He had loved his poor old madman; and he had served him faithfully.

" From my coarse way of describing this, you would suppose that it was a farcical exhibition of vulgar extravagance, and the Duke a madman or an impostor; but the effect was different.

Never prowls A noble bird about the Zeriba; The generous falcon turns not near the nests, O madman!

"But when I saw him ride by like a madman, I knew you had said no, and I came back as fast as I could to make certain.

At the moment I joined my company, General Braddock rode up, cursing like a madman, and spurred his horse among the men.

Sydney Percy, Count Moses Rothschild and Squire Thompson, to say nothing of Knight of Malta and King of Jerusalem, was a madman, with a method in his madness and a certain reasonable truth behind his absurdities.

Nevertheless, the first persons who heard it utterly ridiculed it, and were disposed to treat me either as a madman, or at best as an audacious trespasser on that privilege of lying which belonged to them as mariners.

She rated its devotion and generosity as highly as he appreciated its extravagance and folly; and if he counted me a madman, she was disposed to elevate me into a hero or a demi-god.

As he came in sight of the camp he paused and stared, as well he might, for it seemed to be occupied by a stranger, and he a man with the wild aspect of a madman.

He was accused of proposing, that the members of the university should be denied the assistance of counsel, and was lampooned by name, as a madman, in a satire written on the visitation.

Soon afterwards Mr. Cheynel was admitted to the degree of bachelor of divinity, for which his grace had been denied him in 1641, and, as he then suffered for an ill-timed assertion of the presbyterian doctrines, he obtained that his degree should be dated from the time at which he was refused it; an honour which, however, did not secure him from being soon after publickly reproached as a madman.

" It was a wonderful discovery of our modern morale, that a renegade, being a madman, should not be considered a renegade in earnest, or responsible for his actions.

'But, my dear madman,' said his uncle, 'you are just the innocent one among us all.

"Who is he?" "Some madman.

After having touched, felt and examined these treasures, John Stevens rushed through the ship like a madman.

"A Russian in love is always a madman.

Madman though he is, he is the emperor, and if he is disposed now to govern well, with capable advisers, I would be the last to turn on him.

The Indians had repelled the zealous chaplain, as a madman; compelling him to take the route toward the settlements, however; their respect for this unfortunate class of beings, rendering them averse to his rejoining their enemies.

It sounds like a madman's dream at first, but when you come to look into itfor instance, think of the millions of clients such a company would have.

To the cynical and haughty queen, born in idolatry, he probably seemed a madman of the desert,shaggy, unwashed, fierce, repulsive.

At the news the fury of the king burst forth, and "he was as a madman in the eyes of those who stood by."

'I'm sure that madman is about the theatre again.'

[Footnote 4: He humours him in everything, as he would a madman.]

He was a madman, but he was a hero.

"I should be a fool, a madman, to speak so rashly.