"Nuisance" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... nuisance you are, In this land of your birth, Held down by his hand, And crushed to ...
— The Anti-Slavery Harp • Various
... out of the question, the Aztecs had excellent reasons for choosing this peculiar site for their city; but these reasons were not equally valid in the case of the new invaders. For them the surrounding salt-water was not needed as a protection, and was merely a nuisance. Every year, when the lake rose, the place was flooded, with enormous damage to the property of the inhabitants; and sometimes an inundation of greater depth than usual threatened as complete a destruction as Cortes and the Tlascalans had made. At the best of ...
— Anahuac • Edward Burnett Tylor
... ready, just on the chance that I might pass; and you cannot very well refuse a cripple who adores you and is not able to play with the other brats. You get instead into a kind of habit of calling every day and trying to make her laugh, because she is such a helpless little nuisance. ...
— The Cords of Vanity • James Branch Cabell et al
... too near the temple for comfort. The tomtom has to be beaten five times each day, and as one of these is at sunrise, I had occasion to wish the priest and tooth both far enough away. I wonder the Europeans don't indict this tomtoming at unseasonable hours as a nuisance. ...
— Round the World • Andrew Carnegie
... me! Am I undone? I must have forgotten to ask Amy to fix me. These blouses that fasten in the back are such a nuisance!" ...
— Up the Hill and Over • Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
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