10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MILKSOPPY»
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milksoppy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The hideous pleasure of inflicting pain upon unofl'ending and defenceless
objects did not seem to be considered cowardly, immoral, or unchristian,; but the
restraint of it, on the contrary, as milksoppy, nonsensical, and (settler of all
controversy ...
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Frederick Rivers, Independent Parson
... he used to call at the house in the five-sided square, to say how he was getting
on ; and also to have a look at Efiie, and quite to make up his mind whether in
spite of her pretti— ness she was not rather a milksoppy kind of little humhug.
Florence Williamson, 1864
to marry did not want to marry her, while those of them who would have married
were mostly milksoppy youths who were not in a position to marry any one. She
would never explain anything of this kind when her mother cautiously broached ...
Thomas Wright (journeyman engineer.), 1870
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Young Singleton, by Talbot Gwynne
You should have tried a milksoppy miss that would have cried over your verses,
and thought you a very fine fellow. That Rose Adams, that Brownlow 's to go in
double harness with, seems to be just the sort of match to have suited you.
Josepha Heath Galston, 1856
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Holy Toledo: Religion and Politics in the Life of "Golden ...
The most revealing allusion Jones ever made to his mother came in an 1888
speech, urging Lima's citizens to support a YMCA: "I do not believe in wispy,
waspy, milksoppy religion. We must have a YMCA to help the young man who
thinks he ...
Yeah, that's all I am, I'm just a chickenhearted, milksoppy, weak-kneed, cringing,
gutless, cowardly jerk. After two days passed Archie managed to banish the
memory of his humiliation to a compartment in his mind that had a lock on its door
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... MILKMAID MILKMAIDS MILKMAN MILKMEN MILKS MILKSHAKE
MILKSHAKES MILKSHED MILKSHEDS MILKSOP MILKSOPPY MILKSOPS
MILKWEED MILKWEEDS MILKWOOD MILKWOODS MILKWORT MILKWORTS
MILKY MILEPOST ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood, 2013
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The Journal Of Claude Fredericks Volume Three Part One: ...
I was terribly moved, to tears, byall the people I encountered in thestreet and
subway, and Allan's leanand inexpressive face, bent shoulders, milksoppy talk,
only annoyed me. He had charmingly bought some Egyptian cigarettes, toldme
about ...
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Half Hours of English History
Prince ! my service to ye — Milksoppy weather — weather only fit For painted
boats ; weather, where little maids Some fifteen years or so, might stretch a helm
Of ostrich plume and steer a nautilus shell As well as I could steer the good White
...
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The Collected Fables of Ambrose Bierce
Seeing his reflection, he supposed it to be another dog, outside, and said: "I can
chew up any such milksoppy pup as that, and I will." So he ran out-of-doors and
around to the side of the house where he fancied the enemy was. It so happened
...
Ambrose Bierce, S. T. Joshi, 2000
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MILKSOPPY»
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Give Me No Liberty, Give Me Death: Innocence is No Defense
... execution by an implacable state obviously takes precedence over milksoppy considerations like "justice." In fact, if the state is shown to have ... «Empire Burlesque, Aug 09»
