"Tired of" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... lantern under a tree every insect in the forest creeps up to it—a curious assembly, since though they scramble and swing and knock their heads against the glass, they seem to have no purpose—something senseless inspires them. One gets tired of watching them, as they amble round the lantern and blindly tap as if for admittance, one large toad being the most besotted of any and shouldering his way through the rest. Ah, but what's that? A terrifying volley of pistol-shots rings out—cracks sharply; ...
— Jacob's Room • Virginia Woolf
... don't much care to have him mentioned,' said the wilful beauty, stripping the petals from some flowers she held, and scattering them on the ground. 'I am almost tired of hearing of him; and as to his ...
— The Battle of Life • Charles Dickens
... is I was tired of all those agreeable Recreations which you have so good naturally [naturedly] Described— and having a Spirit to spend and enjoy a Fortune—I determined to marry the first rich ...
— The School For Scandal • Richard Brinsley Sheridan
... The thing we like; and then we build it up, As chance will have it, on the rock or sand,— For thought is tired of wandering o'er the world, And homebound ...
— Familiar Quotations • John Bartlett
... Lake Superior. The tradition states that the Delawares (they called themselves the Leni-lenape) were living in a cold, fir-tree country—evidently the wooded regions north of Lake Superior. Getting tired of this country, they set out towards the East in search of a better place, and probably followed the lake shore around until they finally came to a great river—that is, the Detroit. The country beyond was inhabited by a numerous ...
— The Prehistoric World - Vanished Races • E. A. Allen
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