"Had best" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and Malachi gone, Oliver could wait no longer to ask about Margaret. He had been turning over in his mind how he had best broach the subject, when her brother solved the difficulty ...
— The Fortunes of Oliver Horn • F. Hopkinson Smith
... remarked, jerking his head in the direction which Miggs had taken. "I heard him bellowing like a bull, so I thought I had best listen to what he had to say. He's ...
— The Firm of Girdlestone • Arthur Conan Doyle
... the deep sagacity never to pull trigger again, well knowing he could not improve on the initial effort, and so Prudence whispered that with the Finis to the story of Jack Truscott and sweet Grace Pelham there had best ...
— Marion's Faith. • Charles King
... sent the message, and that she spake of the King's wrath. "Now, I thank thee, good fellow, for thou hast done me greater service than thou knowest of this day." Then he called his three yeomen together and told them privately that they had best be jogging, as it was like to be ill for them so nigh merry London Town. So, without tarrying longer, they made their way through the crowd until they had come out from the press. Then, without stopping, they left London Town and ...
— The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood • Howard Pyle
... Fasten him tight down there behind my trunk; to my big root.... We will decide later what had best be ...
— The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts • Maurice Maeterlinck
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