That foolish sister of mine was actually unbarring the back door.

Out of his time, an industrious, sober youth of two and twenty, supporting by his industry, his mother and sister in comfort and respectability.

At the last meeting of my ward and your nephewjust before your dinner here,they concluded to break their engagement of marriage, for certain good reasons, and thenceforth be only brother and sister to each other.

"I will ask the Board of Missions if I can take my sister with me to Africa.

When I left the brethren and sisters at one o'clock after prayer I told them that we must wait for help, and see how the Lord would deliver us this time."

And each and every sister from time to time contributed some gift or suggestion to her "brother's" comfort.

Now he was afraid to be decently courteous to one of the sisters for fear that they might accuse him of light dalliance again; and he scarcely ever addressed the new member who came to take Blossy's little room, for he had been cut to the quick by her look of astonishment when she was told that he belonged there.

Also the story finds Colonel Musgrave in the company of his sister on a warm April day, whilst these two sat upon the porch of the Musgrave home in Lichfield, and Colonel Musgrave waited until it should be time to open the Library for the afternoon.

My sister by good-hap has married well and regained the shelter of the curtain: but I am still unwed and must sing until the end comes.

Billie had a brother, Chetwood Bradley, commonly known as "Chet"a boy as different from his sister as night is from day, yet, in his own more quiet way, extremely attractive.

They stole past the sleeping sisters into the drawing-room, and closed the communicating door as noiselessly as possible.

Fernando Stevens had heard from his sister about these wonderful meetings; but he had never dreamed that a score of voices could raise such an uproar, and he ceased admiring his new shoes, while he fixed his eyes in terror on the capacious mouth of a pious old man, who, in his fervent zeal, was singing with all his might.

What is the sister like?" "A fine, handsome girl," Kelson answered, without enthusiasm.

down went my sister through a crazy chair, and made the clerks grin, and I grinned, and the widow tittered, and then I knew that she was not inconsolable.

She and Balaam's ass were, so to speak, sisters under the skin.

"Suppose," he suggested, "we leave your sister out of the discussion.

Was it so kindly done, to gain my Sister Without my knowledge?

She had scarcely outgrown the freshness and simplicity of childhood when I first came to live with her, and my mind and feelings had expanded rapidly under the constant stimulus of a nature so full of rich life; so that at the date I now speak of, we lived together more as sisters than as aunt and niece.

The witness's name having been demanded and given and some other preliminary formalities gone through, he was asked: "Mr. Cumberland, did you have any quarrel with your sister during the afternoon or evening of December the second?" "I did."

"I have a mother and two sisters over the water," said he diffidently.

It was an outrageous piece of slacking on Rush's part that he should have deserted his sister before the arrival of one or the other of his promised reenforcements relieved him of his duty.

OCTAVIA, sister unto AUGUSTUS the Emperor, was exceeding[ly] bountiful unto VIRGIL, who gave him for making twenty-six verses, £1,137, to wit, ten sestertiae for every verse (which amounted to above £43 for every verse): so learned MARY, the honourable Countess of PEMBROKE

For she knew they were of the one breed, blood-sisters among men and the women of men.

Anne had tried to warn her sister against this attractive and seemingly designing young woman, but her advice had not been taken in good part; and she had to content herself with hoping that, though her suspicion had been resented, it might yet be remembered.

As there exists the relation of brother and sister, the same feeling may exist between two persons who feel as brother and sister towards each other.