Yon

Examples

• I daresay there's truth in yon Latin book on your shelves; but it's gibberish and not truth to me, unless I know the meaning o' the words. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• First of a' he must go raging like a mad fool, and kick up yon riot. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I will plant your standard; and when you see it wave from yon highest minaret, you may gain courage, and rally round it! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Blaspheme not the holy saints, Sir Reginald, said De Bracy, we shall have need of their aid to-day before yon rascal rout disband. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I almost think yon besotted skeleton spoke truth, and that the reluctance with which I part from thee hath something in it more than is natural. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Sharp exercise yon! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Friend Gurth, he said, I have mingled among yon men, and have learnt to whom they belong, and whither they are bound. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• If thou be'st true knight, said Wilfred, think not of me--pursue yon ravisher--save the Lady Rowena--look to the noble Cedric! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• When I at last inquired on what his thoughts were so bent, he replied: 'On what's afore me, Mas'r Davy; and over yon. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Twere better that ye perished in a Christian way than that ye plunged from off yon dizzy tower. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Now you wait here, my lad, said the Rector, recovering breath after his little lecture, and see if yon lark will sing you into a better frame of mind. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Follow me boldly across, and aid me to burst yon sallyport in the main wall of the castle. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Seest thou not yon cavalier who cometh toward us on a dapple-gray steed, and weareth a golden helmet? George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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