"Homewards" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... his friends could nothing avail to divert him from his wilful resolution of going in his frigate; and when he was entreated by the captain, master, and others, his well-wishers in the 'Hinde,' not to venture, this was his answer—'I will not forsake my little company going homewards, with whom I have passed so many ...
— Short Studies on Great Subjects • James Anthony Froude
... the advantage of two in the chase. One other glimpse of the flying deer, as he came out on the brow of a ridge, was all that Arthur was favoured with. Some partridge got up, and this time he was more successful; he picked up a bird, and turned homewards. ...
— Cedar Creek - From the Shanty to the Settlement • Elizabeth Hely Walshe
... alto. Mary's voice being a deep contralto, she improvised the third part. The plaintive song, with the sentiment of home surroundings, touched the hearts of all the passengers and turned their thoughts homewards, and many an ...
— Sixty Years of California Song • Margaret Blake-Alverson
... quickly homewards, for I thought it would be wise to protect my box as soon as possible now that I had the means. I think it ...
— The Five Jars • Montague Rhodes James
... to forget and forgive just once more, And homewards they stroll by the sunshiny shore; You can see by the picture how happy they look— On the next page you'll see ...
— Fishy-Winkle • Jean C. Archer
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