"Drawer" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... one for my collection,' thought Jimbo, meaning a drawer that included all his loose possessions of small size. But another thing stirred in him too, vague, indefinite, far away, something he had, as ...
— A Prisoner in Fairyland • Algernon Blackwood
... the country with the labour of these people. They had been advancing by our aid. They had mixed themselves up with these people in an inextricable fashion and then some said "Haul your native policy out of the drawer and begin with a policy of separation." He was sure that the hon. member who had brought in the Bill had no idea of that sort in his mind. Another person had the idea that they were going to set up a sort of pale — a sort of kraal in which they were going to drive these people. Then another gentleman ...
— Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since • Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje
... unscrewed the lock and Wilhelmine was free. So were we, for when I threw the lock into a drawer with a few choice German remarks which I had been practising for just such an emergency, Wilhelmine seized upon her bundles, already packed, and, vowing that she would abide in no place where she could not ...
— The Van Dwellers - A Strenuous Quest for a Home • Albert Bigelow Paine
... of Reuben Gray had taken pains to discover Ishmael's habits and provide for his necessities. For instance, just between the front windows stood an old-fashioned piece of furniture, half book-case and half writing-desk, and wholly convenient, containing three upper shelves well filled with books, a drawer full of stationery, and ...
— Ishmael - In the Depths • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
... said Psmith, producing one from a drawer. "Cross out the name of my bank, substitute yours, and fate ...
— Psmith, Journalist • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
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