"Warranty" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... men, but Mr. Poe's biography displays a vicissitude and peculiarity of interest such as is rarely met with. The offspring of a romantic marriage, and left an orphan at an early age, he was adopted by Mr. Allan, a wealthy Virginian, whose barren marriage-bed seemed the warranty of a large estate to the young poet. Having received a classical education in England, he returned home and entered the University of Virginia, where, after an extravagant course, followed by reformation at the last extremity, ...
— The Function Of The Poet And Other Essays • James Russell Lowell
... Waling, choosing. Warrandise, warranty. Waur, worse. Weird, destiny. Whammle, to upset. Whaup, curlew. Whiles, sometimes. Windlestae, crested ...
— Weir of Hermiston • Robert Louis Stevenson
... fond of young fools. That is why they are permitted to rush in where angels fear to tread—and survive their daring! This supreme protection, this unwritten warranty to disregard all laws, occult or apparent, divine or earthly, may be attributed to the fact that none but young fools dream gloriously. For such of us as pretend to be wise—and we are but fools in a lesser degree—we know that ...
— The Ragged Edge • Harold MacGrath
... group of married farmers and their wives, who, except for that open warranty, might have been less cordial to him, and presently, though he was never quite sure how it came about, found himself standing beside Maud Barrington. She smiled at him, and then glanced towards one the open windows, outside which one or two of ...
— Winston of the Prairie • Harold Bindloss
... to say a few words on the subject of Convoy. Convoy is a ship or ships of war appointed by the Government, or by the Commander-in-Chief on a particular station, for the guard of merchant vessels bound to their destination. A warranty that the vessel shall sail with convoy, is very common in Policies of Insurance, and if not complied with, ...
— The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping • H. Byerley Thomson
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