Faints

As early as 1922 this picaresque pair was so well known that headlines in the Times could refer to the corpulent Einstein and the lumbering Smith solely by their nicknames “izzy and Moe raid thespian retreat”; “Izzy and Moe Pour Whisky Into sewer”; “sees Izzy and Moe, Bartender Faints”.

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

As early as 1922 this picaresque pair was so well known that headlines in the Times could refer to the corpulent Einstein and the lumbering Smith solely by their nicknames “izzy and Moe raid thespian retreat”; “Izzy and Moe Pour Whisky Into sewer”; “sees Izzy and Moe, Bartender Faints”.

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

In the third essay, "Jane Austen Faints," the essayist tells about how the Austen family controlled the portrayal of the author successfully for a century by having relatives write biographies.

Archive 2007-05-01 ricklibrarian 2007

In the third essay, "Jane Austen Faints," the essayist tells about how the Austen family controlled the portrayal of the author successfully for a century by having relatives write biographies.

Virginia Woolf's Nose: Essays on Biography by Hermione Lee ricklibrarian 2007

OpEdNews - Quicklink: Elder Bush Faints, Hospitalized, treated for dehydration

OpEdNews - Quicklink: Elder Bush Faints, Hospitalized, treated for dehydration 2007

UNCLE BOB: (Faints, hits his head on bathroom sink and dreams he's in the Wonderful Land of Oz and not getting sodomized by Hulk Hogan while passed out cold on the cold tile of a hotel bathroom floor)

unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2000

Quite apart from liking to get Quidditch terms correct, it caused him another pang to imagine Ron's expression if he could have heard Hermione talking about Wonky-Faints.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. 2000

Faints, turns him from the springs, and paws the earth

The Georgics 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

Faints, when I watch men's deeds matched with the guerdon they find.

Hippolytus/The Bacchae 480? BC-406 BC Euripides

(_Faints_.) _Enter aristocratic lover of wealthy heroine, and catches the faintress in his arms.

Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 02, April 9, 1870 Various