purblind

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I should not have answered her a word, but Mrs. Purblind thought to avert an awkward situation, so she said: “It illustrates the devotion of the masculine nature, I suppose.”

From How to Cook Husbands by Worthington, Elizabeth Strong

“Yes, do, while you have opportunity,” said Mrs. Purblind.

From How to Cook Husbands by Worthington, Elizabeth Strong

“She doesn’t believe in anything good,” said Mrs. Purblind.

From How to Cook Husbands by Worthington, Elizabeth Strong

I believe Mrs. Purblind must have been deaf as well as blind, otherwise the neighborhood gossip regarding Mr. Chance and myself, which was rife a year ago, would certainly have reached her.

From How to Cook Husbands by Worthington, Elizabeth Strong

Falls back over Dniester again,—overhears that extraordinary DREAM, as above recited, betokening great rumor in Russian Society against such Purblind Commanders-in-Chief.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 by Carlyle, Thomas