"Burt" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... got through at the first attempt, but had found themselves again fired at from the front. Meanwhile, I hurried to and fro, encouraging the burghers in their attempts to break through. When thus engaged I came across two of my staff, Albertus Theunissen and Burt Nissey. To them I gave the order: "Get the waggon through at all costs." I also found my son, Isaac, and kept him with me. The English now were firing not only from in front but also on our right, and there ...
— Three Years' War • Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
... moneyed men as such, pays no special deference to the person of lordly birth within its walls. A member is judged absolutely on what he is himself. The two most popular and respected members in the strangely mixed House of Commons I watched for years were Mr. Thomas Burt, the father of the House, who had been a working miner, and that ardent and lovable Irish Nationalist, Mr. Willie Redmond—both men having secured in extraordinary measure the personal affection of the whole House. In some respects, therefore, the House is like a big public school, ...
— Lloyd George - The Man and His Story • Frank Dilnot
... A. L. Burt Company Publishers New York Published by arrangement with G. P. Putnam's Sons Made in the United States ...
— The Texan - A Story of the Cattle Country • James B. Hendryx |
