"Queerish" Quotes from Famous Books
... flash of lightning so vivid, accompanied by an explosion so loud and tremendous, that my horse, trembling from stem to stem, stood dead still; the dusky youth by my side jumped out, and buried his snout in the mud, like a porker in Spain nuzzling for acorns, and I felt more queerish than I would willingly have confessed to. I could have knelt and prayed. The noise of the thunder was a sharp ear—piercing crash, as if the whole vault of heaven had been made of glass, and had been shivered at a blow by the hand ... — Tom Cringle's Log • Michael Scott
... George. Give me your hand, man. Here's a merry Christmas to you. We've gone through some queerish times about this place together, but now it almost looks as though we were going to end our days in ... — Colonel Quaritch, V.C. - A Tale of Country Life • H. Rider Haggard |