"I'm glad because Gil--because some of the boys in school are
Grits. I guess Mr.
They're born
Grit or Tory, as the case may be, and they live
Grit or Tory, and they die
Grit or Tory; and what they're going to do in heaven, where there's probably no politics, is more than I can fathom.
Catch ME ever voting
Grit! As for the rest of it--I don't care.
But them sickenin', sap-headed stiffs, with the grit of rabbits and the silk of mangy ky-yi's, a-cheerin' me--ME!
Her voice died away in sadness, and in the silence she could hear Billy grit his teeth.
In the chamber there was a
grit iron chimlay, under it a fire; other
grit provision was not seen.
After all, then, the old chap had some
grit in him.
Once past the rocks of emotion, they knew so well what to do, whom to send for; their hands were on all the ropes, they had
grit as well as grittiness, and she valued
grit enormously.
I've the
grit to work alone, quite alone, absolutely alone.
Because you're brave enough to tar and feather poor friendless cast-out women that come along here, did that make you think you had
grit enough to lay your hands on a MAN?
"I rather like that uncompromising New England
grit," exclaimed Miss Maxwell, "and so far, I don't regret one burden that Rebecca has borne or one sorrow that she has shared.
He was proud of his son; he might be proud of him; the boy had character and
grit, and knew what he was doing.