In the olden time philosophers had whiskers, and soldiers none -- Scipio himself was shaven -- Hannibal thought his one eye handsome enough without a beard; but Adrian, the emperor, wore a beard (having warts on his chin, which neither the Empress Sabina nor even the courtiers could abide) -- Turenne had whiskers, Marlborough none -- Buonaparte is unwhiskered, the Regent whiskered; "'argal'" greatness of mind and whiskers may or may not go together; but certainly the different occurrences, since the growth of the last mentioned, go further in behalf of whiskers than the anathema of Anselm did.    From Wordnik.com.  [Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1] Reference

I especially enjoyed the week of archaic conjunctions from late November: argal sobeit whencesoever albeit forwhy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference

Our poet, he said, was the grandest output of the Teutonic mind; nine-tenths of the Teutonic mind was German-argal.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference

The ergo, or rather the argal, of Mr Mill cannot impose on a child.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2] Reference

Thy father loved me for my lack of officiousness, argal, to serve thee is a religious duty incumbent on me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arabian nights. English] Reference

Blackstone's Commentaries, and argal (as the gravedigger in Hamlet says) he was not a person to be laughed at. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lay Morals] Reference

But if the water come to him and drown him, he drowns not himself; argal, he that is not guilty of his own death shortens not his own life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Act V. Scene I] Reference

But if the afternoon tea come to him and bore him, he bores not himself; argal, he that goes not willingly to the afternoon tea wearies not his own life. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Perfect Gentleman] Reference

For here lies the point: if I drown myself wittingly, it argues an act: and an act hath three branches: it is, to act, to do, to perform: argal, she drowned herself wittingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hamlet, Prince of Denmark] Reference

For here lies the point: if I drown myself wittingly, it argues an act: and an act hath three branches; it is to act, to do, and to perform: argal, she drowned herself wittingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hamlet] Reference

For here lies the point: if I drown myself wittingly it argues an act; and an act hath three branches; it is, to act, to do, and to perform: argal, she drowned herself wittingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Act V. Scene I. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark] Reference

For here lies the point: if I drown myself wittingly, it argues an act, and an act hath three branches; it is, to act, to do, and to perform; argal, 3 she drown’d herself wittingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Act V. Scene I] Reference

Here lies the water; good: here stands the man; good: if the man go to this water, and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes; mark you that? but if the water come to him, and drown him, he drowns not himself: argal, he that is not guilty of his own death shortens not his own life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Act V. Scene I. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark] Reference

Here lies the water; good: here stands the man; good: if the man go to this water and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes, -- mark you that: but if the water come to him and drown him, he drowns not himself; argal, he that is not guilty of his own death shortens not his own life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hamlet] Reference

Here lies the water; good: here stands the man; good; if the man go to this water, and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes, -- mark you that; but if the water come to him and drown him, he drowns not himself: argal, he that is not guilty of his own death shortens not his own life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hamlet, Prince of Denmark] Reference

He was well acquainted with the title-page of Blackstone’s Commentaries, and argal (as the gravedigger in Hamlet says) he was not a person to be laughed at.’.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lay Morals] Reference

Clay, especially used in pottery. argillaceous, argillous, adj. containing clay; clay-like. argilliferous, adj. yielding or containing clay. argilloid, argol, argal.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

In his earlier middle age he had been distressed by this absence of neck, but was comforted by reading in Balzac's "Louis Lambert" that all the world's great men have been marked by the same peculiarity, and for a simple and obvious reason: Greatness is nothing more nor less than the harmonious functioning of the faculties of the head and heart; the shorter the neck, the more closely these two organs approach one another; argal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crome Yellow] Reference

Herewith he cut short his devotions, and turning him round saw beside him a girl whose years had reached fifteen; so he seized her and said, "Who art thou, and what is the reason of thy throwing at my feet every day a purse of an hundred gold pieces, and this is the third time; argal the sum amounteth to three hundred.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arabian nights. English] Reference

SORGINA: Aaaaa … baina zein argal zauden!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Harlequin's wand has changed me into infant Hercules brandishing his strangled snakes; I have mowed, for the nonce, the docks, mallows, hogweed, and wild-parsley of my rank field, and its smooth green carpet looks like a rich meadow; I am free, happy, well at ease: argal, an thou lovest me, congratulate. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper] Reference