I’ve said it behind your back, and I’ll say it to you’re face; you’re a gentleman from the top of your head to the end of your big-toe nail! 1845 August 12, “Court-Martial of Mrs. Haycock (Concluded.)”, in Alex H. Arthur, editor, Vicksburg Tri-Weekly Whig, volume VII, number 130, Vicksburg, Miss., →ISSN, →OCLC, front page, column 5:
You're ignorance is like a cry of help from the dark - I am multi-tongued and speak five variations of Spanish. 2004 October 26, Digital Eclipse, Grand Theft Auto Advance, Rockstar Games, Inc., Game Boy Advance, scene: School's Out, level/area: Aspatria:
“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy! —and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]” 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC: