"Had best" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... be anywhere, we may find her anywhere, so that it is of no importance whether I know the names of the streets or not. You had best think of all the houses to which she might have gone, among her friends. You know them better than I do. I will beat up all the streets between here and your house. When I am tired I ...
— Sant' Ilario • F. Marion Crawford
... are going to say: you mean that I had best look out for a military swell; but, after all, the matter lies in a nutshell. I am the insulted party, and draw pistols at ten paces. If that frightens him, he will make the ...
— The Champdoce Mystery • Emile Gaboriau
... regard my success as one of the great triumphs of my life. Their contents were not very cheering. He gave a very dreary account of Balaclava and of camp life, and almost dissuaded me from continuing my journey; but his last letter ended by giving me instructions as to the purchases I had best make, if I still determined upon making the adventure; so I forgot all the rest, and busied myself in laying in the stores ...
— Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands • Mary Seacole
... made up about four," a good-natured official said to him, "and you had best be here by that time so as to get a corner seat, for I can tell you that makes all the difference on a journey like this. If you like to take your ticket at once you can register that trunk of yours straight on to Denver, and then you won't have ...
— In The Heart Of The Rockies • G. A. Henty
... any information which had best not be public," Caesar went on, "I will wire you in code. Do you ...
— Caesar or Nothing • Pio Baroja Baroja
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