"Miss" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Jacoba, and that they are to leave for Fernando Po on Sunday, I shall know how and where to prosecute my enquiries; and it is very essential that we should assure ourselves of the truth of both statements, otherwise your attempt at rescue may miss fire, after all. Now, I suppose you will fight that villain to-morrow morning at daybreak. If so, do me the favour of coming here to early breakfast with me at eight o'clock; you can then tell me what ...
— The Cruise of the Thetis - A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection • Harry Collingwood
... with a few other disagreeable qualities which pleased him mightily, Buck awoke to the realization that he was approaching the eastern extremity of the Shoe-Bar ranch. His eyes brightened, and, dismissing all thoughts of Miss Thorne, he began to cast interested, appraising glances to right and left ...
— Shoe-Bar Stratton • Joseph Bushnell Ames
... "Miss Redwood, it's Matilda Laval. And I'm so glad to see you!" said Matilda, waiving further recognition and throwing her arms round the housekeeper's neck. "O I'm so glad to see you! Is ...
— Trading • Susan Warner
... work of Mr Davison, was the gift of the late Dean and Miss Argles. The following description of it is from the pen of ...
— The Cathedral Church of Peterborough - A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See • W.D. Sweeting
... Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour, Found thee a way, out of his wreck, to rise in; A sure and safe one, though thy master miss'd it. Mark but my fall, and that that ruin'd me. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition! By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it? Love thyself last. Cherish those hearts ...
— The Life of Henry VIII • William Shakespeare [Dunlap edition]
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