Sentence Examples

1. I wanted no fence against fraud, or oppression here was neither physician to destroy my body, nor lawyer to ruin my fortune no informer to watch my words and actions, or forge accusations against me for hire here were no gibers, censurers, backbiters, pickpockets, highwaymen, housebreakers, attorneys, buffoons, gamesters, politicians, wits, splenetics, tedious talkers, controvertists, ravishers, murderers, robbers, virtuosos no leaders, or followers, of party and faction no encouragers to vice, by seducement or example no dungeon, axes, gibbets, whipping posts, or pillories no cheating shopkeepers, or mechanics no pride, vanity, or affectation no fops, bullies, drunkards no ranting, expensive wives no stupid, proud pedants no importunate, overbearing, quarrelsome, noisy, roaring, empty, conceited, swearing companions no scoundrels raised from the dust for the sake of their vices, or nobility thrown into it on account of their virtues no lords, fiddlers, judges, or dancing masters.
2. He saw several customers sent away, and asked himself whether he, who came to buy nothing, would not be more properly deemed importunate.
3. The worthy fellow had certainly taken good care to eat as hearty a breakfast as possible before leaving the Carnatic but, as he had been walking about all day, the demands of hunger were becoming importunate.
4. The latter, sure of quelling the tempest when the waves became too violent, allowed them to rise to a certain pitch that he might be revenged on the importunate Andrea, and besides it would afford him some recreation during the long day.
5. Presently one of the passengers, after vigorously pushing his way through the importunate crowd of porters, came up to him and politely asked if he could point out the English consulate, at the same time showing a passport which he wished to have visaed.