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Examples
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“I pray thee to call my slaves to unarm me; and when thou thyself doffest those weapons of an ordinary life-guardsman, tell them they never shall above twice more enclose the limbs of one for whom fate has much more fitting garments in store.”
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He then spoke to the Varangian with a countenance more frank, and a heartier accent than he used to his courtiers; for, to a despotic monarch, a faithful life-guardsman is a person of confidence, while an officer of high rank is always in some degree a subject of distrust.
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“By Taranis, you say true,” answered the life-guardsman; “at Laodicea I used my helmet.”
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Alexius himself laughed more loudly than his courtiers thought might be becoming on their part, and mustering what few words of Varangian he possessed, which he eked out with Greek, demanded of his life-guardsman — “Well, my bold Briton, or Edward, as men call thee, dost thou know the flavour of that wine?”
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It was obvious to most persons present, that the gratitude of the beautiful Princess was expressed in a manner more acceptable to the youthful life-guardsman, than that of Alexius Comnenus.
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Why should a tall life-guardsman have something in him essentially absurd?
George Cruikshank 2006
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Her conduct must have relieved Crawley if there was any jealousy in the bosom of that life-guardsman.
Vanity Fair 2006
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The Colonel used his key once or twice, and found Clive and his friend Ridley engaged in depicting a life-guardsman, — or a muscular negro, — or a Malay from a neighbouring crossing, who would appear as Othello, conversing with a Clipstone Street nymph, who was ready to represent Desdemona, Diana, Queen Ellinor (sucking poison from the arm of the Plantagenet of the Blues), or any other model of virgin or maiden excellence.
The Newcomes 2006
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On reflection, I see I failed to include an important piece of the Chesterton quote: "When one is fond of anything one addresses it by diminutives, even if it is an elephant or a life-guardsman."
A man and his mustache. Ann Althouse 2005
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When one is fond of anything one addresses it by diminutives, even if it is an elephant or a life-guardsman.
Orthodoxy 1874-1936 1990
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