"Servant" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... through their various trials, at home and in a land of strangers, I have received much genuine pleasure and lasting profit; and that the reader, likewise, may be greatly pleased and benefited, is the sincere desire of his unworthy servant, Erasmus W. Jones. ...
— The Young Captives - A Story of Judah and Babylon • Erasmus W. Jones
... there had been times when need forced her into straits where her lot seemed to her almost as low as that of the slave-like wives of the tenements, made her almost think she would be nearly as well off were she the wife, companion, butt, servant and general vent to some one dull and distasteful provider of a poor living. But now she no longer felt either degraded or heart sick and heart weary. And when he passed the worst crisis ...
— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips
... of them are we going to choose? It's the servant problem that's the real trouble, you know. They simply won't cope with ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 14, 1920 • Various
... that we scarcely had time to witness this sad sight. But it has since returned to my memory, and the pale face of Odile lying on the ample shoulders of the good servant still makes a vivid impression upon my memory, resembling the poor lamb presenting its throat to the knife without a complaint, dying with ...
— The Man-Wolf and Other Tales • Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian
... said the rider. "I profess that in all this dust and smoke I did not at first recognize you. I am your obedient servant. If my foe, sir, then I dub you my dearest foe! To ...
— The Long Roll • Mary Johnston
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