“Jack, Be Nimble”

1. A nursery rhyme:

   Jack, be nimble;

   Jack, be quick;

   Jack, jump over the candlestick.

Example Sentences

The omnipresent Emcee, a queer Jack Be Nimble, can’t be dragged to the camps because he is a thematic stage presence, more a spirit than a depicted personage with a before/during/after narrative governed by reality.

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Without giving away Hunter’s well-argued solution, let me just say that the title of his essay, “Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick,” hints at the approach he takes.

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“To love me well with your candlestick, Oh Jack! Be nimble — but not that quick.”

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“Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick.”

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Indeed he was, but only at the end of “Jack Be Nimble” does he give us any intimation of those triumphs.

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