COURTHOUSE in Classic Quotes

1  Another courthouse was built around them.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 16

2  A light shone in the county toilet, otherwise that side of the courthouse was dark.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15

3  He covered the courthouse and jailhouse news simply by looking out his upstairs window.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15

4  "Don't have any picture shows here, except Jesus ones in the courthouse sometimes," said Jem.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 1

5  In the beginning its buildings were solid, its courthouse proud, its streets graciously wide.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 13

6  A larger square of stores surrounded the courthouse square; dim lights burned from deep within them.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15

7  The air was so cold and clear we heard the courthouse clock clank, rattle and strain before it struck the hour.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 8

8  The sheriff hadn't the heart to put him in jail alongside Negroes, so Boo was locked in the courthouse basement.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 1

9  He would tell her the courthouse news, and would say he hoped with all his heart she'd have a good day tomorrow.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 11

10  In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 1

11  But for the south porch, the Maycomb County courthouse was early Victorian, presenting an unoffensive vista when seen from the north.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 16

12  Atticus's office in the courthouse contained little more than a hat rack, a spittoon, a checkerboard and an unsullied Code of Alabama.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 1

13  The courthouse square was covered with picnic parties sitting on newspapers, washing down biscuit and syrup with warm milk from fruit jars.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 16

14  Children came to mothers, babies were cradled on hips as men in sweat-stained hats collected their families and herded them through the courthouse doors.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 16

15  Atticus's office was in the courthouse when he began his law practice, but after several years of it he moved to quieter quarters in the Maycomb Bank building.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15

16  The Maycomb County courthouse was faintly reminiscent of Arlington in one respect: the concrete pillars supporting its south roof were too heavy for their light burden.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 16

17  One night, in an excessive spurt of high spirits, the boys backed around the square in a borrowed flivver, resisted arrest by Maycomb's ancient beadle, Mr. Conner, and locked him in the courthouse outhouse.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 1