"Outing" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Bland appeared at the cottage, having sought the advice of a physician who was spending an outing at the little settlement on ...
— Frank Merriwell's Pursuit - How to Win • Burt L. Standish
... comfortable. The greater part of this has come within his vision since 1883. But even then there was quite a village. After this pioneer had spent a lonely year or two on his homestead, two other men came along. They were friends, who, upon an outing, had chanced to meet. They were captivated by the waterfall, and by what the pioneer told them of the fine fanning lands in the adjacent country, and they offered each to take a third of his holding. Then they began to advertise, and to place adventurous farmers on homestead ...
— Oregon, Washington and Alaska; Sights and Scenes for the Tourist • E. L. Lomax
... which a cooking-pot hung. The two lads, of ten years or so, rushed from the tent to regard me, both attired in shirts and leggings of deerskin profusely fringed after the manner in which the red Indians decorate their outing or lounge-suits. They were armed with sheath knives and revolvers, and ...
— Ruggles of Red Gap • Harry Leon Wilson
... the study of human nature was shown curiously in our first summer's camp. He had the utmost tenderness of animal life and had no sympathy with sport in any form,—he "named the birds without a gun,"—and when we were making up the outfit for the outing he at first refused to take a rifle; but, as the discussion of make, calibre, and quality went on, and everybody else was provided, he at length decided, though no shot, to conform, and purchased a rifle. And when the routine of camp life brought the day ...
— The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I • Stillman, William James
... it was found. He said there was just a bare chance of its being located, and he didn't want to arouse our hopes unduly. Also, he added that there would be no danger, and he thought we would enjoy the outing. This time, however, he said, he would not take us unless by the permission of our parents. If that could be obtained, we should make our way to the Brownell place and the boat ...
— The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards • Gerald Breckenridge
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