Swain

Examples

• The swain replied: 'It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• There I met Julia, who had forgotten her constant swain, Colonel Cotton, though he still appeared to adore her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• John Swain cleared. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• You know the surest path to the heart of each swain, I doubt not, said Moore quietly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Like a love-lorn maiden, pale and pining for a neglectful swain? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Why, Zoe wouldn't look at him; and if that good-looking young bo'swain comes on the scene, I'm afraid old Cyclops' chance will be but a poor one. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Her sister asserted the family gentility by flouting the poor swain as he loitered about the prison for glimpses of his dear. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Set the pips on McCauley, Paramore, and John Swain, of St. Augustine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• That fresh fairy, Tippins, all but screams at sight of her false swain. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You had better pick out some old man--some white-headed or bald-headed swain. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I never saw such a man in all my life as her powdered swain. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The valet's wife looked rather silly at being thus cut by her admiring swain. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Then do the swains appear with tea, with lemonade, with sandwiches, with homage. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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