"At the worst" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... been physically and financially unequal to the task of suddenly equipping and transporting the enlarged army—over ten times the size of our regular army—for which it had to provide. If wanting at times in system the department had been zealous and tireless. At the worst it was far less to blame than recent Congresses, which had stinted both army and navy to lavish money upon objects far less important to the country. The army system needed radical reform. There was no general staff, and the titular head of the army had less real authority than the adjutant-general ...
— History of the United States, Volume 5 • E. Benjamin Andrews
... Udo arrived. What had the ring done to him? At the best, even if there would be no Udo at all to interfere, nevertheless she knew that she had lost her footing at the Palace. She and the Princess would now be open enemies. At the worst—those magic rings were so untrustworthy!—a Prince, still powerful, and now seriously annoyed, ...
— Once on a Time • A. A. Milne
... in the least degree unwilling to die. And even them I could resign to the hands of a gracious and covenant-keeping God." In one of the last letters he ever wrote, he thus records his testimony to the devotedness of his beloved wife. "During my present protracted illness, and when I was at the worst stage, she was the tenderest, most assiduous, attentive and affectionate of nurses. Without her, I think I should have finished my career in a few days. And even when our lamented, darling babe lay struggling in the very arms of death, though she was with him constantly, ...
— Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons • Arabella W. Stuart
... there is any chance of Sir Frank being arrested," said Don Pedro politely; "the evidence is insufficient. And at the worst ...
— The Green Mummy • Fergus Hume
... 'there is no positive proof, and even at the worst his solicitor may be able to satisfy Mr. Turton ...
— Chatterbox, 1905. • Various
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