"Pair off" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... any signs of a change, either. When they had to be around where we was they had hardly a word to say and acted bored to death; and it must have taxed their brains, workin' up all them cute little schemes for leavin' us on a siding so they could pair off. Course, I've seen engaged couples before; but I never met any that had the disease quite so hard. And this bein' shunned like I had somethin' catchin' was new to me. I begun to feel like I was about ninety years old and ...
— Odd Numbers - Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe • Sewell Ford
... berths in the cabin, boys, and you must draw lots for them," continued the master; "but they are all wide enough to hold two each. Now, if you want to pair off, ...
— Little By Little - or, The Cruise of the Flyaway • William Taylor Adams
... animosity, however, he had not made it manifest in actual hostility. On the contrary, he had shown a distinct inclination to be friendly; a friendliness which led the two to pair off frequently when they were riding, and to talk over past range experiences more or less intimately. Looking back over the six weeks just behind him, Ford could not remember a single incident—a sentence, even—that had been unpleasant, unless he clung to his belief in Dick's ...
— The Uphill Climb • B. M. Bower
... kingdom. There is Fanny Stewart dining with Sneyd's friends, the Bishop of Quebec's family; and young Mountain was in Switzerland when we were at Interlachen with Sneyd and Henrica, and the year before at Ardbraccan and Edgeworthstown. Things are odd till they pair off, and so become even. Sneyd and Henrica, who were at Geneva, have been invited to the Baron Polier's, near Lausanne, the brother of Madame de Montolieu, whom I told you of. Madame Polier was the intimate friend ...
— The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Vol. 2 • Maria Edgeworth |
