"Shirtsleeve" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... fish with horse-hair snares in the runs which trickled under culverts. But Robert felt so much interest in the process that he was glad to have the noon halt made near such a small fishing-place. He took his lunch and sat on the bank with the boys. They were very dirty, and one of them had his shirtsleeve split to the shoulder, revealing a sun-blistered elbow joint that still worked with a right good will at snaring. But no boys were ever fuller of out-door wisdom. They had been swimming, and knew the best diving-hole in the world, only a couple of miles away. They had dined on berries, and expected ...
— Old Caravan Days • Mary Hartwell Catherwood
... pulling up his shirtsleeve, he showed his father the ominous red patches coming out on ...
— Fathers and Children • Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev |
