10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THIMBLEWIT»
Discover the use of
thimblewit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
thimblewit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Man's Way: A First Book in Philosophy
A certain Mr. Thimblewit awoke from his nap one day in great panic: "Martha!
Martha!" he cried. "I've gone blind! I can't see!" To which the good Martha replied:
"Poor dear, just open your eyes a little." "Ah," said Mr. Thimblewit, "that's better!
Henry Van Zandt Cobb, 1942
2
The Faithless Favorite: A Mixed Tragedy
53. — Did REDWALD really have coat, cloak, shirt and breeches? 5k- — Tom
Thimblewit? — Fudge! 55. — A mob would hardly be afraid of one woman. 56. —
ATHELWOLD comes too opportunely there. 57. — Was OSBURGA the midwife?
Sometimes you have to take justice into your own hands." "Not unless you're
absolutely sure your judgment is correct," she replied icily. Edward looked as if
he could explode at any moment. "You're acting like a complete thimblewit,
Lenore.
“They won't just take 'em over, ya thimblewit,” someone responded. “The way I
hear it, this Eminent Domain stuff means they gotta )ay everyone for what they
take. Shit, the luck I've hadlup in those hills, they can have my claim for the price
of a ...
“Interrupt me again, thimblewit, and you'll go to bed hungry.” He waved me aside
and turned back to Haine and the field, squinting into the dimness. I had
prepared him for what he'd see. “Ah, Valdis's hammer, a blighting pig!” With a
grand ...
Sharon Shinn, Rebecca York, Carol Berg, 2007
It took all Gawain's quickness and instinct to step out of the way of the slashing
blow. Gawain stepped back. "Gareth! I'm unarmed!" he snapped. "Plus, I'm your
brother, thimblewit! " "Sho's bleeding Mordred, isn't he!" Gareth snapped. This
was ...
For fifteen years Jonathan Thimblewit had served his masters faithfully, and now,
as his hand unerringly guided the car, of which he was chief engineer and
custodian, to the termination of its final run, his honest features twisted in a smirk
of ...
8
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
Sir Lancelot smiled. "Didn't you like my shining armor?" "Not by half! You might
have warned me that everywhere I went, every wet-eared, knock-kneed
thimblewit who fancies himself a knight would try to fight me!" "That does get
inconvenient, ...
BENEDICK. A stupid Imbrawglian, you stupid Imbrawglian. BEATRICE. It's
Imbroglian, thimblewit, and I'm not anyway. I'm as Skirmish as you are.
BENEDICK. I happen to know your parents brought you here from Lower
Imbroglio. BEATRICE.
10
The Book of Mischief: New and Selected Stories
The thimblewit, he even saw living beings where there was nothing but thin air;
for wandering souls, he maintained, were resident in every riven tree and
polluted well. Sometimes I goaded him: “Ngh onfen ngh...,” meaning, “Our town is
a toilet ...
