"Ey" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... laughter]. Here's a novel, by jingo! Here's John in love with the governess. Fond of plush, Miss Pemberton—ey? Gad, it's the best thing I ever knew. Saved a good bit, ey, Jeames? Take a public-house? By Jove! I'll ...
— The Wolves and the Lamb • William Makepeace Thackeray
... Corny, sin' you will know, dis is my mind. Dis country is oncomparable wid our ole county sah. De houses seem mean, de barns look empty, de fencea be low, and de niggers, ebbery one of 'em, look cold, sah—yes, sah—'ey look ...
— Satanstoe • James Fenimore Cooper
... his newspaper, say to another 'Douglas Jerrold is dead.' I immediately went up there, and then to Whitefriars . . . I propose that there shall be a night at a theatre when the actors (with old Cooke) shall play the Rent Day and Black-ey'd Susan; another night elsewhere, with a lecture from Thackeray; a day reading by me; a night reading by me; a lecture by Russell; and a subscription performance of the Frozen Deep, as at Tavistock House. I don't mean to do it beggingly; but merely to announce the whole series, ...
— The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete • John Forster
... years his junior, an administrador of a sugar estancia in the Province of Camagey; a man who, absorbed in his crops and his adopted Spanish-tropical civilization, rarely returned to the United States. This projected trip to Cuba they had discussed for many Novembers; every year Fanny and he promised ...
— Cytherea • Joseph Hergesheimer
... "Ey-Ey-kota, my puppy, Ey-Ey, my fat dog, do not catch anything until we reach the middle of the wood, which is the place where the anteng tree grows." Not long after while he was walking the puppy went into the jungle and it barked in the wood. ...
— Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore • Fay-Cooper Cole
... forget the anxieties of that terrible hour, and the blank faces of our guides as they waded backwards and forwards in search of the lost trail, pausing ever and anon to give a sort of melancholy wail, not unlike the Australian "co-o-o-ey," the cry of the Dyak when lost in the forest. L. and I had almost given up all hope, and were preparing to make up our minds to a night at least in the jungle, when a cry from Bakar, who had strayed away to the left of us, attracted our attention. He had struck upon the river! We were now safe, ...
— On the Equator • Harry de Windt
... who had mightier breath? A thousand warriors by his word were kept In awe: he said, as the Centurion saith, 'Go,' and he goeth; 'come,' and forth he stepped. The trump and bugle till he spake were dumb— And now nought left him but the muffled drum."[ey] ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron
... "Does I 'member 'bout slav'ey times?" His face relaxed into a broad smile, "G-lory, hallelujah, I sho does! I was born den and freed den. What you wanter know? I kin tell you all about it." He led the way to two chairs ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - Volume II. Arkansas Narratives. Part I • Work Projects Administration
... puppy, Ey-Ey, my fat dog, do not catch anything until we reach the middle of the wood, which is the place where the anteng tree grows." Not long after while he was walking the puppy went into the jungle and it barked in the wood. He went ...
— Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore • Fay-Cooper Cole |
