind, he began to belabour the head of the wolf. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar His only reply was to belabour the miserable victim with a thick stick. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley “Indeed, I will!” answered Ronald, belabouring his horse, and digging his spurs into his flanks with an energy proportioned to his anxiety. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War Then suddenly he flung himself off the branch right on the animal’s back, and with his powerful fists began belabouring away at its head and eyes. In the Eastern Seas I signed to my companions, and making a spring, jumped on Houlston’s back and began belabouring him with might and main. On the Banks of the Amazon I galloped after him, belabouring him with my whip, and in spite of his continuing to try and toss me, turned him back into the herd. Adventures in Australia This highly interesting piece of business was gone through, Samson mixing up some meal and water, pouring it into the troughs, and belabouring the greedy animals with the mealy stick. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales I started up in wonder, but sank back with a groan, feeling stiff and sore, as if I had been belaboured with capstan bars. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser He continued belabouring it with his fists till it ceased to move. In the Eastern Seas And oh, what a noble drum it boasted of!—could musical ambition mount higher than to be permitted the privilege of belabouring thundering sounds out of its parchment ends? True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best Mike was belabouring the gong as if his life depended on his exertions. Pixie O'Shaughnessy At this Ramon’s tortured nerves exploded and he jumped into the water after the floundering animal, belabouring it with a quirt, and cursing it richly in two languages. The Blood of the Conquerors The sailors belaboured him with the oars, but he paid no attention and managed to drag himself on to the boat, when the crew all jumped out and swam to the bank. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People On one occasion when crossing quite a small stream my two driving ponies went down to their hocks, so that I had to cut the traces and belabour them hard to get them out. Ranching, Sport and Travel On one occasion I saw him mercilessly belabour an Australian boy with his stick. The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's) A Record of its Services in the Great War, 1914-1919 Binding him like the others, hand and foot, they tied him to the frame, and the chief castigator, rolling up his sleeves, proceeded to belabour Mole's soles with terrific energy. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series Quick as thought the doctor now whisks the leaves away with the ghosts in them; he belabours them with a cudgel, he hangs them up in the smoke, or he throws them into the fire. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia It was as if she were still beset with Mrs. Rooth's twaddle and muddle, her hypocrisy, her idiotic scruples—something she felt all need to belabour, to trample on. The Tragic Muse In fancy he saw himself holding Day by the throat, throwing him down, belabouring him with words and blows, meting out punishment more than adequate. The Mermaid A Love Tale He turned to one of the stewards of the table, who was belabouring the unfortunate driver of a camel which had stumbled and in its fall had shivered its burden, two panniers of porcelain. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity In obedience to this valid conclusion he hit Sergeant Klomp in the stomach as he advanced, caught the cane out of his hand and belaboured him the entire length of the gun-deck. The Blue Pavilions The broad-brimmed hat-like object he belaboured as something naturally or unnaturally possessed of life, all the while giving utterance to anything but priestly language. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) Generally they ended by standing back to back and belabouring each other till one, or both, dropped dead. With Our Army in Palestine Closer drew the watchful heroes, and their clubs were wielded well, Till by many blows belaboured both the fainting fighters fell! Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse He jumped from his perch and belaboured Hawker's shoulders. The Third Violet One of the soldiers was belabouring him with the flat of a sword, as a hint to stand up. The Blue Pavilions According to one account the hide of the mart or winter cow was wrapped round the head of one of a company of men, who all made off belabouring the hide with switches. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Straightway surrounding the Monk, the sisters dragged his gown above his head and belaboured him with the handfuls of thorns they still held. The Well of Saint Clare Dr. Overweg has again visited the belaboured wife this morning, and reports her to be improving. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Seizing the stick with which she used to poke the fire, she leaped up and belaboured the blanket so severely that it lost no time in recovering its proper form. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure In his plays "the old man does not belabour the person next him with a stick." History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour He made himself greatly dreaded by his orchestra, whom he used to belabour over the head with his fiddle. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 There he was, grizzled and bronzed and weather-worn, laughing with joy and thrashing his arms about as if to belabour me again. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade “Shoo! shoo!” shouted Jem, waving his arms in farming-man fashion, and belabouring Dolly’s neck with the stick. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys One day she saw the steward belabouring a piece of sailcloth, which was stretched on the deck under his feet, to p. 170receive a good sweeping from the ship’s broom. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands Nothing loath, the worthy villagers fell upon him, and belaboured him with such fervour that he soon fell insensible to the ground. The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro Then he made his way to the front door, peered out for a moment, swung through it on to the step, and, turning round, commenced to belabour it with his fist. The Black Box Ruskin so belaboured the poor ancients about their landscapes that when I was a youth he had taught me to believe that Claude and Ruisdael were mere duffers. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses How dear old Jem did belabour the boy we found torturing it! We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys For Jack's mother for once had lost her temper, and was belabouring the boy for all she was worth. English Fairy Tales He springs out of the window, and begins belabouring his unlucky rival with a stout cudgel. Stories of the Wagner Opera The foremost man of our caravan removed the obstacles; but a woman came out of her house like a fury, and belaboured us with blows from a pole. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Each of them bore in his right hand a scourge, with which he belaboured the naked back and shoulders of his comrade in the fore rank. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Those who did not know him belaboured him in the press or by word of mouth, and much honour and profit did they get by it. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas Then I would run by a short cut, hide in the hazels, and watch while my father stalked up through the meadow, caught and belaboured the poachers. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century ‘We will now make you take a pretty walk,’ said the carriers, and instantly began belabouring him with their cudgels. The Turkish Jester or, The Pleasantries of Cogia Nasr Eddin Effendi He thereupon beat a retreat, rather afraid of the turn the dispute was taking, and saved himself by belabouring the painters of the School. His Masterpiece They fell on the pasteboard dragon and belaboured him. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches Not content with belabouring him in his cell, they attacked him one night with swords, and he only escaped by leaping out of the dormitory window. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London Here is a woman in a blue dress and white cap, busily belabouring a rug on the grass. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Barry, himself a novelist, has set about to belabour novelists, and to enliven the end of a dull season, in a highly explosive article concerning "the plague of unclean books, and especially of dangerous fiction." Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 In his right hand he carried a long staff or wand, either for the purpose of belabouring his inferiors, or else to use it as a walking-stick. Ancient Egypt And gripping his walking-stick firmly in his hand, he belaboured the Baron's mare as if she had been a donkey. Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales That remains a problem which cannot be resolved by saying that his friends trumpeted him into it, or that posthumous readers enjoyed seeing him belabour his betters, which his contemporaries had not. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary And, catching the attorney by the collar, she began to belabour him soundly with the whip. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest A few minutes in the saddle sufficed him, and then dismounting, he took of his hat and belaboured it well with the stock end of his whip. Heiress of Haddon Giles turned angrily away from him towards the stable, tightening a tough cudgel in his grasp, with which he intended to belabour the unfortunate hind on his return. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 He laughed loudly, and crying "O you young beast!" started to belabour me with his fists. Tell England A Study in a Generation I fancy that, from endlessly belabouring Froude, I get credit for knowing more of those times than I do. The Life of Froude He was not in the least hurt, and, as soon as he was set on his feet again, began to belabour the poor jinrikisha man most unmercifully. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months "Now, then, we have them," exclaimed the servants, who began to belabour the whole party with blows, with every weapon they could secure. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood But in this case he was wrong, and perhaps he was also wrong to make the observation of St. Joseph's Day a cudgel with which to belabour the brethren. The Altar Steps Of the two needs that unceasingly belabour human nature, that of happiness is not only the more universally felt and the more constantly experienced, but it is also the more imperious. Tragic Sense Of Life Nevertheless he rushed headlong upon his victim, and "belaboured" Froude, with all the violence of which he was capable, in The Contemporary Review. The Life of Froude For you profess to strike at folly, not at him who commits it: yet your tactics are precisely to belabour every act or opinion of which you disapprove, in the form of some one man. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) They stood upon the hall steps—the grand staircase, with long poles or sticks, about the size of quarter-staves, and with these they belaboured those below most unmercifully. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood In an Italian theatre, they shout, they scream, they stamp, they belabour the backs of their seats with their canes, with all the violence of persons possessed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Now he ground his teeth, as Rateau, with a yell, grabbed up the mop and, skating around on one leg, belaboured the floor lustily. Là-bas He had some skill in the correction of misprints, and would have been better employed in revising proof- sheets for Froude than in "belabouring" him. The Life of Froude The injured giant fell on his companion in fury, and the two belaboured each other till they were utterly tired out. More English Fairy Tales None doubted that he was an initiate of the arcana of nature, as preserved in the temple of Apis at the era when Cambyses belaboured that capricious divinity. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry He chased the sheep into a corner of the enclosure, and proceeded to belabour them with a heavy stick. The Pilots of Pomona Another, inflated, livid, her pupils dilated, lolled her head back over her shoulders, then jerked it brusquely erect and belaboured herself, tearing her breast with her nails. Là-bas But the angry man ignored him and continued to belabour his unfortunate animal, which, at the risk of dislocating its leg, struggled wildly to free itself and screamed shrilly each time that the bamboo fell. The Elephant God She belaboured the dogs, futilely, with her parasol. Mount Music Unfortunately, some disturbances in Dublin at the first production of The Playboy turned the play into a battle-cry, and the artists, headed by Mr. Yeats, used Synge to belabour the Philistinism of the mob. The Art of Letters On one occasion Colonel Campbell found him belabouring his son with a stout bamboo, and on inquiry learned that the said son had killed a tiger. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore Wogan expressed his indignation with so majestic an air that the landlord was soon apologising for having disturbed a gentleman in the proper exercise of belabouring his valet. Clementina For she belabours him sorely with her tongue times and again, and ofttimes writes him fiery letters, which discompose him more than a reverse in arms. Tom Tufton's Travels Why yes, they do; it would almost appear wicked to belabour the Holy Trinity as we did. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 Whereat the muleteer, wroth beyond measure, fell a belabouring him with the stick now on the head, now on the flanks, and anon on the croup, never so lustily, but all to no purpose. The Decameron, Volume II Some clambered upon the roof, and attempted to smash it in with heavy stones; others tried to force an opening through the side; while the door was sturdily belaboured by another division of the band. The Dock and the Scaffold Thus he remained there till the master of the house came up and seized hold of and belaboured him, and handed him over to the authorities. Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I Conservatives, Whigs, Liberals, Radicals, Irish Members, Scotch and Welsh, each alternately have praised and belaboured me. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 22, 1890 I have belaboured the Government from all points of attack. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 8, 1890 He belaboured the small table; he rose on tiptoe and fell upon his heels; often he seemed to fling his words with a rapid jerk of his right arm as one hurls a pebble. Darrel of the Blessed Isles The last has been unmercifully belaboured in debate, the Prime Minister himself describing it as "a halting, lopsided, temporary makeshift." Mr. Punch's History of the Great War He dealt him blows with some hard instrument, belabouring his head, while with his left hand he throttled his throat so that he could not scream. The Blotting Book Suddenly Mercury appeared, and belaboured him with his staff, saying as he did so, "You villain, where's your nice sense of justice now?" Aesop's Fables; a new translation The loss of her dinner—and of such a dinner—so enraged the hungry girl, as to cause her to seize a brush lying near and begin to belabour him without mercy. The Garies and Their Friends But he did not suffer him to depart without belabouring him soundly. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire It was a scene for a comedy, as Reynolds observed, to see a penitent get into a passion and belabour his confessor. Samuel Johnson The drivers, shouting and cursing, belaboured the horses, which snorted, resisted obstinately, and refused to budge on any account, notwithstanding the eloquence of the whips. A Hero of Our Time They were armed with pitchforks, with which they belaboured poor Marano till he was almost dead, and robbed him of his sixty ounces of gold and all the valuables he carried about his person. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 In her hand she held a whip with which she belaboured the mule; and in truth no horse could have galloped so fast as was the pace of the mule. Four Arthurian Romances The keeper rushed towards them, and seizing Pillichody, began to belabour him soundly. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire And at once the two rogues with their big sticks crept out of the sack, and began to belabour her as they sang: 'Would you beat your husband true? The Violet Fairy Book He carried no torch, but a long stave with which he belaboured the heads of those who were too tightly packed to flee. Greenmantle I must follow at her heels, incessantly belabouring. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes And the giant belabours him with the stake, and makes him bend beneath the blows. Four Arthurian Romances "That was too much," replied the porter, belabouring him with the rolling-pin. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire “That,” said the Fool, diligently belabouring the animal, “is what I’m trying to teach this beast—which has kicked me.” Fantastic Fables Then, without allowing her any time to give any explanation in her own defence, she clutched Pao Erh's wife, and, tearing her about, she belaboured her with blows. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books The beast whimpered and wept, and the brute belaboured him. A Rough Shaking When the three physicians see that they will make nothing out of her either by prayer or flattery, then they take her from her bier, and begin to beat and belabour her. Four Arthurian Romances Could any one save a humourist of high order have given Moses such a pair of horns, or set, under Music, such a shagged Tubal to belabour an anvil? Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Ben Jonson, Dryden, Pope, Voltaire, Rousseau, belabour their enemies, and we see nothing incongruous in their doing so. Milton As for me, I can no longer move; the stick has so belaboured my body. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 That done, Clare should belabour him with it, while he ran like the wind and set his grandmother's house on fire. A Rough Shaking Since that evil day when this new slave entered the house he has never ceased belabouring us with blows. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 Behind his powerful shoulders I managed to get a glimpse of the agent's wife in the outer room surreptitiously belabouring some other peasant woman. A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I A church is more fantastic to me than the room in which Punch belabours Judy. The Woman with the Fan It was enough that he said white for her to cry black; this opposition infuriated the machinist, who would throw the dishes about, belabour his wife, and smash all the household furniture. The Quest Glum Gunn rushed across the area, jumped into the cage of the puma, and began belabouring him with his whip. A Rough Shaking The Comedian cannot pay heed to such fine distinctions, but belabours the whole tribe with indiscriminate raillery and scurrility. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 Glyde, having Ingram on the ground, took him by the collar of his jacket and belaboured him with his open hand. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Pete was tugging at the rope, while his assistant was belabouring her with a stout stick. The Fourth Watch God wot how the levite belaboured him, hiding within the long sleeve of his canonical shirt his huge steel gauntlet lined with ermine; for he was a strong-built ball, and an old dog at fisticuffs. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Saying which, she proceeded to belabour the poor Dwarf with her knotted stick, clutching him fast by his ear the while. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn And seizing a corn broom that stood in a corner of the room, he began to poke at the poor animal, and belabour him in the most unmerciful manner. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Swords were perpetually being drawn; bottles after bottles were drunk; oaths roared unceasingly in conversation; tavern-drawers and watchmen were pinked and maimed; chairmen belaboured; citizens insulted by reeling pleasure-hunters. The Virginians Hallowell, however, did not cease for a moment belabouring the mules, and his yells rang out as clear and defiant as before. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway "Beat him," said the youngster, brandishing his staff, "as near to death as one Christian man should belabour another—I wanted not to have his blood to answer for." Quentin Durward But the champion, recovering, sprang upon the giant, and seizing his great club, he ceased not to belabour him until he fell to earth a dead man. Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Meanwhile, a boy with a stick came up, and belaboured Master Donkey until he roared louder than ever. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family The child's story tells of a giant who determined to slay his enemy, and belaboured an empty bed with his club all night, and found his foe untouched and fresh in the morning. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII The woman with the brand cried out on him with vile words that made my face burn in the dark, and belaboured him about the head with her blazing cudgel. The Yeoman Adventurer Hu Dra securely manacled to a scented gum, Tim dealt with the baskets, capsizing the contents and belabouring them with the bamboo until they looked as if they had been the playthings of a baboon. Tropic Days Mrs. Kent had indicated jugged hare and mashed potatoes for lunch, and after some scrutiny of the problem Eliza found a hammer in the cabinet with which she began to belabour the vegetables. Kathleen That was the first occasion on which my fellow-Liberals in Leeds belaboured me with the name of Mr. Chamberlain. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 Both uncle and nephew fell upon Jogesh and belaboured him sorely with their shoes. Tales of Bengal To thus belabour a horse on its hinder-parts would seem to be equivalent among the horse-breeding fraternity to chucking a buxom milkmaid under the chin. Young Lives She belaboured him impartially and with perverted goodwill from shoulder to heel, for she aimed invariably at the crab, and where is the woman who ever hit where she designed? Tropic Days In stern and solemn silence our force was marshalled for the attack, and then, without any word of warning, each one began belabouring with all his might the recumbent figures of the foe. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 Some are reluctant to strike out, when they begin to enter the deepest channel, and try to turn back; the mahouts and 'mates' shout, and belabour them with bamboo poles. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter When the unhappy man tried to explain how he had mistaken her little donkey for a lion, she thought he was making fun of her, and belaboured him with her umbrella. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction By the sun's light, I'll get me a good cudgel, and beginning with your carcase, will so belabour all the physic-mongers in the island, that I will not leave one of the tribe. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction Spieghalter seized the talisman, and flung it on an anvil, and furiously belaboured it with a heavy sledgehammer. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction Whoever reasons with the Hindus when they mercilessly belabour the progeny of the cow with their sticks? Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation Their huge leathery ears flapped lazily, and ever and anon one or other would seize a mighty branch, and belabour his corrugated sides to free himself of the detested and troublesome flies. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter Then must I needs belabour thee to the good of thy soul, sir outlaw. Beltane the Smith Indians of both sides join in with clubs to belabour the fighters, and the yowling and yelping of those discomfited is painful to hear for long after the fight is over. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake As he was belabouring me with a great cudgel, a band of fierce men armed with swords and carrying lighted torches appeared. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction The truth is, the poor captain had been so belaboured about the pate, that it was a wonder he remembered his own name. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Maginn flourished his shillelagh, and belaboured his victim with a brutality that has hardly ever been equalled, even by the pioneer journals of the Wild West. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century Madame Raquin enjoyed exquisite pleasure, when Laurent dragged her niece along the floor in this way, belabouring her with thumps and kicks. Theresa Raquin Still another prank was tried by the foolish king: a "variety entertainment" was got up, in which one scene represented a famished wretch who was being belaboured for some reason. Ancient China Simplified This man, returning and crying out: "So it is not the rats who plunder my larder!" began to belabour the hunchback, till the body rolled over and lay still. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction Dawdle, who was much better mounted, seeing his condition, rode up to the unfortunate novice, and belaboured his shoulders without fear of retaliation. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Jones presently leapt from his bed, where he found the master of the puppet-show belabouring the back and ribs of his poor Merry-Andrew, without either mercy or moderation. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Better far, I think, 'twould be, Daughter of the devil, that you Held the stick and used it too, With it well belabouring me; Is't agreed what I propose? The Purgatory of St. Patrick Pulling off his coat, he seized a mallet and a calking-chisel, and began to belabour the side of a boat as if his life depended on it. The Young Fur Traders But the worst of all was that the carriers, taking part with their own ponies, ran up with stakes and so belaboured him that they brought him to the ground in a sore plight. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 A story is told of how one day sitting at table he saw through the window a man belabouring a woman. The Naturalist in Nicaragua Turn your mercenary quills elsewhere, beslaver Mr. Gladstone or belabour him, arbitrate on the affairs of nations, and throw your weighty influence into the scale of European politics. Without Prejudice Then he fell to belabouring the would-be suicide with his fists, until the big man cried for mercy and received it not. In Kedar's Tents The front cushions and woodwork had caught fire and a couple of labourers, panting with the run across the fields, were vainly belabouring the flames with brushwood. The Guest of Quesnay So said, he began to belabour the wretch with the flat of his sword, and at each stroke the cook gave a howl of terror. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca He had done what he liked with them, stuffed his opinions down their throats, belaboured their shoulders with his sceptre. The Fat and the Thin His hand had fallen heavily upon the shoulder of a huge carter, who, with whip in hand, was belabouring a thin scarecrow of a horse. The Evil Shepherd He is straightway surrounded by them, and, on giving his name as the “Sleeping Bard,” a shadowy claimant to that name sets upon him and belabours him most unmercifully until Merlin bid him desist. The Visions of the Sleeping Bard A parson; many of whom in the fury of their eloquence, heartily belabour their cushions. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue I will take a stick and belabour his skin for him with more blows than I can count. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm By the time he had risen, Turnbull had come to the rescue of MacIan, who was at bay but belabouring his two enemies handsomely. The Ball and the Cross Surprise kept Rougon motionless for a moment at the sight of this frantic bourgeois thus belabouring the bell in the moonlight. The Fortune of the Rougons He had ever a wag of encouragement for the young, the ill-favoured, the belaboured, and the mangy. The Fiend's Delight To this end he forced them to incessant toil, belabouring them with a weapon of raw hide, to which he gave the singular cognomen of "hell-fire." Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter I was hoping to see the Church militant belabour the Church recusant. God's Good Man He just stands still and shivers at the night, and the more he is belaboured the more he shivers, standing stock-still with ears thrown back and front legs thrown forward. The Red Planet All Europe was depressed under the cloud of war; but they went on belabouring hackneyed themes—the unlocking of the lands, iniquitous licence-fees, official corruption. Australia Felix Then the fight began, and those two holy men belaboured each other, with words, not fists, for the rest of the journey. Love Eternal A troupe of donkeys, belaboured by Bedouin drivers, is being driven in the direction of the adjacent temple, dedicated to the god by Seti! Egypt (La Mort de Philae) Upon this the savage to whom she belonged belaboured her with a large stick, and not succeeding in driving her before him, he knocked her down and jumped upon her. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Fortunately the man had his axe, with which he at once belaboured the bear upon the head until it relinquished its hold. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 Accordingly, many seized the opportunity of paying off old scores by belabouring obnoxious persons, drenching them with ice-cold water, and covering them with filth or hot ashes. The Golden Bough There was no trickery about the speed at which her horse, belaboured with the mop-pail, galloped in pursuit of the others. Merton of the Movies When they had feasted to their hearts' content, Hajm seized a heavy club and began to unmercifully belabour his guests till he broke their heads and "the crimson torrent stained the carpet of hospitality." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 And the other ape, the handsome one, answered him, saying, "O Khalif, what will it profit thee to beat him, though thou belabour him till he die?" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 Thou wendest forth at the call to dawn prayer and thou returnest not till sundown; and through the livelong day thou endurest all manner hardships; to wit, beating and belabouring and bad language. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 Ladies' hands, so soft, so sweet, so delicious to the touch, so graceful to the eye, so gracious in their gentle doings, were not made to belabour men's faces. Barchester Towers The more they craved for mercy, the more brutal he became, till at last he took a heavy stick and began to belabour the poor victim on the head. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile I ran about from room to room but she pursued me with the stick, and tunded and belaboured me with might and main, till she was clean exhausted. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 So they pulled off his silken gear and clad him in his wife's raiment of hair-cloth, after which they threw him down and plucked out his beard and belaboured him about the face with sandals. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 A member pulled one of these out and began to belabour the top of his desk with it. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories It was a wonderful thing to behold, these ministers of the Christ of peace belabouring each other with pastoral staves! The Wanderer's Necklace Then I fell upon that venerable villain Har�t, and belaboured him in Bantu, while the audience listened as intently as though they understood. The Ivory Child Two blacks were trying to get into the same coat; each had got an arm on, and they were belabouring each other with their disengaged fists. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo Ladies' hands so soft, so sweet, so delicious to the touch, so grateful to the eye, so gracious in their gentle doings, were not made to belabour men's faces. Barchester Towers For now must you fall foul and belabour our four gallants, and from mere fine gentlemen transform 'em into your deadly enemies, and here was folly stupendous! Black Bartlemy's Treasure He saw the village; he was seen coming bending forward upon his horse, belabouring it with great blows, the girths dripping with blood. Madame Bovary Donal took the club from him, and rushing at Hornie, belaboured her well, and drove her quite to the other side of the field. Sir Gibbie In a few hours, everything was belaboured and overthrown in these regions that had been so calm the day before, and instead of the past silence, the uproar was deafening. An Iceland Fisherman The 'squire had been brought home over night in his post-chaise, so terribly belaboured about the pate, that he seemed to be in a state of stupefaction, and had ever since remained speechless. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker He used to let the little boys and new-comers pass him by, and laugh; but he always belaboured them unmercifully afterwards; and then it was, he said, HIS turn to laugh. Catherine: a Story The poor bourriquot having nobody to belabour, arches up his back and bears it all.' Tartarin of Tarascon It was true that the black patch of the pursuing men was growing smaller and smaller as the peasant belaboured his horse. The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare Not only did his native critics belabour him most ungrudgingly for “Tom Burke,” that vivid and chivalrous romance, but he made enemies of authors. Essays in Little Sir Joshua Reynolds pleasantly observed, that it was a scene for a comedy, to see a penitent get into a violent passion and belabour his confessor. Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood The hand that made its Pecksniff in pure wit, has it not the right to belabour him in earnest—albeit a kind of earnest that disappoints us? Hearts of Controversy "I felt myself supremely ridiculous throughout—but especially when my head went through the guitar with which Leander was belabouring me." Captain Fracasse And he thereon, belabouring his pumpkin: "The flatteries have submerged me here below, Wherewith my tongue was never surfeited." Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete |
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