"Diddle" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... good place, I can tell you—travelling tutor to the hopeful young lord that is to be—Devereux's cousin. By all the Graces, Ma'am, 'tis the blind leading the blind. I don't know which of the two is craziest. Hey, diddle-diddle—by Jupiter, such a pair—the dish ran away with the spoon; but Dan's a good creature, and we'll—we'll miss him. I like Dan, and he loves the rector—I like him for that; where there's gratitude and fidelity, Miss Mag, ...
— The House by the Church-Yard • J. Sheridan Le Fanu
... diddle-diddle, I shall be queen," Brilliana laughed at him, making a reverence. He joined Halfman at the door and Master ...
— The Lady of Loyalty House - A Novel • Justin Huntly McCarthy
... going to Santa Fe over the long trail. Every last gun of us. Aunty Boone, and Mat, and you, and me, and Jondo, and Uncle Esmond, rag-tag and bobtail. Whoop-ee-diddle-dee!" Beverly threw up his cap, and, catching Mat by the arms, they whirled around ...
— Vanguards of the Plains • Margaret McCarter
... men, diddle, diddle! Set them to work; Some to the plough, diddle, diddle! Some to ...
— The Baby's Opera • Walter Crane
... nations, Eleanor Smith's and most of Mrs. Gaynor's songs, already mentioned, and the songs collected by Reinecke, called "Fifty Children's Songs," are excellent for this purpose. The old-fashioned nonsense songs, such as "Billy Boy," "Mary had a Little Lamb" and "Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle," may also have a pleasant and ...
— Study of Child Life • Marion Foster Washburne
... owned none except that little electric do-diddle-um of the Guzzuh what makes the spark to keep the machinery ...
— Overland Red - A Romance of the Moonstone Canon Trail • Henry Herbert Knibbs |
