"Handshake" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... see in political fidelity what the English see in commercial integrity, an element of success. Where the young man of possessions makes a pun or an epigram upon the restoration of the throne, he who has nothing makes a public calculation or a secret reservation, and obtains everything by giving a handshake to his friends. The one deny every faculty to others, look upon all their ideas as new, as though the world had been made yesterday, they have unlimited confidence in themselves, and no crueler enemy than those same ...
— The Thirteen • Honore de Balzac
... said Mr. Dodge to Charley, when the latter was ready to leave. "I shall send old Jed Sanborn up to see you once or twice, and if you need anything from here you let him know and he can bring it to you." And then, after a warm handshake from his father and a kiss from his mother, Snap almost ran from the house, fearful that ...
— Guns And Snowshoes • Captain Ralph Bonehill
... of the ramp his hand was touched, clutched and hidden by the right hand of General "Smiley" Webb in a hearty parody of a casual handshake. General Webb did everything in a big way, and that included even little things ...
— Minor Detail • John Michael Sharkey
... Barnes was on his feet in an instant with a gallant bow to Helen and a hearty handshake ...
— Officer 666 • Barton W. Currie
... compromised on a hearty handshake; to avoid a kiss he was careful to keep the table between himself and ...
— Cappy Ricks Retires • Peter B. Kyne
|
