"Markable" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... you know Scott Parsons has had four young calves by one milch cow, all the same age? Ree-markable man, Scott. Say, I was by there the other day and there sat Scott in the corral on Ginger cracking a black snake at this fool cow to make her let those four slicks eat. He'll die rich, Scott will. He's the calf-gettingest rider ...
— Judith of the Godless Valley • Honore Willsie
... imploy iv Rothscheeld; others, that she is an agent iv th' Anti-Semites. No wan has learned her name. She says she is Madame Lucille Gazahs, iv wan hundherd an' eight Rue le Bombon, an' is a fav'rite iv th' Fr-rinch stage. She is wan iv th' great mysthries iv this ree-markable thrile. ...
— Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen • Finley Peter Dunne
... Gordon lighted up. "Ree-markable! Keep on. He's a good offset to—to the daily papers. Writing still counts, on The Ledger. Come over ...
— Success - A Novel • Samuel Hopkins Adams
... colonial system had all along restrained the free play of the national muscle; and throughout the war there was not time for full development. Still, Sir, from that point of view, as an infant nation, we did remarkable well—re-markable. In 1812 we did not have a fair chance. We had got out of infancy, it is true; but still not into our full manhood. Besides, the war was too short. Just as we began to get into condition—just as our fleets and armies were ready to do something—the ...
— The Cryptogram - A Novel • James De Mille
... Judge measured him four times over before he would admit himself correct in pronouncing Finn full 35 1/4 inches at the shoulder: "And I may say, sir, the biggest hound I ever measured. Fifteen and a half months, you say? Tcha! Remarkable; re-markable, sir." And this Judge knew more about Irish Wolfhounds than ...
— Finn The Wolfhound • A. J. Dawson |
