That attitude of mind must contain no inverted pacifism, and it must certainly not envisage any possibility of dallying with one country or with another.
An examination of the work reveals a very sad story of dithering and dallying.
He is entering into a world—at least, he is dallying with the thought of entering into a world—in which he cannot compete.
Is it not better in these cases, unpleasant as it is, to have a clean operation and not a duly dallying?
That has been one of the troubles throughout: ever since 1955 there has been dillying and dallying and failure to come to a decision.
I think he was, but once again we are dallying.
I believe that the situation is far too serious to go on dallying with, and being content to rely on, this so-called reformative treatment.
Our rivers, with one or two exceptions, know what they are about and make their way to the sea without dallying by the wayside.
