"Grandstand" Quotes from Famous Books
... earnestly, and then they both laughed and hurried towards the grandstand, where seats had been ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — The Rover Boys at Colby Hall - or The Struggles of the Young Cadets • Arthur M. Winfield
... of the many cries that rose from the grandstand and the space in front of it when the people saw Freddie right in the path of the ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair • Laura Lee Hope
... no grandstand, the populace standing thick along the track, separated from it by a ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — Watch Yourself Go By • Al. G. Field
... game came, as all days do—if you wait long enough. There was a good crowd on the benches and in the grandstand when Andy and his mates came out for practice. Of course it was not like a varsity championship contest, but the Princeton nine had brought along some "rooters" and there were songs and cheers ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — Andy at Yale - The Great Quadrangle Mystery • Roy Eliot Stokes
... in from Cactus Center and never did see one of those moving-picture outfits before. Thirty-eleven things were in sight as I happened round that bend, but the only one I glimmed was you being mistreated. Corking chance for a grandstand play. So I sailed in pronto. 'Course I should've ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — Steve Yeager • William MacLeod Raine
... could fool us, did you, with yer lies about trappin'? Thought we wouldn't know Constable Morgan, of the Mounted, did you? You was some big noise on the Yukon, couple years back, wasn't you? Most always goin' it alone an' makin' grandstand plays. Thought you was some stuff, didn't you?" The man paused for breath, and Connie scrutinized his face, but could not remember to have seen him before. He shifted his glance to the other, who had ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — Connie Morgan in the Fur Country • James B. Hendryx
... and wade briskly down the field to Gridley. They saw him hold out his muddy hand; they heard his clear, "Peach of a kick!" They saw him give the Northerner's hand a hearty shake; they saw him fling up his head, and grin, and face the grandstand for a second, his eyes seeking.... They saw him rally his men with a snapped-out order,—and then they were on their feet, ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — Play the Game! • Ruth Comfort Mitchell
... the grandstand—that's four thousand dollars. Four thousand standing inside the ropes at a dollar each, four thousand more. And say eight hundred machines parked in the oval there at five dollars a car, four thousand more. That's twelve thousand for the gate money ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... on the grandstand and they held their breath for very fear, Beth held hers also. Dollie needed all of her breath for her solitary run. On, on, she flew. Beth clung closer, while people sprang to their feet in their anxiety ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — A Little Florida Lady • Dorothy C. Paine
... saw nothing and gave heed to nothing except the business in hand. Only once did he raise his eyes from looking straight ahead between the ears of his noble horse, and that was when he was passing the grandstand. Then he gave a swift look in that direction, and was repaid by seeing a young girl of some sixteen years of age, Stella Nebeker by name, dressed in a pure white muslin gown with short sleeves, waving a delicate handkerchief toward him. For an instant their eyes met, then he looked ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — The Kentucky Ranger • Edward T. Curnick
... of eyes in the grandstand watched the boy as he lounged against the corral fence laughing and talking with his friends. A dozen people were on the lookout for the approach of Stone. Fifty others had warned the young man to be careful. For Saguache was with ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — Crooked Trails and Straight • William MacLeod Raine
... undid your own dirty work. You pushed me in and then you got cold feet. For fear that I'd drown and you'd be hung you jumped in to do your usual grandstand act of hero! Didn't I hear these softies calling you that right now? No, I don't want to touch your hand. Keep your friendship for those who can appreciate it. There's a long account between us that's going to be settled some ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing - Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics • John Luther Langworthy
... hissed Hicks, after the fashion of a "Ten-Twent'-Thirt'" melodrama-villain, while from the exuberant youths in the grandstand, who really wanted Hicks to clear the bar, but who jeered at his failure, ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — T. Haviland Hicks Senior • J. Raymond Elderdice
... a thin deposit of reddish ore dust. Such blighted grass as grew had already lost its fresh green, and the trees showed stunted blossoms. The one oasis of freshness was the polo field itself, carefully irrigated by underground pipes. The field, with its stables and grandstand, had been the gift of Anthony Cardew, thereby promoting much discussion with his son. For Howard had wanted the land for certain purposes of his own, to build a clubhouse for the men at the plant, with a baseball field. Finding his father obdurate ...![](http://www.e-freetranslation.com/rquot.gif) — A Poor Wise Man • Mary Roberts Rinehart |