Did they throw off the yoke of kings, cross the Atlantic, found a new form of government on a new continent, break with traditions, and sign a declaration of independence, only that we should succumb, a century later, yielding the fruits of their hard-fought battles with craven supineness into the hands of corporations and municipalities; humbly bowing necks that refuse to bend before anointed sovereigns, to the will of steamboat subordinates, the insolence of be-Diamonded hotel-clerks, and the captious conductor?
"Worldly Ways and Byways"
Eliot Gregory
"They simply don't occur," one of the be-Diamonded ladies remarked to me, and went on to praise the U- Line for arranging it so.
"The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales"
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The be-Diamonded lady, however, was not quite accurate.
"The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales"
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch