Admirer

Examples

• We were speaking the other day, you know, of his being so warm an admirer of her performance. Jane Austen. Emma.
• No more would Emmy by any means encourage her admirer, the Major. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• This young Todd, of Coram Street, Russell Square, was Master George's great friend and admirer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I found my very constant and steady admirer, Lord Frederick Bentinck, waiting for me, prepared, as usual, to give me a world of advice. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In the course of a week, the civilian was her sworn slave and frantic admirer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Georgy made great progress in the school, which was kept by a friend of his mother's constant admirer, the Rev. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• At this time her other admirer stept forward, and renewed his offer of marriage. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Let me hope that you will rescind that resolution about the horse, Miss Brooke, said the persevering admirer. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Were you an accomplice of that abandoned wretch, I wonder, of whose vile arts he became a victim, and of whom you used to be such an admirer? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The modesty Ginevra herself had never evinced in this matter, now flushed all over the face of her admirer. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Amy's admirer, Boultby, was one of our first visitors, and then Lords Hertford and Lowther, who were both on a visit at the pavilion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In himself he was wearisome, but as the friend of Tom and the admirer of Julia he became offensive. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Mrs. Beddoes, gay, witty, and elegant lady, and an ardent admirer of the youthful scientist, was a sister of Maria Edgeworth. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Richard, a professed admirer of the joyous science in all its branches, could imitate either the minstrel or troubadour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• She had another admirer, one of the head-waiters at the inn at Salt Hill. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Had he succeeded in making his escape in any disguise it would have been adjudged a good thing afterwards by his admirers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She had admirers without end. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• She is a very pretty girl and has attracted admirers who have occasionally hung about the place. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• If her admirers only _told_ her that she was an angel, she would let them _treat_ her like an idiot. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• For it is Theodore Roosevelt who is actually attempting to make himself and his admirers the heroes of a new social myth. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• A man so wise and so amiable could not but have many admirers and many friends. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Amy always fixed herself near enough to me to see what I was about, and try to charm away some of my admirers. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He shall see me merry, and surrounded with handsome admirers, if I am to die the next hour. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Becky had a dozen admirers in his place, to be sure, and could cut her rival to pieces with her wit. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Every time she has leave to visit Mrs. Cholmondeley she calls here, and whenever she finds me alone she begins to talk about her admirers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• In the time to come, I shall have a wary eye on all admirers; and shall exact a great deal from the successful one, I assure you. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Lucy was besides extremely pretty; so when she grew to be sixteen, it was to be supposed, notwithstanding her poverty, that she should have admirers. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I had no difficulty in deducing from your unreserved conversation, and the rumour openly going about among your admirers, the nature of your calling. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• As to admirers, you hardly know what they are; you can't even talk on the subject: you sit dumb when the other teachers quote their conquests. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I _am_ pretty; _you_ can't deny that; I may have as many admirers as I choose. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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