"Stem" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sympathy; and when one realizes the old President hemmed in once more by the hurrying tide of civilization, from which his people have fled for generations—trying to fight both fate and Nature—standing up to stem a tide as resistless as the eternal sea—one realizes the pathos of the picture. But this is as another generation may see it. We are now too close—so close that the meaner details, the blots and flaws, are all most plainly visible, the corruption, the insincerity, the injustice, the ...
— Native Races and the War • Josephine Elizabeth Butler
... well in my small way," Seaman admitted, fingering the stem of his wineglass, "but where I have had to plod, Sir Everard here has stood and commanded fate to pour her treasures ...
— The Great Impersonation • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... the beet-plant rises about four feet in height, with an angular, channelled stem; long, slender branches; and large, oblong, smooth, thick, and fleshy leaves. The flowers are small, green, and are either sessile, or produced on very short peduncles. The calyxes, before maturity, ...
— The Field and Garden Vegetables of America • Fearing Burr
... the porter a large rose, whose stem was carefully wrapped in paper. Christiano scarcely saw what it was, so dazzled were his eyes by the approaching glitter of a thousand sequins. But he thrust it in his bosom, drew the bolts of his prison, and disappeared ...
— Prince Eugene and His Times • L. Muhlbach
... service (rendered). servile, slavish. servir, to be a slave, serve, be of use; — de, to serve as a, be a; que sert? what is the use? servitude, f; slavery. seul, alone. seulement, only, just. svre, severe, stem. sexe, m., sex, si, so, if, whether, sicle, m., century, age. signaler, to memorize, make famous. signer, to sign. simple, simple, mere; —s enfants, little children. sincre, sincere, faithful. Sion, Zion. sitt, so soon, so quickly. ...
— Esther • Jean Racine
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