shilly-shally

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I have no fear of wounding you; a love which can shilly-shally as you have done is not worth the having—is not capable of being hurt.

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We are all acquainted with persons who invariably agree with all sides, and shilly-shally in a corresponding manner in their action, accomplishing little or no positive good in any direction, though often positive evil.

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No, the time is come when we must not shilly-shally.

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As matters stood, to drag her thence by violence would never do, for shilly-shally Clovis would turn restive.

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Clovis, the shilly-shally, must henceforth be excluded from a hand in the management of affairs.

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