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"Housemaster" Quotes from Famous Books

... who she was, and he said, 'She is a singer,' so I fell in love with her at first sight: hardly could I keep my seat on horseback. She entered the house at whose gate I stood; and, as I was planning a device to gain access to her, there came up two men young and comely who asked admission and the housemaster gave them leave to enter. So they alighted and I also and they entered and I with them, they supposing that the master of the house had invited me; and we sat awhile, till food was brought and we ate. Then they set wine before us, and the ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 5 • Richard F. Burton

... The housemaster looked on his son as the old carle spake, and a cloud gathered on his face a while; and when Stone-face had ...

— The Roots of the Mountains • William Morris

... state of excitement, showed the note to Aunt Harriet, who telegraphed the information to Mrs. Woodward. The latter had just heard from Percy's housemaster of his disappearance, and was greatly relieved to have news of his whereabouts. The runaway was below military age, and his mother's first impulse was to apply for his immediate discharge. But from this course her best friends dissuaded her. ...

— The Luckiest Girl in the School • Angela Brazil

... disheartened at that," Mr. Cornish, who was the "housemaster," told them. "Fellows always get weak when they first begin to train. You will ...

— The Dash for Khartoum - A Tale of Nile Expedition • George Alfred Henty

... hated to be balked and seldom allowed anything to interfere with his amusements. One letter, from a housemaster at a famous public school, covered a number of bills, which, the writer stated somewhat curtly, ought to have been paid. Another announced that Hayes, the agent for the estate, and a tenant would wait upon Osborn, ...

— The Buccaneer Farmer - Published In England Under The Title "Askew's Victory" • Harold Bindloss