"Roust" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... had found out my nephew. Wonderful young man! with such a head,—will do me credit in the rotten old House; and I think I had best leave London, go to Screwstown, and look to my business. No, if Leonard stand, I roust first see to get him in; and next, to keep Egerton out. It will probably, therefore, end in the return of one and one or either side, as we thought of before,—Leonard on our side; and Egerton sha'n't be the man ...
— My Novel, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... this was a trouble he could understand. "Well," he answered, "when you haven't got it you have to face the consequences. I'll roust you out if a big ...
— The Greater Power • Harold Bindloss
... slep' in our stable wunst, An' The Raggedy Man he caught An' roust him up, an' chased him off Clean out through ...
— Riley Child-Rhymes • James Whitcomb Riley
... ever seek to 'arm a 'air Of 'er dear 'ead agen! My oath, I swear No more I'll roust on 'er in angry 'eat! But still, she never seemed to me so fair; She never wus so tender or so sweet As when she smooged beneath the ...
— The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke • C. J. Dennis |
