"Hol" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... damnation dar ain't no sich a place. I reckon she know; w'at you know side o' her. She say dar ain't no hell, an' ef you an' de Archbishop an' de Angel Gabriel come along an' 'low dey a hell, you all liars,' an' he say, 'Make way dah, I'se a gittin' out o' heah; dis ain't no town fittin' to hol' a Sanchun. Make way ef you don' wants to go to Kingdom come fo' ...
— At Fault • Kate Chopin
... Hil'ry—wha-wha's de mattah? I kyarnt hol' dese hosses; dey'se sumfin wrong, sho'ly," broke in the groom, his ...
— For Love of Country - A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution • Cyrus Townsend Brady
... pull yo' overboa'd! Yo' couldn't hol' 'im no maw 'n nuffin. He's mighty strong; stronges' fish ...
— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. - Scribner's Illustrated • Various
... heah come P'laski all done fixed up wid a high collar on, mos' high as ole master's, an' wid a better breeches on 'n I uver wear in my life, an' wid a creevat! an' a cane! an' wid a seegar! He comes in de do' an' hol' he seegar in he han', sort o' so" (illustrating), "an' he teck off he hat kine o' flourishy 'whurr,' an' say, 'Good mornin', pa an' ma.' He mammy—dat she—monsus pleaged wid dem manners; she ain' know no better; but I ain' nuver like nobody ...
— P'laski's Tunament - 1891 • Thomas Nelson Page
... "Hol' on, I say! Nobody goin' to break in on a play that's running in my card-rooms. If you fellers want ...
— Judith of Blue Lake Ranch • Jackson Gregory
... God to keep de ferryman from axin' me for my pass. For I's mighty feared he would, 'case I hadn't been here in so long. An' jus' afore sun up my man crawled out de back of de wagon. I told de boy to hol' de hosses till I fix somethin'. I whispered, 'Get back quick, for Gods sake,' an' he whispered, 'Let's go back, I knows dey'll cotch us.' 'Go back! Man, its death to go back; we'd be in jail in no time waitin' for de trader.' An' he crawl back an' I tuck 'im up agin, an' we trimble ...
— A Woman's Life-Work - Labors and Experiences • Laura S. Haviland
... celebration (2d of February) and continuing with lustral ceremonies, as indicated by the now detached feast days already referred to. The original cult, in Wilson's opinion, has been changed, and the Dol[a] Y[a]tr[a] is now given over to the Krishna-cult, while the Hol[i] divinity is a hobgoblin. The Dol[a] Yatr[a] begins with fasting and ends (as Hol[i]) with fire-worship. An image of Krishna is sprinkled with red powder (ab[i]r), and after this (religious) ceremony a bonfire[54] is made, and an effigy, Holik[a], is put upon it and ...
— The Religions of India - Handbooks On The History Of Religions, Volume 1, Edited By Morris Jastrow • Edward Washburn Hopkins
... to the bedside, she drew from under the mattrass a pair of little blue shoes, tied together by their strings. "Jes' you take dese h'yar shoes," she said, "an' ef eber you think ole miss gwine ter kunjer you, jes' you hol' up dem shoes right afore her face. Dar now, stuff 'em in your pocket. Don' you tell Miss Annie wot I done say to you. 'Member dat, sah. ...
— The Late Mrs. Null • Frank Richard Stockton
... "Hol' on, Ike!" broke in Dunkin, laying a soothing hand on the other's knee, "don' git on yo' high hoss. Dis hyeah's ...
— The heart of happy hollow - A collection of stories • Paul Laurence Dunbar
... the youth studied the departing figure. Then he called out, "Hol' on a minnet." As they came together he spoke in a certain fierce way, as if he feared that the other would think him to be charitable. "Look-a-here, if yeh wanta git some breakfas' I'll lend yeh three cents t' do it with. But ...
— Men, Women, and Boats • Stephen Crane |
