"Lexicographical" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that might have been improved by soap and any water but that of Bath. Bishop Warburton had just shot the Count Du Barre in a duel with Lord Chesterfield; and Beau Nash was disputing with Dr. Johnson, at the Pelican Inn, Walcot, upon a question of lexicographical etiquette. It is necessary to learn these things in order the better to appreciate the interest ...
— Cobwebs From an Empty Skull • Ambrose Bierce (AKA: Dod Grile) |
