"Short pants" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to clothe him, and felt the insult. He went into the school-house, choked his anger down, and tried to forget all about it by drawing a picture of the master. It was an excellent likeness,—his spindle legs, great feet, short pants, loose coat, sunken eyes, hooked nose, thin face, and long ...
— Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 - An Illustrated Magazine • Various
... never stolen anything since the days I wore short pants and climbed the neighbors' trees for ...
— Amanda - A Daughter of the Mennonites • Anna Balmer Myers
... sniffed Ames, "if you knew enough to know where the best place was. That's where you fall down. You won't take advice. Just because I don't wear short pants and leather shin guards is no ...
— Still Jim • Honore Willsie Morrow
... kind force from the lounge, he wrapped the mantle around me. As we passed out, we stood for an instant at the bed-room-door, looking at the invalid. The breath still came in short pants, but the truce was being kept: sleep had come in between as a ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 • Various
... goshed," he thought, "if I'd caught on to half that when I was streakin' around in short pants! Maybe they grow up quicker now." But now the Country Mouse perceived Billy's eager and attentive apprenticeship. "Hello, boys!" he said, "that theatre's got a ...
— Lin McLean • Owen Wister |
