Do we say shake or sheikh

shake 3385 occurrences

I was holding tight to the Silver Fox standard and it kind of helped me to speak, and I guess pretty soon my voice didn't shake.

I mean to say, this Fink-Nottle, as I remembered him, was the sort of shy, shrinking goop who might have been expected to shake like an aspen if invited to so much as a social Saturday afternoon at the vicarage.

" "Will you shake hands?

" Verty repeated the shake of his head.

A shake of the head betrayed her want of success in this attempt to unravel the mystery, especially the lawyer's indignation at the words written by Verty.

Mr. Jinks received these propositions and assurances, at first, with a shake of the head: he really could not deprive, etc.; then he looked dubious; then he regarded Fodder with admiration and affection; then he assented to Ralph's arrangement, and put his arm affectionately around Fodder's neck.

The continual shake of the cabin, the creak of the rudder-beam working to and fro, the watery thunder of the wheel, and the solemn rumble of the engines made conversation impossible until the travelers grew accustomed to the noises.

Why, you dare charge a foe i'the head of his troope, And shake you to deliver a petition To a statesman and a frend? 2 Cap.

Now the blood and kindred Of Horne and Egmont (Memories great Martires), That must outlive all Alva's Tirranies And when their Stories told ev'n shake his ashes, Methincks through theis vaines now, now at this instant, I feele their Cuntries losse; I feele too Will.

And in my Cuntries eye appeere but lovely, I shall sitt downe, though old and bruizd yet happie; Nor can the bitter and bold tounge of mallice, That never yet spoke well of faire deservings, With all hir course aspersions floong upon me Make me forsake my dutie, touch or shake me Or gaine so much upon me as an anger, Whilst here I hold me loyall.

You taint me, Sir, with syns concerne my manners, If I have such Ile studdy to correct 'em; But, should I taint you, I should charge ye deeper: The cure of those would make ye shrinck and shake, too, Shake of your head.

You taint me, Sir, with syns concerne my manners, If I have such Ile studdy to correct 'em; But, should I taint you, I should charge ye deeper: The cure of those would make ye shrinck and shake, too, Shake of your head.

But for your ends,through all the Townes, the Garrisons, To fright the union of the State, to shake it.

4 D. W. Which cursse you must shake of.

Disarmd againe and setled in obedience, And without bloodshed, Lords, without the Sword And those Calamities that shake a kingdom: So gently and without noyse he has performd this As if he had don it in a dreame.

He was so wrought up that he had omitted even to shake hands with Hilda.

It is a small thing even for a slight man to shake a city, but to set it firm again in its place this is hard struggle indeed, unless with sudden aid God guide the ruler's hand.

The trees stir softly and the bushes shake, The long grass rustles, and the darkness moves Here!

We must drive the nail homeand then clinch it Or storms shake it loose again.

When upon a peel I stand, Slippin' like a goner, Luck, I trust, will shake my hand Just around the corner.

When he came forward to shake hands, in the usual Indian manner, a silver dollar was un-suspectingly slipped into the palm of his right hand and he was informed that he had accepted pay for services which must now be performed.

Mr. Wilks gasped, and with a faint shake of his head at the floor abandoned the thankless task of giving hints to a young man who was too obtuse to see them; and it was not until some time later that Mr. Hardy, sorely against his inclinations, gave his host a hearty handshake

Preaching and tracts are insufficient to make religious doctrine understandable, or to shake the superstitions which have been imbibed in infancy.

But the latter was unconcernedly moving to his position, and Joel gave his head a shake or two and resolved to forgive and forget.

"There'll be a shake-up to-morrow," observed Warren as he rubbed himself dry with a big, crimson-bordered towel.

sheikh 245 occurrences

Sheikh Tahid imprisoned and punished.

According to De Faria, this person was uncle to the king of Melinda, and was named Sheikh Foteyma.Astl.

So the morning calm of my mind was lashed into an unwonted tempest of excitement when my jolly skipper, Sheikh Abdul Rehman, came in and told me briefly that a "bag" (which word does not rhyme with rag, but must be pronounced like barg without the r and signifies a tiger or panther) had killed a cow in the village the night before last.

THE ALBATROSS VISIT TO A PENGUIN ROOKERY THE SEA ELEPHANT VISIT FROM THE NATIVES AT TERRA DEL FUEGO CHILIAN MODE OF CAPTURING WILD HORSES FIGHT BETWEEN A WHALE AND A KILLER WAR DANCES OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS HISTORY OF PADDY CONNEL EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE FROM DROWNING ADVENTURE IN THE DESERT, AND MURDER OF A SHEIKH BOOK OF ENTERPRISE & ADVENTURE.

At this time a Sheikh of Bedouin stood high in Osman's confidence, and brought him intelligence that Elfy had landed at Alexandria.

The Sheikh lay in wait upon the banks of the Delta, and slew all the companions of the rival Bey: Elfy himself escaped in the darkness, and made his way to an Arab encampment before sunrise.

Going straight to the Sheikh's tent, which is known by a spear standing in front of it, he entered, and hastily devoured some bread that he found there.

The Sheikh was absent; but his wife exclaimed, on seeing the fugitive, "I know you, Elfy Bey, and my husband's life, perhaps at his moment, depends upon his taking yours.

The Bey escaped to the Thebaid, and the disappointed Sheikh presented himself to his employer.

"Most true, praised be Allah!" replied the Sheikh, drawing himself proudly up, and presenting a jewel-hilted dagger to the old Bey; "this weapon," he continued, "was your gift to me in the hour of your favour; had I met Elfy Bey, it should have freed you from your enemy.

Sheikh Furriqh was of the number, as I have already stated.

It appears that the Mezzeni, bent on accomplishing their purpose, gathered together their force, and, following us at dromedary speed, arrived at the encampment as early as two o'clock in the morningthat a deputation from them came to Suleiman, while some of the rest remained in the palm-grove, and others went in advance, and formed ambuscadesthat Sheikh Furriqh was one of the deputationthat

Within the walls, it is equally sterile, it literally yields nothing; here, "all is barren," and the water is far from sweet, yet 4,000 souls live, though the sheikh keeps up no standing army.

If it should run out, how it might spread about the town!" (The "divinity" of the sheikh of the Chabeans is worth record.

" The levee of the sheikh of Fellahi is amusing.)

Three or four beautiful hawks were perched near the sheikh, and he was patting a couple of favourite greyhounds.

Below, in the court, stood a considerable guard, and about the sheikh's person were a number of subordinate sheikhs.

Those of the highest rank merely bowed and took their places, others advanced and kissed the sheikh's hand while the humblest officers knelt on one knee to perform the same ceremony.

I observed, however, that great respect was always paid to age in this little court, for when the head of a village, far advanced in years, limped up to the nummud, the sheikh rose and embraced him, though he held but a trifling post, and was a man of little personal merit.

" The sheikh is held in great veneration by all the tribes, who fly to Fellahi at his summons, bringing their own materiel of war.

Then go they to their sheikh or whomever he be who hath hired them, and they say to him: 'Oh, favoured of Allah, behold we must have such and such wage and such and such hours of labour!'

Then doth their sheikh cast ashes upon his beard and rend his garments.

"Then doth their sheikh betake himself to the pasha with his grievance; beseeching the pasha, with many rich gifts, that he will throw those strike-making labourers into prison and scourge their kinsmen with the kourbash.

And his heart is as gall within him that he may not accept the rich gifts offered by the sheikh; and punish the labourers.

Then the sheikh, perchance, still refuseth the demands of his toilers.

Do we say   shake   or  sheikh