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Between these ifs he vacillates, swung like a ship on stormy waters, touching heaven and hell.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY , VOLUME 2, NO. 14, DECEMBER 1858VARIOUSThought dies out before him, the will is unseated and vacillates, we are cowed like Antony beside Cæsar.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY , VOLUME 2, NO. 14, DECEMBER 1858VARIOUSBeyond a doubt, Mr. Buchanan is faithful to the slaveholding class, as Mr. Fillmore vacillates between it and its opponents.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES:D. W. BARTLETTHe vacillates abominably and forever between two irreconcilable desires.
A BOOK OF PREFACESH. L. MENCKENHe vacillates unceasingly and takes turn by turn the most opposing viewpoints.
POISE: HOW TO ATTAIN ITD. STARKEHe vacillates and is weak,—in which weakness is the fault of the book, as he plays the part of hero.
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHYANTHONY TROLLOPEThe fate of books vacillates with the fancies of book-lovers, and the improvements of a later age.
AMENITIES OF LITERATUREISAAC DISRAELIThe people move onward, the formula vacillates, and seems to fear to make any bold step.
DIARY FROM MARCH 4, 1861, TO NOVEMBER 12, 1862ADAM GUROWSKIIf he projects, he vacillates between an extravagant and morbid deification, and a spiteful contempt of his physician.
COLLECTED PAPERS ON ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGYC. G. JUNGThus, in such a moment conditions become unsatisfactory, the soldier very quickly feels that the hand that holds him vacillates.
BATTLE STUDIESCHARLES-JEAN-JACQUES-JOSEPH ARDANT DU PICQ