"Stiff-backed" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... me, but I thought he looked a little wan and limp as he sat down in one of the stiff-backed chairs. I inspected him with ...
— The Prairie Mother • Arthur Stringer
... by the American minister. A countryman of mine, he writes. As such I am pleased to see you, sir, for when abroad the mere name of American is an open sesame to American sympathy and hospitality. Pray be seated, Mr. Laurance. Pardon me, not that stiff-backed ancient contrivance of torture, which must have been invented by Eymeric. You will find that green velvet Voltaire, like its namesake, far more ...
— Infelice • Augusta Jane Evans Wilson |
