"Netty" Quotes from Famous Books
... time,' said Clara; 'old Netty would have made you repent of your boldness, had you taken hold ... — Aunt Mary • Mrs. Perring
... much," concluded Mangles, dexterously shifting his cigar by a movement of the tongue from the port to the starboard side of his mouth. Cartoner did not seem to be very much interested in Miss Netty Cahere. He was a man having that air of detachment from personal environments which is apt to arouse curiosity in the human heart, more especially in feminine hearts. People wanted to know what there was in Cartoner's past that gave him so much ... — The Vultures • Henry Seton Merriman
... bit, Netty; not a bit. Walked into a big looking-glass in the dark, that's all. A matter of eight or ten pound, and that won't stump us. But these are what I call queer doings in Old England, when you can't take a step in the dark, on the seashore without plunging bang into a glass. And it looks ... — The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith |