10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPINSTERIAN»
Discover the use of
spinsterian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
spinsterian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Heidelberg and the way thither, by Nil
The rain which seems to have waited for him, comes down ; cats, dogs, and
pitchforks, at length drive him to call and borrow one from an old spinsterian
relative, who, to oblige him produces a thick, antique, green cotton specimen,
about two ...
Henry John Whitling, 1845
The spinsterian mind in conflict between intense curiosity, and a sense of what is
due to its owner's gentility of position, is an edifying spectacle. ' After all,'
murmured Miss Van, 1 I could be accidentally passing here about that time to-
morrow.
John Byrne Leicester Warren (Baron de Tabley), 1869
3
The Californian Illustrated Magazine ...
She only gave that spinsterian scream to attract your attention. Mark my words,
she is going to set her cap for you.” “ Roxy Skeen I I will not countenance such
remarks.” “Of course, you won't, dear. You are awfully proper, you are I Colonel ...
4
Ropes of sand, by W.P. Lancaster
The spinsterian mind in conflict between intense curiosity, and a sense of what is
due to its owner's gentility of position, is an. edifying spectacle. ' After all,'
murmured Miss Van, ' I could be accidentally passing here about that time to-
morrow.
John Byrne Leicester Warren (3rd baron De Tabley.), 1869
5
Wild Dayrell: A Biography of a Gentlemen Exile
at Dieppe, had she dropped in to tea with her fellow- servant at Mrs. Trelawney's,
and discussed, with true spinsterian fervour, the wedding that was to be ; the
more so as she herself, although of unprepossessing appearance, was
embarked ...
6
Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett
Interview with SB, 10 Nov. 1989. 24. TM to Jean Coulomb, 4 Aug. 1935 (Coulomb
). 25. SB to TM, 28 Aug. 1934 (TCD). See also his letters to TM, 18 Sept. 1934
and (sending his "spinsterian pound") 20 Feb. 1935 (TCD). 26. SB to TM, 18 Aug.
7
The Oxford Reference Guide to English Morphology
... orderlyism -shi,o ship+ment p courtshipment -ster ster+age p hucksterage ster+
ess p huckstcress ster+ette p rhymsterette ster+ian p spinsterian ster+ism p
hucksterism ster+ous p spinsterous -yA y+esque hippyesquc y+ism anti-
smoochyism ...
Laurie Bauer, Rochelle Lieber, Ingo Plag, 2013
8
Love, Sex, and Marriage: A Historical Thesaurus
A Historical Thesaurus Julie Coleman .pert, to an old maid, adj: mop-eyed [1699
cant die]; tabby 1748; old- maidish 1757 — ; old-maidenly 1784 + 1896;
spinsterian 1819 + 1881; spinsterial 1849 + 1874; old-maidenish' 1867; old-
maidy 1884 ...
... set off for repairs. "It Is Better-" Some poet, or probably poetess, sighing over "
what might have been," is quoted to the effect that it is "better to have loved and
lost than not to have loved at all." This "spinsterian" theory is of course debatable
...
murmured the spinsterian Miss Diamigh, as she gazed into the depths of the
Public Garden pond. “ Yes,” conceded her equally eligible and unmated friend, “
especially when it is the love of somebody else's brother.” A newly married man
on ...
