"Spotty" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... associated bulletin-board systems for social interaction. Because these had an image as 'research' they often survived administrative hostility to BBSs in general. This, together with the fact that Usenet feeds were often spotty and difficult to get in the U.K., made the MUDs major foci of hackish social ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... Western giant smiles, And twirls the spotty globe to find it; - This little speck the British Isles? 'Tis but a freckle,—never mind it! - He laughs, and all his prairies roll, Each gurgling cataract roars and chuckles, And ridges stretched from pole to pole Heave till they crack their ...
— The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes
... days, the opening flowers, and the ever-renewing miracle of buds and blossoms on the apple-trees around the cottage. A year had passed since the June afternoon when first we showed you Mary standing under the spotty shadows of the tree, with the white dove on her hand—a year in which not many outward changes have been made in the relations of ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IV, No. 22, Aug., 1859 • Various
... Miss Caruthers," he said, in the deferential manner he had adopted toward her. "You don't know what it may be. He's been looking spotty all evening." ...
— When a Man Marries • Mary Roberts Rinehart |
