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The British Drama: Comedies. 2 v
... be overnicely bred P Wit» No, no, hang him, the rogue has no manners at all,
that I must own—No more breeding than a bum-bail , that I, grant you—'Tis pity;
the fellow has hre and life. Mira. What, courage? I-_l/'it. Hum, faith I don't know as
...
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Reports of Practice Cases, Determined in the Courts of the ...
What, therefore, might perhaps have been comparatively weak before, became
strong by his silence. At all events, it relieved the judge from the duty, if such a
duty existed, of canvassing overnicely the form of the affidavits, and fully justified
his ...
Austin Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, 1860
5 Since I intobat ago, the firstwent elevenyears score at your endhas ticked
overnicely. You are nowthe663rd Lord Mayor. At the Prime Minister«send, we
arestuck on 49. I amstillat thecrease, though the bowling has been pretty hostile
of late.
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Henry Brocken, His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, ...
I followed him not without love from boyhood—a youth almost too fine of spirit;
shrinking from all violence, overnicely; eloquent, yet chary of speech, and of a
dark profundity of thought. The questions he would patter!—unanswerable,
searching ...
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Shorter Dictionary of Catch Phrases
The phrase was usedas the title ofa song by the US songwriter Stephen
Sondheim in1959. everything's undercontrol applied toanysituation where things
are 'ticking overnicely'; also used togive reassurance when thingsappear ...
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Ashes to Ashes: The Story of the Back-to-Back Series of 2013-14
But at that time Clarke still had the rainyday fund of Mike Hussey's runsto draw
onat number six, and Matthew Wadeticking overnicely at number seven. Since
then, Hussey has retired andWadebeen retrenched. To his teammates,
Clarkeisnow ...
7
Divine Play: An Epic with Commercials
... misshapen, tormented, relentless, insufferable—. Are stem cells babies? Bruce
wondered. Dr. Hausier breathed deeply. He brought his chin slightly back and
down, as people do when stifling a belch. They are embg'oi, he said, overnicely.
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A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
A Services' c.p., dating fromc.1930and applicableto any situation wherethingsare
'ticking overnicely'. (Recorded by H&P.) NoëlCoward, in PeaceinOur Time,
performedandpub'd1947, has,in I, iv,thispiece of dialogue: FRED (brokenly):
Stevie.
The wound was scabbing overnicely, andhis arm seemed to be working fine.
Nisha seemeddignified, almost stately inhermannerisms, but held no edge of
snobbery. Mildred chatted to heralittle as she dressed Witterson's wounds. “Oh,
wedidn't ...
10
Shakespeare's Theater: A Sourcebook
... I thought it better with Alexander to draw the sword that should knapc it
asunder at one stroke than to seek overnicely or gingerly to undo it, with the loss
of my time and want of success.3 This caused me to bid them the base of their
own goal, ...
