"Modus operandi" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sometimes, I suppose,— Put Bruin sadly to his trumps. At last, determined, up he jumps; 'I'll stop thy noisy buzzing now,' Says he; 'I know precisely how.' No sooner said than done. He seized a paving-stone; And by his modus operandi Did both the fly and ...
— The Fables of La Fontaine - A New Edition, With Notes • Jean de La Fontaine
... precludes the possibility of doing so. During many years' study and practice in the art, I have tried numerous methods and substances for the better accomplishment of the end in view, and have finally settled upon the following, as being (so far as experience allows me to Judge) the modus operandi, best suited to all circumstances; under no condition would I approve of a method less rigorous ...
— American Handbook of the Daguerrotype • Samuel D. Humphrey |
