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"Snore" Quotes from Famous Books

... finding her pet chair occupied by the small, dingy figure. To tell the truth, she was quite glad to find it there. When the ill-used heroine of her story wakened, she could talk to her. She crept toward her quietly, and stood looking at her. Becky gave a little snore. ...

— A Little Princess • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... himself back in his chair, and stretching his little queer legs out before him, began to breathe thicker and thicker, till at last he got the melody up to a grunt. It was not the fine generous snore of a sleep that he usually enjoyed, but short, fitful, broken naps, that generally terminated in spasmodic jerks of the arms or legs. These grew worse, till at last all four went at once, like the limbs of a Peter Waggey, when, throwing himself forward with a violent effort, he awoke; and finding ...

— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees

... be mine, and stick to me For evermore, I'll stick to thee. And every single thing I do I'll come and ask advice from you; Consult you morning, noon, and night; Consult you when I hunt or fight; Consult you when I sing and roar; Consult you when I sleep and snore; Consult you more ...

— Red Rooney - The Last of the Crew • R.M. Ballantyne

... tremendous snore, and I burst into a prolonged fit of laughter, which fortunately did not put a stop to the sonorous bass of my companion overhead, whose snoring I considered far ...

— Life in the Clearings versus the Bush • Susanna Moodie

... was common with him when the company or the goings-on failed to interest him. On one occasion his sweet snore alarmed his neighbor, who ...

— Whistler Stories • Don C. Seitz

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