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Nature is for ever working to bring the right halves together, man is for ever striving to scatter them apart and though it all comes right at the last, as it must, there is no need for delay involving either months or centuries. You women were meant to be the angels of salvation, but instead of this you are the ruin of your own 'ideals."
Burns was nothing wholly, and Burns could be nothing no man formed as he was can be anything by halves.
He's about somewhere or other. Oh, I back my own theories! I don't suppose he's a genius, so the rough-and-tumble school for him." "You know the school?" "I can put my hand on him when I want to that's not yet. The world can educate him till I'm ready to step in." "If he'll have you." Peter chuckled. "He won't be a fool even if he's not a genius. Well, you think of my proposition, I'll go halves."
Down to the trot comes the obedient Charles, and up you go one, two, three, four! And down you come, until you really expect to find yourself and the saddle in the tan between the two halves of your horse. Of what can the creature's spinal column be made, to bear such a succession of blows!
Why, I only trusted YOU by halves. There was a fool for you. Never trust people by halves." "That is true, sir." "Well, then, now I shall go at it like a man. I have a vile opinion of servants; but no matter. I'll try them: they are human, I suppose. I'll hit them between the eyes like a man. Go to the kitchen, Mrs. Briscoe, and tell them I wish to speak to all the servants, indoors or out."
"Yes?" "Everything is over! Would you feel that?" Eugene was always honest with Stafford. He searched his heart. "I should be cut up," he said. "But no not that." Stafford smiled sadly. "How I wish I could do things by halves!" he exclaimed. "You will come back?" "I'll leave a line for you as I go by. Whatever happens, you have treated me well." "Good-by, old man. I can't say good luck.
Men, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices, which they have imbibed, they cannot trace how, rather than to root them out. The mind must be strong that resolutely forms its own principles; for a kind of intellectual cowardice prevails which makes many men shrink from the task, or only do it by halves.
Two old Scotch gentlemen, having left their better halves in the Land o' Cakes, on quitting Covent Garden theatre were discussing the merits of the play, the School for Scandal. "I was vary gled to see Sir Peter and my Leddy Tizzle sic gude frinds agin, Mr. M'Dougal, what think ye?" "Eh, mon, vary weel while it lasts, but it's just Mrs. M'Dougal's way.
Notice, too, children, that his beak is in two halves, an upper half and a lower half; when these halves are held apart his mouth is open, so that you can see the tongue inside; and when the two halves are closed together the mouth is shut. These halves are called the upper mandible and the lower mandible." "Why, it's just like people's mouths," said Nat, "only people have lips and teeth."
"'No, go on, you shall have a good square meal. Here, take some more berries and have this fried chicken, I answered, shoving over another bowl of fruit and a big dish with a half a dozen cooked chickens on it. 'Help yourself like it all belonged to you. "The hobo ate two halves of chicken, drained his cup of coffee and started to get down from his stool.
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