Silas

Examples

• I never meant, my dear Wegg--' Mr Boffin was beginning, when Silas stopped him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You must be wandering in your mind, partner,' Silas remonstrated. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Père Silas is no romanciSt. Shall I tell Monsieur the tale? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Silas Brown, the trainer, is known to have had large bets upon the event, and he was no friend to poor Straker. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• This gentleman,' said Silas Wegg, pointing out Venus, 'this gentleman, Boffin, is more milk and watery with you than I'll be. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• To speak truth, I was beginning to fancy that the old priest resembled that Père Silas, before whom I had kneeled in the church of the Béguinage. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Silas Wegg, you are a precious old rascal. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Now, mark, Boffin,' returned Silas: 'Mark 'em well, because they're the lowest terms and the only terms. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And this, sir,' Silas would say to his patron, sadly nodding his head and musing, 'was once Our House! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Don't you be afraid of that,' said Silas, poking his head at him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Silas, released, put his hand to his throat, cleared it, and looked as if he had a rather large fishbone in that region. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I don't,' said Mr Wegg, bestirring himself to take the same precaution as before, 'I don't know why Silas, and I don't know why Wegg. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• O, where are Paul and Silas? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Polk for President and Silas Wright for Vice-President. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• A more perfect compound of the bully, coward, and sneak than Master Silas Brown I have seldom met with, remarked Holmes as we trudged along together. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Silas puts his point in the improved form of 'What will you take for me? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Père Silas, old as he is, would carry you up-stairs, and lay you on that couch himself. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• You may trust me as implicitly as you did Père Silas. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I tell you so,' returned Silas. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Père Silas _did_ say that his vocation was almost that of a priest--that his life was considered consecrated. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• You are good--Père Silas calls you good, and loves you--but your terrible, proud, earnest Protestantism, there is the danger. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Ope sir,' replied Silas. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Silas receives one from his hand, which Venus takes from a wonderful litter in a drawer, and putting on his spectacles, reads: '“Mr Venus,”' 'Yes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Boffin will get all the eagerer for waiting a bit,' says Silas, screwing up, as he stumps along, first his right eye, and then his left. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Possibly the wooden countenance of Mr Silas Wegg was incorporeally before him at those moments, for he hit with intense satisfaction. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If I get on with him as I expect to get on,' Silas pursues, stumping and meditating, 'it wouldn't become me to leave it here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The palm of Silas Wegg descends with a sounding smack upon the palm of Venus, and Wegg lavishly exclaims, 'Twin in opinion equally with feeling! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Silas took the book and turned the leaves. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was the queerest of rooms, fitted and furnished more like a luxurious amateur tap-room than anything else within the ken of Silas Wegg. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Very good,' said Silas, looking about: 've--ry good. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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