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Introduced to a party of people who ignore their own chauffeur, he protests: “I have not met this gentleman
Edmund Morris • Edmund Morris - The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt-Random House
“But we are the good guys. Aren’t we, Uncle?” “I hope so. I hope we are.”
Anthony Doerr • All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel
But that is not a man, that’s a mushroom!”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry • The Little Prince
A Corpse Without a Clue: A Philip Tolefree Mystery (Black Heath Classic Crime)
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the proprietor of a mug house or shicker shop, the pub landlord or -lady, is not without his or her own monikers. Among the earliest labels, in the 1500s, were the lick-spigot, ale-draper, and cove-of–the-ken. Today you’re more likely to hear the governor or mine host. In the years in-between, and if you were fond of a tipple, you might have
... See moreSusie Dent • Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain
They describe the capitalist’s brain of steel and heart of gold in a way that Englishmen hitherto have been at least in the habit of reserving