"Picnic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... lethargy?—you, who in an hour or two start for Corsica, and with no more to-do than if bound on a picnic!" ...
— Sir John Constantine • Prosper Paleologus Constantine
... down in a sheltered spot near a water hole. He had had nothing to eat since leaving us. Coming back he faced the wind until it died away. Riding a horse bareback, with a halter for a bridle, and leading two other horses, you can well imagine was no picnic. We tied the animals to some willow stumps, so there was no danger of their getting loose, and gave them a feed of barley. By this time the roustabout was thawed out by our fire, and ...
— Out of Doors--California and Oregon • J. A. Graves
... of a friendship. I thought you would." She motioned him to be seated with her characteristic suggestion of imperiousness. "Sit down, do, and tell me all about it. You 've come just in time for my little picnic, though I 'm afraid the friend I expected has failed me. You 'll get nothing to eat, however, but this basket of Concord grapes which I picked up on the way." And she thrust it forward with a ...
— The Mayor of Warwick • Herbert M. Hopkins
... are yours. You have only to take possession, after giving a few orders to the decorators about colors, and so forth. If you say so, Gilbert shall drive us out to-morrow. We can take Dodo, and carry a luncheon to picnic by the wayside. It will be a lovely outing. ...
— Joyce's Investments - A Story for Girls • Fannie E. Newberry
... else. People were charming to her, and we met Mrs. Van der Windt herself at the Chateau at a luncheon party with a vaudeville entertainment afterwards, and also at a dinner. Mrs. Van der Windt seemed to like my cousin, Mohunsleigh, very much, too, and gave a moonlight motor car picnic especially for him, with only a few people asked besides ourselves, and the Pitchleys ...
— Lady Betty Across the Water • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
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