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For shape, for bearing, argument, and valor,
Goes foremost in report through Italy.
HERO
Indeed, he hath an excellent good name.
URSULA
His excellence did earn it ere he had it.
Much Ado About Nothing - Act 3, scene 1 | Folger Shakespeare Library
Doctor Strong will not only be your husband, but he will represent your late father: he will represent the head of our family, he will represent the wisdom and station, and I may say the means, of our family; and will be, in short, a Boon to it.’
Charles Dickens • David Copperfield
Newman, with his pen behind his ear, sat, stiff and immovable, on his stool, regarding the father and son by turns with a broad stare.
Charles Dickens • Nicholas Nickleby: By Charles Dickens : Illustrated
Adam recalls something he learned in graduate school: memory is always a collaboration in progress.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
thumbtacks to a magnet, the seduction boys were up his ass. He was a manic new voice, an instant do-it-yourself guru. And, soon, he was Papa’s trusted wing. He joined Papa on his journey to spend face time with every seducer with a silly nickname. And one of them, naturally, was me. Tyler Durden e-mailed me constantly. He was a persistent little
... See moreNeil Strauss • The Game
And she can’t handle that. She can’t take any more wounds or she’s going to die.