Spoils

Examples

• She is godmother to a real living Betsey Trotwood; and Dora (the next in order) says she spoils her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Is it any wonder that its captains and commanders and officials, nay, even its clerks and common soldiers, came back to England loaded with spoils? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But Louisa spoils it all by trying to repress him and put herself forward. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But having turned its back upon the present, it has no way of returning to it laden with the spoils of the past. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He had just received a box of new books from his London book-seller, and had preferred the prospect of a quiet Sunday at home with his spoils. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• We can not see the long array of chariots and mail-clad men laden with the spoils of conquest, but we can imagine the pageant, after a fashion. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This account was followed by rich spoils, which confirmed it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As the party returned, laden with the spoils of the hunt, his cook was preparing a meal for them. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The Holy Therns abide upon the outer slopes of these grim hills, facing the broad world from which they harvest their victims and their spoils. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• This buttermilk contributes somewhat to the flavor, but at the same time furnishes a ferment which ultimately spoils the butter by making it rancid. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• She could climb a tree to rob the nests of the feathered songsters of their speckled spoils. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It spoils my enjoyment of anything when I am made to think that most people are shut out from it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• That spoils all! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I must share his spoils with Front-de-Boeuf, who will not lend us the use of his castle for nothing. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• There is another way to enrich a state,' said Glaucon, 'of which you take no notice; and that is, by the ruin [spoils] of its enemies. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It spoils all one's independence and one's consequence, to ask Englishmen for money. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The discovery of manufacturers that degradation spoils industrial efficiency must not be cast aside by the radical because the motive is larger profits. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He said it did him more good than being in a soft bed, which spoils a man. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Modern costume spoils you, Caliphronas, as it would spoil any one, so hideous is it. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• With swelling chest he narrated the glories of his adventure and exhibited the spoils of conquest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• They are the spoils of conquest, and with a sweep of my hand I removed the disguise from my head. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Lovers of good coffee want it served hot, but boiling spoils coffee. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Wickedness spoils and poisons all pleasant things. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I was looking for Harry, please, sir; and the boy bounded toward her, showing his spoils, which he had gathered in the skirt of his robe. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Very provoking: it spoils the Set, murmured Sarah to herself, mournfully absorbed over the ruins of the broken cup. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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