"Jaunt" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... homes and home life of the people in the city. Now let us take a jaunt out into the country to see how the farmers and the plantation ...
— A Little Journey to Puerto Rico - For Intermediate and Upper Grades • Marian M. George
... Monday'—at least in the morning. If I am disturbed on any other morning, I—well, I don't like it. But any reasonable person who finds me at home on a Monday morning—against which, I must admit, the chances are strong, for I frequently go off on some harmless jaunt—is quite welcome ...
— The Golden Shoemaker - or 'Cobbler' Horn • J. W. Keyworth
... a jaunt, whether it is some famous temple or some lovely park, there is sure to be a coolie's tea-house handy, and he takes the opportunity of refreshing himself. He dives into the well under the seat and fetches out his lacquer box full of rice. He whips the rice into his mouth with chopsticks, ...
— Peeps at Many Lands: Japan • John Finnemore
... not arrange for any definite rules about their trips. It was to be a pleasure jaunt, and at times they would cover more ground than others. Nor were any fixed dates set as to when they would be at certain places. As Mollie aptly ...
— The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car - The Haunted Mansion of Shadow Valley • Laura Lee Hope
... seven other horses; I examined them rapidly and absent-mindedly. They were horses like all other horses. Brutus certainly had something in particular, and I was anxious to make in his company a short jaunt in the country. He allowed himself to be saddled, bridled, and mounted like a horse who knows his business, and so we both started in the ...
— Parisian Points of View • Ludovic Halevy
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