FALL FOR • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Fall for

"Fall for" Quotes from Famous Books

... my whole family should fall for that damned Quaker!" were the words he flung over his shoulder at me as he walked out of ...

— The Prairie Child • Arthur Stringer

... years ago I might have shown a little common foresight in this matter. I got everything else right as far as I could. My rooms are well placed for sunshine and they have the best of the view. The water-supply is good; there is plenty of fall for the drainage system; we are well out of the motor dust. But I omitted one precaution. I should have had the ground ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914 • Various

... interested to know. Everybody says the same thing. They fall for his dancing and manners, and—well, yes—I 'll admit it—for his looks. He even looks like a gentleman. But all the girls say he bores 'em stiff. They have to talk their heads off. What did he say to you that was ...

— The Sisters-In-Law • Gertrude Atherton

... condition, a situation full of risk for the white man and all his people, should his force and ruthlessness weaken even for one moment. But Nicol was too widely experienced, too naturally cut out for his work to fall for weakness. He treated the Indian as he would treat a trail dog, as a savage beast to be beaten down to the master will, and kept alive only as long as it yielded ...

— The Heart of Unaga • Ridgwell Cullum

... Alas, poor York! but that I hate thee deadly I should lament thy miserable state. I prithee, grieve to make me merry, York; Stamp, rave, and fret, that I may sing and dance. What, hath thy fiery heart so parch'd thine entrails That not a tear can fall for Rutland's death? Why art thou patient, man? thou shouldst be mad; And I, to make thee mad, do mock thee thus. Thou wouldst be feed, I see, to make me sport; York cannot speak unless he wear a crown.— A crown for York!—and, lords, bow low to him.— Hold you ...

— King Henry VI, Third Part • William Shakespeare [Rolfe edition]

More quotes...