How To Use Varlet In A Sentence
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“As you are a false varlet, had been the better obtestation.”
The Abbot
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varlet," named Bogis, who was lifted on the shoulders of his comrades, till he could climb in at an undefended window, where he drew up sixty more with ropes.
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II
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These proved to be M. d'Agen's two lackeys and the two varlets M. de Rambouillet had lent us.
A Gentleman of France
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God, master fool, if you do not let me alone, or that you will presume to vex me any more, you shall receive from the best hand I have a mask wherewith to cover your rascally scroundrel face, you paltry shitten varlet.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
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His correspondence is in an affected ‘Roman style’ with stilted and archaized diction; his narrative letters, even reported speech, are full of archaisms like ‘thee,’ ‘varlet,’ and ‘durst.’
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A varlet is a valet who has come down, and down, and down, and down again in the world, till, from once having been the servant and the trusty friend of the very best of masters, he has come to be the ally and accomplice of the very worst of masters.
Bunyan Characters (3rd Series)
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She'll not be “chastised with the sober eye of dull Octavia,” nor shown “to the shouting varletry of censuring Rome.”
The Man Shakespeare
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a youth, foot-soldier: L. infntem INFANT n. 1 For the development of the It. infante cf. the apocopated form fante 'a man or woman servant or attendant; also, a footman or soldier seruing on foot; also the knaue or varlet at cards '
Army Rumour Service
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With friendly arm, they rais'd us: nathlefs fome Among our old and ftubborn fwains mifdeem'd,, nd envy'd, who enrich'd them; envy'd thofe, hofe virtues taught the varletry of towns To ufeful toil to turn the pilfering hand.
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical
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Thou incorrigible varlet, what brings thee here?" replied Tell, in an undervoice, giving Philip a rough grip of the arm.
Heroes Every Child Should Know
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I don't know about you, but I think Pile's Friar Tuck would be offended at such a blunt address, and would probably say something like, How now, thou naughty varlet?
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'I will go and fright the varletry with my presence, and secure, I trust, a horse for Your Majesty, and one for myself.'
The Princess and Curdie
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Philippa recognised him at once as the personal "varlet" attendant on the Countess.
The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel
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And 'varlet' is the wrong gender, anyway," observed Bess.
Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch
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This simple she poured within a little flacket, and gave it to the varlet, who received the gift with great joy and delight, and returned swiftly to his own land.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
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At length, I suppose the lad either guessed the secret of his birth or something of it was communicated to him; and the disgust which the paughty Hieland varlet had always shown for my honest trade became more manifest; so that I dared not so much as lay my staff over his costard, for fear of receiving a stab with a dirk, as an answer in Gaelic to a Saxon remark.
The Fair Maid of Perth
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An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet.
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Meantime we must remark, that the first three of Mr. Campbell's variations are mere caprices of the press; as is Shagspere; or, more probably, this last euphonious variety arose out of the gross clownish pronunciation of the two hiccuping _ "marksmen" _ who rode over to Worcester for the license; and one cannot forbear laughing at the bishop's secretary for having been so misled by two varlets, professedly incapable of signing their own names.
Biographical Essays
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Shakespeare to glorify the name of Cranmer or to deify the names of the queen then dead and the king yet living, it is but natural that he should be induced by an unconscious bias or prepossession of the will to depreciate the worth of the verse sent on work fitter for ushers and embalmers and the general valetry or varletry of Church and State.
A Study of Shakespeare
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Deacon the bailiff with his two varlets went down to the Hall yesternight on the matter of the escuage, and came screaming back with this young hothead raging at their heels.
Sir Nigel
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The old man clutched the young painter's arm and said, "Do you see nothing? clodpatel Huguenot! varlet! cullion!
The Unknown Masterpiece 1845
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chastised with the sober eye of dull Octavia," nor shown "to the shouting varletry of censuring Rome.
The Man Shakespeare
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The modern magazine reader is a member of the new bourgeois varletry, the monied class that makes the old nouveau riche look like aristocracy.
Chance Abutmenting (a counter-critique of Peter Schjeldahl)
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The Wolf—who was not a warrior of the Blood, but a mere varlet—had a hole in his chest.
Wildfire
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He wore an undyed tunic that fell short of his knobby knees, and his sword proved to be the sort of everyday long knife any varlet might have.
Wildfire
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This varlet messenger, may be, is mistelling the news," said Master
Hayslope Grange A Tale of the Civil War
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The tremendous moral power of this solitary work lies in the fact that it is a series of terrific and fascinating tableaux, embodying the idea of inflexible poetic justice impartially administered upon king and varlet, pope and beggar, oppressor and victim, projected amidst the unalterable necessities of eternity, and moving athwart the lurid abyss and the azure cope with an intense distinctness that sears the gazer's eyeballs.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
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She called the varlet within the chapel, and showed him this wonder.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
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Surely thou must see the inconsistence of her forgiving unforgiveness, as I may call it! — yet, heavy varlet as thou art, thou wantest to be drawn up after her!
Clarissa Harlowe
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He got up and swung his sword at the varlet seated on the ground, and the man parried with the haft of his ax, and there was a dull thunk when steel met ironwood.
Wildfire
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The varlet took the maiden in his arms, but first he gave her the flask with the precious brewage to carry, since for pride he might not endure to drink therefrom, save at utmost peril.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
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Scarcely were we concealed than the varletry of Theophilus burst into our laura.
Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom
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An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet.
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The excitement of the varletry in the square, they say, was fearful to hear.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
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An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet.
