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He is not only the first citizen of the town, he is its soul, its genius, he has all its finest whimseys.

From Tartarin On The Alps by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

In the multitudinous whimseys of a disabled mind and body, the thick-coming fancies often come to me that the events which affect my life and adventures are specially shaped to disappoint my purposes.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert

"Of body, I grant you; and when his mind becomes clearer, these whimseys will vanish like ghosts at cock-crow."

From My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France by Hayens, Herbert

He is too good a sort to go to seed with his confounded whimseys; so I determined to take a different tone with him.

From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Bird, Frederic Mayer

But, caprices and whimseys being ascribed to a goddess, it will be natural to expect them in her worshipper; and Mr. Whistler revealed the limitations of his genius by whimseys and caprice.

From Albert Durer by Moore, T. Sturge