Mr. Punch ventures to hope that thehints he has here put together, may be of value to all who propose to go out and "kill something" with a gun.
The muddy beach, with the tracks of racoons and opossums, gave him some hints as to the history of fossil footprints, so that on the whole very much interesting geology was the reward of a three weeks' stay in South Carolina.
But very soon he accepted her verbalhints as a matter of course.
No hints would have been needed to provoke rebellion that would have led to the ousting of Evan.
They gave him hints that he might set about doing something to provide himself with a living; and the first thing they thought of was that he should go into the Church--perhaps as a sort of purification-house after George Conway's inn.
His friend Cradock, coming up to town, found Goldsmith in a most despondent condition; and also hints that the unhappy author was trying to conceal the true state of affairs.
I know these hints have been conveyed to the Ministry, and am assured underhand, that I shall have soon reason to be satisfied.
I also made use of the hintsto throw out to persons, who I know will convey them to the Ministry.
Household Surgery; orHints on Emergencies, by JOHN F.
The only hints of any luxury are some medallion portraits, among which Hiller observed Napoleon and Lamartine.
So entirely guileless and unsophisticated was the gentle country maiden, that I saw she scarcely comprehended the hints and warnings which I threw out.
So far we have mentioned grown dogs only, but a few hints about puppies may be given.
The bell glass is the least favourable form of aquarium, but even that may be made tolerable if the hints we have given are adopted.
Some applications of foliage which can be done from the leaves themselves are given as hints of what is possible.
These little hints will, we trust, sufficiently impress the beginner with the necessity of learning to listen with new ears whilst endeavouring to speak with a new voice.
This is another of those games well learned on the field, by observation of the best players, and by hints from friends.
To watch and imitate a good rower is the best way to acquire a good style, but a few hints will help.
And now a few necessary hints must be given in regard to the management of an audience.
Defn: One who makes a practice of giving or selling tips, or private hints or information, esp.
By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion.
The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hintsto better.
With Problems for Solution, and Hints for Supplementary Reading; also a Supplementary Chapter on Socialism.
He alsohints that theirs is that worst sin, of which Christ declares (Matt.
For the specialist briefhints to international research are given, mainly in cases in which different interpretations have been proposed.
As such sources are most often written in Chinese or Japanese and, therefore, inaccessible to most readers, only brief hints and not full bibliographical data are given.
The stars were paling; on the horizon were the first vague hints of dawn.
The passenger accommodations of the Tampico were elaborate, and hints of Mr. Howland's intention had reached him in one way or another.
From hints he had let fall, I suspected a short time would suffice to see the last of the legacy.
Every earnest thinking violoncello student will in future make your book his own and thereby receivehints which will further and complete the instructions of his master.
The technical hints to violin students, which are practical, plainly worded, and from such a pen most valuable.
A fewhints may be acceptable as to material and the management of it.
I often received from him hints as to the best methods of overcoming many little mechanical difficulties.
She accompanies me in my walks, and is constantly dropping hints about mademoiselle, from which I know not what to gather.
The inscription under the window says: "Hanccine fenestram Jacobus Chadwick de vico Hints reficiendam vitroque picto ornandam impensis suis curavit.
Truly," he replied, "thou wouldst be unwise to go into this castle, which thou hast never seen till now.
Tristram was dismissed in safety, but commanded to leave the kingdom without delay, and never to return thither under pain of death Tristram went back, with restored health, to Cornwall.
I will give thee seven pounds for it, and that rather than see a man of rank equal to thine destroying so vile a reptile as this.
I shall conclude this Discourse of their Language, by giving you a tast of their Proverbs, some hints of the strain of their Speech.
To give a few hints of their method of Physick and what Ingredients they make use of.
At any rate, I've been gathering hints on how it is they do it.
This handy and useful book is written with perfect fairness and abounds in hints which writers will do well to 'make a note of.
The plainest and most practical hints will be aimed at, and if my experience shall prove of value to any, I shall be well rewarded for giving it here.
United States Copyright Law, and information concerning International Copyrights, together with general hints for authors.
Again, let us take the case of a call by a reader who happens to be a decorative painter, for patterns which may furnish him hints in finishing an interior of a house.
He will never of himself set free this captive, and if he be given hints and nudges in the dark I shall consider that both justice and myself have been betrayed.
Nobody who watched her closely--both what she did and the hints of her mind which she let fall--could long doubt which of these objects was paramount with her.
The more open hints were bestowed on me--for transmission to Jenny; the more covert he risked conveying to her direct.
There's nothing in your record which hints that you ever played false to a woman.
In view of those hints which you threw out, I'm going to make it my business to see that you stay and hear what his answer is.
Only the other day you were throwing out some very uncomfortable hints about Draycott here; I'm not going to recur to them now, but you know very well what they were, but here is Draycott to answer for himself.
That as men were not always thus warned or supplied with notice of good or evil, so all men are not alike supplied with them; and what reason could we give, why one man or one woman should not have the same hints as another.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hints" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
