Others believe in personages they call Satan who don't much resemble the Christian version. ❋ Unknown (2006)
‘A certain bird,’ said Bar; and he looked as if it could have been no other bird than a magpie; ‘has been whispering among us lawyers lately, that there is to be an addition to the titled personages of this realm.’ ❋ Unknown (2007)
The downfall of great historical personages is represented here as caused by their own faults or originating from the fact that they lost their old confidence in themselves through errors, and indeed through evil actions, and thereby lost the strength to combat perils victoriously. ❋ Unknown (1911)
The interest taken by these august personages is a very real one, and is shared by many of our most distinguished women. ❋ Unknown (1894)
This mail train carries one passenger coach for the benefit of personages from the colonies who may be in haste to reach home; and if there are not a sufficient number of these distinguished servants of the empire to fill the car, more ordinary travellers can occupy the vacant berths by cabling ahead and securing them. ❋ Unknown (1891)
"Thrue for ye, Masther Terence," and "O, but it's a Dinville!" there was a slight stir among the gentry, who surrounded the Lord Lieutenant, and other titled personages whom the race had attracted thither. ❋ Bret Harte (1869)
"Thrue for ye, Mashter Terence," and "oh, but it's a Dinville!" there was a slight stir among the gentry, who surrounded the Lord Lieutenant and other titled personages whom the race had attracted thither. ❋ Bret Harte (1869)
At the very time when Mr Norton was angrily wavering between the dread of exposure for himself, and the desire of vengeance, certain personages, who saw in our quarrel an opportunity for a stroke in politics, persuaded him to attack Lord Melbourne. ❋ Unknown (1854)
I found a folded note by my plate, which I opened -- it contained an engraving of the front of the hotel, a plan of the city and catalogue of its lions, together with a list of the titled personages who have, from time to time, honored the "Golden Star" with their custom. ❋ Bayard Taylor (1851)
'A certain bird, 'said Bar; and he looked as if it could have been no other bird than a magpie;' has been whispering among us lawyers lately, that there is to be an addition to the titled personages of this realm. ' ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)
While I personally don’t believe that his ordering of personages is correct, he did adequately explain the rationales for his beliefs, and got them published. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Had the exalted circles in which they, found themselves even more exalted people, in fact titled personages, on their perimeters? ❋ Rendell, Ruth, 1930- (1970)
On English place names recalling personages in "Beowulf," see D.H. H.igh, "Anglo-Saxon Sagas," London, ❋ Jean Jules Jusserand (N/A)
I sat down at my desk of a morning to lay hold of the thread of last night's work, and to recall the personages who had moved through my manuscript pages for the past three or four months. ❋ David Christie Murray (N/A)
But Shakespeare's Henry IV and Julius Caesar would please us only a little less if their personages were as fictitious as those of Hamlet. ❋ Unknown (1924)
Having a truly British respect for the lofty in place, and not being sufficiently familiar with titled personages to discriminate swiftly between the large and the small, Joseph Hutchinson was somewhat unduly elated. ❋ Unknown (1913)
All the dramatic zest of converse is gone, the personages are the merest shadows, nothing is seen but the old poet haranguing his puppets or putting voluble expositions of his own cherished dogmas into their wooden lips. ❋ Herford, C H (1905)
Although poor, Mozart, through his music, had become acquainted with titled personages and was known at court. ❋ Kobbe, Gustav (1905)
Within his narrower limits, Trollope was a more strict and masterly realist than Thackeray, and even those who would call his personages "types" would admit that they are as vivid as characters. ❋ Unknown (1905)
The Borough, the reader is in a way prepared for that ingredient, because the personages are the lawless and neglected poor of a lonely seaport. ❋ Ainger, Alfred, 1837-1904 (1903)
My [personager] is awesome. I really enjoy [working] with them.
[Have you ever] had a personager before? They are the best! ❋ LingDanc803 (2023)
