"Roust" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was, "Blast ye, what are ye lookin' round for? Keep yer eye on th' royals, you!" The Mates fared but little better. "Here, Mister," he would shout; "what's th' crowd idlin' about for? Can't ye find no work t' do? D'ye want me t' come and roust them around? It isn't much use o' me keepin' a dog, an' havin' t' ...
— The Brassbounder - A Tale of the Sea • David W. Bone
... yerzelf up, Jasper?" she would say. "Spoase you be put upon, spoase Squire Trezidder 'ave chaited 'ee—that ed'n to zay you shall maake a maazed noodle of yerzelf. Roust yerzelf up, an' ...
— The Birthright • Joseph Hocking
... the executioner who replied with a strange guttural sound and showed by signs that for this he roust employ both hands, and therefore wanted the count ...
— The Knights of the Cross • Henryk Sienkiewicz
... slep' in our stable wunst, An' The Raggedy Man he caught An' roust him up, an' chased him off Clean out through ...
— Riley Child-Rhymes • James Whitcomb Riley
... failures. Of this class was the translation from Pulci, so frequently mentioned by him, which appeared afterwards in the Liberal, and which, though thus rescued from the fate of remaining unpublished, roust for ever, I fear, submit to the doom ...
— Life of Lord Byron, With His Letters And Journals, Vol. 5 (of 6) • (Lord Byron) George Gordon Byron
... little thing, with eyes as innocent and timid as a young fawn's that had never been outside its green covert in the great wilderness. But I knew that under her baby looks and baby ways wuz a woman's heart; a woman's emotions and impulses would roust up when the time come and the sun of love shone down on her. Why, Nater had layed down laws before Elder Wessel did; he couldn't keep her from thinkin' about her future mate; she would let her mind dwell ...
— Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife • Marietta Holley |
