"Gruffness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... not Bill's gruffness, but Lahoma's charm that warned him to flee lest he break his promise to ...
— Lahoma • John Breckenridge Ellis
... her heavy gold-bowed glasses up on the top of her head, and her whole-souled smile of welcome belied the gruffness of her tone, and the seeming ...
— Patty's Summer Days • Carolyn Wells
... all the way up here, I should come down and stay with you in New York? The railroad trip up here will be very hard on you, as the trains are usually late and the porters and conductors are notorious for their gruffness and it is awfully hard to get parlor-car seats and you know what sitting in a day-coach means. I should love to have you come only I wouldn't want you or father to get some terrible sickness on the train and last month there were at least ...
— Perfect Behavior - A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in all Social Crises • Donald Ogden Stewart |
