"Looker" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... affectionate friend with the pronounced tendency to embonpoint, tried to persuade himself that his head was really covered, although Guy's hat, to do its most generous, could never shield more than the extreme top of his hair. Snatches of their conversation only reassure the looker-on of the absurdity of the situation. The good-natured looking companion, whose name was Morrison Jones, said in the most usual ...
— Honor Edgeworth • Vera
... the fashion at St. Ambrose's not to issue the result of the examinations for a considerable number of weeks, during which the unhappy candidates hang on the tenterhooks of expectation. A looker-on is inclined to consider this a refinement of cruelty till he or she has taken into consideration that the motive of the protracted suspense is to suit the convenience and lessen the arduous labours of the toil-worn professors and tutors who ...
— A Houseful of Girls • Sarah Tytler
... the credit of it," answered Bradshawe, with easy urbanity. "I am not even a stakeholder in the game; though, as a mere looker-on, I confess having watched it with keen and growing interest." And with a little wave of the hand he passed L'Isle gently over ...
— The Actress in High Life - An Episode in Winter Quarters • Sue Petigru Bowen
... close together, they almost clinched, then flew away to a group of trees, under, over, around, between, through, and beyond they went, never six inches apart, and he singing furiously all the time. At last, just as the looker-on expected to see them grapple, they calmly alighted on a tree eight or ten feet from each other. Nothing ...
— Little Brothers of the Air • Olive Thorne Miller
... a good looker, do you know it? Better take care, or he'll cut you out with the girls." Turning to Madison, she demanded: "From ...
— The Easiest Way - A Story of Metropolitan Life • Eugene Walter and Arthur Hornblow
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