Woman is the capsheaf of the abomination of desolation -- full of all deviltry. From Wordnik.com. [Fanaticism; Its Source and Influence, Illustrated by the Simple Narrative of Isabella, in the Case of Matthias, Mr. and Mrs. B. Folger, Mr. Pierson, Mr. Mills, Catherine, Isabella, &c. &c. A Reply to W. L. Stone, with the Descriptive Portraits of All the Parties, While at Sing-Sing and at Third Street.--Containing the Whole Truth--and Nothing but the Truth.] Reference
Woman is the capsheaf of the abomination of desolation – full of all deviltry. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828] Reference
He further succeeded in convincing the youth that a few years in Italy would add the capsheaf to his talent. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters] Reference
Colonel Ingersoll's tribute to his poems, pronouncing it the capsheaf of all commendation that he had ever receiv'd. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy] Reference
But the capsheaf come about a year ago, when Nancy had a smart little sum o 'money left her, -- nigh onto a hunderd dollars. From Wordnik.com. [Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life] Reference
And as a capsheaf to it all, the painter must choose an opportune moment and present his beautiful carriage and horses to the. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters] Reference
When the band stopped playing, and Ellen, who as valedictorian came last as the crown and capsheaf of it all, stepped forward from the semicircle of white-clad girls and seriously abashed boys, there was. From Wordnik.com. [The Portion of Labor] Reference
And as a capsheaf to it all, the painter must choose an opportune moment and present his beautiful carriage and horses to the King, for the belief was rife that the King of Spain was really more horsey than artistic. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters]
Zinoviev and his group had no difficulty in perceiving that the congress would put the political capsheaf on the physical rout that had begun in the streets of Moscow and Leningrad on the tenth anniversary of the October revolution. From Wordnik.com. [My Life]
It needed only as a capsheaf the gleam of incredulous dismay which should appear in his wife's eyes when she looked first upon the mutilated tissue, the varying scars and cicatrices, the twisted mask that would be revealed to her as the face of her husband. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Places] Reference
"Ah!" chanted the old lady, with a fierce glint and a mock-persuasive smile, "add the crowning word, the capsheaf. From Wordnik.com. [Kincaid's Battery] Reference
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