"Houseful" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... wouldn't add to his collection. But then came the pigeons. They were brought by another boy, whose folks moved away and he couldn't keep 'em any more. I didn't so much mind the pigeons, as they stay out in the barn. But we certainly had a houseful of pets! After a while I got rather to liking them, and Uncle Toby was very fond of 'em, and taught 'em ...
— The Curlytops and Their Pets - or Uncle Toby's Strange Collection • Howard R. Garis
... knew you wouldn't come! Well, you will lose nothing. We shall have a houseful of fools,' interrupted the ...
— A Modern Mercenary • Kate Prichard and Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard
... talk, Honora; but to people in our condition, I can't see any very great blessin' in a houseful of childre. If we're able to provide for this one, we'll have raison to be thankful widout ...
— Fardorougha, The Miser - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One • William Carleton
... children of a family be mated, but they must marry in the order of their ages. A younger daughter must on no account marry before an elder. A houseful of daughters might be held up because the eldest failed to find favor in the eyes of prospective mothers-in-law; not one of the others could marry till ...
— The Promised Land • Mary Antin |
