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1. ‘Oh that’s him all over … he knew I’d be thrown into a complete dither … wanted to give me time to time to think
2. the statute of apprenticeship takes place, have no other choice, but dither to come upon the
3. "Settle down, Hermes," Mr Snickerty told the dog absently, falsely labouring under the impression that the creature was all of a dither at his return
4. Death has got me in a dither
5. In an historically short period of time, as Catholicism seemed in a political dither among its popes and secular kings (AD 1184–1449), and while the Mongols were still settling in on Islam’s former eastern provinces, a scourge of Black Death descended upon the whole world, exterminating from one-third to one-half of each population center that inhabited its many environments (AD 1446)
6. I am not an expert here, but have watched with some interest the Leftist dither and mad cow disease symptoms because of it
7. The beast is invited to indulge without limits the insatiable lust of sexual abandon; to dither over pollution of the earth while its mind is filled with rot; to allow science to extract from it its precious humanity; to yield up its individuality and dignity one small drop at a time until one day it is noticed that something is missing
8. Nothing against you Neu,” Dither announced, as Neu
9. “How about you Jamahl?” Dither
10. such, so Avion shal see it done,” Dither nodded his approval
11. Dither squirmed slightly, before hoisting his chin up defiantly
12. “I'm afraid I cannot concede,” Dither told her
13. Dither parted his gaze
14. Dither scratched his head
15. what next?” Dither snarled
16. “Bugger that! I'm the chairman of the Dithernet!” Dither
17. Dither, you've been a vocal supporter for the No
18. “Hold on, I'll have to interrupt you there minister Dither
19. “Would you say that you are anti-bot, minister Dither?” she
20. “Absolutely not!” Dither snapped
21. red; the famed Dither temper was beginning to simmer
22. questions posed to Dither were more hostile and seemed
23. The debate raged on between Neu and Dither
24. As the hour raged, Dither
25. Dither here is
26. “Thank you,” Dither said, standing up
27. remained seated, staring at Dither as he began yelling at
28. Dither, Everett, Thompson
29. Have you ever been in a dither?
30. sellers had a propensity to dither
31. The Blue Chromis is sometimes sold as a "dither fish" because it is out
32. ” Climbing up, he was in no mood to dither
33. There must be enough play between the vital parts to allow of some movement; "dither" is, I believe, the Scotch word for it
34. And the axles of the wheels in their sockets, and, in fact, all parts of the machine where life and movement are to occur, must have this play, this "dither
35. And the more perfectly made the engine, the less will the amount of this "dither" be
36. It only approaches artistic conditions when it is blurred, vague, and indefinite, as in so-called artistic photography, for then only can some amount of this vitalising play, this "dither" be imagined to exist
37. Without the stimulus of nature before him it was difficult to preserve the "dither" in the drawing, and the life has escaped
38. On the other hand, variety holds the secrets of charm, vitality, and the picturesque, it is the "dither," the play between the larger parts, that makes for life and character
39. In fact, the most perfect work, like the most perfect engine of which we spoke in a former chapter, has the least amount of variety, as the engine has the least amount of "dither," that is compatible with life
40. The necessary play that makes for vitality—the "dither" as we called this quality in a former chapter—is given in the case of the Greek temple by the subtle curving of the lines of columns and steps, and by the rich variety of the sculpture, and in the case of the Gothic cathedral by a rougher cutting of the stone blocks and the variety in the
41. But generally speaking, in Gothic architecture this particular quality of "dither" or the play of life in all the parts is conspicuous, the balance being on the side of variety rather than unity
42. In a good composition it is as though the parts had been carefully placed in rhythmic relation and then the picture jarred a little, so that everything is slightly shifted out of place, thus introducing our "dither" or play of life between the parts
43. Yet, however perfect your system, don't forget that the life, the "dither," will still have to be accounted for, and no science will help you here
44. The Lass was all in a Dither
