He would simply "scandalise" his mainsail without reefing it, haul the staysail sheet to windward, and let the cutter head reach till daylight. From Wordnik.com. [Yorke The Adventurer] Reference
"You can criticise us, but don't scandalise us," Pikoli said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Some of the few things that can still scandalise: Biblequotes. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in translation « Anglican Samizdat] Reference
The TRC was being used as a propaganda forum to scandalise the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Dead or fled, the man was out of Meirion's way, and could scandalise Morgant no longer. From Wordnik.com. [His Disposition] Reference
“I will not scandalise this good man with my foolish garb: I have a mantle for ordinary wear.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference
His behaviour was not so much to scandalise his neighbours but rather to keep himself on his feet in same way or other. From Wordnik.com. [Intellectuals] Reference
We ought not to expose ourselves to a mistaken judgment; and we have no right to do anything that will scandalise the community. From Wordnik.com. [Ghosts] Reference
No sooner are they on their feet than they turn somersaults or make courtesies; and by their words they charm, enliven, edify, or scandalise. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
Finally there are nuns, reserved, quiet, neat as ermines, who are going to hear on the way enough to scandalise them all the rest of their lives. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
Even in the middle of the fifteenth century, and in Spain, could be found an assertor, in some degree, of common sense, whose sentiments might scandalise some Protestant divines. From Wordnik.com. [The Superstitions of Witchcraft] Reference
How it would amuse me to scandalise the whole of London!. From Wordnik.com. [Londonist] Reference
What will he do to scandalise and entertain us next moth?. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
The goings-on of unmarried people do not easily scandalise her. From Wordnik.com. [A Poor Man's House] Reference
Portkiln was so near, that this Sabbath day's journey did not scandalise. From Wordnik.com. [Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume] Reference
The Cluniac was a man of the world whom no confidences could scandalise. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of the King] Reference
Low enough in the back so I don't scandalise all of our guests by flashing the strap. From Wordnik.com. [Weddingbee] Reference
Some of the details here might scandalise people in these supposedly more enlightened times. From Wordnik.com. [desiderata-ylchong] Reference
That kind of criticism, strongly but fairly argued, should not be held to scandalise the court. From Wordnik.com. [Public Address] Reference
But nothing must transpire which could stumble or scandalise the other members of the Community. From Wordnik.com. [The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century] Reference
I have to own up to a cultural shortcoming that will scandalise many high-minded readers of this paper. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
The appearance of a silvery streak on a famous woman's head used to scandalise observers of celebrities. From Wordnik.com. [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference
When I have retired from the chair (which I must not scandalise) I shall write a lay sermon on the text. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2] Reference
Stretching a point or turning a blind eye is rife, in ways that would scandalise many a German or American. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
Stretching a point or turning a blind eye is rife, in ways that would scandalise many a German or American. From Wordnik.com. [Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
She teased him about coming to the airport to get him, and giving him a giant hug, just to scandalise the public. From Wordnik.com. [Bloggers.Pakistan] Reference
It would be these larvæ of the other world who give the messages which disconcert when they do not scandalise us. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research] Reference
I am moved to say things I have never said before, and it is possible I may astonish and perchance scandalise Paris. From Wordnik.com. [The Master-Christian] Reference
He himself describeth the weak whom we are forbidden to scandalise, to be such as are weak in knowledge and certainty of the truth. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)] Reference
You will scandalise society -- you will separate from me -- ". From Wordnik.com. [Innocent : her fancy and his fact] Reference
"I shall make no trouble," he answered, quietly -- "and I shall not scandalise society. From Wordnik.com. [Innocent : her fancy and his fact] Reference
Have you thought that I may often think it right to do things you disagree with, that may scandalise your relations? ". From Wordnik.com. [Marcella] Reference
"all that I ask is, that thee shall say nothing of me that should scandalise and disparage the faith to which I was born.". From Wordnik.com. [Nick of the Woods] Reference
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