“ He gave me a look of great contempt; as I supposed, for venturing, even by implication, to draw a parallel between a lack of affluence that might, literally, affect my purchase of rare vintages, and a… Anthony Powell
“ People who talk too much are tiresome, especially those who are not informative, thought-provoking, or funny. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ You have a faculty for defining the simplest in terms of the grandiose, so that a poor devil like me can't understand it. Malcolm Bradbury
“ The efficiency of the cleaning solution in liquefying wizards suggested the operation of an antithetical principal,which-" "Did you have to get him started?" Cimorene asked reproachfully. Patricia C. Wrede
“ While Nape was making the bread and Dryas boiling the ram, Daphnis and Chloe had time to go forth as far as the ivy-bush; and when he had set his snares again and pricked his lime-twigs, they not only… Longus (Longos)