Word: lordships
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Jackson, the well-known pugilist." But when Hours was pooh-poohed by the Edinburgh Review, his lordship flew into an ungentlemanly frenzy, swore "to punish them for it." He did so, in the satirical poem English Bards and Scotch Reviewers -the first intimation to Britons that there had risen among them a satirist with a skinning knife sharper than any since Alexander Pope...
...sharp comeuppance when she crossed swords with the monster. "Being offended" with him, she said: "You know, my Lord, I can act men's parts. I have a great mind to put on breeches and demand satisfaction [i.e., fight a duel with you]." To which his lordship replied coarsely: "Then, Miss Kelly, I should be very happy to pull off mine and give you satisfaction...
...When his lordship nodded, Leo was amazed. "I had never met a lord before, nor did I ever expect to meet one. It didn't matter what he looked like: he was a lord first, and a human being . . . long, long after...
Behind his angry lordship, officers and troopers of the Light Brigade were being torn to shreds. "Death was coming fast, and the Light Brigade was meeting death in perfect order; as a man or horse dropped, the riders on each side . . . opened out; as soon as they had ridden clear, the ranks closed again." Words of command "rang out as on the parade ground: 'Close in to your center. Back the right flank! Keep up. Private Smith. Left squadron, keep back. Look to your dressing.' Until at last, as the ranks grew thinner and thinner, only one command...
...Jeeves is imperturbably ready with a Latin quip ("'Rem acu tetigisti,' which might be rendered by the American colloquialism, 'You said a mouthful' "), historical precedents ("In the words of Pliny the Younger . . .") and unobtrusive counsel ("Had I been aware that your lordship was in the habit of sleeping in mauve pajamas, I would have advised against it"). Author Wodehouse promises not to let this great mind lie fallow for so long again...