We are all at sixes and sevens to-day.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
One of those plaguey sevens for a nine.
"Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero"
F. Hopkinson Smith
I 've called it a seven, because M. Marsac usually writes his sevens in this way.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever