"Queening" Quotes from Famous Books
... sat talking with Mrs. Carnaby, in the latter's drawing-room. Her manner was deferential, but that of a friend. Sibyl, queening it at some distance, had the air of conferring a ... — The Whirlpool • George Gissing
... looking at her. "And do you really mean," she said at length, "that you are ready to give up the role you were so delighted with yesterday, and the satisfaction of queening it over your companions if only for an hour?—that you are willing to make the sacrifice to honor ... — Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir • Mary Catherine Crowley |