To picture Whiskers-on-the-moon as the hero of an elopement is beyond my power. From Wordnik.com. [Rilla of Ingleside] Reference
Note 12: The elopement is self-explanatory, but the other methods require clarification. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenber-e Help Page] Reference
Occasionally, people will leave and not return - professionals call it "elopement" - and that can pose added dangers. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Yes, if it once went too far the elopement was a certainty. From Wordnik.com. [Love at Second Sight] Reference
The day that the elopement was the talk of the town, Colonel. From Wordnik.com. [In Our Town] Reference
At least I had the courage to admit the elopement was a mistake. From Wordnik.com. [Sweet Defiance] Reference
Besides the three ways already mentioned of securing a wife -- elopement, which is rare; capture, which is rarer still, and. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Love and Love-Stories] Reference
From Father Garbennetti, the new cure of San Vito, I learned the truth of that miscalled elopement of the late Duchess of Hereward. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Lady of Lone] Reference
However, they have the advantage of us in one kind of elopement -- that of the widow. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Impression of the Philippines] Reference
In its most benign form, it is a kind of elopement, in which a man whisks away a willing girlfriend. From Wordnik.com. [Family, Community and the Nation | PopPolitics.com] Reference
The Judge also found Paul to be in danger of "elopement," legal parlance for an escape risk. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
That there was the slightest truth in Bessie Bailey's absurd "elopement" idea, Bertram did not, of course, for an instant believe. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Billy -- Married] Reference
The elopement also has come to a miserable termination. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
Pemberton Pomeroy -- married after his elopement business. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
"This can be no common -- elopement," she winces at the word. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
They planned what only half in fun she called their elopement. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
It was a regular elopement, as if of a young miss from her papa. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
This great event is Shakerley's elopement with Mlle. D'Avaray, on. From Wordnik.com. [The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1] Reference
I pretend not to justify or even to palliate my clandestine elopement. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees] Reference
Magdalene, previous to and after her elopement, thus proving her words. From Wordnik.com. [A Heart-Song of To-day] Reference
The night before Sylvia's elopement, Desmond O'Connor had dined with the. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
Or perhaps an elopement precedes the wedding, which gives us an added thrill. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
"That is an elopement," said Serge; gayly, "quite in the style of the regency!". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
When I left here I went first to London, for the sake of making inquiries about the elopement. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
Produce and send hand-made postcards from the Arctic Circle announcing our elopement in Iceland. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Story of Me (non-fiction and should be disqualified)] Reference
Some months after the elopement, an old friend met the bridegroom, and asked eagerly for details. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
He had offered immediate marriage to Miss Phillips, and had proposed an elopement to Number Three. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
An observer, if there had been such, might well have been amused to see an elopement so conducted. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
If a gentleman, for once in a way, stood on the pavement waiting for her, she dreamed of an elopement. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
You have doubtless read in the papers the account of Miss Petre's elopement with her brother's tutor, Mr Philips. From Wordnik.com. [The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1] Reference
The story of the elopement was in all the local papers, which seemed for once to be printed on Judith Lisle's heart. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
The story of an elopement of a young couple from Chicago, who decide to go to London, travelling as brother and sister. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Woman] Reference
Finally, after three months of correspondence and clandestine meetings, an elopement ensued, followed up quickly by marriage. From Wordnik.com. [French and Oriental Love in a Harem] Reference
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