"Ring up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... dismissal, Sire! Since I must go, my time is precious." Then Adjured the King:—"For Jesus' sake and mine!" With his right hand he Ganelon absolved And blessed, deliv'ring up the brief ...
— La Chanson de Roland • Lon Gautier
... that goes, Lubliner," he says, "I don't got to ring up Mr. Flugel to tell you the same thing, so you ...
— Elkan Lubliner, American • Montague Glass
... was calm enough to get out of bed and ring up the round-eyed waiter for a flannel nightshirt, a soda and whisky, and some good cigars. And these things being procured me, after an exasperating delay that drove me several times to the bell, I locked the door again and proceeded very deliberately to ...
— The First Men In The Moon • H. G. Wells
... stop Thomas," I said. "We might ring up the Admiralty and ask them to give him something to do this evening. I don't know about Archie. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914 • Various
... literary occupation, author-journalist. In fact we are just bringing out a collection of prize stories of which I am the inventor, something that is an entirely new departure. I am connected with the British and Irish press. If you ring up... ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce
... Irishwoman, too, was walking up to the house to beg,— she must have got round by some byway,—but she threw away her bundle, and gave chase to Tom likewise. Only my lady did not give chase; for when she had put her head out of the window, her night-wig fell into the garden, and she had to ring up her lady's maid, and send her down for it privately, which quite put her out of the running, so that she came nowhere, ...
— Journeys Through Bookland V2 • Charles H. Sylvester
... "Ring up the Majestic," he said. "See if you can get hold of the Cavaliere, and tell him I will see him at any hour ...
— The Golden Face - A Great 'Crook' Romance • William Le Queux
... shoulder at him, "Mong capitaine," he said, "you ought, you reely ought, to ring up your telephone; turn the handle round ...
— Action Front • Boyd Cable (Ernest Andrew Ewart)
... like (again it was Cis who furnished the data). But Johnnie, as has been seen, aimed high always; and he was particular in the matter of his telephonic associations. Except when shopping, he made a strict rule to ring up only ...
— The Rich Little Poor Boy • Eleanor Gates
... round. "I'm afraid the excitement of this morning has been a bit too much for him. If we're going to get them round in time, perhaps you'd better ring up his scout and send ...
— The Missionary • George Griffith
... is," Morris admitted, "but just you ring up and ask him. Then, if we find that he sold that gold and silver stock we take ...
— Potash & Perlmutter - Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures • Montague Glass
... I know you wanted a designer?" Harry rejoined. "But, anyhow, maybe it ain't too late yet. After supper I would ring up Mr. Finkman and I'll ...
— Abe and Mawruss - Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter • Montague Glass
... in Amiens for about a fortnight, going out to the Somme battlefields early in the morning and coming back when it got dark, I received a message one evening from the Press "Major" to go to his chateau and ring up the "Colonel" at Rollencourt, which I did. The following was the conversation as ...
— An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 • William Orpen
... has gone to the telephone shelter to ring up the batteries," said the infirmier. "Good," said a vibrant, masculine ...
— A Volunteer Poilu • Henry Sheahan
... little, anxiously debating whether it would be more prudent to ring up herself and demand the last speaker, or to keep quiet and trust to Jim to regain his connexion. Finally, she decided to ring: and was just about to put down the receiver when Jim's voice said, "Are you there?" in her ear sharply, and once more collapsed into ...
— Captain Jim • Mary Grant Bruce
... getting, Mr. Fox has got the ten thousand pound prize; and the Violette, as it is said, Coventry for a husband. It is certain that at the fine masquerade he was following her, as she was under the Countess's arm, who, pulling off her glove, moved her wedding-ring up and down her finger, which it seems was to signify that no other terms would be accepted. It is the year for contraband marriages, though I do not find Fanny Murray's is certain. I liked her spirit in an instance I heard t'other night: she was complaining ...
— The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 1 • Horace Walpole
... one element which must always tend to oligarchy—or rather to despotism; I mean the element of hurry. If the house has caught fire a man must ring up the fire engines; a committee cannot ring them up. If a camp is surprised by night somebody must give the order to fire; there is no time to vote it. It is solely a question of the physical limitations of time and ...
— What's Wrong With The World • G.K. Chesterton
... nine o'clock, after having read the announcement through again, trying to see whether there was any possible connection between it and my friends. Then I lit a pipe and sat down to wait until I could ring up 3771A Gerrard. About ten o'clock, however, my own telephone bell rang, and I was informed that a gentleman who desired to see me was waiting below. I told the man to send him up, and in a moment or two there was a knock at my ...
— An Amiable Charlatan • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... the other. "I will ring up the M.L.O." He did so, and after a short time the information came through. "The King will not arrive to-day; he will be here to-morrow at 9 a.m. His sailing was altered ...
— How I Filmed the War - A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who - Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. • Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins
... I made my way to the head of the column, where Bowman's company had broken ranks and stood in a ring up to their thighs in the grass. In the centre of the ring, standing on one foot before our ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill
... bridesmaids. Her usual choice is to be married in a handsome traveling gown of some light color, wearing hat and gloves to match. The material may be silk or broadcloth for a church wedding. She wears her wedding ring up to the day of her second marriage. Though she may have no bridesmaids she may have a matron-of-honor, some married friend, who wears a street or reception dress, ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter
... know. S'pose you might ring up Pete Shattuck and ask him. He's pretty particular about his horses, though, and I ...
— Cap'n Warren's Wards • Joseph C. Lincoln
... as you are feeling that you ought to ring up your lawyer and see that your affairs are in order before it is too late, the whole situation seems to clarify. The wind drops. The ears cease to ring. Birds twitter. Brass bands start playing. The sun comes up over the ...
— Right Ho, Jeeves • P. G. Wodehouse |
