Can you furbish up your old ones till then, and thereby prove yourself sensible for once?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873] Reference
They would furbish up their arms, and sharpen their weapons, and decorate their helmets and war-jackets. From Wordnik.com. [Children of Borneo] Reference
As we exchange these few but amiable remarks about country houses, I furbish him up and make him concrete. From Wordnik.com. [The Waves] Reference
The garrison, numbering from 800 to 1000, now began to furbish itself up, to arm and practise with the rifle. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen: stand forth with helmets, furbish the spears, put on coats of mail. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 28: Jeremias The Challoner Revision] Reference
The Endangered Species Act has made snail darters and spotted owls household words, but what about the furbish lousewort?. From Wordnik.com. [Markets and Majorities] Reference
Yet it is true, I do not want to hurt you; only to refresh and furbish up my own belief in myself that failed at your entry. From Wordnik.com. [The Waves] Reference
Are they so strong that they can be allowed to jeopardize the entire economy for the snail darter and the furbish lousewort?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » A 230 mpg Hybrid — and It’s a Chevrolet:] Reference
Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. From Wordnik.com. [Jeremiah 46.] Reference
A very self-sufficient man, B-nezet, very orderly in his management of his affairs, needing no woman to wash and furbish for him. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy Thief]
Take thee a wife, and furbish her harness to some tune. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3] Reference
An 'hadn't we better furbish up my bonnet this afternoon?. From Wordnik.com. [Flood Tide] Reference
We must furbish it up, and dispatch it, -- "With Care,". From Wordnik.com. [Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II] Reference
Please to think if you can furbish up any of these besides a novel. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of Anthony Trollope] Reference
I believe we can furbish them up sufficiently to make the room habitable. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906] Reference
Oh, dont furbish it, Lord Warburton; leave it alone; I like it this way. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XII] Reference
She had seen Eudaldo furbish her father's weapons in that way since she had been. From Wordnik.com. [In the Palace of the King A Love Story of Old Madrid] Reference
Also folks cannot neglect their cleanliness and then furbish themselves up in a day. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Harry Revel] Reference
Which of us does not begin to furbish up his pedigree when he is made a peer of the realm?. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient China Simplified] Reference
"Something I never will need this summer, and Sary can use it very nicely to furbish up that black dress.". From Wordnik.com. [Polly of Pebbly Pit] Reference
Up to this period he knew little Latin and less Greek, but now he had an opportunity to furbish up on both. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8] Reference
He found everything but what he wanted most -- the code book, by which he could furbish up on dots and dashes. From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility] Reference
But I have not forgotten my law -- or some of it -- and no doubt I can furbish up a little more, if necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Scarhaven Keep] Reference
I intend to furbish up our family history and mythology, and then I shall assert that I attach no importance to them. From Wordnik.com. [Youth and Egolatry] Reference
"I'm trying to furbish up my old body and decrepit heart against my nuptials, so I invested fifty cents in this tie.". From Wordnik.com. [The Pagans] Reference
And lackeys will wander forth with scented notes of their mistresses, and many a gallant will furbish up his buckles. From Wordnik.com. [The Grey Cloak] Reference
Whenever they re-furbish a pub or tavern, They allocate heaps of space and fill it with as many machines as they can. From Wordnik.com. [thedaily.com.au: Breaking News] Reference
Denis, my two brothers-in-law, and I had a vehicle to ourselves, which it had not been thought necessary to furbish up. From Wordnik.com. [Paddy Finn] Reference
They could easily furbish up some story, and as Braddock doubtless had money, could easily buy a passage for a large sum. From Wordnik.com. [The Green Mummy] Reference
It had been twenty years, perhaps, since a merciful cloth had passed over the illustrious family to furbish it up a little. From Wordnik.com. [The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan] Reference
Spain and Portugal, in the midst of all these eager rivalries, were tempted to furbish up their old and half-dormant claims. From Wordnik.com. [The Expansion of Europe] Reference
Probably, as we carried some of the guns, they took us for a party of hunters who wished to furbish up before revisiting civilization. From Wordnik.com. [A Columbus of Space] Reference
Just out of curiosity, can you perhaps furbish me, employee #318193 with a personally signed version of my Lenovo (I'll even take a Dell)?. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
It would be absurd for him now to furbish up the rusty weapons of the law and enter again upon the tedious labor of collecting a clientage. From Wordnik.com. [John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series] Reference
"Yes, violets and roses look very pretty together, and I'll pin them into your hat and furbish it up. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Kitty] Reference
046: 004 Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
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