"Sneak up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... other to the left and rear. The nearest building to the cottage was a hundred and fifty feet away, but bushes and small trees were numerous, and the Americans were afraid the rebels might try to sneak up behind ...
— The Campaign of the Jungle - or, Under Lawton through Luzon • Edward Stratemeyer
... farther than their own noses; in one word, they are dull. Those that have brains are hysterical, devoured with a mania for self-analysis. They whine, they hate, they pick faults everywhere with unhealthy sharpness. They sneak up to me sideways, look at me out of a corner of the eye, and say: "That man is a lunatic," "That man is a wind-bag." Or, if they don't know what else to label me with, they say I am strange. I like the woods; that is strange. I don't eat meat; that is strange, too. Simple, natural ...
— Uncle Vanya • Anton Checkov
... you, Dick Hunt. I might a' known nobody else would sneak up on a feller this way. Well, now, what are ...
— The Bishop's Shadow • I. T. Thurston
... well he's home," commented the younger lad. "I have an idea that this man keeps informed of our movements, and don't fancy having him sneak up on us during the night, which he would be very likely to do if ...
— Frank and Andy Afloat - The Cave on the Island • Vance Barnum
... tie a stout line about two feet long to the end, with one of the hooks attached; and then fix a small clipping of the red stuff to the hook. When you see a big greenback on the edge of the water sneak up behind him, lower the flannel gently until it dangles in front of him, and you'll see some of the funniest happenings you ever set eyes on; that is they'll be funny to you, but ...
— Chums of the Camp Fire • Lawrence J. Leslie
... guard now," said Mabyn. "But if you act friendly all the time, he'll forget. We've got plenty of time; do nothing for a few days. I'll keep away from there too. He'll think it's all right. Then"—Mabyn's whisper was pure venom—"sneak up behind him and knock him on the head with an axe! Choose a moment when the girl is asleep or delirious. We will throw his body in the lake. No one will ever ...
— Two on the Trail - A Story of the Far Northwest • Hulbert Footner
... and plenty of ammunition, we can stand off 200 or 300 of them, with their less efficient weapons, if we don't let them sneak up upon us in the night. If we encounter more than that number, then what? The odds will be against us that they will "rub us ...
— The Discovery of Yellowstone Park • Nathaniel Pitt Langford |
