"State of affairs" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... indeed a strange state of affairs and a sorry one for many worthy and God-fearing men. For the first time in the history of the Republic almost any negro north of Georgia could change a one-dollar bill. But as at that time the cent was rapidly approaching ...
— Tales of the Jazz Age • F. Scott Fitzgerald
... in so many cases tries to hide all the pleasant features of houses that have seen at least three centuries, but this sort of work when in the hands of only partially educated folk is liable to produce a worse state of affairs than if things had been left untouched. An example of what over-restoration can do, may be seen when we reach the beautiful old ...
— Normandy, Complete - The Scenery & Romance Of Its Ancient Towns • Gordon Home
... imperfect understanding of the basic principles at issue, and naturally, under such circumstances, our efforts are crowned with anything but success. In other words, an enlightened investigation of the whys and wherefores of any existing state of affairs may and often does, lead to improvement, while, on the other hand, ignorant meddling is likely to be followed by ...
— Health on the Farm - A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene • H. F. Harris
... certainly a most astounding state of affairs," mused Manning. "I suppose by this time the deputy marshal has ...
— The Substitute Prisoner • Max Marcin
... an account of the state of affairs in Scotland, which gave rise to the most interesting transactions of this reign, and of some of the subsequent; though the intercourse of that kingdom with England, either in peace or war, had hitherto produced so few events of moment, that, to avoid tediousness, we have omitted ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. - From Henry III. to Richard III. • David Hume
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