" "Why did they call him the Lone Wolf, do you know?" "I believe some imaginative Parisian journalist fixed that sobriquet on him, in recognition of the theory upon which, apparently, he operated.

Whatever may have been the original excuse for the sobriquet, the derogatory one exists no more.

These ideas appear in his letter to Mademoiselle de l'Enclos, written to her under the sobriquet of "Leontium," and which is translated and appended to this correspondence.

He gave the name "Leontium" to Mademoiselle de L'Enclos, and the letter was written to her under that sobriquet.

Now wasn't this enough to exhaust the patience of a female Joba sobriquet Doña Victorina always applied to herself when put out with any one!

Misnomer N. misnomer; lucus a non lucendo [Lat.]; Mrs. Malaprop; what d'ye call 'em &c (neologism) 563 [Obs.]; Hoosier. nickname, sobriquet, by-name; assumed name, assumed title; alias; nom de course, nom de theatre, nom de guerre

These, with Dr. Maginnunder the sobriquet of "Morgan O'Dogherty,"Hoggthe Ettrick Shepherd,De Quinceythe Opium-eater,Thomas Mitchell, and others, were the principal writers in Blackwood.

The sobriquet, "na Raheenach," is really a kind of tribal designation.

"The Dook" was the sobriquet of the person he had come to see; and it was by this name that Nick inquired for him, gravely, of the landlord.

The very thought of the little drawling outsider who had delighted in his sobriquet of "the Dook" made Hilliard feel sick, and he opened wide all the windows and doors when the contemptible creature went out of the house.

He was the friend and benefactor of his race, giving them what gold is ever too poor to buythe benefit of a good example and a noble life, and earned for himself the sobriquet by which he was called, "honest Luzerne."

The sobriquet derived its point from the application he made of the principle involved in this oft-repeated proposition.

The sobriquet, "na Raheenach," is really a kind of tribal designation.

The first Grimaldi celebrated on the stage, appeared at Paris about the year 1735, when his athletic force and extraordinary agility procured him the sobriquet of "Jambe de Fer," or iron-leg.

P. 162. 'Domini canes,' 'The Lord's hounds,' a punning sobriquet of the Dominican inquisitors, in allusion to their profession.

The Good Dame was the sobriquet which Lord Francis had invented to concealor to displayhis courteous disdain of the ideals represented by Mrs. Sardis, that pillar long established, that stately dowager, that impeccable doyenne of serious English fiction.

DAWKINS (Jack), known by the sobriquet of the "Artful Dodger."

DODGER (The Artful), the sobriquet of Jack Dawkins, an artful thievish young scamp, in the boy crew of Fagin the Jew villain.

This habit earned him a sobriquet pocket Navhind Times.

His sobriquet of "Pipes," which his skill upon the flute at this time gave him, adhered to him through life among his intimates in the army.

He was soon alongside, and with great satisfaction we at once recognized our strange friend of yesterday, who amongst the boat's crew, went by the sobriquet of Yampee.

On the contrary, they understand at once when a charge is exorbitant; and a trader who tries his shrewdness upon them is sure to receive an expressive sobriquet, which ever after clings to him.

JUPITER CARLYLE, a sobriquet given to the REV.

The exile had too well concealed, even from her, his sobriquet and his calling, and Hortense at last grew weary of failure.

"Weel, Mr. M., if you had tried my plan, and come doon to your knees, ye wad maybe hae come mair speed!" There once lived in Cupar a merchant whose store contained supplies of every character and description, so that he was commonly known by the sobriquet of Robbie A'Thing.