"Good turn" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... no sin," observed the second; "for hang he must; that's settled; such a villain as him can do no less. So, as matters stand, I don't see but it will be doing him a good turn to ...
— Walladmor: - And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. - In Two Volumes. Vol. II. • Thomas De Quincey
... roughly. "You keep out of this! I ain't meanin' nothin' wrong. But I reckon when anyone's got a sneakin' coyote for a friend an' don't know it, it's doin' 'em a good turn to spit things ...
— 'Firebrand' Trevison • Charles Alden Seltzer
... good turn by taking you away from them. Come, let us take a turn up and down the campus. We'll walk fast enough to keep warm. There is something about which I ...
— Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall • Jean K. Baird
... another good turn for Fanny Stewart, that is, for her husband; there was a charming letter from Fanny Stewart a few days ago. I send for your amusement the famous little Valoe in its elegantissimo binding, and Lady Bathurst's letter about it, elegantissima also. You remember, I hope, the ...
— The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Vol. 2 • Maria Edgeworth
... I don't know which thought it was that was running in my head, but I had to come to you all the same, just as I had to come to you to-day. I say it was different, because then I was on my own business; but this time it seemed to me that I was on yours. One good turn deserves another, as they say; and something was beating in my head that I could help you, serve as a stay; so I had to come. Where should I be now if it were not for you? I can see you're thinking that it was only ...
— The Lake • George Moore
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