G. Wodehouse
G. Wodehouse
running animal self
It was a silver cow. But when I say 'cow', don't go running away with the idea of some decent, self-respecting cudster such as you may observe loading grass into itself in the nearest meadow. This was a sinister, leering, Underworld sort of animal, the kind that would spit out of the side of its mouth for twopence.
might pops wells
As Shakespeare says, if you're going to do a thing you might as well pop right at it and get it over.
taken writing school
...there was practically one handwriting common to the whole school when it came to writing lines. It resembled the movements of a fly that had fallen into an ink-pot, and subsequently taken a little brisk exercise on a sheet of foolscap by way of restoring the circulation.
feel-better tea feels
I expect I shall feel better after tea.
dinner cyanide forgotten
He looked haggard and careworn, like a Borgia who has suddenly remembered that he has forgotten to shove cyanide in the consommé, and the dinner-gong due any moment.
punishment mirrors glutton-for-punishment
Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.
strong passion aunt
It isn't often that Aunt Dahlia lets her angry passions rise, but when she does, strong men climb trees and pull them up after them.
tombstone simple men
...there occurred to me the simple epitaph which, when I am no more, I intend to have inscribed on my tombstone. It was this: "He was a man who acted from the best motives. There is one born every minute.
feelings bed sometimes
He shimmered out, and I sat up in bed with that rather unpleasant feeling you get sometimes that you're going to die in about five minutes.
lasts facts degrees
The spine, and I do not attempt to conceal the fact, had become soluble, in the last degree.
rooms jeeves watches
One of the rummy things about Jeeves is that, unless you watch like a hawk, you very seldom see him come into a room.
body next failing
One prefers, of course, on all occasions to be stainless and above reproach, but, failing that, the next best thing is unquestionably to have got rid of the body.
long succession just-one
That is life. Just one long succession of misunderstandings and rash acts and what not. Absolutely.
wind rushing gowns
I shoved on a dressing-gown, and flew downstairs like a mighty, rushing wind.