"Toby" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... chairman, here's sixpence; do step into that bookseller's shop, and call me a day-tall critic. I am very willing to give any of them a crown to help me with his tackling to get my father and my uncle Toby off the stairs, and to ...
— Interludes - being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses • Horace Smith
... you to leave off calling me Toby, too," retorted Tobias scathingly, "but you hain't did it. Gus is ...
— Heart of Gold • Ruth Alberta Brown
... and Sir Andrew Aguecheek were evidently not well taught in astrology. 'Shall we set about some revels?' says the latter. 'What shall we do else?' says Toby; 'were we not born under Taurus?' 'Taurus, that's sides and heart,' says sapient Andrew. 'No, sir,' responds Toby, 'it's legs and thighs. Let me ...
— Myths and Marvels of Astronomy • Richard A. Proctor
... Toby made a great mistake. If he had concealed the money under his cabin, within hearing and scenting distance of the coon dogs that were so numerous in the quarter, it would have been comparatively safe; but he was so very much averse to having it around him that ...
— True To His Colors • Harry Castlemon
... to Philadelphia in the morning, You mustn't go by everything I've said. Bob Bicknell's Southern Stages have been laid aside for ages, But the Limited will take you there instead. Toby Hirte can't be seen at One Hundred and Eighteen, North Second Street—no matter when you call; And I fear you'll search in vain for the wash-house down the lane Where Pharaoh played ...
— Rewards and Fairies • Rudyard Kipling
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