"Near thing" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... nodded. "Very good, sir," was his ready reply. "It may be a near thing, but I fancy you'll ...
— The Tyranny of Weakness • Charles Neville Buck
... I felt that I had seen the woman who was to make me happy or miserable for life. You know how I proposed for her at Kenilworth, and how I was rejected, and how I almost shot myself in consequence—no, you don't know that, for I said nothing about it to anyone, but I can tell you it was a very near thing; and a very lucky thing for me I didn't do it: for,—would you believe it?—the dear girl was in love with ...
— Men's Wives • William Makepeace Thackeray
... police, who endeavoured to arrest the ringleaders; and finally the Karolinen Platz had to be cleared by a squadron of Cuirassiers. The Alemannia, joining arms, forced a passage through which Lola managed to slip to safety and reach the gates of the Residenz. But it was, as she said, "a near thing." ...
— The Magnificent Montez - From Courtesan to Convert • Horace Wyndham
... seemed as if nothing short of an almost Providential interposition could save him. That interposition came in the death of General Harrison, which took away the last earthly hope of Whig advancement. It was what the jockeys call "a very near thing." But for that,—it is a sad thought,—Mr. Cushing might have been on our side now. This was the gratia operans. Mr. Tyler, who succeeded to the Presidency, had Democratic proclivities; this was the gratia ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. II., November, 1858., No. XIII. • Various
... knows how long we should have remained there had not one of the invalids grunted, "Caan't thee keep t' the rule o' the waater?" and I saw a dignified way out of the difficulty. I withdrew to the right, and we passed on with no animosity towards one another. Still, it was a near thing for the Entente. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Jan. 15, 1919 • Various |
