Miriam
['miriəm]
Examples
- This Rebecca of York was a pupil of that Miriam of whom thou hast heard. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- As we approached the crowd a tall girl of nineteen advanced toward Miriam and offered her a cup of water. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The fate of Miriam had indeed been to fall a sacrifice to the fanaticism of the times; but her secrets had survived in her apt pupil. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I, alas, have been in love these many years with a shadow—the shadow of Miriam before she left me! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Her name was Miriam, and she was a dressmaker. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was delivered to her, answered Isaac, reluctantly, by Miriam, a sage matron of our tribe. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Checked by Horatio