Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at glynne.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Glynne.

Examples

  • She was determined to break off all relationship with Mr. Smethick, for she had transferred her volatile affections to Captain Glynne, who had lately become heir to an earldom and £40,000 a year.

    Lady Molly of Scotland Yard 1912

  • The head gardener, who lives at the lodge actually spoke to him, and Captain Glynne, leaning out of his brougham, was heard to exclaim:

    Lady Molly of Scotland Yard 1912

  • To Captain Glynne's credit, be it here recorded, he tried his best to deny having recognized his unfortunate friend in the dark.

    Lady Molly of Scotland Yard 1912

  • On that memorable Christmas Eve at Clevere none of us could fail to notice his absence; whilst Margaret, on the other hand, had shown marked predilection for the society of Captain Glynne, who, since the sudden death of his cousin, Viscount Heslington, Lord Ullesthorpe's only son (who was killed in the hunting field last October, if you remember), had become heir to the earldom and its £40,000 a year.

    Lady Molly of Scotland Yard 1912

  • He said he was only thirty-seven, but, according to his own account, he had been "kept at school till he was sixteen, lived tin years on the Knight o 'Glynne's estate, and gone fishin' with him in the Shannon, been twinty-five years with Colonel

    A Trip to Manitoba Mary FitzGibbon 1883

  • Philip Magnus says:The Lytteltons and the Gladstones Lord Lyttelton and Gladstone married the Glynne sisters were so numerous and devoted, so quick, eager and vital, that for many purposes they felt themselves to be self-sufficient.

    languagehat.com: LINKS FROM ALDI. 2005

  • He was thrown much into their society while at Rome, and became engaged to the elder of Lady Glynne's daughters, Catharine Glynne.

    The Grand Old Man Cook, Richard B 1989

  • Glynne, till in his death in 1874, when it passed into their sole possession.

    The Grand Old Man Richard B. Cook

  • He was thrown much into their society while at Rome, and became engaged to the elder of Lady Glynne's daughters, Catharine Glynne.

    The Grand Old Man Richard B. Cook

  • We did not feel like discussing the matter in the open streets, neither did we make any comment when presently, in a block in the traffic in Coney Street, we saw Margaret Ceely driving her smart dog-cart, whilst sitting beside her, and talking with great earnestness close to her ear, sat Captain Glynne.

    Lady Molly of Scotland Yard 1912

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.