"Acquaintanceship" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Priscilla went, too. Phil "adored" Anne and Priscilla, especially Anne. She was a loyal little soul, crystal-free from any form of snobbishness. "Love me, love my friends" seemed to be her unconscious motto. Without effort, she took them with her into her ever widening circle of acquaintanceship, and the two Avonlea girls found their social pathway at Redmond made very easy and pleasant for them, to the envy and wonderment of the other freshettes, who, lacking Philippa's sponsorship, were doomed to remain rather on ...
— Anne Of The Island • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... Mr. Hargreave. It is one of his rules that those who are his friends, as we are, preserve the strictest silence. What we discover from time to time we keep entirely to ourselves, and we even go to the length of disclaiming acquaintanceship with him when it becomes necessary. So it is best not to be inquisitive. If he discovers that you have been making inquiries ...
— The Golden Face - A Great 'Crook' Romance • William Le Queux
... said Collier Pratt calmly, wiping his mouth with his handkerchief. "If that's the way you feel—then our pleasant little acquaintanceship is ended. I'll take my hat and ...
— Outside Inn • Ethel M. Kelley
... time to time; and thus a species of acquaintanceship grew up, and I learned all about him. He was always called 'Oby' (i.e. Obadiah), and was the most determined poacher of a neighbouring district—a notorious fighting man—hardened against shame, an Ishmaelite openly contemning authority and yet ...
— The Amateur Poacher • Richard Jefferies
... any one ever pinched into its pilulous smallness the cobweb of prematrimonial acquaintanceship? ...
— George Eliot; A Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy • George Willis Cooke
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