Showing posts with label tough. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tough. Show all posts
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
The best kind of Frog
... for he was the best kind of Frog, shrewd and tough as teak, but jolly and with no foolish airs.
Flashman and the Tiger, p.180, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Genial mountain scoundrels
A tough customer, by the looks of him; one of those genial mountain scoundrels who’ll tell you merry stories while he stabs you in the guts just for the fun of hearing his knife-hilt bells jingle.
Flashman at the Charge, p.222, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.
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