So he called a meeting of all the Whimsies and told them of the offer made by the Nomes.
But you Whimsies love to fight, and here is a splendid chance to do so," urged Guph.
The Whimsies are stronger than the Nomes, and they are my friends.
Before the Nome King stood the Chief of the Whimsies and the Grand Gallipoot of the Groweywogs, surrounded by their most skillful generals.
I wish all these strange people--the Whimsies and the Growleywogs and the Phanfasms--safe back in their own homes!
He had now secured the assistance of the Whimsies and the Growleywogs; but his success made him long for still more allies.
The Whimsies were evil spirits and could not be killed.
There was much quarreling between the Growleywogs and Phanfasms, and one of the wee-headed Whimsies got angry at General Guph and choked him until he nearly stopped breathing.
And there was no doubt at all that if he could enlist the services of the Phanfasms their tremendous power, united to the strength of the Growleywogs and the cunning of the Whimsies would doom the Land of Oz to absolute destruction.
When you get the Magic Belt you must at once wish the Whimsies and Growleywogs and Phanfasms all back into their own countries--and the Belt will surely take them there.
In truth, he is one of the race of genuine sophists, who has escaped the oblivion of his brethren, first, by the elegance of his diction, but chiefly by the adoption and incorporation of his whimsies into the body of artificial Christianity.
Now blessings on thee, master, thought he to himself; how comes it about, that a man who says so many good things should relate such ridiculous stories and whimsies as he would have us believe of Montesinos' cave?
Rouse up your dozing senses, and do not dote upon those whimsies that have so wretchedly cracked that rare head-piece of yours.
Where shall one find your enchanted Dulcineas, and all those legions of whimsies and chimeras that are talked of in your account, but in your own empty skull?
What have my foolish designs and whimsies brought me to?
All women of the better sort have had their little whimsies when they were young.
General Guph thought the Whimsies would be a great help to the Nomes in the conquest of Oz, for under his leadership they could be induced to fight as long so they could stand up.
The Chief of the Whimsies had as little wisdom as the others, and had been chosen chief merely because none among them was any wiser or more capable of ruling.
And there was no doubt at all that if he could enlist the services of the Phanfasms, their tremendous power, united to the strength of the Growleywogs and the cunning of the Whimsieswould doom the Land of Oz to absolute destruction.
Before the Nome King stood the Chief of the Whimsies and the Grand Gallipoot of the Growleywogs, surrounded by their most skillful generals.
The Chief of theWhimsies now marched his false-headed forces into the tunnel.
My plan is to send the Whimsies through the tunnel first, and then the Growleywogs and the Phanfasms.
The Whimsies are stronger than the Nomes, and they also are my friends.
These Whimsies were curious people who lived in a retired country of their own.
Skirmen is a nimble youth; but, now that thou hast put love-whimsies into his head, he cannot be so much depended on.
They are not aware from whom the civility comes, and I have observed that it serves to amuse the young gentlemen, and put love-whimsies into their heads.
The whimsies of the contrast almost amused him; but there was not enough of the Tapley about him to detect its humor.
But whimsies did his wits employ The play-game of an idle boy, For which if, at his earliest school, Thus he had dared to play the fool, He would have felt the smarting fate That does on thoughtless culprit wait.
Finally, write what your own conscience, which to you is the unerring judge, deems best, and be careless about the whimsies of such a half-baked notionist as I am.
Aquarius"), his antiquarianism of taste, and relish of the crotchets and whimsies of authorship, are as familiar to us almost as they were to the group he gathered round him Wednesdays at No.
The lying whimsies of a few sick children, encouraged by foolish parents, and drawn out by superstitious neighbours, were sufficient to set a country in a flame.
Our present task shall be less ungracious, and wandering through the busy haunts of great cities, we shall seek only for amusement, and note as we pass a few of the harmless follies and whimsies of the poor.
These are the whimsies of the mass--the harmless follies by which they unconsciously endeavour to lighten the load of care which presses upon their existence.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whimsies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
