"Reticent" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... how reticent owners of automobiles are concerning the shortcomings and eccentricities of their machines; they seem leagued together to deceive one another and the public. The literal truth can be found only in letters of complaint written to the manufacturers. The man who one moment says his machine is ...
— Two Thousand Miles On An Automobile • Arthur Jerome Eddy
... reticent man, with a palate of wood, And I judge by results if a vintage be good. But I own to the charm of my Wine-merchant's worst, If he gives me ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890 • Various
... Rose was inclined to be chatty and draw Edith out in regard to city life. She responded good-naturedly as long as Rose confined herself to generalities, but was inclined to be reticent on ...
— What Can She Do? • Edward Payson Roe
... ideal one; Garry, tall, fair and winsome; myself, dark, dreamy, reticent; and between us, linking all three in a perfect bond of love and sympathy, our ...
— The Trail of '98 - A Northland Romance • Robert W. Service
... impression on your imagination," said Rosa; and Floracita explained that it was because she had never seen anything like her. She did not mention that she had seen that lady on the island. The open-hearted child was learning to be reticent. ...
— A Romance of the Republic • Lydia Maria Francis Child
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