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Waite   /weɪt/   Listen
Waite

noun
1.
United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888).  Synonyms: Morrison R. Waite, Morrison Remick Waite, Morrison Waite.



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"Waite" Quotes from Famous Books



... aside all dutie, I would die Ere like a woman weepe a tragedie; Tis basenesse, cowardize. Dutie! O slave, Had I a friend, I'de dye in my friends grave. But it sorts well for us; Hindes will be Hindes, And the Ambitious tread upon such mindes. Waite, whilest I call ...
— A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV. • Editor: A.H. Bullen

... images are necessary for men; but drive the hirelings from the house of prayer; let the blind be no longer leaders of the blind; reconstruct the hierarchy of intelligence and holiness, and recognize only those who know as the teachers of those who believe." (The Mysteries of Magic, Waite translation.) ...
— Mystic Christianity • Yogi Ramacharaka

... the quotations from alchemical writings, in this book, are taken from a series of translations, published in 1893-94, under the supervision of Mr A.E. Waite. ...
— The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry • M. M. Pattison Muir

... Ladie Sir, I must confesse Once in my charge: the Prince Tigranes gave her To my guard for her safetie, how I usd her She may her selfe report, shee's with the Prince now: I did but waite upon her like a Groome, Which she will testifie I am sure: If not, My braines are at your service when you please Sir, And glad I ...
— A King, and No King • Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

... Embassy, and embark headlong with them? what can I answer, when they assure me that B-d-rl, S-dh G-me- ele [?] with others of that party have agreed when once matters break out, to declare themselves? But you need not, Mr. Pickle, be apprehensive, you may safely waite the event, as you are not desir'd to make any appearance [in Scotland] untill London and other parts of England pulls off the mask, or untill there is a foreign landing." This, and matters much of the same nature were the ordinary topicks of ...
— Pickle the Spy • Andrew Lang


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