"Shilly-shally" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... any shilly-shally! Say yes or no. I have my clearance, and here comes the tug to ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 • Various
... speed. Suddenly, to my joy, I caught sight of the figure of a girl; she was seated on a mound of grass, and, though her face was from me, I made no doubt it was Mary. She wore the most charming blue cloak (it was a chilly morning) which completely enveloped her. I determined not to shilly-shally. She loved me—I loved her. I ran forward, plumped down on my knees behind her, took her head between my hands dodged round, and kissed ...
— Frivolous Cupid • Anthony Hope
... said the first speaker; "we did not come here to shilly-shally, and we shall advance directly the time is up. We give you five minutes ...
— The Gilpins and their Fortunes - A Story of Early Days in Australia • William H. G. Kingston
... sort of distance she has put on; all superficial, my dear sir. I read it in your favor. I know the sex; they can't elude me. Pique, sir—nothing on earth but female pique. She is bitter against us for shilly-shallying. These girls hate shilly-shally in a man. They are monopolists—severe monopolists; shilly-shally is one of their monopolies. Throw yourself at her feet, and press her with ardor; she will clear up directly." The proposed attitude did not tempt the stiff Talboys. His pride took ...
— Love Me Little, Love Me Long • Charles Reade
... put on her velvet bonnet and cloth cloak, with a long boa and muff large enough to stow a prize baby in; for Mrs. Hackit regulated her costume by the calendar, and brought out her furs on the first of November; whatever might be the temperature. She was not a woman weakly to accommodate herself to shilly-shally proceedings. If the season didn't know what it ought to do, Mrs. Hackit did. In her best days, it was always sharp weather at 'Gunpowder Plot', and she didn't ...
— Scenes of Clerical Life • George Eliot
... wrong," said Miss Fortune; "that's only half of the business; if you were wrong, I was right; why don't you say so, and not make such a shilly-shally piece of work ...
— The Wide, Wide World • Elizabeth Wetherell |
