"Breath of fresh air" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... small, green, cup-shaped valley bearing the descriptive name of Waterval Onder—"under the waterfall." The weary passengers found more corrugated iron buildings and the best hotel in South Africa. The host, Monsieur Mathis, a French Boer, and his excellent establishment came as a breath of fresh air to a stifling traveller on the desert, and long will they live in the memories of the thousands of persons who journeyed over the railroad during the war. After the monotonous fare of an east-coast steamer and the mythical meals ...
— With the Boer Forces • Howard C. Hillegas
... of wolf fur belonging to the mysterious stranger were also missing, our lads were not at first at all uneasy concerning his absence, but imagined that their guest had merely gone for a breath of fresh air or to examine the situation of the schooner by daylight. So they mended the fire and got breakfast ready, expecting with each moment that he would return. As he did not, Cabot finally went on ...
— Under the Great Bear • Kirk Munroe
... in no hurry," I reply; "after this foggy day, spent inside the car, I am glad of a breath of fresh air. Where does the train ...
— The Adventures of a Special Correspondent • Jules Verne
... half spent at work, to-day the yearning for a breath of fresh air had taken the Emperor at early dawn into ...
— The Coming Conquest of England • August Niemann
... in the fall, and the weather had grown very cold. Mrs. Coon and her family had not left their home for several days; but on this day she thought it would be pleasant to go out in the sunshine and get a breath of fresh air ...
— Sleepy-Time Tales: The Tale of Fatty Coon • Arthur Scott Bailey
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