"Little finger" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Turkey-lurky, Ducky-daddles, and Chicken Little!" said Mrs. Linceford, counting up from thumb to little finger. "Dakie Thayne and Miss Craydocke, Marmaduke Wharne and these two,—they just make it out," she continued, counting back again. "Whatever you do, Les, don't make up to Fox Lox at ...
— A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
... returned with a box of small wax tapers. They were only a couple of inches long, and the size of her little finger. ...
— The Other Girls • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
... most convenient spot, at the widest part of the head, so that it can see around it in every direction. Just behind the eyes are the openings of the ears; but they are very small,—not big enough to put in the tip of your little finger. Just astern of the mouth are the swimming paws; not that the whale makes much use of them, for it works itself on by its flukes, but they serve to balance the body, and assist the female in ...
— The South Sea Whaler • W.H.G. Kingston
... a good lad, Gerard. Neither want nor harm shall come to her. I care more for her little finger than for all the world; and were she nought to me, even for thy sake would I be a father to her. Go with a stout heart, and God be with thee going and coming." And the rough soldier wrung Gerard's hand, and turned his head away, ...
— The Cloister and the Hearth • Charles Reade
... I'll warrant!" he continued. "And you thought I was the mere stone reproduction of one of them. But no. The old order changeth. The little finger of the sham d'Urberville can do more for you than the whole dynasty of the real underneath... Now command me. What ...
— Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman • Thomas Hardy
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