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1. examine the upstart, then went back to his work
2. In all of them, indeed, as in all other free countries, the descendant of an old colony family is more respected than an upstart of equal merit and fortune; but he is only more respected, and he has no privileges by which he can be troublesome to his neighbours
3. Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness
4. Their wealth would alone excite the public indignation; and the vanity which almost always accompanies such upstart fortunes, the foolish ostentation with which they commonly display that wealth, excite that indignation still more
5. “But, since the miracle has happened anyway, and the stones did join, despite your upstart behavior,” he muttered, pulling her close, “and we are still alive and still in love, it must be acceptable to the Creator
6. And in the last of days of that Hebrew nation was it a renewed declaration against that upstart cult of Followers of the Way, and their Triune God?
7. But religion, at least the Christian version of it that I have experience with, has felt ever more crowded by its younger upstart cousin science
8. He told me that his town was glad to see the end of the upstart Chimu dynasty, which had only conquered them a few generations ago
9. Who did those upstart Christians think they were? He believed he was right and he would do anything to prove every Christian wrong
10. Surely, when the Israelites saw this upstart go out to meet Goliath, and then defeat the giant, what disdain, perhaps even contempt, they must have felt towards Saul
11. Who was this fanciful upstart who thought to tell them? Even though he was Jacob’s favorite, he had not yet earned their respect
12. Henrick felt a surge of confidence as he closed on his stunned foe, time to finish this upstart
13. "Curse that upstart! I was here first!"
14. Mr Nikelseer pushed himself to the back of his chair and fixed a bleak eye on the young upstart
15. Desperate to find some way of convincing the headmaster he wasn’t an interfering upstart, Robert decided to pick Mr Pinot’s brains
16. Indeed, Ervyn Peake used many words throughout this current story that simply confounded the young upstart
17. It was thus, when approached, he needed no persuasion to play ball with the Continental to stop the upstart of a Gautam in the tracks
18. within the soul of that upstart,
19. He had enough on his plate right now without worrying about some eager upstart flying an ethical flag in the company‘s face
20. morning's conversation, proud of himself for not telling the young upstart what he could do
21. Jack Benny and the Jets – comedian who predicted an upstart football team would upset a powerhouse in the late 1960s
22. his gang to punish the upstart for insubordination
23. upstart industry and helped usher in dynamic success for thousands of
24. Those words brought a mean smile to Felt’s face: so, that upstart bitch had not had the balls to give him a direct order to come to Ramat David and was now instead coming to plead with him on his own flagship
25. You are an overrated upstart and your stories about so-called souvenirs of past incarnations are probably only that, stories
26. Finally, he had the distinct impression that he and the Bank of England were being blackmailed, by some two-bit upstart company that no-one had ever heard of
27. There was always some upstart nation eager to test its power against the greatest country in the world
28. the one they called Lucy, and that young upstart Hubble, and the tiny blue bird that never stopped singing,
29. and that young upstart Hubble,
30. and funny old Lucy, and that young upstart Hubble,
31. Saul had this same problem with that young upstart, David
32. remove your presence from my premises,” the upstart said without missing a beat
33. “Who is this upstart that dares quell the flames of Naraka and treads our charnels as if he were their proprietor?”
34. Sound familiar? Human males having to out of their own small town to succeed in the outer world: where they gain fame and fortune: while they are still regarded back home as ‘that upstart, who…’ As Samuel Clemens found out; when he returned to Hannibal Missouri; after becoming a literary giant renowned around the world
35. Because her elite aristocracy could not stand to see an upstart Emperor rule an entire Continent better and more efficiently than the rotten Kings he had deposed
36. She was a commoner upstart who only knew how to worship the rich and beg for their favors
37. And as the dominant killer of those two continents: did not brook any new upstart apes invading their ancient territorial boundaries and colonizing the two continents in their faces whether they liked it or not
38. He was killed on Franz Joseph Street because the Emperor himself wanted his cousin DEAD,,, the emperor himself did not want to allow this upstart who had married of woman of a lower class to sully his rotting ancient Austrian throne with new ideas and new energy and love and peace, understanding and tolerance
39. Serbia’s greedy ambition for conquering more land and expanding its power was just one tiny little fucking copycat of a new upstart nation duplicating exactly what huge empires had been for thousands of years ever since civilization had been invented
40. in seconds the clouds again swallowed the upstart sun and the
41. “A week before the final,” Pike continued, “me, Jimmy and the Uruguayan upstart were having a few drinks in a club in town when who should turn up but these three goons
42. In the fighting between the crew of the old Admiral’s and that of the upstart Captain’s crew a fire got started, it touched off a powder magazine and our battleship, which was the pride of our fleet went up in flames taking with it the lives of over eight hundred sailors
43. Even though Thompson and Smith held the same rank, Thompson believed his twenty year head start in the Police force should offer him some semblance of superiority over the Aussie upstart
44. You would be no longer a lost child found, but you would be looked upon as an upstart, who had sprung up like a mushroom in the night
45. “When my father started to trade with the Italians, he was treated as an upstart by the leading citizens of Kingsbridge
46. The last thing he needed was for a bunch of upstart sophomores to start thinking they were God’s gift to rowing
47. chamberlain of an upstart
48. Tsai gave the upstart O’Neil a 5,000 share order, which at the time was a huge “ticket” to write, as it meant some nice commissions would be earned
49. ” While he was actually saying this quietly to himself, the room was quiet enough so that everyone could hear him, and each time he uttered this simple but accurate phrase the million-dollar Internet analyst harrumphed and laughed quietly at the “naïve” upstart calling tops in his beloved Internet holdings
50. Even so, this conservative approach heightens the danger that an upstart currency could emerge, à la Google, and eat Bitcoin’s lunch
1. Notwithstanding its (own) relative decline, however, America may arguably remain the world‘s foremost military power although its comparative advantage over other developing nations will be sorely tested by hostile upstarts
2. The faithful few who stood by and waited patiently will be joined by brash, young upstarts
3. The religious authorities in Jerusalem, in particular, were not amused by these bold upstarts who had few qualms about chastising even the most senior of officials
4. The business classes were regarded as upstarts in aristocratic circles and there was no shortage of aristocrats in the cathedral
5. He took decisive action when others were too scared to challenge those upstarts
6. The craft guilds efficiently kept out upstarts
7. Like all upstarts, he had had recourse to a great deal of him, and the honorable instinctively despised him
8. overlook it; but you perceive that my wife—my wife’s a respectable woman —his been exposed to the persecution, and insults, and effrontery of young upstarts, scoundrels
9. ’ And you must understand, the young upstarts are present all the while, and I have to keep the peace between them
10. If Bitcoin volatility continues to decrease, this trend may give Bitcoin a significant advantage over future cryptocurrencies: Because Bitcoin is guaranteed to be the oldest cryptocurrency, new currencies might be unable to catch up in this “volatility race,” and Bitcoin will always remain less volatile than upstarts
11. is the hammer in the global corn trade and the biggest single producer of soybeans, its dominance in all things soy has been challenged lately by a couple of upstarts from South America—Argentina and Brazil—which have experienced a phenomenal rise in terms of both production and exports
12. 'I consent, count, and am ready to overlook it; but you perceive that my wife—my wife's a respectable woman —his been exposed to the persecution, and insults, and effrontery of young upstarts, scoundrels…
13. ' And you must understand, the young upstarts are present all the while, and I have to keep the peace between them
14. All who have eyes know what upstarts like that come to in Russia, and what they bring others to as well
