Kings, less kind, Harm those they hoodwink; sow bare rock with seed; Nor use our waste to propagate the breed.

It was my opinion, and I believe that of the counsel for the defence, that, although so much stress was laid upon the capsule and the administration of the poison by that means, it was not so administered, but that the capsule was an artifice, designed to hoodwink the doctors and Treasury solicitors.

Mary, too, felt that it was needless to hoodwink Amy.

Finally she divided her capital, derived from her husband's life insurance, into three equal parts, which she determined to squander in three years in an attempt to hoodwink the world with the belief that she was wealthy.

It didn't help or mend matters much to hear her own voice stammering: "Yes, of course, II don't want you toto have to go away" Oh, the vanity of trying to hoodwink him who knew so well what she was now for the first time realizing!

She had a feeling that he was trying to hoodwink her by some means not wholly praiseworthy.

Men like your uncle, who want to cover up their actions, take as much pains to hoodwink us, and use any means that occur to them to keep us in the dark when they want to.

Into her house I came at unaware, Her back was to me, and I was not seen; I stole behind her, till I had her fair, Then with my hands I closed both her een; She, blinded thus, beginneth to bethink her Which of her loves it was that did hoodwink her.

not look; close the eyes, shut the eyes-, turn away the eyes, avert the eyes; look another way; wink &c (limited vision) 443; shut the eyes to, be blind to, wink at, blink at. render blind &c adj.; blind, blindfold; hoodwink, dazzle, put one's eyes out; throw dust into one's eyes, pull the wool over one's eyes;

She'll hoodwink brother.

I persuaded Dawson, very much against his gree, to delay our going until Monday, the better to hoodwink old Simon; and on that day we set out for Chislehurst, both clad according to our condition,he in rough frieze, and I in a very proper, seemly sort of cloth,and with more guineas in our pockets than ever before we had possessed shillings.

Knock at the door,which thee mayst be sure is fast,and while one holds thee in parley the rest will set the room in order, and find a plausible tale to hoodwink thee afresh.

Invent some new lie to deceive the curious, and hoodwink our decent friends.

In peace times the people only know what goes on through the press, which is bought and told what to say by those whose interest it is to hoodwink the public, while the truth is kept under lock and key.

Your life is nothing but a succession of posesshallow, foolish poses meant to hoodwink the world and at times yourself.

For you do hoodwink yourself, don't you, Felix?"

The Colonel and I are blinded by Turns, and you would laugh your Heart out to see what Pains my Dear takes to hoodwink us, so that it is impossible for us to see the least Glimpse of Light.

" "Perhaps you think you can hoodwink me!" cried Diamond.

Did ever any mandid ever any minister, so effectually hoodwink himself, or so thoroughly shut his eyes, to the plain light of nature?

And King Charles went on, very knowingly: "Oho, these Latinists cannot hoodwink me, you observe, though by ordinary it chimes with my humor to appear content.

The living, or spitting, image and a dead ringer; The lapidary in a clump of merry-go-round; The hoodwink on a spray of ragamuffin.

The living, or spitting, image (left) and a dead ringer; The lapidary In a clump of merry-go-round; The hoodwink on a spray of ragamuffin; An upstart rising from a clump of Johnny-come-lately; The <pb id='230.png' /> small rodent (right) is a spouse; A trochee (left) encountering a spondee; Three fresh-water creatures.

The living, or spitting, image (left) and a dead ringer; The lapidary In a clump of merry-go-round; The hoodwink on a spray of ragamuffin; An upstart rising from a clump of Johnny-come-lately; The <pb id='230.png' /> small rodent (right) is a spouse; A trochee (left) encountering a spondee; Three fresh-water creatures.

The visible bluish light from the tube is designed, I suppose, to hoodwink the credulous, but the dangerous thing about it is the invisible ray that accompanies that light.

The Colonel and I are blinded by Turns, and you would laugh your Heart out to see what Pains my Dear takes to hoodwink us, so that it is impossible for us to see the least Glimpse of Light.