"One at a time" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... barebacked, for then they could ride him double, and when they first got him they all wanted to ride him so much that they had to ride him double. They kept him going the whole day long; but after a while they calmed down enough to take him one at a time, and to let him have ...
— A Boy's Town • W. D. Howells
... want more than one at a time, eh?' He corrected his error: 'No, the fellow's engaged in another quadrille. Mind you, Miss Janet, he shall dance to your tune yet. D' ye hear, sir?' The irritation excited by Captain Bulsted and Julia broke out in fury. 'Who's that fellow ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... 'em up," said Mr. Kincaid, "one at a time. Don't begin to pick up the next one before you get this ...
— The Adventures of Bobby Orde • Stewart Edward White
... the movement with requisite secrecy and precision. The enemy, in enjoyment of that inestimable military advantage known in civilian speech as being "surrounded," always beat the attacking columns one at a time or, turning red-handed from the wreck of the ...
— The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce • Ambrose Bierce
... back and leaps over him, by straddling his legs wide apart on each side like a frog. The second boy then assumes the stooping posture, and the third boy leaps over the first and second, and the fourth over all three, one at a time, of course. ...
— Healthful Sports for Boys • Alfred Rochefort
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