"Gossoon" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... mother to send a messenger forthwith to Pakenham Hall to borrow this book; and if the gossoon does not bring it from Pakenham Hall, next morning at flight of night send off another or the same to Castle Forbes, and to Mr. Cobbe, who, if he has not the book, ought to be hanged, and if he has, drawn and quartered if he does not send it to you. But ...
— The Life And Letters Of Maria Edgeworth, Vol. 1 • Maria Edgeworth
... things went on in the old way with the Blake family. Mike had sprouted out into a fine gossoon of a boy, and exercised his errant disposition by running after the gentlemen when they went out shooting, and helping the keepers to carry the game. One day, a gentleman who was shooting in the neighbourhood called at his father's cabin, and asked for the little boy whom he had run over ...
— The Bushman - Life in a New Country • Edward Wilson Landor
... histrion. Only once, at the initial performance, did this intelligent creature remember its personality, and drop the public actor in the private individual. The occasion was when it had to put its head out of a loose-box to listen to the singing of a serio-comic song by a lady, dressed as a "gossoon." For a few minutes the talented brute made a pretence of eating some property foliage, and then, catching sight of the audience, it deliberately counted the house! I regret to add that, in spite of the valuable support afforded by this useful member of the ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, August 16, 1890 • Various
... blissed cook book along," observed the other, with one of his broad grins. "Didn't I say him studying it like a gossoon?" ...
— Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise - or, The Dash for Dixie • Louis Arundel |
