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"Big brother" Quotes from Famous Books

... snapped Dan crossly, "you always do as I do, don't you? Now go out and tell Aunt Pike that, and suck up to her. If she's going to live here, it's best to be first favourite." At which unusual outburst on the part of her big brother Betty was so overcome that she collapsed on to her chair again, and had to clench her hands tightly and wink hard to disperse the mist which clouded her eyes and threatened to ...

— Kitty Trenire • Mabel Quiller-Couch

... indeed!" The colour rose in Darsie's cheeks. "Well, I'm very glad he did. I like girls best, and I thought he looked conceited and proud. My best friend has a big brother, too, but he's not a bit like yours. Rather shaggy, but so clever and kind! He promised to write to me while I was here, just because he knew I should be dull. It's really an honour, you know, for he is terrifically clever. Every one says he will be Prime Minister one day. ...

— A College Girl • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

... brush will be the first to acknowledge his little brother's greatness—if the little brother's work be well done. You should hear how the first painters of our time, here and abroad, express themselves about Charles Keene! They do not speak of him as a little brother, I tell you, but a very big brother indeed. ...

— Social Pictorial Satire • George du Maurier

... to these ideas in deep and restive disgust. He urged instant and copious bloodshed. His big brother's gang could "let daylight into the dude" with enjoyment and despatch. They would watch him ceaselessly and they would ...

— Little Citizens • Myra Kelly

... haven't got your big brother here, Dinny," said Dick sarcastically. "He could have ...

— Off to the Wilds - Being the Adventures of Two Brothers • George Manville Fenn

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