"Appurtenant" Quotes from Famous Books
... hassock and rocked a china babe, with all the appurtenant mother-fuss she had picked up from the tending of her tiny stepsister. The present Trotty was a demure little maid of some seven summers, who gave the impression of having been rather rudely elongated. Her flaxen hair was stiffly imprisoned behind ... — Australia Felix • Henry Handel Richardson
... rights appurtenant to land, whether in town or country, which are usually called ... — The Institutes of Justinian • Caesar Flavius Justinian
... holy man, a hermit that was in the forest appurtenant, and right gladly came he when he heard the tidings. They held her up and baptized her, both her and her damsels with her. Perceval held her at the font. Josephus witnesseth us in this history that she had for name Celestre. And great joy made she of her baptism, ... — High History of the Holy Graal • Unknown
... on the top of the long ridge which encloses the comfortable valley to the south, being by its position quite in the midst of its appurtenant acres. It is not particularly "kept up," but its quiet rustiness and untrimmedness only help it to be picturesque. A grassy plateau approaches it from the edge of the hill, bordered on one side by a short avenue of ... — The Galaxy - Vol. 23, No. 1 • Various |