Admirable

Fifteen years ago they were known as The Admirable Crichtons of the Ring.

Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 Various

"Admirable," said Rostnikov, looking around for Katya.

A Fine Red Rain Kaminsky, Stuart M. 1987

"Admirable, " conceded Derec, -even if it isn't always obeyed.

Suspicion Asimov, Isaac 1987

"Admirable," said Cardinal Fleury after he read the Abbé de Saint-Pierre's Projet de Paix Perpétuelle, "save for one omission: I find no provision for sending missionaries to convert the hearts of princes."

The Runaway Presidency 1973

"Admirable," said Cardinal Fleury after he read the Abbé de Saint-Pierre's Projet de Paix Perpétuelle, "save for one omission: I find no provision for sending missionaries to convert the hearts of princes."

The Runaway Presidency 1973

Perhaps I did rather wonder, as I stood in the larger of the two rooms with Madame, saying "Admirable," what the woman friend would be like, but only vaguely.

Bliss, and Other Stories 1920

"Admirable" in an abstracted fashion, muttered something about the duties of his office, and left the room.

Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship James Branch Cabell 1918

Sporting with her infamy, the lost and desperate creature had embroidered the fatal token in scarlet cloth with golden thread and the nicest art of needlework; so that the capital A might have been thought to mean "Admirable," or anything rather than

Twice Told Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

"Admirable," the gentleman in the sandy suit kindly agreed.

Best Russian Short Stories Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818

'Admirable': John Mark Ainsley in Messiah at the Coliseum.

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