He plays high, he plunges; but, somehow, he makes it do.

I've been in Parliament a generation or so, and I've never known an amateur more daring and skilful.

I should have given him office had I remained in power.

Look at him, and tell me if he wouldn't have been worth the backing." As Lord Windlehurst uttered the last word with an arid smile, he looked quizzically at the central figure of a group of people gaily talking.
The Duchess impatiently tapped her knee with a fan.

"Be thankful you haven't got him on your conscience," she rejoined.