"Rundown" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... only answer so I let it go at that. Billy, the balance of the police force, came in then. I gave him a quick rundown. Either through stupidity or guts he elected to stay, and I was proud of the boy. Ned locked away the latest ...
— Arm of the Law • Harry Harrison
... fresh water is all that is necessary. Boys go into the water too often and remain too long. This accounts for the rundown appearance of some boys. The body gives off heat every minute it is in cool water, and also when exposed wet to the breezes, and heat is life. All boys should be encouraged to take a dip before breakfast with a rapid rubdown. Then a good swim in the warm part ...
— Camping For Boys • H.W. Gibson
... the farms in the neighborhood were in a similar rundown condition; that farm work was generally considered unprofitable or uncongenial; and that the boys and girls born in the country usually took the first opportunity to leave the farms, often for harder and less ...
— Hidden Treasure • John Thomas Simpson
... then," and paused. After a second he started again: "Now, Dr. O'Connor, would you please give us a sort of verbal rundown on ...
— Brain Twister • Gordon Randall Garrett
... their child's made as much of as a prince, and is petted and patted till it wishes its friends further, but when a sweet young pretty innocent, that never ought to have a cross word spoken to or of it, is rundown, the case is very different indeed. My goodness gracious me, Miss Floy, you naughty, sinful child, if you don't shut your eyes this minute, I'll call in them hobgoblins that lives in the cock-loft to come ...
— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens |
