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It was usually past two by the time they got out of their Sunday clothes, cooked dinner, and finally sat down to their long, lazy meal. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z
It was a trial to my feelings, on the next day but one, to see Joe arraying himself in his Sunday clothes to accompany me to Miss Havisham’s. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
We couldn’t wait to get out of our Sunday clothes. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
Ma didn’t waste no time, she said, “Go get your Sunday clothes on, ’Lijah. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
The Ash Wednesday before they went back to scatter out along the coast, Amaranta got them to put on Sunday clothes and accompany her to church. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
He shifts his small body carefully so as not to crease his Sunday clothes. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
You can imagine the shock when we got downstairs in our Sunday clothes, ready for Sunday school, and Papa said he wasn’t go’n go. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
I guess that’s why barely one week later Daddy made me wear my itchy, hot Sunday clothes to the train depot. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z
People came and went, dressed in their Sunday clothes, some looking as if they were going somewhere, others wrinkled and worn, as if they’d already been away and couldn’t wait to get home. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
They could run into the parlor, sing fast, pray quick, and be on the road before the rest of Cold Sassy got out its Sunday clothes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
We watch women leave in Sunday clothes, hatted and lipsticked and white gloved. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z
I wish he would put on Sunday clothes, take my hand, walk with us down the road. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z
Just said he’d need Sunday clothes, and would I find him some and leave them in the crotch of the maple tree in his backyard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
It's barely morning and we're already awake, my grandmother in the kitchen ironing our Sunday clothes. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z
They generally appear both poorer and kindlier; the women are wearing country dresses and the men seem uncomfortable in their Sunday clothes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
The lean elderly man with snow-white hair, wearing Sunday clothes, came down the steps. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Pa got up from the table and walked out without so much as changing into his Sunday clothes. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z
It is the baking equivalent of “putting on your Sunday clothes” for church, said McGarry. On Father's Day, make this recipe for peachy bourbon crumb cake – it's inspired by a dad you'll... 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z
In the second act, dominated by big singing, the actors wear bright contemporary Sunday clothes. With zeal, Theater Alliance brings back its Hayes-winning ‘Black Nativity’ 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z
You can dress unruly children in Sunday clothes for church, but that doesn’t mean they won’t fidget throughout the service. Music Review: New Kids: One Behaved, One, Eh 2011-05-27T20:51:08Z
Some are even delightful: a cheering theater audience thrusting flowers at performers; a happy-looking family, perhaps in their Sunday clothes, walking down a busy street; and, of course, Lawrence’s iconic builders. 50 works by beloved Seattle artist Jacob Lawrence on view in expansive exhibit at Greg Kucera Gallery 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z
And then there’s “Hello, Dolly!,” blissfully unaware of twenty-first-century troubles, imploring us to put on our Sunday clothes and get out into the glistening world. The Tony Nominations: War, Peace, and Bette Midler 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z
“We had working clothes and Sunday clothes,” Ms. McLaurin later told an interviewer for an oral history project. Virginia McLaurin, Sharecroppers’ Daughter Who Danced With the Obamas, Dies 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z
Out on the small front gallery she had hung Bobinôt’s Sunday clothes to dry and she hastened out to gather them before the rain fell. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z
If it’s too rainy to cook outside, exchange the grill for a stovetop skillet and your Sunday clothes for your old soccer shorts to unleash your inner Megan Rapinoe in the rain. 9 outdoor activities for fall, from apple-picking to LARPing 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z
“And when it is a holiday you put on your Sunday clothes.” Mexico vs. Croatia: World Cup 2014 Live Blog 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z
“It’s a holiday for me every day, and our custom back in Croatia is, when it’s a holiday, you put on your Sunday clothes, and that’s it.” World Cup coaches have drastically varying styles 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z
Kelli Barclay provides a stylish homage to Mr. Champion’s original choreography for strutting travelers in their Sunday clothes and galloping waiters in their white aprons. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Hello, Dolly!’ at Goodspeed Opera House 2013-08-02T20:54:10Z
The invitations for All-Hallow Eve were forthwith issued in person by old Murdock, who went from house to house in his Sunday clothes, and asked all the respectable neighbors in the politest manner. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
Ah! he always took it out of drawer with his Sunday clothes, and put it under his arm, if he was only sitting in the garden. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 2012-04-05T02:00:37.137Z
The daylight streamed without pity on the Committee as they stalked or shambled along in their Sunday clothes, and Basset at least felt the absurdity of the position. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z
I put on my Sunday clothes, and tried to behave as yo'd ha liked me. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z
There were few people along the route followed by the little procession and most of these were in their Sunday clothes. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z
A German student destroyed himself because he had a club-foot, and another youth put an end to his existence in consequence of his not having been allowed to put on his Sunday clothes. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z
The last savings were gone, and the Sunday clothes were at the pawn-shop. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z
The Working Hypothesis, honest son of toil that he is, does not expect so much as a nod of recognition from the High Moral Principle who walks by in his Sunday clothes. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z
Sherman's command went on in this review just as we had been on the march, for we had no Sunday clothes, and for that matter, wanted none. Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865 Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro, Bentonville 2012-02-15T03:00:31.957Z
He had learned to mimic all the tones of the boatman’s horn, and he longed to go to New Orleans where he heard that the people spoke French and wore their Sunday clothes every day. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z
He's putting his Sunday clothes on to take us a walk—Laws, what a time it takes him! The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z
"Sitting right down on the ground there in the alley, in their Sunday clothes, watching M'lissy, on her doorstep, comb Letty's hair." Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress 2012-01-12T03:00:14.550Z
Other men who were fathers and even grandfathers, dressed in their Sunday clothes, were patiently waiting on a bench for their turn to exercise the honorable function. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z
A young man stood at the entrance—a stocky, bull-necked young miner, in tweed Sunday clothes and an aggressive necktie. The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring 2011-12-31T03:00:19.660Z
I asked him what sort of clothes he wanted me to wear, and he replied that the suit I had on—my Sunday clothes—would do for every day. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z
They put off their form of religion with their Sunday clothes, and return to the world. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z
The sun was shining, the weather was fine, and one group of churchgoers after another passed him in their Sunday clothes, their hymn-books in their hands. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z
When Daniel and I darkened the doorway the shouting ceased abruptly, and I saw a farmer, in his Sunday clothes, making an unsteady retreat through a door at the back of the shop. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z
The spirit of grace which is the birthright of her sex cannot be killed—not even by the presence of her best young man in Sunday clothes. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z
The child washed herself, changed her dress, and sat out on the steps in her Sunday clothes. The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z
He looked fine in his Sunday clothes, the little man. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
Some good people seem to keep their brotherly love in the same wardrobe with their Sunday clothes. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z
Every man, woman, and child put on their Sunday clothes, and never before nor since was there such eating and drinking, nor such dancing and singing. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z
But that same evening, first the butcher called, and then the fishmonger, and then the grocer, all dressed up in their Sunday clothes. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z
And we'll be in our Sunday clothes, and you will be in yours, and the church will be crammed! Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z
The road was thronged with country people in their Sunday clothes; and as they got near they heard the sound of bells, horns, fiddles, drums, and loud voices. The Pleasures of the Country Simple Stories for Young People 2011-08-10T02:00:18.760Z
Well, that’s the country in its Sunday clothes, dressed up for a company reception. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z
But when he was sitting on the Bench again for himself, passing sentence of death on more patriots, who should walk up to him but Garret himself, and he dressed in his Sunday clothes? The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z
"That gorse is very dangerous to a man's Sunday clothes." Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z
The only compensation that we could offer them, was the modest pleasure of carrying a torch in your honour and at the same time burning a few holes in their Sunday clothes. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z
"Aye--my Sunday clothes and my cape; what does the girl want with them?" The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z
Into this trunk I emptied the week's accumulation of all my week-day pockets as often as I put on my Sunday clothes. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z
Ike Turtle, Sile Bates, the Beagles, and Swipes, and many others, actually mounted their Sunday clothes, and wore them every day—but whether Ike himself was in fun or earnest, no person could tell. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z
In vain I timidly entered and put the query to the customers at the crowded bar, to potman over the counter, to landlord, exceptionally brilliant in the splendour of his Sunday clothes Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z
Well, the third year, as Whitsuntide was drawing on, the man had a tailor in his house hard by the mill, who was making Sunday clothes for the miller. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z
Ilse was a familiar figure, just a sunburnt country girl with oiled hair, in her Sunday clothes; but Ingeborg was a foreigner, an astonishment. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z
Jest knock me up a plateful o' victuals, Ann, and I'll throw on a clean shirt, and jerk on my Sunday clothes, and Joey, he can take me to the train. The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields 2011-06-01T02:00:27.327Z
I looked round, and beheld my empty room, and the Sunday clothes which I had taken off, and now, for the first time, I remembered that I was unhappy and not loved. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z
So the gardener handed over his watering-pots to the monkeys, and put on his Sunday clothes, and went away to the fair. The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India 2011-05-07T02:00:31.307Z
While Constance was speaking, Theodore's eye lighted on Mr. Bragg, solid and solemn, wearing that look of melancholy respectability which is associated with the British workman in his Sunday clothes. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z
Why have you put on your Sunday clothes, this is Saturday?” Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z
Mr. Lindsay rose, and with the remark that it was time all respectable people had on their Sunday clothes, went upstairs where his wardrobe was kept. The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields 2011-06-01T02:00:27.327Z
On the third day, which was Friday, old Isaac appeared at breakfast in his Sunday clothes, giving thus an intimation of a second intended visit to the house of Gawin the shepherd. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z
He had Sunday clothes, Sunday boots, Sunday food, a Sunday face, and a Sunday conscience. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z
Got on his Sunday clothes, whoever he be. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z
I never have shoes and us has no Sunday clothes. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z
Dey a trunk like in de cabin for Sunday clothes and de res' hang on a peg. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z
He came to a stop opposite one of the Rogersons, a stiffly self-conscious shop girl in her Sunday clothes, a not unsuccessful emulation of Nicholson's wonderful Mrs. Stafford of Paradise Row. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z
Now I understood why he had put on his fine Sunday clothes, and why the old men were seated at the end of the room. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z
Labour is often entirely suspended on the plantation, and the slaves are assembled in their Sunday clothes to attend the funeral. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z
“His name has been in the school papers, but we’ve always called him the ‘Don’, so for a minute I didn’t know him, all dressed up, too, in his Sunday clothes, I suppose. Betty Lee, Freshman 2010-12-20T17:12:25.800Z
It's ridiculous, isn't it, how we can live for years within a stone's throw of our neighbors without ever knowing whether their Sunday clothes are made of silk or calico. Nancy of Paradise Cottage
Early this morning, he came to me, dressed in his Sunday clothes, and wearing the medal which he received in the war of liberation. On the Heights A Novel
Following her were ten, twenty, thirty or more of the leading citizens of Pennyroyal, male and female, attired in their Sunday clothes and bearing packages. The Loves of Ambrose
The kids looked so nice in their little Sunday clothes, and Billy was so good. Living Up to Billy
If you, God willing, soon marry, then I will wear your mother's Sunday clothes in church. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II.
She insisted on her husband and son dressing in their Sunday clothes, and they looked very imposing in their long coats without collars, and high, boots drawn up above the knees. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I.
"At court, one always wears Sunday clothes, and when her majesty drives out again you will have to accompany her." On the Heights A Novel
He was close enough to see that she had on her Sunday clothes, and he thought he could smell the faint odour of cologne; he had brought her a bottle home the night before. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction
I judged him to be a farmer clad in his Sunday clothes, but why he should be so garbed on a bright afternoon in mid-week I could not guess. Windyridge
Yes; but, thanks to the instincts of their sex, they would come in their Sunday clothes: for where is the woman that hasn't her finery, and will not embrace every chance to show it? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865
Each, as she laid aside her Sunday clothes, heaved a sigh of mingled grief for the departed and thankfulness that she and hers were still alive, and living together in love. Edelweiss A Story
I have been hunting Sunday clothes in the barrels sent us by kind friends,—the garments the children bring with them must be saved for hard, every-day wear. Mothering on Perilous
They do not like to spoil their Sunday clothes, and they have a great aversion to p. 133bronchial affections.  The Religious Life of London
He gave up wearing his Sunday clothes, he went as the others did; he had not been for months to Albany or to Troy. Fairfax and His Pride
You can tell him by the awkwardness with which he wears his Sunday clothes, by the startling colour of his ties, by the audacious appearance of his waistcoat.  The Night Side of London
He put on his Sunday clothes and hastened to his uncle Petrovitsch's. Edelweiss A Story
On the street in a long line stood the school children, dressed in their Sunday clothes, with the teacher at their head. The Golden Age in Transylvania
Though confined to the house, the manor-house farmer put on his Sunday clothes and poured a whole pot of fresh milk into Nero's breakfast. Black Forest Village Stories
My mother always said that Sunday clothes should not be worn on week days. Waldfried A Novel
Frank was attired in his "Sunday clothes" and seemed in a hurry. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son
At the end of that time he was dressed in his Sunday clothes, and on his way to the Lion. Edelweiss A Story
The officers had put on their best Sunday clothes, and the men were lying or lounging idly about the deck. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read
Next day Crescence did not dress in her Sunday clothes to go to church, but complained of being unwell, and remained at home. Black Forest Village Stories
And Parson Page said he laid his watch on the bureau and forgot to put it back in his vest pocket when he put on his Sunday clothes. The Land of Long Ago
So the two brothers continued to come and go, in their best Sunday clothes, however, for they were only engaged in settling up the old business. Eleven Possible Cases
He had signed a security for the purchase of the house in the first place, and now he had contributed a bed, besides giving the old woman his mother's Sunday clothes. Edelweiss A Story
Standing before a large mirror I thought I looked prettily enough in my disguise, and liked myself better than in my stiff Sunday clothes. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors
With astounding readiness, Emmerence tripped up and down stairs and arranged all things as she had proposed: then she went into her room to put on her Sunday clothes. Black Forest Village Stories
The Abbey bells were ringing for afternoon service, and there were many people about, churchgoers and holiday makers in their Sunday clothes. The Red Symbol
The children, too, got out of their Sunday clothes, and felt happy and light. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I.
Thanks to his mother and sisters, his Sunday clothes were always "respectable," and he put on a few extra touches when he expected to meet Annabel. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran
"I know, but you remember when she used that word every letter in it was dressed in its best Sunday clothes, wasn't it?" My Lady of the Chimney Corner
Mr. Buckham in his Sunday clothes looked no more staid and respectable than he did at home; and his eyes twinkled as merrily and his smile was just as kind as on week-days. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in
"Well, father, your clean shirt is in the right-hand corner of the upper drawer, and your Sunday clothes on the back of the chair by the bed." The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine
No, he has left it behind, with his Sunday clothes, in the prison. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865
Many of them obviously did not even possess any Sunday clothes to put on for the trip. The Deaves Affair
Mrs Griffith and George, stiff and ill at ease in his clumsy Sunday clothes, went on with their dinner. Orientations
Yes; but, thanks to the instincts of their sex, they would come in their Sunday clothes; for where is the woman that hasn’t her finery, and will not embrace every chance to show it? Household Papers and Stories
His pipe and pot would often be laid upon the shelf, and the proceeds spent in Sunday clothes for the children. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865
He had on his black, Sunday clothes; but his face had not a Sunday expression. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19
Den us buy what am Sunday clothes with dat money, sech as hats and pants and shoes and dresses. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1
And the next minute there was the sound of Kiah's wooden leg in the passage, and there he was with his fiddle, and the Rogers, all in their Sunday clothes, just behind him. Two Maiden Aunts
I tuck him by the shoulder and I said: 'Have ye anny Sunday clothes?' Money Magic A Novel
Just now his appearance—neat, shabby, pathetic, the superior workingman in his long-preserved, threadbare Sunday clothes—introduced disturbing notes into the swelling hymeneal chant to which Claude felt himself to be marching. The Side Of The Angels A Novel
He did, indeed, wear coarse gray stockings, and his jacket and trousers were made out of Fausch's cast off Sunday clothes. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19
She forgot to hold down the brim, as polite little girls did who knew how to wear their Sunday clothes. The Eye of Dread
Ella dressed herself in her Sunday clothes, and carried the basket, which her grandmother had packed, down the hill. The Fairchild Family
She clung to the ridiculous effect of his stiff, Sunday clothes. The Rainbow
If you feel obliged to, you can send your Sunday clothes around some day and let her look at them once for all. Hepsey Burke
I was sure you would want to see her in her Sunday clothes.” The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air
Next day she gets up, orders her husband and son to put on Sunday clothes, and well wrapped up in Betten drives with them to the Heidenmühle, where Adam is formally betrothed to Toni. Home Life in Germany
I stopped a minute to take a clean shirt and my Sunday clothes. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson
The bells were ringing, they were going up the summery hill in their Sunday clothes. The Rainbow
It ran into a little grove, and there Sandy had made a very primitive stile to enable Mary to get over the fence without spoiling her Sunday clothes. In Orchard Glen
Got on his Sunday clothes, Anderson, and this is only Wednesday. Anderson Crow, Detective
“Mr. Ball is so stupid,” she went on, with that amusingly affected accent which is the “Sunday clothes” of speech. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905
The people wore their Sunday clothes, but they had doffed the Sunday manners and air. The Message
Then she saw him on Sunday, dressed up in Sunday clothes, trying to impress her. The Rainbow
They were dressed in their Sunday clothes; many of them carried banners and flags. Nobody's Girl (En Famille)
Dress the three children in their best Sunday clothes. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin
"Maybe there's the smell o' the stables about me, though I put on me Sunday clothes and claned me boots." Love of Brothers
Carrying his light knapsack, which contained his Sunday clothes, on his back, and with his musket and his game-bag over his shoulder, Rudy started to take the shortest way across the mountain. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
When Anna came downstairs in her Sunday clothes, ready for church, he rose and greeted her conventionally, shaking hands. The Rainbow
Groups of men, women and children dressed up in their Sunday clothes stood chatting before the houses or sat in the low rooms, the windows of which were thrown wide open. Nobody's Girl (En Famille)
The little party from the house took their places under the triumphal arch, the Clibborns assuming an expression of genteel superciliousness; and as they all wore their Sunday clothes, they made quite an imposing group. The Hero
Her decks had been newly holy-stoned; the brass work had been cleaned; the guns polished, and the crew had on their Sunday clothes. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure
The door opened, and the maid ushered in a middle-aged workman in his Sunday clothes, accompanied by a woman whom Max guessed to be his wife. Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns
His mother told me that he had put on his Sunday clothes and that she had seen him going down the road. The Jucklins A Novel
The man and his wife entered their house, and having soon divested themselves of their Sunday clothes, they hastened over the sand-hills, which stood like enormous waves of sand suddenly arrested in their course. The Sand-Hills of Jutland
I told him I knew nothing about it, because I hadn't got any Sunday clothes myself. A Poor Man's House
Don't pick out the best, Luka, I don't want Sunday clothes, but just strong serviceable suits; they will be none the worse for a patch or two. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia
It is like putting children into their Sunday clothes and saying "Amuse yourselves, my dears, but don't get dirty." The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877
The other, approaching from the opposite direction, was a sleek, respectable looking, middle aged man, who might have been some small farmer dressed in his Sunday clothes, which fitted him none too well. The Diamond Coterie
C�sar and Grannie came back, both in fearful outbursts of Sunday clothes. The Manxman A Novel - 1895
In the laughter which followed, the Sunday clothes were slipped on. A Poor Man's House
Mrs. Lyman never liked to have Patty gone over night; but the child pleaded so hard that she gave her consent, only Patty must take her knitting-work, and musn't ask to wear her Sunday clothes. Little Grandmother
The townspeople, in all the added importance of Sunday clothes, gathered in an ever-thickening knot about the gates, greeting one another before they passed on into the church. The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly
The carpenters and masons came, dressed in their Sunday clothes, preceded by a band of music, to fetch "the master." The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
Every member of the Board shaves and puts on his Sunday clothes, which includes a white collar, for the Board meeting. Working With the Working Woman
Manasseh stood by her, perfectly, rigidly still; he also was in his Sunday clothes. Curious, if True Strange Tales
For, to seem pleasing in thy sight, I dress myself with studious care, And, in my best apparel dight, My Sunday clothes on Monday wear. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote
Iskender moved on, trusting hard in Allah to save his Sunday clothes from base defilement. The Valley of the Kings
I suppose I'm to be allowed to wear my Sunday clothes to-morrow? A harum-scarum schoolgirl
You needn't put on your Sunday clothes jest for that. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X)
And there's an old-fashioned kind of musky smell, too, that always means Sunday clothes, and a tall pew, and a village choir.' The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols
Each of 'em owes me now for a suit of Sunday clothes. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm
Stumpy, dressed in his Sunday clothes, looked more like a gentleman than usual. The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock
Visitors began to arrive—visitors in stiff Sunday clothes, although it wasn't Sunday. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators
An hour later he framed himself in the doorway in his Sunday clothes. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X)
A fair number of Woodhouse young people were strolling along the pavements in their Sunday clothes. The Lost Girl
The twins, in the heated wretchedness of Sunday clothes, stepped forward, and in the interests of sentiment stuck forth two wads of tightly bound pink roses. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
She went to a closet and took out her husband's Sunday clothes a woolen undershirt, and a pair of thick socks. The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock
A good-looking young man of the people, dressed in his best Sunday clothes, was waiting for her at the head of the wooden steps. Stradella
They keep us from getting careless, and letting our religion become a sort of Sunday clothes, to be put on at certain times, but to have no real effect upon our daily life. Boys their Work and Influence
Marietta dressed herself in her Sunday clothes, took the myrtle wreath unsuspiciously, and carried it to Father Jerome. The Broken Cup
But yet she stopped to dress us in our Sunday clothes,—and no sinecure was it to dress three persistently undressable children; Winthrop was a host in himself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866
She cannot have Sunday clothes and everyday clothes. The Book of Business Etiquette
He was a sort of butt for the free and easy men who lived in their cabs and cabooses, obeyed their "orders," and owned nothing but their overalls and their shiny Sunday clothes. "Run To Seed" 1891
They were well washed and in their Sunday clothes. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales
C. 2 marks for losing part of his Sunday clothes. The History of Tasmania , Volume II
Most were in a ragged state, or patched—having when new been used as Sunday clothes. The Land of the Long Night
She wore the same calm and simpering smile, she had as much as ever the air of a shopwoman in her Sunday clothes, only she had gained self-possession. Artists' Wives
It was really Sunday now, and we wore our Sunday clothes for the first time in months, not having had an opportunity for Sabbath observance in the work we had done at Nome. A Woman who went to Alaska
They are in their Sunday clothes, with stiff white shirts. A Book of Burlesques
He was usually represented in his Sunday clothes, with a pleasing smile, and a granite goatee on his chin as big as a narrow-gauge freight car. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel
When Uncle comes in Sunday clothes they clamour to be kissed, Black-currants sticking to each face and pancakes in each fist. The Bay and Padie Book Kiddie Songs
While they went for the two others who knew Jack's face, he was putting on his Sunday clothes and packing up. Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way
Shore-going folk, who are too apt to connect religious gatherings with Sunday clothes, subdued voices, and long faces, would have had their ideas changed if they had seen it. The Young Trawler
"Mrs. Yorke is very nice," she said, "and we love her lots, but in her Sunday clothes she don't seem like Mrs. Yorke." Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls
The people were all there in their Sunday clothes and the old minister in the pulpit; but the Sunday feeling was not there. Children of the Tenements
Had Sunday clothes in slavery time, too, en made de shoes right dere home. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2
"He hasn't hurt his Sunday clothes a bit," said Aunt Melinda, but there was quite a crowd around the gate, and she did not hug him. Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way
Then the three started off together, and when they reached the Shady Forest, Twinkle Tail looked back and saw Henny Penny and Cocky Doodle coming up the Old Cow Path dressed in their Sunday clothes. Little Jack Rabbit and the Squirrel Brothers
It was not until the meal was despatched that they arrayed themselves in their Sunday clothes and went ashore. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant
It was full of people in their Sunday clothes Recollections of Old Liverpool
Sunday clothes was died red fer de gals; boys wore de same. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2
They're all wearing Sunday clothes," he thought, "but some are no better than mine. Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way
The men strutting along in their Sunday clothes, the women hanging on their arms, the children toddling behind. The Black Cross
Two or three small craft were anchored inside the stone pier, along which two or three small children, in all the restriction of Sunday clothes, were soberly pacing up and down. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant
All the town’s store of Sunday clothes was in use. Clayhanger
Further, I was to see my Sunday clothes were always hung on pegs, and not laid in drawers; and my blue necktie, mind, was not to be touched till my black-and-pink was past work. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life
In the afternoon I saw many negroes and negresses parading about in their Sunday clothes—silks and crinolines—much smarter than their mistresses. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863
When they approached the palace, which was all lighted up, there was the Princess standing at the great door, in her Sunday clothes, and looking as lovely as a full-blown rose. Ting-a-ling
I wore cotton dresses, and the Mistress wore long dresses, with different colors for Sunday clothes, but us slaves didn't know much about Sunday in a religious way. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives
To save the trouble of carrying them, her aunt had dressed her in her Sunday clothes over her workday garments. Heidi (Gift Edition)
So one morning in May, 1845, the old farm horse and wagon was hitched up, and, dressed in our Sunday clothes, father and I started for Worcester. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune
In passing through Greencastle we found all the houses and windows shut up, the natives in their Sunday clothes standing at their doors regarding the troops in a very unfriendly manner. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863
The ladies were dressed in their gayest costumes, and the gentlemen had on their Sunday clothes. Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870
There were three strapping girls in the family, who did not make their appearance until they had taken time to put on their Sunday clothes. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer
Arthur came out to the carriage, a little annoyed that these city people should not have come when he had on his Sunday clothes. Wayside Courtships
The painful note was made by the unfortunate civilians who had put on their Sunday clothes, the only way they had of saving them. With Those Who Wait
She loves me when she cuts and sews My little cloak and Sunday clothes; An' when my pa comes home to tea, She loves him most as much as me. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform
It was in honor of this last class that he had put on his Sunday clothes, and now I understood why the elders of the village had come and seated themselves in the schoolroom. Winning a Cause World War Stories
All were dressed in their best Sunday clothes, and carried umbrellas—a wise precaution in the climate of Flanders. On the Fringe of the Great Fight
Now they got on the west-bound train one morning, in their Sunday clothes, with their oilcloth valises—and I never saw them again. My Ántonia
And when that time shall come, mother,    You shall have some Sunday clothes, Then you can go to church, mother—    You cannot go in those. Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect
At last the house door was locked and we drove the two miles to the church, silent and serious as became our Sunday clothes and our equipage. Confessions of Boyhood
After supper he surprised his fellow labourers by changing to his Sunday clothes and starting down a street leading into the residential part of the town. The Cow Puncher
The crowd of soldiers about the bandstand grew, and little French children playing about in their best Sunday clothes, stopped in curious wonderment to hear "Les Anglais" sing. On the Fringe of the Great Fight
He wore his Sunday clothes, very thick and hot for the weather, an unstarched white shirt, and a blue necktie with big white dots, like a little boy’s, tied in a flowing bow. My Ántonia
They are all in Sunday clothes, wear green scarves, and carry green banners. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
They were all clad in their Sunday clothes, and looked clean and tidy; but on every face except Joe's was depicted an ill-defined feeling of dread and consternation. The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
He knew a room where a little game would be in progress; he arose, brushed the gravel-dust from his Sunday clothes, and wended his way down town. The Cow Puncher
"Come, my son Sylvestre, put on your Sunday clothes, and let us be off for the parish church, if you please." In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World
There was a Sunday hush over everything without the accompanying Sunday clothes, but people moved about or stood at their doorways. The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915
Then auntie came up again, dressed in her Sunday clothes. Alec Forbes of Howglen
But Lycurgus Mason pulled his napkin from under his chin and moved back from the table, dusting the crumbs from his obviously Sunday clothes. A Certain Rich Man
With his light knapsack containing his Sunday clothes, with his gun and his huntsman's pouch, Rudy ascended the mountain. The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales.
Their Sunday clothes were bought with the money they made off the little "patches" the master let them work for themselves. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3
How her father had been a well-to-do bazvalan and made the Sunday clothes for the whole village. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891
Henceforth his Sunday clothes might hang in the closet, for he would never again bend his neck to the starched yoke of custom. The Miller Of Old Church
They walked along together down the quiet, bright streets; there were many people about, but nobody in a hurry, and all in Sunday clothes, bent on visiting or decorous pleasure-making. The Good Comrade
There were the village young men, in their Sunday clothes, standing aloof from the girls, now and then exchanging remarks with one another in a bravado of low bass. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel
Winter time us had better clothes made out of yarn and us allus had good Sunday clothes. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3
On reaching the old man, the soldiers put down the children at the foot of an elm, where they remained, sitting on the snow in their Sunday clothes. The Wrack of the Storm
You both look as though you'd lived in a city and had learned to wear your Sunday clothes without remembering that they are your Sunday clothes. The Miller Of Old Church
So Mrs. Field got out her Sunday clothes and went to meeting. Jane Field A Novel
There was a liquid brightness in her eyes as they rested on the mere walls, the pews, the weavers and colliers in their Sunday clothes. Scenes of Clerical Life
They took the money and bought calico, muslin and good shoes, pants, coats and other nice things for their Sunday clothes. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3
As soon as the evanescent pleasure of Sunday clothes has passed, for those for whom it existed at all, the children settle down to endure the day. Religious Education in the Family
"I don't see why you want to go wearin' yo' Sunday clothes every day, Abel," she observed as he was about to pass her. The Miller Of Old Church
He would have dwindled absolutely into the commonplace in Sunday clothes, if he was ever so rash as to have any. The Stolen Singer
The next morning George came down in his Sunday clothes, carrying a bundle. The Queen's Cup
On Sunday all of the slaves on the Hale plantation were permitted to dress in their Sunday clothes and go to the white church in town. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3
And Deborah got out the old man's Sunday clothes for him without a word. Pembroke A Novel
The door opened, two women entered, peasant women in their Sunday clothes, the aunt and the cousin of the bridegroom, then three men, his cousins, then a woman who was a neighbor. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4
Tam executed a doglike gambol on the turf, and proceeded to course up the burn ahead of the party, a vision of twinkling bare legs and ill-fitting Sunday clothes. The Half-Hearted
Her head was bare, and she looked far better than in her Sunday clothes. The Romance of the Coast
It is Sunday afternoon, and Erie—"Mad Anthony Wayne's" old headquarters—has donned its Sunday clothes, and turned out by hundreds to see the great plow come in,—its first voyage over the line. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
I put away my papers and changed into my Sunday clothes. A Place so Foreign
The day of the voting was kept as a solemn feast; the priest said mass; the peasants dressed in their Sunday clothes; they believed that the Constituent Assembly would give them order, laws, the land. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy
They were dressed in ill-fitting Sunday clothes, great flowers beamed from their button-holes, and after the fashion of their kind their waistcoats were unbuttoned for comfort. The Half-Hearted
We were all dressed too, not indeed in our best, but in our second best—with silk stockings, and the farm men and the maids were in their Sunday clothes. Oddsfish!
Early in the evening, the villagers, in their best Sunday clothes, began to assemble, and, before very long, the room and the passage-way and the stair-way were crowded. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated
He had on his Sunday clothes, and around his tall hat was a band of black alpaca, the nearest approach to mourning he could get, for crape was out of the question. The Cromptons
Really, I wish you wasn't quite so wet, Sir; for these here is my Sunday clothes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864
"Show him my Sunday clothes, Barbara, and the patent leather shoes!" One of Life's Slaves
He was dressed in his Sunday clothes, rather ill-fitting. Oddsfish!
The first sister and the second sister dressed in their Sunday clothes every day, and sat in the sun doing nothing, just as though they had been born ladies, both of them. Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk
Put on your Sunday clothes an' we'll go over to his house. In the Days of Poor Richard
Why are you not dressed in your Sunday clothes, and wherefore do you heave such doleful sighs, whilst we ring merrily? Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales
The Americans had been obliged to make a trip to the Guardian-Mother, to obtain garments suitable for such a "swell" occasion, and they were all dressed in their Sunday clothes. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East
With Queen Victoria we all went to church again in our Sunday clothes. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary
The sons, in their Sunday clothes, loafed around the house or in the village, and on special days went on picnics with their girls. Three Lives Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena
The scanty congregation, who had been sitting, stolidly immobile in their stiff, Sunday clothes, shuffled to their feet, and the pewful of school children, in clamorous chorus, intoned the final hymn. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship
Thus coerced he had given him his eldest son's Sunday clothes left behind when the said son went off to join the Belgian army. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement
Of course not, I've got on my Sunday clothes, and am invited to the party. Tracy Park
He had on a clean shirt and his Sunday clothes, and while he wore no collar, a clean handkerchief was neatly pinned about his neck. Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories
I'm a-going to pack up his Sunday clothes, a pair of clean socks, a shirt and other things in this basket. Rose of Old Harpeth
It is said that on one occasion, when the tempest was unusually violent, and the ship in imminent danger, he made his appearance in his Sunday clothes. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
On Monday morning seven lads, dressed in their Sunday clothes, with bright and happy faces, made their appearance at the Hall, each of them desiring to obtain the situation. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader
Perhaps as they were Sunday clothes she had hung them up in the wardrobe? Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood
In the morning his mother put out Sunday clothes for him. The Altar Steps
She was dressed in her very best Sunday clothes, and, to his eye at least, she looked quite entrancingly nice. The Devil's Garden
"Not when we are in our Sunday clothes." The Goose Girl
A strong, old beer, a pipe that stings and bites, A girl in Sunday clothes,—these three are my delights. Faust
He had fine Sunday clothes; he acquired new knowledge, borrowed books and went to lectures. Invisible Links
At her best, in her fine Sunday clothes, she was a superb figure, and wore round her neck a rope of sham pearls that would have done credit to a sham countess. The Golden Scarecrow
We were all three dressed in our Sunday clothes, and I was the proud possessor of a new spring suit and a pair of low shoes. Buffalo Roost
I got out of bed very slyly and put on my Sunday clothes. The Light in the Clearing
In the lower one he cooked and ate, in the upper chamber he slept and kept his few belongings, which included a plentiful supply of ammunition, his Sunday clothes, his linen, and his papers. Whosoever Shall Offend
Sunday manners are just like Sunday clothes; everybody can tell that you put them on for the occasion only, and know that you are not used to wearing them through the week. The Jericho Road
Around the corner of the wall, in his workman's Sunday clothes of black, but still wearing his old straw hat, appeared Feller, the gardener. The Last Shot
Children with bright faces tripped merrily beside their parents or mimicked a graver gait in the conscious dignity of their Sunday clothes. Twice Told Tales
Mr. Jim Willis was known for his kindness to his slaves and saw to it that they were kept supplied with Sunday clothes and shoes as well as work clothing. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1
On one occasion it was up—had on its Sunday clothes—a-booming. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show
The Wife and Daughter, frightened as they are, raise their heads uppishly and follow flatfooted, sustained by a sense of their Sunday clothes and social consequence. Back to Methuselah
As soon as I sell my Sunday clothes I shall myself be able to satisfy the people who have a claim of a few thalers against me. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig
"At court one always wears Sunday clothes, and when her Majesty drives out again you will have to accompany her." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3
As a matter of fact, Mr. Coxton required each one of his servants to dress in his Sunday clothes and to go to church every Sunday. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1
He wore the Sunday clothes of Brother-in-law Andrew, and his face was actually as smooth as a razor could make it. The Chums of Scranton High out for the Pennant
Everybody wears "Sunday clothes" on this street and seems to be superlatively happy. Laugh and Live
We approach a group of smiling boys arrayed in their Sunday clothes, awaiting a visit of the Bishop. The New North
A little feast was prepared for the occasion, and my many friends were dressed, all in their Sunday clothes, befittingly. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843
There was a fine feast: numbers of fine folks in their Sunday clothes, whom I should suppose lived very queer at home—perhaps upon tripe, for the victuals disappeared so fast. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 528, January 7, 1832
And tell me, how do your Sunday clothes look after you've stumbled around in them drunk, pulled each other about, and rolled in the mud? The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
Adamo, arrayed by Pipa in his Sunday clothes, with a flower behind his ear, and Silvestro, stood uncovered at the entrance. The Italians
He looks quite a gentleman when dressed in his Sunday clothes, and his Scotch shrewdness serves us many a good turn. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858
The contents of the trunk were brought into view—the fugitive's best Sunday clothes and his mother's poor finery, then two shrouds with black ribbons, one made for a man, the other for a woman. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
Benny, in his white Sunday clothes, sat at our feet. Richard Vandermarck
The children had been taken immediately into the next house, to "Coaly Mathew," and they did not know of their parents' death until they were dressed in their Sunday clothes to follow the bodies. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
The cloth from which the Sunday clothes of the slaves was made was called ausenburg and the slave women were very proud of this. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives
They are smart and smiling in their Sunday clothes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858
Just then the Justice, dressed in his Sunday clothes, stepped out of the door, and at the same time a two-horse wagon drew up opposite by the oak grove. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
A child hates his Sunday clothes, because he knows he cannot put them on again on Monday. We Girls: a Home Story
Bacha stood up, dusted off his Sunday clothes, put his firm arm around the cross and bent over, as once many years ago! The Three Comrades
He had on his Sunday clothes, and was probably returning from the afternoon meeting at the Sandy Run Baptist Church, of which he was a leading member and deacon. The Conjure Woman
Twice Winona had reminded him that he must go and put on his own Sunday clothes—nothing less than this would be thought suitable. The Wrong Twin
On his return thence his health is discovered to be very bad; strong drastics are applied; he is gradually cooked up; and when convalescent, he puts on his Sunday clothes, and struts before the public. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada
Now that he saw her in unambitious London-coloured things, he was glad to notice that her clothes were not Sunday clothes, but the sort that you forget about directly you look away from them. This Is the End
As Franklin had but little money, he took the shorter route by land; but he sent his little chest, containing his Sunday clothes, round by sea, in a boat. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans
He wore his Sunday clothes, and advanced with a dignity of movement quite different from his week-day slouch. The Conjure Woman
Merle, dressed in his Sunday clothes, trod squeakily in the new shoes, which were button shoes surpassing in elegance any he had hitherto worn. The Wrong Twin
He certainly was surprised when Dorothea, whom he recognised at once, even in her Sunday clothes, entered the room, with a wandering eye and a vacillating step. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
On Saturdays I got my Sunday clothes out of pawn, and came to tea with Nana. This Is the End
In one end of an old-fashioned pair of saddle-bags he put his Sunday clothes, and in the other he packed his books. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans
This time, ignoring his aunt's disapproval, he donned his Sunday clothes, had his hair frizzed and curled, and took his seat in the orchestra stalls. The Aspirations of Jean Servien
None of them seemed to have Sunday clothes. The Wrong Twin
Big meetings afford a fine opportunity to the younger people to meet each other dressed in their Sunday clothes, and much rustic courting, which is as enjoyable as any other kind, is indulged in. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
To be invited to her salon meant that you would get plenty to eat, that you were somebody, that you would see somebody, and that you would have to wear your Sunday clothes. Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be
The latter class of gentlemen appeared in their Sunday clothes, and the greater part of the Collegians were brightened up as much as circumstances allowed. Little Dorrit
They seem to have no "Sunday clothes," and few of any kind. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
He well knew he should not be on the ground in his Sunday clothes. The Wrong Twin
Apprentice lads and shopmen in their Sunday clothes held the words in abhorrence, and looked fierce when they were applied to them. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
No one had put on his or her Sunday clothes. The Shuttle
Perhaps the most impressive spectacle was the orderliness of the multitude, all arrayed in their Sunday clothes. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography
Youth was too much like the Sunday clothes of one's boyhood. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance
He would have liked to change his Sunday clothes for the old ones of a better feel, but this even he felt would be going too far. The Wrong Twin
“What’s to-day!” cried Scrooge, calling downward to a boy in Sunday clothes, who perhaps had loitered in to look about him. A Christmas Carol
The door into the private hall opened and in came Brauner and his wife, fine pictures of homely content triumphing over the discomforts of Sunday clothes. The Fortune Hunter
Now they got on the westbound train one morning, in their Sunday clothes, with their oilcloth valises—and I never saw them again. My Antonia
She poked the cane behind Frank's Sunday clothes, and though she laughed, Alexandra saw there were tears in her eyes. O Pioneers!
He's a very nice little boy, and he gave me these ragged clothes to run away in, and now he'll have to wear his Sunday clothes. The Wrong Twin
He followed her into the next room where the Boarder, awkward in his Sunday clothes, but regal in his pride in the little, white-veiled figure at his side, was awaiting him. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley
All the men worked in new Sunday clothes; they had, as yet, nothing old to work in. The Happy Foreigner
He wore his Sunday clothes, very thick and hot for the weather, an unstarched white shirt, and a blue necktie with big white dots, like a little boy's, tied in a flowing bow. My Antonia
We can hardly think of righteousness except as dressed in our Sunday clothes, and looking and feeling wobegone. The Conquest of Fear
"Only till you get home; then you can put on your Sunday clothes." The Wrong Twin
It was Sunday, and many people were about—many children, in their best Sunday clothes and on their best behavior, discreetly throwing crumbs to the fish. Peter Ibbetson
It was a cheap likeness of an awkward-looking working-boy in his Sunday clothes, a stiff lock of unruly hair across his temple, and a pair of fine earnest eyes looking out from slightly scowling brows. Calvary Alley
A couple of village youths came in, in their Sunday clothes. Twilight in Italy
They were tidily dressed in Sunday clothes, for their work was done, and they were ready for the afternoon's holiday. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I
"But they wouldn't be Sunday clothes if I had to wear 'em every day, and then I wouldn't have any Sunday clothes." The Wrong Twin
Before him struts a guard of honor, selected from the yeomanry of his own neighborhood, and stout young rustics in their Sunday clothes; next appear six figures who demand our more minute attention. Biographical Sketches (From: "Fanshawe and Other Pieces")
When she arrived it was with such a glad heart that, at sight of Francis in her father's Sunday clothes, she laughed so merrily that her mother said 'The lassie maun be fey!' Heather and Snow
But we eclipse him easily, with the aid of a large black velvet hat, and black furs, and our Sunday clothes. Twilight in Italy
He had his Sunday clothes on, which was good; and his cap was also on his head. Rico and Wiseli
Richard was dressed in a tradesman's Sunday clothes, but tradesman as he was, and was proud to be, he did not altogether look one. There & Back
They are dressed for this purpose in their best Sunday clothes, and wear artificial flowers and six peacock's feathers in their caps. Dutch Life in Town and Country
But she used the latter awkwardly, as workmen wear their Sunday clothes. The Heavenly Twins
Every one's wanting to see 'em, and there's the old woman dressed up in her Sunday clothes a-sitting in the parlor as proud as a peacock a showing of 'em off. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War
The little room in which we slept, or, to speak more correctly, where I tried to sleep, had no ornament except the Sunday clothes of the innkeeper and his wife hanging against the walls. Two Summers in Guyenne
Paul, too, was visibly cheered, and strolled about the farm in his Sunday clothes. Look Back on Happiness
No one went into church until we arrived; groups of men and women were waiting on the common in their Sunday clothes, the women looking so picturesque in bright garments. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha
She made me feel as if I were ten years old and had been brought into the drawing-room in my Sunday clothes to say how-d'you-do. My Man Jeeves
And from that time forth, sinner that I was, I wore my Sunday clothes every blessed day,—but with what qualms of conscience! Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
On the chimney-piece there were photographs of the Gale family in Sunday clothes, and the green vases that Sarah had given Margaret on her birthday. Esther Waters
He had on his Sunday clothes, and seemed to have no intention of going to bed. Look Back on Happiness
But everybody, neighbors and relatives, had on their Sunday clothes. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
Just ordinary peaceful people taking a walk, wearing their Sunday clothes and faces; poor people with their babies: workmen loafing. Jean-Christophe Journey's End
He was amazed to find that religion sat on him as loosely as a Sunday suit, and he asked himself whether it was not unseemly to go about during the whole week in Sunday clothes. Married
"And what a very unusual mixture of people he seems to have asked!" rejoined the other, looking towards the doorway, where the democracy loomed diffident in Sunday clothes. Hide and Seek
These were followed by the men-servants, all dressed in their best Sunday clothes, who had the crest and arms of their master, the Count, on their backs and breasts. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks
She put out her Sunday clothes, and her Bible and Prayer-book, and class-book and pencil, on the oak chest at the foot of the bed. Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot and Other Stories
On the road they passed little groups of peasants and peasant women in their Sunday clothes: women with brown skins, very red cheeks, thick plaits coiled round their heads, light dresses, and hats with flowers. Jean-Christophe Journey's End
Never did a Jersey "jay" in Sunday clothes and tallowed boots respond to a bunco steerer's greeting with a gladder smile than mine to that pious old past-master of craft. The Deluge
The travellers passed numbers of people in their Sunday clothes, and saw many churches and chapels open for evening service as they drove through the town. A Peep Behind the Scenes
It was a Wednesday evening and the farm hands were not in the habit of going into town until Saturday, but he was dressed in his Sunday clothes and had shaved and oiled his hair. Poor White
Early the next afternoon, therefore. she clad herself in her best Sunday clothes, and made her way slowly along the streets toward the church. Brought Home
Mary got your Sunday clothes ready, and everybody's been fretting about you. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 8.
"Mr. Ball is so stupid," she went on, with that amusingly affected accent which is the "Sunday clothes" of speech. The Deluge
The church-bells chimed in all directions, crowds of people in their Sunday clothes passed along the market-place to church or chapel; but to Rosalie and her mother Sunday brought no joy. A Peep Behind the Scenes
On pay nights he dressed himself in his Sunday clothes and had himself shaved at Joe Trotter's barber shop. Poor White
In the single inhabitable apartment were several elderly women, clad evidently in their well-worn and well-saved Sunday clothes, and all wearing a deep grievous expression of countenance. Fanshawe
When one of the members died, the others attended his funeral in full regalia, consisting of each individual's Sunday clothes, enhanced with a fringed sash and lappets. We Can't Have Everything
He had dressed himself in his Sunday clothes and had put on a black derby hat and a stiff white collar, set off by a red necktie. Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories
The peasants dressed in their Sunday clothes were chatting on their door-steps while they waited for supper. The Grip of Desire
But yet she stopped to dress us in our Sunday clothes,—and it was no sinecure to dress three persistently undressable children; Winthrop was a host in himself. Men, Women, and Ghosts
In passing through Greencastle we found all the houses and windows shut up, the natives in their Sunday clothes, standing at their doors regarding the troops in a very unfriendly manner. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee
In the end, since it seemed absurd to purchase even a second-hand suit for a single evening, he brushed his Sunday clothes and bought a pair of patent-leather shoes. Hyacinth
His sermons are well thought out; he has copious notes of them; and when he enters the pulpit they are made complete for action—are fully equipped in their Sunday clothes and ready for duty. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston
To beguile the care which tormented him, he gladly consented, and having gone home to put on his Sunday clothes, was soon equipped for the evening's expedition. Tales for Young and Old
She sold the Sunday clothes of her son to pay the poor-rate, and she received a relief-ticket when she went to leave her rate. Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine
Every man on the street is wearing his Sunday clothes and walks with his head twisted over his shoulder for fear he will miss a glimpse of her. The Winning of Barbara Worth
Neither could she undertake to have the trunks in from the wagon and get out their Sunday clothes. Old Caravan Days
Before I went out I looked into Ben's room, and he'd dressed himsen up i' his Sunday clothes, and were sitting studying i' a book called 'Mechanics;' and I said, 'Why, Ben! The Hallam Succession
Men and women from the neighbouring villages, in their best Sunday clothes, were gathering on the village green, and all of them looked happy and very wide awake. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales
The family, all arrayed in their Sunday clothes, arranged themselves in the spacious vehicle, and drove away. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian
Besides, he walked for the sake of walking, and he did so almost in silence, stiff and deformed in his Sunday clothes, dragging along his feet, and looking silly and vain. Theresa Raquin
Appear they did, in their Sunday clothes, those of them at least who cared for finery; there were no mothers or nurses to object. The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales
Such unnatural prose impresses us to-day as merely an insincere play with words, but in those days many thought a stilted, ornate style as necessary for an impressive occasion as Sunday clothes for church. History of American Literature
Then the church bells rang out their cheery invitation, and the children, neat and clean in their Sunday clothes, trooped along the street to the Sunday Schools. That Printer of Udell's
The table was set, and Sally, neat in her Sunday clothes and splendid in her coral brooch, was waiting ready to bring in the breakfast. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths
The scholars, splendid in their Sunday clothes, occupied front seats. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites
I do not want to see a man put on his Sunday clothes to talk about religion. Without Prejudice
There were many children, too, who, dressed in their Sunday clothes, with clean faces and subdued manners, even as their parents, evidenced the power of Religion in the life of humankind. Their Yesterdays
That's why I got my Sunday clothes on, and my new straw hat. Quill's Window
Then the great chest, or ark as Patience called it, where all the Sunday clothes were kept, had been crushed in and the upper things singed, but all below was safe. Under the Storm
He looked like an untidy parcel, so he was not in his Sunday clothes. The Extra Day
"You have not changed much, Loveybond," he added, turning to the man who had fallen a little into the background, very stiff and uncomfortable in his Sunday clothes. The Great Impersonation
Now, standing before a great mirror, I found myself quite handsome in my disguise, and pleased myself better than in my formal Sunday clothes. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life
The bright colours worn by the women in their Sunday clothes, and the picturesque forms of the men, in their huge broad-brimmed flapping hats, harmonized well with the thick green foliage around them. La Vendée
I dressed her in my own sweet child's Sunday clothes. A Double Story
When the soldiers came to their white-bearded leader, they placed the children at the foot of an elm, where the little ones remained seated on the snow in their Sunday clothes. Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian
The streets were thronged as usual, and the idlers still wore their Sunday clothes, but the holiday buoyancy of the earlier part of the week had evaporated. The Stillwater Tragedy
Their religion reminds me of the lavender and camphor in which they keep their Sunday clothes. Miss Lou
Next morning I met Eben prancing around in his Sunday clothes and with a necktie on that would make a rainbow look like a mourning badge. Cape Cod Stories
He was no longer "Monsieur" Macquart, the clean-shaven workman, who wore his Sunday clothes every day and played the gentleman; he again became the big slovenly devil who had once speculated on his rags. The Fortune of the Rougons
Behind him were the people from Lanesport, two by two, some of them carrying baskets, and most of them in their Sunday clothes. The Voyage of the Hoppergrass
Throngs of operatives in their Sunday clothes strolled through the streets, or lounged at the corners chatting with other groups; some wandered into the suburbs, and lay in the long grass under the elms. The Stillwater Tragedy
Wishing to avoid attention, Archie purchased from the peasant the Sunday clothes of his daughter, who was about the same age and size as Marjory. In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce
She contemplated him earnestly as he sat before her, looking so utterly unnatural in his Sunday clothes. Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch
He found her dressed in her Sunday clothes, wearing a cap with lemon-coloured ribbons, like a lady expecting visitors. The Fortune of the Rougons
There were also several photographs of poor people in their Sunday clothes. In the Wilderness
A little later some young men came in, in their Sunday clothes, and told us the news of the sports. In Wicklow and West Kerry
Pearl was to get his Sunday clothes taken to the bluff in the pasture field, sometime during the day. Sowing Seeds in Danny
Numbers of little rowing and sailing-boats floated upon the slow current, peopled by couples and parties in their Sunday clothes, their talk and merry laughter sounding across the water to the shore. The Malady of the Century
Kit and Kat woke up, and Grandmother dressed them in their Sunday clothes again, and washed their faces and made them feel as good as new. The Dutch Twins
He was dressed in his Sunday clothes, a sort of brownish tweeds, but the waistcoat was unbuttoned for greater comfort in his slumbers. In the Days of the Comet
The' was only one man in it, but he was dyked out in Sunday clothes, an' purt' nigh froze to death. Happy Hawkins
A saddle-strap was in one hand, his Sunday clothes, tied up in a handkerchief, in the other, and his presence made the room smell just like a woolshed. On Our Selection
"Heavens! she has put on her brother William's Sunday clothes," cried her mother, with a mournful smile; "and they sit as well on her as if they had been made for her." Andreas Hofer
He had on his black Sunday clothes, all ready for church. The Dutch Twins
He made them put on their Sunday clothes. In the Days of the Comet
Three men, evidently dressed in their Sunday clothes, followed behind the hearse. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
There was Superintendent Whittaker in his best Sunday clothes, which mitigated very little the cruel and nervous demeanor which no one who has come under his control will ever forget. Jailed for Freedom
Let us, therefore, put on our Sunday clothes. Andreas Hofer
To-day was a half holiday for the Maitland Mills and the streets were noticeably full of the men and their sweethearts and wives in their Sunday clothes. To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today
A Dutch girl in her Sunday clothes must be worth fifty pounds before you come to ornaments. Idle Ideas in 1905
Some had taken their Sunday clothes out of pawn especially for the occasion. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
She would want a hat too, and shoes, and gloves; and, suppose, when he had got them all, they commonised her, as Sunday clothes always commonised village folk! Five Tales
He got out his Sunday clothes, and dressed himself with anxiety: he had visited scarcely at all, and was shy and doubtful. Robert Falconer
He had put on his Sunday clothes to do them honour; and to conceal his agitation he kept up a pretended bustle about their luggage.  A Dark Night's Work
I put on my Sunday clothes, and tried to behave as yo’d ha’ liked me.  Lizzie Leigh
Both were obviously dressed in their Sunday clothes, Captain Shadrach's blue, Mr. Hamilton's black. Mary-'Gusta
Gibbie shook him at length, and told him, by two signs, that he must put on his Sunday clothes. Sir Gibbie
Even after we got our stockings hung up and our Sunday clothes on, I was still in good shape. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt!
The poor fellows, unable to bear the look of their Sunday clothes, if they had any, after being used to their uniform, had come out in all its magnificence. David Elginbrod
Put 'em in Sunday clothes, and you know 'em, but in their work-a-day English you never know nought about 'em. Mary Barton
I've told you a million times, if I have once, to tuck your napkin round your neck when you've got your Sunday clothes on. Keziah Coffin
She led me away and I undressed and washed myself and put on my Sunday clothes. Rudder Grange
Everybody in Drake Eye Springs dressed up in Sunday clothes and came to the meeting; that is, everybody except the Baileys and the Lawsons. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt!
Hugh walked behind the party for a short way, contemplating them in their Sunday clothes: David wore a suit of fine black cloth. David Elginbrod
But priests are subtle; and it is a fact that three days before the date of the unveiling the fishermen went, all in their black Sunday clothes, and claimed audience of the mayor. And Even Now
And he's got on his very best Sunday clothes. Keziah Coffin
At precisely five o'clock Monsieur C. de Bonfons and his uncle the notary arrived in their Sunday clothes. Eugenie Grandet
We now heard the hurried steps of our guide; he had put on his Sunday clothes. A Drama on the Seashore
It was a trial to my feelings, on the next day but one, to see Joe arraying himself in his Sunday clothes to accompany me to Miss Havisham's. Great Expectations
Jordan hitched Dan into the second best buggy, dressed himself in his Sunday clothes, and drove off. Chronicles of Avonlea
I remember that time when you and me and some of the fellers home from sea went out sailin' and the boom knocked you overboard with your Sunday clothes on. Keziah Coffin
"Just at present—got all his Sunday clothes on." Paul Kelver, a Novel
Sunday clothes used to be badly soiled in this sport. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it
All the farmers from round about, and all the townsfolk, were there with their Sunday clothes on, trying to get seats in the Court-house or gossipping outside in low whispers. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle
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