Missis

Examples

• Dunno, Missis,--I spects cause I 's so wicked! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• If Missis would only be so good as read that ar',--it's better than water. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I can't,' replied the girl; 'Missis Raddle raked out the kitchen fire afore she went to bed, and locked up the kittle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I've told Missis often my opinion about the child, and Missis agreed with me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Master don't want to sell, and Missis she's always good. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I berry much spect Missis be anxious 'bout Jerry. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Missis was rather too hard. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Missis is gone to spend the afternoon; so come into my little room, and we'll have the time all to ourselves. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And please, sir, missis wants to know whether Mr. Bumble can spare time to step up there, directly, and flog him--'cause master's out. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Why are you all of a shake, and what's your hurry, Missis? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• To this the fat boy, considerably terrified, briefly responded, 'Missis. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Missis Raddle said you warn't to have none. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Missis needn't smoke, said James with a frantic misplaced laugh, and thought the whole matter an excellent joke. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Dun no, Missis, said the image, with a grin that showed all her teeth. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I'm a thinkin whether Missis would be a havin a chicken pie o' dese yer. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But you must step out foot, my dear, as I may get home before mistress misses me, you see. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He was fond of all the Misses Sykes; they were all fond of him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I'll slip off and take a journey somewhere, and when Grandpa misses me he'll come round fast enough. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Miss Ingram is mine, of course, said he: afterwards he named the two Misses Eshton, and Mrs. Dent. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She misses you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Miss Helstone was the choice of her affection and intellect; the Misses Pearson, Sykes, Wynne, etc. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And old Madam Reed, or the Misses, her daughters, will be solicited by you to seek a place, I suppose? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But when the patrol misses him they will follow his tracks here. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Now it was the two Misses Wynns--first the dark, then the light one; now the red-haired Miss Armitage; then the mature Ann Pearson. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The little one--he of Nunnely; the cavalier of the Misses Sykes, with the whole six of whom he is in love, ha! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• If Mr. Merriman misses the train you lose your place. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You two misses go away, said Mr. Featherstone. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Fanny brought the present announcement to the drawing-room,-- Mrs. Sykes and the three Misses Sykes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Smithie, Mrs. Smithie, and the Misses Smithie,' was the next announcement. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• In vain Mrs. Chester alluded to her 'charming novel', and the Misses Chester introduced parties, picnics, the opera, and the fashions. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Edited by Laurence