1
At that time Lamb was a mere stripling in his 20s.
2
He had now entered his twentieth year, but, in appearance, was a mere stripling.
3
Beside the old warrior he looked a mere stripling.
4
There are not many who would let their child be taught by a mere stripling like thee!
5
The young man, then a mere stripling, had been dispatched to attack some boats, but he was unsuccessful.
6
He was a mere stripling.
7
The strain was terrific for a mere stripling of his build, and only old seasoned veterans could stand under it.
8
When a mere stripling, I first met my wife, and from that hour all the affection I possessed was hers.
9
This veteran, born in 1698, had commenced life early, by serving, when a mere stripling, under Prince Eugene, against the Turks.
10
He was that already in the fight with the Fryzjans... when he was a mere stripling....
11
When I discovered my mistake-thePrince of Wales being a mere stripling- Iwasso disappointed that I couldn't help mentioning the fact.
12
It is that of a young German officer, a mere stripling of twenty or thereabouts, with the most frank, open, ingenuous expression.
13
And though none sought after me, who was a mere stripling, yet did the knives find me, and the hot bullets burn me.
14
I was a mere stripling, and she played with my passion; for girls soon grow more adroit and knowing in these than your awkward youngsters.
15
A Belgian, a mere stripling of twenty or thereabouts, had just been shot, and the soldiers, rolling him on a stretcher, were carrying him off.
16
Yousuf - a mere stripling of 31 and 67 tests, compared with Inzamam's 36 and 110 - had like his elder a look of permanence.
