agreeability will cease to be the prerogative of first-rate men, but be left to the smart people of society, who earn their soup by their sayings."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
It is scarce necessary to say it was, as regards agreeability, inferior to either.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Reflections like these did not occur to me at this moment; besides that I was "going the pace" with a forty-horse power of agreeability that left me little time for thought-least of all, if serious.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)