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Uncle Matthew replied. "Many's and many's the time! Your Uncle William used to make fun of me and sing 'Shilly-shally with the wee girls, ha, ha, ha! at me when I was a wee lad because I was always running after the young girls and sweethearting with them. He never ran after any himself: he was always looking for birds' nests or tormenting people with his tricks.
"I can't," said Ellen. "Why, you said you were 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 of it?" "I said I was wrong," said Ellen "and so I was; but I never said you were right, Aunt Fortune, and I don't think so."
A man who has done what he has by financing in Europe, by George! there's no limit to what he might do with us. We're a bigger people than any of you and have more room. We go after bigger things, and don't stand shilly-shally on the brink as you do. But Melmotte pretty nigh beats the best among us.
Drake, after hovering shyly, at last found courage to reproach her for deserting him and marrying a sailor. "Teach you not to shilly-shally," said she. "Beauty won't go a-begging. Mind you look sharper next time." This dialogue, being held in the kitchen, gave the women some amusement at the young farmer's expense. One day Mr.
Why, God bless my soul, I was afraid at one time that I might be going to lose her; and all through you, young man all through you. Now I'll have no more shilly-shally. If Nell is fond of you and you are fond of Nell " "God knows how I love her!" Langrishe cried out, a glow of passion lighting up his worn, dark face. "But you don't understand, Sir Denis. I feel sure you don't understand.
"Well, don't shilly-shally. Let me judge. Is it some bodily ailment?" "No, sir." "Glad of it. What is it, then? It can't be money." "Oh no, sir." "Of course not. No temptations here to spend. Then you have got into some big scrape?" "I am always getting into scrapes, sir." "Yes; and the Major had you up to give you a wigging, as you call it, only yesterday."
'Your servant, ladies, he said, seating himself at the same time; 'sorry to spoil your tete-a-tete, but never mind, I'll only take Emily's place for a minute or two; and then we part for a while, fair cousin. Emily, my father wants you in the corner turret. No shilly-shally; he's in a hurry. She hesitated. 'Be off tramp, march! he exclaimed, in a tone which the poor girl dared not disobey.
"You say something in your letter about Gorgias. The fact is that I found him very useful in my daily practice of declamation, but I put my father's injunctions before everything else, and he had written telling me to give up Gorgias at once. I wouldn't shilly-shally about it, for fear my making a fuss might put some suspicion in my father's head.
I have to meet five or six conservative members later on in the afternoon as to the best thing to be done as to Mr. Green's Bill for lighting London by electricity. It would suit everybody; but some of our party, I am afraid, would go with them, and the Government is very shilly-shally. I have been going into the figures, and it has taken me all the week. Otherwise I would have been to see you.
She may be persuaded afterwards to change her mind, but at first she is certain enough." "I call that shilly-shally." "Not at all. The girl I'm speaking of is honest throughout. And Miss Fay will have been honest should she accept you now. It is not often that such a one as you, John, can ask a girl in vain." "That is mean," he said, angrily.
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