"Have a go" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... walking and crouching. But the cigarette is protected in its little box. And yet, rather than lose a smoke, a soldier will carry one lonesome cigarette, rained on and limp and fraying at the end, drag it from the depths of a kit, dry it out, and have a go. For, after all, it isn't for theoretical advantages over larger, longer smokes he likes it, but because it is fitted to his temperament. It is a French and Belgian smoke, short-lived and of a light touch, as dear to ...
— Golden Lads • Arthur Gleason and Helen Hayes Gleason
... I had found the strength, but my limbs and heart alike misgave me. I heard Dick begin to rise, and then someone seemingly stopped him, and the voice of Hands exclaimed, "Oh, stow that! Don't you get sucking of that bilge, John. Let's have a go ...
— Treasure Island • Robert Louis Stevenson
... Jack was still itching to have a go at the shark, seized him by the collar and dragged him in. They then rested on their oars and prepared to give the elder Harkaway any assistance ...
— Jack Harkaway and his son's Escape From the Brigand's of Greece • Bracebridge Hemyng
... is come, And father's at home, Mother says that we may Have a go-to-bed play. A book he will bring us, A song he will sing us, A story he'll tell us, He'll make believe sell us. And we will cut papers, And all sorts of capers, And laugh, dance, and play, And frolic away, When evening is come, ...
— Little Songs • Eliza Lee Follen |
