10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURLILY»
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surlily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
surlily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
There was a general look of squalor and stolid depression about the people too:
the landlord was a black-brewed, surlily silent sort of man, his wife and the one
maidservant looked frightened and anxious, and the only voices to be heard
were ...
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The Redskins; Or, Indian and Injin: Being the Conclusion of ...
Ask me no questions, Mr. Littlepage," surlily replied the attorney, " for I shall
answer none." " And this miserable misguided creature who has been your
companion. The last we saw of these two men, Hugh, they were quarrelling in the
highway, ...
James Fenimore Cooper, 1883
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The Works of Aphra Behn
p. 284, 1. 4 to tee the fair Claria.is [Goes to Clarinda] here, is a Hapfnea. 1724'10
see the fair Clarinda f Goes to Clarinda.] Here is a Happiness', p. 28 5, 1. 7 Goes
out. 1 724 ' Etit '. p. 286, 1. 27 Surlily a him. 1724 ' Goes surlily to him", p. 287 ...
Aphra Behn, Montague Summers, 1915
He feared a catch. There were so many things about Racey that he did not
understand. "Whatcha talking about?" Peaches grunted, surlily. " You — me —
Chuck — everybody, more or less. You don't, do you?" "Don't what?" A trifle more
surlily.
William Patterson White, 1921
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The Romancist and Novelist's Library: Fatal revenge, or, The ...
They sat down again, eyeing me surlily. There was a miserable old woman in the
room, buried in a dark corner of it, who also looked at me from time to time, with a
peculiar expression, of which I could not tell whether the meaning was hatred ...
... yet they are occasionally found: Give me a cheque, Sir, said the Captain surlily
(Vanity Fair) ; He replied somewhat surlily (L. Oliphant. Masollam) ; Those
marriages in which there was least of what was romantically and Sillily called
love, ...
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The Novels of James Fenimore Cooper: The red-skins. The ways ...
Ask me no questions, Mr. Littlepage," surlily replied the attorney, " for I shall
answer none." " And this miserable misguided creature who- has been your
companion. The last we saw of these two men, Hugh, thev were quarrelling in the
highway ...
James Fenimore Cooper, 1880
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In the eagle's talon: a romance of the Louisiana Purchase
... her heart already beating a restless tattoo of fear. He was gazing in another
direction, and she touched him on the arm before he noticed her. " Oh," he
exclaimed, turning suddenly and surveying her surlily, " you are here, are you,
eighty ?
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Illustrated Lessons in Our Language
I confess with humility the sterility of my fancy and the debility of my judgment. He
answered surlily that he should persevere in it. This sentence sounds ill, 1. From
the repetition of sound in surlily; 2. Because of the short unaccented words in it ...
George Payn Quackenbos, 1879
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An English and Telugu Dictionary Explaining the English ...
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Sarloin, n. 6TMo&, /T^o^S^ 6"o<2. Surly, sur'ly, adj. Angry -u)tf-QSer*1§, Sjo<3 ...
Charles Philip Brown, M. Venkata Ratnam, 1895
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURLILY»
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surlily is used in the context of the following news items.
Should a parent help with their children's homework?
he says surlily. "It's got to be waterproof and it's got to be strong enough to take a kilo weight on the roof. It's a bomb shelter. That won't work." This explains why ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
How to find meaning in art (hint: you don't need a tour guide)
Then, I would cheerfully pat myself on the back if I saw something, or I would turn surlily and conclude that the painting wasn't very good anyway. Any art lover ... «Newsworks.org, Nov 13»
Oscar Sunday Countdown: 'GMA' Recreates 'Ted'
I love to see the surlily, angry bear. But there was a tuft of blonde hair. It can never be proven. I can neither confirm nor deny who ted really is. Might be. Be sure ... «ABC News, Feb 13»
Paperboy terrorized and trapped in a tree by goat named Voldermort.
Remember how you would steer clear of that neighborhood dog that would growl at you, that asinine parakeet that would talk back surlily at you and of course ... «scallywagandvagabond, Nov 12»
Lockout Lit: A scene from "Death of a Hockey Salesman"
HAPPY: (surlily) Just don't call him crazy! BIFF: People are worse off than Willy Loman. I mean, it's only hockey. LINDA: Willy Loman never saw a lot of wins. «Lighthouse Hockey, Oct 12»
On Easter and Updike
In “Fine Point 12/22/08,” the last of the seventeen poems in the title sequence, he asks, “Why go to Sunday school, though surlily, / and not believe a bit of what ... «PBS, Apr 09»
Reading Updike's Last Words, Aloud
Or, in the last of the deathbed poems, the way “surlily” in the first line smooths and elides itself to “surely” at the end, so that the poet can linger over the Biblical ... «New York Times, Apr 09»
San Francisco - Inside City Hall
Gerardo Sandoval stares surlily forwards - chubby Latino face and serious eyes, neat silver hair the same colour as his tidy suit. Sophie Maxwell's hair and eyes ... «Fog City Journal, Feb 08»
