Ralph

Examples

• Did they sit up for the folks at the Pineries, when Ralph Plantagenet, and Gwendoline, and Guinever Mango had the same juvenile complaint? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Ralph and I were inseparable companions. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Ralph, though married, and having one child, had determined to accompany me in this voyage. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• How came they BOTH to be so keen upon looking up Ralph Smith's relations? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• One of the singers was named Ralph Simmons, and he was singing under the name of Enrico DelCredo. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Ralph did it justice, remarked some faults, but applauded the beauties. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• My chief acquaintances at this time were Charles Osborne, Joseph Watson, and James Ralph; all lovers of reading. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• You had known Ralph Smith in South Africa. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• When we next met, Ralph discovered the trick we had played, and Osborne was laughed at. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• This transaction fixed Ralph in his resolution of becoming a poet. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Ralph was ingenuous, genteel in his manners, and extremely eloquent; I think I never knew a prettier talker. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Ralph was inclined to give himself up entirely to poetry, not doubting but he might make great proficiency in it, and even make his fortune by it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• My friend Ralph had kept me poor; he owed me about twenty-seven pounds, which I was now never likely to receive; a great sum out of my small earnings! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I inscribed it to my friend Ralph; I printed a small number. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Two days ago Woodley came up to my house with this cable, which showed that Ralph Smith was dead. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Ralph only made some criticisms and proposed some amendments; but I defended my text. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Osborne was severe against Ralph, and told me he was no better able to criticise than to compose verses. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It is stated that then the lost art was re-invented by Ralph Page and Peter Baude of England in 1543--who in that year made cast-iron in Sussex. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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