"Sithe" Quotes from Famous Books
... he said; 'the one she studied de most, tryin' to learn, an' gettin' terribly flustered wid de big words. I can see her now, bendin' over it airly an' late; sometimes wid de chile in her lap till she done tuckered out, an' laid it away with a sithe as if glad to be shet of it. She couldn't larn, an' de Lord took her whar dey don't ask what you knows,—only dis: does you lub de Lord? ... — The Cromptons • Mary J. Holmes
... to myself; it wuz more of a groan than a common sithe, but Miss Tutt didn't heed it, she kep' right ... — Samantha at Saratoga • Marietta Holley |