"Slide by" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... every art and science into it. If we pass "no day without a line," visit no place without the company of a book, we may with ease fill libraries or empty them of their contents. Those who complain of the shortness of life, let it slide by them without wishing to seize and make the most of its golden minutes. The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. If any one possesses any advantage in a considerable degree, he may make himself master of nearly as many more as he pleases, by employing ...
— The Spirit of the Age - Contemporary Portraits • William Hazlitt
... by lawns and grassy plots, I slide by hazel covers; I move the sweet forget-me-nots That grow for ...
— Poems Teachers Ask For • Various
... a crazy bunch," said Phil, addressing no one in particular. Ah Sing was of the knowing school of chink and did not choose to let the remark slide by. ...
— The Spoilers of the Valley • Robert Watson
... morning. Brett leaned back and watched the country slide by. It was nice country, Brett thought; mostly in corn, some cattle, and away in the distance the hazy blue hills. Now he would see what was on the other side of them: the cities, the mountains, and the ocean. Up until now all he knew ...
— It Could Be Anything • John Keith Laumer
... right. Now, I'll make you this proposition. I got forty-eight dollars in my pocket that don't belong to me. If we let things slide by as if they had not happened I'll give you two dollars for the use of that money until Tuesday next—pay you fifty dollars next Tuesday, at Jimmy Holt's ...
— Mr. Scraggs • Henry Wallace Phillips |
