| 单词 | by fits and starts |
| 例句 | He moved upward slowly, by fits and starts at first, then more smoothly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The story proceeds by fits and starts with a narrative line — Alita’s journey of self-awareness — that is embellished with a dreary old-fashioned romance and regularly interrupted by chaotic action scenes. ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Review: Do Female Cyborgs Dream of Breasts? 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z But the lack of momentum and Howard's constant resetting of time and place mean the novel builds toward its conclusion by fits and starts. 'Driving the King' a bold reimagining of civil rights era 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z In the next three years, he painted only by fits and starts. Gauguin, Obsessive Chameleon 2010-10-01T14:33:00Z Past efforts to tighten security cooperation between Seoul and Tokyo have progressed by fits and starts. China blasts US-Japan-South Korea summit, warns of ‘contradictions and increasing tensions’ 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z For all the divisions we have faced in our history and all the serious trauma of recent years, the U.S. has endured to build, by fits and starts, a more perfect union. From space lasers to civil war: Marjorie Taylor Greene's long audition to be Trump's running mate 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z After the Civil War, the breakup movement kept going by fits and starts, over who was getting the rawest deal on you-name-it. Why has massive California never been split into two states? Or six? 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z But he will, by fits and starts, be able to get some legislation through. What happens to the Resistance after the world’s loudest science denier leaves the White House? 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z The Gospel advances by fits and starts, but over time it does bring about change for the good. Opinion | Was the Virgin Mary a Virgin? Does It Matter? 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z Both quarterbacks are growing by fits and starts. The N.F.L.’s Quarterback Youth Movement Has Its Growing Pains 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The Republican Party’s dance with President Trump has long been marked by fits and starts. Opinion | Democrats may be in for a surprise in 2018 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z The $150 million project has been characterized by fits and starts for years and is now projected to open in 2020. Analysis | The Daily 202: Negative ads are helping Ed Gillespie win over Trump supporters in the Virginia governor’s race 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z But senators said the president shares responsibility for this year’s turbulence and gridlock, observing that the glacial pace of writing and passing laws, complicated by fits and starts, has been a culture shock for Trump. The great dealmaker? Lawmakers find Trump to be an untrustworthy negotiator. 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z “My poetry imitates or reproduces the way knowledge or awareness comes to me, which is by fits and starts and by indirection. I don’t think poetry arranged in neat patterns would reflect that situation.” John Ashbery, exalted poet of boundless verve, dies at 90 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z “My poetry imitates or reproduces the way knowledge or awareness comes to me, which is by fits and starts and by indirection. I don't think poetry arranged in neat patterns would reflect that situation.” John Ashbery, regarded as one of the world's greatest poets, dies at age 90 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z New paradigms usually don’t arrive all at once, but by fits and starts. New technology may soon resurrect the sharing economy in a very radical form 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Characterised by fits and starts over the following six years, the talks were finally abandoned in 2009 with no substantive progress on the North Korean nuclear issue. The art of North Korea's nuclear brinkmanship 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z However, it’s a recovery marked by fits and starts. Survey: Americans' Interest In Volunteering And Charity Is Precipitously Declining 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Gunners on convoys bundled up against the bite in the Afghan air, and we exhaled collectively as enemy action fell by fits and starts, a deadly staccato that began to drop off. At War Blog: A Change in the Afghan Fighting Season, Borne on the Rain Drops 2012-11-23T15:33:56Z They also used to be convinced Democrats, but have been drifting into the Republican column by fits and starts since the election of Richard Nixon. White working-class voters: Fed up with everyone 2012-10-25T15:00:58Z The Bourbons would wear the Spanish crown by fits and starts and several stops across three centuries, through civil wars, Napoleonic invasion and Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Beyond Soccer: The Poignance and Royalty of Spain's Soft Power 2012-07-05T22:05:27Z Granted, this is government by fits and starts, hobbled by the whims of voters. Lexington: Declinism resurgent 2012-05-10T15:06:15Z Just now he could throw himself into the business only by fits and starts, but he assured everybody that it should soon secure his undivided care. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z He is closely watched, and consequently obliged to write by fits and starts; he is deprived of every source of documentary information, and consequently must trust to his own memory. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The sun was burning by fits and starts, as it were. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z They took them up, or rather Gray did, by fits and starts. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The bell tinkled by fits and starts, drawing nearer at every sound. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z So, in Plato, the man of heart is but a nature which by fits and starts, or with steady but limited vision, realises the larger life. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z It advanced by fits and starts, now plunging forward, now halting, while the heart of it gave forth a dull roaring sound that rose above the murmur of the river. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Disobeying orders, they will rummage and clean by fits and starts, regardless of the havoc they innocently make. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z I am writing this by fits and starts, as you will perceive. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z A private tutor may permit his charge to neglect all these things, and yet secure some progress in studies carried on by fits and starts, with noise and zeal to-day, followed by indolence to-morrow. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z Groder was crouched up close to the fire, shivering by fits and starts, like a man with an ague. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z At 8 A.M. the sun began to be visible by fits and starts, long enough, however, to permit us to make an occasional observation. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z It is no longer produced by fits and starts or intermittently. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z But there is a lower depth into which we have to descend, and descend, not by fits and starts, but regularly and systematically. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z How they grow by fits and starts, and what this has to do with the way they change their clothes. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z And in spite of her headache, which caught her by fits and starts, her mood broke into a joy so wild that it sent her pirouetting about the room. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z But in actual practice it probably stretches somewhat by fits and starts, and a record of that fact will be of great value in estimating the strength of the material in actual work. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z Steadily the noise increases till it is like all the pipes of an organ; the ship trembles and shakes, and rises by fits and starts, or is gently lifted up. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z Existing conditions forbade a logical and unbroken development of the political cartoon; it evolved only by fits and starts. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z He only appeared upon the horizon by fits and starts, as it were; and in tracing his career, it will be found that two or three lengthy intervals intervene between his retirements and reappearances. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z The flames now leaped up only by fits and starts; evidently the fire had little left to consume. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z I write by fits and starts, but I have been steady at it all day, because it has been raining in down-pouring torrents. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z Gifted to an unusual degree in music, at which she worked by fits and starts, her lack of general confidence was a great impediment, and often a serious handicap where any public demonstration was concerned. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z As he wanted the power of continued attention, and was only attracted by fits and starts, it may be naturally supposed he was not taught letters, and still less that he would copy them. Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection 2011-08-23T02:00:29.227Z He was getting old, and had less energy, even by fits and starts, than he used to have, they realised, but otherwise he was much the same as he had been before Sophie went away. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z It was not likely that Keats would be in that company; yet Jack, by fits and starts, had been a passionate reader of everybody, even of the poets. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z “They took their places inside the room, each one at a hole, and began firing by fits and starts, Tom standin’ ready with a charge of powder from the horn each time. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z This scientific life which seems to stagnate, flows on without intermission noiselessly, steadily, but not by fits and starts. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z It was some days after the full moon; that shining world was as yet hidden behind the earth, but the let-on jets of its rays shot up by fits and starts. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z She spoke rapidly, and then by fits and starts, wondering at his silence. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z He would never reform; he would work by fits and starts and he could not support me. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z It's what they call tic-douloureux, I fancy, for it comes on by fits and starts. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z But the twofold effect of civil war—the ruin of the farmers and the scarcity and high price of rural labour—was only reduced arbitrarily and by fits and starts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z Another trait: the queer fellow was proud, and even, by fits and starts, when it was not too risky, generous. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z Yet it was very dear to her, too, by fits and starts as it were. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z He had read it by fits and starts, while striding about the room, and stamping his feet upon the floor, until the glasses jingled upon the table. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Hanchen was cowed again, and what followed, came only by fits and starts. In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly id�e fixe, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z In a transferred sense, the word is also used of any temporary or irregular periods of action or inaction, and hence in such expressions as “by fits and starts.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z So unused was she to be dominated by any overmastering emotion that she was being run away with; and now and then by fits and starts she saw with dismay that this was so. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Some the officers had grown melancholy, the others were noisy only by fits and starts--Juanita's eyes closed. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z Last week we only saw the object of our affections by fits and starts as it were; now we have her or him all to ourselves. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z They do not make a career; they do not make good; they do not, in the long run, even make much money, though that rolls in by fits and starts, and at times plentifully. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z Brenda did well in all her studies "by fits and starts," as the girls said. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z I asked about that in my visits, but could n't find that you were teaching patriotism, except by fits and starts, in widely separated places. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z To Cohen’s evident regret, a resulting project to write a book about Gulag victims proceeded only by fits and starts. Living to Tell 2010-10-01T15:45:00Z This evening of the reunion of these serious creatures runs on by leaps and bounds and rises to a pitch by fits and starts. Woman When Bojo finally turned in it was to sleep by fits and starts. Making Money Yet it was very dear to her, too, by fits and starts. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir The breeze came by fits and starts, from first one direction and then another, and the man at the wheel had all he could do to keep the schooner to her course. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy No man who only works by fits and starts is able to obtain his living nowadays, for he has not a chance of thriving in competition with steady workmen. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Jefferson had energy and audacity,—but he was energetic and audacious only by fits and starts. Thomas Jefferson As for being overworked, that comes by fits and starts. In the Whirl of the Rising Then the tiny flames divided, one set running towards the portmanteau, in which the partially-emptied tin had been thrown, the other going by fits and starts in the direction of the iron entry. Blind Policy The poor animals could only get through the quagmire streets by fits and starts; it was first a stumble, then a convulsive jump, then another stumble and another jump, and so on. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] She found her pupil bright indeed, but only ready to work by fits and starts, and quite unmoved by fear of punishment, or promise of reward. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story She sang by fits and starts, chatted by fits and starts, enjoyed the hour as it passed, fulfilled some little duty, and was gone again, and was delightful in all. Toilers of the Sea He napped uneasily throughout the night, sleeping and waking by fits and starts, his brain insatiably occupied with an interminable succession of wretched dreams. The Destroying Angel Marx was a sound mathematician but the sciences we only knew in part, by fits and starts, sporadically. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" Only by fits and starts was the shack enlivened by her happy chatter. The Plow-Woman There was faint moonlight by fits and starts, and I not only found it impossible to sleep, I found it impossible to keep my eyes shut. Four Ghost Stories Gwen proceeded, and told with creditable brevity and clearness, the succession of events the story has given, for its own reasons, by fits and starts. When Ghost Meets Ghost Do you know this story of mine is horrible; I only work at it by fits and starts, because I feel as if it were a sort of crime against humanity—it is so cruel. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) He was dozing, restless, waking and sleeping by fits and starts. Gold He had mastered the idea that it will not do to be keen by fits and starts: you must be on the spot all the time. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts It is not mere "pluck"; for pluck also comes by fits and starts, and can be disconnected from the other elements of character. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 “I have heard these stories, but I also know that he only drinks by fits and starts——” “Worse and worse.” The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 He talked to the ladies by fits and starts, choosing for topics whatever was most intensely commonplace. Shirley The important thing, however, was that my headaches yielded gradually to the continued use of medicine; it would hardly have produced the desired effect if I had taken it by fits and starts. My Autobiography A Fragment The long column, with the trophies of captured guns and machines of war, could only press forward by fits and starts. Westward with the Prince of Wales It seemed to come by fits and starts, but steadily increased in volume. Dave Porter At Bear Camp or, The Wild Man of Mirror Lake This lady had been betrothed early in life to the Marchese Luigi; but the man had become insane—partially insane and by fits and starts. Is He Popenjoy? Does the sex invite, repulse so, Tempt, betray, by fits and starts? Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning During my lord's many absences, these schooldays would go on uninterruptedly: the mother and daughter learning with surprising quickness: the latter by fits and starts only, and as suited her wayward humour. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges And she only talked with the girls by fits and starts. Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery The "larrikin" easily gets a job, and works by fits and starts when it suits him, or when he wants money. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand But still the composition of the great work to which it was intended to be a portico proceeded by fits and starts. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History I have to do my work by fits and starts. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal The food came on slowly, by fits and starts, and the dishes were all so cold and queer of taste that even Frank complained. A Son of the Middle Border The pursuers crept up and fell back by fits and starts; slowly the distance widened. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Well, I read Shakespeare rather often, and I read Dante by fits and starts; and I do not mind Milton from time to time. Imaginary Interviews I did not sleep, or when I did by fits and starts, I woke frightened and crying. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 The wind, by fits and starts, rattled loose boards and set stray shingles tattooing here and there. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill When you’re in a train that goes by fits and starts, you may be sure that there is a bad driver on the engine. Mugby Junction He closed his eyes—but only to sleep by fits and starts. Merry-Garden and Other Stories He did not like this new interest Mr. Wingate was taking, by fits and starts, in the deposed family who were his relatives and—enemies. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Eventually I, also, slept—at first by fits and starts concomitant with railway travel by night, then more soundly when the “gentleman,” my comrade in adventure, had been hauled out and deposited elsewhere. Desert Dust It was doubtless during this retreat that mademoiselle—who did everything by fits and starts—resolved to renounce the world. The Regent's Daughter I slept that night by fits and starts, but whether asleep or awake my mind was filled with omens of evil. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France It may be as well to note at the same time that the peg should be quite circular, or it will revolve by fits and starts notwithstanding soap and chalk, or any other mixture. The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Far away, with an odd leap, waving its arms abroad and coming by fits and starts, as a hare gambols along a path—a figure was tiny to see, coming from Ardres way towards Calais. Privy Seal His Last Venture Such were the thoughts that, by fits and starts, passed through me during the first hours of the death struggle; but the worst horror of that awful night came presently. Athelstane Ford The disposition to do so, however, only came by fits and starts. The Hero of Garside School News from the Orange River, which came in by fits and starts, hinted that after the evacuation of Colesberg would come the abandonment of Stormberg. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Cleopatra could be great by fits and starts, but never sustained her dignity upon so high a tone for ten minutes together. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical He himself took his sleep by fits and starts two or three hours at a time, and except when cooking, paddled away assiduously. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia He was not, however, a wise statesman; he was unable to pursue a consistent policy, but, as Voltaire says, "did everything by fits and starts." An Introduction to the History of Western Europe Barbara Morgan had not been able to sleep except by fits and starts. 'Drag' Harlan He worked slowly, by fits and starts, whenever the humour was on him, but it seemed to his brother and sisters as if his walls would never be papered. The Crown of Success I loved Fel dearly, I know I did; but by fits and starts I was so full of envy that I had to go off by myself and pout. Aunt Madge's Story Two more weeks passed and de Peyster's conduct in regard to Henry was regulated again by fits and starts. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand Madeleine saw that argument would not avail with the count; his mind was not sufficiently clear; it only had glimpses of reason which allowed him to comprehend by fits and starts. Fairy Fingers A Novel But the day after her son only worked by fits and starts, and the day after that he did no work at all but sat over the fire looking into the burning coals. The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said They, of Arundel Street, had been idle, reckless, useless beings—so Tom had often declared to his wife—and only by fits and starts had there existed any friendship between him and either of them. Miss Mackenzie When their voices had died away down the road she closed the harmonium softly, and fell to walking to and fro, musing, tidying up the schoolroom by fits and starts. Shining Ferry I made out this by fits and starts, as it were, for he couldn’t speak without pain, it seemed. Washed Ashore The Tower of Stormount Bay Daniel, from the first, was a thing of inconsistencies; his life proceeded as if by fits and starts. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works Finding we could not get any news out of them, we waited until they had sufficiently relieved their feelings by abusing them, and then gleaned the following information by fits and starts. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island What we want is constant and reliable laborers; not those who come by fits and starts, just to work for a month and then be off. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party For half an hour he knelt, and, although he prayed but by fits and starts, by degrees peace grew within him and possessed his soul. Shining Ferry "He would say," Rupert laughed, "he cannot see why he should do things by fits and starts as you do, Easton." The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition Her wretched master now loved his wife to distraction, yet hated her to the death: and Ryder loved her master passionately, yet hated him intensely, by fits and starts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 It came slowly, by fits and starts, with a long pause at the end of each sentence, and with many a sigh between, expressive of extreme weakness. Jarwin and Cuffy It does not come by fits and starts, it is a part of his very life. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power But even this he did only by fits and starts, and found himself continually wandering away towards a more enchanting reality. Gryll Grange It does not come by fits and starts, it is a part of his life. Pushing to the Front At least, if she does, it is only by fits and starts. The Heart of Una Sackville It sounded like something crawling slowly and by fits and starts along the gutter just above the dormitory. Boycotted And Other Stories It is likely to come by fits and starts, and when it does come it is very exciting. By the Christmas Fire The fire flickered up and showed by fits and starts the inside of the hut. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories It is not only in great actions, or by fits and starts, but in all that we do, and in every moment, that we are bound to live to God. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Not by fits and starts, now drifting away and now jerking ourselves back, but all the time. The Mind and Its Education At the end of March the thaw began, but by fits and starts, constant returns of frost prolonging the miseries of the people. The Queen's Necklace Only by fits and starts did any man sleep. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. She slept a little, by fits and starts; sometimes the very stillness stirred her. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 During the whole of this fourth round the fight went on by fits and starts. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas They have rarely—at best by fits and starts—marked out the course. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) To most of his early writing it is nearly impossible to affix a date—with the exception of a "dramatic journal," kept by fits and starts during the Christmas holidays when he was sixteen. Gilbert Keith Chesterton A man so susceptible, so prone to work by fits and starts, so unmethodical, could not have been a good editor. Thackeray Not that your scorn was all reserved for me, It flies about the world by fits and starts; Your changeful fancy fits impartially From knave of diamonds to knave of hearts. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter The French Navy, though very gallant, could only help French shipping here and there, by fits and starts, and at the greatest risk. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas Notwithstanding these marks of active intelligence, Brother Hecker could not study, except by fits and starts. Life of Father Hecker Lawanne worked upon his book, but by fits and starts, working when he did work with a feverish concentration. The Hidden Places It was glowing with an intense heat; and flowing, not with such rapidity as to alarm us, but rather slowly, and by fits and starts. The Diary of an Ennuyée The disease progresses by fits and starts, until all the striped muscles of the body are replaced by bone, and all movements, even those of the jaws, are abolished. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. Never read aloud by fits and starts to the sick. Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not Nekhludoff read much, but only by fits and starts, and the want of an answer he ascribed to such superficial reading. The Awakening The Resurrection Haydn, however, did not, like Beethoven, rise steadily higher and higher; great moments came, as it were, by fits and starts. The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development His sermons, as a rule, arranged themselves neatly and rapidly, when once the text was chosen: but to-day his thoughts ran by fits and starts, and confusedly—a thing he abhorred. Hetty Wesley I have not been out yet, and am languid in spirits, I gather myself up by fits and starts, and then fall back. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II No—no; no poetry is generally good—only by fits and starts—and you are lucky to get a sparkle here and there. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals They pushed forward step by step, and by fits and starts. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. He had read and studied hard by fits and starts, for whatever possessed his mind he always pursued with ardour, and to Cecil was fond of inveighing against his useless, unsatisfying life. Bluebell A Novel They will do as many of you do, labor by fits and starts all thru your lives at the endless task of making yourselves ready for heaven, and winning it by obedience and by righteousness. The Art of Public Speaking And I work by fits and starts when there's nobody around to keep me at it. Kenny The whole of the sand was moving; not by fits and starts, but constantly; the tiny particles running over each other and drifting in and out of the rushes, like little creatures in a dream. The Ship of Stars Tom Robson was thus only able to get drunk by fits and starts, which he did when they came to any important epoch in the building. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel He was too practical and methodical to work by fits and starts. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 Yet by fits and starts you take this business as if it were a joke. Nicky-Nan, Reservist The night was neither clear nor dark, or rather was both by fits and starts. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times She looks after them every day, and not by fits and starts, as some people do. The Nursery, No. 165. September, 1880, Vol. 28 A Monthly Magazine For Youngest Readers Oh! it's perfectly fair, I'm not grown up, or only by fits and starts. Nightfall The training we received from our parents advanced by fits and starts; sometimes there was training and again there was none, and never any thought of continuity. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 I spent a wretchedly sleepless night; and whenever I dozed by fits and starts, I saw Olivia before me, weeping bitterly, and refusing to be comforted. The Doctor's Dilemma "I always do what I'm told—when you tell me; but you only tell me by fits and starts." The Inner Shrine Nothing is done by fits and starts, nor at awkward seasons; the whole goes on like well-oiled clockwork, where there is no noise nor jarring in its operations. Bracebridge Hall As she hastened, almost running, through the park, she was planning, by fits and starts, what she would say to her father. The Mating of Lydia There Gigi lay and slept; slept and dreamed; dreamed and went over again by fits and starts the strange adventures of the past two days. John of the Woods A brisk fire of musketry proceeded from the head of the column, the advance was irregular, by fits and starts, every petty obstacle entailed a delay of many minutes. The Downfall The captain was pacing the bridge by fits and starts. Wide Courses For be it known, that, like most termagants, the dame was tidy at times, though capriciously; loving cleanliness by fits and starts. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I He had overwhelmed D'Epernon with benefits, but he only loved him by fits and starts, and at certain times he even hated him, and accused him of cowardice and avarice. The Forty-Five Guardsmen He joins not in the general conversation, except it be by fits and starts, as if awaking from a dream; I attribute this either to weakness or affectation. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant Nothing is done by fits and starts, nor at awkward seasons; the whole goes on like well-oiled clock-work, where there is no noise nor jarring in its operations. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists The conversation during dinner was by fits and starts; breaking out here and there in various parts of the table in small flashes, and ending in smoke. Tales of a Traveller I am very well with Burr, and he is jealous by fits and starts only. The Conqueror They slept only by fits and starts, and they were glad enough when morning came and they saw the sunlight stealing over the tree-tops. Four Boy Hunters A sound sleep was out of the question, and they slumbered only by fits and starts. Young Hunters of the Lake But her spirits were languid; "I gather myself up by fits and starts," she confesses, "and then fall back." Robert Browning At night they slept by fits and starts, with an ear trained for the slightest hostile sound. Murder in Any Degree We love to do our work by fits and starts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 He tried indeed by fits and starts to entertain her, but his thoughts were elsewhere. Witness for the Defense His fingers moved by fits and starts, as did his bow. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The only rational pursuit he ever followed, and that only by fits and starts, and to gratify his faculty of "wonder," I fancy, was chemistry. The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney But a busy age has little patience with details, however romantic—suffice it to say that negotiations continued by fits and starts. Sir Robert Hart The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition They seemed to belong to her but by fits and starts. True Tilda Some people work better by fits and starts, some do better work by regularity. Father Payne I do not believe anything, except by fits and starts; but one of your prayers would do my mother good. The Mystery of Metropolisville All this time the High Councillor had been gazing by fits and starts at the links of the necklace, turning it about and viewing it from every-angle. Red Axe No; light and darkness are but poor distinctions Of such, whose courage comes by fits and starts. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 He was a tyrant only by fits and starts, and in the mean time there was anarchy at Crompton. Bred in the Bone But he seldom forgets himself long, and is natural only by fits and starts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Even these desultory snow-flakes ceased, at times, altogether; and returning, as they say, "by fits and starts," left for long intervals the landscape, under the brilliant light of the moon, in its wide white shroud. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 But at your age I did this only by fits and starts, and suffered as you do. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Involuntarily she shrank from it, had been shrinking from it by fits and starts all the way, as flowers that thrive best in shady nooks shrink from hot sun and rude winds. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Remorse had not as yet become chronic with him, but it seized him by fits and starts. Bred in the Bone Reading the fragment dispassionately he thought there were good pages in it, but, taken as a whole, it was unequal, and moved forward only by fits and starts. The Ghost Ship The snow in places was up to his knees, and the sledge moved by fits and starts with his every movement. Master and Man If ever he had thought Martin selfish or inconsiderate, or had deemed him energetic only by fits and starts, and then too passive for their desperate fortunes, he now forgot it all. Martin Chuzzlewit In the evening they played an old-fashioned rubber; and Pet sat looking over her father's hand, or singing to herself by fits and starts at the piano. Little Dorrit Sometimes, it sported with the holly-boughs; and, shining on the leaves by fits and starts, made them look as if they were in the cold winter night again, and fluttering in the wind. The Battle of Life But Robert waits for an inclination, works by fits and starts; he can't do otherwise he says, and his head is full of ideas which are to come out in clay or marble. Life and Letters of Robert Browning Although he possessed a remarkable mind, and the power of acquiring knowledge rapidly, he had, so far, worked indifferently, and then only by fits and starts, whenever examination time drew near. The Count's Millions He was discontented with his work, he applied himself to it by fits and starts, he declared that he did n't know what was coming over him; he was turning into a man of moods. Roderick Hudson Sophia napped uneasily by fits and starts, waking now and again with a sleepy smile and a fragmentary, murmured apology. The Bronze Bell I do just sometimes feel as I ought," said Marian; "but it is by fits and starts. The Two Guardians or, Home in This World It is too much seen by fits and starts, and sallies, and those not spontaneous. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 I used to work only by fits and starts. The Vicar's Daughter Too well knowing his advantages: yet those not what she had conceived them to be!—Cool and warm by fits and starts; an ague-like lover. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 She may, indeed, be so by fits and starts; but the habit will never be so confirmed as to be regarded as an essential element of her character. The Young Woman's Guide But there is one among them who joins in their amusement only by fits and starts. Adela Cathcart, Volume 2 There was nothing very amusing in this opinion, but the old man laughed over it, by fits and starts, for a long time. The Story of Kennett The twins worked well by fits and starts; but when they did not chose to be diligent, they considerately gave their tutor a holiday. The Heavenly Twins That evening Potts and his two companions dined in moody silence, only conversing by fits and starts. Cord and Creese It has been my habit to think so, but intermittently, by fits and starts. Amiel's Journal She moved about in her room by fits and starts. Filipino Popular Tales I'm pretty good by fits and starts; but he would have been good right straight along. A Modern Instance I have got such education as I have by fits and starts, you see. The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause They will do as many of you do, labour by fits and starts all through your lives at the endless task of making yourselves ready for heaven, and winning it by obedience and by righteousness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII From time to time by fits and starts they joined vociferously in the jokes of the others: then they relapsed into silence, stealing glances at each other. Jean-Christophe, Volume I It swayed him by fits and starts; influencing him nobly to patience and forbearance at one time; abandoning him, to all appearance, at another. Hide and Seek But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts, And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts. Last Poems by A. E. Housman The rain fell by fits and starts, now with a sudden dash, now gently as though it were only of half a mind to fall at all. Blindfolded Then awakening by fits and starts, each confided in the other. A Mummer's Wife To tell the truth, they were kind only by fits and starts. Jean-Christophe, Volume I The younger girl would sleep by fits and starts, the sleep of exhaustion, and start up half laughing and happy, to be stricken wild-eyed the next moment by terrible reality. The Rising of the Court Though he only read by fits and starts when his enthusiasm was excited, he was thorough, able, and acute, and his intelligence and sympathy were my father’s best compensation for the loss of London society. Chantry House In such a constrained position the operation, which could be persevered in by fits and starts only, was exasperatingly slow. Tropic Days Productive industry had become generally clogged, and proceeded by fits and starts. Equality Now, for the most part, analytic studies are continuous, and not to be pursued by fits and starts, or fragmentary efforts. The Opium Habit Instead of a steady progression we go ahead by fits and starts—now going too fast, now stopping altogether. My Life and Work He worked at things by fits and starts, but at a furious rate when he did work. Growth of the Soil It was hard work trying to be pleasant to the two young people who had so unexpectedly come into their midst, and the conversation languished and went on by fits and starts. The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise The conversation, of which he was the eavesdropper, was carried on by fits and starts. The Claim Jumpers His reading was by fits and starts, undirected to any particular science. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes They spent the evening talking, by fits and starts, with long silences in between. Anne Severn and the Fieldings The cause of their being still unfaithful to Spain arises out of this matter having been taken up by fits and starts, and not in the serious manner it ought to have been done. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes The Neva, being a long screw, was lively enough, and too lively; for she soon showed a chronic inclination to roll, and that suddenly, by fits and starts. At Last Nobody any longer complained of the heat; and, when it began to shower by fits and starts, nobody complained of that, either. From Yauco to Las Marias A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan During my lord's many absences these school days would go on uninterruptedly: the mother and daughter learning with surprising quickness, the latter by fits and starts only, as suited her wayward humour. Boys and girls from Thackeray They come and go, by fits and starts, and it's a wonder the erratic rascals never put a paper out of business. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation It was by fits and starts that they even drank deeper or played for higher stakes. The Magnetic North To this same night-school came, not regularly, but by fits and starts, a handsome lad of fourteen—a lad with brilliant black eyes, and black hair flung off an open brow. The Children's Pilgrimage Viewing it in that light, I cannot consent myself that it should be supported by fits and starts. Canada and the States Last year I was so excited over what studies I intended to take and meeting new girls that I unpacked by fits and starts. Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College The plan recommended above must still be pursued, not by fits and starts, but steadily and continuously, for it is a complaint that requires a vast deal of patience and great perseverance. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children She admired hard work, and did a good deal of it by fits and starts. Betty Wales, Sophomore So sometimes they sat silent, and sometimes by fits and starts they talked, their lips close to each other's face, as though they were whispering to one another. Stella Fregelius The rest of her sad story came by fits and starts. Felix O'Day He had an uncanny trick of following conversation, his intelligence seeming to work by fits and starts. The Ivory Trail Ralph talks a great deal," Peachy said listlessly, "by fits and starts, and he takes me out when he comes home, if he happens to feel like walking himself. Angel Island He spoke by fits and starts, and seemed to hold back something. The Woman Who Did He has plenty of abilities, but I doubt his staying power; he works too much by fits and starts—there is no method or application. Herb of Grace Were they not doing the same in pre-historic times, by fits and starts, no doubt with periods of excitement, periods of collapse and rest? Roman and the Teuton He worked at his trade by fits and starts, earning enough to keep himself in cigarettes. Jonah This particular rush will soon pass through; but the pursuit will go on all night by fits and starts. Arms and the Man I work as I always did—by fits and starts. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 1 (1835-1866) She visits independently, and by fits and starts; and I am afraid she thinks more of comforting their perishable bodies than of feeding their souls. Hard Cash Besides the instance in which we saluted each other in song, when in our subterraneous abodes, I had since heard the songs of the heroic Maroncelli, by fits and starts, in my dungeon above. My Ten Years' Imprisonment My Father, on the contrary, taught cheerfully, by fits and starts. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments During my lord's many absences, these school-days would go on uninterruptedly: the mother and daughter learning with surprising quickness; the latter by fits and starts only, and as suited her wayward humor. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne He talked excitedly and disconnectedly, or was silent, by fits and starts. The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii My dear friend was, and advised me to be one too; but I was wilful in those days and chose to visit by fits and starts, and be independent. Hard Cash She had always been given, by fits and starts, to mystical piety. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels Now, for the most part analytic studies are continuous, and not to be pursued by fits and starts, or fragmentary efforts. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater He was not one of those men who can do work by fits and starts in the intervals of business or of amusement; nor was he one who, like Scott, could work very rapidly. The Human Comedy: Introductions and Appendix She broke by fits and starts into screeching laughter at what was going on in the yard. Resurrection Thereafter his senses returned by fits and starts, vaguely. The Seventh Man They are often pitiful, self-devoting, generous; but they are so by fits and starts, just as they are cruel, remorseless, exacting, by fits and starts. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English To come to the point: Papa and aunt talk, by fits and starts, of our—id est, Emily, Anne, and myself—commencing a school! Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 This would seem to make it descend by fits and starts, but in reality the approach is nearly constant, so that the orbits are in fact slightly spiral. A journey in other worlds A romance of the future Suppose now,' he added excitedly, speaking by fits and starts, as if he were thinking aloud, 'suppose we rent a cottage by the month. The Wrong Box This explosive personality works by fits and starts but does not wear out, merely, as it were, settles down to his ordinary pace when he rests up. The Foundations of Personality Reading the poets by fits and starts, he suddenly realized that in their divine pages moved something of this loneliness, this exquisite unhappiness. Where the Blue Begins I worked with difficulty, and by fits and starts, despite my courage and the stimulation of despair. The Magic Skin But at present he only practiced by fits and starts, when the terror of hell came upon him. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola He remembered her by fits and starts, even with bursts of tears, and at such times would confide to me the heaviest self-reproaches. Bleak House No wonder the problems of the world find no solution, for it is only by fits and starts that men and women admire real intelligence and real ability. The Foundations of Personality |
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