Some folk scoffed openly and declared it was a tale to tell children and dullards; but there were the two leather bags filled with gold.
"The Green Forest Fairy Book"
Loretta Ellen Brady
The ability to seem not to notice incriminating evidence is rarer still-rarest of all when under the eyes of a native of India, for cats and hawks are dullards by comparison to them.
"King--of the Khyber Rifles"
Talbot Mundy
Leicester having expressly urged the importance of selecting as wise a politician as could be found-because the best man in England would hardly be found a match for the dullards and drunkards, as it was the fashion there to call the Dutch statesmen-had selected Wilkes.
"History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete"
John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009