capriciously

Example Sentences

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A fitful presence, seldom tarrying long, Capriciously she touches me to song— Then leaves me to lament her flight in vain, And wonder will she ever come again.

From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William

Capriciously did she bend her head on one side, and dance up insidious.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George

This mouth, that never any kiss could close, Capriciously in subtle fires it blows, The jewelled garlands of a shadowy blossoming.

From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various

Engaging to raise men for the common weal It sets a harmful and unequal tax Capriciously on our communities.—

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

Capriciously indulgent, his father had allowed him ample means, neither curbing nor restraining his expenditure; acceding at one moment to every inclination, and the next irresolutely opposing it.

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison