"Sleepy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sooner had they got on their gear for the start than a thick blizzard from the S.S.E. arrived. Quickly everyone started to build fresh walls for the ponies, an uninviting task enough in a regular white flowing blizzard, but one which added [Page 346] greatly to the comfort of the animals, who looked sleepy and bored, but not at all cold. Just as the walls were finished the man-haulers came into camp, having been assisted in their course by the tracks that the other ...
— The Voyages of Captain Scott - Retold from 'The Voyage of the "Discovery"' and 'Scott's - Last Expedition' • Charles Turley
... inmates of the cottage were awake, Hamish being the last to open a pair of bewildered, sleepy eyes. Room was made for Neil at the fire, the smouldering peats were roused to life, and the boys and girls clustered round, staring and asking questions, much too excited ...
— The Adventure League • Hilda T. Skae
... Preacher says they "gape for education," And when I see Kausky's six children going by in the morning to school, all their round, sleepy, fat faces shining with soap, I believe it! Baxter tells with humour how he persuaded Kausky to vote for the addition to the schoolhouse. It was a pretty stiff tax for the poor fellow to pay, but Baxter "figgered children with him," as he ...
— Adventures In Contentment • David Grayson
... a nice, cheerful, entertaining letter tonight, but I'm too sleepy—and scared. The Freshman's lot ...
— Daddy-Long-Legs • Jean Webster
... were they content? The work that they had been doing all summer long was done; they were tired and sleepy and glad ...
— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature • Ontario Ministry of Education
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