- Three hundred dollars for that gown
“Three hundred dollars for that gown! Didn’t you get anything off?” “All I dared.” - Why aren’t you ready, Isabel
“Why aren’t you ready, Isabel? You know very well the opera begins at eight-fifteen.” “Oh! Gracious! I forgot all about it. I’ve been so busy writing this article on preparedness.” - Can you come to the jeweler’s with me to-morrow, dearest
“Can you come to the jeweler’s with me to-morrow, dearest? I’d like you to choose the ring yourself.” “In that case perhaps you’d better save up a little longer, darling.” - We have had a terrible scrap
He: We have had a terrible scrap. “And I came out ahead.” “No. I did. You accepted my apology.” - Who is that tramping around overhead
He: Who is that tramping around overhead? She: Oh, that’s only papa. He always gets restless towards morning. - Amphoræ, Rhytons, etc.
(British Museum) The modern jars in any of the wine districts of Italy, such as Asti Montepulciano or Montefiascone, thin earthen two-handled vessels holding some twenty quarts, are almost identical with the ancient amphoræ. Suetonius speaks of a candidate for the quæstorship who drank the contents of a whole amphora at a dinner given by Tiberius. This amphora was probably of a smaller size. - Bacchus
- The Rhesus and Entellus. (1 Kings 10. 22)
- Tragic Moments
The first stormy night in the cottage you have rented for the summer. - Left Hand holding a card
- Left hand pointing
- Left Hand Pointing - Fine detail
- Left Hand Pointing Coarse detail
- Hand holding Card
Hand holding Card - Silhoette - Right Hand pointing
- Right Hand Pointing - Coarse Detail
- Silhoette - Left Hand pointing
- Right Hand Pointing - Fine detail
- Right Hand Pointing
- Advice to the mentally feeble
Keep the mouth closed. - Studies in Expression
Making it a jack pot. - Robert Burns
- Another case of trying to keep neutral
Couple sitting on a park bench not really communicating - Are you going to volunteer
She: Are you going to volunteer? He: If yes, no. If no, yes. - Aren’t there a couple of young men in there with Clara
“Aren’t there a couple of young men in there with Clara?” “No, only one. There isn’t a sound.”