"Take home" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... linger over our preparations or our leave-takings. The most ponderous of the former were those of the two boys, who, as they had wanted to bring down a chest as big as a corn-bin, full of lumber, now wanted to take home two or three boxes filled with pebbles, great ...
— The Seaboard Parish Vol. 3 • George MacDonald
... I'd stop and call on him at his office," Mary replied. "He has something he wants me to take home to mother when ...
— Tom Swift among the Fire Fighters - or, Battling with Flames from the Air • Victor Appleton
... night, and the sale of their flowers had been very good, so that Sally, who had "cleared out," as she termed it, was elated with success. Even Pollie had only a small bunch left. Truth to tell, she always liked to keep a few buds to take home with her—just a few to brighten up their room, or those ...
— Little Pollie - A Bunch of Violets • Gertrude P. Dyer
... trunk was brought out, and Grandma helped them to pack. There were so many things they wanted to take home with them, that this was quite a task. At the last moment, just as Grandma was ready to close ...
— A Hive of Busy Bees • Effie M. Williams
... suppose that we visit a vast botanic garden, and in the seed-time of each of the plants therein contained select from each plant a single ripe seed. It is clear that, if we take home that collection of seeds, we shall have in them a miniature picture of the garden from which they were culled, or at least we shall be in possession of the potentiality of such a garden, for, if we sow these seeds and have the good fortune to see them all develop, take root and grow, we ...
— Science and Morals and Other Essays • Bertram Coghill Alan Windle
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