marplot
Example Sentences
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The young lady referred to in the following is Mr. Meredith’s daughter, now Mrs. H. Sturgis; the bearer of the introduction, Mr. Sidney Lysaght, author of The Marplot and One of the Grenvilles.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
In dialogue, in plot, and particularly in the character of the amusing but inoffensive Marplot, she fulfills her simple theory of comedy designed not for reform but for laughter.
From The Busie Body by Byrd, Jess
Never mind him, Mr. Marplot, he is eat up with Spleen.
From The Busie Body by Byrd, Jess
John Marplot wrote that Jonah was often in S—— Street.
From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss
Marplot, here— Oh the unlucky Dog—what's the matter, Sir Jealous?
From The Busie Body by Byrd, Jess
