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"Unpunctual" Quotes from Famous Books

... Crompton—and there was a party of the most heterogeneous description daily—were literally, therefore, very gay affairs; the banquet was sumptuous, and the great cellars were laid under heavy contribution. Only, if a guest did happen to be unpunctual, from whatever cause, even if it were illness, the host would send for his bear, or his half-dozen bull-dogs, and proceed to the sick man's room, with the avowed intention (and he always kept his ...

— Bred in the Bone • James Payn

... one. But don't trouble to be punctual. Quite a moveable feast;" i.e., "If he's unpunctual, ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, September 13, 1890 • Various

... in due time, and it was just six o'clock when we set off. There was a thing I noted again and again. The army did things on time in France. If we were to start at a certain time we always did. Nothing ever happened to make us unpunctual. ...

— A Minstrel In France • Harry Lauder

... know what mother tells us about the book where what we call secret things are written down, to be read on the great day when all things will be known. Something will stand against your name, there, worse than a mark for being unpunctual. Dear Marcus, do tell the truth, and not mind the prize. You will not care about the prize when you are happy with the beautiful angels in Heaven; but you will love to remember how you did right, when it came ...

— Hatty and Marcus - or, First Steps in the Better Path • Aunt Friendly

... her, companioned by the ruins of tea, in the depths of her great arm-chair; eyes and fingers intent on a square of elaborate embroidery; thoughts astray with her unpunctual son. ...

— Far to Seek - A Romance of England and India • Maud Diver

Words linked to "Unpunctual" : belated, last-minute, late, nighted, punctual, benighted, behindhand, tardy