"Nutty" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... gray squirrels are leaping on the madronas and nutty oaks next dawn of day, Hardin is miles away towards the State capital. His legal forces remain. He takes one trusty agent, to distribute ...
— The Little Lady of Lagunitas • Richard Henry Savage
... hams of the country—hams made from young and tender hogs, which had lived and fattened upon the acorns, fragrant hickory-nuts and dainty beechnuts of the abundant "mast" of the forest, until the were saturated with their delicate, nutty flavor. This was farther enriched by a piquancy gained from the smoke of the burning hickory and oak, with which they were cured, and the absorption of odors from the scented herbs in the rooms where they were drying. Many have sung the praises of Kentucky's ...
— The Red Acorn • John McElroy
... the mean time was in close conversation with his mott{2} in the corner of the Box, and was getting, as Sparkle observed, "rather nutty{3} in that quarter of ...
— Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. • Pierce Egan
... it appears that we are once again in the Hoftheatre Cafe in the Residenzstrasse, and that Fraeulein Sophie, that pleasing creature, has just arrived with two ewers of Spatenbraeu—two ewers fresh from the wood—woody, nutty, incomparable! Ah, those elegantly manicured hands! Ah, that Mona Lisa smile! Ah, that so graceful waist! Ah, malt! Ah, hops! Ach, Muenchen, wie bist du ...
— Europe After 8:15 • H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright
... his austerity, for he has somehow discovered that he has hit on a country where it is the nutty thing only to have ...
— A Diary Without Dates • Enid Bagnold
... The nutty roots are often eaten by earth vermin, especially wireworm. Whenever there is occasion to lift the roots it is a good plan to dress them, by repeated dips in a mixture of clay and soot, until they are well coated; they should be allowed to dry for a short time between each ...
— Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers - Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, - Rockeries, and Shrubberies. • John Wood
... voice to a whisper—"what of these strange creatures? How would you deal with them? Damn it, Asher, I think I'm beginning to believe this nutty idea of yours. Any man who can generate power with the pressure of air as it is packed by earth must know what ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 • Various
... daughter; Colin youth's most nutty [4] son; Many a nob [5] in vain had sought her— Him full ...
— The Humourous Poetry of the English Language • James Parton
... pleasant when young, but quite acrid when old. Alutacea will be known mostly by its mild taste, broad, and yellow gills. It is quite common, but does not grow in groups. It is sweet and nutty. ...
— The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise - Its Habitat and its Time of Growth • M. E. Hard
... mate of the Nancy Hanks, who by this time had reached the deck. "He's a nutty deckswabber we picked ...
— The Vision Spendid • William MacLeod Raine
... it was a kind of a nutty idea when you sprung it, Jo," confessed Tom Gulick, "but I'm strong for the cooker now. Long may she wave! ...
— The She Boss - A Western Story • Arthur Preston Hankins
... nutty, of course. My grandmother says his money came to him unexpectedly and the shock was too much for him. They say he has a notion he is holding it in trust. He is rational enough in every other way, a shrewd investor, in fact. His uncle, General Waite, who left him the ...
— The Little Red Chimney - Being the Love Story of a Candy Man • Mary Finley Leonard
... passion and a grave happiness. "It's ours—yours! And every stick of the furniture more than half paid for already! I didn't tell you how well we're doing at the store. Say, golly, I sure did have a time training Lena to play the game, like she didn't know us. She thought I was plumb nutty, at first!" ...
— The Innocents - A Story for Lovers • Sinclair Lewis
... highwayman many a draught Of nutty-brown ale at Saint Giles's was quaft, Until the old lazar-house chanced to fall down, And the broad-bottom'd bowl was removed to the Crown. Where the robber may cheer His spirit with beer, And drown in a sea of good liquor all fear! For nothing the transit to Tyburn beguiles ...
— Jack Sheppard - A Romance • William Harrison Ainsworth |
