"Muster up" Quotes from Famous Books
... here not long before two, and went to work to try and muster up some dinner. I had a cup and saucer, tumbler and three knives and forks, and the rennet, which soon supplied one dish; the negroes brought china in limited quantities; we opened a box of sardines, and coffee, and, with the army bread we brought from Beaufort, fried eggs, and hominy, made a most ... — Letters from Port Royal - Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) • Various
... a sudden alteration in his manner which warned me that I must muster up all my strength if I would keep my secret till I was quite ready to part ... — That Affair Next Door • Anna Katharine Green |