"Em-" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a note-book. Many of the men were over six feet tall, and none that we measured was under five feet nine inches. One young giant, Emmie-ray, was much interested in our researches. The whalers call him "Set-'em-Up," for his name bears the convivial translation, "Give us a drink." "You going to make better man, you get Outside—make him like Emmie-ray?" As Emmie-ray pursues the tenour of his Arctic way, hunting the walrus, ...
— The New North • Agnes Deans Cameron
... not been included on the currency symbols "d." and "s." and, to save space, several em-dashes in tables have ...
— Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles • Daniel Hack Tuke
... levies. The Ranizai tribe receive an annual subsidy from the Indian Government of 30,000 rupees, out of which they maintain 200 irregulars armed with Sniders, and irreverently called by the British officers, "Catch-'em-alive-Os." These drive away marauders and discourage outrage and murder. The Khan of Dir, through whose territory the road runs for seventy-three miles, also receives a subsidy from Government of 60,000 rupees, in consideration of which he provides ...
— The Story of the Malakand Field Force • Sir Winston S. Churchill |
