"Genuine" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... but genuine, equipped him not only with a vital and never-failing sense of brotherhood but with a faith in those whom he called the "plain people," the common man. His creed was, if not innate, innurtured. That fellowship and that faith were at the bottom ...
— The French in the Heart of America • John Finley
... this very noble of Paragot. In a way it was so, for my master, who had never committed a dishonourable action in his life, was genuine in his scorn of the insinuation that he proposed to live on Joanna's money. He verily believed himself capable of reattaining fame and fortune. It was only the nuisance of having to do so that, at introspective times, disconcerted him. He knew that to break away from a thirteen-year-old ...
— The Beloved Vagabond • William J. Locke
... merit badge?" asked Jacqueline. "Not really a genuine badge of merit? Those are all registered and can only be used ...
— The Girl Scout Pioneers - or Winning the First B. C. • Lillian C Garis
... up in General Hospital Number 12 in Rouen. I was there four days and had a real bath,—a genuine boiling out. Also had some shrapnel picked out of my anatomy. I got in fairly good shape, though still in a good deal of dull pain. It was a glad day when they put a batch of us on a train for Havre, tagged for Blighty. We went ...
— A Yankee in the Trenches • R. Derby Holmes
... was from your description," said John Collins, who had been looking on with particular interest. "It looks as if you might do something with it. Go ahead, Ben, sink or swim, spread your sails and prove that your ingenuity is genuine." ...
— From Boyhood to Manhood • William M. Thayer
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