| 单词 | ticklish |
| 例句 | She tries to laugh, but instead of laughter, she feels ticklish wings unfolding like a fan at the base of her throat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was a ticklish job, saddling the pony for the first time. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z If you know anything about horses, and especially if you had seen what a state that horse was in at the moment, you will realize that this was a ticklish thing to do. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z And that it was no longer smooth and warm and regular, but sharp and pointy and ticklish. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Their job was to ask questions, to give the Hot Seat its heat: ticklish questions, embarrassing questions, nosy questions. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “I can feel it deep down inside me. It’s a ticklish feeling. A powerful itch that’s located somewhere on the high side of my sphincter tube.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just want to make sure you understand this is a ticklish situation that could have severe consequences,” Bloom said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh no, the Blob does not have a ticklish spot, not even under the arms. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “No. But still a complication. Makes everything more ticklish.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He sent shudders of annoyance scampering up ticklish spines, and everybody fled from him—everybody but the soldier in white, who had no choice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Instead of getting to know each other, becoming familiar with likes and dislikes, ticklish spots, pet peeves, Desdemona and Lefty tried to defamiliarize themselves with each other. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Kyril Montana had also helped Bud out of one ticklish situation involving federally controlled interstate land sales in which Bud had become embroiled during his earlier days when he was based in the capital. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, for example,” Max said, “was he ticklish or not?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a ticklish situation, granted he was the boss, the Count merely an underling, still, no one in all Florin had Rugen’s skills. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Life and death are all around and you talk ticklish!” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I’m the most ticklish person in the entire world. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “An exquisite refinement, exquisite. Because of course the chalk strokes would have been almost unbearable, excruciating, if the victim were ticklish.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She poked Mariam in her ticklish spot, under the ribs, and got a loud giggle. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Like Peeves or the house elves' kitchen and the ticklish pear. The Harry Potter mini movie: what's the story? 2012-12-12T13:00:00Z It's a sly and ticklish satire on the constant quest for the new that takes its inspiration from The Emperor's New Clothes and Edward Lear's Dong With A Luminous Nose. This week's new theatre 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z The humour here is zany, there are misses as well as hits, but it's an entertaining romp through some big ideas and some teensy, ticklish details. The Detective Show 2010-09-30T20:45:00Z Onstage with Liturgy, he only flirts with those velocities, but his flirtations give this roaring music a teasing, ticklish energy. The joy of drumming, with Liturgy’s Greg Fox 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Just occasionally he would bend his mind to the ticklish reality of lady campers and their nether regions. The Art of Camping by Matthew de Abaitua - review 2011-07-06T09:00:01Z The theme that emerges after two sprawling, ticklishly funny hours of his new show is not just the challenge of talking about mental health but also the perils of stoicism. Can You Love a Stand-Up Special About Loathing? 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z She is terrified of scary movies and has a ticklishly amusing podcast, “Ruined,” in which a friend, Halle Kiefer, explains the plots of horror films to her. Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z As the sun dips towards the horizon, bikini-clad dancers mingle with sunbathers on the ticklishly soft sand. The 50 best beaches in the world 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z No doubt it took a bit longer to formulate the ticklish notion that Edward Norton's nameless schizophrenic in Fight Club is a grown-up Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes. The great big Pixar conspiracy 2013-07-17T16:15:47Z It’s ticklish fun to watch baby elephants of any kind, including an airborne one. Review: ‘Dumbo’ Goes Bonkers in Dreamland 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z In a very funny show recorded in Dartford, there was a shared sense of ticklish dismay about the town's limited charms. Mark Steel's In Town 2010-04-07T23:05:00Z When my niece jumps into my arms and I find that ticklish spot on her side, I know I have Adam to thank. Hilary Duff’s smoking outrage 2012-06-20T18:55:00Z But while the jokes are "plentiful and often ticklish, visual as well as verbal," Dargis says, "the comedy winds down once a story and other characters begin to intrude." 'Minions': Cute critters better off as second bananas, reviews say 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Timothy Andres, professorial in rumpled tweed and bow tie, performed his own fidgety, ticklish piano work “Everything Is an Onion,” alongside a movement from Ives’s “Concord” Sonata. Critic?s Notebook: Festival Where Boundary-Defying Musicians Mix and Mingle 2011-01-18T23:29:03Z Even for a German speaker, accents are still a ticklish business. Daniel Brühl’s Global Accent in ‘Fifth Estate’ and ‘Rush’ 2013-08-28T21:48:14Z Yet Page never goes so far as to strip the songs of their ticklish pleasures while stripping them of their varnish. Review: ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’,’ Saving Its Love (and Pain) for You 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Soon they’re back at his place, where he offers her a joint, asks whether she’s ticklish and persuades her to pose nude. ‘1 + 1’ Review: She Just Wants to Be His Plaything 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z In truth “Napoleon,” as it was initially hailed, no longer exists, which raises ticklish questions about authorship. Film: The Many Lives of Abel Gance?s ?Napoleon? 2012-03-16T17:35:40Z I don’t get facials and I’m extremely ticklish. Skin Deep: Nicole Richie’s Beauty Routine 2014-04-30T23:28:03Z The material is very ticklish, class-based stuff, much of which in last night's programme was about the limited horizons at his school. Micky Flanagan ? What Chance Change? 2010-05-26T06:59:00Z With no clear demarcation line to cross, Sophie — the 34-year-old pop producer who died after an accidental fall on Saturday — immediately moved her music into those ticklish margins and set up shop. Perspective | Sophie pushed feel-good music toward a boundary that might not exist 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Despite the hazards of translation, this ticklish, deceptively slim treat of a novel is suffused with the timelessness of a fable. In Daniel Sada's ticklish 'One Out of Two,' twins raise questions about self and identity 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z He seemed to relish the ticklish conversations his work was provoking. Scarlett Johansson Spills Secret to Her ‘Marriage Story’ 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Which made things a little ticklish when Mary fell for a racecar driver. ‘Downton Abbey,’ the Good, the Bad and the Forgotten 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Along with the violent tonic-clonic seizure, it turned out I had also been experiencing complex partial seizures because of over-stimulation in my temporal lobes, generally considered to be the most "ticklish" part of the brain. Brain On Fire: 'Blood and foam began to spurt out of my mouth' 2013-01-13T00:05:24Z Brigid, in her capacity as private investigator, agrees to help the parents investigate their child’s death, but this investigation becomes very ticklish. Becky Masterman’s ‘Fear the Darkness,’ With Brigid Quinn 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z A clergyman who is also a family friend asks for help with a ticklish problem. Four perfectly drawn short mysteries by the late, great P.D. James 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z It's a collage of bizarre, farcical interludes and it takes a while to gel, but they do build into something quite ticklish. Discombobulated ? review 2011-08-09T11:28:02Z Default – song two on both the album and this live set – is introduced by its bass wobble and ticklish beats, not the nagging hook, which barely gets a look-in. Atoms for Peace – review 2013-07-27T23:05:19Z The scares are plentiful and sometimes ticklishly funny in “The Curse of La Llorona,” an enjoyably old-fashioned ghost story. ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ Review: California Freakin’, With Scares, Laughs and a Murderous Ghost 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z I cheer his attacks on the publishing industrial complex, but the strokes are so broad the assault is more ticklish than brutal. A Dark New Satire Asks, How Far Would You Go to Become Famous? 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Harry’s plan puts Charles in a ticklish spot faced by many parents, albeit on a much smaller financial scale. Royal rift: UK monarchy will look smaller when dust settles 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Dreamy, ticklish, turbulent and ghostly by turns, the tiny pieces convey an acute disquiet and a genteel testing of compositional and emotional boundaries, qualities Mr. Hough keenly conveyed. Music Review: Stephen Hough, Putting Piano Music in Perspective 2014-04-14T22:14:42Z They’re plentiful and often ticklish, visual as well as verbal, though the comedy winds down once a story and other characters begin to intrude. Review: Positions Wanted by Minions Experienced at Serving Evildoers 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The offending outburst causes a ticklish pantomime of flying nasal debris, mortification, apology, insult, umbrage and political death, before it crescendos to cardiac arrest. | 'The Sneeze': Gesundheits as Chekhov and Vaudeville Collide 2010-10-01T23:39:00Z The result is a knowing — or at least a ticklishly amusing — demonstration of celebrity and its relay of gazes from one of the most looked-at women in the world. Movie Listings for Nov. 20-26 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z One landed on my nose and it was ticklish. The real butterfly effect ? not chaos, but wonder 2011-04-06T17:05:52Z It's also made the question of whether to turn to artificial aids to prolong your shelf-life a distinctly ticklish one. High-definition TV is the nemesis of every actor of a certain age 2013-02-18T11:05:22Z There are some ticklish lines, but in the vast expanses of the Rose, this three-hander starts to look pretty slight, and the lack of pace and an unnecessary interval don't help. Dumb Show 2010-04-11T21:20:00Z Daniela’s romantic liaisons reflect the ticklish stirrings of young desire, and her adventurous mischief comes mingled with tacit fears of maybe not actually knowing better than anyone else. Movie Review: ‘Young and Wild,’ by Marialy Rivas 2012-11-30T03:23:35Z He cleverly implies that his own sensibility — playful, minutely observant, ticklishly alert to life’s “terrible, stupendous mire of trivia” — is exactly what’s needed to detect a swindler like Chichikov. The Russian Comic Writer Who’s an Antidote to Mad Times 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The job drought is a ticklish problem for the ruling Communist Party, which is overseeing a sluggish post-pandemic economic recovery worsened by a downturn in the property market. China’s ‘full-time children’ move back in with parents, take on chores as good jobs grow scarce 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Still, his clever use of ultra-ultra-slow-motion does allow us to experience the ticklish temporal frisson of being the Flash, of moving so swiftly that a split second can stretch out to a leisurely minute. Review: The spirit is thrilling, but 'The Flash' is weak 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z What keeps Sandy from jumping turns out to be one of Row’s cleverest, most ticklish plot devices. A shattered family seeks rebirth in Jess Row's magnificent new novel, 'The New Earth' 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z That association proved politically valuable but also politically ticklish. Analysis | For clues to U.S. politics, look to Chicago, Wisconsin on April 4 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z There’s a ticklish note of meta-pleasure to Blanchett’s performance: She may be playing the role of the conductor with impeccable poise, but so, of course, is Lydia herself. Review: Cate Blanchett is at the peak of her powers in ‘Tár,’ a magnificent cinematic symphony 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The Danes had a ticklish tendency to stab outsiders as they downed their beverages. Does your Valentine’s Day sweetie have your back? Celebrate like a king with a double-handled loving cup. 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z David Mitchell, another fan, told me via email that he admires Sjón for his “ticklish, full-moon sense of humor” and the poetic simplicity of his style: “spaciousness and absence” that make him think of Taoism. Into the Belly of the Whale With Sjón 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z There’s a crooked face composed of peas, peppers and a lone olive atop the causa de pollo, a carefully layered mashed-potato cake stuffed with chicken salad, so creamy and ticklish. Review | El Fuego’s commitment to superb Peruvian cooking shines, even under a new owner 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z She was undoubtedly mindful of the fact that a story would add to a ticklish narrative: A notable number of important Disney executives are following Mr. Iger out the door. Disney’s Brand Protector and Power Behind the Power Is Stepping Down 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z “I threw the whole thing out. You don’t want that ticklish feeling.” After 17 wrenching months: Verdicts, death and a witness' shocking admission 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z This is the kind of ticklish moment that gives Arthur Schlueter Jr. nightmares. Rebuilt organ, Mighty Mo, returns to Atlanta’s Fox Theatre 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Now he’s in that ticklish spot where the monsters are gone and a chance shimmers up ahead, except that, “My focus or my concentration, it’s the same,” he said. With no household names left, the U.S. Open men’s quarterfinals will feature some great unknowns 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z And as often happens, President Donald Trump has made the political fallout for Republicans ever more ticklish. Tough choices for GOP over a Postal Service Trump belittles 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z In some ways, the decision over “white” has been more ticklish. AP says it will capitalize Black but not white 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z For two countries that revel in bitter memories of suffering at the hands of foreign intruders, the gruesome events on the Amur in 1900 present a ticklish problem. On Russia-China Border, Selective Memory of Massacre Works for Both Sides 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Harry’s plan puts Charles in a ticklish spot faced by many parents, albeit on a much smaller financial scale. Royal rift: UK monarchy will look smaller when dust settles 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z It’s a ticklish case, one usually addressed with gentle criticism and “while we’re young” gibes. What to do when your friend is a slow player - Golf Digest 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z He is excellent company, prone to ticklish humor and sincere, Yoda-esque aphorisms. Inside the Race to Break the Two-Hour Marathon 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z An essayist who explores what it’s like to live right now, no – now, remains, at 30, rebellious and contradictory in ticklish ways. Jia Tolentino: ‘I like to write about instincts that are in some way good and in some way dangerous' 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z He was fired within a year for touching a female student on the midriff and asking if she was ticklish. He always hated women. Then he decided to kill them. 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z A historic NBA playoff finish on an otherwise mundane Monday menu of TNT broadcasts might end up marking a seismic shift with ticklish La-La-Land celebrity loyalties. Morning briefing: Clippers’ comeback is the latest Hollywood thriller 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z But the showdown puts GOP lawmakers in a ticklish spot that party leaders are hoping to ease. Opponents of Trump border emergency close to votes needed 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z They aren’t even ticklish when the judge pinches and pokes every inch of their being. Westminster Dog Show: When Good Dogs Behave Badly 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z He was ticklish there, too, he didn’t like to be touched there. “The Frog King” 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Croatia did get a second goal in the 69th minute to keep the final stretch ticklish with uncertainty. Column: At World Cup final, Mbappe, just 19, joins Pele 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z That is a more ticklish argument: the obstruction laws are complicated and the ambit of presidential power vast. Donald Trump’s powers are not quite as vast as his lawyers claim 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Abe nearly holed out for eagle, but left herself a ticklish six-footer for birdie as Moore chipped her ball to just inside Abe’s mark. Your stomach will turn in knots just re-reading how Arizona pulled off a extra-hole win at the NCAA Women's Championship - Golf Digest 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z However, his birdie try slid three feet by the hole, leaving him the ticklish kind of putt that we’d been agonizing over with him all day. The money Jason Dufner cost himself on with his 18th hole three-putt on Sunday at the Players will make you cry - Golf Digest 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Talking candidly about how to collect the revenues that fund government is more ticklish, especially when the pain is likely to be broadly shared. American states face a revenue crisis 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z She was so ticklish that every time he touched her, she would freeze in order not to move or laugh. Jennifer Fox's drama 'The Tale' brings #MeToo to Sundance 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z In Selden’s care, the baby was ticklish and giggling and smiling, apparently plucked from the wreckage unharmed. ‘Holy cow, so the train is actually on the road?’ The wreck of Amtrak 501 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z The baby, who seemed unhurt, was ticklish, giggling and smiling. These are some of the people who rushed to help survivors of the Amtrak train derailment 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z The problem, of course, is that America has no king and in fact fought a revolution over this ticklish matter. Can the US president obstruct justice? Yes he can | Lawrence Douglas 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z I barely detected the sweet, ticklish flavors of fresh basil, the key to any good pesto. Review | Meleket in Silver Spring is a sweet taste of Eritrean cooking 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z When the mummy ominously runs her long nails over Nick’s torso, he starts giggling; he’s ticklish, apparently. Review | ‘The Mummy’ is an ominous introduction to a new movie universe 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z That raises ticklish questions for the millions of people who rely on the stock market to secure their retirement, buy a home or educate their children. How to Take a Cosmic View on a Trump Stock Market 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z The baby appeared unharmed and was ticklish, giggling and smiling in Selden’s care. These are some of the people who rushed to help survivors of the Amtrak train derailment 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z From there, Miller delved into a ticklish puzzle. As the unexplained absence of Allonzo Trier comes into focus, so does Arizona’s potential 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z “Sweat,” in this case, is just a ticklish synonym for “steam.” These Mexican tacos are unlike any others in Washington 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The latest episode puts the court in a ticklish spot. The Hazards Justices Face by Owning Individual Stocks 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z A ticklish rat is an adorable sight to see. Watch rats ‘giggle’ and jump for joy at being tickled 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z The purpose was actually quite serious: to learn why we evolved to be ticklish. Donald Trump, Marijuana, Rolling Stones: Your Thursday Evening Briefing 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The finding fits with the observation that lab mice do not seem to be ticklish — and are also not playful like rats. Playful rats reveal brain region that drives ticklishness 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z To determine whether rats, too, are less ticklish when they are anxious, the researchers put them on an elevated platform and exposed the nocturnal animals to a bright light. Watch these ticklish rats laugh and jump for joy 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Sawyer has documented her experiences in a new book, Out of Time, and is candid enough to admit that mid-life sex can be a ticklish issue. Should we embrace the mid-life crisis rather than be embarrassed by it? - BBC News 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z He noted that neither rats nor humans are ticklish on their hands, but both species are extremely sensitive to being tickled on their feet. Watch rats ‘giggle’ and jump for joy at being tickled 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Should matters turn particularly ticklish, an M-4 assault rifle lay within easy reach on the back seat, with extra clips in the foot well. Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z It dominated my thoughts and planted a sweet, almost ticklish sensation beneath my skin. I used to be a number in a refugee camp. In America I became a person | Boyah J Farah 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The rats were distinctly less ticklish, and their brain activity showed a suppression of the cells that had fired so enthusiastically in the previous experiment, even when they were stimulated with the electrodes, he says. Watch these ticklish rats laugh and jump for joy 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Like all the world’s most ticklish problems, there are just so many moving pieces here, and no easy fixes. Nothing Comes Easy at Augusta—Except No. 13 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z He now faces the ticklish question of what to do with the slippery Mr Guzmán. Mexico’s most wanted man is captured—again 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z Pennsylvania, No. 15-5040, puts the justices in a ticklish spot, as the best arguments against recusal are grounded in their own practices. Supreme Court, in Recusal Case, May Find Itself Looking Inward 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z One ticklish question is whether the prize categories are still relevant. Throw caution to the wind? 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The other main qualification is ticklish: A currency needs to be “freely usable.” China Steps Up, but Its Currency Still Has Dues to Pay 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z Amidst all the lofty leadership and management advice, few confront a more ticklish issue: what happens when your colleagues just don’t like you? Do Your Colleagues Hate You? 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z What have we gained since then in barring people from ever uttering the word even to discuss it—other than a fake, ticklish nicety that seems almost designed to create misunderstandings? If President Obama Can Say It, You Can Too 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z “They’re terrific, incredible partners,” said Mr. Lynton, who spoke both of Kernel’s work on “The 5th Wave” and its assistance last year with a more ticklish project. Engaging Movie Fans, From Teaser to Premiere 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Q: That was a ticklish time, wasn't it? Robert Kennedy Speaks His Mind in 1963 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Related: The biggest Masters controversies After his playing partners both missed their birdie attempts, Woods settled in for another ticklish putt, but this time, he made it. There was a full gamut of patron reaction to Tiger Woods' first two holes: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Coach Sean Miller of Arizona also knows the ticklish questions of late March, having defended on occasion his perfectly stellar record of three previous final-eight appearances against his thus-far record of zero Final Four appearances. A runway-model caliber Sweet 16 awaits when NCAA tournament resumes 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Over sandwiches with their crusts cut off, she enlightens her clients about the right way to embark on small talk, and the even more ticklish dismount. Fighting for the art of conversation 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z And that, as ticklish and even acrid as it can be here in the present tense, is a sign of true progress in this country. On Obama and Race, It’s Not Black and White 2014-04-11T17:03:50Z Wordlessly, she withdrew from my side, and I understood that I must complete my dressing alone, securing the piece de resistance with a last few ticklish threading of laces through eyeholes. Me and my codpiece 2014-03-17T18:27:15Z And in the middle of all those ticklish horse feathers the same old warriors are hiding, while trying hard to stifle their giggles. The Trojan horse 2013-11-29T16:10:11Z And this is where the collaboration between anatomist and illustrator gets ticklish. The challenges of objectivity: lessons from anatomy. 2013-03-01T16:15:07.583Z The five senses The nervous system Neuroscience Are you ticklish? Skin-Deep Science: Find Your Sensitive Side 2012-05-31T14:45:00.433Z The like of such tricks are ticklish things to do. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z These are ticklish times, Mr. Montjoy, and they will be worse before long. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z It was a ticklish operation, the boat was not large, and an inch too near the rocks might prove the destruction of all. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z For some reason they decided to change places in the canoe, a very “ticklish” thing to do. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z If so, you've probably noticed that some parts of your body are more ticklish than others. Skin-Deep Science: Find Your Sensitive Side 2012-05-31T14:45:00.433Z It's a very ticklish subject," said Mr. Halliday, "and I don't profess to understand it. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z It's ticklish work interfering with the course of nature, and you never know what will happen if you set water on the run. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z If she signed the proposed document--and just now she looked very resolute--it would have, somehow or another, to be cancelled; a ticklish job even for so astute a diplomatist as our abb�. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z In these ticklish times, much stranger requests were being made each day, but it had struck the provincial firm that before complying, it would be only regular and courteous to inform the family solicitor. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Among all privateering transactions by sea or land, there is none more ticklish, or combined with greater difficulties, than that of kidnapping the Grand Signior's favourite from his arms. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z The throat, look at it how you will, is a ticklish affair. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Only these older ones had realized how ticklish a situation they had faced that day. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z At Niagara it was a ticklish job to get into and away from the lower dock. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z Besides, this Abbat, tho’ a Person of Merit, had not perhaps Experience or Wisdom enough to behave as was absolutely necessary in so ticklish an Affair. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-09T03:00:26.543Z It was a ticklish position and my white companions stood nervously waiting for the break they felt was coming. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z The tussle illustrates the ticklish zone that embassies inhabit in the nation’s capital, straddling the aloof sphere of national sovereignty and the very local world of setbacks, curb cuts and easements. Embassy Changes by Congo Republic in Capital Raise Hackles 2011-12-22T04:33:04Z About noon our ten-gallon keg run dry, and then we began to feel ticklish, scared, or whatever you wish to call it. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z Paul Ready, as the flailing stage manager Tim, does a beautiful line in mounting panic, and his pratfalls are as ticklish as anything on stage. Feisty Lovers, Waspish Actors Gambol in Farce: London Stage 2011-12-16T11:43:50Z It was ticklish work, but the need was great. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z Wearisome delay in coronation—War suggestions from Umzulek—My plan to bluff Labotsibeni—The bluff is called—A ticklish situation—Labotsibeni refuses to surrender the throne—Our demonstration fails—Night murders provoke war. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z Taking the horses inside the cave was a distinctly ticklish performance, though there could be no question of its effectiveness as a picture. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z "All the same, it's a ticklish business," said Sam, after a while. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z We were a party of four, with a contingent of six mounted hands under Blas' directions in the ticklish work of driving. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Corden is a delight in the Henshall role, and exploits a repertoire of ticklish gestures including a furious look of concentration followed by a long blink. Rioters Get Their Say; Silly Crooks Run Amok: London Theater 2011-11-24T02:26:03Z I began to feel mighty ticklish along about this time, for I knowed if there was no danger then, there had been; and I felt exactly like there still was. A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. 2011-11-07T02:00:17.560Z This was always a ticklish operation on the narrow trails, and once or twice the sheer impossibility of segregating the superfluous animals caused Roos to forego extremely effective shots. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z That aer a ticklish job to tackle, and many a driver has been killed or drowned. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z I was evidently in a very ticklish situation. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z I believe the proper way is to inject the stuff into a vein, but that’s a ticklish job, and I won’t attempt it. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z But I found it a mighty ticklish business, I tell you. A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. 2011-11-07T02:00:17.560Z The bearers turned once more and began the ticklish descent of the paved roadway to the valley below, where the Circus of Tusculum was built. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Is it to be wondered at that at such sharp, ticklish work blood flows now and again, that indeed the psychologist has blood on his fingers and not only on his fingers? Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Even more ticklish than the galvanization of the cerebral mass is galvanization of the sympathetic. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z With whom to trust this business, I am at a loss to determine, as it would no doubt be considered rather a ticklish affair. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z I then felt my way along with my feet, in the water, about waist deep, but it was a mighty ticklish business. A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. 2011-11-07T02:00:17.560Z It was ticklish ground, for he was chaffing Mr. G. Not a good subject upon which to expend wit or satire. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:16.737Z By the latter route 20 ft. or 30 ft. can be climbed with some little difficulty, but the traverse to the right would no doubt prove a very ticklish operation. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z He might be recognized by anyone in the passing throng who chanced to give him a second glance, and he would face another ticklish situation when he was inside the building. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z It seemed ticklish work to Joe, but the horses were as calm about it as if they had been on level ground. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z Until the Thames Conservancy obtained statutory powers in 1868 to clear the course for boat-racing, it used to be a ticklish matter to pick a safe course on a flood tide. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z In a word, the Administration was in a ticklish position. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z The girls were in a ticklish situation and they were fully alive to their peril. The Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the Water Exciting Adventures on a Summer Cruise Through the Panama Canal 2011-09-05T02:00:21.637Z “Maybe the boys can take care of themselves, but they’re in a ticklish place.” The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z Still, even so, it was a ticklish place, for if a horse once slid off, there would be no stopping him short of the lake two thousand feet below. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z Whenever the magistrates of the town had any particularly ticklish message to deliver to the Pasha, they always sent Panajoti, well aware that he, at any rate, would not be impaled straight away. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z To reach it at one time you passed close to the house of the Indian, Old Brazil, and his wife Nancy, and this was always a ticklish experience. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z “I was in a ticklish position, and but for your assistance might have been put to no end of trouble.” The Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the Water Exciting Adventures on a Summer Cruise Through the Panama Canal 2011-09-05T02:00:21.637Z But it was a ticklish thing to climb up the netting of a balloon, more than half a mile above the earth. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z "If you must tickle, try a fake one — almost touch your child in ticklish spots, but not quite." Learning through unstructured play helps kids develop 2011-08-23T17:02:03Z "This is a ticklish affair, this business of those keys you want!" said the king. The Swedish Fairy Book 2011-08-26T02:00:23.380Z Ecclesiastical affairs were managed at the ordinary, among them that most ticklish and difficult of all adjustments and allotments, namely, seating the meeting. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z “Aye,” he replied, “though ’tis something ticklish; and if it fail, ’twill be an ill chance indeed.” Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z He says that Knox, “in that ticklish posture of affairs, made such a pathetic sermon to the multitude who were gathered together, that he set their minds, which were already fired, all in a flame.” Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z A Grackle with a Hackle, A ticklish one to tackle A tacklish one to tickle ... A Tree with a Bird in it: a symposium of contemporary american poets on being shown a pear-tree on which sat a grackle 2011-07-25T02:00:12.380Z Like any other partnership, collaboration is a ticklish experiment, and it can be profitable only when the two partners are willing to give and take. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z It was a ticklish situation in more ways than one. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z There are ticklish times coming, be certain of that, and my experience may be of great service to you. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z It was ticklish work, though, for as he glided and swung from place to place, he could hear by the hard breathing that he was closely pursued. Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z This is a ticklish evolution to perform successfully in a crowded anchorage; but, in our case, the result was entirely satisfactory, saving much labour. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z It's a ticklish business, of course; but I stand to win or lose a heavy stake, and I'll play it out, by God! Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Couldn’t resist the temptation; but just at the moment it flashed across me how infernally near civilisation we were, and it’s a ticklish moment just now. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z It was a ticklish moment, and Hume pulled out a revolver, which he instantly presented at Juarez. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Lord, it’s ticklish work, sailing with all this silver aboard, and I shall be glad when we’re safe in. Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z With the first volume of Hochelaga, the author concludes his Canadian experiences, and rambles into the States—beyond a doubt the most ticklish territory a literary tourist can venture upon. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z It's been a ticklish task, and, of course, I have said nothing about it. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z “Yes, though it looked mighty ticklish at the start,” responded Frank, with a smile. Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam 2011-06-07T02:00:13.313Z It was not the first time in which they found themselves in a ticklish situation. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z The qualifying parenthesis “as 406 the fame is,” leaves the whole evidence in a very ticklish condition. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Lavater says you never know whether a man is your friend until you have divided an inheritance with him; but it is a much more ticklish thing to go halves in a woman's love. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z I must add that, though this seems an easy process, the setting of the blue-vat is a ticklish job, and requires, I should say, more experience than any other dyeing process. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z Once Derrick and I, the two officers, were put up against a bank to be bayoneted: an unpleasant, ticklish sensation as the steel swings back. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z It was then that he gave his celebrated rendering of a young typhoon, owing to the presence of a foreign substance—to wit, a fly—in a ticklish spot on his nose. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z In their then ticklish condition, the House had the decency to return their thanks, and the intrepidity to keep their places. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Whether this unsatisfactory and ticklish state of the issue was the cause or not, nothing was done in consequence of these revelations of the Surratt trial. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z Our position is a very ticklish one in this affair. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z It was a particularly ticklish post then, for France and Scotland and England were continually having trouble. Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z That adjusting business is ticklish work even between two close pals; but when the would-be adjuster is very little more than a mere acquaintance, the chances of success might be put in a small-sized pill-box. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z It is a ticklish task to make people more knowing than they wish to be, and one which, even if I were qualified for the office, I should be very shy of undertaking. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z The attention of the officers had been called to him more than once, and if there was a ticklish job aloft above the cross-trees, the boy was sent to perform it. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z To this ticklish overture the horse responded instantly. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z We have an idea that dramatic love-scenes must be very ticklish in composition; at least of this we are aware, that in real life they are peculiarly perplexing. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z But he found this, too, a ticklish business. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z It's ticklish work prophesying nowadays; but so far as I can see, the imbroglio with France promises to become serious. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z It’s a ticklish job, but if I don’t swamp her, we ought to get round that promontory.” Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z Well, it does look ticklish; if the Rebs cut the connection then there will be fun. The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z They be ticklish times for Master Henry, I knows that. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Look here, missis, you and me, we've been bound up in a ticklish job together. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z It is true that such speeches secured crowded galleries, for they were sure to be either breezy or ticklish, gusty with rage, or grinning with jests. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z At all events, don’t make enemies of the women; for, heaven knows, we are in a very ticklish situation, and I don’t like the looks of several of those fellows.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z The more I think of Marston’s play, the more sure I feel that a prologue to the purpose would help it materially, and almost decide the fate of any ticklish point on the first night. The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens 2011-03-11T03:00:15.587Z You see it’s a ticklish thing, and before you put it in a solicitor’s hands—a respectable solicitor’s hands, for cheap law’s the dearest thing in Lincoln’s-inn—you must have something to show him. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z It made traveling in the mountains a rather ticklish business. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z His room in our premises in Charlotte Square adjoins mine, and if I hear through the wall a vigorous poking and smashing going on I know he is tackling a ticklish problem. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z Mounted upon this ticklish steed, and in company with my friend, I made various excursions to Bolivar, Marion, Columbia, Anahuac, incipient cities consisting of from five to twenty houses. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z Duncan reiterated the Obama administration's support for using student achievement as a benchmark for teacher performance and pay, a ticklish concept with many teacher unions. Education chief urges teachers, administrators to cooperate 2011-02-16T00:34:13Z ‘Prove your case,’ says the judge to you; and mind you, sir, this is the ticklish point; it ain’t a question of who’s to have your father’s money. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z I was merely turning over in my mind a somewhat ticklish problem. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Should you describe some strange event That happened to a near relation,— Some fatal motor accident, Some droll or ticklish situation,— "In eighteen-eighty-eight," says he, "The very same occurred to me." Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z It was a ticklish job, and I made him move according to my judgment. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z It is ticklish business, because sometimes the rock grinds the jumper, and then the wings and point wear away. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z "I? nothing; only I advise you to be more careful how you trifle with another man's wife—that's a ticklish subject." The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z It was a ticklish moment when the fast-running car drew near. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z The trestle was ticklish walking for even a person who wasn't lame. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Not at all," he said; "I knew at once you are a perfect lady, and have nothing to do with such ticklish matters. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Successful supervision of School science is the most ticklish business that a master can be called upon to undertake. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z Never had he seen a ticklish situation so quickly resolved. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z Yet his mount was hardly in a canter again before he was plunged without warning into the most ticklish dilemma of all. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z But it was also dangerously near the doorn-boom, and to get hold of it would be a ticklish affair. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z He had made up his mind, for his part, not to touch upon this ticklish topic at table, but any topic was agreeable to him now. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z If you like you may try your luck, but you’ll find it, I think, a ticklish business. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z Known as "cross-border resolution," the idea is politically ticklish, but would acknowledge the global nature of modern banking. The European crisis: When banks get bigger than nations 2010-12-18T00:01:01Z Such price spikes and high-profile bullishness often create a ticklish situation for advisers: They think about selling just as clients want ... Advisers Try to Tame Appetite for Gold 2010-10-24T23:22:00Z The position was too ticklish and irksome for continued endurance. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z "I am in a much more ticklish position," said he. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z He is willing to answer almost any question asked of him, not ducking ticklish inquiries, as tends to be the wont of many politicians. With Paterson, the Simple Facts Can Get Complicated 2010-08-28T01:08:00Z So there must be plenty of ripe ideas out there that could help the state in these ticklish times. New Yorkers Offer the State Ideas to Save Cash 2010-06-11T03:03:00Z There is also the ticklish conflict between what you want for yourself today and tomorrow, and what you imagine you'll want when you're 80. Of course we love a medical scare. But it's got to ring true 2010-05-19T21:00:00Z Cutting public sector top pay will be a ticklish problem: is the hated top-down, central-diktat government to decree what people are paid locally? Fair pay: will CEOs play ball with Hutton? 2010-05-18T07:00:00Z "One glass," he urged, perhaps wishing, in the ticklish position of proprietor of licensed premises to stand well with the representatives of the law. A Poached Peerage It was a lively job, since both of them swore they were ticklish, and under different circumstances it could have been embarrassing. Problem on Balak It was a ticklish proposition getting out along the rock ledge, which narrowed to a mere rough crack into which they could dig the sides of their soles. Unexplored! "You are asking me a ticklish question," Cavanaugh said, with a start and a dropping of his honest eyes. The Cottage of Delight A Novel These fools don't realize what a ticklish job it is except in still water. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne I'll do my best, gentlemen," said the professor, shaking, his head, "but it's mighty ticklish business. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories I know you women are a little ticklish about a fib, but then it's an honest trick of the war sometimes. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency This must be my fate; for I can expect no less from these satirical madams, whose ticklish resentment of their injured honour will make them kick before they be galled. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Poor little Mary, be she who she might, was in a decidedly ticklish position, however perfectly her outward calm was preserved. In And Out It was ticklish and exciting work, watching the two men and observing the subtle craftiness of the German, who was trying to get the honest Englishman into his power. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England But, believe me, that was rather ticklish work. Bert Wilson at Panama But these are ticklish times, Mr. Butler, and the wise man keepeth his own counsel, as the Scripture says. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Illustrious Queen, I have received a large number of questions touching upon grave, ticklish and delicate points concerning the orthodoxy of Love. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades It was a ticklish moment, for there was not a man among us who did not fear that noon might find our scalps dangling above the Pawnee lodges. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois "These are ticklish times; I was anxious to see that this youth's pass was regular." Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience It was ticklish business, and more than once I almost lost my hold. Bert Wilson at Panama Andy," he said, "we have got rather a ticklish sort of a job before us, so I must give you your lesson, which you will understand better by knowing something of my plan. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency "But with your leave, sir, I'll just step out and take a look at our boat, for she's a ticklish craft to navigate, and might come to grief in strange hands." Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 Titles and forms of address are a ticklish subject in the Fatherland, at any time. Confessions of an Opera Singer His gang of boys was hustling cargo out of her in surfboats, and both boys and boats were the handiest and ablest that could be found anywhere for that ticklish work. Where the Pavement Ends It would be a ticklish matter spreading the story around. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Slant or no slant, however, this descent was a ticklish business. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt It will be ticklish work, my boy, but it seems to me that you are specially suited for it, for you have already ridden more than once in the enemy’s country. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War It is always a ticklish thing to heave a vessel to when there is a heavy sea running. The Ruined Cities of Zululand It's ticklish navigating at best, down the river, and one man can't rightly manage even the foresail alone, and steer, in those eddies and twists in the channel. International Short Stories American Meon’s people could not bring a boat across for some hours; even so it was ticklish work among the rocks in that tideway. Rewards and Fairies Everything near us was apparently affected by it, and several large bowlders started from their ticklish beds and rolled away down the mountain. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Yes, it will be ticklish work, and will require real grit, but I’ll bet anything our boys will tackle it. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War "Now comes the ticklish part of the business," Costigan informed the others. Triplanetary There is this much to be said for the lodging-houses, however, that it is a ticklish subject to approach until the city as a municipality has swept before its own door. The Children of the Poor But I wasn’t easy: more, I realised that the situation was a confoundedly ticklish one. A Frontier Mystery The large, jet-black ants are only ticklish and troublesome when one is lying down under the trees. My First Summer in the Sierra Grace was then handed into the boat—a ticklish business to the eyes of a landsman, but performed with amazing despatch and ease by the rough seaman who passed her over and received her. A Marriage at Sea The cryptic three-dimensional maze of bridges spanning the pit had made landing there a ticklish undertaking. Pet Farm She strictly kept her word, even during the first years of the Second Empire, when pedigrees were a ticklish thing to inquire into. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections His mind was wholly intent on the desperately ticklish piloting at hand. The World with a Thousand Moons Sometimes, however, a grouse dog of a ticklish temper will not bear being constantly called to on "breaking fence." The Dog And just how ticklish Mr. Narkom realized when he descended and made his way to the public tearoom. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories He knew it was a ticklish game to play. Command "The articular affection is certainly alleviated, but there is mischief here," said Grounsell, placing his hand over his heart; "fibrous tissues, my dear Miss Onslow, fibrous tissues are ticklish affairs." The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The grab shook the ticklish craft, so that the man with the revolver could scarcely keep his feet. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign “We were merely curious regarding the origin of your viands; but the question seems to be a ticklish one in this district.” A Prince of Good Fellows “It must be ticklish business for an officer to prowl about the headwaters of these mountain streams, looking for ‘sign.’” Our Southern Highlanders Friends coming to his aid helped him hold the milling mob, and their coolness and determination, tried in many ticklish situations, stood them in good stead. Bring Me His Ears Rose is rather in a ticklish situation just now. The Nephews: A Play, in Five Acts. By holding on to the log with their legs they had a comparatively firm, base, while the canoe was a very ticklish foundation for a fight. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign The Town Captain shrugged his shoulders, he could do nothing in the matter; it was a ticklish business to interfere in; it did not fall within his jurisdiction, etc., etc. Eyes Like the Sea I have been arguing the pros and cons of a ticklish problem. The Silent Barrier "My father was," he said, and I understood; a situation not exactly uncommon, but ticklish on a planet like Darkover. The Planet Savers It was plain the lady had two names; and from the nature of their merriment, and the wrath that gathered on her brow, there must be something ticklish in the second. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) “That little Dorothy was as full of caper as a colt, and anything as ticklish as a canoe ain’t safe for a child of that sort.” Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted Still, it is a rather ticklish position to become the guardian of a pretty woman, especially a pretty woman of this kind. Eyes Like the Sea Many noblemen and Cavalier officers and gentlemen had also a whispering knowledge of the ticklish affair. Old and New London Volume I "Pretty heavy terms of imprisonment," the other answered; "mutiny on the high seas is a mighty ticklish thing." The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers She refused, thus sparing the Berlin casuists the trouble of a deliberation still more ticklish than before. German Problems and Personalities Of all Kit Carson's dangerous scouts in enemy country this turned out to be the most ticklish. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters "My dear friend, all sorts of ticklish items have been entered in this note-book of mine which absolutely cannot be read by anybody but myself." Eyes Like the Sea Relief periods are ticklish intervals for the side making them. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Gammon saw that he was, in truth, in an exceedingly ticklish condition. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. This was a very ticklish question with the pious vestrymen of Trinity, as it was generally suspected that they were commingling business and piety in a way that might, if known, cause them some trouble. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times Crack revolver shots, and having skill in the use of the sword and with their fists, the boys had fought themselves out of many ticklish situations. The Boy Allies with the Cossacks Or, A Wild Dash over the Carpathians It is rather a ticklish matter to tamper unbidden with locks. When Ghost Meets Ghost We have a very intricate and ticklish affair to deal with. The Count's Chauffeur This is rather a ticklish business for a man to be embarked in; and to find that all is to go pleasantly is a great relief to me. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Probably the most ticklish situation in all reporting is here. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories It was, at least, a ticklish decision that he had to make; and, self-reliant as he was by 254 habit, he began to cherish a longing for advice. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) It was a ticklish business, very much like managing a treacherous mule, loaded with kicks and bites at both ends. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida And that day it had to be crossed, which was a ticklish task. Alaska Days with John Muir The ticklish game of "carrying on" was beyond Martin's present ken. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Jeffrey, we have seen, was very far from being a coward, but he was very ticklish indeed. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 The poet, meeting Sir Philip, approached the ticklish subject thus: "Will you, Sir Philip—will your kindness excuse my addressing to you a single question?" Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches Now, as probably all my young readers know from personal experience, the feet are very sensitive, and there are few who are not "ticklish." Mark Mason's Victory The job of speeding into an atmospheric pressure was always ticklish, and it was with some relief that he reported "Into th' atmosphere, suh," according to routine. Hawk Carse The unfortunate hero was equally discomposed at the unmannerly exultation of his attendants, and at his own ticklish situation. The History of Sandford and Merton Yes, it all hangs on that, and it will be a ticklish job. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs Having such an unsavory creature in the basement of one's house is rather ticklish business; not so perilous as a stick of dynamite, yet fraught with unpleasant possibilities. Under the Maples It was a ticklish job, but Clancy got away with it. The Seiners The Nonconformist conscience then, as now, was a ticklish thing. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly I’ve taken some from folks myself, once or twice, but this one is in a ticklish place. Jessica, the Heiress But once when the nurse accidentally tickled her, she said, "Since I am ticklish, I must be jealous—I should worry." Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type Nerve and rapidity of thought save the aviator in many a ticklish position. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons I have seen lady doctors with whom one could discuss the most ticklish subjects, profoundly shocked by the misplaced pleasantries of a tactless professor. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study The plink was very ticklish and he couldn’t hold it in. FreeChildrenStories.com Collection The manufacture of Indurate required some ticklish work. The Long Voyage "There they embarrass the Government by refusing to pay, and by shooting people in the good old way, just at the most ticklish time." Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule It's a big job, Mr. Nichols—a ticklish kind of a job for a furriner—one with some—er—unusual features—that may call for—er—a lot of tact. The Vagrant Duke The Dutchman squealed and leaped to his 213 feet, for he was so ticklish that one, wishing to see him squirm, only had to point a finger at him. Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield To get him out in this manner was, de Spain realized, the really ticklish part of the undertaking. Nan of Music Mountain One of the best things lately said upon age—a very ticklish subject by the way—was the observation of Mr. James Smith to Mr. Thomas Hill. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. It was a ticklish business, but those old ships were solidly built, and we made it. Vampires of Space Trust not too much, vain Monarch, to your pow'r, Know fortune places all her choicest gifts On ticklish heights, they shake with ev'ry breeze, And oft some rude wind hurls them to the ground. The Prince of Parthia A Tragedy He looked very cool and comfortable on the ground, while I was standing in a very ticklish place, and was afraid that the dead limb might give way at any moment. Harper's Young People, October 5, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He was anxious for the Earl to recover consciousness in order to obtain instructions concerning the attitude to be adopted towards Austria, regarding whom a ticklish point of policy had on the previous evening arisen. The White Lie At the commencement of his career—and that of journalism is a ticklish one—he had been greatly helped by Juve, whose knowledge and advice had been invaluable to him. A Nest of Spies The business," he wrote to Washington, "is in the most ticklish state that can be imagined. James Madison They were all rather unfriendly to Lester at present, and he realized that he was facing a ticklish situation. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel The Captain felt that the telling of his story was ticklish work. Captain Dieppe It was a ticklish job, and the whips were kept quiet at first, except to flick up one or another which tried to poke out of the mob. In the Musgrave Ranges I guess a coach is a more ticklish thing to run than a gold-escort. The Tale of Timber Town It was rather a ticklish business to get the kite up, but the butcher's boy helped—he had a noble heart—and at last it was done. Oswald Bastable and Others With our large sails and the healthy breeze romping up the Carquinez Straits, we found that our sailing was what is called "ticklish." Tales of the Fish Patrol However, although the “taboo” was a ticklish thing to meddle with, I determined to test its capabilities of resisting an attack. Typee Then he commenced to twist his neck, to free himself from the ticklish straw and shavings. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall My arm’s not strong enough yet to be depended on in such ticklish matters. With Hoops of Steel His name was Plumb, and I liked him very much; he played in both braces and a belt, because he told us belts were ticklish things and braces sometimes burst. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate Yes," said he, "I tell you that our affairs look rather ticklish—can't deny it—but that is the only thing that will bring the people to their senses. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Then began the ticklish work of cutting it, and in this there was much danger. Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam "Yes—there!" said Nancy, holding up Ellen's bare feet on one hand, while the fingers of the other, secretly applied in ticklish fashion to the soles of them, caused Ellen suddenly to start and scream. The Wide, Wide World You know, of course, that I am always asked to intervene now in any ticklish affair!... Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas "Women are ticklish things to handle, Rod," he said, wiping his perspiring forehead when all was harmony again. The End of the Rainbow Passepoil, relying upon his Norman cunning, took it upon himself to explain a ticklish situation. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama Once, many years ago, I said to an influential person: ‘Your wife is a ticklish lady,’ in an honorable sense, of the moral qualities, so to speak. The Brothers Karamazov I was beginning to comprehend the counsel of my Nashville friend on the ticklish point of pre-emption. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness “Forcing a change is a very ticklish business,” said Aumerle, studying the menu, and regretting that his digestion was not all it had been. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange Yes, but it's a ticklish job fitting it when you do find it. The End of the Rainbow In ten minutes time way was made at the ticklish rope bridge for a file of sixteen coffins, each borne by two of the Sergeant's unwilling conscripts, while the Sergeant closed up the rear. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin She is pretty ticklish," Charley admitted, "but just the craft for our purpose. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades He felt that he was in a very ticklish situation. The Cheerful Smugglers Besides, any ticklish job is a one-man job and I was best alone: once I got hold of Hutton there would be no trouble with his followers. The La Chance Mine Mystery “And you are it,” they all laughed at him again with ticklish laughter. Rootabaga Stories Sunny was very glad to have his father go first, because he discovered that coming downstairs was more ticklish than going up. Sunny Boy in the Big City The young Indian took his place in the stern of the ticklish craft, and with a single shove of his long pole sent it far out into the stream. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades But as a general thing nosing out a rustler is a pretty ticklish proposition. The Trail to Yesterday I don’t know; it’s in a ticklish place. The Wind Before the Dawn In Longueville Mr. Warren was, as he always is, correct and respectable, and Mr. Cone made much more of the ticklish part of Florian than we had a right to expect. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 He wrote a Life of Mahomet, and also a work in which he attempted to bridge over the interval between the Old and New Testaments—rather a ticklish job, one might imagine. The Cornwall Coast Everything has gone very smoothly so far, and we are all here excepting two of us, although some of us have had a pretty ticklish time in getting through to this town. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War "Feather high, now," shouted Miller; and then added in a low voice to the Captain, "It will be ticklish work, starting in this wind." Tom Brown at Oxford This presence of human beings laboring in silence at dead of night made his task decidedly ticklish, and minutes passed before he gained a position behind the last pile of rubble, overlooking the hole. Where the Souls of Men are Calling What more natural then that he should persist in helping the captain in what would be a ticklish piece of work, as both men knew? The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys This turned out to be a ticklish job. The Fighting Edge Be careful," said Prince Arthur; "ticklish subject, you know. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, May 6, 1893 IT was a ticklish position, and one that called for quick decision. Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers The question is, how to get Rogers to advance so large a sum in such a ticklish business? Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated By Swiftwater’s direction the boys were allowed to take a hand at the oars at times, beside the Indian oarsman, to accustom them somewhat to the ticklish navigation of the rivers. The Boy Scouts on the Yukon “I think he is only scouting around to see what he can discover; but keep your eyes and ears open, it has been mighty ticklish around here to-night.” Far Past the Frontier "Do you know that you are in a very ticklish position?" he asked. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia Anyhow it is hardly worth while for the general reader to waste time over these ticklish points. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England At last the cleavage was reached, and it proved the most ticklish piece of the whole ridge to get around. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America On the "ticklish" setting of this everything depends. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. A light narrow galley or ship's boat, clincher-built, and adapted for expedition either by rowing or sailing; the latter ticklish at times. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Is the drawing up of a reply to the insurgents so ticklish a business that two heads are needed for its satisfactory performance? The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 I'm on the most ticklish errand of my life. The Opened Shutters It was a very ticklish matter, though the audience knew nothing about it. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 The more I think of Marston's play, the more sure I feel that a prologue to the purpose would help it materially, and almost decide the fate of any ticklish point on the first night. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 Of course I need not tell you that to interfere in a case of this kind, with no knowledge of the facts, is a somewhat ticklish business. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure There they pondered the ticklish situation of their friends, and every word they said on it was pointed and punctuated by a sense of their own relations. Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon And then, on top of the whole thing, he pokes his head through the shutters and hinders jest at the most ticklish moment.” A Chosen Few Short Stories The water feeling so ticklish all over you, and— Why, no, it wasn't nice at all; it was just frightful! Little Grandfather The boats on the Nile are very ticklish flat-bottomed affairs, wretchedly handled. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 To sail boldly into the harbor was a ticklish risk to run as there was no pilot aboard who knew the inner channel and the depths of water. Blackbeard: Buccaneer It would be rather remarkable if it wasn’t a ticklish job.” The Peril Finders “They hain’t been on it fur years, anyhow,” he says, reassuring the Captain, who has again taken him aside to talk over the ticklish matter. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure It was rather a ticklish proceeding, but was managed as follows: He was taken very early in the morning to Hungerford market, where a lighter with tackles had been previously arranged. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Nelsen must have thrown himself prone at the last instant, before the ticklish explosive blew. The Planet Strappers This has the look of a ticklish matter for the lot of us. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Well, I hope so, but horses are ticklish things, and you never know what comes of a sprain or strain. The Peril Finders "The explanation would be rather ticklish, when you come to think of it," said Felix dryly. A Son of the Immortals Take hold of the root which shoots out over your head, sir, for 'tis ticklish work getting along just here. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 As for Spain, she was hard pressed; French and American emissaries had stirred up strife in her colonies; and affairs were most "ticklish" in San Domingo. William Pitt and the Great War He wanted to inform Captain Wass that the latter knew altogether too much about steamboating for the kind of work that was planned out along the coast in those ticklish times. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Italy and the Pope, etc., are very ticklish subjects. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 "It will be a ticklish business to go through that breach," said the pilot, shaking his head. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi It was a ticklish task that Lieutenant Raymond had before him then. A Prisoner of Morro In the Hands of the Enemy Here is a ticklish point—it is at this point that all splits and quarrels begin. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada He settled back on his haunches and gave a little thought to the matter, and understood that he had a ticklish job ahead of him. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 There was a deal of slippery crawling to do, of slow, ticklish climbing. Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. It was ticklish work, but by the help of the rope he maintained his balance till he could find hand-hold and stand perfectly upright. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps That was a rather more ticklish task, and the men crouched and stole along in silence. A Prisoner of Morro In the Hands of the Enemy The finances are the only ticklish matter, but there is, after all, plenty of money in the country, now that our fever-fit is a little over. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) If a man will be prying, of his own accord, into things of such ticklish and troublesome, not to say perilous nature—I've nothing to say to it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 “I declare my scalp feels quite ticklish already.” Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek Still, by way of postscript, he feared that his incomparable friend’s comparison of the gnat to Venus, on account of its origin from the waters, was in many ways ticklish. Romola Now my job begins; and I guess it’s as ticklish as yours. Jewel Weed I have a very ticklish affair on to-night—an affair of so much risk that I hardly like to ask you to take part in it as a start. Under the Rebel's Reign "Guess this ride must make you feel ticklish, too," suggested Peace, looking over her shoulder with a comical, self-complacent air at the crowded rear seat of the carryall. The Lilac Lady The doctor did not at all relish the idea of taking his own drugs, but he was careful not to betray his dislike, for he was in a decidedly ticklish position. The Day of Wrath Have a care there—these triggers are ticklish. Rookwood It was a ticklish zigzag, just to the left of the transporting machinery, with twenty places in which a slip would mean death. Adventures in Many Lands To the civilian mind, being sent forward purposely to draw the enemy's fire, looks like "ticklish" business. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros This is a ticklish case, and wants ticklish treatment. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy All this had to be done slowly and deliberately so as not to startle the flock, but, as Rifle said, it was ticklish work. The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range For those watching from hiding it was a ticklish moment. Laramie Holds the Range It was ticklish work; for the peat had been left to itself rather too long; and chips and shavings were things never seen in these parts. The Billow and the Rock "Bread sauce is so ticklish; a simmer too much and it's clean done for," Mrs. Baker said with a voice of great solicitude. Orley Farm Aye, but your Action of the Case in this Point is too ticklish. The City Bride (1696) Or The Merry Cuckold The historic form of this advertisement, "I spy strangers;" is briefer still, but inadmissible in these ticklish times. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 3, 1916 So much of an iceberg is beneath the surface of the water, ballasting the whole, that it is rather ticklish business cruising in its vicinity. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska But I, poor Empress as I am, work on the human skin, which is irritable and ticklish to a very different degree. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. It is a ticklish operation and the paper is easily torn if too thin or too damp. The Book-Hunter at Home They turn over the opposing seat, elevate their nobler shins, and droop languid heads over the ticklish plush chair-back. Pipefuls However, before dealing with this rather ticklish subject, I had better finish what I had to say about the evening in question, or this particular young lady may take my remarks as personal. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 It was ticklish business getting the boat and its lively crew back to the davits in safety. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska All the early travellers noted their ticklish balance. Home Life in Colonial Days It is a ticklish question, this matter of the price which the collector pays, and should pay, for his books, and one that may not be resolved early in his career. The Book-Hunter at Home It was a ticklish moment when she let go of the rod with her left hand to slip the net under the trout, but she negotiated it in safety. The Highgrader So the Americans were free to go back to the more ticklish Vaga-Dvina area. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 It was a ticklish job explaining about Kovacs, but when she understood that he just wanted to do a friend a favor, and she'd still have Paul all to herself, she calmed down. Slingshot It was a ticklish time, for had a torpedo-boat come upon us we could not have dived. Danger! and Other Stories And here a gray bough of the ancient alder stretches across, like a thirsty giant's arm, and makes it a very ticklish place to throw a fly. Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore All three of the lads realized that it was a ticklish moment. The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving It was a ticklish situation, for the Red agitators had raised their heads again and an officer had been assassinated in a nearby village. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 It is ticklish navigation among these islands, and I certainly should not feel comfortable if neither you nor I were on deck. At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt There are two chaps, though, who are in a devil of a ticklish position. The Paternoster Ruby I have done so without a murmur, although it puts me into a ticklish position. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 But it would have been a ticklish and discreditable position. Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son During those ticklish weeks of Bolshevik pressure of greatly superior numbers constantly threatening to besiege Pinega, and of a political propaganda which was hard to offset, the Americans held on optimistically. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 The raven was made judge, and decided that the spider should undertake the ticklish task, and that the eagle should carry her to the crater. Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm With a few cautious hitches he succeeded in gaining a ticklish seat upon the broken top of the stump, where he maintained himself by resting his feet upon two of the stoutest sprouts. Chums of the Camp Fire It was a ticklish moment for Sidney Prale, but he remembered that he was fighting to protect himself. The Brand of Silence A Detective Story It will be a ticklish operation to get by if the men are on the watch. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters They wisely stayed inside, as in fact did the few other English sergeants and enlisted men at Obozerskaya that ticklish night. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 But there is not, as it were, so ticklish a sensibility of pleasures in old men. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome But in this part, of all others, is most to be considered the ticklish and brittle state of the greatness of Spain. Beginnings of the American People I asked, to change the conversation, which was growing ticklish. To The West But this is a ticklish affair, and we must do nothing rashly. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris We paddled back, and getting hold of such spars and planks as we could find, placed them crosswise under our raft to prevent it from upsetting, though it was even thus a ticklish affair. Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures I am glad that the rapids are not near, though, for with our well-freighted craft it would be a ticklish job running them, I guess.” The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada “This is a ticklish coast at all times, and one never knows what’s coming.” Hurricane Hurry It was ticklish work with all our care. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins Machinery’s a ticklish thing, and as for a mine, you never know what’s going to happen from one hour to another. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea The rhinoceros stopped short and shook its head, and they saw it try to turn it, as if to touch a tender or ticklish place with its nose. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers The ladies, in particular, were most expert in felicitous turns of phrase, charming subtleties of speech for expressing the most ticklish things. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories As soon as he had climbed upon his shelf he found that it was going to be one of those hot uncomfortable nights when pillow and sheet get ticklish and make the skin feel itchy. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle It is too ticklish a matter to admit of delay, either in the design or execution. The Lone Ranche To treat for their restitution, or even for that of the last and true one, would be a very ticklish operation indeed. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War You’ve got to keep a check on yourself, my dear, and remember that a nervous shock’s a ticklish thing, and needs a lot of tending!” Flaming June “No, my lad, I don’t believe it has, for a cargo o’ coal is a ticklish thing to take half round the world; as more vessels are lost in carrying it than folks suppose! On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story It was a ticklish job, the long-boat especially being very heavy, and there being no means, now they had lost their masts, of rigging a tackle aloft to hoist it off the chocks amidships. Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle “They’re generally ticklish craft to deal with; though, I don’t suppose this beggar means any harm to us in such a waterway as this, where we meet other vessels every hour or so.” Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea Not to mention that the Arabs were ticklish gentlemen to tumble over a bank into the middle of! For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War His first three overs were maidens, balls that were dead on to the wicket, and so true and ticklish that the Inimitable champions did not dare to play them. Tom Finch's Monkey and How he Dined with the Admiral This was a ticklish question, and the mate hardly knew how to answer it, recollecting, as he did in an instant, what I had said—of our being much further westwards than the skipper thought. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story It was ticklish work; for, if she were once allowed to broach to, one of the pursuing waves would soon leap over the taffrail, and then it would be a case for us! The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea “It would be a very ticklish business to launch a boat in this sea.” Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War And no wonder; in such a ticklish situation, to have something jump upon you in the dark, when all your nerves are on the stretch, must be very startling. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Open boats are all very well in their way, but they are rather ticklish craft in which to face such a gale as we had last night.” A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron Now came the ticklish part of the business. The Missing Merchantman It got precious ticklish after this; and no one said a word till each Jump was done: and then we let out. The Master of the Shell From all of which, and the altered character of the little craft’s motion, I learned that the ticklish manoeuvre of rounding-to had been safely executed. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Never mind, I’m glad to see you, young ’un, for there’s a ticklish bit of figure work to do. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Ruth, she believed, would know just how to handle this ticklish situation. The Corner House Girls at School She paused, and there was a chilling silence: everybody felt she was getting on ticklish ground now. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 It164 would have been a ticklish business to make one's way along the deck then, he thought. Tom Slade with the Colors "Both you girls are all to the good—the right kind to have along in ticklish places." The Skylark of Space "It's a ticklish job, no fooling—even for an expert," the mathematician agreed. Spacehounds of IPC "Now comes the ticklish part of the business," Costigan informed them. Triplanetary It was a mighty ticklish position for all of us. The Autobiography of Methuselah That was a ticklish business, too, at Nagpore; and you were lucky in coming so well out of it. At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War Of course the first few moments were the ticklish ones. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies It would be better to let well enough alone, and he was a ticklish customer. A Jolly Fellowship "The most ticklish part of the business is yet to come." R. Holmes & Co. We must carry the young fellow to sea with us, sir," rejoined the stranger, "and that will cure him of looking for flowers in such ticklish places. The Two Admirals My father gave him a sharp look, and pulled strongly at his pipe, like a man who prepares for ticklish business. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories There were no means of getting off, save to let down the boat, and tow the schooner out into the wind,—rather a ticklish job among ice, and in so dim a light. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' Barny saw his reputation was in a ticklish position, and began to consider how his disgrace could be retrieved. Stories of Comedy It is a most interesting population to examine in detail, made up of honest, skilful Parisian artisans, frondeurs at heart, jesting with everything, but terribly ticklish on the point of honour. With Those Who Wait "Yes, it was a ticklish piece of work," continued Anderson. Sue, A Little Heroine He knows a lot of useful stuff, and these are ticklish times.' Sarah's School Friend Judging from the ticklish way the basswood hung on it, the task looked dangerous. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's Sometimes they would hit him in a ticklish spot, and throw him into such a fit of laughter that they thought he was enjoying it all and chaffing them. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know |
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