16 collocations for cozen

He cozens men in the purity of his clothes; and 'twas his only joy when he was on this side, to be in prison.

An hypocrite is the worst kind of player, by so much as he acts the better part, which hath always two faces, ofttimes two hearts; that can compose his forehead to sadness and gravity, while he bids his heart be wanton and careless within, and in the meantime laughs within himself to think how smoothly he hath cozened the beholder.

He draws you in, like cozening Citizen; Cares not how bad the Ware, so Shop be fine.

We cannot deny but that it is an ordinary thing on St. Anthony's day in Padua, to bring diverse madmen and demoniacal persons to be cured: yet we make a doubt whether such parties be so affected indeed, but prepared by their priests, by certain ointments and drams, to cozen the commonalty, as Hildesheim well saith; the like is commonly practised in Bohemia as Mathiolus gives us to understand in his preface to his comment upon Dioscorides.

The ingenuity of American pedlars in cozening their countrymen, has long been proverbial, and in general, people are wary of them; they have, however, I suppose by long practice, become such adepts at roguery, that however alive to their propensities, folks are daily victimized by such men.

If she live to be thrice married, she seldom fails to cozen her second husband's creditors.

The Plot of Dulcimers cozening the Duke by a pretended discovery of Tiberco's love to her, is taken from Boccace's Novels.

I find, Sir Feeble, we were a couple of old Fools indeed, to think at our Age to cozen two lusty young Fellows of their Mistresses; 'tis no wonder that both the Men and the Women have been too hard for us; we are not fit Matches for either, that's the truth on't.

Hah!old Sir Feeble Fainwou'dwhy, where the Devil am I? 'Tis he:and be it where it will, I'll fright the old Dotard for cozening my Friend of his Mistress.

He hath certain charms for a horse mouth, that he should not eat his hay; and behind your back he will cozen your horse to his face.

Look ye, Sharp, take to thee an implicit Faith, and believe Impossibilities; for thou and I must cozen this Knight.

They have cozened their neighbours, and greedily gained from them, and will find it true what the prophet Ezekiel hath written, that 'the Lord will pour out his indignation upon them, and consume them with the fire of his wrath.'

He and Jacob did marvelously at Edinburgh, when they cozened the preachers, and got me out of the clutches of Argyll.

Then to his studies, which are how to cozen this tenant, beggar that widow, or to undo some orphan.

MARGARET Where young men's flatteries cozen young maids' beauty, There pride oft gets the vantage hand of duty, There sweet humility withers.

You may shape, Amintor, Causes to cozen the whole world withal, And your self too; but 'tis not like a friend, To hide your soul from me; 'tis not your nature To be thus idle; I have seen you stand As you were blasted; midst of all your mirth, Call thrice aloud, and then start, feigning joy So coldly: World!

16 collocations for  cozen