"Blinks" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... days are not common in November, but the invalid managed to go out driving in such fine blinks as came along, and in each instance "Angelina" was seated by her side. The friendship was progressing with giant strides, and doctor and nurse looked upon Bridgie O'Shaughnessy as their greatest assistant in a ...
— More about Pixie • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
... such should know, that life is one thing, and comfort is another thing; grace is one thing, and warm blinks of God's face is another. The one is necessary to the very being of a Christian, the other not, but only necessary to his comfortable being; and therefore they should be content, if God give them grace, though they miss comfort for ...
— Christ The Way, The Truth, and The Life • John Brown (of Wamphray)
... glass, and he looks up to the ceiling while he drinks, to see if I am there. I nod down to him, and he passes his hand over his forehead, nose and mouth to show me where I am to sit later on. Then he blinks, and opens his mouth as wide as he can, and pulls down the shade to keep the afternoon sun from bothering us. Finally he lays himself down on a something called a sofa, and in a short while begins to make dull snuffling sounds. I suppose he thinks the sounds ...
— The Adventures of Maya the Bee • Waldemar Bonsels
... Alcy now,' I says, as the boy comes up with the dog, 'n' my new boss stretches his number three neck out of his number nine collar 'n' blinks at ...
— Blister Jones • John Taintor Foote
... customer; and, from its sinister expression, he thought it wise to be silent. One of the damsels seated herself upon the stranger's knee, whilst the other looked most coaxingly to the barber; who, however, remained proof to all her winks and blinks, and "wreathed smiles." ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, October 16, 1841 • Various
... lies the wintry sun a-bed, A frosty, fiery sleepy-head; Blinks but an hour or two; and then, ...
— Modern British Poetry • Various |
