单词 | stickle |
例句 | Now, Rachel looks like a prepubescent stickling on the show. "Glee's" mysteriously shrinking Rachel 2010-10-08T17:30:00Z Rice’s situation — the stickling intruder bent on curtailing the freedom of action customarily enjoyed by denizens of a backwater — may be nothing new to readers of suspense fiction, but Rice himself is full of surprises. Review | Deep in the heart of Virginia, it’s man vs. bear 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z "It is just about stickling to your systems and trusting in the bubble you are in." Howley declares himself satisfied with autumn international campaign 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Browne's Pastoral, "The Squirrel Hunt," we read of— "Patient anglers, standing all the day Near to some shallow stickle, or deep bay." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-16T03:00:07.530Z This is seen in their way of stickling for accuracy when others repeat familiar word-forms. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z The film, which was made largely with a $20,000 grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, spends time showing what has been lost to Wikipedia because of stickling rules of citation and verification. Link by Link: When Knowledge Isn?t Written, Does It Still Count? 2011-08-08T00:30:10Z You called my court’s love worthless—so it turned: I threw away as dross my heap of wealth, And here you stickle for a piece or two! Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Call it by another name, then—if you prefer stickling about terms. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z The word stickle appears to me to be used here for a pool. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-16T03:00:07.530Z The interview ended with a present of half-a-bull to Micky from the convict, which the boy seemed to stickle at accepting. When Ghost Meets Ghost He stickles at nothing, from simple phlebotomy, As our friend Sidney said, to a case of lithotomy: And I'll venture to say, that this latest specific, When taken, will prove to be no soporific. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 There is little use in stickling on details. The Social Principles of Jesus Such a centralization must inevitably be produced by decay of that stubborn stickling for rights, out of which local self-government has always grown. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III If one could have put in any claim of kindred, even in the third or fourth degree, it would have been a case in which to stickle hard for the full privileges of relationship. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Such is the influence of Government, that the Devil will every where stickle mightily, to have that siding with him. The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches The well-born and amusing people of the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century did not stickle at the question of the marriage. The Countess of Albany Not to stickle, I would surrender them without price. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject "Don't stickle, dear old partner," said Bones testily. Bones in London His suspicions were fully aroused as soon as he reached Dresden; for Bubna began at once to stickle for antiquated formalities in negotiation, and stung Napoleon to exasperation by his evident determination to procrastinate. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) I'm for deep water on cold days; I shall begin with the stickles up above. Tom Brown at Oxford But he was disposed to stickle for the hereditary rights of the crown, both public and private, and he greatly disliked the details of his expenditure being scrutinised by a parliamentary committee. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Ammon stickled for the eternal principle of righteousness, and contended that it had been violated in the first instance. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject “Let three hundred be taken, and if you find more wanted do not stickle to add to this number.” Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England I imagine that it was the founder of the house who paved his river bed with marble slabs, smoothing the stickles into a long clear slide. The Tragic Bride You may remember, Sam, that your poor father always stickled for a roast leg of lamb at Easter. Shining Ferry He was followed by Peel who, professing to uphold the independence of the upper house, declared against the more obnoxious amendments, and stickled only for points which the ministry was not unwilling to concede. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Now, we shall not stickle about the fact that Mr. Sumner has not given the very words of Mr. Mason, since he has given them in substance. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject But after that, all of it used to come together, and make off in one body for the meadows, intent upon nurturing trout with rapid stickles, and buttercuppy corners where fat flies may tumble in. Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore Besides sport and their legitimate occupations the Wanjāris seldom stickle at supplementing their resources by theft, especially of cattle; and they are more than suspected of infanticide.” The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II He stickled as little against mere forms as for them; only, if they stood between the soul and Christ or between a Christian and his brethren, then he was their uncompromising opponent. The Life of St. Paul They fell as thick as harvests beneath hail, Grass before scythes, or corn below the sickle, Proving that trite old truth, that life 's as frail As any other boon for which men stickle. Don Juan Here there are still champions of the German claim, whose number is increased by those who stickle for a definite "Low" German origin. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Nor it arn’t a salmon, you see, cause it’s got all them stickles on its back. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle I did not like to stickle, and went. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Although I may stickle, lustily, with you, in the cause of an aggrieved man, believe me, early habits have taught me to be anxious for the prosperity of the Rochdales. John Bull The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts Our author in this second volume has given the small carpers who pick at the ‘eds’ of past participles, and stickle for old-fashioned moon-shine instead of moon-shine, fewer causes of complaint. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 Sawkins' men taunted him with "backwardness" in that engagement, and "stickled not to defame, or brand him with the note of cowardice." On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. The artists fought this influence, stickling a long time for the severer classicism of ancient Greece. A Text-Book of the History of Painting They fell as thick as harvests beneath hail, Grass before scythes, or corn below the sickle, Proving that trite old truth, that Life's as frail As any other boon for which men stickle. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 The dorsal fin is partly replaced in the whole family by strong spines or “stickles,” which differ in number in the different species. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Do you think a Silenus would hesitate and stickle and scruple over a point of honor; though some of us have seen Silenus blunder into a paradise which he promptly transformed into a sty? The Freebooters of the Wilderness "One party of English soldiers stickled not to contravene these commands, being tempted with the desire of finding victuals." On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. Every body may be d——d, as they seem fond of it, and resolve to stickle lustily for endless brimstone. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals The water was of a clear, limpid green, new-flushed with the tide, with a faint stickle moving down it, carrying the white, fallen petals of the may. Joanna Godden The sunshine found the stickles, and where Bride skirted the works lay a pool in which trout moved. The Spinners If you don't see why, then you do not know the stickling of a Briton's sense of law and a Scotchman's conscience. The Freebooters of the Wilderness "Ten to one as a County magnate he stickled for it, and the High Sheriff put him on the panel to keep him amused." Lady Good-for-Nothing "All the caves you want," said Bernel, scornful at such unusual stickling on the part of his chum. A Maid of the Silver Sea When I recall his last look, resigned and yet smiling in his misery, that look said: 'Innstetten, this is stickling for principle. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 I do not stickle for any particular mode of baptism, but I put great emphasis on the fact that you ought to be baptized. New Tabernacle Sermons You are a person who stickles for your hours—you won't do anything extra for me.' Elizabeth's Campaign The world is wondrous fickle; But lately it would stickle For Progress by Exam. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 30, 1891 Other critics have not stickled to assert that it has mischievously affected the volume of the Colony's industries, a statement which is simply untrue. The Long White Cloud Good God, man!" he blazed; "are you plumb daft to stickle for little niceties now? Where the Trail Divides Some critics, however, object to the of, because the dismissing is not the servant's act; but this, as I shall hereafter show, is no valid objection: they stickle for a false rule. The Grammar of English Grammars A yard from the reeds just above that stickle.' The Thirty-Nine Steps The elector stickles in particular for the flattery of his greed and vanity. The Crowd; study of the popular mind It was certainly ridiculous for man who had once so selfishly consulted his own interests to be stickling now about the rights of others. The Rise of Silas Lapham I really think I could give you a commission without much stickling of my conscience. Vivian Grey And since my son is so positive, and determined to stickle for a good bargain, why we must do the best we can. Anna St. Ives "But you did stickle about words an hour ago," said Mr. Hempstead, with some severity. Jennie Baxter, Journalist Months elapsed before it was clear to him that his grievance was nothing but idle trifling which originated in his over-anxious stickling at words. Dame Care This stickle spread, with an oily tremor and white undercurrent full of air pearls, from a waterfall where the foot of Joan's throne fretted the stream. Lying Prophets However, he had managed to preserve a few sparks of it, for it had been very ardent on both sides: but they did not stickle for any exaggerated notion of fidelity. Jean-Christophe Journey's End Steep, applied to hills; rapid, applied to water: a stickle path, is a steep path; a stickle stream, a rapid stream. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire "She has other people than poor little you to think about, and has gone abroad with them; so you needn't be in the least afraid she'll stickle this time for her rights." What Maisie Knew To this both the English commanders consented, Warren observing to Pepperrell "the uncertainty of our affairs, that depend so much on wind and weather, makes it necessary not to stickle at trifles." A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II At last the Senate sent to make terms with Cinna; but while they were stickling about acknowledging his title of consul, he advanced to the gates. The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History Perhaps it is in order to compensate for our laxity of interpretation upon these points that we are so rigid in stickling for accuracy upon those which make no demand upon our comfort or convenience? The Fair Haven My good fellow, don't stickle about such trifles. Under the Storm Why, man, I found them fastened on him myself; and there was odd staving and stickling to make them 'ware haunch!' Waverley But the magistrate was not in a frame of mind to stickle for nicety of expression. Monsieur Lecoq What a grand salmon-river this would be, Major!" said I; "what pools and stickles are here! Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn Here, indeed, we stickle for the letter most inflexibly; yet one would have thought that we might have had greater licence to modify the latter than the former. The Fair Haven "I would not stickle about hours, but the money and the drink are very just." Sybil, or the Two Nations This only, I think that the like before was never seen, and in this place we had very stickle and strong currents. Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage By then were they come down to the stream-side, which ran fair in pools and stickles amidst rocks and sandy banks. Wood Beyond the World The one stickles through thick and thin for his own religion and government: the other scouts all religions and all governments with a smile of ineffable disdain. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners Such is the fabric of ideas which the official class is busy building up by every means in its power, including the punishment of those who presume to stickle for historic truth. The Invention of a New Religion Flying for life, one does not stickle about his vehicle. The French Revolution "You may even say, My Lord," replied Athos, who stickled for propriety. The Three Musketeers We readily perceived that they were close dealers, stickled much for trifles, and never closed the bargain until they thought they had the advantage. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 |
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