Miss Tredgold never did things by Halves.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade
Home to Bangalore and the rehearsal of our adventures to our better Halves, and talk-well into the night, which means here about 11.30!
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
"No doubt," he said, with a hoarse laugh; "it was not worth their while to do things by Halves."
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice