Showing posts with label maudlin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maudlin. Show all posts

Friday, 9 March 2012

Rendered maudlin



She was anxious for me, you see, the besotted little aristo — it's remarkable how even the most worldly of women can be rendered maudlin by Adam's arsenal.


Flashman and the Tiger, p.115, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.


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Thursday, 19 March 2009

The port of course






‘Clearly,’ says I. ‘You’re maudlin. It’s the port of course.’





Flash For Freedom!, p.220, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1980.




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