Lad

Examples

• The lad only answered by turning his cynical young face, half-arch, half-truculent, towards the paternal chair. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Why, my dear lad, I am even now courting the Nine, and turning Aristophanes into good English verse. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Ah, well, '_De gustibus_,' my dear lad. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The lad loves Mary, and a true love for a good woman is a great thing, Susan. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Suppose that lad that's laying there--' Fagin began. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I received a prompt letter in reply decidedly disapproving my proposition, and urging that the lad should be allowed to accompany me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Is this a place or am I a person to bring a lady to, you absurd lad? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And a steady lad he was, and a kind master he had to lend him a hand, and well he worked his own way forward to be rich and thriving. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Good-by, my dear lad, said Justinian, as he embraced the brave poet. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• And she would not have you, my own lad, would not she? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I didn't seek it of him, poor lad. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Good-by, my lad. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• No, said the lad who played the Saracen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Well, my lad, as your revolver is an important matter, you had better go back and get it. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• When the lad ended she began, precisely in the same words, and ranted on without hitch or divergence till she too reached the end. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I reckon 'at us manufacturing lads i' th' north is a deal more intelligent, and knaws a deal more nor th' farming folk i' th' south. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The old parsons is worth the whole lump of college lads; they know what belongs to good manners, and is kind to high and low. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• One of these lads sat up each night in the stable, while the others slept in the loft. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Why, my lads, how's this? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Taken as they ought to be, the majority of the lads and lasses of the West Riding are gentlemen and ladies, every inch of them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Go ahead, lads, with the try-over. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Give it 'em, lads! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Myself and two other lads were under his care. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Now, my lads, you can't hinder the railroad: it will be made whether you like it or not. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Things may be bad for the poor man--bad they are; but I want the lads here not to do what will make things worse for themselves. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• More good than if the rough lads came round you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I have already told you, have I not, that one was elderly, with a beard, and the others young, hairless lads. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Lads, be silent! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Under him were three lads; for the establishment was a small one, containing only four horses in all. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Them lads 'at's coming 'll keep ye talking, nob'dy knows how long. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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