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Authors names: Various (4) Bulfinch, Thomas, 1796-1867 (3) MacDonald, George, 1824-1905 (2) Ward, Mrs. Humphry, 1851-1920 (2)

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Synonyms: blighter; cuss; gadfly; pest; pesterer

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  1.  The Gadfly / Voynich, E. L. (Ethel Lillian), 1864-1960
    **The Project Gutenberg Etext of The Gadfly, by E. L. Voynich** Copyright laws are changing ... : Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation PMB 113 1739 University Ave. Oxford, MS 38655-4109 Title: The Gadfly Author  details...
  2.  Literary Life Of Thingum Bob, Esq. / Poe, Edgar Allen
    be dated from that ever-memorable epoch, when the brilliant conductor of the "Gad-Fly," in the intervals ... of things, I will allow you a garret, pen, ink, and paper, a rhyming dictionary; and a copy of the 'Gad-Fly  details...
  3.  Old Greek Stories / Baldwin, James, 1841-1925
    ; and there you may still see them to this day. Then she found a great gadfly, as big as a bat, and sent it to buzz ... on the other side, but, let her do what she would, she could not get rid of the gadfly. After a time she came  details...
  4.  Apology / Plato, 427? BC-347? BC
    be ludicrously described, he is the gadfly who stirs the generous steed into motion. Why then has he never taken ... , if I may use such a ludicrous figure of speech, am a sort of gadfly, given to the state by God  details...
  5.  History Of Animals / Aristotle
    , as is the case with river worms, for out of these the gadfly develops. Furthermore, some animals ... , the horsefly, the gadfly, and the gnat. Bloodless animals as a general rule are inferior in point of size  details...
  6.  Essays : first and second series / by Ralph Waldo Emerson. / Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
    and in the individual. The nomads of Africa were constrained to wander, by the attacks of the gad-fly, which drives ... and Europe the nomadism is of trade and curiosity ; a progress, certainly, from the gad-fly of Astaboras  details...
  7.  The aesthetic motif from Thales to Plato / by M. Basiline, B.V.M. (Josephine A. Bates). / Basiline, Mary Sister
    and teaching of philosophy, exhorting any one whom I meet, after my manner . . . (for) I am that gadfly ... . functioning, 20, 44, 49. fundamentals, 64. fullness, 1 8, 50, 73. fusion, 42. future, 48. gadfly ,21  details...
  8.  Essays / Emerson, Ralph Waldo
    were constrained to wander by the attacks of the gad-fly, which drives the cattle mad, and so compels the tribe ... ; a progress, certainly, from the gad-fly of Astaboras to the Anglo and Italo-mania of Boston Bay. Sacred  details...
  9.  Pastime papers / by Henry Edward Cardinal Manning. / Manning, Henry Edward, 1808-1892
    in creation. Socrates told the Athenians that he was their " gadfly." There is room, perhaps, for one gadfly in a city ; but in a household, wholesome companions they may be, but not altogether pleasant ...  details...
  10.  The Song Of The Cardinal / Stratton-Porter, Gene
    credit to a flycatcher, he snapped up a gadfly that should have been more alert. With a tender "Chip ... , the gadfly in his beak, his heart in his mouth. He stretched his neck and legs to the limit as he reached  details...

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