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"Take after" Quotes from Famous Books

... little angel picter," said Siller Noonin, smoothing baby's dot of a nose; "I guess she's going to take after your side of the house, and ...

— Little Grandmother • Sophie May

... bad dispositions—they take after their mother," Rufus remarked, looking after them. "With you to work the windlass and empty the bucket we'll make out without them till I pick up another ...

— The Dude Wrangler • Caroline Lockhart

... a rare grammarian, I'm sure," said the farmer. "You do take after your father, sir; I always do say that nobody have got such a ...

— The Hill of Dreams • Arthur Machen

... But, far's the minister's concerned, didn't I hear of your Uncle Eben sayin' in prayer meetin' only a fortni't or so ago that all hands who wa'n't Come-Outers were own children to Satan? Mr. Ellery must take after his father some. Surprisin', ain't it, what a ...

— Keziah Coffin • Joseph C. Lincoln

... guide the pursuit in that direction, if pursuit there is to be. But even this is doubtful. For Colonel Armstrong having recovered his daughters, and only some silver stolen, the settlers may be loath to take after the thieves, or postpone following them to some future time. Clancy has no knowledge of the sanguinary drama that has been enacted at the Mission, else he would not reason thus. Ignorant of it, he can only be sure, that Sime Woodley and Ned Heywood will come in quest of, but without ...

— The Death Shot - A Story Retold • Mayne Reid

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