bedlamite

Example Sentences

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In another instant, I heard that of Susannah—the meek Susannah,—she too was among the curious to examine the features of the bedlamite, Archy Dargan.

From International Short Stories American by Various

The devil take the bedlamite old woman," said the counsellor; "will she not let things take their course, prout de lege, but must always be putting in her oar in her own way?—Then,

From Guy Mannering by Scott, Walter, Sir

Mollie paced up and down like a bedlamite, sobbing and scolding to herself, and quite broken down with one day's imprisonment.

From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by Fleming, May Agnes

The simple countryman had heard of the bedlamite from Hamilton jail.

From International Short Stories American by Various

It isn’t my fault that they are associated with nothing better at the decisive moment than the banal splendours of a gilded café and the bedlamite yells of carnival in the street.

From The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Conrad, Joseph