"Jeer" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... palace gate, and entreated on his knees that he might not be left behind to be starved. The King laughed, and, calling an officer, told him to take especial care of the prophet during his absence, and rode away to the forest. After his departure, the servants of the palace began to jeer at and insult Nixon, whom they imagined to be much better treated than he deserved. Nixon complained to the officer, who, to prevent him from being further molested, locked him up in the King's own closet, and brought him regularly his four ...
— Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Vol. I • Charles Mackay
... Volunteer! The Volunteer!! No matter how the wind may veer! Will have no fear! and will not sweer! so do not jeer!!! the Volunteer!!!" ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, July 30, 1892 • Various
... speak of amusements so various, Of opera-singers [See Notes] that few understand; Of Kean's [See Notes] reputation, so sadly precarious When he arrived in this prosperous land. The public will hear him—and hark! how they cheer him! Though editors jeer him—we all must believe He pockets the dollars of sages and scholars: Of course then it follows—he ...
— Poems • George P. Morris
... stone on his heart. All the harshness, the narrowness, the disregard of the interests of the weak, the rude, rough, tyrannical pressing onward of the strong to their own selfish aims, all the characteristics of the modern world seemed to find voice in it and jeer at him. ...
— The Waters of Edera • Louise de la Rame, a.k.a. Ouida
... with which the capture of Narcone had been effected gratified Norvin Blake immensely, for it gave him an opportunity to jeer at the weaker side of his nature. He told himself that the incident went to prove what his saner judgment was forever saying—that fear depends largely upon the power of visualization, that danger is real only in so far as the mind sees it. Moreover, the admiration his ...
— The Net • Rex Beach
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