"Teen" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Moh'amed teen Soltan. This is one of the class of stories known to folk-lorists as the Punchkin series. The life of a Ghul is hidden in an egg, the egg in a pigeon, the pigeon in a camel, and the ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 6 • Richard F. Burton
... earth late choak'd with showers, Is now array'd in green, Her bosom springs with flowers, The air dissolves her teen; The woods are deck'd with leaves, And trees are clothed gay, And Flora, crown'd with sheaves, With oaken boughs doth play; The birds upon the trees Do sing with pleasant voices, And chant, in their degrees, Their ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. IX • Various
... of the Transfer Business in this city. And carried it on for teen years. Seven years ago I sold out to ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 • Various
... to Mr. Jack Weir's fambly when I wuz 'bout fo'teen years old to do washin', ironin', an' cleanin' up de house, an' I wukked for 'em 'til I married. Dey lemme eat all I wanted dere at de house an' paid me in old clo'es, middlin' meat, sirup, 'tatoes, an' wheat flour, but I never did git no money for ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Georgia Narratives, Part 4 • Works Projects Administration
... she was not to blame; it was Mrs. Richie who sent for William. She is the most helpless woman I ever saw, for her years;—she is at least forty, though she uses sachet-powders, and wears undersleeves all trimmed with lace, as if she were six teen! I don't want to find fault, Dr, Lavendar, but I must say that I wouldn't have trusted that little boy ...
— The Awakening of Helena Richie • Margaret Deland
... "I think I was lickin' him, but the molders called it a draw because the policeman on the beat stopped us when we'd only teen fightin' half an hour. But you ought to seen the crowd. I ...
— The Valley of the Moon • Jack London |
