I put Dreyfus in prison, and all France can not liberate him.

I am the maker of the plot, and the chief part in it is mine." To his surprise we both roared with laughter.

The influence of the larger nature on the smaller to such an extraordinary issue was irresistibly comic.

At the time no one even suspected Esterhazy in connection with the _bordereau_.
Another example, this time of Oscar's wit, may find a place here.

Sir Lewis Morris was a voluminous poetaster with a common mind.