"Stilted" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... will be the next novel done. But it is to be clearly understood that I promise nothing, and may throw in your face the very last thing you expect—or I expect. St. Ives will (to my mind) not be wholly bad. It is written in rather a funny style; a little stilted and left-handed; the style of St. Ives; also, to some extent, the style of R. L. S. dictating. St. Ives is unintellectual, and except as an adventure novel, dull. But the adventures seem to me sound and pretty probable; ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... astir. She had every incentive from her family and friends. But the old zest in composition had departed. The self-consciousness which had always tormented her in society seized her now, when she was trying to cater to public taste, and made her change her frank, free, personal expression for a stilted artificial ...
— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 • Various
... the meaning of his present communication, have you, Elmer?" questioned Mark, a little bit given to stilted language. ...
— Afloat - or, Adventures on Watery Trails • Alan Douglas
... observed the form of Aunt Amanda on the ground. He stooped down and examined her, and stood up again. Then he eyed the company of travellers with a hard cold eye, and spoke deliberately and in a low voice. His manner of speech was somewhat stilted and precise, and scarcely what might have ...
— The Old Tobacco Shop - A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure • William Bowen
... been presented, some one told Miss Fenler that Mrs. Marvin wished to see her, and what had begun in a stilted manner, became ...
— Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore • Amy Brooks
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