"JEM" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the rhyme, 'dear brother Jem,' as being ludicrous; but we all enjoyed the joke of hitching in our friend James Tobin's name, who was familiarly called Jem. He was the brother of the dramatist; and this reminds me of an anecdote which it may be worth while here ...
— The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Volume 1 of 8 • Edited by William Knight
... that the oldest boy at home should go with father, so that there would be nobody left with mother and me but Jem and David. Jem was eight years old, and David six come May; but they were both smart, and we thought, with their help, we could take care of the ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 • Various
... Jem writes his verses with more speed Than the printer's boy can set 'em; Quite as fast as we can read, And only not so fast as ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various
... Rich, old girl, I'm sick of it! It was madness for me to go through all this training, when I might have been earning money as porter or a clerk. Everything has been swallowed up in the fees. Why, if Jem Poynter hadn't come forward like a ...
— The Bag of Diamonds • George Manville Fenn
... following morning there was of course a considerable amount of conversation at the Vicarage as to the affairs of the previous evening. There was first of all an examination of the fruit; but as this was made without taking Jem the gardener into confidence, no certain conclusion could be reached. It was clear, however, that no robbery for the purpose of sale had been made. An apricot or two might have been taken, and perhaps an assault made ...
— The Vicar of Bullhampton • Anthony Trollope
... "I strongly suspect something wrong about the boys. Fergus was very odd and silent last night when I asked him about Jem Horner's picnic, and he said something about that Harewood ...
— The Long Vacation • Charlotte M. Yonge
... had, and especially, I often think, for the fact that I was not the eldest son. I gave them more trouble than I can think of with a comfortable conscience as it was; but they had Jem to tread in my father's shoes, and he was a good son to ...
— We and the World, Part I - A Book for Boys • Juliana Horatia Ewing
... enclosed in a wire cage, and from the top of this she hangs some cat attraction, upon which the creature bounds and shows those wonderful antics that the artist has so marvellously reproduced in her painting. Mme. Ronner has two favorite models, "Jem" and "Monmouth." The last name is classical, since the cat of Mother Michel has been ...
— Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. • Clara Erskine Clement
... receipt of some percentage on its dealings; and, participating in all its facilities for the employment of money to advantage, was considered, by the minnows among the tritons of the East, a rich man. It began to be said, among these shrewd observers, that Jem Carker, of Dombey's, was looking about him to see what he was worth; and that he was calling in his money at a good time, like the long-headed fellow he was; and bets were even offered on the Stock Exchange that Jem was going to ...
— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens
... finery at last, Alizon," said Elizabeth. "Your brother Jem has just run up to say that t' rush-cart has set out, and that Robin Hood and his merry men are comin' ...
— The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest • William Harrison Ainsworth
... tell Uncle Jem," she decided. "Mother must not be worried—she must be surprised!" Judith had decided that. Some day, some way, Blossom must walk in on the worn, weary little mother and ...
— Judith Lynn - A Story of the Sea • Annie Hamilton Donnell |
