"Teddy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... heads and polish their scales; And they never attempt to flame or fly, Being quelled by me and my human eye. Then I pour them drink out of golden flagons, Drink for my two tame trusty dragons... But John, Who's a terrible fellow for chattering on, John declares They are Teddy-bears; And the palace itself, he has often said, Is ...
— The Vagabond and Other Poems from Punch • R. C. Lehmann
... takes to the most irksome labor as a flail takes to the sheafs on the threshing-floor. Work was his element, and nothing, it would seem, could tire or overcome those indurated muscles and vice-like nerves. The only appellation with which he was ever known to be honored was that of "Teddy." ...
— The Lost Trail - I • Edward S. Ellis
... listening to The Three Bears for the first time, as she heard how the Three Bears stood looking out of their upstairs window after Goldilocks running across the wood, said, "Why didn't Goldilocks lie down beside the Baby Bear?" To her the Bear was associated with the friendly Teddy Bear she took with her to bed at night, and the story had absolutely no thrill of fear because it had been told with an emphasis on the comical rather than on the fearful. Similar in structure to The Three Bears is the Norse Three Billy-Goats, which belongs to the same class of ...
— A Study of Fairy Tales • Laura F. Kready
... Gunnill, whose face as he spoke was a map of astonishment. "Not a bit. I've seen him do more surprising things than that. Have a go at the staff now, Teddy." ...
— Odd Craft, Complete • W.W. Jacobs
... "Aren't you Teddy Bliss? ... I haven't seen you for—years!" She added with a smile, "Since you played baseball in your father's back yard. How ...
— Together • Robert Herrick (1868-1938)
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