I go through no form of qualifying my threat, which would be commonplace and not conscientious.

There is only one point in these campaigns: that is the degree of admiration offered by the man; and to our hostess I am in a posture to make victorious love.' 'If you think you have the time, or the game worth the candle,' replied the other with a shrug.
'One would suppose you were never at the pains to observe her,' said Ballantrae.
'I am not very observant,' said Balmile.

'She seems comely.' 'You very dear and dull dog!' cried Ballantrae; 'chastity is the most besotting of the virtues.

Why, she has a look in her face beyond singing! I believe, if you was to push me hard, I might trace it home to a trifle of a squint.

What matters?
The height of beauty is in the touch that's wrong, that's the modulation in a tune.