"Trompe" Quotes from Famous Books
... bride Was kissed a hunderd times beside The one I give her,—tel she cried And laughed untel she like to died! I might go on and tell you all About the supper—and the BALL.— You'd ought to see me twist my heel Through jest one old Furginny reel Afore you die! er tromp the strings Of some old fiddle tel she sings Some old cowtillion, don't you know, That putts ... — The Complete Works • James Whitcomb Riley
... they fixed 'em as the Dutchmen does De Ruyter and Von Tromp, put one on the knight-heads ... — An Old Sailor's Yarns • Nathaniel Ames
... and practically unbroken surveillance of the coast was tremendously effective. Like Van Tromp, the vessels and gangs engaged in it rode the seas with a broom at their masthead, sweeping into the service, not every man, it is true, but enormous numbers of them. As for their quality, "One man out of a ... — The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore • John R. Hutchinson
... infaillible, puis qu'elle n'est autre que celle de Dieu mme, nous rend certains de la ralit et de l'universalit de ce chtiment terrible. Il s'agit simplement d'examiner si les naturalistes, tels que Woodward, Schenchzer, Buttner et M. Lehmann lui-mme ne se sont points tromps, lorsqu'ils ont attribu cet vnement seul la formation des couches de la terre et lorsqu'ils s'en sont servis pour expliquer l'tat actuel de notre globe. Il semble que rien ne doit nous empcher d'agiter cette question; l'Ecriture sainte se contente de nous apprendre ... — Baron d'Holbach - A Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France • Max Pearson Cushing |