The Jews forgot what we moderns forget, that they were no separate objects of favour with God, but only a means of favour What occasion to 'argal-bargal' about why God did not sooner accomplish the scheme of Christianity?— The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1
He looked up through the darkness and saw that it was already beginning to fall thickly, and then, with a self-satisfied glance of approval at his provident woodpile, went into the cabin and fastened the door Thompson had shot a fine argal or Rocky Mountain sheep that morning, and the broiled steaks were giving forth a most acceptable odor.— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875
Finally the beggar laid the matter before an obese limb o' the Law, Jaggers, of the firm of Jaggers & Jaggers, who took the case on a contingent fee The case came to trial, and Jaggers proved his case se offendendo--argal: it was shown by the defendant's books that His Bacteria had been on the pay-roll and his name had been stricken off without suggestion, request, cause, reason or fault of his own His Crabship proved the contract, and Tom got it in the mazzard.— Love, Life ; Work Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others
Thy father loved me for my lack of officiousness, argal, to serve thee is a religious duty incumbent on me.— Arabian nights. English
He was well acquainted with the title-page of Blackstone's Commentaries, and argal (as the gravedigger in Hamlet says) he was not a person to be laughed at.'— Lay Morals
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