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More "Balking" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... taut once more, and Steve's sense of security was in such marked and delightful contrast to his feelings when it slackened that he told Sarah Maria repeatedly to take her time—he was in no hurry whatever. Neither was Sarah, apparently, for between balking and running, and capering about in a truly extraordinary manner she passed the better portion of the night. Finally, in despair, Steve laid the case before her and asked if she would look at the matter dispassionately ...
— The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives • Elizabeth Strong Worthington
... aware that their lives and our own depended upon their good behavior, galloped over the plain that separated us from the woods without once balking, although I feared and expected it every moment. After we reached the trees where the fire was raging severely, and where it was impossible to discover the path which we had followed when we were on ...
— The Gold Hunter's Adventures - Or, Life in Australia • William H. Thomes
... the Reverend Pubby had never done much in the Centaur line, for he came very near balking entirely right there. It took us five minutes to explain that there was no other way of getting out to Siwash and that the Faculty would take it as a personal insult if he didn't come. We also had to ...
— At Good Old Siwash • George Fitch
... if those coons aren't fixing to build a fire under him!" exclaimed Decker. "They'd rather fool with a balking mule than eat watermelon! Let's go out to see ...
— A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill • Alice Hegan Rice
... by their diocesan committee in New South Wales; although, in both instances, the money was raised entirely by private subscription. The inconvenience, delay, and disappointment which this one arbitrary rule occasioned were astonishing; and to those who took delight in balking the efforts and thwarting the good works of our Church, it must have been very gratifying. So, too, must the refusal, in 1841, of a piece of land for a site of a church and parsonage in the wild district on the banks of the Morrumbidgee, containing ...
— Australia, its history and present condition • William Pridden
... known to the steward the assistant physician's behavior in balking my desire to telephone my conservator. He agreed to place the matter before the superintendent, who had that morning returned. As proof of gratitude, I promised to suspend hostilities until I had had a talk with the superintendent. I made it quite ...
— A Mind That Found Itself - An Autobiography • Clifford Whittingham Beers
... At the ship the workmen stared: Some one, all their labor balking, Down her sides had cut deep gashes, Not a ...
— The Children's Own Longfellow • Henry W. Longfellow
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