All 27 Uses of
perish
in
Ivanhoe
- "Admit him," said Cedric, "be he who or what he may;—a night like that which roars without, compels even wild animals to herd with tame, and to seek the protection of man, their mortal foe, rather than perish by the elements.†
Chpt 4
- Chains and shackles, which had been the portion of former captives, from whom active exertions to escape had been apprehended, hung rusted and empty on the walls of the prison, and in the rings of one of those sets of fetters there remained two mouldering bones, which seemed to have been once those of the human leg, as if some prisoner had been left not only to perish there, but to be consumed to a skeleton.†
Chpt 22
- Dost thou think that I, who have seen a town sacked, in which thousands of my Christian countrymen perished by sword, by flood, and by fire, will blench from my purpose for the outcries or screams of one single wretched Jew?†
Chpt 22
- "—Turning then back towards the castle, he threw the piece of gold towards the donor, exclaiming at the same time, "False Norman, thy money perish with thee!"†
Chpt 27
- —what if the youth perish!†
Chpt 28 *
- "Gods and fiends!" exclaimed the wounded knight; "O, for one moment's strength, to drag myself to the 'melee', and perish as becomes my name!"†
Chpt 30
- "Think not of it, valiant warrior!" replied she; "thou shalt die no soldier's death, but perish like the fox in his den, when the peasants have set fire to the cover around it."†
Chpt 30
- —all the curses due to traitors upon your recreant heads, do you abandon me to perish thus miserably!†
Chpt 30
- Wilfred of Ivanhoe is wounded and a prisoner, and will perish in the burning castle without present help.†
Chpt 31
- "Wilfred of Ivanhoe!" exclaimed the Black Knight—"prisoner, and perish!†
Chpt 31
- "I will not fly," answered Rebecca; "we will be saved or perish together—And yet, great God!†
Chpt 31
- "Savage warrior," said Rebecca, "rather will I perish in the flames than accept safety from thee!"†
Chpt 31
- All must perish!†
Chpt 31
- All must perish!†
Chpt 31
- Strong be your swords while your blood is warm, And spare neither for pity nor fear, For vengeance hath but an hour; Strong hate itself shall expire I also must perish!†
Chpt 31
- At length, with a terrific crash, the whole turret gave way, and she perished in the flames which had consumed her tyrant.†
Chpt 31
- "Now, the saints, as many as there be of them," said the Captain, "forefend, lest he has drunk too deep of the wine-butts, and perished by the fall of the castle!†
Chpt 32
- Hopes have perished with him which can never return!†
Chpt 32
- This did I endure for her; and now the self-willed girl upbraids me that I did not leave her to perish, and refuses me not only the slightest proof of gratitude, but even the most distant hope that ever she will be brought to grant any.†
Chpt 36
- I tell thee once more, thou canst but perish with her.†
Chpt 36
- Perish a thousand such frail baubles as this Jewess, before thy manly step pause in the brilliant career that lies stretched before thee!†
Chpt 36
- Howbeit, grant them not their full demand at once, for thou shalt find it the quality of this accursed people that they will ask pounds, and peradventure accept of ounces—Nevertheless, be it as thou willest, for I am distracted in this thing, and what would my gold avail me if the child of my love should perish!†
Chpt 38
- Thou and I are but the blind instruments of some irresistible fatality, that hurries us along, like goodly vessels driving before the storm, which are dashed against each other, and so perish.†
Chpt 39
- Beaumanoir will name another of the Order to defend his judgment in thy place, and the accused will as assuredly perish as if thou hadst taken the duty imposed on thee.†
Chpt 39
- "And reason good," said Friar Tuck, "seeing she is a Jewess—and yet, by mine Order, it is hard that so young and beautiful a creature should perish without one blow being struck in her behalf!†
Chpt 43
- Yet, no—no—thy wounds are uncured—Meet not that proud man—why shouldst thou perish also?†
Chpt 43
- With the life of a generous, but rash and romantic monarch, perished all the projects which his ambition and his generosity had formed; to whom may be applied, with a slight alteration, the lines composed by Johnson for Charles of Sweden— His fate was destined to a foreign strand, A petty fortress and an "humble" hand; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a TALE.†
Chpt 44
Definition:
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(perish) to die -- especially in an unnatural way
or:
to be destroyed or cease to existeditor's notes: You may encounter an informal expression, "Perish the thought." It means that the speaker hopes the thought will cease to exist and the thing it represents will never happen.