"Young person" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "i" you should insert a sound somewhat like that of the French "j" as in "jamais," for instance. Heaven and the Czechs only know what meaning you would convey did you neglect this euphonious concatenation of consonants and simply say "rip"—probably something to cover the young person with confusion; but rightly pronounced, and with due regard to the soft but insistent sibilant, this mixture of sounds means—toadstool. It is all so simple when once you know: [vR]ip toadstool,—and there you are. The description tallies too: the ...
— From a Terrace in Prague • Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
... family as ours," he wrote—perhaps with pardonable pride—"we raise our wives to our own degree. But this young person labors under a double disadvantage. She is obscure, and she is poor. What have you to offer her? Nothing. And what have I to give ...
— Little Novels • Wilkie Collins
... no great encouragement to conclude what I have to say,' observed Mr. Pickwick, 'but I had better do so at once. This young person is not only attached to your son, Mr. Weller, but your son ...
— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens
... should do in that case!" he said. "But we'll see. In the mean time go up-stairs and get your things off: that young person below has breakfast ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 5 • Various
... of this young person, and, through a fast friend of his own, obtained an introduction to her, and on the very first interview he offered her his hand. He was known still to be a wealthy man, so neither the lady herself nor ...
— Willis the Pilot • Paul Adrien
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