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"Mouthful" Quotes from Famous Books

... the clean towel that had covered Ben's supper on the table, and hovered over him, watching every mouthful. But she didn't ...

— The Adventures of Joel Pepper • Margaret Sidney

... in that tone of voice, Jerry thought it best to keep still and tend to what he was doing. He took a large mouthful of scrambled eggs. They were good scrambled eggs. His mother sure knew how ...

— Jerry's Charge Account • Hazel Hutchins Wilson

... that has preceded you from India. And if you will forget for a while the irregularity of your presentation in my house, I shall feel it not only an honour, but a genuine pleasure besides. A man who makes a mouthful of barbarian cavaliers," he added with a laugh, "should not be appalled by a breach of etiquette, ...

— New Arabian Nights • Robert Louis Stevenson

... That is my final answer. I will not let the tiny mouthful of hay I have here go while there is still life in my body, even though you mean to insure payment, and even though you actually do guarantee payment. After all, who among you will be in a position to guarantee payment if all the flocks die? The cold weather ...

— Seven Icelandic Short Stories • Various

... and cheers would proclaim decisive blows, but a moment later the other side would be all yells and cheers. Once the youth saw a spray of light forms go in houndlike leaps toward the waving blue lines. There was much howling, and presently it went away with a vast mouthful of prisoners. Again, he saw a blue wave dash with such thunderous force against a gray obstruction that it seemed to clear the earth of it and leave nothing but trampled sod. And always in their swift and deadly rushes to and fro ...

— The Red Badge of Courage - An Episode of the American Civil War • Stephen Crane

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