"To a T" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Cyrus, his eyes striking light. "Caribou-signs! Of course we'll follow them. A bit of fresh meat would be pretty acceptable, and a good view of a herd of caribou would be still more so—to me, at any rate. That would just about top off our exploring to a T." ...
— Camp and Trail - A Story of the Maine Woods • Isabel Hornibrook
... office of the mine, there was a small room well stocked with rifles and ammunition. This was wise precaution of Mr. Merrill's, who, knowing the Mexican character to a T, had insisted on this room being provided in case of strikes ...
— The Border Boys Across the Frontier • Fremont B. Deering
... was enlivened by a funny drawing of a boy with his fists in his eyes standing in a pool of tears, and under it the inscription: "Bert; his feelings to a T." ...
— Glenloch Girls • Grace M. Remick
... and looks like a soldier. I've seen a plainsman in Wyoming who'd have matched him to a T all except the parted hair and ...
— The Eye of Zeitoon • Talbot Mundy
... going to be a sort of useful man—extra clerk, assistant storekeeper, et cetera, et cetera. I like Egypt very much. It will suit me to a T. At any rate, it will be ...
— With Kitchener in the Soudan - A Story of Atbara and Omdurman • G. A. Henty
... hit off my bill o' fare to a T," the man responded, grinning. "Come in and make yourselves at home, while I go tell Martha there's some ...
— Dorothy's Triumph • Evelyn Raymond
... You could almost see him grow. And as I was never much of a society man his quiet, friendly ways suited me to a T. For nearly two years we were as happy as we could be on that island. I had no business worries, for I knew my salary was mounting up at Dawsons'. We would see a sail now and then, but nothing ever came near us. I amused myself, too, by decorating the island ...
— The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents • H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
... thinking and right-headed nation! Excuse the materials—tho' rotten and bad, They're the best that for money just now could be had; And if echo the charm of such houses should be, You will find it shall echo my speech to a T. ...
— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al
... doctor. "But, for that matter, I don't believe anything or anybody could make her so. However, this Germany idea suits me to a T. You know I didn't want to come away when I did—if it hadn't been for Pollyanna. So the sooner we get back there the better I'm satisfied. And I'd like to stay—for a little practice, ...
— Pollyanna Grows Up • Eleanor H. Porter
... could help it? Jolly good, isn't it? Like the young bounder to a T—the same nose, the same coarse wiry thatch, the same eyebrows running away from the forehead into the middle of ...
— The Hero of Garside School • J. Harwood Panting
... observed the doctor's son, smacking his lips. "This would suit Giant and Whopper to a T!" ...
— Young Hunters of the Lake • Ralph Bonehill |
