This perpetual round of constrained civilities to persons quite indifferent to us, is the most provoking and tiresome thing in the... world, but it is unavoidable in a country town, where everybody is known.... 'Tis a most shocking and unworthy way of spending our precious irrecoverable time, to those who know not its value.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great; for it is better to be told, "Come up here,..." than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"So I wasn't dreaming, after all," she said to herself, "unless--unless we're all part of the same dream. Only I do hope it's my d...ream, and not the Red King's! I don't like belonging to another person's dream," she went on in a rather complaining tone: "I've a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!"LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Nouns of number, or multitude, such as Mob, Parliament, Rabble, House of Commons, Regiment, Court of King's Bench, Den of Thieves,... and the like.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"Wotever is, is right, as the young nobleman sveetly remarked wen they put him down in the pension list 'cos his mother's uncle's ...vife's grandfather vunce lit the king's pipe vith a portable tinder-box."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The more I had won that year, the less it meant ... and the more tired and sad I became. And the more I won, the more people wante...d a part of me. I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »