"Lumping" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... in order and made some progress in putting papers in order which have been multiplying on my table. I have a letter from that impudent lad Reynolds about my contribution to the Keepsake. Sent to him the House of Aspen, as I had previously determined. This will give them a lumping pennyworth in point of extent, but that's the side I would have the bargain rest upon. It shall be a warning after this to keep out of such ...
— The Journal of Sir Walter Scott - From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford • Walter Scott
... that life's worth keeping."—Ay, so it is, lad; so it is! - "But my life belongs to a woman."—Does that mean Her Majesty, Miss? - "These Russians came lumping and grinning: they're fierce at it, though they are blocks. Our fellows were pretty well pumped, and looked sharp for the little French cocks. Lord, didn't we pray for their crowing! when over us, on the hill- top, Behold the first line of them skipping, like kangaroos ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith |
