I did not tell her, though I might have done so, that a person who professes to be a critic in the delicacies of the English language ought to have the Bible at his fingers' ends.
She is certainly a woman of considerable talents and great literary acquirements.

To me she was excessively gracious; yet there is a haughtiness in her courtesy which, even after all that I had heard of her, surprised me.

The centurion did not keep his soldiers in better order than she keeps her guests.

It is to one "Go," and he goeth; and to another "Do this," and it is done.

"Ring the bell, Mr.Macaulay." "Lay down that screen, Lord Russell; you will spoil it." "Mr.Allen, take a candle and show Mr.Cradock the picture of Buonaparte." Lord Holland is, on the other hand, all kindness, simplicity, and vivacity.