"Grandniece" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was on a visit to Mrs. Delany at Windsor. The dinner was over. The old lady was taking a nap. Her grandniece, a little girl of seven, was playing at some Christmas game with the visitors, when the door opened, and a stout gentleman entered unannounced, with a star on his breast, and "What? what? what?" in his mouth. A cry of "The king!" was set up. A general scampering followed. ...
— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Volume 1 • Madame D'Arblay
... Present, with wishes for a very merry Christmas, from Uncle 'Christmas' to his grandniece ...
— Wakulla - A Story of Adventure in Florida • Kirk Munroe
... attack as the lads well knew, as sitting—no, sprawling—upon the big claw-foot sofa they did not hesitate to let fly a projectile or two in return, only to howl at the result, for well both knew his weakness for his grandniece. "She could wind him around her ...
— A Dixie School Girl • Gabrielle E. Jackson
... his letters from his friends: these epistles were deposited in two boxes, one marked with an A., the other with a B. The chest A. was not to be opened until the eldest son of his grandniece, Lady Laura, should attain the age of twenty-five. The chest was found to contain memoirs, and bundles of letters ready ...
— The Wits and Beaux of Society - Volume 2 • Grace & Philip Wharton |
