"Devilishly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... not possess the absolute proof of her innocence, nobody could ever persuade me to believe that story. You don't know the Indian as I do, Miss Van Ashton. The high-caste Indian women are quite as incapable of such things as you are. It was a devilishly clever stroke on Don Felipe's part, I'll admit, but he has deceived himself as thoroughly as the rest of ...
— When Dreams Come True • Ritter Brown
... your aim, and am devilishly tempted to shew you that you are not half so cunning as you ...
— The Adventures of Hugh Trevor • Thomas Holcroft
... were twenty yards further off he, running two feet to the cowpony's one, would brush through safely, but as it was no one could tell. He knew the reach of a lariat as well as a man; had not Cordova tormented him devilishly with one time and again? Estimating the speed of his approaching enemy and the reach of the rope he felt that he could still gain freedom—unless luck was ...
— Alcatraz • Max Brand
... "But for God's sake, speak softly. I'm in a devilishly unpleasant position, and can hang here but a minute. Tell me quickly—are you here of your own free will or ...
— The Inn at the Red Oak • Latta Griswold
... method is too slow to suit me, though. It would take months, perhaps years, and would be devilishly uncertain, to boot. They'll know something is in the wind, and the stuff will be surrounded by every safeguard they can think of. There must be some better way than that, but I haven't been able to think ...
— The Skylark of Space • Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
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