"Offish" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was not so much luck about it as Mr. Moss appeared to think. "Never seen such a stand-offish little rip in all my life," he ...
— Once Aboard The Lugger • Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson
... my plans, and laid 'em careful. The relation on your side was too willin', and too clever. And witnessin' his campaign has learnt me some deep lessons. I watched the rocks he hit aginst; and I have laid my plans, and laid 'em careful. I am going to act offish. I feel that offishness is my strong holt—and endearin' myself to the masses. Educatin' public sentiment up to lovin' me, and urgin' me not to be so offish, and to obleege 'em by takin' a office—them is my 2 strong holts. If I can only ...
— Sweet Cicely - Or Josiah Allen as a Politician • Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley) |
