"Stiff upper lip" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a pretty pass! Only you and I to manage this craft, and we neither of us know what we are about! But we'll keep a stiff upper lip, and make believe ...
— Dotty Dimple At Home • Sophie May
... he stood with Mrs. Scott, her bright young daughter and Trudy in Mr. Conover's livery-stable, he kept a stiff upper lip and waited for ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 • Various
... in their last talk, "you've got to keep a stiff hand over the foremen and overseers, and have strict watch of Belloc & Co. Perhaps there will be trouble when I've gone, but, if it does, keep a stiff upper lip, and don't let the gang do you. You've got a quick mind and you know how to act sudden. Act at once, and damn the consequences! Remember, John Grier's firm has a reputation, and deal justly, but firmly, with opposition. ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker
... up the object and balanced it across his thumb. "You've guessed it!" he declared. "And it's a fine thing to carry around with one. You see, it's a stiff upper lip." He tossed it back. ...
— The Poor Little Rich Girl • Eleanor Gates
... sure of winning that they can't keep still! There's a rumor here in the lobby that Yates's center is sick. Know anything about it?" Joel shook his head. "Well, I'll see you out at the field. We're going out now; Cooke, and Caldwell, and some of the others. So long, my valiant lad. Keep a stiff upper lip and never say die, and ...
— The Half-Back • Ralph Henry Barbour
... I know, George. Sympathize with you, I do. But, you see, we are governed here by the laws of chivalry. Don't let your (I am a piece of a philosopher, you see) temper get up, keep on a stiff upper lip. You may catch him napping. I respect your feelings, my dear fellow; ready to do you a bit of a good turn-you understand! Now let me tell you, my boy, he has made her his adopted, and to-morrow she moves with him to his quiet little villa near ...
— Justice in the By-Ways - A Tale of Life • F. Colburn Adams
... 's just like this. I ain't an angel, you know that, but I do try to be square, and whenever I find a friend of mine down on his luck, in his pocket-book or his feelings, why, I give him my flipper. Why, old chap, I believe I like you better for the stiff upper lip you 've been ...
— The Sport of the Gods • Paul Laurence Dunbar
... one mouthful, in spite of his what sort o' upper lip. Shure the poor baste couldn't help having that the matter wid his lip. Why as soon as I set eyes on him, 'Ah, Dinny,' I says, 'yer work's cut out, me boy,' I says, 'for if ever there was a baste wid a stiff upper lip ...
— Off to the Wilds - Being the Adventures of Two Brothers • George Manville Fenn
... good young lady. I can very well believe it. I see how you have been imposed upon by bad people; but do you keep a stiff upper lip, madam, and don't be in no ways cast down, and your innercence will come like pure gold from the furniss, as the saying is. And now, my dear young lady, I have some news for you, as will help to divert your mind from your troubles, I hope," ...
— The Lost Lady of Lone • E.D.E.N. Southworth
... been on the road myself; it is not always fair sailing, and it is not always foul. Keep a stiff upper lip." ...
— A Man of Samples • Wm. H. Maher
... that she dreaded the thought of returning; it meant hard work to keep a stiff upper lip and to smile in spite of her heartache. Only one thought was clear, and that was that Phyllis ...
— Phyllis - A Twin • Dorothy Whitehill |
