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It was no time for shilly shally, for the balance of this and that, or for a man with blood and muscle to pat his nose and ponder. If I left my Lorna so; if I let those black-soul'd villains work their pleasure on my love; if the heart that clave to mine could find no vigour in it then let maidens cease from men, and rest their faith in tabby-cats.
"And as to young ladies themselves," continued Mrs Belfield, "they know no more how to make their minds known than a baby does: so I suppose he'll shilly shally till somebody else will cry snap, and take her. It is but a little while ago that it was all the report she was to have young Mr Delvile, one of her guardian's sons."
If I could get the chance of being Minister of War for a couple of days, I'd settle them! No shilly- shally for me I I'd show them how the thing ought to be done!" and Peggy wagged her head in a fierce and defiant manner, which sent Arthur into a peal of laughter. "Not any more burdened by modesty than you used to be, I perceive, young lady. I'll be pleased to pass on your message.
"And a collection of the one is about as useless as a collection of the other, Brimberly!" "Why, true, sir, one man can't live in a dozen places all at once, but why not work round 'em in turn, beginning, say, at your imposing Venetian palazzo canals, sir, gondoleers picturesque though dampish? Or your shally in the Tyro-leen Halps, sir, or " "Brimberly, have the goodness to er shut up!"
To rich felicity thus raised, My bosom glows with amorous fire; Porter no longer shall be praised, 'Tis I MYSELF am Thrale's Entire' See ante, ii. 44. 'Higledy piggledy, Conglomeration and confusion. 'Hodge-podge, A culinary mixture of heterogeneous ingredients: applied metaphorically to all discordant combinations. 'Tit for Tat, Adequate retaliation. 'Shilly Shally, Hesitation and irresolution.
An' then I remembered 'ow often 'e'd tol' me things thet seemed too 'istorical for sich as 'im to come by honest, tales about blokes in 'istory nanecdotes 'e'd use to pass acrost about Admiral Nelson, or Queen Bess she use to make 'im chuckle, she did an' a chap called Shilly or Shally, 'oo was drownded.
She threw it in my teeth that I ought to marry Polly." "Then she did not accept you?" "By George! no; anything but that. She is one of those women who, as I fancy, never take a man at the first offer. It isn't that they mean to shilly and shally and make a fuss, but there's a sort of majesty about them which instinctively declines to yield itself.
"But that's where it is; you know young men, and what they are, a deal better than I do; and you can understand that a young man may propose to a girl, and be accepted, and afterwards shilly shally about it, and perhaps at last change his mind altogether merely because the girl's friends don't take care that the affair is regularly and properly carried on; now isn't that so, Mrs. McKeon?"
Springer, had a nice shally dress for me to make, that she said she couldn't have got made to suit her as well for eight dollars, and urged me quite hard to go in with herself and daughter in opening a shop for dress-making. I also did some sewing for Mrs. Shears, who also became quite social. Mrs. Shears was very cruel to her slaves, and complained of the indolence of Jack, a boy of twelve years.
The boys used to call 'em, Tiggy and Shally, so no mortal could guess they was Scriptur'."
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