I'm sorry she did it, but I believe if she had been reasoned with instead of ordered, and if Grandfather Morton had tried to see the best in the man she was in love with instead of Booting him out as if he were a burglar, it might have come out differently.
"Ethel Morton at Chautauqua"
Mabell S. C. Smith
As a free-Booting foray-and it was nothing else-it could hardly be thought successful; although it was a splendid triumph compared with the result of the long and loudly heralded Invincible Armada.
"History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete"
John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009
The prince secretly encouraged or winked at their misdeeds, until he thought they had amassed a considerable treasure by free-Booting.
"Roumania Past and Present"
James Samuelson