188 examples of turpin in sentences
When the easy-going young man smiled and nodded, and said, 'It'll be all right, you know, Mrs. Turpin; you can trust me, I hope,' she could do nothing but acquiesce.
Mrs. Turpin brought it in person at breakfast, and stood with it in her hand, an image of vacillation.
'By the bye, Mrs. Turpin,' said Rawcliffe in an offhand way, as he glanced at the bill, 'how much exactly do I owe you?' Pleasantly agitated, his landlady mentioned the sum. 'Ah!
I tell you what, Mrs. Turpin.
Mrs. Turpin left the room in greater embarrassment than ever.
'Good morning, Mrs. Turpin.
'Thank you, Mrs. Turpin, that will do.
A week to-day I leave.' With a sound which was half a sob and half grunt Mrs. Turpin bounced from the room.
Naturally, his wife broke into indignant clamour, and the debate lasted for an hour or two; but Turpin could be firm when he liked, and he had solid reasons for preferring to keep Miss Rodney in the house.
At four o'clock Mrs. Turpin crept softly to the sitting-room where her offended lodger was quietly reading.
'I wanted just to say, miss, that I'm willing to give Mr. Rawcliffe notice next Wednesday.' 'Thank you, Mrs. Turpin,' was the cold reply.
'Mr. Rawcliffe,' began Turpin, 'you must leave these lodgings, sir, on Wednesday next.' 'Hullo!
'What do you mean, Turpin?'
Rawcliffe, putting on all his dignity, demanded the legal week's notice; Turpin demanded the sum in arrear.
A moment after Turpin and his wife knocked at Miss Rodney's door, for she was still in her parlour.
Turpin warned him that if he had made no preparations for departure on Wednesday he would be forcibly ejected, and the door closed against him.
In vain had Mrs. Turpin tried to coax him with maternal suavity; in vain had Mabel and Lily, when serving his meals, whispered abuse of Miss Rodney, and promised to find some way of getting rid of her, so that Rawcliffe might return.
'You know what the understanding is, Mr. Rawcliffe,' said Turpin, putting his head into the room as the lodger sat at breakfast.
Dick Turpin's ride and other poems.
Condoled with him, and escaped his importunities by joining with Master JOHN SHEPPARD, and Squire TURPIN in a game of "Lorne Ten Hys," a recreation recently introduced by my good neighbour Monsieur CLAUDE DU VAL.
One version of the story (Turpin's) relates that the blast brought, not Charlemagne, but the sole surviving knight, Theodoricus, who, as Roland had been shriven before the battle, merely heard his last prayer and reverently closed his eyes.
Then Turpin, while celebrating mass before Charlemagne, was suddenly favored by a vision, in which he beheld a shrieking crew of demons bearing Marsiglio's soul to hell, while an angelic host conveyed Roland's to heaven.
Turpin immediately imparted these revelations to Charlemagne, who, knowing now that his fears were not without foundation, hastened back to Roncesvalles.
Another version relates that Bishop Turpin himself remained with Roland in the rear, and, after hearing a general confession and granting full absolution to all the heroes, fought beside them to the end.
The aged Aymon had already fallen into the hands of the emperor's adviser, Turpin, who solemnly promised that no harm should befall him.