"In good order" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... have been in the drawing-room, I should like to show these gentlemen Lady Audley's rooms. Are they in good order, Phoebe?" ...
— Lady Audley's Secret • Mary Elizabeth Braddon
... saluting, "I have inspected all the submerging machinery, and I find everything in good order. We can go below the surface at ...
— The Submarine Boys and the Middies • Victor G. Durham
... rode headlong down into the scene of conflict. It was a sharp fight for a few minutes, and then the accession of strength which the Cavaliers had gained gave them the superiority, and the Roundheads fell back, but in good order. ...
— Friends, though divided - A Tale of the Civil War • G. A. Henty
... first place, to mechanical habits of life; and instilled into him fixed ideas as to the investment of his revenues: and he spared him the chief difficulties of the management of a fortune, by leaving his estates all in good order, and leased for long periods. Nevertheless, a fact which was destined to be of paramount importance in the life of the poor creature escaped the notice of the wily old doctor. Timidity is a good deal like ...
— The Two Brothers • Honore de Balzac
... the right, and from the main ditch, well in the rear of the 159th, the Confederates came charging strongly, and halting, they poured in a hot volley. Seeing that the situation was critical Dayton ordered the regiment to retire. Under a severe fire it fell back quickly, yet in good order, to the road. There it promptly re-formed on its colors, and Burt ...
— History of the Nineteenth Army Corps • Richard Biddle Irwin
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