"-ish" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... one English one and then I must stop to-day. I flatter myself I can tell this with a nice mincing and yet vinegar-ish voice. ...
— Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books • Horatia K. F. Eden
... I dined out with a large-ish party, where were Sheridan and Colman, Harry Harris, of C. G., and his brother, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Ds. Kinnaird, and others of note and notoriety. Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, ...
— Lady Byron Vindicated • Harriet Beecher Stowe
... very tall; Gentleman at large, Talking very small; Gentleman in tights, With a loose-ish mien; Gentleman in grey, ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various
... know yet, it hasn't come home. Felicity's going to wear a sort of Watteau-ish dress, pink and white and blue, you know. Of course, she won't wear any jewels—she never will. You see, Chetwode has such a lot of old ones in his family. She says she's afraid, if she did, the Perfect Lady or Home Chirps might say 'Lady Chetwode as ...
— The Twelfth Hour • Ada Leverson |
