I shall not abandon the facts, he concluded with typical Dickensian panache, until there shall have been a considerable Spontaneous Combustion of the testimony on which human occurrences are usually received.
President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday to blast media reports that he is retreating from his December 19th announcement of a quick pullout, pledging to leave Syria at a proper pace.
For two hours he declaimed against England — witty, declamatory, extravagant, bitter, amusing, and noisy; but in substance what he said was not merely commonplace — it was true!
When he caught her smile, at the further end of the large drawing-room, and saw two other ladies listening, he was the first to make merry over his own big phrases.
He had been most agreeable, most delightful: he had told Harriet that he had seen them go by, and had purposely followed them; other little gallantries and allusions had been dropped, but nothing serious.