And he didn't give me the dime, much less the home and stock; so you see, my dear, your father's street-arab career is beset with disappointments. ' ❋ Unknown (2010)
"If you don't stop those street-arab tricks," remarked Mont, "you'll have a fit, after such a meal as you've had." ❋ Roy Rockwood (N/A)
The comique, closely shaven, wrinkled, shrivelled by the heat from the footlights, looked like an old street-arab; the financier wore cloth shoes, and no linen, so far as could be seen. ❋ Various (N/A)
A pair of grey trousers, supported by one brace -- the other having given way some days ago -- a dirty shirt, neither jacket nor waistcoat, unwashed hands and face, boots coated in mud, hair which had not lately known a comb and brush -- it would have been difficult to find a grubbier street-arab within a few miles. ❋ Various (N/A)
"I was about to say a street-arab," she concluded severely. ❋ Unknown (1907)
All his street-arab nature, all his instincts of gaiety, so long suppressed by his constant anxiety and disappointment, came out and betrayed themselves in roars of laughter, bursts of animal spirits and a picturesque need of childlike exuberance and riot. ❋ Maurice Leblanc (1902)
He told him to apologise, which the street-arab was only too glad to do. ❋ 1831-1903 (1895)
A boy, εὐφύης as I have described, brought up as a street-arab, would only so far profit by it as to be slightly less vicious and disgusting than his companions. ❋ Arthur Christopher Benson (1893)
A boy, [Greek: euphyes] as I have described, brought up as a street-arab, would only so far profit by it as to be slightly less vicious and disgusting than his companions. ❋ Benson, Arthur C. (1886)
And in her turn Florence appeared with her little street-arab smile, and her childish haunches. ❋ Unknown (1877)
He was a little ragged street-arab, as tall as a boot, his forehead hidden under a queer mop of yellow hair. ❋ Fran��ois Copp��e (1875)
When he succeeded, he looked partly like a Shetland pony, partly like a street-arab; but his own impression was that his wild and ferocious appearance acted as a living rebuke to young men of weaker natures. ❋ James Runciman (1871)
He expected to see her snatch at the coin with all the eagerness of the ordinary hardy street-arab; but she showed her jagged brown teeth, and said huskily, "No! Big money!" ❋ James Runciman (1871)
However, the sight of Pauline standing in front of the shop and looking so smart and pretty made him cross over to her, capless as he was, with his blouse ragged, his trousers slipping down, and his whole appearance suggestive of a seven-year-old street-arab. ❋ ��mile Zola (1871)
Lionello Spada, a street-arab of Bologna, found his way into the studio of the Caracci, where he made himself a favorite by roguish ways and ready wit. ❋ John Addington Symonds (1866)
Yes, that London street-arab absolutely declined food! ❋ Unknown (1859)
