"Take turns" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... The footmen also take turns in answering the door. In houses of great ceremony like those of the Worldlys' and the Gildings', there are always two footmen at the door if anyone is to be admitted. One to open the door and the other to conduct a guest into the drawing-room. But if formal company is expected, the ...
— Etiquette • Emily Post
... "We must take turns chipping away at the stone door," decided Tom. "Some of us will work and some will sleep—two and ...
— Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground • Victor Appleton
... on. "Let's play a game. We'll imagine this is Delmonico's and we'll all take turns ordering the best things to eat that we can think of. The one who orders best, wins. We'll call the game—" She ...
— Rainbow's End • Rex Beach
... each new place he is no better than an idiot; other talents take place, and rule the hour. The rotation which whirls every leaf and pebble to the meridian, reaches to every gift of man, and we all take turns ...
— Essays, Second Series • Ralph Waldo Emerson
... of the subject of age, she thought: and if they really were to take turns in choosing subjects, it was her turn now.) 'At least,' she corrected herself on second thoughts, 'a beautiful cravat, I should have said—no, a belt, I mean—I beg your pardon!' she added in dismay, for Humpty Dumpty looked thoroughly offended, and she began to wish she hadn't ...
— Through the Looking-Glass • Charles Dodgson, AKA Lewis Carroll
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