Yet the young girl was no mere bookworm, though at this stage of her career she seemed little else.
"Peccavi"
E. W. Hornung
He is now alone, for his wife has long been altogether separated from him, being devoted to gaiety and belonging to a family richer and more powerful than his, and looking down upon her husband as a mere bookworm.
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty
The writer, who is something of a tsiganologue, emboldened by his success, followed up his alphabet, which appeared January 21st, 1893, and within a year had placed to his credit three-score contributions, most of them in verse-rather a remarkable achievement for one heretofore considered a mere bookworm and dryasdust.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann