'Poor harmless wretch!' said she; 'he is but practising with me; he would fain perfect himself in the airs and graces of a thriving wooer, before laying siege in earnest to some fair lady, with the heavy purse, that I lack, at her girdle.'

The worthy Grand Prior was an impetuous wooer, and he saw with great sorrow that Ninon preferred the Counts de Miossens and de Palluan to his clerical attractions.

Yer young, an' yer han'some; an' there's three gals waitin' ready to be won by a bold wooer.

Now my brave wooers, how they strive for a Jewes Trump. Doct.

'Twas thus our Giant lived a life of ease, Old Polyphemus, when, the down scarce seen On lip and chin, he wooed his ocean nymph: No curlypated rose-and-apple wooer, But a fell madman, blind to all but love.

Full of intelligence and wit, he won the hearts of all whom he wished to gain, especially of the men who were ablest and most refined, such as Flamininus and Scipio; he was a pleasant boon companion and, not by virtue of his rank alone, a dangerous wooer.

She was, in fact, the "ugly duckling" of a good-looking family, removed by a whole world from her beautiful eldest sister Charlotte, who counted among her many admirers no less exalted a wooer than Prince Frederick William, the King's nephew and heir to his throne.

Thou art no longer a boy, and Venice looks to us to help thee choose a fitting bride; for there is none other of this generation of thy name, and thou,I will not hide it from thee since thou needest heartening,thou wilt be a fortunate wooer with these maidens, oror elsewhere.

" "A gentle wooer, indeed!

"I scorn and defy the suspicions of that enemy of the persecuted South, and high-handed wooer of exclusively Northern women!"

What a worldwide difference between this languid Kaffir wooer, hardly caring whether he gets this girl or another, and the modern lover who thinks life not worth living, unless he can gain the love of his chosen one.

She believes you to be perfect; and you seem content to sit and let her tell you so, when you ought to be a manly wooer.

Now, by the Mary matins, Peg, thou hast got the merriest wooer in all womanshire.

No trace of Rose was ever after found, nor was anything certain respecting her mysterious wooer discovered or even suspectedno clue whereby to trace the intricacies of the labyrinth and to arrive at its solution, presented itself.

See, what a pleasing humour wooers bring.

Oh, ye are precious wooers, all of ye. I marvel how ye ever ope your lips Unto, or look upon that fearful thing, A lovely woman.

" "By the Lord Harry!" exclaimed Junius, "you are the rarest wooer I ever heard of.

He thinks you only a detective, not an ardent, though secret wooer yourself.

"Well! sweet wooers of the bread and butter brigade," said I, "speakin after the manner of men, you've got ontop the rong hencoop this time.

" In his zeal, the ungentlemanly wooer seized her hand, and his vicious little eyes glared at her with such ferocity, that she gave utterance to a shriek of fear.

" "Your claim cannot be resisted, Sir Francis," rejoined the other; "and if you had followed my counsel, you would not have condescended to play the abject wooer, but have adopted the manlier course, and demanded her hand as your right.

The next stage in her career must be to be wooed and won by a worthy wooer.

When such an ardent wooer lays siege to my lady, using such exquisite music to further his suit, she must have a heart of stone that would not quickly capitulate to his amour.

Such, then, was the repulsive lover who found favour in the eyes of the Regent's daughter, and for whom she was ready to discard all her legion of more attractive wooers.