"Cull" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the dignified pastor, and his homely, decorous wife. Behind came the Fraeulein Anna, in her short-sleeved Sunday gown, daintily holding a parasol over her luxuriant brown hair. Close behind her came Herr Mueller, stopping now to speak to his men,—again, to cull out a bunch of grapes to tie on to the Fraeulein's stick; and by my feet sate the proud serving-maid in her country dress, waiting for my answer, with serious, up-turned ...
— The Grey Woman and other Tales • Mrs. (Elizabeth) Gaskell
... fine confident buzz that yet sounded slightly anxious, little Maya raised her gleaming wings and flew out into the sunshine across to the flowery meadows to cull a ...
— The Adventures of Maya the Bee • Waldemar Bonsels
... of its grace and vigour.' Popham was more considerate. He promised to let Ralegh, after the King's counsel should have produced all the evidence, answer particularly what he would. Hele opened. I cull a few flowers of his eloquence and logic: 'You have heard of Ralegh's bloody attempt to kill the King, in whom consists all our happiness, and the true use of the Gospel, and his royal children, poor babes that never gave offence. Since the Conquest there was never ...
— Sir Walter Ralegh - A Biography • William Stebbing
... we joyous cull By bank or silver stream; The fragrant hawthorn boughs we pull, Most sacred too, we deem: For not amid our tresses we Their op'ning buds will twine, But garlands fair we'll weave with care ...
— The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon (Mrs. R.E. Mullins) • Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
... geologist's field of labor is replete with interest, inspiration, even romance. But because it has become so saturated with technicality as to become almost a popular bugaboo, let us attempt no special study, but rather cull from its voluminous records those simple facts and perspectives which will reveal to us this greatest of all story books, our old earth, as the volume of enchantment that it ...
— The Book of the National Parks • Robert Sterling Yard
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