"Squinter" Quotes from Famous Books
... Thorgils abode at Reek-knolls in those days, he was the son of Ari, the son of Mar, the son of Atli the Red, the son of Ulf the Squinter, who settled at Reekness; the mother of Thorgils Arisen was Thorgerd, the daughter of Alf a-Dales; another daughter of Alf was Thorelf, mother of Thorgeir Havarson. There had Thorgeir good kinship to trust in, for Thorgils was the greatest chief in ... — The Story of Grettir The Strong • Translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris
... my troth, I'll now begin ter Cut a literary caper On this pretty tab of paper For the horney-handed printer; I expect to hear him swearing That these inks are very wearing On his oculary squinter. ... — Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions - Vol. I • Slason Thompson |