Flashman, p. 51, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.
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Flashman, Scotswomen.
Friday 2 February 2007
Genteel boisterous things
The young women are mostly great, genteel boisterous things who are no doubt bedworthy enough if your taste runs that way. (One acquaintance of mine who had a Scotch clergyman's daughter described it as like wrestling with a sergeant of dragoons.)
Flashman, p. 51, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.
Flashman, p. 51, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.
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