Elspeth was all for it; she suffered from the common Scotch mania for improvement and progress through machinery and tracts…
Flashman and the Redskins, p.251, Pan Books edition, 1983.
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Showing posts with label enthusiasm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label enthusiasm. Show all posts
Friday, 12 November 2010
Common Scotch mania
Elspeth was all for it; she suffered from the common Scotch mania for improvement and progress through machinery and tracts…
Flashman and the Redskins, p.251, Pan Books edition, 1983.
Monday, 26 January 2009
An obvious, simple fact
Have you noticed, once you have succeeded in convincing a man of something incredible, he believes it with an enthusiasm that he wouldn’t dream of showing for an obvious, simple fact?
Flash For Freedom!, p.119, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1980.
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