"Peart" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... up much," she thought, after a shrewd glance. "He's paler and don't look real peart. Sorter like Bud arter he got up ...
— Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley • Belle K. Maniates
... "He ain't ez peart ez he has be'n, ma'am," replied Sandy, "but he's doin' tol'able well. De doctuh say he's good fer a dozen years yit, ef he'll jes' take good keer of hisse'f an' keep f'm gittin' excited; fer sence dat secon' stroke, excitement is dange'ous ...
— The Marrow of Tradition • Charles W. Chesnutt
... out of books, Benjy. It's in 'em if you only have the patience to stick at 'em till you get it out. I never had on o'count of my eyes and my slowness, but you're young an' peart an' you don't get ...
— The Romance of a Plain Man • Ellen Glasgow
... much on looks," she remarked as she drew back to survey him, "but you've got as peart a face as I ever seed. I reckon you'll be plenty handsome for a man. I was al'ays kind of set against one of these pink an' white men, somehow. They're pretty enough to look at when you're feelin' first-rate, but when you git the neuralgy they sort of turns ...
— The Voice of the People • Ellen Glasgow
... said Nan; "he was a mighty peart little 'un, and he al'ays looked up and smiled when we passed. But if I'd knowed he was really goin', I'd sent a message to sister Fan. Don't you think she'd like to know ...
— The American Missionary — Volume 39, No. 03, March, 1885 • Various
... b'lieve! Nine hours ole, an' mighty peart. What's them Restercrats in the valley cuttin' up the'r ...
— Mingo - And Other Sketches in Black and White • Joel Chandler Harris
... along right peart," replied the man. "That's the way they were going stopped long enough to drink my well 'most dry, and then went off in a lope. As for the paper, take it along. You don't reckon there's any chance for a mistake, ...
— Rodney The Partisan • Harry Castlemon
... dey tuck ol' Adam an' dey putt him a-nappin', ('Way down yonner) An' de fus' thing you know dish yer w'at happen, ('Way down yonner) Dey tucken his rib an' dey made a 'ooman, She mighty peart an' she spry an' she bloomin', 'Way down yonner whar dem ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) • Various
... me sceart onc't, though! Come out from the city one time, durin' the army, with a peart-lookin' young feller in blue clothes and gilt straps on his shoulders. Young lieutenant he was —name o' Morris. Was layin' in camp there in the city som'er's. I disremember which camp it was now adzackly—but ...
— Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley • James Whitcomb Riley
... Mas'r Hugh?" she asked, as Alice passed out into the hall. "I'se jest been dar. He's peart as a new dollar—knows everybody. How long sense, you 'spec'?" and Mug looked very wise, as she thus skirted around what she was forbidden to divulge ...
— Bad Hugh • Mary Jane Holmes
... a gal so holpen by a good genteel thrashin' in all your days. I boun' she won't neber stick her nose in dem new-fandangle chu'ches no more. Why, she jes' walks as straight dis morning, and looks as peart as a sunflower. I'll lay a tenpence she'll be a-singin' before night dat good ole hyme she usened to be so fond ob. You knows, Brover Simon, how ...
— The Wit of Women - Fourth Edition • Kate Sanborn |
