"Unwearable" Quotes from Famous Books
... her a dear, good old mother, and carried up for her, in token of affection, her work-box, her reticule, her candle and a basket, 331 containing a large bunch of keys, sundry halfpence and three pairs of my own stockings which wanted mending, a process which invariably rendered them unwearable ... — Frank Fairlegh - Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil • Frank E. Smedley
... were governed by a vogue of fashion that she followed reverently, though always, perhaps, some few paces in the rear. A severe wetting might so alter the shape of that frame as to make it for ever unwearable. Her coat was serge—short, ending at the waist; the feather boa that clung round her neck, they would inevitably suffer without protection. For the moment she felt angry with herself. She hoped almost, since he was there, that he would make ... — Sally Bishop - A Romance • E. Temple Thurston |