"Irk" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of trouble cometh, friends may ofttimes irk us most: For the calf at milking-hour the ...
— Indian Poetry • Edwin Arnold
... him of Hasan's adventure with the Magian and how he had been able to slay him; whereat he rejoiced and gave the eldest Princess a pouch[FN107] which contained certain perfumes, saying, "O daughter of my brother, an thou be in concern for aught, or if aught irk thee, or thou stand in any need, cast of these perfumes upon fire naming my name and I will be with thee forthright and will do thy desire." This speech was spoken on the first of Moharram[FN108]; and the eldest Princess said to one of the sisterhood, "Lo, the year is wholly past and my uncle ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 8 • Richard F. Burton
... which stretch hither from Oldham, their last peak, Kersallmoor, being at once the racecourse and the Mons Sacer of Manchester. Manchester proper lies on the left bank of the Irwell, between that stream and the two smaller ones, the Irk and the Medlock, which here empty into the Irwell. On the left bank of the Irwell, bounded by a sharp curve of the river, lies Salford, and farther westward Pendleton; northward from the Irwell lie Upper and Lower Broughton; ...
— The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 - with a Preface written in 1892 • Frederick Engels
... the homes and hail the lords of the ruined stead; * Cry thou for an answer, belike reply to thee shall be sped: If the night and absence irk thy spirit kindle a torch * Wi' repine; and illuminate the gloom with a gleaming greed: If the snake of the sand dunes hiss, I shall marvel not at all! * Let him bite so I bite those beauteous lips of the luscious red: O Eden, my soul hath fled in ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton
... eleven. It is parish business about which I am going, so it need not irk his conscience to stay ...
— Framley Parsonage • Anthony Trollope
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