2005 Supreme Court nominee Miers

Usage examples of harriet.

Harriet, has a certainty of being admired and sought after, of having the power of chusing from among many, consequently a claim to be nice.

Now there were short flumes of rain they decided to stay in Leeuwarden for the rest of the day, and in spite of the worsening weather, they prowled happily up and down the narrow lanes, looking at the old, small houses, while Aede pointed out their architectural points, and when Harriet at length had had her fill, they strolled in and out of the shops, where she bought presents to take home--silver teaspoons and Makkum pottery, and tobacco for her father.

But the notion that Harriet might have run off willingly into the arms of the lovestruck Applegate was a possibility Gideon could not ignore.

Harriet Tubman raided plantations, leading black and white troops, and in one expedition freed 750 slaves.

Harriet was sitting writing postcards at the desk under the sitting-room window when she heard a car draw up outside.

Afterwards they walked slowly back to the car and on the way Harriet stopped to buy postcards so that Sieske and Wierd could say good-bye without her there to watch.

Harriet, keeping her torch steady so that the rescuers could see what they were doing, watched the reluctant weeds loose their last coils and slip back.

Harriet at present, the only mental provision she was making for the evening of life, was the collecting and transcribing all the riddles of every sort that she could meet with, into a thin quarto of hot-pressed paper, made up by her friend, and ornamented with ciphers and trophies.

Harriet peeled off her soaking anorak, bade the dog sit down and not stir and started to unpack the bags with a practised hand.

How often have I heard you say, that children should be always suffered to chuse for themselves, and that you would let my cousin Harriet do so?

Prior to that he had treated Harriet abysmally, even to the point of trying to turn Clarissa against her mother.

When he finally left the family to go and live with a woman who had been his lover for a number of years Clarissa was heartbroken, so much so that Harriet actually feared for her life.

Then she introduced me to the very good-looking Harriet Quimby, "who is an aviatrix!

Harriet kept trying to get my attention-Morton to firm up the contract with Bover, Albert to discuss the bioanalysis of the Heechee droppings somebody had collected, everybody to talk to me, about everything.

The long sleeves were gathered at the wrist and the neckline was filled in with a modest, pleated chemisette Harriet had pinned a fresh white lace cap on her untamed hair.