"Prom" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Prom our windows at Houlgate (on the sea-coast, near Trouville) we can see modern, half-timbered houses, set in a garden of shrubs and flowers, with gables prettily 'fringed,' graceful dormer windows, turrets and overhanging eaves; ...
— Normandy Picturesque • Henry Blackburn
... I was trying for the place on the prom. until this morning," said Caroline quietly. "She's very upset about it, and tried her best to make me come to live with you after all, only I ...
— The Privet Hedge • J. E. Buckrose
... is the present status of Haeckel's genealogical tree regarding man's most direct ancestor? Prom what non-human parent did the human race directly spring? That is a question that has proved itself of lasting, vital human interest. It is a question that long was answered only with an hypothesis, but which Professor Haeckel to-day professes to be able to answer with a decisive and affirmative ...
— A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) - Aspects Of Recent Science • Henry Smith Williams
... of the lesser states Mr. Wilson was firm as a rock. Prom the position once taken up nothing could move him. Their economic dependence on his own country rendered their arguments pointless and lent irresistible force to his injunctions. Greece's dispute with Bulgaria was a classic ...
— The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference • Emile Joseph Dillon
... heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap, forlorn! Prom thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn! While on mine ear it rings, Through the deep caves of thought I hear ...
— Elson Grammer School Literature, Book Four. • William H. Elson and Christine Keck
... to church socials and town affairs for two months. But college boys aren't slow, whatever you want to say about them. We had faith in Petey and we backed up his game. We gave Martha the time of her young life at the Prom.—pulled off three imitation rows over her program—and then we turned in that winter and gave her a good, hot rush—which is a technical college expression for keeping a girl dated up so that she doesn't have time to wash the dishes at home ...
— At Good Old Siwash • George Fitch
... to look in and see the show at The Happy with him to-night. Just in the prom, you know. We haven't got ...
— Married Life - The True Romance • May Edginton
... crowd, Mingo made his way to a double-seated buggy shielded from all contingencies of sun and rain by an immense umbrella. Prom beneath the seat he drew forth a large hamper, and proceeded to arrange its contents upon a ...
— Mingo - And Other Sketches in Black and White • Joel Chandler Harris
... gruffly, and turned his head away. "He was one of our most prom'nent citizens; ran ...
— The Fifth Ace • Douglas Grant |
