"Conservatively" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... alas for human nature, which is radically bad! (And conservatively sinful) this same little Bulgar lad, When he found himself in safety from that Stamboul Bubblyjock, Took and acted in a manner that humanity must shock, For says he, "Oh, thank you, Bruin dear,—and now I'll go and play, And I'll just select the game myself, and work it my own way. You were quite ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 24, 1887 • Various
... Essentially, he was of the candidate class. Indeed, he had, as an individual, the best characteristics of a canal. He was narrow, even, currentless, with a mental fall of two feet in the mile. He lived conservatively between his banks, and went never so foolishly lucid as to show you how shallow he was. Just a trifle thick, he seemed to the eye as deep as the skies were high; any six-foot question, ...
— The President - A novel • Alfred Henry Lewis |
