"Prompt" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "You're prompt," proceeded that gentleman, ignoring his visitor's lack of cordiality. "I'm glad you're on time, for Mr. Belknap just telephoned that he was on his way here with the contracts and the representative of the company that's taking ...
— White Ashes • Sidney R. Kennedy and Alden C. Noble
... all cases be classed with sepulchral records, must yet be considered as remains of the same early period when the rock was the only book in which an author could convey his thoughts, and when history was to be handed down by memorials which should always meet the eye and prompt the question, "What mean ...
— In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious • W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent
... mind you get at the last bit of scandal. There ought to be plenty about, now that people have come back from the Riviera. But, my dear, you know exactly what I should like, so it is useless to prompt you. I leave everything to ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 29, 1893 • Various
... for a man whose heart was sufficiently hardened to treat a mere child as hers had been treated, was, in her opinion, more fiend than human, and prepared for the commission of any crime that his passions might prompt him to. The child further informed her that a letter had arrived by ...
— The Narrative of Sojourner Truth • Sojourner Truth
... been able to believe before," replied my Sage, "O wounded soul, what he has seen only in my verse,[1] he would not upon thee have stretched his hand. But the incredible thing made me prompt him to an act which grieves my very self. But tell him who thou wast, so that, by way of some amends, he may refresh thy fame in the world above, whereto it is ...
— The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell [The Inferno] • Dante Alighieri
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