All 50 Uses of
Florence
in
Bless Me, Ultima
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- Then Florence cleared his throat and spit a nice wad that beat Horse's by five feet at least.
Chpt 3florence = a character in the story
- Hey, Florence, top this one!
Chpt 3
- "Nah," Florence grinned.
Chpt 3
- "Everybody from Los Jaros goes to hell," Florence laughed.
Chpt 3
- Los Jaros was what they called the neighborhood across the tracks, and Horse and Bones and Abel and Florence were from there.
Chpt 3
- You're going to hell, Florence, because you don't believe in God!
Chpt 3
- "Come on Florence, let's wrestle," Horse said.
Chpt 3
- "Let's go swimming," Florence suggested.
Chpt 11
- I caught it and passed it to Florence.
Chpt 14
- Florence missed it and shagged.
Chpt 14
- Florence asked.
Chpt 14
- Florence nodded, his angular figure rocking back and forth.
Chpt 14
- "There ain't no such thing as virgin birth," Florence said looking down at the decapitated doll.
Chpt 14
- He leaned to look down at Florence's copy of the play and almost fell off the rafter.
Chpt 14
- Florence by the light—
Chpt 14
- "Florence by the light—" Tall angelic Florence moved under the lightbulb that was the star of the east.
Chpt 14
- When the rest of the lights were turned off the lightbulb behind Florence would be the only light.
Chpt 14
- The three wise men were ready, Samuel, Florence, and the Kid.
Chpt 14
- Florence stepped forward, bowed low and handed an empty cigar box to Horse.
Chpt 14
- The Horse jumped up and shoved Florence across the stage, and at the same time a blood-curdling scream filled the air and Bones came sailing through the air and landed on Horse.
Chpt 14
- Florence must have hit the light bulb as he went back because there was a pop and darkness as the light of the east went out.
Chpt 14
- Florence, Red, Ernie, Bones, Horse, and all the rest also tried to flee, but they were captured and put in chains.
Chpt 14
- Florence asked me.
Chpt 17
- I wanted to curse him, but I glanced up and saw Florence standing, waiting for my response.
Chpt 17
- Florence asked.
Chpt 17
- Florence asked impatiently.
Chpt 17
- "They'd miss the bus, stupid," Florence said.
Chpt 17
- "No they don't," Florence defended the Protestants, "Red's a Protestant, do you think he'll go to hell?"
Chpt 17
- You'll go to hell too, Florence!
Chpt 17
- "So what," Florence shrugged, "if you don't believe in God then there is no hell to go to—"
Chpt 17
- I asked Florence.
Chpt 17
- I asked, my question intermingled with a feeling of sadness for Florence.
Chpt 17
- I wondered if Andrew had known one of Florence's sisters when he went to Rosie's.
Chpt 17
- That and the pity I had for him made me feel close to Florence.
Chpt 17
- The questions Florence had posed were the same questions I wanted answered.
Chpt 17
- Florence shook his head.
Chpt 17
- "Bullshit we sinned," Florence disagreed, "old Eve sinned!"
Chpt 17
- I didn't want to give Him up like Florence had.
Chpt 17
- Florence smiled.
Chpt 17
- "Then we would be like the dumb animals of the fields," Florence replied.
Chpt 17
- "—last year Maxie got polio," Florence was going on, "and my cousin got dragged by that damned horse and got his skull busted."
Chpt 17
- I had listened to Florence's heresy, but the God of the church had not hurled his thunder at me.
Chpt 17
- "I don't understand," Florence said.
Chpt 17
- Perhaps I didn't either, but my mind was seeking answers to Florence's questions.
Chpt 17
- "But we cannot change the weather," Florence said, "and we cannot ask God to return—"
Chpt 17
- Florence could not have been more surprised by what I said than I. I grabbed him by the collar and shouted, "What if the Virgin Mary or the Golden Carp ruled instead of—!"
Chpt 17
- "Come on, Tony," Florence pulled me, "we'll be late—"
Chpt 17
- He grabbed Florence and pulled him out of line, and he whispered to me, "I would not have expected you to be late, Tony."
Chpt 17
- I glanced back at Florence, but he nodded that I go on.
Chpt 17
- Florence's punishment for being late was to stand in the middle of the aisle with his arms outspread.
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Definitions:
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(1)
(Florence as in: the city) city in central Italy that was the center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries; provincial capital of Tuscany
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) the name of a person or other place