"Em" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... fair road in to the place—about a mile off the main road, it is. I done that odd times the year I was on the place. The sheep I sold; sheep's a good price now. I only had seventeen—coyotes and greasers, they kep' stealin' 'em on me, or I'd 'n' had more. I'd 'a' lost 'em all, I guess, if it hadn't been for Loma—dog I got ...
— Starr, of the Desert • B. M Bower
... and rougher voice. "That boy hain't got anyone belongin' to him. Take a look at his clothes—what's left of 'em from that brute's teeth! He's never had too much to eat nor too much to wear, you kin just bet yer life on that. But you're right, mister; he was a hero, an' no' mistake. He held as still as a mouse, an' with a grip like death, while that durned ...
— Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
... in the morning, and lay in wait for First Editions on the way home at night. When he had a holiday, he went in search of a book. He sneaked books into the house, and declared to his admonishing wife the next week that he had always owned 'em, or that they were presented to him. The funds his father had left him, his salary and "the perquisites," made a goodly income, but he always complained of poverty. He was secretly hoarding sums so as ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 5 (of 14) • Elbert Hubbard
... that makes 'em tas' better!" declared Jeb, anxiously watching Polly hand one to Anne next, and one to ...
— Polly of Pebbly Pit • Lillian Elizabeth Roy
... You do use a heap uv big words, Paul," said Long Jim, "but I 'spose they're all right. Leastways I don't know they ain't. Now, I'm holdin' back this buffler steak an' wild turkey, 'cause I want 'em to be jest right, when Sol an' Tom set down afore the fire. See anythin' comin' ...
— The Eyes of the Woods - A story of the Ancient Wilderness • Joseph A. Altsheler
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