embroglio
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Origin of embroglio
Confused with embroil
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Lord Clare considered and reconsidered the strange embroglio whilst refreshing his inner man with chicken-pasty for a long business talk with Castlereagh.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
To this last embroglio thar is––an' could be––no deefense, Jack bein' so amiable that havin' trouble with him is like goin' to the floor with your own image in the glass.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert
The stars, again, in mythology, are mixed up with beasts, planets and men in the same embroglio of fantastic opinion.
From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew
And the whole embroglio is your fault, if you come to look at it between the eyes.
From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
The embroglio was of his making; it must be for him to get them out of the hobble.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
The most serious of these Cabinet embroglios occurred late in December of 1862, while Lincoln was well-nigh overwhelmed by Burnside's dreadful repulse at Fredericksburg.
From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)
Thar's other embroglios more or less smoky an' permiscus, which gets pulled off one way an' another, but they ain't held to apply to us of rights.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert
Although I am not deficient in personal bravery, as I had opportunity to prove in my student-days, and afterwards in political embroglios, it is not my nature to seek for perils.
From The Lonely House by Streckfuss, Adolph
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