"Perk" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... up a hill, from which we could see the ship, and then crossed a valley, and went along a clear stream up to a beautiful waterfall. We passed a good many cottages of the sort I have described, and the people came out and offered us fruits and cooked roots, like sweet potatoes and perk. We couldn't help going into some of the houses, the people were so kind; besides, we were tired, as we hadn't taken such a walk since we came aboard the Rose. We neither of us had a watch, and ...
— Taking Tales - Instructive and Entertaining Reading • W.H.G. Kingston
... lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief And ...
— The Man Shakespeare • Frank Harris
... laird with a smile; "that's the bonniest word ye cud hae come hame wi' til me! We maun jist perk up a bit, an' be patient, that patience may hae her perfe't wark. I s' hae anither try—an' weel I may, for the licht o' my auld e'en is this day restored ...
— Warlock o' Glenwarlock • George MacDonald
... "If Slim would perk up and go run down a grouse or two," Pink observed pointedly, "we'd be all right for the day. ...
— The Happy Family • Bertha Muzzy Bower |
