fare-well

Turgenev the novelist, another nobleman who saw serfdom at first hand, described how his mother banished two young serfs to Siberia because they failed to bow to her in passing - and how they came to bid her fare-well before leaving for exile.

The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

We wish them well, but maybe it will be a sad fare-well more than a successful one.

Archive 2008-12-01 Martyn Daniels 2008

The other deputies intimated their assent to what their companion had said, and the citizens of Bale took a courteous fare-well of their guests, endeavoring, by the excess of civility, to atone for their deficiency in effective hospitality.

Anne of Geierstein 2008

We wish them well, but maybe it will be a sad fare-well more than a successful one.

Do We Believe In Magic? Martyn Daniels 2008

-- Andrew NagorskiThe Last Song of DuskBy Siddharth Dhanvant ShanghviThis lush first novel, set in 1920s Anglo-India, is an erotic tale of love and loss, loaded with magical realism: a heroine so beautiful, peacocks line up to bid fare-well as she leaves to marry; a nymphet who is descended from a panther; a cruel sea-side mansion that demands sacrifices.

SNAP JUDGEMENT: BOOKS 2007

I was impatient to hear again from Jeronymo; and just as I was setting out for Florence, in despair of that favour, it being the second day after my fare-well visit, 1 had the following letter from him:

Sir Charles Grandison 2006

Stretching, he bid the elder big person a polite fare-well.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

Then, lowering the hand she had automatically raised in fare-well, Sophie frowned and turned indoors.

A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

Then, lowering the hand she had automatically raised in fare-well, Sophie frowned and turned indoors.

A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

Once the Douranis were out of the way it would be fare-well Sujah, and long live King Akbar.

Flashman Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1969