But I wish to see things very different from what they are.

Don't fancy that I want the common people, who've got nothing, to pretend to dictate to their betters, because I hate to see a parcel of fellows who are called lords and squires trying to rule the roast.

I think, sir, that it is men like me who ought to be at the top of the tree! and that's the long and the short of it.

What do you say ?" "I've not the least objection," said the crestfallen parson, basely.
But, to do him justice, I must add that he did not the least know what he was saying!.