"Immediately" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... period, persons who could not qualify under the general clause might be placed upon the roll of voters if they had voted in the State before 1867 or were descended from such voters. The "grandfather clause," as this was immediately called, saved the poor whites, and was imitated by North Carolina, Alabama, Virginia, and Georgia. The governor of Louisiana, in 1898, sang the praises of the new invention: "The white supremacy for ...
— The New Nation • Frederic L. Paxson
... near by, slipped round to the other side of the cow, and tickled her bag. She instantly raised her heels, and over went Polly, milk-pail, stool, and all. Isaac ran into the house, laughing with all his might, to tell how the cow had kicked over Polly and the pail of milk. His mother went out immediately to ascertain whether the girl was seriously injured.—"Oh, mammy, that little rogue tickled the cow, and made her do it," exclaimed Polly. Whereupon, Isaac had a spanking, and was sent to bed without his supper. But so great was his love of fun, that as he lay there, ...
— Isaac T. Hopper • L. Maria Child
... immediately. He thought a beautiful angel had dropped from Heaven to the side of ...
— The Secret of the Storm Country • Grace Miller White
... engagement in Baltimore immediately upon the arrival of this train which I would not miss for a ...
— Young Auctioneers - The Polishing of a Rolling Stone • Edward Stratemeyer
... second carpenter for six months to repair and make certain additions to the hotel, and put him off under various pretences until he owed him a hundred pounds or thereabout. At last, immediately after an exciting interview with Lord Douglas, the carpenter died suddenly of heart disease. The widow, a strong-minded bushwoman, put a bailiff in the hotel on a very short notice—and against the advice of her lawyer, who thought the case hopeless—and ...
— Children of the Bush • Henry Lawson
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