Nesbit
[nez-bit]
- E(dith),1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
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Contemporary Examples
Nesbit shopped the book to editors at four prominent imprints.
“You can stop worrying about that right now,” Nesbit told him.
It was better, sort of, back in Nesbit, Mississippi, in the big brick house—at least you could relax.
Nesbit acknowledged that the message discovered on the guest bedroom wall was odd.
Historical Examples
"You see what you have done, Miriam," exclaimed Mrs. Nesbit.
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High SchoolJessie Graham Flower
"You are tired out, Mrs. Nesbit," suggested Grace with concern.
Grace Harlowe's Golden SummerJessie Graham Flower
He never could have lived,' said Mrs. Nesbit: 'it was much as it was with this child of Arthur's.
HeartseaseCharlotte M. Yonge
Mrs. Nesbit burst into a passion of tears at the ingratitude of her nephews and nieces.
HeartseaseCharlotte M. Yonge
She pushed open the door leading to Mrs. Nesbit's apartments.
HeartseaseCharlotte M. Yonge
Nesbit
- E (dith). 1858–1924, British writer of children's books, including The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) and The Railway Children (1906)
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